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Great big thing crawlin&#8217; all over me
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>You  don&#8217;t understand, see, you don&#8217;t understand<br />
See, I&#8217;m like a murderer, see, I&#8217;m like a murderer<br />
And I could rip you limb from limb<br />
And I could rip you limb from limb<br />
Great big thing crawlin&#8217; all over me<br />
Great big thing crawlin&#8217; all over me<br />
Great big thing crawlin&#8217; all over me&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><span style="color: #993366"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Michelle  Malkin is A Mental Illness</span></span><br />
</strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>There,  I said it-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>You  know it&#8217;s true, so, why Beat Around the George W. Bush any longer?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Seriously,  Fuck Her if she can&#8217;t take a Joke, which we Know She John McCunt,  er&#8230;Can&#8217;t.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She&#8217;s Nuts.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Bonkers.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>MoonBatShit Crazy.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Every  time I hear her  Self-Ingratiating Voice I pray for the sky to rain down  anvils or grand pianos.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> Smart  Bombs tracking a Dummy Target.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/thfat.jpg" alt="" width="160" height="109" />Maybe I am, and Maybe I am.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>America,  do you Hear It?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Do You?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Didn&#8217;t  Think So, but if it&#8217;s any Consolation-&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>No One is Listening</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>ENOUGH.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>sometimes  Nothing Makes Sense.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And  how.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Man,  oh, Man does it Evah!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>America is Teetering&#8230;Tweetering?<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And in  Wingnuttia, the Drool CoAGulAtes.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>The  Right Wing is DEAD. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Committed  Suicide back in High School.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Senior Year, if I&#8217;m remembering  correctly.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>All  that remains, is&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/purgatory_m.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="330" /></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><span id="more-49"></span></strong><strong>I  don&#8217;t have to Say/Write anything I don&#8217;t Want.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Lately,  I don&#8217;t Want-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Much.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>As  there&#8217;s not Much Worth Having these Days.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;ll  stick with what Works, and you&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>No-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left:  30px"><span style="color:  #808080"><strong>I insist.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Michelle  Bachman says the Census tried to Steal her Favortie Gingerbread Man,  and She&#8217;s-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Fucking &#8220;A&#8221; Pissed Off About It!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Of  course she overreacted.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  knows he Never Loved Her, anyway.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>They (We) NeVEr Do.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Ah,  but Michelle fell off, and There&#8217;s No Getting UP.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Not  this Time-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Mother Fucker.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>28  Pages!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>28  Goddamn PAGES!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>You Deal with That.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>You Look them In the Eyes and TEll them-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>HE AIN&#8217;T COMIN&#8217; BACK, You LITTLE  ungrateful BASTARDS!!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/albatross-9011.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="314" /></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>An ex  of mine recently asked her sister-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Is he SeeIng a Pee Sigh Chai Uh Trist?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Well,  Of course Fucking Not.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>What  would be the Point?</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>He  just seems SO much More Sane than He did when we Dated.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>He&#8217;s  a Genius, Don&#8217;tcha Know?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Maybe,  At long Last, it Makes Sense.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But,  you said-</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> Nothing. Makes. Sense.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>It  does, which fits My Original Hypothesis-</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>P    E   R   F   E   C   t   L Y.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Michelle  Malkin is a Mental Illness.</span><br />
</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  Really Is.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And  She&#8217;s Spreading</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Parenthetically<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And-</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Pornographically.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Her  Nails are clawing Your Bach, Man.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  likes it ROugh.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Wants  to Hear You-</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Scream  the Words. </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Wants  you To Flail in Agony.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Ecstasy.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Apathy.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  melts into you, and once Inside-</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Burns like Drano.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Eats  You Alive From teh Intertubes.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Leaving  nothing But Sludge.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>A  Permanently Disfigured Sense of Self.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Life.  Altering. Injuries.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/afishhook.gif" alt="" width="100" height="100" /><br />
You fit into me<br />
like a hook into an eye<br />
a fish hook<br />
an open eye</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><!--more--></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  always see it MY WAy.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>EYes  WiDE OPEN.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Baby.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>The  Right Wing is Dead.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Some  Lonely Highway.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Back  in &#8216;81, &#8216;82.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Condoleeza  Rice is/was Proud a Balkc man Got Electimuhcated to the White House.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>(Do WE  still have to Call It taht?)</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  forgets, at times, her comings and goings.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Think  she might be  One-HaLf Chameleon the way she</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> <em>Almost  Blends </em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>into  Her Background.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Who  Knew?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>No,  I&#8217;m seriously ass King.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Who  Knew?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  wanted to marry Glenn Close, but instead, They Gave Her-</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Glenn  Beck.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Fucking  Faggots, anyway.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Ain&#8217;t  it bad enough already?</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Maybe  she Can Consult for Others Trying to <em>Pass</em> in more Ways than</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>ONE.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/TheCosmicEgg.jpg" alt="" width="305" height="237" /></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>This  post is Rapidly Degenerating.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Soon </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Will  be nothing But a </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Skull Fucking</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Mess.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But  I&#8217;m not apologizing to You.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>and  Why should I?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>wait&#8230;don&#8217;t answer.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I got Sarah Barracuda on the line, and she sounds</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Serious. </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>This.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Time.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>She  sayd-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Speakin&#8217; uh Half Breeds, an&#8217; Half Served  Terms.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  don&#8217;t see Russia no More. I <span style="color: #0000ff">seas</span> past&#8217;em, You Betcha.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>All  tha ways Round tha Whirled.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>All  tha way t&#8217; 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>An iff&#8217;n &#8216;at don&#8217;t qualerfy me as  Preznit-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I suppos&#8217;n we stop havin&#8217; erecTions ever  four yars, Don&#8217;tcha Know.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Winkety.  Wink. Wink.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>wInk.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600">Michelle  Malkin is a Mental Illness</span><br />
And.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>There  is no Reliable Treatment.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>No  cream or Solution for to Alleviate the Burning Itch.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Nope.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/Bliss.gif" alt="" width="159" height="65" /></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Ann  Coulter Swears she hasn&#8217;t lost her </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Lust</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Er.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Eh.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> umm.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But  I&#8217;m not So Sure.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Like most Americans</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  prefer Hate Speech to be delivered from the Buck Toothed Mouth of a </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Faux </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Asian.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Comes across as more Authentic.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  mean, let&#8217;s be Serious.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>How believable is a 6&#8242;,blonde haired,  blue eyed woman?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>What, is she a Nazi?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Oooooooo,  I&#8221;m so Scared.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Nah,  paint her Geisha White, and Wrap Her in Silk.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I always say.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I do.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Well,  not really, but that&#8217;s what I say I say.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Okay.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  hardly ever say that if you really want the Truth.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>In fact, most of the time I&#8217;m talking  about other shit that isn&#8217;t even remotely related to Any of This  Nonsense.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I  prefer Nonsense of a more Nonsensical nature.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>With Far More Sex, and Waaaaaaaaay Less  Violence.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Doesn&#8217;t  that sound</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Delightful?</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Sure.  It. Does.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Pussy  is as Pussy Does.</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>ANd i  prefer that the Pussy Does Me.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Know  what I mean?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/runningwiththebulls.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="237" /><br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Herman  Hesse said there&#8217;s no Place for People like Us (He and I).</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I hope  he&#8217;s Wrong,</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;m  beginning to</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Wa/onder.</strong></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><span style="color: #ff9900">W</span><span style="color: #333399">hoever  wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of  gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery,  finds no home in this trivial world&#8230;</span></strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Goddamn  know it alls!@!#</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Mother FUck&#8217;em!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Sean  Hannity wants to know how much longer we&#8217;re Going To Suffer at the Hands  of the Elite.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And I  have to Agree.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>He  seems to be a Nice Fellow.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Especially Patriotic, which I Especially  Dig.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>How  much ya&#8217; wanna bet he has an American Flag Shower Curtain?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Probably  Jerks Off to it each and every morning</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> ah-<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong> <span style="color: #ff0000">Star </span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 90px"><span style="color: #c0c0c0"><strong>Spangled </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 120px"><span style="color: #3366ff"><strong>Splatter-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>from  sea to shining sea, bitches!!<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>That&#8217;s how I&#8217;d do it if I Loved  America.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But of  Course-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I don&#8217;t.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I have issues with  Intimacy.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;ll  be the first to admit.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But if  I didn&#8217;t?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Every Fucking Morning like Clock Work  Orange Ya&#8217; Glad I Didn&#8217;t Say Banana?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/fairlane7/patriotism2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" />He&#8217;s so young, and tender&#8230;</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff00ff"><strong>Michelle  Malkin is a Mental Illness.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>And how do I know this?<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Says  so right here.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Read  it for yourself-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Fox  News: Fair and Balanced<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>See?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;m  not asking you to believe every Thing you read.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Just whatever I write (Unless you happen to receive a  2&#8243; x 3&#8243; index card in the mail reading, &#8220;Stop. Paying. Attention. Stop.&#8221;)<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;m  Trustworthy, Honest, and I love Puppies.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Garsh,  but who doesn&#8217;t?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Michelle Malkin (That&#8217;s Hoo)<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Barack  HUSSEIN Obama loves Puppies, too.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>But  Hates wHite People.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Why wouldn&#8217;t he Though?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>After  all, he&#8217;s the Anti-Christ, which is just another way of saying-</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 60px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I HAte WHITE PEOPLE!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>All we  can do Is pray for his Defeat.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Actually,  you pray for that.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>I&#8217;m  praying for a new Set of China, and for more nipple slip pictures of  Paris Hilton.<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:  left;padding-left: 30px"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Did you see how Nicely it Worked oUt in  the End?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>Sure  you did.</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #808080"><strong>YOu&#8217;re  Patriots.</strong></span></p>
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		<title>The Sarah Palin Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.reasic.org/2010/02/the-sarah-palin-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reasic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be honest.  Sarah Palin scares me.  And it&#8217;s not necessarily because of anything she has done or is capable of doing.  My fear is more directly related to the reaction of so many of her adoring, teabagger fans, who are so easily wooed by her charm and lack of any and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.reasic.org/wp-content/uploads/sarah-palin-wink-150x150.jpg" alt="sarah-palin-wink" title="sarah-palin-wink" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-45" />I&#8217;ll be honest.  Sarah Palin scares me.  And it&#8217;s not necessarily because of anything she has done or is capable of doing.  My fear is more directly related to the reaction of so many of her adoring, teabagger fans, who are so easily wooed by her charm and lack of any and all substance.  She&#8217;s like George Dubya Bush on crack, but with a skirt on.</p>
<p>I read an <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/1478213.html">op-ed</a> on the subject this morning, which really took the words right out of my mouth:</p>
<blockquote><p>Mrs. Palin, you are an avatar of the shameless hypocrisy and cognitive disconnection that have driven our politics for the last decade, a process of stupidification creeping like kudzu over our national life.</p></blockquote>
<p>Can I get an &#8220;Amen&#8221;?!</p>
<blockquote><p>So no, this is not a clash of ideologies, but a clash between intelligence and its opposite. And I am tired of being asked to pretend stupid is a virtue.</p></blockquote>
<p>Wow.  Can we just cut to the chase?  If a person has nothing substantive to offer in the debate on how best to handle issues of national and international importance, can we please agree that they should not be given a national stage upon which to spew their ignorance?  No, I&#8217;m not calling for a federal ban on anything.  I&#8217;m calling on teabaggers to wise up and find an intellectual ring leader.  At the very least, don&#8217;t pay someone over $100,000 to babble on about nothing, occasionally throwing in various keywords and phrases to get the audience fired up.</p>
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		<title>Snow in DC&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>snowjr21</dc:creator>
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		<title>Sarah Palin for Prez</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reasic</dc:creator>
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Absolutely hilarious.  Pay attention to the part where Sarah criticizes Obama for using a teleprompter, followed by a close-up of something very peculiar on her left hand.
FAIL.
Oh, and what does this mean?
To win that war, we need a Commander in Chief, not a [...]]]></description>
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<p>Absolutely hilarious.  Pay attention to the part where Sarah criticizes Obama for using a teleprompter, followed by a close-up of something very peculiar on her left hand.</p>
<p>FAIL.</p>
<p>Oh, and what does this mean?</p>
<blockquote><p>To win that war, we need a Commander in Chief, not a professor of law standing at the lecturn.</p></blockquote>
<p>Huh?  And people were actually shouting:</p>
<blockquote><p>Run Sarah run!</p></blockquote>
<p>Hopefully they meant &#8220;out of the country&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>The Facts about Cap and Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.reasic.org/2010/01/the-facts-about-cap-and-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve often seen cap and trade legislation bashed for various reasons, and from both sides.  Granted, it&#8217;s not a panacea for our planet&#8217;s environmental problems, but it seems to be a workable solultion that most people can agree on, and is therefore our best shot at tackling the problem of global warming.  Take [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve often seen cap and trade legislation bashed for various reasons, and from both sides.  Granted, it&#8217;s not a panacea for our planet&#8217;s environmental problems, but it seems to be a workable solultion that most people can agree on, and is therefore our best shot at tackling the problem of global warming.  Take a look at this video and see what you think:</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/8847746">The Facts of Cap-and-Trade</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/cleanenergyworks">Clean Energy Works</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
<p>I figured the point about cap and trade working would be a sticking point for many here, so I&#8217;ll go ahead and link straight to the MIT paper upon which that point was based:</p>
<p><a href="http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/publications/DDCF.pdf">http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/publications/DDCF.pdf</a></p>
<p>Full bibliography here:</p>
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		<title>Tea Party Ignorance</title>
		<link>http://www.reasic.org/2009/09/tea-party-ignorance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reasic</dc:creator>
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I know there are intelligent conservatives out there, so I&#8217;m not trying to generalize here.  However, I think this does say something about Glenn Beck&#8217;s effect on political discourse on the right side of the aisle.  It&#8217;s scary, actually.
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<p>I know there are intelligent conservatives out there, so I&#8217;m not trying to generalize here.  However, I think this does say something about Glenn Beck&#8217;s effect on political discourse on the right side of the aisle.  It&#8217;s scary, actually.</p>
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		<title>Debunking Health Care Misinformation</title>
		<link>http://www.reasic.org/2009/08/debunking-health-care-misinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reasic</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peter fleckenstein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In her recent article at Salon, Joan Walsh lamented the level of discourse, or lack thereof, from the right at town hall meetings. She complained that &#8220;Democrats are being shouted down by angry mobs inflamed by corporate interests spewing lies about healthcare reform&#8221;. The rhetoric has continued to worsen in recent days, and it&#8217;s mostly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4" title="Swastika at town hall" src="http://www.reasic.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/HC_nazi.jpg" alt="Swastika at town hall" width="260" height="190" />In her recent article at <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/index.html">Salon</a>, Joan Walsh lamented the level of discourse, or lack thereof, from the right at town hall meetings. She complained that &#8220;Democrats are being shouted down by angry mobs inflamed by corporate interests spewing lies about healthcare reform&#8221;. The rhetoric has continued to worsen in recent days, and it&#8217;s mostly being fueled by lies and distortions about what is in the House bill:</p>
<blockquote><p>At Blue Dog Rep. Mike Ross&#8217; town hall, he was shouted down by a woman insisting Obama supports a single-payer (government) insurance plan, which is simply not true. Another woman began sobbing, talking about what her country has become, ending, &#8220;I&#8217;m scared!&#8221; They&#8217;re being terrified by false claims that Obama is promoting mandatory end-of-life &#8220;counseling&#8221; (read assisted suicide), mandatory gender-change surgery (!) and aiming to eliminate private insurance.</p></blockquote>
<p>Some of the misinformation I&#8217;ve encountered on the internet is a result of the work of a man named Peter Fleckenstein. Apparently, he has been causing quite a stir about how the current health care bill in the House is a horrendous idea, by tweeting about specific sections in the bill that would be, in his view, particularly damaging to our way of life. These tweets then made it onto a couple of small time conservative blogs, and from there, they spread all around teh intertubez. It seems that they&#8217;re everywhere.</p>
<p>Well, I&#8217;ve taken the time to compare all of these tweets to the actual bill, and what I found was very interesting. Apparently, every single one is wrong. In EVERY case, Fleckenstein either didn&#8217;t understand what he was looking at, or he deliberately misrepresented the section of the bill being addressed. So, in an effort to stem the tide of ignorance that is quickly sweeping the web, I&#8217;ve provided my responses to Fleckenstein&#8217;s <a href="http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/07/whats-in-healthacre-bill.html">tweets</a>. Feel free to copy and paste at any location where you see the original tweets. Also, feel free to compare these tweets to the <a href="http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf">bill</a> for yourself.</p>
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<p><strong>Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill &#8211; YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!</strong></p>
<p>If you go to pg 29, lines 4-16, you’ll see that this section is discussing limits on cost sharing. Scroll up to pgs 8 and 9 for a definition: “The term ‘cost-sharing’ includes deductibles, coinsurance, copayments and similar charges but does not include premiums or any network payment differential for covered services or spending for non-covered services”.</p>
<p>So, if cost sharing is the amount that you have to pay for services, then a section on a limitation of cost sharing is setting a limit on the amount you have to fork out, NOT on the amount of coverage you receive. Therefore this is NOT about rationing your health care.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 42 of HC Bill &#8211; The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!</strong></p>
<p>This section is about the establishment of a Health Choices Administration, and the duties of its Commissioner. To understand this section, you must understand that this bill will set up a “Health Insurance Exchange”, in which private insurance companies will compete with each other and with the public option. In this exchange, there will be three or four standard plans that must be offered, so that everyone is on the same level, and to help reduce confusion over benefits being offered by competing plans. So, this section sets the Commissioner’s duties, one of which is to help determine what those standard plans offered in the exchange should look like.</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with a reduction in choice. You can still choose the level of coverage that is right for you, and most importantly, if you already have coverage that you like, you keep it and none of this applies to you.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer</strong></p>
<p>Okay, this page falls under Section 1173A of the bill, which discusses the standardization of “electronic administrative transactions”, and is an amendment to a section of the Social Security Act. I see no mention in this section, much less that particular page, of the government have direct access to your bank accounts. Rather, the lines in question seem to be about enabling electronic funds transfers between the government and health care providers. This must be viewed in the context of the entire section, which is about standardizing the attempt to streamline the various processes involved electronically, in an effort to save money. This isn’t an attempt to steal your money.</p>
<p><strong>PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions &amp; community orgs (ACORN).</strong></p>
<p>Section 164 simply makes no mention of unions or community orgs, much less ACORN. This was made up.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.</strong></p>
<p>This is an assumption of intent. The bill sets up an exchange in which any private health insurance companies can compete with each other and with the public option for your business. In order to work properly, there must be certain standard plans available, so that consumers can easily compare plans to determine the best price for them. Now, if you have insurance under your current employer that you are happy with, nothing changes for you. This is clearly either a misunderstanding of, or an attempt to mislead the public about, this bill.</p>
<p><strong>PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill &#8211; Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange</strong></p>
<p>As explained above, the creation of a functioning marketplace necessitates the standardization of several plan options. It reduces confusion over the plan choices, and allows for consumers to make better value-based decisions.</p>
<p><strong>PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill &#8211; Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration ur Healthcare!</strong></p>
<p>This point seems to be the result of a breakdown in logic. The creation of these standard plans does not mean that your health care will be rationed. Besides, if you stay with your current coverage, nothing changes for you.</p>
<p><strong>PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill &#8211; Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example &#8211; Translation 4 illegal aliens</strong></p>
<p>Like it or not (and for the record, I don&#8217;t), there are LEGAL citizens in this country who dno&#8217;t speak english. The requirement that there not be cultural or linguistic barriers to obtaining coverage does not have anything to do with illegals.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m starting to notice a trend, btw. The author seems to be inserting his own talking points, making something of nothing.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN &amp; Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan</strong></p>
<p>Again, the author adds details (&#8221;ACORN&#8221;, etc.) not located in the bill, as a scare tactic. This is simply a statement that people should be informed of the new system.</p>
<p><strong>-PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill &#8211; Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice</strong></p>
<p>Here, the author has turned a positive into a negative. The goal is to ensure that everyone has coverage. In the referenced section of the bill, it states that a Medicaid-eligible individual who &#8220;has not elected to enroll in an exchange-participating health benefits plan&#8221; will be enrolled in Medicaid. This prevents a lack of coverage as a result of someone simply not knowing how to obtain it. If they are not enrolled in Medicaid, they would have no coverage. Who does that benefit? So they can choose to enroll in a plan, but if they don&#8217;t, they&#8217;ll be covered by Medicaid. Again, not a lack of choice.</p>
<p><strong>pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No &#8220;judicial review&#8221; against Govt Monop</strong></p>
<p>Another misinterpretation. Pg 124 falls under section 223, which discusses the establishment of payment rates for the public option. These rates that are paid to providers will be based on the rates for similar services under Medicare. The lines referenced simply state that these are not subject to review. This has nothing to do with the rates that consumers are charged, and especially nothing to do with a monopoly.</p>
<p><strong>pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill &#8211; Doctors/ #AMA &#8211; The Govt will tell YOU what u can make.</strong></p>
<p>This is section 225, which discusses the payment of providers under the public option. The lines in question simply establish to classes of participation for providers in this option. This is no different than providers who accept Medicare payments.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE</strong></p>
<p>These lines in question are only describing which employers have to abide by the rules set forth in this section on employer contributions. One of the requirements is that they offer autoenrollment &#8220;in accordance with subsection (c)&#8221;. Scrolling down to subsection (c), paragraph (2), you will find that employees are clearly given the choice to opt-out of employer coverage. So much for &#8220;NO CHOICE&#8221;. Maybe the author should&#8217;ve given this more than a skim.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND their families.</strong></p>
<p>Typo. Should be pg 146. However, this does not mention families. It discusses the minimum employer contributions for part-time employees, which is set to the rate of a full-time employee, but prorated by the average weekly hours worked.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k &amp; above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll</strong></p>
<p>This doesn&#8217;t make sense AND lies. Employers would never provide the public option. That is provided by the government. What this section is saying is that if an employee opts out of employer-provided coverage, and the employer has payroll over $400,000, the employer must pay 8% of the AVERAGE wages in the company. This basically ensures that the company is still contributing some amount, even if the employee gets coverage in the exchange.</p>
<p><strong>pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k &amp; 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll</strong></p>
<p>Same as above. This is a contribution equal to a certain percent of the AVERAGE wages, for ONE employee, if they choose to get insurance in the exchange. More lies.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc</strong></p>
<p>This is the first one I&#8217;ve seen that is actually correct. However, the purpose of this section must be clearly understood. For an example, I&#8217;ll use auto insurance. Now, all drivers are required by law to carry at least a minimum amount of coverage, in order to prevent any unforeseen expenses on the part of other parties. The same sort of logic is applied here. The more people we have insured, the lower our collective rates will be. Studies have shown that insurance premiums are currently approx. $1,000 higher because of the cost of care provided to those that don&#8217;t have insurance. So, a tax is imposed on those who can afford it, but don&#8217;t get insurance. The tax is 2.5% of adjusted gross income, but not larger than the average insurance plan. So, it&#8217;s basically an incentive. If you know that you&#8217;re going to be charged a tax that is equal to a premium, you&#8217;d just be sure you had insurance. Problem solved.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv. taxes. (Americans will pay)</strong></p>
<p>Not quite. This section states that people who are visiting from other countries are not required to have insurance. This has nothing to do with American&#8217;s paying.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 195 HC Bill -officers &amp; employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs</strong></p>
<p>Wrong again. This page states that the admin can have access to certain limited information about you, strictly for the purposes of determining if you qualify for gov&#8217;t subsidies. This limitation is spelled out in the next page.</p>
<p><strong>PG 203 Line 14-15 HC &#8211; &#8220;The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax&#8221; Yes, it says that</strong></p>
<p>True, but taken out of context. This section is an addendum to the IRS tax code. The subparagraph in question states that the tax won&#8217;t be treated as a tax &#8220;for the purposes of determining the amount of any credit under this chapter&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected</strong></p>
<p>This section discusses adjusting the way that the target growth rate is computed. This has nothing to do with reducing physician services.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill &#8211; Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u have, you&#8217;ll all be paid the same</strong></p>
<p>Again, this is about computing the target growth rate, not about physicians&#8217; pay. The previous paragraph establishes new service categories for this purpose, and the statement in question simply says that these apply, without regard to specialty.</p>
<p><strong>PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr&#8217;s time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.</strong></p>
<p>In this instance, the author has attempted to make it sound like the gov&#8217;t will set the pay for all doctors, which is not the case. This section is very specifically about the identification of misvalued codes in the system, and what to do when they are found. This will actually increase the efficiency of Medicare and the public option, which should be a good thing for conservatives, right?</p>
<p><strong>PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates &amp; controls productivity for private HC industries</strong></p>
<p>This section is about adjusting the Medicare market basket to account for productivity updates. In other words, if health care providers incorporate cost-savings measures, such as moving to electronic records keeping, they will be rewarded. This creates an incentive to save the government money. Once again, probably something that conservatives should be happy about. However, you guys get scared by claims of &#8220;socialized medicine&#8221;, so you close your eyes, plug your ears, and scream about the sky falling.</p>
<p><strong>PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental &amp; purchase of power driven wheelchairs</strong></p>
<p>What?! This is a section that is already covered by Medicare, and it&#8217;s just being tweaked. In some cases, under Medicare, these are paid for, so yes, there must be regulations as to when and how this is allowed.</p>
<p><strong>PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS &#8211; Cancer patients &#8211; welcome to rationing!</strong></p>
<p>This is just dumb. The author randomly inserts the word &#8220;rationing&#8221; everywhere to apply to various aspects of health care. This section is simply about the adjustment of costs for cancer hospitals, regarding ambulatory services.</p>
<p><strong>Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable readmissions.</strong></p>
<p>This is sort of correct. The adjustments are based on each hospital&#8217;s percentage of potentially preventable Medicare readmissions for 3 conditions with risk adjusted readmission measures endorsed by the National Quality Forum. This helps to increase the effeciency of Medicare, thereby reducing costs. Again, something conservatives ought to stand behind.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.</strong></p>
<p>Taken out of context (again). The beginning of this subsection (d) states that a study will be conducted within the first year after this bill is passed that will determine &#8220;how the readmissions policy described in the previous subsections could be applied to physicians&#8221;. It then goes on to describe various options, of which this penalty is one. I assume if the study finds that this is the best option, that could happen at some point in the future, but conservatives would want to institute cost-cutting measures, which reward those who are the most efficient and effective, right? That&#8217;s a market-based strategy</p>
<p><strong>Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.</strong></p>
<p>This section does not prevent ownership. It closes a loophole, which allows physicians to refer patients to hospitals in which they have a direct financial interest. This is a clear example of how the author didn&#8217;t understand what he was looking at.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand</strong></p>
<p>First of all, this prohibition is established as a requirement to qualify for certain exceptions to the self-referral prohibition mentioned earlier in the bill. Secondly, if one were to scroll down to pages 321-326, one would find a little over four pages of exceptions to this prohibition. Bottom line: Goverment is NOT flatly mandating hospitals can&#8217;t expand as part of this bill.</p>
<p><strong>pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!</strong></p>
<p>Why is it that any time a conservative sees the word &#8220;community&#8221;, they think of ACORN? Clause (ii) in subparagraph (A) means that ANYONE in the community can voice their opinions on a proposed expansion. That means me, you, ACORN, Sean Hannity, Jesse Jackson, ANYBODY! We should all go! It&#8217;ll be like a huge party! YEAH!!</p>
<p><strong>Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 &#8211; Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing</strong></p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t about general health care. It&#8217;s an amendment to the Social Security Act, to add &#8220;Quality Based Payment Adjustments&#8221;, which are intended to improve the quality of care in that program.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan</strong></p>
<p>What?! This page is still under section 1162, which is about quality bonus payments to various Medicare Advantage plans. The only disqualification here, would be in respect to whether a plan would be eligible to receive bonus payments.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 354 Sec 1177 &#8211; Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl! WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!</strong></p>
<p>Ugh.,, The government already restricts enrollment to specialized Medicare Advantage plans annual, coordinated enrollment periods, prior to a certain date. This simply moves that date back, which has the opposite effect of what the author thought.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy &#8211; Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?</strong></p>
<p>Telehealth services already exist. This creates a committee that meets twice a year, to help determine how to more effectively provide the telehealth services. This is intended to INCREASE efficiency, which is again, something one would think that conservatives would be for, not against.</p>
<p><strong>PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life</strong></p>
<p>This section says nothing about mandating any such consultation.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct &amp; consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!</strong></p>
<p>Again, this isn&#8217;t mandatory. It&#8217;s a direction on the things that should be discussed in a requested advanced care planning consultation, if one hasn&#8217;t been given in the last five years.</p>
<p><strong>PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death</strong></p>
<p>It says no such thing.</p>
<p><strong>PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how ur life ends</strong></p>
<p>First of all, this is about orders for &#8220;life sustaining treatment&#8221;. Secondly, this is still in the section about the &#8220;advanced care planning consultation&#8221;, and what it should cover, once requested, if the patient hasn&#8217;t had one in five years. So, this is about a talk with a doctor, not a government mandate on providing a service.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An &#8220;adv. care planning consult&#8221; will b used frequently as patients health deteriorates</strong></p>
<p>One must remember that this is under the Medicare section. This is about how often such consultations are covered, not when they are mandated.</p>
<p><strong>PG 429 Lines 10-12 &#8220;adv. care consultation&#8221; may incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV</strong></p>
<p>No, an order from the patient&#8217;s doctor, if deemed necessary BY THE DOCTOR. The order, by the way, is for &#8220;life sustaining treatment&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 429 Lines 13-25 &#8211; The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.</strong></p>
<p>This does no such thing. It describes the qualifications of an acceptable &#8220;order regarding life sustaining treatment&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life</strong></p>
<p>This section simply states that the level of treatment may vary, not that the government will decide anything. This is up to the patient&#8217;s doctor.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 469 &#8211; Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?</strong></p>
<p>Wow. Just insert &#8220;ACORN&#8221; wherever possible &#8217;cause it&#8217;s SCARY!! BOO!!! Last time I checked, ACORN was not an organization that &#8220;provides beneficiaries with medical home services&#8221;, or assists in &#8220;teaching self-care skills for managing chronic illnesses, transitional care services, care plan setting, medication therapy mgmt services for patients with multiple chronic diseases, etc.&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?</strong></p>
<p>Ugh. Teh stupid is making my head hurt! This dude sees &#8220;community-based org.&#8221;, and immediately thinks &#8220;ACORN&#8221;, as if they&#8217;re the only community org.</p>
<p><strong>PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage &amp; Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage</strong></p>
<p>Um, no. The two key things to note here, are that we are still under the Medicare section of the bill, and the word &#8220;coverage&#8221;. This only means that if you qualify for Medicare, and need marriage and family therapy, those might be paid for by your Medicare plan.</p>
<p><strong>Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs</strong></p>
<p>Again, this is under changes to Medicare, so this has nothing to do with the public option or the health insurance exchange. Therefore, this is only about what will be covered by Medicare.</p>
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