tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110102752024-03-07T15:15:52.231-06:00Visions From The HorizonWhat the MSM doesn't tell you...all in one place.B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-9320455355069547022021-09-30T15:00:00.003-05:002021-09-30T15:03:16.235-05:00Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops Concerning COVID-19 Vaccinations<h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ81PPAfI4Mp1_0ME5VPuhWRGTQlIh9SZHS5Z7LTM818IAgjjNdd5Nm_BvyZfuO4g4fPfgUKyBkF1mPBq9TBJEcjONOHQ4rwoqZO3tJBtYpMORs-ataPhRFvlax9hFG5esyas-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="697" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ81PPAfI4Mp1_0ME5VPuhWRGTQlIh9SZHS5Z7LTM818IAgjjNdd5Nm_BvyZfuO4g4fPfgUKyBkF1mPBq9TBJEcjONOHQ4rwoqZO3tJBtYpMORs-ataPhRFvlax9hFG5esyas-/" width="315" /></a></div><br />Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops </h1><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Posted on <a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/open-letter-to-the-catholic-bishops/" title="6:47 pm">September 27, 2021</a> <span class="byline">by </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/author/admin/" title="View all posts by Mark">Mark</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Christ’s faithful are at liberty to make
known their needs, <br />
especially their spiritual needs, and their wishes to the Pastors of the
Church. <br />
They have the right, indeed <i><u>at times the duty</u></i>, <br />
in keeping with their knowledge, competence and position, <br />
to manifest to the sacred Pastors their views on matters <br />
which concern the good of the Church. <br />
<i>They have the right also to make their views known to others of Christ’s
faithful,</i> <br />
but in doing so they must always respect the integrity of faith and morals,<br />
show due reverence to their Pastors,<br />
and take into account both <br />
the common good and dignity of individuals. <br />
</span></b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—<em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Code of Canon Law</span></em>,
212</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">DEAR</span></strong> Catholic Bishops,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>After a year and a half of living in a state of “pandemic”, I am compelled
by the undeniable scientific data and testimony of individuals, scientists, and
doctors to beg the hierarchy of the Catholic Church to reconsider its
widespread support for “public health measures” that are, in fact, gravely
endangering public health. As society is being divided between the “vaccinated”
and “unvaccinated” — with the latter suffering everything from exclusion from
society to the loss of income and livelihood — it is shocking to see some
shepherds of the Catholic Church encouraging this new medical apartheid. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There are <strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">seven</span></strong> basic premises the
Church has apparently accepted as scientific fact that are, in fact,
pseudo-science at best. I will address each of these below. Although I am
presently a lay evangelist within the Church, my professional background is a
former television reporter with CTV Edmonton in Canada. As such, I have
returned to my journalistic roots of late in hopes of piercing through the
intense censorship and cancel-culture that has deprived the faithful and world
at large of critical information that is a matter of life and death — a matter indeed
of “the common good.” The American novelist Upton Sinclair once said, “It is
foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse
to be convinced by real evidence.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Before I address these seven premises, there is one underlying theme that
has been accepted by society at large that has done tremendous damage. And that
is the novel idea that a perfectly healthy person is somehow a viral threat.
Dr. Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, is probably the foremost expert
in the world today on the pandemic response and the most cited doctor in the
National Library of Medicine. He stated recently:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The
virus is not spread asymptomatically. Only sick people give it to other people.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr. Peter
6:32; interview, </span><a href="https://tv.gab.com/channel/starcrest/view/dr-mccullough-on-ivermectin-pcr-tests-614895484c7bcc2e133fc7b1"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Gab TV</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One of the world’s most renowned immunologists agrees:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">…it
was the crowning of stupidity to claim that someone could have COVID-19 without
any symptoms at all or even to pass the disease along without showing any
symptoms whatsoever.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Professor Beda M. Stadler, PhD, former
director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Bern in
Switzerland; <em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Weltwoche
(World Week)</span></em> on June 10th, 2020; cf. </span><a href="https://backtoreason.medium.com/coronavirus-why-everyone-was-wrong-fce6db5ba809"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">backtoreason.medium.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The former Vice President and Chief Scientist of vaccine manufacturer
Pfizer, no less, states flatly that such a premise is a complete fabrication. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Asymptomatic
transmission: the concept a perfectly well person can represent a respiratory
virus threat to another person; that was invented about a year ago — never been
mentioned before in the industry… It’s not possible to have a body full of
respiratory virus to the point that you’re an infectious source and for you not
to have symptoms… It’s not true that people without symptoms are a strong
respiratory virus threat.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —April 11th, 2021, interview
on </span><a href="https://www.bitchute.com/video/qs9X8Blr4Ucv/"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The Last
American Vagabond</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hence it follows that masking the healthy,<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[1]</sup></span>
social distancing, and locking down entire healthy populations rather than
focused health protocols and quarantining the sick, have little basis in
science. The PCR test, used globally to determine whether someone has COVID,
has produced so many “false-positives”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[2]</sup></span>
— over 90% according to the <em>New York Times</em> <span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[3]</sup></span><em> — </em>that it has been
condemned by several European courts<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[4]</sup></span>
and has been called “criminal” by several leading scientists.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[5]</sup></span> Combining over a thousand
hours in research, I have addressed this astonishing departure from science in
a new documentary called <a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/following-the-science/"><i>Following the
Science?</i></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Not long ago, Pope Francis stated:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">I
believe that ethically everyone must take the vaccine. It is the ethical choice
because it is about your life but also the lives of others. I do not understand
why some say that this could be a dangerous vaccine. If the doctors are presenting
this to you as a thing that will go well and doesn’t have any special dangers,
why not take it? There is a suicidal denialism that I would not know how to
explain, but today, people must take the vaccine. </span></b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—POPE
FRANCIS, </span><a href="https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/televisione/papa-francesco-al-tg5-per-la-politica-questo-non-il-momento-di-rompere-lunit_27455525-202102a.shtml"><span class="s1"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">interview </span></span></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">for Italy’s TG5
news program, January 19th, 2021; </span><a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-francis-suggests-people-have-moral-obligation-take-coronavirus-vaccine"><span class="s1"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">ncronline.com</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Unfortunately, this statement, which is refuted by the emerging data, is the
very basis for allowing not only segregation to return <em>en masse </em>within
society but has potentially led to the injury and deaths of scores, as I’ll
explain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I write this letter most especially in the name of all the priests and laity
who have reached out to me, pressured by their bishops to participate in a
medical programme that violates their conscience…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <u>Premise I: This is a <em>vaccine</em></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The first premise the Church is apparently operating from is that this is a
“vaccine.” It is no little thing that the mRNA injections are <em>not</em>
vaccines in any traditional sense. According to the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), it is a “gene therapy”. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Currently,
mRNA is considered a gene therapy product by the FDA.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Moderna’s
Registration Statement, pg. 19, </span><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682852/000119312518323562/d577473ds1.htm"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">sec.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This is a technology that has never made it to market after nearly twenty
years of research because of its lethality in animal trials.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[6]</sup></span> It only found “emergency
authorization use” during this current declared pandemic. Why is this
important? There are no long-term studies of this current “vaccine”, a process
which normally takes 10-15 years before being mass distributed. Second, the
clinical trials of these mRNA injections are not slated for completion until
2023.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[7]</sup></span> This means all the
trial and safety data are still being collected <em>while</em> the product is
being injected into millions of arms. This, by very definition, makes this an <em>experimental</em>
injection. This has been confirmed by Moderna.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[8]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The CEO of Moderna admits that this technology is “actually hacking the
software of life.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[9]</sup></span> It is
startling, then, that the Church has seemingly thrown her support behind a
completely novel, untested technology with radical potential for misuse.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[10]</sup></span> The <em>Catechism of the Catholic
Church</em> is clear:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="color: #003366; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Research or experimentation on the human being cannot legitimate
acts that are in themselves contrary to the dignity of persons and to the moral
law. The subjects’ potential consent does not justify such acts.
Experimentation on human beings is not morally legitimate if it exposes the
subject’s life or physical and psychological integrity to disproportionate or
avoidable risks. Experimentation on human beings does not conform to the
dignity of the person if it takes place without the informed consent of the
subject or those who legitimately speak for him.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —n. 2295</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise II: Ethically everyone must take this “vaccine”</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since the mRNA gene therapies are experimental, any coercion or “mandate” to
force someone to be injected with this technology is a direct violation of Catholic
teaching as well as the Nuremberg Code. This Code was developed in 1947 to
protect patients from medical experimentation, stating as its first declaration
that “<span class="s1"><i>the voluntary consent of the human subject is
absolutely essential.</i></span>”<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[11]</sup></span><span class="apple-converted-space">
</span>Hence, the Holy Father’s statement that “that ethically everyone must
take the vaccine” is in conflict with this basic principle of international
law. Second, it is in contradiction with the Congregration for the Doctrine of
the Faith’s own guidelines:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">At
the same time, practical reason makes evident that vaccination is not, as a
rule, a moral obligation and that, therefore, it must be voluntary. </span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">— “Note on the
morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines”, n. 6; </span><a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">vatican.va</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hence, it is deeply troubling to have seen your fellow Bishop in Moncton,
New Brunswick briefly threaten to withhold the sacraments from those not
“doubly vaccinated”.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[12]</sup></span>
However, we understand this may already be the case in Malaysia. Nonetheless,
it is clear that several bishops and cardinals are forcing their diocesan staff
to be injected — or face possible termination, which is tantamount to violating
the “voluntary consent of the human subject.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise III: The “vaccine” doesn’t have any “special dangers”</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In the CDF’s guidelines, it explicitly states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">We
do not intend to judge the safety and efficacy of these vaccines, although
ethically relevant and necessary, as this evaluation is the responsibility of
biomedical researchers and drug agencies.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —n. 1, </span><a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">vatican.va</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>A year and a half into the pandemic and many months into an unprecedented
“mass vaccination” of the global population, there is enough data to contradict
the Pope’s surprising disclaimer. For one, the animal trials <em>from the very
beginning</em> were already a “signal” of potential “special dangers” with this
therapy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>However, now that we are well into the human trials, the early data reveals
an unprecedented and disturbing picture. In the United States, <a href="https://vaers.hhs.gov/">VAERS</a> (the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting
System) established to collect information on vaccine injuries, reveals that
nearly 15,000 people have reportedly died after receiving the injection; 19,210
have been permanently injured; and over 800,00 have reported some kind of adverse
reaction varying in severity.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[13]</sup></span>
For perspective, Dr. Peter McCullough, who has worked on drug safety
commissions, notes that:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A
typical new drug at about five deaths, unexplained deaths, we get a black-box
warning, saying it may cause death. And then at about 50 deaths it’s pulled off
the market. </span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—interview with Alex Newman, </span><a href="https://thenewamerican.com/covid-shot-killing-large-numbers-warns-top-covid-doc-peter-mccullough/"><em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">The New American</span></em></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">, April 27th,
2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>During the 1976 Swine Flu pandemic, they attempted to vaccinate 55 million
Americans, but the drive was suddenly dropped. “The program was killed at 25
deaths,” says Dr. McCullough.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[14]</sup></span>
On July 16, 1999, the CDC recommended that healthcare providers suspend the use
of the licensed RotaShield – a rotavirus vaccine – after <em>only 15 cases of
intussusception</em> (bowel obstruction) were reported in VAERS.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[15]</sup></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Moreover, Dr. McCullough notes a <a href="https://rickjaffeesq.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-20116.pdf">Harvard
study</a> that found only about 1% of actual adverse reactions are reported to
VAERS.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[16]</sup></span> That means the
aforementioned injuries and deaths may be <em>exponentially</em> higher.
Finally, Dr. McCullough himself states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">We
have independent evaluations suggesting 86% [of deaths] is related to the
vaccine [and] is far beyond anything that is acceptable… It’s going to go down
in history as the most dangerous biological-medicinal product rollout in human
history.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —July
21st, 2021, </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vk5jd0-dr.-peter-mccullough-urgent-warning-about-poisonous-jabs-an-agonizing-situa.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Stew Peters
Show, rumble.com</span></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> at
17:38</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>By contrast, in Europe, the official database <a href="https://www.adrreports.eu/en/index.html">EudraVigilance</a> reports that,
as of September 11th, 2021, some 24,526 deaths have occurred after injection,
and over 2.3 million have been injured.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[17]</sup></span>
And the WHO’s database using the search term “COVID-19 vaccine” returns over 2
million injuries.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[18]</sup></span> This is
extraordinary, and why Dr. McCullough has called for an immediate stop to the
drug programme. In fact, Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA technology,
has recently signed <em>The Physician’s Declaration </em>along with 3000
other doctors and scientists, accusing COVID policy-makers of potential “crimes
against humanity.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[19]</sup></span> The
reason for the injuries and deaths been ascertained and discussed now by
numerous high-level scientists (see footnote). <span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[20]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In a pointed address to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, MD,
who has published over three hundred articles in the fields of immunology,
bacteriology, virology, and parasitology, and received numerous awards and the
Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate, stated:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Don’t
you know of the dangers of these vaccines? If so, why not? It’s your damn duty
to find out. Same with the authorities; same, by the way, with the BBC — once
the Great British Broadcasting Corporation… Now Boris’ or Bill [Gates’]
Broadcasting Corporation. Shame on you, shame on you. </span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—Dr. Sucharit
Bhakdi, MD; Oracle Films, </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vmw1v8-dr.-sucharit-bhakdi-addresses-the-uk-govt.-and-bbc.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">rumble.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>If bishops are going to mandate that their staff and priests are to be
injected against their consciences, and remain silent while thousands of their
parishioners are fired from their jobs in health care and elsewhere… it would
seem there is a moral obligation, at bare minimum, to assure that the hierarchy
has carefully reviewed the safety data first. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise IV: There is no alternative</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The CDF states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Those
who, however, for reasons of conscience, refuse vaccines produced with cell
lines from aborted fetuses, must do their utmost to avoid, by other
prophylactic means and appropriate behavior, becoming vehicles for the
transmission of the infectious agent.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Ibid. n. 5</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since the injections being used in this mass “vaccination” campaign utilized
aborted fetal cell lines in order to develop them, the CDF gave specific
guidelines as to when they would be permissible, if at all. Among other things,
the “Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines” states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">In
the absence of other means to stop or even prevent the epidemic</span></b></em><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">, the common good may
recommend vaccination, especially to protect the weakest and most exposed.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —n. 5, </span><a href="https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20201221_nota-vaccini-anticovid_en.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">vatican.va</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>According to “Meta-analyses based on 18 randomized controlled treatment
trials of Ivermectin in COVID-19, [there] have found large, statistically
significant reductions in mortality, time to clinical recovery, and time to
viral clearance. Furthermore, results from numerous controlled prophylaxis
trials report significantly reduced risks of contracting COVID-19 with the
regular use of Ivermectin.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[21]</sup></span>
In fact, one of that study’s authors testified before a US Senate Committee
hearing:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Mountains
of data have emerged from many centers and countries around the world, showing
the miraculous effectiveness of Ivermectin. It basically </span></strong><em><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">obliterates</span></b></em><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"> transmission of
this virus. If you take it, you will not get sick.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr. Pierre
Kory, M.D., December 8th, 2020;</span><a href="https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/physician-tells-senate-ivermectin-covid-wonder-drug-if-you-take-it-you"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> cnsnews.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Nobel Prize nominee Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, MD, an advisor to several
governments and published in top peer-reviewed journals, reports a “99%
survival of high-risk Covid-19 patients” by placing them on similar protocols
utilizing Ivermectin or Quercitin to deliver zinc to cells to combat the viral
proteins.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[22]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In his address to the UK government, Dr. Sucharit declares:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The
truth is there are excellent medicines: safe, efficacious, cheap — that, as Dr.
Peter McCullough has been saying for months now, will save the lives of 75% of
the elderly with pre-existing disease, and that reduces the lethality of this
virus to </span></strong><em><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">below
the flu</span></b></em><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Oracle films;
:01 mark; </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vmw1v8-dr.-sucharit-bhakdi-addresses-the-uk-govt.-and-bbc.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">rumble.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hence, the moral argument for taking these abortion-tainted injections
completely falls apart. Moreover, that these life-saving remedies are being
censored should cause a collective outcry from all quarters of the Church as
family members, religious and priests are unnecessarily dying and Intensive
Care Units (ICU’s) unnecessarily strained! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise V: Vaccination is the only valid means of building “immunity”</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>In 2020, the World Health Organization quietly but significantly changed the
definition of “herd immunity”:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">‘Herd
immunity’, also known as ‘population immunity’, is a concept used for
vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus </span></strong><em><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">if a threshold
of vaccination is reached</span></b></em><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">. Herd immunity is achieved by protecting
people from a virus, not by exposing them to it.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —October
15th, 2020; </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201223100930/https:/www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">who.int</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That monumental statement should have raised a loud and uniform protest
among Catholic ethicists and scientists (but perhaps the censorship is simply
too great, and they are unaware…?). Nonetheless, this definition strikes at the
very heart of God’s creation, suggesting that man’s natural immunity is somehow
now useless, and that every man, woman and child must henceforth be injected <em>when,
how, </em>and with <em>what</em> the government dictates. This is flagrantly
anti-science and the very definition of medical tyranny. On the contrary,
Harvard Professor Dr. Martin Kulldorff, PhD, states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">What
we know is that if you have had COVID, you have very good immunity — not only
for the same variant, but also for other variants. And even for other types,
cross-immunity, for other types of coronaviruses.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—Dr. Martin
Kulldorff, August 10th, 2021, </span><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/harvard-epidemiologist-martin-kulldorff-on-vaccine-passports-the-delta-variant-and-the-covid-public-health-fiasco_3942556.html?&utm_medium=AmericanThoughtLeaders&utm_source=Others&utm_campaign=ATL-Kulldorff&utm_content=8-10-2021"><em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Epoch Times</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And Dr. McCullough states:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">You
can’t beat natural immunity. You can’t vaccinate on top of it and make it
better.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr.
Peter McCullough, March 10th, 2021; cf. </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/following-the-science/"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">documentary <em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Following the Science?</span></em></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>He cites new data out of the United Kingdom that shows “nine out of every 10
people in the United Kingdom between the ages of 16 and 24 already have
antibodies to protect themselves against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19)…
According to the estimates, 86.9 percent of young people in Wales have COVID-19
antibodies. In Northern Ireland, the number is 87.2 percent. In Scotland and
England, this number increases slightly to 88.7 percent. The presence of
coronavirus antibodies among such a high percentage of young people all over
the U.K. suggests that many have already been infected by COVID-19 and have
recovered from it… In Mumbai, India, nearly 90 percent of the residents of the
city already have COVID-19 antibodies, according to a survey that was just
released on Friday.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[23]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>However, with several bishops and even cardinals beginning to push “vaccine”
mandates, it seems this basic fact of Creation and a foundational tenet of
immunology is being ignored, even by the Church. In fact, one Archbishop went
so far as to declare: “If you don’t want to be vaccinated, you are actually a
sinner because you will become a source of the disease for other people.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[24]</sup></span> This is so far from actual
science, so distant from any sound medical or moral argument, that such
statements are scandalous, embarrassing, and causing more division and
demonization of perfectly healthy and immune people. Says one Canadian priest,
thankfully:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">One
thing I do know is that we cannot participate in any enforcement by government
of any marking system that identifies clean and unclean leper and non-leper,
vaccinated or non-vaccinated; to do that would be for us to surrender to the
powers of this world, that which only rests with God.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Fr. Stefano
Penna, St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral, Saskatoon, Canada; Sept. 19th, 2021; </span><a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-priest-says-there-will-never-be-a-vaccine-passport-marking-system-used-in-his-church/"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">lifesitenews.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It should be well-noted that the “deniers”,<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[25]</sup></span>
as Pope Francis sadly called some of his own Cardinals who are
“vaccine-hesitant”, are not uneducated, selfish holdouts. Rather, a recent
study found that the most “vaccine-hesitant” are those with PhD’s.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[26]</sup></span> How does belittling, mocking, and
disparaging those who, based on their careful research and an informed decision
to refuse forced injection, advance any kind of “human” cause? Does the Church
no longer believe in the precept of “informed conscience”?<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[27]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Moreover, a stunning irony emerges in that the mRNA vaccines do not and <em>never
were designed to prevent the transmission</em> of the virus. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The
studies [on the mRNA inoculations] aren’t designed to assess transmission. They
don’t ask that question, and there’s really no information on this at this
point in time.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr.
Larry Corey oversees the National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 “vaccine”
trials; November 20th, 2020; </span><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/941388"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">medscape.com;</span></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> cf. </span><a href="https://www.primarydoctor.org/covidvaccine"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">primarydoctor.org/covidvaccine</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">They
were tested with an outcome of severe disease — not preventing infection.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —U.S.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams, <em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Good
Morning America,</span></em> December 14th, 2020; </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9051427/Surgeon-General-Jerome-Adams-says-people-need-wear-masks-vaccine.html"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">dailymail.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That the hierarchy has been misled in this regard by a small but powerful
sector in the global medical complex is unfortunate. In fact, data rolling in
from countries around the world, most notably the most vaccinated countries of
Israel, the UK, Bermuda, etc. all show that it is the “vaccinated” who are
spreading the virus the most.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[28]</sup></span>
If there is any doubt remaining, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky recently
admitted to CNN that the injections simply no longer “prevent transmission”
(which we were told from the beginning that they never did).<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[29]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>So why are Catholic bishops demonizing healthy, unvaccinated individuals
when those who are “vaccinated” are likely going to spread the virus in their
parishes and communities anyway?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise VI: COVID-19 is the most pressing health issue</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The disease COVID-19 caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 can be a serious
infection for certain people. According to the CDC, the survival rate for those
under 50 years of age is 99.5%.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[30]</sup></span>
Children are more at risk of dying from seasonal influenza than COVID-19.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[31]</sup></span> Dr. Robert Malone states, “the
risk associated with this disease is not uniformly distributed” but is “almost
exclusively in the very old and obese, and others with certain preexisting risk
factors.”<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[32]</sup></span> So while this is a
more serious virus for those in high-risk categories, it has proven not to be
so for the general population. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>However, the obsession of governments with COVID-19 <em>alone</em>, with the
endorsement of the Church at the highest level, has created a horrendous gulf
of suffering and injustice elsewhere. Two United Nations agencies have warned
that the unprecedented lockdown of healthy populations could lead to a
“doubling of world poverty” and a further “135 million” to starve to death.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[33]</sup></span> It is a tragic irony that while
our Church leaders are calling for equal distribution of these “vaccines”, the
very lockdowns intended to “protect” the poor are killing them. And what about
those <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/a-scary-number-of-retail-companies-are-facing-bankruptcy-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-180604964.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWFya21hbGxldHQuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL5NqZ0O5fiWSKTQs1T1ipPJJw_rPQRz3Y2fwgzoA-mkL9ThOWQMvUKDnwTsnaEhKK-VCoLihkRIdqB8mkC56u2I9-cCwVCE8RCDgSwkUd9Glp1jkaI81o0RHGV1PeD8uPpsidO-XB7T-0c06M57pU10Q4desoQTes-zAn4Y7uWK">losing
their businesses and livelihoods</a> due to prolonged lockdowns? What about
those thousands who are dying because of <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200528-why-most-covid-19-deaths-wont-be-from-the-virus">delayed
surgeries</a>? What about the skyrocketing <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/02/25/coronavirus-covid-19-mental-health-suicide-opioids/">mental
health issues</a> and <a href="https://www.psycom.net/covid-19-suicide-rates">potential</a>
explosion of <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2764584?guestAccessKey=4602da6c-2bb3-4ae2-9aee-aceaa5d862cf&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_term=mostread&utm_content=olf-widget_05112020">suicides</a>?<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[34]</sup></span> What about the deaths through a <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/opioids/covid-19-surges-ama-sounds-alarm-nation-s-overdose-epidemic">pandemic
of drug abuse</a>? And what about those being forced from their jobs in this
medical apartheid?<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[35]</sup></span> David Redman,
a former head of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The
Canadian “lockdown” response will kill at least 10 times more than it might
have saved from the actual virus, COVID-19. The unconscionable use of fear
during an emergency, to ensure compliance, has caused a breach in confidence in
government that will last a decade or more. The damage to our democracy will
last at least a generation.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —July 2021, page 5, </span><a href="https://fcpp.org/wp-content/uploads/FC-PS237_CDADeadlyResponse_JL1621_F2.pdf"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">“Canada’s Deadly
Response to COVID-19”</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>And your fellow bishop, French prelate Marc Aillet warned:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">…man
is “one in body and soul”, it is not right to turn physical health into an
absolute value to the point of sacrificing the psychological and spiritual
health of citizens, and in particular to deprive them of freely practicing
their religion, which experience proves to be essential for their equilibrium. </span></b><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Fear is not a good
counsellor: it leads to ill-advised attitudes, it sets people against one
another, it generates a climate of tension and even violence. We may well be on
the verge of an explosion!</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Bishop Marc Aillet for the
diocesan magazine <em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Notre
Eglise</span></em> (“Our Church”), December 2020; </span><a href="https://www.countdowntothekingdom.com/a-bishops-plea/"><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">countdowntothekingdom.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><u>Premise VII: a “vaccine passport” is a “health” tool</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Scientists around the globe, including the former Vice President of Pfizer,
Dr. Mike Yeadon, are warning that vaccine passports are the end of freedom as
we know it. That the Vatican has now adopted such a tool itself is a scandal as
it deliberately excludes perfectly healthy people, many who are naturally
immune, from participating in society. Already in France and in Columbia, some
people have been blocked from buying groceries.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[36]</sup></span>
Two doctors in Alberta, Canada are calling for all unvaccinated to lose
employment, potentially casting thousands of families into destitution.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[37]</sup></span> Italy has already suspended all
unvaccinated workers without pay.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[38]</sup></span>
Such a medical apartheid is a horrifying spectre spreading across the world,
creating new forms of discrimination, injustice and hardship. Here, the
prescient words of Benedict XVI are already upon us — that an “act of love”,
which is what Pope Francis calls taking this experimental injection, must
always be rooted in <em>truth, </em>o<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">…without
the guidance of charity in truth, this global force could cause unprecedented
damage and create new divisions within the human family.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —</span><a href="http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html"><i><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Caritas in
Veritate</span></i></a><em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span></em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">n. 33</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>That the Vatican is “setting the example” by initiating so-called “green
passports” is grievous when all things are considered, and inexcusable to those
scientists who are warning of the grave risks to medical and human freedom with
such an unnecessary surveillance system: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Just
take it from me, you don’t need vaccine passports. They provide nothing
whatsoever to you or anyone else in relations to safety. But it will give away,
to whoever controls that database and the rules, complete control over
everything you do.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr. Mike Yeadon, from </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/following-the-science/"><em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Following the
Science?</span></em></a><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">
58:31 mark</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">If
they ever come to be, then it’s goodnight to society, goodnight to science,
goodnight to humanity.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> — Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, Ibid; 58:48</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">I
can’t say it more forcefully enough, this is literaly the end of human liberty
in the West if this plan unfolds as planned.</span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> —Dr. Naomi
Wolfe, Ibid; 59:04</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>LESSONS FROM THE PAST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Given all of the above, it is incomprehensible to many that the Church is
not only silent in the face of these overwhelming injustices taking place in
the name of the “common good” but that we are actively <em>complicit</em> with
the State. Have we not already learned the hard lessons from the past of
participating in the State’s projects of injustice? In Canada, dozens of
churches have been burned to the ground or vandalized this past year for the
Catholic Church’s direct cooperation in residential schools, which in some
places acted in “cultural genocide” of the native way of life under the
government’s funding and watchful eye. How ironic that this September 30th,
2021 will mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada… at the very
same time new and grotesque divisions and injustices are enforced by the State <em>and</em>
Church in lockstep.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>But perhaps the most applicable example is the Church’s wide acceptance and
even promotion of the pharmaceutical industry’s most prized method of eugenics:
the “birth control pill.” The so-called “Winnipeg Statement” by Canadian
bishops opened the door to a kind of ecclesiastical acceptance and even
participation in the promotion of contraception under the banner of the stated
sophistry:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">…that
course which seems right to him, does so in good conscience. </span></strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">—Canadian
Bishops response to <em><span face=""Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Humanae
Vitae</span></em>; Plenary Assembly held at St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada,
Sept 27th, 1968</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>(Again, the irony of that statement in light of bishops now adopting the
State’s “no jab, no job” discrimination policy, that utterly overrides
individual conscience, is quite stunning.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>As a result of vast portions of the Church ignoring Pope Paul VI’s clear
teaching, and cooperating with “Big Pharma’s” eugenics programme, hundreds of
millions of babies have been killed, Western nations are in a population
decline,<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[39]</sup></span> and birth control
pills have been linked to breast <span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[40]</sup></span>
and cervical cancer <span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[41]</sup></span> while
others to prostate cancer in men. <span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[42]</sup></span>
The incredible cost to the health care system, not only in dealing with these
physical diseases but the untold mental health issues when parents come to
terms (or not) with having killed their own offspring, are practically
incalculable.<span class="footnotereferrer"><sup>[43]</sup></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
the Encyclical letter <i>Laudato ‘si, </i>Pope Francis stated: “the
Church does not presume to settle scientific questions or to replace politics.
But I am concerned to encourage an honest and open debate so that particular
interests or ideologies will not prejudice the common good.”<sup>[44]</sup> It
should be clear now that neither honest nor open debate, nor freedom from
particular interests or ideologies, has marked this pandemic. Rather,
censorship, control, and manipulation have prevailed as thousands of scientists
and doctors have been threatened, deplatformed, or dismissed for sharing the
very data that you have just read. That the Church is party to this by virtue
of her silence is not only grievous to many of us, but the cost can be counted
literally in lost and destroyed lives. Please, dear shepherds, reject this new
holocaust in the name of truth and science. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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servant in Christ,<br />
Mark Mallett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. An article summarizing all the
latest studies on masking: </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/unmasking-the-facts/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unmasking
the Facts</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/top-ten-pandemic-lies/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Top
Ten Pandemic Fables</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">nytimes.com/2020/08/29</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://geopolitic.org/2020/11/21/portuguese-court-rules-pcr-tests-unreliable-quarantines-unlawful/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">geopolitic.org/2020/11/21</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
</span><a href="https://greatgameindia.com/austria-court-pcr-test/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">greatgameindia.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/following-the-science/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Following
the Science?</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">primarydoctor.org; </span><a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/99d35b02-a5cb-41e6-ad80-a070f8a5ee17/SMDwhitepaper.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">America’s
Frontline Doctors White Paper On </span></a><a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/99d35b02-a5cb-41e6-ad80-a070f8a5ee17/SMDwhitepaper.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Experimental
Vaccines For COVID-19</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">; cf. </span><a href="https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-data-preclinical-studies-mrna"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">pfizer.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04368728?term=NCT04368728&draw=2&rank=1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">clinicaltrials.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Listen to “Moderna’s Admission”, </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vk2l75-modernas-admission.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rumble.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://rumble.com/vekrxx-tal-zaks-chief-medical-officer-of-moderna-mrna-alters-dna.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">TED
talk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. Prof. Yuval Harar, for
example, considers humans to be “hackable animals”: </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vmw21m-prof.-yuval-harari-reduces-humans-to-hackable-animals-in-this-new-era.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rumble.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shuster E. <i>Fifty years later:
The significance of the Nuremberg code</i>. </span><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199711133372006"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New
England Journal of Medicin</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">e. 1997; 337:1436-1440<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210919041419/http:/www.diomoncton.ca/en/news-item/covid-19-green-phase-september-17th-2021-update"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">web.archive.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://vaers.hhs.gov/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">VAERS</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
this website has filtered COVID-19 injections from other vaccines here: </span><a href="https://openvaers.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">openVAERS.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
we are tracking the numbers independently from several countries </span><a href="https://www.countdowntothekingdom.com/the-tolls/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑14<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">read interview </span><a href="https://assets-global.website-files.com/606d3dece4ec3c3866cc798a/60a60196d9f50fdab796b7a0_51%20Leohohmann.com%202021%20Highly%20cited%20COVID%20doctor%20comes%20to%20stunning%20conclusion.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5334a3.htm"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cdc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑16<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://rickjaffeesq.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-20116.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Lazarus</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> final report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.countdowntothekingdom.com/the-tolls/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Tolls</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑18<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.vigiaccess.org/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vigiaccess.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.internationalcovidsummit.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">internationalcovidsummit.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
cf. </span><a href="https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/24/over-3000-doctors-and-scientists-sign-declaration-accusing-covid-policy-makers-of-crimes-against-humanity/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">amgreatness.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑20<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The mRNA injections cause a
person’s cells to create the “spike protein” similar to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
However, rather than staying in the site of the injection, </span><a href="https://files.catbox.moe/0vwcmj.pdf"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">bio-distribution data</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
has revealed that the spike protein is travelling throughout the entire body,
including to the brain and accumulating in organs, most notably the ovaries.
This is causing massive reports of blood clotting, strokes, myocarditis,
heart failure, rashes, paralysis, seizures, blindness, hair loss, and other
issues reported in VAERS. How the virus uses the spike protein to enter human
cells: </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02039-y" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02039-y</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
on how the Covid19 spike protein crosses the blood-brain barrier: </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999612030406X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999612030406X?via%3Dihub</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Japanese
article on how the Pfizer vax is associated with brain hemorrhaging (lending
credence to the hypothesis that the spike proteins are crossing the blood
brain barrier in some people): </span><a href="https://joppp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40545-021-00326-7" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://joppp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40545-021-00326-7</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
on how AstraZeneca is associated with blood clots in the brain (lending more
credence to the hypothesis that the spike proteins are crossing the blood
brain barrier in some people): </span><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104840" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2104840</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
on how the Covid19 spike protein binds to the ACE2 receptor of our platelets
to cause bloodclots: </span><a href="https://jhoonline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13045-020-00954-7" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://jhoonline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13045-020-00954-7</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
explaining that blood clots from the spike protein interacting with our
platelets are associated with both COVID-19 infection and vaccination: </span><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003648" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003648</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
explains that just the S1 subunit of the spike protein can cause platelets to
clot: </span><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.05.21252960v1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.05.21252960v1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
with evidence that spike proteins do end up circulating in the blood, when
they’re not supposed to, they’re supposed to be anchored on the cell
membranes: </span><a href="https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab465/6279075" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab465/6279075</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">More
evidence that spike proteins do not stay on the cell membranes but end up
circulating in the blood. This study aims to explain the blood clots caused
by the J&J and AstraZeneca adenovector vaccines, they claim that the DNA
isn’t properly spliced and the spike proteins end up in the blood causing
thrombosis when the spikes attach to the ACE2 receptors of the endothelial
cells: </span><a href="https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-558954/v1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-558954/v1</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
on how the spike protein can cause neurodegeneration: </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X2100499X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X2100499X?via%3Dihub</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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article with evidence that the spike protein by itself can damage cells by
binding to ACE2, causing the cells mitochondria to lose their shape and break
apart: </span><a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318902" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.318902</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article
on how the spike protein in vaccines can cause cell damage via cell
signaling: </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827936/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7827936/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that when the spike protein binds to the ACE2 receptor it causes the release
of soluble IL-6R which acts as a extracellular signal which causes inflammation
(see the first paper for evidence that the spike causes the release of IL-6R
and see the second paper for an explanation of how soluble IL-6R causes
pro-inflamatory extracellular signaling: </span><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33284859/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33284859/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> And </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491447/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491447/</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Another
article that Spike protein from covid or the vaccine causes inflammation
through cell signaling, this time there is evidence that the spike protein
causes senescence (premature aging) signals in the cell which attracts
leukocytes that cause inflammation of the cell: </span><a href="https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00794-21" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00794-21</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spike
protein by itself causes cell damage by eliciting a pro-inflammatory
response: </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-021-01332-z" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-021-01332-z</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Review of the Emerging Evidence
Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of
COVID-19”, </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8088823/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://vladimirzelenkomd.com/treatment-protocol/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">vladimirzelenkomd.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Telegram post; September 23rd,
2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">September 23rd, 2021; </span><a href="https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-archbishop-attacks-sinning-anti-vaxxers/94268"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ucanews.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210915-pope-rails-against-vaccine-denier-cardinals"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">france24.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/the-most-vaccine-hesitant-education-group-of-all-phds/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">unherd.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
see also an article recommended by Dr. Robert Malone: “Acceptable Reasons for
Vaccine Hesitance w/50 Published Medical Journal Sources”, </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/p8ov38/acceptable_reasons_for_vaccine_hesitance_w_50/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">reddit.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CCC, 1783<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">↑28<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/just-sing-a-little-louder/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just
Sing a Little Louder</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/06/cdc_director_vaccines_no_longer_prevent_you_from_spreading_covid.html#!"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">realclearpolitics.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cdc.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210614/Study-suggests-COVID-19-in-children-is-milder-than-the-flu.aspx"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">news-medical-net</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Discussions with Cardinal Peter
Turkson, </span><a href="https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/scientist-schools-cardinal-on-medical-choice"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">churchmilitant.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
nb. I do not necessarily endorse the other opinions expressed on that website<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.markmallett.com/blog/when-i-was-hungry/"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When
I was Hungry</span></i></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Increase of </span><a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250706"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">44%
in suicides in Nepal</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">; </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-suicide-coronavirus-more-japanese-suicides-in-october-than-total-covid-deaths/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Japan
saw more deaths by suicide than COVID in 2020</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
see also </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-01042-z"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">study</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
cf. </span><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2764584?guestAccessKey=4602da6c-2bb3-4ae2-9aee-aceaa5d862cf&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamapsychiatry&utm_term=mostread&utm_content=olf-widget_05112020"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Suicide
Mortality and Coronavirus Disease 2019—A Perfect Storm?”</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Thousands of health care workers
to lose jobs”, </span><a href="https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/michael-berry/content/2021-09-27-thousands-of-health-care-workers-to-be-fired-today-over-vaccine-mandate/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ktrh.iheart.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">France video: </span><a href="https://rumble.com/vlh0lh-france-woman-assaulted-by-2-men-for-trying-to-enter-grocery-store.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rumble.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">;
Columbia: August 2nd, 2021; </span><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210802-colombia-town-orders-vaccine-refusers-to-stay-home-or-face-fines-jail"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">france24.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/09/two-docs-call-for-banning-all-unvaccinated-albertans-from-employment/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">westernstandardonline.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0916/1247112-italy-coronavirus/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">rte.ie</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cf. </span><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2008/03/the-demographic-winter-and-the"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">firsthings.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><br /></div>B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-22182750595548268832014-09-26T11:04:00.002-05:002014-09-26T11:04:32.852-05:00The Global Warming Hoax!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span><strong><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Falling temperatures are giving climate alarmists chills:</span></strong></div>
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nowhere to be found. The mean global temperature has not risen in 17 years and
has been slowly falling for approximately the past 10 years. In 2013, there
were more record-low temperatures than record-high temperatures in the United
States. These extremes were not singular, but exemplary of conditions
throughout much of the continent. As frigid conditions settled over the nation,
global-warming alarmists went into full denial mode. We were emphatically
lectured that singular weather events are not necessarily indicative of
long-term climate trends. True enough, but haven’t we been repeatedly told that
weather events such as hurricanes Sandy and Katrina are unequivocal proof of
global warming? If we’re really in the middle of a “climate crisis,” is it not
remarkable that low-temperature records from the 19th century were shattered? Weather
extremes also seem to bring out the lunatic fringe. Of course, when we’re
discussing global warming, it’s difficult to tell where the mainstream stops
and the fringe begins. We were subjected to the oxymoronic explanation that
frigid weather was, in fact, caused by global warming. According to Time
magazine, cold temperatures in the United States were a result of global
warming forcing the polar vortex southward. But in 1974, the same Time informed
us that descent of the polar vortex into temperate zones was a harbinger of a
new Ice Age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Open Sans","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Despite all the
claims that the poles are melting and polar bears drowning, the global extent
of sea ice remains stubbornly and significantly above the long-term mean.
Apparently, the buildup of heat from global warming is producing more ice, not
less, in defiance of both the laws of physics and common sense.”</span></span></div>
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most accurate, up-to-date temperature data confirm the United States has been
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Climate Change: A study on the impact of rising CO2 levels finds
a future world of thriving agriculture and lush vegetation. Carbon dioxide, the
gas some see as a threat, is indeed the key to life on Earth. Rresearchers at the
Theunen Institute in Germany find the rise in carbon dioxide levels may in fact
be a boon to plant life on Earth.<br />
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The Theunen Institute, which has been monitoring the phenomenon since 1999,
trained CO2 jets on plants, raising CO2 concentrations in the air around them
to 550 parts per million (ppm), significantly higher than today's levels. The
researchers announced on Tuesday that such increased exposure to carbon dioxide
appears to boost crop yields. 'Output increased by about 10%. 'Higher CO2
enables plants to grow faster and larger and to live in drier climates. 'Plants
provide food for animals, which are thereby also enhanced. The extent and
diversity of plant and animal life have both increased substantially during the
past half-century. </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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basis of all plant, and therefore all animal, life on Earth. Dr. Robert
Balling, director of the Office of Climatology at Arizona State University,
notes that 'carbon dioxide concentrations were much higher in the past,
millions of years ago, when plants evolved around the world.' 'When carbon
dioxide levels increase, plants grow faster, bigger, more resistant to any
number of stresses, and far more efficient in their use of water.' <br />
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As atmospheric CO2 levels consistently have been increasing, global mean
temperatures have not kept pace. Warming has not been constant. In fact, it has
been interrupted periodically by — global cooling, and seems to have stopped
entirely in 1998. These are not the kind of temperature fluctuations you'd
expect in the face of steadily increasing CO2 emissions, if CO2 was the main
culprit.<br />
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Richard Lindzen, of the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at
MIT, notes that global mean temperatures have risen about 1 degree Fahrenheit
over the past century, rising significantly between 1919 and 1940, declining
between 1940 and the early 1970s, rising again, and now back to cooling.<br />
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As Solomon notes, CO2 levels were five to 10 times higher when dinosaurs roamed
the Earth on a fertile planet where lush vegetation sustained those immense
beasts. The Earth is cooler now than then, and cooler than it was during the
Medieval Warming Period. In that era, the climate was so warm that Vikings
settled Greenland and grew crops there for centuries. When Eric the Red brought
settlers to Greenland in 986, the climate supported the Viking way of life
based upon cattle, hay, grain and herring for the next 300 years. Was it
man-made pollution that allowed 300 years of Nordic settlement in Greenland? We
don't think so.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from volcanoes. It is a normal element cycled around in the earth. We have had
a planet that has been a green, warm wet planet 80 per cent of the time. We
have had huge climate change in the past and to think the very slight
variations we measure today are the result of our life - we really have to put
ice blocks in our drinks. The world has experienced three periods of cooling
since 1850 and furthermore carbon dioxide was increasing during many of those
cooler periods. <br />
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The scientists "frightening people witless by following the party
line" are motivated by politics and research funding. They are taking
advantage of the current situation. That is understandable. In previous times
people got wonderful research grants in a war against cancer and they achieved
a lot of money for that. Now we have a war on climate change and we have a huge
number of people out there who have their career staked on it and are
beneficiaries of this process.<br />
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are little to no sunspots on its surface. Records for consecutive spotless days
are at highs not seen since the early 1900’s. A sunspot, is a location on the
sun's surface that is cooler than the surrounding area. A solar minimum is when
the amount of spots on the sun is at a low and the reverse is true for a solar
maximum. The complete solar cycle is about an 11-year process. <br />
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"There's a fair chance it will be a cooler winter than last year," (Ahem…Exactly
what we’ve been seeing!!!)<br />
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Perry said there is a feeling from some in the scientific community the Earth
may be entering into a grand minimum, which is an extended period with low
numbers of sunspots that creates cooler temperatures. The year without a
summer, which was 1816, was during a grand minimum in 1800 to 1830 when Europe
became cooler. Another grand minimum was in 1903 to 1913.<br />
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There is anecdotal evidence the Earth's temperature may be slightly decreasing,
but local weather patterns are much more affected by the jet stream than solar
activity.<br />
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Perry is a proponent of the cosmic ray and clouds theory as opposed to the CO2
global warming theory to explain recent global warming trends. The cosmic ray
and clouds theory is simply that solar activity can alter the amount of clouds
in the atmosphere, which affects the temperature of the Earth. More clouds mean
a cooler Earth because more of the sun's heat is being reflected. Fewer clouds
equal a warmer Earth.<br />
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Data indicates global temperature fluctuations correlate to a statistically
significant degree with the length of the sunspot cycle. Longer cycles are
associated with cooler temperatures. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Research links solar output with the planet Neptune’s brightness and
temperatures on Earth. Measurements indicate that Neptune has been getting
brighter since around 1980. And infrared measurements of the planet since 1980
show that Neptune has been warming steadily as well.<br />
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The researchers plotted on a graph the changes in visible light from Neptune
over the past half-century, changes in temperatures on Earth during that
period, and changes in total solar irradiance. The results: The correlation
between solar irradiance and Neptune’s brightness was nearly perfect; so was
the correlation between changes on Earth and solar output.<br />
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When the sun is more energetic and putting out more energy, the Earth tends to
warm up, and when the sun cools down, so does the Earth. The same is true out
at Neptune — when the sun’s energy increases, Neptune seems to warm up and get
brighter. How is it possible that the Earth’s temperature is so highly
correlated with brightness variations from Neptune? The news from Neptune comes
to us just weeks after an article was published showing that Mars has warmed
recently as well. <br />
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If nothing else, we have certainly learned recently that planets undergo
changes in their mean temperature, and while we can easily blame human activity
here on the Earth, blaming humans for the recent warming on Mars and Neptune
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increase in methane levels. This is the first increase in ten years, and what
baffles science is that this data contradicts theories stating man is the
primary source of increase for this greenhouse gas. It takes about one full
year for gases generated in the highly industrial northern hemisphere to cycle
through and reach the southern hemisphere. However, since all worldwide levels
rose simultaneously throughout the same year, it is now believed this may be
part of a natural cycle in mother nature - and not the direct result of man's
contributions.<br />
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Methane - powerful greenhouse gas<br />
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Methane accounts for roughly one-fifth of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,
though its effect is 25x greater than that of carbon dioxide. Its impact on
global warming comes from the reflection of the sun's light back to the Earth
(like a greenhouse). Methane is typically broken down in the atmosphere by the
free radical hydroxyl (OH), a naturally occuring process. This atmospheric
cleanser has been shown to adjust itself up and down periodically, and is
believed to account for the lack of increases in methane levels in Earth's
atmosphere over the past ten years despite notable simultaneous increases by
man.
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of methane emissions from cattle found that cows typically lose about 6 percent
of their ingested energy as methane, partly a result of their slow digestive
process. A single cow can produce between 250 and 500 liters, or about 66 to
132 gallons, of methane a day (the average U.S. vehicle gas tank can hold about
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-27950804880563662672014-07-01T14:55:00.003-05:002014-07-01T14:57:04.700-05:00Immigration – Filling the Void<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Bryan Baumgart</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The United States is not alone in its struggles to replace
an aging workforce and the important tax revenue attached to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As America continues to “gray”, it must find
a way to care for its aging population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While other </span><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/epic-demographic-chart-shows-whats-105551573.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma;">countries
such as Japan and China struggle to find a solution</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> (see charts below), the
United States has a distinct advantage in that immigrants continue to flock to
this country seeking freedom and opportunity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The facts are undeniable. Our country is quickly sinking in
debt, Social Security and Medicare are rapidly approaching insolvency, and the ever
increasing number of laborers leaving the work force only compounds the problem
our country is facing. A healthy immigration policy is key, not only to fill
the labor demands of American businesses, but to effectively care for our aging
population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">According to the </span><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma;">latest
report from the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">: </span></div>
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“Neither Medicare nor Social Security can sustain projected
long-run programs in full under currently scheduled financing. Both programs
will experience cost growth substantially in excess of GDP growth through the
mid-2030s due to rapid population aging caused by the large baby-boom
generation entering retirement and lower-birth-rate generations entering
employment and, in the case of Medicare, to growth in expenditures per
beneficiary exceeding growth in per capita GDP.”</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Because US birth rates are not sufficient to fill the void
left by an aging American workforce, immigration reform with an emphasis on
targeted immigration continues to be our best viable solution. Targeted immigration
provides a fighting chance for both Social Security and Medicare by filling in
the voids of the population pyramid (see below).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">An aging workforce is not the only increasing burden
American taxpayers must confront.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
current immigration policy has led to an estimated 14 million plus undocumented
immigrants currently residing in the United States, often living at the expense
of American taxpayers. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">A </span><a href="http://m.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-fairfax-county-kindergarten-classes-school-systems-future-comes-into-focus/2014/06/28/1ced10d2-f25e-11e3-914c-1fbd0614e2d4_story.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma;">recent
story in the Washington Post</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> explored the burden placed on school budgets
by the rising percentage of students who qualify for subsidized meals and extra
English instruction: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Immigration reform could help
families more easily attain legal status and begin adding to the tax base.” </blockquote>
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propping up benefits for noncitizens at taxpayer expense. Ironically, these
same critics then turn around and oppose allowing their participation in the
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The undeniable facts remain. Our current immigration process
has left us with 14 million undocumented immigrants. Most of which are
hardworking, law abiding, family and faith oriented individuals who came
seeking the same opportunity and pursuing the same happiness that our ancestors
sought. Their children, born in America know no other country or way of
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">Logic tells us that deportation is not an option, nor should
it be. Past attempts to solve the problem through amnesty have obviously
failed. Construction of a border fence will certainly prove futile as the human
spirit cannot be held captive by a fence or means of force. Immigrants will
continue to flock to this country seeking freedom and opportunity with the same
furor that drove our ancestors to risk all in the pursuit of a better future.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma;">The solution is to </span><a href="http://www.politicalinsidersreport.com/2013/06/17/step-by-step-immigration-reform/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Tahoma;">address
the failing immigration policy</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> that has caused this problem in the first
place. The legal process must first be simplified in order to act as an
incentive rather than a deterrent. Once effective reform of the legal process
is achieved, undocumented immigrants should be allowed to self-report and enter
into that legal process…AT THE BACK OF THE LINE. Temporary citizenship should
be granted during this time in order to avoid tearing families apart and other
unnecessary societal distress. Rather than living at the expense of American
taxpayers, immigrants would be welcomed out of the shadows and could pull their
own weight becoming contributing taxpayers themselves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immigration should then be targeted at filling
the labor demands of American businesses. It’s a problem with a rare win/win
solution.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"> </span></o:p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">* I’d like to
congratulate my friend Yeny Curruchich Martinez who after a long journey, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">today</b> became a proud American citizen.
Your story which began in Guatemala, led through California, and finally brought
you to Nebraska where you passionately serve fellow Nebraskans as a nurse does
not end here. Today marks an exciting new chapter in your story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A story that serves as an inspiration to me.
You truly embolden everything that makes America “that shining city on the
hill”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-36333603766020148132014-05-08T14:38:00.000-05:002014-05-08T14:38:03.252-05:00Credible Challenge to Obamacare Back in Court - Violates Constitution's Origination Clause<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Federal Appeals Court in Washington will take up a credible challenge to Obamacare today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I
blogged about this back in November of 2012. "<a href="http://visionsfromthehorizon.blogspot.com/2012/11/obamacare-violates-constitutions.html">Obamacare Violates the Constitutions Origination Clause; Legal Challenge Moves Forward</a>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The challenge was made possible when SCOTUS ruled the
individual mandate penalty a tax back in June of 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Clause” (Article 1, Section 7 of the US Constitution) which states that “any
legislation to create a tax to be collected by the federal government must
originate in the House of Representatives”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The clause was created by our founders as a safeguard to liberty because
they <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">understood
that the power to tax, if misused, involves the power to destroy. </span>The
requirement is designed to maximize political accountability. The House is
closest to the people and less insulated than the Senate. Each member must seek
reelection every two years.</span></div>
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then sent to the House of Representatives and is therefore unconstitutional. </span></span></div>
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Bills and send them back for approval. With Obamacare, Sen. Reid took a bill
passed in the House called the “</span>Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act
of 2009” that offered tax credits to military members who were first-time
homebuyers. He then amended that bill by stripping out the entire text of the
six-page law and replaced it with the 2,000-plus page bill that became the
Affordable Care Act. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opponents will argue that Reid’s legislative manipulation was
unconstitutional because SCOTUS has held that only Senate amendments that are
germane to the subject matter of the underlying House bill can avoid scrutiny
under the Origination Clause. Otherwise, the Constitution’s Origination Clause
is meaningless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The case is Sissel v. US Department of Health and Human Services (13-5202).<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-49705001321435523072014-05-08T08:21:00.001-05:002014-05-08T08:28:18.940-05:00Weather Channel Co-Founder Slams Federal Climate Report<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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’600 page litany of doom’: Weather Channel Co-Founder John Coleman slams Federal climate report: A ‘total distortion of the data and agenda driven, destructive episode of bad science gone berserk’ </h2>
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Coleman: 'When the temperature data could no longer be bent to support global warming, they switched to climate change and now blame every weather and climate event on CO2 despite the hard, cold fact that the “radiative forcing” theory they built their claims on has totally failed to verify.'</blockquote>
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'The current bad science is all based on a theory that the increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the exhaust of the burning of fossil fuels leads to a dramatic increase in “the greenhouse effect” causing temperatures to skyrocket uncontrollably. This theory has failed to verify and is obviously dead wrong. But the politically funded and agenda driven scientists who have built their careers on this theory and live well on the 2.6 billion dollars of year of Federal grants for global warming/climate change research cling to this theory and bend the data spread to support the glorified claims in their reports and papers.'</blockquote>
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(For more on global temperature standstill see here: <a href="http://www.climatedepot.com/2014/05/04/global-temperature-update-no-global-warming-at-all-for-17-years-9-months/">Global Temperature Update: No global warming at all for 17 years 9 months</a>)</div>
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<a href="http://colemanscornerdotcomdotbr.wordpress.com/daily-blog/"><u><span style="color: blue;"><strong>John Coleman’s Blog for Wednesday, May 7th</strong></span></u></a><br />
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The sky is falling. “Climate Change†is running wild and disaster is certain unless we immediately stop burning coal and oil and move quickly to “green energy†to eliminate use of fossil fuels. Heat waves, huge floods, powerful storms, droughts and rising seas are on the verge of killing millions of us and destroying our civilization. That is my summary of the new Federal Assessment of Climate Change issued by a Obama administration team of more than 300 specialists guided by a 60-member federal advisory committee produced the report. It was reviewed by federal agencies and a panel of the National Academy of Sciences.<br />
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This 600 page litany of doom and gloom has received extensive coverage by the panting anchors of the national media who feel important when tell their audience that “the sky is falling.†Horrible pictures of storms, floods, drought and heat waves leaped out of the TV sets as the New York and Washington DC headquartered media was particularly excited to tell us how the huge increases in floods and storms was the worst in that part of the nation. <br />
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If you accept the picture painted by this report, the weather was just right, steady and nice in the historic past but because our industrialized society has powered its heating and air conditioning, its transportation by train, plane, cars and trucks, generated it’s electric power to run our lights, computers, television and smart phones with fossil fuels it has triggered this nightmare of awful storms, droughts and heat waves. <br />
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I am deeply disturbed to have to suffer through this total distortion of the data and agenda driven, destructive episode of bad science gone berserk. The only good news is that I least where I am and on the channels and websites I saw I was not further insulted by fawning TV Weathercasters visiting the White House and interviewing the President. I best I can tell, on a national level, that turned out to be a non-event (thank goodness). <br />
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Please allow me to hold your attention for a few minutes to explain why I don’t buy into this Climate Change alarmism. The climate of Earth has never been “normal†or stable. It has continuously changed through this planet’s 4.5 billion year history. Powerful storms, floods, droughts, heat waves and ice and snow storms have come and gone as long as Earth has existed. <br />
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The current bad science is all based on a theory that the increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the exhaust of the burning of fossil fuels leads to a dramatic increase in “the greenhouse effect†causing temperatures to skyrocket uncontrollably. This theory has failed to verify and is obviously dead wrong. But the politically funded and agenda driven scientists who have built their careers on this theory and live well on the 2.6 billion dollars of year of Federal grants for global warming/climate change research cling to this theory and bend the data spread to support the glorified claims in their reports and papers. <br />
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When the temperature data could no longer be bent to support global warming, they switched to climate change and now blame every weather and climate event on CO2 despite the hard, cold fact that the “radiative forcing†theory they built their claims on has totally failed to verify. <br />
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They call people such as me who debunk their non-scientific silliness as “deniers†and claim we are flat-earthers and shills for “big oilâ€. It is insulting and maddening. But I will not be silenced. And neither will the thousand others, many of them with Ph.D.’s and on the faculties of major universities who are working to stop this bad science that labels CO2 as a pollutant and blames it for every shift in the weather. <br />
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We will be gathering, we global warming skeptics, at Heartland Institutes 9th International Conference on Climate Change, July 7 – 9, 2014 in Las Vegas. You can learn about that conference at <a href="http://climateconference.heartland.org/">http://climateconference.heartland.org/</a>. I will be one of the speakers at the breakfast session on Tuesday July 8th. Look at the list of speakers on the website and you will see an impressive group. A group of the powerful Ph.D.’s in the group have recently published a complete scientific document that totaling destroys the climate change alarmism of the US Democrat Party and the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. You can find that publication on line at <a href="http://climatechangereconsidered.org/">http://climatechangereconsidered.org/</a>. <br />
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In the meantime, through blogs, and radio and television interviews whenever any of us can get on the air we will continue to try to debunk this way of climate alarmism. For instance, I will be on the air on WLS Radio in Chicago with Bruce Wolf & Dan Proft on Wednesday morning (today) at 8:45 AM Chicago time (6:45 AM San Diego time) and do my best to tell the real story of climate and weather. You can listen to that broadcast on line at<br />
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All of this not withstanding, my life is sooo good. Every day is fun and relaxed since I have ended the tread mill life of grinding out all those TV weathercasts a day. I now do my dancing for fun only. LOL<br />
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<a href="http://colemanscornerdotcomdotbr.wordpress.com/home-page-2/"><b>Blog for Tuesday, May 6th</b></a><br />
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The President of the United States has decided to make Climate Change a major issue of the last two years of his Administration. This deeply saddens me but I won’t give up my effort to debunk the horrid distortion of science that has led to this Climate Change Alarmism campaign. First of all, please, believe me, there is no significant man-made global warming. There is a minor warming trend continuing as Earth continues to go through its normal, natural climate change from Ice Age to Interglacial period which in ten thousand year or so will fade into another ice age. The activities of mankind in powering our civilization with fossil fuels has had no significant impact on this natural process. And this chart shows that the warming has stalled now for 17 plus years: <br />
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So today to launch his new campaign the President has invited a group of television Meteorologist to the White House to interview him on the topic. The barrage of publicity will be deafening. I deeply regret that the global warming/climate change thing has become a partisan political issue. Al Gore made global warming a Platform issue for the Democrat Party and it is now accepted without serious study or scientific consideration by a vast majority of liberals in this country. And, as politics goes, the Republican Party denies global warming because it is a key issue of the other party without even studying the science. <br />
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There are thousands and thousands of scientists who know without a doubt that the entire matter is based on bad science. We fight with everything we have to inform the public of the truth, but the dominate liberal media shuns us and the global warming team calls us names and insults us. We know we right and we try to explain that this global warming campaign is costing us billions in tax dollars every year and driving up the our cost of living by well over a thousand dollars a year for the average family (and the cost is increasing dramatically in the coming years as the government enacts cap and trade regulations.) One dramatic increase is in the cost of corn. This is leading to hunger and perhaps thousands of deaths per year in the poorest nations of the world. It is not a small, “who cares†matter. You can get my explanation of how this all got started and what the bad science is all about by watching my videos on this website or following my links to active climate change debunking websites of scientists I greatly respect. I get you to set politics aside and study the science of the issue. It is important. Meanwhile, somehow I will get through the next 48 hours or so of massive publicity on the issue. <br />
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Best regards, <br />
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John Coleman<br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-23412809065461516732014-04-03T11:24:00.000-05:002014-04-03T11:33:33.614-05:00FAIL. Behind the 7.1 Million Obamacare Enrollees...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bryan Baumgart - 4/3/2014</span></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.1 million. </span></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That's the number of obamacare enrollees that President Obama touted during
his victory dance yesterday. But a look behind these numbers shows just how misleading they are.</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of the 7.1 million people that signed up for obamacare, the Obama
administration admits that <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/06/has-obamacare-really-signed-up-10-million-people/">4.4 million actually signed up for Medicaid</a> via the
ACA rather than actual obamacare. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of the remaining 2.7 million that signed up for obamacare (by
force of mandates and fines), <a href="http://healthcare.mckinsey.com/individual-market-enrollment-updated-view">only 27% had been previously uninsured</a>. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p>
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is estimated that <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2014/01/06/the-obamacare-law-devours-itself-with-exemptions-amid-5-million-and-counting-cancellations/">5 million Americans lost their insurance due to Obamacare so far</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
and a recent survey by McKinsey & Company estimates that <a href="http://healthcare.mckinsey.com/individual-market-enrollment-updated-view">73% of the obamacare signups already had insurance before obamacare</a>. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NY Times reports that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/us/politics/one-in-5-buyers-of-insurance-under-new-law-did-not-pay-premiums-on-time.html?_r=0%20">20% haven’t actually paid for the obamacare insurance</a> they signed up for yet (so they aren't technically insured), and it is expected that many more will let
their plans lapse during the course of the year. </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p>
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The McKinsey study reveals the 27% of new enrollees that
weren’t previously insured have an unusually high rate of failing to pay for
their premiums. <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/31/Obamacare-Real-Enrollment-Just-1-7-of-Uninsured-Covered%20">Only 53% had paid for their first premium</a>, compared to 86% of
the previously insured paying for theirs. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is estimated that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/obamacare-enrollment-total_n_5069961.html%20">less than 25% of the current obamacare signups are young and healthy</a>, far short of the 40% the administration was
hoping for. (The ACA hinges on large numbers of young and healthy individuals paying in
without using their insurance in order to support everyone else and keep the program solvent). </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Facts:</strong> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on census data, there were 44.8 million Americans
uninsured in 2008 before Obamacare. Today…<strong>after spending over $2 TRILLION
taxpayer dollars</strong>… <strong>48.6 million Americans remain uninsured</strong>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p>
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">An expected 78 - <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/26/evidence-shows-obama-administration-predicted-tens-millions-would-lose-plans/">100 million more are likely to lose their employer insurance when the delay expires</a> after the November elections. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span class="fullpost"><o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Estimates show <strong>premiums doubling</strong> and <strong>out of pocket expenses have
skyrocketed</strong> so high that even those that have insurance can’t afford to get
sick and use it. </span></span><br />
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>They have health insurance but no health CARE.</strong> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p>
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<span class="fullpost"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where is the victory again?!</span><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-56137872378309806232014-03-03T15:06:00.000-06:002014-03-03T15:08:02.037-06:00Common Sense Pt.2: The "Not-So-United" States of America<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Earlier this year, Walter Williams posed a question in an editorial
titled “</span><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2014/01/01/parting-company-n1769958l"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Parting
Company</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">” on Townhall Daily that I believe will be asked more and more by
Americans in the future.</span></div>
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“If one group of people prefers
strong government control and management of people's lives while another group
prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter
into conflict with one another and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to
impose their preferences on the other group?”</blockquote>
</b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Williams went on to answer his question:</span><b><blockquote class="tr_bq">
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believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable
differences between those Americans who want to control other Americans and
those Americans who want to be left alone that separation is the only peaceable
alternative."</blockquote>
</b><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Williams isn’t alone. Calls for secession are becoming more
and more frequent with each passing day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On April 9, 2009, Texas Governor Rick Perry joined other states
such as Oklahoma, Indiana, and South Dakota in </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHrIxc-QyE"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">publicly endorsing a
resolution affirming the sovereignty</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of their state under the 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Amendment. One could argue these resolutions are merely public objections to
federal overreach, but they also lay the groundwork as legal platforms for
future secession. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Perhaps former KGB member and </span><a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123051100709638419?mod=todays_us_page_one&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB123051100709638419.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Russian
academic Igor Panarin</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> should be credited with US secession predictions as
early as 1998. Panarin based his predictions on classified data supplied to him
while he worked for the Russian “National Security Agency” (FAPSI). Panarin
claimed that by 2010, economic, financial, and demographic trends would provoke
a political and social crisis in the U.S. and that the wealthier states would
withhold funds from the federal government and effectively secede from the
union. He predicted that social unrest up to and including a civil war would
follow and the US would split along ethnic lines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course three years have since passed since the end of
2010 and Panarin’s predictions have not come true. That doesn’t mean they won’t,
and if they do play out…Panarin’s scenario makes the most sense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Panarin’s “wealthier states” (the states most likely to
become fed up and make the first move) are the states with more to lose than
gain from being part of the union. Economically self-sufficient states such as
oil and gas giants like Texas, Alaska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Dakotas are
a few that fit the bill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Critics will point to the fact that Texas actually receives more
in federal revenue than it sends to DC in taxes or that blue states such as New
York or California pay more in federal taxes than they receive. While this is
true and serves to appease states like Texas, those red states still have a
tipping point in regard to federal interference in their state’s Constitutional
rights. Thus states like Texas reaffirming sovereignty under the 10th Amendment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There is an important difference between self-sufficient states
accepting more federal funds than they contribute out of choice, and states
that do so out of necessity. Of course, any state that isn’t inhabited by a
majority of voters supporting a giant welfare state could be self-sufficient
(most red states). Independence directly correlates to personal responsibility.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">As the largest and most independent, Texas is likely the state
to lead the charge after extending an invitation to the other “red” states to
join the effort. States could refuse to contribute to federal coffers, choosing
instead to hold on to their revenue and take care of their own or to join in
union with other like-minded states. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next comes the push from “red” counties in blue states to
split from their respective states. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
efforts are already picking up steam. After President Obama’s reelection,
symbolic petitions to secede were </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/petition-to-secede-states_n_2120410.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">filed
in more than 30 states</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. These petitions held no teeth, but have already
turned into real movements such as the ongoing </span><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/petition-to-split-california-into-six-states-gets-green-light/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">effort
in California to split</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> into six states or the </span><a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022239770_coloradosecessionxml.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">five
Colorado counties that voted to secede</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and form their own state. These
counties could very well be accepted into neighboring “red” states. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The country could find itself split down the middle; a
strategic advantage for the secession movement. The economic advantage then
lies with those “red” self-sufficient states. Their tax climates will attract
businesses (and job seekers) from the “blue” states which equates to increased
revenue. In a classic repeat of the Cold War and collapse of the USSR under the
weight of its own misguided ideals, the “blue” states find themselves starved
of jobs, opportunity, and necessary revenue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which begs the question…what kind of opposition/response
would spring up from the federal government? Up to this point, the secession
has been a peaceful revolution. Would the president turn the military on a
large number of states? If so, what orders would be issued? Should elected
leaders be arrested it could spark rebellion from the armed citizenry of those
states, sparking a civil war as Igor Panarin predicted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The president’s latest move should come as no surprise then,
as pointed out by Texas Governor Rick Perry. The president is once again
attempting to </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/28/perry-cutting-the-national-guard-is-penny-wise-and/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">gut
the Army and National Guard</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">; the branch of military under authority of the
Governors. This move lends credence to the belief that the president is proactively
working to gut the military forces that could be used in opposition and attempting
to make the states more dependent on the federal government in cases of
emergencies and defense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patriots best be vigilant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bryan Baumgart - 2/28/2014</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
seat at Nebraska’s Public Service Commission has become a <a href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20140119/NEWS/140118560"><span style="color: blue;">highly coveted
position</span></a>. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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“It is not a high-profile job, but it's
described by some as one of the best elected positions in state government. It
comes with a $75,000-a-year salary. And if history is any indication, the job
could turn into a lifetime gig.” –<i>Robynn Tysver, </i>Omaha World Herald, 1/19/2014</blockquote>
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
PSC </span>is a constitutionally created executive body established under <a href="http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/articles.php?article=IV-20"><span style="color: blue;">Article
IV, Section 20</span></a> of the Nebraska Constitution. <br />
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The PSC was initially created by the Legislature in 1885 to regulate railroads.
In 1906 a constitutional amendment made the Commission a three member elected
Railway Commission. Membership was increased to five Commissioners in 1964 and
the state was divided into five districts, each to elect a commissioner. </blockquote>
The Commission could be described in three words:<o:p></o:p><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Regulation:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Today the Commission regulates
telecommunications carriers, natural gas jurisdictional utilities, major oil
pipelines, railroad safety, household goods movers and passenger carriers,
grain warehouses and dealers, construction of manufactured and modular homes
and recreational vehicles, high voltage electric transmission lines, and
private water company rates. The Commission also oversees and administers
several statutorily created funds with specific legislative purposes and goals
including the Nebraska Universal Service Fund, the Enhanced Wireless 911 Fund,
and the Nebraska Telecommunications Relay System Fund.<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">High Salaries:</b> <br />
<br />
The $75,000-a-year-salary
makes the position one of the highest paid government positions in the state, just
below those of the state auditor and state treasurer and considerably higher
than the $12,000 paid to state senators making laws for the entire state. While
the gig is considered fulltime and members are prohibited from engaging in
other occupations, admittedly the duties are less than time consuming. <br />
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“While the position is intended to be full time,
there have been times in the past when there were commissioners who were not as
active or dedicated to the job.” --Current PSC Chairman Frank Landis.</blockquote>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cronyism:</b> <br />
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Commissioners have
become a prime target for lobbyists, pulling in <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4847591"><span style="color: blue;">76
percent of campaign contributions from the industries they regulate</span></a>. That
doesn’t look to change anytime soon. Under legislation passed in 2011 the PSC
is granted the authority to approve major oil pipelines. With <a href="http://watchdog.org/130455/nebraska-psc-pipeline/"><span style="color: blue;">possible decision
making authority over the highly controversial Keystone XL</span></a> pipeline, expect
the PSC to be targeted heavily by lobbyists on both sides. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The question that remains…<br />
<br />
Is the Public Service Commission a necessity any
longer or is it an unnecessary expense to Nebraska taxpayers? Could the duties
better be handled by other entities? With <a href="http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4847591"><span style="color: blue;">over
$27 million dollars spent by special interests lobbying Nebraska lawmakers</span></a>
in 2013 alone, is the Commission prone to corruption? <br />
<br />
Could Nebraska’s
taxpayers be better served by ending the PSC through a Constitutional
Amendment? <br />
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I think it’s time for a serious discussion.<br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-90915172171575593012014-01-02T17:25:00.000-06:002014-01-02T17:25:20.584-06:00Is the Time for Secession Now?!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span class="userContent">"I believe our nation is at a point where
there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who
want to control other Americans and those Americans who want to be left
alone that separation is the only peaceable alternative." - Walter
Williams</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="userContent"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Parting Company</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/"><span>Walter E. Williams</span></a><span class="divider"> | </span><span>Jan 01, 2014</span></div>
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Here's a question that I've asked in the past that needs to be
revisited. Unless one wishes to obfuscate, it has a simple yes or no
answer. <b>If one group of people prefers strong government control and
management of people's lives while another group prefers liberty and
desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter into conflict
with one another and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose
their preferences on the other group?</b> Yes or no. My answer is no; they
should be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways.<br />
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The problem our nation faces is very much like a marriage in which one
partner has an established pattern of ignoring and breaking the marital
vows. Moreover, the offending partner has no intention to mend his ways.
Of course, the marriage can remain intact while one party tries to
impose his will on the other and engages in the deviousness of
one-upsmanship and retaliation. Rather than domination or submission by
one party, or domestic violence, a more peaceable alternative is
separation.
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<b>I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough
irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control
other Americans and those Americans who want to be left alone that
separation is the only peaceable alternative.</b> Just as in a marriage
where vows are broken, our rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution
have been grossly violated by a government instituted to protect them.
These constitutional violations have increased independent of whether
there's been a Democrat-controlled Washington or a Republican-controlled
Washington.
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There is no evidence that Americans who are responsible for and support
constitutional abrogation have any intention of mending their ways. You
say, "Williams, what do you mean by constitutional abrogation?" Let's
look at the magnitude of the violations.
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Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution lists the activities for which
Congress is authorized to tax and spend. Nowhere on that list is there
authority for Congress to tax and spend for: Medicare, Social Security,
public education, farm subsidies, bank and business bailouts, food
stamps and thousands of other activities that account for roughly
two-thirds of the federal budget. Neither is there authority for
congressional mandates to citizens about what type of health insurance
they must purchase, how states and people may use their land, the speed
at which they can drive, whether a library has wheelchair ramps, and the
gallons of water used per toilet flush. The list of congressional
violations of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution is
virtually without end. Our derelict Supreme Court has given Congress
sanction to do just about anything for which they can muster a majority
vote.
<br />
<br />
James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, explained
in Federalist Paper No. 45: "The powers delegated by the proposed
Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which
are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The
former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace,
negotiation, and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the
several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary
course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of
the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the
State." Our founder's constitutional vision of limited federal
government has been consigned to the dustbin of history.
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Americans have several options. We can like sheep submit to those who
have contempt for liberty and our Constitution. We can resist, fight and
risk bloodshed and death in an attempt to force America's tyrants to
respect our liberties and Constitution. A superior alternative is to
find a way to peaceably separate into states whose citizens respect
liberty and the Constitution. My personal preference is a restoration of
the constitutional values of limited government that made us a great
nation.<span> </span>
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http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2014/01/01/parting-company-n1769958</div>
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<span class="fullpost"><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong><span style="color: blue;">We have spent
$15 trillion “fighting” poverty since 1965 and we are currently spending $ 1
trillion a year ― an amount equal to about $22,000 per poor person or $88,000
for a family of four. Yet our poverty rate today (16%) is higher than when we
started (14%)! If there has been a War on Poverty, poverty won.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><em><strong>Is it not
obvious that we are subsidizing and enabling a way of life? To put it bluntly,
we are paying young women to have children out of wedlock. We are paying them
to be unemployed. And we are paying them to remain poor.</strong></em></span> </span><br />
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On Thanksgiving eve, a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/opinion/kristof-where-is-the-love.html">Nicholas Kristof editorial</a> instructed us on how to think about poverty in <i>The New York Times.</i> The main reason there is poverty, he tells us, is bad luck.</div>
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We don’t choose our parents, after all. Or the household or neighborhood we are born into. Here are a few of his observations, with my emphasis added:<br />
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“As Warren Buffett puts it, our life outcomes often <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiTkU9eIFPs">depend on the ‘ovarian lottery.</a>‘</div>
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[T]he difference between being surrounded by a loving family or being homeless on the street is determined not just by our own level of virtue or self-discipline, but also by an inextricable <b>mix of luck</b>, biography, brain chemistry and genetics.</div>
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[S]uccess in life is a reflection not only of enterprise and willpower, but also of <b>random chance</b> and early upbringing.”</div>
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So what’s the solution to this problem? It is apparently very simple: All we need is love. (Kristof’s column is actually titled “<i>Where Is the Love?”</i>) And just in case you are not motivated in that way, Kristof draws on the work of Harvard professor John Rawls to give a rational philosophical reason to spend more on welfare programs.<br />
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But before getting into that let’s pause for a moment. Is being born really a matter of luck? Doesn’t that take willful activity on the part of two parents? And is the inability of parents to support their children really a matter of luck? Or is it the result of bad habits and undisciplined behavior?<br />
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Let’s grant that some people do have bad luck. But bad luck usually strikes randomly. Absent hurricanes and tornados, we don’t expect misfortune to befall entire neighborhoods ― to say nothing of entire cities.<br />
<br />
Kristof’s particular focus is on Food Stamps, given the debate in Congress over whether to cut spending on the program. So let’s concede that misfortune can cause some people to be hungry. But does that include the entire city of Dallas?<br />
<br />
Every single child attending public school in Dallas, Texas is getting a free lunch and a free breakfast. The reason: There are so few children who don’t qualify for free or subsidized food that it made administrative sense just to give free meals to everybody. And as I wrote previously, the trend around the country these days is to add a free supper as well. So the only time kids will need Food Stamps is on weekends.<br />
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By the way, Dallas is not like Detroit. The economy is booming. As Texas Governor Rick Perry is fond of pointing out, Texas has created almost half the new jobs in the entire country over the past decade. So why, in the midst of all this growth and prosperity, is every school child in the city living in a home where the parents cannot afford to put food on the table?<br />
<br />
At some point you would think that even <i>New York Times</i> editorial writers would come to suspect that the welfare state is not relieving poverty. It is creating it.<br />
<br />
We have spent $15 trillion “fighting” poverty since 1965 and we are currently spending $ 1 trillion a year ― an amount equal to about $22,000 per poor person or $88,000 for a family of four. Yet our poverty rate today (16%) is higher than when we started (14%)! If there has been a War on Poverty, poverty won.<br />
<br />
Is it not obvious that we are subsidizing and enabling a way of life? To put it bluntly, we are paying young women to have children out of wedlock. We are paying them to be unemployed. And we are paying them to remain poor.<br />
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Now let’s turn to the rational (non-emotional) argument for the welfare state. Kristof writes:<br />
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“John Rawls, the brilliant 20th-century philosopher, <a href="https://mail.ncpa.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7e432b2b9ac244d3886d1b56401ce662&URL=http%3a%2f%2fplato.stanford.edu%2fentries%2foriginal-position%2f">argued for a society</a>that seems fair if we consider it from behind a ‘veil of ignorance’ — meaning we don’t know whether we’ll be born to an investment banker or a teenage mom, in a leafy suburb or a gang-ridden inner city, healthy or disabled, smart or struggling, privileged or disadvantaged. That’s a shrewd analytical tool — and who among us would argue for food stamp cuts if we thought we might be among the hungry children?”</div>
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Warren Buffett, by the way, makes a similar argument.<br />
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And in both cases, it’s a surprise that these two very intelligent men cannot think of any other policy options. Remember, behind the Rawlsian veil of ignorance you don’t have to worry about what is politically practical. You can choose any public policy you like.<br />
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So wouldn’t a rational person ask how public policy could be changed so that fewer children are born to alcoholic mothers who don’t read to them or encourage their mental development?<br />
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It appears that government doing nothing would have vastly decreased the odds of being born as a child of such mothers. During the Reagan years the Council of Economic Advisors tracked the <a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/economic_reports/1989.pdf">reduction in Post-World War II poverty</a> as a function of economic growth. The conclusion: if there had never been a War on Poverty, the poverty rate by the mid-80s would have been significantly below where it actually was.<br /><!--donotpaginate--><br /> Bringing those estimates forward, if there had never been a welfare state, economic growth alone should have virtually eliminated poverty by now.<br />
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Today, Buffet and Kristof standing behind a veil of ignorance ― about to be born into the United States ― would have <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/09/12/half_of_american_births_are_covered_by_medicaid_guess_who_s_to_blame.html">a one in two chance</a> of experiencing a birth paid for by Medicaid. Absent the welfare state, their odds of needing charity to be born would have been on the order of two or three out of 100.<br />
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Of course now that we have created the welfare state, and the culture that depends on it, it’s virtually impossible to end it and ask everyone on the dole to go cold turkey. But we can do something else. We can privatize it.<br />
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More on that in a future editorial.<br />
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2013/12/03/is-poverty-really-the-result-of-bad-luck/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2013/12/03/is-poverty-really-the-result-of-bad-luck/</a> </div>
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-91169089527953130732013-10-16T15:58:00.000-05:002013-10-16T15:58:00.024-05:00Designed to Fail - Obamacare Paves Way to Single-Payer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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John McCormack</h3>
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The <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/10/reid-says-obamacare-just-step-toward-eventual-sing/" rel="nofollow"><em>Las Vegas Sun</em></a> reports:<br />
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In just about seven weeks, people will be able to start buying Obamacare-approved insurance plans through the new health care exchanges. </blockquote>
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But already, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting those plans, and the whole system of distributing them, will eventually be moot. </blockquote>
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Reid said he thinks the country has to “work our way past” insurance-based health care during a Friday night appearance on Vegas PBS’ program “Nevada Week in Review.” </blockquote>
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“What we’ve done with Obamacare is have a step in the right direction, but we’re far from having something that’s going to work forever,” Reid said. </blockquote>
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When then asked by panelist Steve Sebelius whether he meant ultimately the country would have to have a health care system that abandoned insurance as the means of accessing it, Reid said: “Yes, yes. Absolutely, yes.” </blockquote>
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The idea of introducing a single-payer national health care system to the United States, or even just a public option, sent lawmakers into a tizzy back in 2009, when Reid was negotiating the health care bill.</blockquote>
And so we have a rare moment of bipartisan agreement in the United States Senate. Reid now appears to concur with Republican senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who has has been warning for quite some time that <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/critical-condition/316153/obamacare-it-s-still-gateway-single-payer-health-care-sen-tom-coburn" rel="nofollow">Obamacare was "rigged to fail"</a> in order to pave the way for a total government takeover of the health insurance industry.<br />
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"More than two years after the passage of Obamacare, the data overwhelming show the law will fail to achieve its core objectives of lowering costs and improving access," Coburn wrote in 2012. "That, ironically, may have been the design. By making private insurance unaffordable for everyone, it will become available to no one. All that will be left is government-centered, government-run, single-payer health care."<br />
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As liberal <em>Washington Post</em> blogger Ezra Klein said in 2008, organizations on the left pushing for health care reform were pursuing a "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FElipqE_Dl4" rel="nofollow">sneaky strategy</a>" to "put in place something that over time the natural incentives ... move it to single payer."<br />
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So the big question on the left and right isn't really whether or not Obamacare will eventually fail, but what comes after it fails.<br />
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When Obamacare starts to unravel, will the American people really trust the Democrats who designed it to fix it by giving the government more power and more control? Or will Obamacare's failure provide an opportunity to repeal it and replace it with a more conservative, free-market reform?<br />
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<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/harry-reid-and-tom-coburn-agree-obamacare-was-designed-fail-pave-way-single-payer_745908.html">http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/harry-reid-and-tom-coburn-agree-obamacare-was-designed-fail-pave-way-single-payer_745908.html</a><br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-39097214616309961742013-10-08T12:49:00.000-05:002013-10-09T11:38:20.240-05:00GOP’s Winning Strategy: Fund the Government, Not Obamacare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzucAPCMEzoc1syog6WZWxz6F7L2OSDrGaTilkLT_5R9eXH-rllZY81A5XvrPqqzJWeekhdmOScxw1FVGZ42gr1YhP41pdWM530T_fQKRphwNBT1lBOyux_PHoUXWAfqlrnXrG/s1600/keep-calm-and-hold-the-line-7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzucAPCMEzoc1syog6WZWxz6F7L2OSDrGaTilkLT_5R9eXH-rllZY81A5XvrPqqzJWeekhdmOScxw1FVGZ42gr1YhP41pdWM530T_fQKRphwNBT1lBOyux_PHoUXWAfqlrnXrG/s200/keep-calm-and-hold-the-line-7.png" width="171" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bryan Baumgart -
Chairman, Douglas County Republican Party<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">October, 8, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It was said it couldn’t be
done. It was said it shouldn’t be done. Yet on September 20th, House
Republicans set their plan in motion by passing H.R.2682 (The Defund Obamacare
Act). A plan that would fully fund the federal government; sparing Americans
from both a government shutdown and the impending Obamacare train wreck. In the
end, Senate Democrats chose to refuse the funding and allow the government to
be shut down. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Today the Republican strategy
picks up steam as vulnerable Senate Democrats are placed squarely on the hot
seat. After Democrats refused funding for the entire federal government,
Republicans responded by passing partial funding bills on popular issues (with
bi-partisan support). Senate Democrats have vowed not to negotiate and continue
to kill funding for these popular issues such as veterans benefits, cancer
research, pay for our National Guard and Reserves, funding for nutritional food
programs for low-income women and children, disaster relief, etc. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">These are certainly not winning
positions for vulnerable Senate Democrats in 2014. You can bet Republicans will
continue to push Democrats hard for their refusal to negotiate. Cracks have
already begun to surface as an exception was made to unanimously pass the “Pay
Our Military Act” to fund our active-duty military as well as civilian Defense
Department employees and contractors. It was immediately signed into law by the
president.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Working against the Democrat’s
strategy to shut down the government is the fact that it hasn’t been
particularly painful for American voters. Forbes estimates that </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2013/10/03/we-are-shutting-down-only-thirteen-percent-of-the-government-at-most/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue;">only 13% of the government has actually shut down</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. In an effort to sway public sentiment, President
Obama has ordered national parks and monuments barricaded, select government
websites shutdown, as well as Amber Alerts and access to the open ocean. A Park
Service Ranger was recently quoted as saying, “We’ve been told to make life as
difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.” </span><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/3/pruden-the-cheap-tricks-of-the-game/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue;">This order came from the White House.</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> When President Obama forbade priests and chaplains
from celebrating religious services on military bases, the House overrode his
order by a vote of 400-1 and dared Senate Democrats to side with the president.
<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The plan has all but backfired
on Democrats as stories surface of </span><a href="http://watchdog.org/109433/honor-flight-of-northwest-ohio-decides-to-risk-arrest-to-visit-wwii-memorial/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue;">World War II and Vietnam War vets facing arrest for
viewing their own memorials</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">. Once
again, not behavior that vulnerable Senate Democrats want to be associated with,
particularly from independents who are undecided about who to blame for the
shutdown. The Republicans aren’t shy to shine the spotlight on the issue
either. A new website has been set up by Senator Ted Cruz’s PAC called (</span><a href="http://fundourvets.com/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue;">FundOurVets.com</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;">). The site calls for legislation to fully fund the
Department of Veterans Affairs. If vulnerable Senate Democrats don’t cave and
support the funding it benefits their Republican opponents in 2014. If they do
cave, the Republican argument becomes: You have voted for funding for our
active military and then again for the Department of Veterans Affairs, why are
you holding out on funding other important issues such as opening our national
parks or feeding the needy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Republican strategy remains
focused on motivating Democrats to compromise and accept either delays or
significant limits on Obamacare. In the interim, Republicans can take solace in
knowing that not only has Obamacare not received the necessary additional
funding for implementation, but until Democrats are willing to negotiate, some
of their key issues remain unfunded such as the Environmental Protection Agency
and furloughs at the National Labor Relations Board. In the end, the Republican
strategy is likely to end with both beneficial compromise on Obamacare and a significant
advantage heading into the 2014 election cycle. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">#RepublicanAndProud</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.politicalinsidersreport.com/2013/10/08/gops-winning-strategy-fund-the-government-not-obamacare/">http://www.politicalinsidersreport.com/2013/10/08/gops-winning-strategy-fund-the-government-not-obamacare/</a><br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-14812461502427340862013-09-29T00:49:00.000-05:002013-09-29T00:50:10.151-05:00The American Healthcare Reform Act<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The centuries-old
oath taken by health care professionals reads, “Do no harm.” It is time
for Washington lawmakers to take a similar approach when working to fix
the problems that exist in our broken health care system. Simply
repealing the President's health care law is not enough—it must be
replaced.<br />
<br />
Conservatives recognize that patient-centered reforms rooted in free
markets are the best way to lower costs and solve problems in our health
care system. That is why the Republican Study Committee (RSC) is proud
to bring forward a pragmatic, practical, and portable free-market
alternative to the current health care system. Simply put, our bill is a
better way forward. Specifically, H.R. 3121, the RSC's <i>American Health Care Reform Act</i>:
<br />
<ul>
<li>Fully repeals President Obama's health care law, eliminating
billions in taxes and thousands of pages of unworkable regulations and
mandates that are driving up health care costs. </li>
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<li>Spurs competition to lower health care costs by allowing
Americans to purchase health insurance across state lines and enabling
small businesses to pool together and get the same buying power as large
corporations.</li>
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<li>Reforms medical malpractice laws in a commonsense way that
limits trial lawyer fees and non-economic damages while maintaining
strong protections for patients.</li>
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<li>Provides tax reform that allows families and individuals to
deduct health care costs, just like companies, leveling the playing
field and providing all Americans with a standard deduction for health
insurance.</li>
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<li>Expands access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), increasing the
amount of pre-tax dollars individuals can deposit into portable savings
accounts to be used for health care expenses.</li>
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<li>Safeguards individuals with pre-existing conditions from being
discriminated against purchasing health insurance by bolstering
state-based high risk pools and extending HIPAA guaranteed availability
protections.</li>
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<li>Protects the unborn by ensuring no federal funding of abortions.</li>
</ul>
<b><br />
Repeal and Replace Obamacare: It's Time for Reform </b><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Obamacare
is a train-wreck full of broken promises that is increasing health care
costs and interfering with the doctor patient relationship. Obamacare
must be stopped. We recently sat down with Americans from across the
country to ask their opinions of Obamacare and how it is affecting them
in the workplace. <br />
</span><span style="text-align: left;"><br />
There is a better way to the one-size-fits-all approach of
Obamacare. That is why the Republican Study Committee (RSC) isproud to
bring forward a pragmatic, practical, and portable free-market
alternative to the current health care system without the unworkable
taxes and mandates forced on American families through the President’s
health care law.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJF86lX_Y0">Video</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://rsc.scalise.house.gov/solutions/rsc-betterway.htm</span> </span></span></div>
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-91349841595337941872013-07-23T15:12:00.000-05:002013-07-23T15:13:25.969-05:00Health Stats: Comparing US to Universal Healthcare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Percentage of men and women who
survived a cancer five years after
diagnosis: <br />
<br />
U.S. 65%<br />
<br />
England 46%<br />
<br />
Canada
42%<br />
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Percentage of patients diagnosed
with diabetes who received treatment within six months:<br />
<br />
U.S. 93%<br />
<br />
England 15%<br />
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Canada
43%<br />
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Percentage of seniors needing hip
replacement who received it within six months:<br />
<br />
U.S. 90%<br />
<br />
England
15%<br />
<br />
Canada 43%<br />
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Percentage referred to a medical specialist who
see one within one month:<br />
<br />
U.S.
77%<br />
<br />
England 40%<br />
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Canada 43%<br />
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Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:<br />
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U.S.
71<br />
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England 14<br />
<br />
Canada 18<br />
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Percentage of
seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent
health":<br />
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U.S. 12%<br />
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England 2%<br />
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Canada 6%<br />
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And now for the
last statistic:<br />
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National Health
Insurance?<br />
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U.S. NO<br />
<br />
England YES<br />
<br />
Canada
YES<br />
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*statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health
Organization; published by Investors Business Daily.<br />
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B2http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578614689261697706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11010275.post-565024352423225802013-07-02T13:28:00.000-05:002013-07-02T13:28:10.720-05:00School Vouchers Equal Better Outcomes for All<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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from The Platte Institute for Economic Freedom: 7/2/2013<br />
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<b>Indiana Leading the Way on Vouchers</b><br /><br />
In 1875, the Speaker of the House of Representatives James G. Blaine introduced an amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit the use of state funds at private religious schools. While the amendment failed on the national level, 37 states-including Nebraska-adopted these amendments for their state constitutions.[1] While these amendments have long been an impediment to those who support school vouchers-state-sponsored certificates of specified dollar amounts that parents can use for private school tuition[2]-a recent ruling on Indiana's expansive voucher program indicates that vouchers may not fall under Blaine amendment constraints, which would open the door to vouchers in Nebraska.<br /><br />
The Indiana Supreme Court case examined whether Indiana's voucher program, which is available to low and middle-income families, was constitutional. The court held that it was, as the state funds "do not directly benefit religious schools but rather directly benefit lower-income families with school children."[3] Such a precedent could make it possible for other states with Blaine amendments to introduce voucher programs without violating state constitutions, giving parents more choice and control in how their child is educated.<br /><br />
Twelve states currently have voucher programs, but Indiana's is the most expansive. It is a statewide program with a maximum voucher amount of $4,500 for students in grades 1-8.[4] A family of four earning less than $42,000 annually can receive up to 90 percent of the maximum state voucher; families making up to $62,000 annually receive 50 percent.[5] Since its establishment in 2012, participation in the program has grown 140 percent, jumping from 3,919 students to 9,424. In the Indianapolis area in particular, the number of students receiving vouchers increased 94 percent, from 644 to 1,262.[6] Such results demonstrate a critical need for more educational options for students and parents, and Indiana's response is one to be emulated.<br /><br />
Voucher programs introduce choice and competition into education. With vouchers, private schools are no longer open only to those who can afford it, and the playing field is leveled so parents with limited means that want to send their children to private school have opportunities to do so. In addition, a marketplace of educational choice compels both public and private schools to focus on advancing student achievement and meeting parent expectations.[7] Research also suggests that public schools improved when subject to the competition introduced by vouchers. A study of public schools in Florida found "that public schools subject to more competitive pressure from private schools raised their test scores the most following the introduction of Florida's voucher program."[8] Therefore, the positive benefits of vouchers extend even to those who choose to remain in the public school system in some cases.<br /><br />
Voucher programs have shown success in raising student outcomes in their own right. Students in Washington DC's Opportunity Scholarship Program-which provides vouchers to low-income students through a lottery-had a graduation rate of 91 percent, 21 percent higher than those without vouchers. DC voucher students also had higher student achievement and parental satisfaction, even while spending only $7,500 per pupil, while DC public schools spent $29,409 per pupil in 2010.[9] More than 20,000 students in Milwaukee's voucher program also saw positive results, achieving a graduation rate 18 percent higher than their public school counterparts between 2003-2009.[10]<br /><br />
The Indiana court ruling provides Nebraska a unique constitutional opportunity to implement vouchers and give Nebraska parents more opportunities for their children. Every child deserves to have a choice in where they go to school, and it is time to give all of Nebraska's children that choice.<br />
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<span class="fullpost">[1] Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., School Choice: The Blaine Amendments & Anti-Catholicism, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/BlaineReport.pdf; Blaine Amendments, "States." Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.blaineamendments.org/states/states.html.</span><br />
<span class="fullpost"><br />[2] Jordan Cash, "Vouchers and Tax Credits," Platte Institute for Economic Research, August 28, 2012. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.platteinstitute.org/docLib/20120823_Vouchers_and_Tax_Credits.pdf.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[3] Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Dickson qtd. in Mark Guarino, "Indiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?" Christian Science Monitor, March 26, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2013/0326/Indiana-s-expansive-school-voucher-program-upheld-A-model-for-others.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[4] National Conference of State Legislatures, "School Voucher Laws: State-by-State Comparison." Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/educ/voucher-law-comparison.aspx<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[5] Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Dickson qtd. in Mark Guarino, "Indiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?" Christian Science Monitor, March 26, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2013/0326/Indiana-s-expansive-school-voucher-program-upheld-A-model-for-others.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[6] Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Dickson qtd. in Mark Guarino, "Indiana's expansive school voucher program upheld: A model for others?" Christian Science Monitor, March 26, 2013. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2013/0326/Indiana-s-expansive-school-voucher-program-upheld-A-model-for-others.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[7] David N. Figlio and Cassandra M.D. Hart, "Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers," National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 16056, June 2010. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.nber.org/papers/w16056.pdf.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[8] David N. Figlio and Cassandra M.D. Hart, "Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers," National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 16056, June 2010. Accessed June 13, 2013, http://www.nber.org/papers/w16056.pdf.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[9] Jason Richwine, "D.C. Voucher Students: Higher Graduation Rates and Other Positice Outcomes," Heritage Foundation, July 28, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2013,<br />http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/07/dc-voucher-students-higher-graduation-rates-and-other-positive-outcomes; Patrick Wolf et al., "Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Final Report," United States Department of Education, June 2010. Accessed June 13, 2013,<br />http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104018/pdf/20104018.pdf; Andrew Coulson, "Census Bureau Confirms: DC Spends $29,409/pupil," Cato Institute, June 26, 2012. Accessed June 13, 2013,<br />http://www.cato.org/blog/census-bureau-confirms-dc-spends-29409-pupil.<br /> </span><br />
<span class="fullpost">[10] John Robert Warrem, "Graduation Rates for Choice and Public School Students in Milwaukee, 2003-2009," University of Minnesota, School Choice Wisconsin, January 2011. Accessed June 13, 2013,<br />http://heartland.org/sites/all/modules/custom/heartland_migration/files/pdfs/29370.pdf. </span><br />
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By: Alex Nowrasteh -- June 27, 2013</div>
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This afternoon the Senate <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/27/politics/immigration/index.html" target="_blank">voted</a> 68-32 to pass its sweeping immigration
reform bill. The bill is a solid improvement over the current immigration
system. It legalizes most of the unlawful immigrants here and provides larger
pathways for legal immigration in the future. <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Under today’s immigration rules, very few of our ancestors would have been able
to immigrate here legally. </blockquote>
The bill does have flaws – many
of which I’ve written about in <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-nowrasteh/senate-immigration-bill-lurches_b_3325786.html" target="_blank">detail</a>. It doesn’t increase lawful immigration
enough. The guest worker visa programs for lower skilled workers are too small,
restricted to certain sectors of the economy, and governed by confusing
bureaucracy. <u><i><b>Under today’s immigration rules, very few of our ancestors would
have been able to immigrate here legally.</b></i></u> The Senate’s immigration bill takes us
a small step closer to our traditionally more open immigration policy.<br />
<br />
It shovels gargantuan amounts of
<a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/border-security-obsession">security</a> resources toward the southern border in an attempt to
halt future unlawful immigration that could otherwise cheaply be halted with an
expanded guest worker visa program. The border “<a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/26/senate-approves-border-surge-amendment/" target="_blank">surge</a>,” as many are calling it, is truly
embarrassing, especially for a country with such proud immigrant traditions.
There are certainly legitimate security concerns, but the extra enforcement will
just drive up the price of smuggling and marginally decrease unlawful
immigration of peaceful workers at enormous cost.<br />
<br />
Worse, the bill creates a
mandatory employment verification system called E-Verify. Those seeking work
here will have to use this proto-national ID system to ask the government for
permission to work. Government audits of the system find that its inaccuracy
rate hovers at around a quarter of a percent. Independent audits, the most
recent carried out in 2009, found error rates 3 to 4 times as high as that. As
the system is expanded it will place an unfair burden on American businesses,
saddling them with costs, and incentivizing illegal hiring without even a
cursory I-9 form as has happened in <a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/economic-case-against-arizonas-immigration-laws">states</a> that have already mandated E-Verify.<br />
<br />
Even with those flaws, this bill
still does a lot more good than bad. Millions of new Americans will finally be
able to live and work openly without fear of deportation. Millions of more
highly skilled workers, merit-based immigrants, and their families will be able
to become Americans. Americans will have more freedom to hire whom they want and
more buyers for their goods and services. Our economy will grow more quickly, <a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/how-does-immigration-impact-wages">wages will increase</a>, and the fiscal state of the federal
government will <a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/scoring-immigration-reform-correctly">improve</a> over the <a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/cbo-dynamically-scores-immigration-bill">medium-term</a>.<br />
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Despite all of these benefits, this bill will face an uphill
battle in the House of Representatives. The first round of a major political
brawl has been concluded; time for the toughest round to
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<b>By Bryan Baumgart-Douglas County Republican Party Chairman</b><br />
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<b>6/17/2013</b><br />
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Critics of immigration reform call for securing our borders first, but with
effective reform, securing our borders on the basis of immigration isn’t
necessary.<br />
<br />
Rather than a comprehensive approach, I prefer a step-by-step approach to
reform with an emphasis on “risk verse reward”…or as we like to call it in the
field of behavior modification…“Principles of Behavior”. Our solutions should be
incentive based.<br />
<br />
First let’s analyse what is driving current behavior. What is the incentive
to bypass the legal immigration process? As we know, the current system is
extremely convoluted and expensive. It takes far too long and is rife with
unintended consequences.<br />
<br />
For example, a friend and former co-worker of mine from Brazil had spent
years and thousands of dollars working through the system. When he was
approached with an outstanding job opportunity with a different company, he was
faced with the decision of turning down the offer or starting the immigration
process all over again. In the end, he felt like it was just too much time and
money to throw away. He was left stuck, extremely frustrated, and he lost out on
a great opportunity to advance his career.<br />
<br />
The first step in effective reform must be simplifying the legal immigration
process. This is likely the most difficult step, but a legal immigration process
that is affordable, timely, and efficient serves as an incentive rather than a
deterrent.<br />
<br />
The next question is what becomes of the 11 million undocumented immigrants
currently in our country? Critics decry amnesty, but deportation is not a
realistic option and neither is tearing families apart over a misdemeanor.
Continuing to ignore their presence has proven to be a mistake. The people
screaming, “No Amnesty” are the very same people upset about footing the bill.
It’s a consequence of refusing participation in the system.<br />
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The only realistic option is to offer a pathway to citizenship. Not granting
instant citizenship, but allowing undocumented immigrants to self-report and
enter the now simplified legal immigration process just like everyone else.
Providing a temporary work or school visa allows families to stay together while
they work through the immigration process. Paying taxes, obtaining insurance and
healthcare, and legally participating in the system helps to empower these hard
working families and encourages them to buy into the American Dream. Being welcomed and becoming
part of the system provides the incentive to assimilate and proudly view oneself
as American.<br />
<br />
The next step, indexing visas to meet the economic demand of the country. As
a country that has thrived on capitalism, it only makes sense to allow legal
immigration to meet the labor demands of American businesses. When these
businesses are allowed to thrive, so does our country. They create more jobs and
provide more revenue.<br />
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The final step is much easier. Effectively implementing E-Verify measures by
cracking down on employers with strict penalties. The incentive for employers to
seek cheaper labor is a reality we must face. It is an unintended consequence of
government interference in the market with the implementation of minimum-wage
laws. Indexing visas to ensure labor supply meets demand is a good start, but
until the risk outweighs the reward, don’t expect employers to voluntarily
comply with the law. Once employers do comply, the lack of job opportunities
available to undocumented immigrants serve as an incentive to self-report and
enter the now much simpler legal pathway to citizenship.<br />
<br />
Finally, to be clear on securing our borders. I do favor securing BOTH of our
borders, but on the grounds of national security, not immigration. Without the
incentive for illegal immigration, securing our borders is not necessary. The
only people who would be interested in sneaking across our borders would be the
people who mean us harm. Thus…it’s an issue of national security.<br />
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to immigrate here legally.</b></i>" </span>- CATO Institute<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-bill-better-not-best?utm_content=bufferb6f2c&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1372777719227_5822" target="_blank">http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-bill-better-not-best?utm_content=bufferb6f2c&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer</a><br /><br /><br />
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By Joshua W. Weir - 5/8/2013 </div>
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<i>The writer, of Omaha, is a lawyer.</i><br />
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As immigration reform is debated, I hear many fellow conservatives supporting
enforcement-only policies. Concerns that amnesty would set bad precedent are
valid and consistent with one principle of conservatism — respect for law and
order.<br />
<br />
However, many other core principles of conservatism — promoting free markets,
economic prosperity and personal accountability — should also inform this
debate. Throwing money at a law that violates these fundamental principles is
not conservative.<br />
<br />
First, immigration policy must be market-based. If supply does not meet
demand, black markets emerge to fill the void. When our economy demands labor
that cannot be supplied lawfully, illegal immigration fills the void. And it has
— to the tune of 11 million people.<br />
<br />
Markets always find a way. Presently, an arbitrary quota of visas is made
available annually, regardless of actual demand for labor. We also have an
inflexible per-country percentage limit.<br />
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At critical periods in our history, this arbitrary system would have stifled
economic growth or resulted in millions of illegal immigrants from Ireland,
Germany, Italy, etc. During the economic boom of the 1990s, demand for labor was
great, but the system did not supply immigrant labor sufficient to meet the
demand of American businesses. It was an open secret that companies, including
Nebraska companies, were actively “recruiting” in Mexico in the 1990s.<br />
<br />
As a result, approximately 60 percent of aliens lacking status currently in
the United States are from Mexico, many of whom are “waiting in line” in a
20-year-plus visa backlog.<br />
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Second, restrictive immigration policy stifles economic growth. Jobs are not
a zero-sum game. Jobs beget jobs. Each job filled does not cost someone else
that job. Instead, each job filled contributes to economic growth by “expanding
the pie.”<br />
<br />
A majority of the 11 million people arrived during the 1990s and contributed
to the economic boom of that decade. Ill-considered immigration regulations can
slow economic growth like any other government regulations.<br />
<br />
Capitalism relies upon free markets to channel the power of people acting in
their self-interests. The failure of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War
demonstrated that the most heavily armed walls and fences cannot stop
resourceful and desperate people.<br />
<br />
Hundreds of people die annually while crossing our border seeking freedom
(economic or otherwise), security and family reunification. We deplete our
resources fighting against that spirit instead of harnessing that economic
power.<br />
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Third, the status quo costs everyone. We as a country have neither the
political will nor the resources to uproot 11 million people. Order and personal
accountability would actually increase if these people had liability insurance
for the cars they are already driving, paid taxes for the jobs they are already
working and obtained health insurance for the doctor visits they are already
making. Additionally, taxpayers foot the bill each time we deport the parent of
a U.S. citizen-child, thereby disrupting intact families and further burdening
the social safety net.<br />
<br />
The desire for border security is as old as the nation-state. There was a
time in the 1930s when California attempted to blockade its borders from “Okies”
who were no more popular than today’s “illegals.” Mass migration from poorer to
more prosperous regions is a phenomenon taking place across the developed world.
Mass migration is not new, it is not unique to America and it is not going
away.<br />
<br />
“Tall fences and wide gates” lead to more secure borders. Limited visa
availability pushes otherwise law-abiding immigrants to the border, where drug
traffickers, terrorists and dangerous criminals can easily blend in.<br />
<br />
The failure of Prohibition demonstrates that channeling behavior can be more
effective than banning behavior. People will enter lawfully if given the option.
Law enforcement could then focus its resources on the real threats to our
national security and better secure our borders.<br />
<br />
We as conservatives must fully engage in the immigration debate and ensure
this problem has market-based and common-sense solutions going forward. Any
immigration reform must include indexing visas to demand for labor and
allocating more visas for the countries that supply the majority of
immigrants.<br />
<br />
We also must acknowledge that 11 million people are here to stay, with or
without immigration reform. Conservatives must work to improve on the Gang of
Eight’s proposal rather than killing the bill.<br />
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http://www.omaha.com/article/20130508/NEWS0802/705089928/1677 </div>
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<span style="font-size: 8pt;"> Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom Issue Paper: commoncore1.doc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4-13.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">BACKGROUND.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Conservatives are legitimately alarmed
about the Obama Administration Common Core curriculum pressed onto our public
schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The regime heavily pushes this
curricula through its $4.35 billion 2009 Race to the Top education grant
competition bribery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many states have
embraced Common Core to grab these massive grants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>States that accepted its precepts received bonus
points in their applications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This plan
awards points to states that adopt this common set of K-12 standards that are
mostly identical all over America. Obama’s Education Dept. has awarded over
$360 million to 2 liberal groups to create student assessments in Common
Core.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obama herded states into adopting
these standards without time to deliberate on their adequacy, requiring
adoption approved by state education dept. officials, if states want to obtain
federal waivers from the 2002 No Child Left Behind law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Obama succeeds, states like NE will lose
federal funds by adhering to their own standards, denied access to Race to the
Top federal dollars for refusing Common Core.</div>
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<b>VALID CRITICISM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Common Core eradicates local school board
control over the K-12 math and English curricula, substituting a lone,
federally-imposed curricula that applies to public, private, parochial, and
home schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proponents advise that
national standards will improve academic performance; however, these new
standards evidence no proof that they are better than current NE
standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No district has tested these
standards, which use unproved instructional methods. These standards base on
unproved ideas and questionable assumptions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The job of teaching our kids is too important to depend on untested,
common methods pushed by companies that have financial interests in selling textbooks,
technology, and academic assessment but not accountable to parents or
taxpayers. Several private corporations will make huge profits, with less money
reaching classrooms. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our children will
become guinea pigs. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Massachusetts,
adopting Common Core meant dumping academic standards regarded as the best in
the nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In many states, Common Core
standards are inferior to state standards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There exists no evidence that a federal curriculum brings high academic
achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>France and Denmark boast
national curricula that do not reflect high achievement on international
testing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contrarily, both Canada and
Australia use many regional curricula and show better results.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11010275#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Brookings Institution study found that
common state standards do little to equalize academic achievement among states.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11010275#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instruction
is confusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core requires
pupils to explain a math problem before doing the calculation, complicating the
teaching of basic math.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teachers become
confused with the unfamiliarity of teaching this product.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students do not learn traditional math, like
multiplication, until a grade or two later. In Common Core math, kids abandon
concrete skills for abstract confusing methodology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elementary kids who got “A” grades struggle
to explain how they find answers after using mental math in Common Core and get
lower grades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These math standards delay
development of key concepts and skills, instructions written at a level
confusing to teachers, students, parents, and administrators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math standards not well-organized at the high
school level, several important topics insufficiently covered, and standards
not divided into defined courses. To avoid attention, proponents have focused
only on math and English, aiming to eventually extend Common Core to all
subjects. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math standards are
inferior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A math professor, the only
mathematician on the validation committee, refused to sign off on the math
standards, declaring that they would drop many pupils 2 yrs. behind those in
many other nations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One most tragic
change for English classes is the requirement that 50% or more of readings in
Grades 6-12 come from informational instead of cultural texts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such means that curricula will not include
many classic works in American and other literature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Popular treatises like <u>Common Sense</u>,
the Gettysburg Address, and <u>To Kill A Mockingbird</u> are not present, only
on a list of reading suggestions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
research tells that college readiness comes from reading informational items in
high school classes.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11010275#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conservatives around the country are angry
about the secretive process by which Common Core standards became adopted,
allowing for few or no public hearings, blocked from the legislative process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The conservative Cato Institute noted that
state lawmakers are surprised when academic curricula become snatched from
their prerogatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core defines
contents for all U.S. K-12 math and English texts and defines what our kids
will learn and not learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No empirical
validation of standards or metric to monitor intended or unintended
consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No early childhood
teachers or child development experts were included in the K-3 standards
formulation process, because Common Core shocked these professionals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Standard writers had no background in child
development or early childhood education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Joint Statement of Early Childhood Health & Education
Professionals statement criticizing Common Core garnered signatures from over
500 prominent early childhood professionals, like educators, pediatricians,
developmental psychologists, and researchers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The statement read that Common Core conflicts with new research in cognitive
science, neuroscience, child development, and early childhood education about
how young kids learn, what content they should learn, and the best methods to
teach them in kiddiegarden and early grades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Common Core pilots are disappointing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One principal told of his school piloting the assessment, whereby the
failure rate rose dramatically, particularly among slow learners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>COMMON CORE TESTING.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After adoption of Common Core curricula, its
standardized testing is approaching fast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No national standardized test can effectively measure what teachers
teach in each public school system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Common Core demands a great increase in testing, much more than the
already excessive amount required by No Child Left Behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NYC will spend over a half billion on
technology, so that its students can take electronically federal tests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research proves that increasing testing does
not increase achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NE school
districts suffer funding squeezes, but Common Core costs billions for new
textbooks, infrastructure like high speed networks, new software for additional
computers, training, consultants, and tests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">COST
TO TAXPAYERS</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Adoption is
expensive, and states adopting </span>C<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ommon </span>C<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">ore jump into an assessment quagmire without estimates
on costs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Local school administrators
complain that Obama grants do not cover the requirements, costing much more to
implement all the mandates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
education establishment likewise complained for years about the unexpected
costs of No Child Left Behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common
Core will repeat this expensive lesson in forcing another underfunded ed
mandate on states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NE probably would not
qualify for federal funding now, leaving NE taxpayers to pay the entire
bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<b>LEFTIST
CURRICULA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>One lesson features a
video titled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">China Rises</i>, that
praises the virtues of Chinese communism over capitalism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The leftist <u>New York Times</u> co-produced
this propaganda piece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another lesson
regrets children inability to vote, as they understand global warming and war
better than adults who make world problems worse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core uses UN programs to institute
international curricula. Materials promote “alternative lifestyles,” criticize
capitalism, praise labor unions, redistribution of wealth, radical
environmentalism, and social justice, and debase of Judeo-Christianity. The
liberal progressive school-to-work plan will allow the Obama Regime to put
everything in place to plan for future labor markets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core promotes a model of a command
economy and unlimited federal governance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Proponents want to control our schools, so that our children will become
conditioned to accept that the federal government has the right to order them
to serve its economic commands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Government will be the master, not the servant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>ITS FUNDING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Common Core has received funding from the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other leftwing sources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>PERTINENT VIDEO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><a href="http://raymondpronk.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/stop-obamas-common-core-curriculum-standards-progressive-indoctrination-standardization-and-tracking-of-american-children-into-collectivists-little-boxes-videos/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://raymondpronk.wordpress.com/2013/04/02/stop-obamas-common-core-curriculum-standards-progressive-indoctrination-standardization-and-tracking-of-american-children-into-collectivists-little-boxes-videos/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">ITS
SUPPORTERS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The leftwing American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
endorses Common Core.<span style="color: black;"> Several creators of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core standards have accepted
employment with testing companies that will accrue millions of dollars
developing tests based on the standards they created.</span></span><br />
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<b>HOME SCHOOLS
UNSAFE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Saxon Math and Math U See
both declared that they will align their curriculum, popular among home
schools, with Common Core.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">INVASIVENESS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Conservative
parents object to violation of student privacy by data mining through
assessment means. Common Core creates a student database including test scores,
hobbies, family income, voting status, and health records, a violation of
individual rights and limited government. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11010275#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">[4]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>D<span style="color: black;">ata mining includes
using cameras to evaluate kid facial expressions, electronic seat that judges
postures, a pressure-sensitive computer mouse, and a biometric wrap on wrists.</span></span><br />
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<b>STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Board members voted 7-1 (John Sieler
voted with taxpayers) to pay a consultant company $47,000 to compare NE
standards alignment to Common Core, due in October, 2013, a hint that the board
majority will embrace the latter curricula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The State Board of Education must give final approval of state
curriculum standards and assessments. School districts should not use Common
Core yet, as the state board has not adopted it yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We urge taxpayers to contact their state
board of education member to pass the following resolution:<br />
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<i>Notwithstanding any other statute, the
state board of education shall not adopt, and the NE Dept. of Education shall
not implement, Common Core standards developed by the Common Core Standards
Initiative.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actions pursued to adopt or
implement the Common Core State Standards are void.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core State Standards shall not be
adopted or implemented without the approval of the NE Legislature.</i></div>
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<b>LEGISLATURE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Sen. Jim Scheer from Norfolk introduced <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">LB 512</span></b>,
to order the state to accept Common Core national assessments and allow the
state board of education to proceed with this curricula. We must lobby our
state senators to kill <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">LB 512,</span></b> then co-sponsor and support legislation to
ban NE from adopting and spending money on all activities relating to Common
Core, like training teachers or buying materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, press them to pass a bill to forbid
sharing of private student information without parental consent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As awareness of this federal education power
grab increases, opposition mounts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>States now realize that accepting Common Core means transferring control
of school curriculum to the Obama Regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only Texas, Alaska, Nebraska, and a few other states are steadfastly
resisting, and others have withdrawn participation or are considering
such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Common Core violates the U.S.
Constitution and several federal statutes that prohibit federal direction,
control, or supervision of curricula, instruction, and materials in K-12
schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This plan is a serious assault
on state sovereignty, a power grab by which the Obama Regime will directly
target school districts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This federal
intervention will cripple state, local, and parental authority over curricula and
cost states $16 billion in new spending.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=11010275#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn5;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[5]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b>TAKE ACTION NOW.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>We still can stop this dangerous scheme
to nationalize education and indoctrinate our children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not permit nameless, faceless, unelected
and unaccountable bureaucrats to seize control of NE public education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact your state board of education member
and state senator today to stop the progress of Common Core in Nebraska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Email <a href="mailto:netaxpayers@gmail.com"><span style="color: #002060;">netaxpayers@gmail.com</span></a> for their contact
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Research, analysis, and
documentation for this issue paper done by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nebraska
Taxpayers for Freedom</b>, with prior permission granted for its use by other
groups in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NE Conservative Coalition
Network</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4-13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C</span></div>
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Curriculum is Bad for America. Available at: </span><a href="http://www.k12innovation.com/Manifesto/_V2_Home.html"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11.0pt;">http://www.k12innovation.com/Manifesto/_V2_Home.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></div>
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Study and Analytical Thinking</span></em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">,
Sandra Stotsky, Heritage Issue Brief, Heritage Foundation, December 2012.</span></div>
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Joy Pullmann, managing editor of <u>School Reform News</u> and an education
research fellow at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heartland Institute</i>.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTp50QMn0jEO6nlDC_Vu3xvuyR2nHa2uM3iDIq_Yo0w0udHtM41vcDiVArzoYt_2971Kw5nlYaW5Zu-zKrfTDVnRu8a75miLNpN3WdM0U0XHo6lh_6dhffCEmvbjaW7AhnKzX/s1600/150px-ObamaCareSymbol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTp50QMn0jEO6nlDC_Vu3xvuyR2nHa2uM3iDIq_Yo0w0udHtM41vcDiVArzoYt_2971Kw5nlYaW5Zu-zKrfTDVnRu8a75miLNpN3WdM0U0XHo6lh_6dhffCEmvbjaW7AhnKzX/s1600/150px-ObamaCareSymbol.jpg" /></a><b>Abstract:</b> <i>Academic literature has consistently illustrated
that Medicaid patients—adults and children—have inferior access to
health care, and notably poorer health outcomes, than privately insured
patients. Due to the program's low reimbursement rates, more and more
doctors are refusing to even accept Medicaid. As a result, it is
becoming increasingly difficult for Medicaid patients to find access to
primary and specialty care physicians. When Medicaid patients are
admitted to hospitals, they are often admitted with more serious
conditions than those with private insurance. By further expanding this
broken program, Obamacare will only exacerbate the situation, continuing
to harm many low-income Americans who have no option other than
Medicaid. Policymakers should reform Medicaid to allow Medicaid patients
access to private insurance in a consumer-driven market.</i><br />
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Established as a fundamental component of President Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society, Medicaid is a jointly funded federal and state program
that pays for health care for low-income individuals. The academic
literature has consistently illustrated that Medicaid patients have
poorer access to care, and poorer health outcomes, than privately
insured patients. By further expanding this broken program, the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - only exacerbates the
situation. Policymakers should reform Medicaid to provide consumers with
greater access to private insurance in a consumer-driven market.<br />
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Medicaid typically pays physicians 56 percent of the amount that private insurers pay.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> Given these low reimbursement rates, more and more doctors are refusing to accept Medicaid.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a>
As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Medicaid
patients to find primary care doctors and specialists. When Medicaid
patients are admitted to hospitals, they are often admitted with more
serious conditions, and in some cases, with a higher level of
co-morbidity, than privately insured patients. The peer-reviewed
academic literature clearly illustrates Medicaid's problems for children
as well as for adults. <br />
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Children Suffer Under Medicaid </h3>
Medicaid undermines care for millions of children. Consider, for
example, children with asthma, one of the most common chronic diseases
affecting children in the United States. A 2001 study published in the <i>Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved</i>
compares hospital care for children with asthma who are covered by
Medicaid to children with asthma who are covered by private insurance in
California, Georgia, and Michigan.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a>
The authors found slightly longer length of stay and significantly
poorer outpatient care for the children on Medicaid. In terms of
outpatient care, the authors specifically found that pediatric Medicaid
patients were more likely than privately insured patients to be
discharged on subpar medication routines. The authors also found that
Medicaid patients generally lacked a consistent source of outpatient
care, unlike privately insured patients. These issues with outpatient
care suggest that these children are more likely to be re-admitted for
hospitalization at a subsequent time in the future. <br />
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Adequate access to care is also a serious problem for children on Medicaid. A 2004 study published in <i>Pediatrics</i> examined children’s access to specialty surgeons in Southern California.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4">[4]</a>
The researchers surveyed specialty surgeons throughout southern
California and found that the surgeons are generally less inclined to
accept patients enrolled in Medi-Cal (California’s version of the
Medicaid program). The surgeons cited difficult paperwork,
administrative burdens, and poor reimbursement rates as reasons for not
wanting to take on these patients. The authors consequently caution
policymakers about expanding this program, noting that coverage through
Medi-Cal does not necessarily signify meaningful access to health care.
The authors also suggest that expanding Medi-Cal may in fact exacerbate
the existing problems of limited access to care. <br />
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Another study published in 2005 in <i>Urology</i> found similar problems with boys’ access to urologic care.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5">[5]</a>
The authors surveyed a simple random sample of urologic offices located
throughout California in order to determine the offices’ attitudes
toward Medi-Cal recipients. Of the offices they found that were willing
to see pediatric patients, the authors found that 96 percent of these
offices would accept privately insured patients. They also found that
only 41 percent of these offices would accept Medi-Cal patients.
Three-quarters of the offices that refused to accept Medi-Cal patients
were unable to even recommend offices that would. <br />
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Furthermore, a recent study published in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i> examined pediatric access to specialty clinics in Cook County, Illinois.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6">[6]</a>
Sending out research assistants posing as mothers and making phone
calls to a random sample of specialty clinics, the study found a
significant disparity between access to specialty care for privately
insured children and children on Medicaid as well as the publicly funded
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Specifically, the
researchers noted more denials of appointments as well as longer waiting
times for Medicaid and CHIP patients than for privately insured
patients. <br />
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These studies suggest that children on Medicaid lack access to the
kind of care that privately insured patients enjoy. As long as the
program in its current form remains in place, these problems will
persist. <br />
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Adults Suffer Under Medicaid </h3>
Children are not the only ones Medicaid is failing. A number of
academic studies have also pointed out the disparities in health
outcomes between adult Medicaid recipients and those who are privately
insured. <br />
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A 1993 study published in the <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i>
found that breast cancer patients in New Jersey were often diagnosed
with more advanced stages of the disease and had higher risks of death
if they received their insurance coverage through Medicaid instead of
private insurance.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7">[7]</a> These findings have been corroborated by a number of subsequent studies looking at a variety of serious illnesses: <br />
<ul>
<li>A 2000 study published in Cancer examined health outcomes of
breast cancer patients in Florida. The study found that, as a result of
later diagnoses, Medicaid patients have higher mortality rates than
patients who are covered by commercial fee-for-service insurance.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8">[8]</a> </li>
<li>A 2000 study published in the <i>American Journal of Public Health</i>
that examines colorectal cancer treatments and outcomes found that
Medicaid patients not only had higher mortality rates, but were also
less likely to receive cancer-directed surgery, than patients using
commercial fee-for-service insurance.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9">[9]</a> </li>
<li>A 2001 study published in <i>Cancer</i> compared health outcomes
for a variety of cancers for patients in Michigan. The study found that
Medicaid patients had significantly higher rates of occurrence as well
as higher risks of death for breast, cervix, colon, and lung cancers
compared to non-Medicaid patients. The study also found that Medicaid
patients had a higher risk of being diagnosed with these cancers at
later stages.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10">[10]</a> </li>
<li>A 2003 study published in the <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i>
that compares health outcomes for colorectal, lung, prostate, and
breast cancer in Kentucky for a variety of insurance classifications
also found similar results. For all four illnesses, the authors found
that survival rates are markedly higher for privately insured patients
than for Medicaid patients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11 ">[11]</a></li>
</ul>
Most recently, a 2010 study in the <i>Journal of Hospital Medicine</i>
found similar results for non-cancer-related illness. In this study,
the authors examine the relationship between insurance status and health
outcomes for myocardial infarction, stroke, and pneumonia patients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12">[12]</a>
The authors statistically analyzed a nationally representative hospital
database and noticed, even after adjusting for factors such as age,
gender, income, other illnesses, and severity, higher in-hospital
mortality rates for Medicaid patients than for privately insured
patients. Additionally, even after adjusting for these factors, the
study found that Medicaid patients hospitalized for strokes and
pneumonia also ran up higher costs than the privately insured, as well
as the uninsured. <br />
<h3>
Medicaid: Hinders Access to Care, Fails to Meet Patients’ Needs </h3>
A number of academic studies over the years have illustrated that
Medicaid patients have consistently had poor access to care and that
Medicaid fails to meet important needs: <br />
<ul>
<li>A 1992 study in the <i>Journal of the American Medical Association</i> examined hospitalizations in Massachusetts and Maryland.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13">[13]</a>
The study found that Medicaid and uninsured patients were statistically
more likely than privately insured patients to be hospitalized for
avoidable conditions such as pneumonia and diabetes. </li>
<li>A 2007 study in <i>Health Affairs</i> examined access to specialty services for patients who receive primary care from community health centers.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14">[14]</a>
The study found that Medicaid recipients have significantly more
difficulty accessing specialty care than privately insured patients. </li>
<li>A 2012 study in <i>Health Affairs</i> examined physicians’
willingness to accept new patients. Using survey data from a nationally
representative sample, the study found that nearly one-third of
physicians nationwide will not accept new Medicaid patients. Doctors in
smaller practices, as well as doctors in metropolitan areas, are among
the least inclined to accept new Medicaid patients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15">[15]</a> The authors’ results suggest that this reluctance may largely be a consequence of Medicaid’s poor payment rates to doctors.</li>
</ul>
Given these findings in the peer-reviewed literature, it is not
surprising that Medicaid patients often arrive at emergency rooms in
poor, and in many cases, untreatable condition. In fact, research has
shown that Medicaid and CHIP patients end up in emergency rooms even
more frequently than uninsured patients.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16">[16]</a> <br />
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Solutions </h3>
As the academic research has consistently suggested, Medicaid’s
so-called safety net cripples the very people it is designed to help. To
fix the broken safety net, Congress should consider the following.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17">[17]</a> <br />
<ul>
<li><b>Repeal Obamacare and its Medicaid expansion. </b>One of
Obamacare’s greatest pretenses is that it improves access to health
care. The new law attempts to achieve this goal by dumping millions more
patients into the broken Medicaid system. Recent Heritage Foundation
research has statistically illustrated the debilitating effect that
Medicaid expansion will impose on state governments.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18 ">[18]</a></li>
</ul>
Some proponents will likely argue that Obamacare addresses access
issues by providing additional federal funding to increase physician
reimbursement to Medicare levels. However, this additional federal
reimbursement is only temporary and solely applies to primary care
physicians. As a result, it is only a matter of time until state budgets
become more burdened and a lack of access to meaningful health care
becomes even more of a problem nationwide.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19">[19]</a> <br />
<ul>
<li><b>Maximize access to private health insurance for Medicaid beneficiaries. </b>The
best approach to improving access and outcomes would be to integrate
the success of private health insurance into the Medicaid system. Some
states, such as Florida, have pursued reforms in the past decade by
giving Medicaid patients a choice of private managed care plans. A
five-county pilot version of the program flattened Medicaid costs and
had been saving the state slightly under $120 million annually.
Additionally, the program overall noted greater access to care, higher
degrees of patient satisfaction, and a marked improvement in health
outcomes.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20 ">[20]</a></li>
</ul>
The Heritage Foundation’s <i>Saving the American Dream</i> proposal
goes further. It recommends transitioning non-disabled Medicaid
beneficiaries out of the failing Medicaid program and into private
health insurance and integrating private, patient-centered models into
Medicaid to better serve the disabled and frail elderly.<a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21">[21]</a> <br />
<h3>
Conclusion </h3>
Medicaid is a prime example of government’s inability to
outperform—or even keep up with—the private sector. Academic research
has consistently illustrated that the program is associated with poorer
access to care and poorer health outcomes than private insurance. With
the right reforms, however, lawmakers can significantly expand Medicaid
patients’ access to private health insurance and put low-cost,
high-quality care back in the hands of those truly in need. <br />
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<i><b>—Kevin D. Dayaratna </b>is Graduate Fellow in the Center for Health Care Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.</i><br />
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<i>http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/studies-show-medicaid-patients-have-worse-access-and-outcomes-than-the-privately-insured </i></div>
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Kris Kobach, the secretary of state of Kansas, has released <a href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/197279/the-best-and-worst-media-errors-and-corrections-of-2012/">some very interesting statistics</a>
that disprove — once again — the fallacious claims made by critics of
voter ID. Kansas, whose voter-ID law became effective this year, has 1.8
million registered voters. From January 1 through September 30, only
120 people in the entire state applied for the free ID that Kansas
provides to anyone who doesn’t already have a photo ID.</div>
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Those 120 constitute only 0.007 percent of all voters registered in Kansas.<br />
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On Election Day, only 0.07 percent of the 1,182,771 Kansans turning
out at the polls were unable to show a proper form of identification.
They were allowed to cast provisional ballots and told to present a
valid ID after the election so that their vote would be counted. Almost
half of the provisional voters did so, dropping the number of voters
without proper ID to just 0.04 percent of all people who tried to cast
votes.<br />
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These figures give the lie to claims by the Brennan Center and other
voter ID opponents that a whopping 11 percent of voting-age Americans
have no acceptable form of photo ID, and that voter-ID laws therefore
present a hindrance for many.<br />
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In an election where turnout across the country generally went down
from 2008, Kansas had a turnout of 66.8 percent. That’s virtually the
same as the turnout in 2000 (66.7 percent) — the last presidential
election year in which Kansas had no U.S. Senate race. Sorry, Brennan
Center. Your claim that voter ID laws reduce turnout goes up in smoke.
Again.<br />
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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/336110/critics-proved-wrong-again-voter-id-hans-von-spakovsky <br />
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363266412193_4277" style="line-height: 115%;">by: Bryan Baumgart </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363266412193_4277" style="line-height: 115%;">The death of Obamacare was prolonged Wednesday
when Congress approved legislation to fund the government through the 2013
Fiscal Year. By settling for minor cuts to spending, Republican House leadership
effectively allowed the opportunity to end Obamacare to slip through their
hands.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363266412193_4274" style="line-height: 115%;">In January, hoping to buy time to shore up
Obamacare's Achilles Heel, the Obama administration waived the deadline for
states to establish exchanges. </span></div>
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When Rep. Nancy Pelosi stated, "We will have
to pass it [Obamacare] to see what is in it", she had no idea the fatal flaw she
was ignoring. Obamacare was crafted in such a way, that its funding is
completely dependent on the states to establish exchanges. If a state refuses to
set up an exchange, and so far 25 have refused, the federal government must step
in and create one. However, the law does not authorize tax credits and subsidies
to flow through federally created exchanges, only those created by states.
Furthermore, there is reason to doubt that the federal government has either the
ability or the money to implement the exchanges themselves. To date, congress
has not appropriated any funding for this purpose. Unfortunately, today marked a
missed opportunity for Republican leadership to take advantage of this flaw.</div>
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Fortunately, we have one last opportunity to
get it right, before Obamacare takes full and irreversible effect in 2014.
Current government funding expires on September 30, 2013. Congress will be under
immense pressure to pass a budget or another continuing resolution (CR) to avoid
a government shutdown. This will be our one and final chance to take down
Obamacare. Conservatives must stick together and refuse to approve any budget or
CR that does not completely defund Obamacare (including the exchanges, Medicaid
expansion, etc.). It would also be an appropriate time to repeal the attack on
religious liberty.</div>
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Now
is the time to see what kind of political courage our Republican leadership has.
We have heard plenty of rhetoric surrounding priorities and promises to take
Obamacare down. Will our leaders walk the walk, or just keep talking?</div>
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<i id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363266412193_4300">(Note:
Any attempt to unilaterally rewrite the law to fix these flaws would certainly
end up before the Supreme Court. Perhaps next time they will get it
right.)</i></div>
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<b>If
you do only ONE thing to help your country this year, I encourage you to contact
your reps and demand that they do not pass a CR that does not sufficiently
defund Obamacare and all of its provisions.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Congressman
Lee Terry:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11717 Burt
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1811 West
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">P.O. Box
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1363266412193_4312" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9900 Nicholas St., Suite 325<br />Omaha, NE
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Obamacare has already been a scourge to the American people. Costs
are skyrocketing and the Congressional Budget Office recently reported that it
will force 7 million Americans out of their existing health insurance. Congress
passed the bill, and only now are we finding out what is in Obamacare. This
downward spiral <a href="http://heritageaction.com/press-releases/congress-must-honor-sequester-savings-and-defund-obamacare-before-it-is-too-late/" target="_blank">can and must be prevented</a>, though. Although many of
Obamacare’s provisions are now the law of the land, many of the law’s most
damaging and irreversible provisions do not take effect until 2014.</div>
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If lawmakers fail to defund Obamacare, it will cost the American people an
estimated $2.6 trillion over ten years, increasing the federal government’s
health spending by 15 percent. The window of opportunity to stop the
implementation of these massive new subsidies is closing. On October 1, 2013,
open enrollment begins for the federally backed health care exchanges. On
January 1, 2014, new money from Washington will begin flowing to states and
individuals, all but ensuring that these new entitlements will become a
permanent fixture of life in America.<br />
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When Congress returns from the President’s Day recess, they will face immense
pressure to pass another continuing resolution (CR) before current government
funding expires on March 27. The CR is the appropriate legislative vehicle by
which to reverse course on Obamacare. It is not rocket science –it is easily
done though a series of appropriations riders – but it does require political
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By talking about the sequester, President Obama wants to distract us from
Obamacare. Over the next month, we have an opportunity to defund Obamacare –
resulting in massive savings for Americans – and stopping the
further destruction of America’s health care system.<br />
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Conservatives should not approve the forthcoming CR unless it defunds
Obamacare; and we’re not talking about a half-hearted effort and fig leaf
accomplishment. Real defunding includes Obamacare’s unworkable exchanges,
unsustainable Medicaid expansion, and the myriad of new programs created by the
law. In addition to reversing Obamacare’s financial damages through the series
of appropriations riders, there must be an appropriations rider to repeal the
HHS mandate that attcks the religious values and principles of countless
Americans.<br />
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If lawmakers genuinely believe Obamacare is a threat to the very fabric of
America, they must fight to defund it on the upcoming CR. Congress knows
conservative opposition to Obamacare is still strong and growing. Congress must
be held accountable. The Obama administration will of course argue that the CR
is not an appropriate legislative vehicle to defund Obamacare. That’s a foolish
political ploy and a means of deferring defunding until all the damage is done.
Now more than ever before, timing is critical and your voices are crucial.<br />
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http://heritageaction.com/2013/02/defunding-obamacare-before-its-too-late/?utm_source=heritageaction&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wwf-defund-obamacare <br />
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<b>By Bryan Baumgart</b><br />
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<b>Chairman, Douglas County Republican Party </b><br />
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With the ever increasing numbers of Americans forced to live off of
the government dole, the Republican Party needs to confirm a vision for
those living in poverty. A vision of empowerment, rather than
entitlement. The vision should have nothing to do with any specific
language group, ethnicity, country of origin, sexual orientation or
gender. It should just be about people, and all people deserve more than
they are currently getting from their government.<br />
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The message of the Republican Party must have the capacity to be
delivered in any community at any time by those who are willing to go
and serve every resident of that community.<br />
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The GOP was created to battle slavery over 150 years ago. Today, the
Republican Party continues to battle slavery; the slavery of dependence.
The slavery of creating a majority class of Americans so completely
dependent on government for their basic needs, that they are terrified
to take a stand against it. The Republican Party continues to stand up
as the party of independence and freedom. The GOP remains true to its
intent 150 years ago. We believe in the mantra of: “Give a man a fish
and he’ll eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he’ll eat forever.”<br />
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But if we want a truly appealing message, we can’t let our focus be
directed at the former. Our message can’t be: “We oppose giving away
fish.”<br />
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If we want to truly appeal to people, and more importantly…if we want
to truly make a difference, we must instead focus our message on the
latter part of that saying. “Teach him how to fish and he’ll eat
forever.” Our message must be one of compassion and hope. It must be
one of the freedom and self-reliance we can help Americans achieve; and
we must have a plan to help them achieve it.<br />
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It’s true that it isn’t the duty of government to provide charity;
but it is the moral responsibility of each one of us. Charity must not
be forced, but in everything we say and do; in every issue we debate and
every law we introduce…we must ask ourselves…”How can we best help our
fellow man.”<br />
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We must keep in mind, the virtue of compassion. That message will
return American’s faith in the Republican Party. And it will bring back
the prosperity that makes this country that “shining city on a hill.”<br />
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http://www.politicalinsidersreport.com/2013/02/03/a-message-for-the-republican-party/<br />
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