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SOMETIMES I HAVE TO WONDER... WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 2009 3:00 PM (PT) Any illusion of a free press will be ended by this news. ABC pulled John Stossel's story on Canadian Health Care. The 20/20 co-anchor did a well researched piece "Canadian Health Care: The End of Innovation." Needless to say the interviewees were not laudatory of the government run system. ABC's problem with it? It was slated to air before Obama's health care love fest on the network and they couldn't have that. The good news is that it will be rescheduled. But I won't hold my breath waiting. More proof that the government running health care is not in your best interest? Instead of worrying about rationing of services you might be concerned that they'll declare you dead. Over 6,000 Social Security beneficiaries were and they're alive to talk about it. Less from the actual dead who are still getting checks. Clerical errors are blamed. Need I say more? Read it here. But I will say more. When I read this headline about the misplaced colon, I hoped it would be about grammar. Alas, it's about anatomy and what went wrong in Sweden. Worse than the medical mistake is the government clearing the physician-- and of course the patient had no rights. But maybe he was luckier than the guy who went in for a biopsy and cam out with a vasectomy-- blamed on... clerical error. The docs apparently thought they were operating on the next patient in line. That's here. I can't make this stuff up. Further proof that the dollar is on the way down-- the IMF has introduced a replacement for Treasury Notes based on a market-basket of currencies. Here's the story. China's doing it's part too to decimate the dollar-- allowing Hong Kong to make trade settlements in Yuan . The implication of that is here. Hard to believe I forgot to link to the story on the Supreme Court overturning Sotomayor on an obvious case of discrimination. The "White Firefighter" story is here. Harder to believe this woman is actually up for the Supreme Court. The real test in the congressional vetting process will be whether the republicans have any conviction at all. |