December 3, 2009
Almost there....
For those of you waiting on the final order? Don't hold your breath. It is the responsibility of the plaintiff's attorney to file this order. He will not. Eventually the state will send the judge a nasty gram asking him to "close" out his case. We all know how long "the state" can take. Right? It will eventually happen as they don't like to have "loose ends" out there. Once the final order is made, we can appeal. Will we? Who knows. We've discussed it. A judge's worst nightmare is going up on appeal. Our case has so many holes in it that perhaps we could win. What would we be winning? A costly legal battle? Dragging it all through the courts again? Why? I know... justice? Yeah. Perhaps justice has already been served. Don't really know. I do know that we had a great time this past summer and plan to continue enjoying all the best of Lakeside. I hope that everyone who has read this tale will do something about protecting their ownership rights. Whether that means making sure that they can remain an owner for however long or, make it possible to change the terms so that one may "get out" of the cottage family. The times ahead may challenge the notion of "keeping things as they were". I know from a number of conversations that steps are being taken within many "cottage families". Good. Then the purpose of this blog was met. Thank you for reading, commenting, standing up and standing by. If nothing else, we sure know who are friends are!!! And we are blessed to have many....
December 1, 2009
November 30, 2009
November 29, 2009
Obama Care: Let the Rationing Begin
Last week, the Federal Government Ivory Tower trumpeted important news. One of its illustrious Task Forces has decided that women in their 40’s would be the first to experience “Medical Darwinism.”
by Dr. David Janda
The United States Preventive Services Task Force, comprised of 16 appointees, decreed that:
1. Women in their 40’s no longer need routine yearly mammograms
2. Women aged 50-74 are to have mammograms only every other year
3. Self breast exams are no longer to be done at any age
Of note, this Task Force does NOT have even one member who is a cancer specialist or oncologist, let alone a breast cancer specialist. This panel based its recommendations NOT on comprehensive new clinical studies or research, but rather on computer projections of certain data points. A review of previous recommendations by the same Federal Government reveals that these recommendations are diametrically at odds with recommendations made just six months ago. So, what changed in six months?
New studies? No. What changed was the introduction of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Health Care Reform legislation, whose heart and core is based on rationing and denying care. (Note the omission of the word “soul.”) This method is the most inhumane and unethical means of cutting costs.
Let’s NOT let this Panel’s rationing objective get in the way of the real facts about breast cancer:
1. Breast Cancer is the number 1 killer of women globally…..500,000 women will die this year
2. Seventeen percent of Breast Cancer deaths occur in women diagnosed in their 40’s
3. Twenty-two percent of Breast Cancer deaths occur in women diagnosed in their 50’s
4. One of the leading factors in INCREASED survival rates in breast and other types of Cancer is based on EARLY diagnosis and intervention.
5. Those countries with higher death rates from Cancer have health care delivery systems based on rationing tests and treatments.
The recommendations made by the “Ivory Tower” Federal Panel do not even pretend to address these five points. However, they are completely in line with The Obama-Pelosi-Reid Health Care Legislation agenda— to deny and ration care as a means to cut costs.
On Sunday, November 22, Fox News Sunday interviewed Senator Arlen Specter, who was a Democrat before he was Republican before he was a Democrat. Senator Specter let the “secret agenda” of Obama-Pelosi-Reid slip . When questioned on the fact that The Senate Bill cuts $500 Billion in Medicare spending over ten years, yet in ten years there will be 30 percent more people in Medicare, Senator Spector stumbled. He admitted that Congress has NEVER cut Medicare benefits in its history and then confessed, “This Bill has a provision….a CURE….in how we can CUT Medicare—a Commission.” That’s right, a non-elected Commission will be appointed by The President. Starting in 2015, this Commission will oversee Medicare and its expenditures, but this Commission will NOT be accountable to the public. Initially, it will oversee cuts to Medicare Advantage, the same program that services 10 million Seniors. Using this type of panel to make such cuts, when it is NOT accountable to or elected by the public, is like bombing an enemy from 40,000 feet…..destruction occurs but you don’t see their faces. And, by 2019, ALL limits are off, and every American can become the target of the carpet bombing.
The bad news is that through this legislation authored by Obama-Pelosi-Reid, every American is facing more than one bomber. Through the hidden health care portion of The Stimulus Bill we are facing a squadron of bombers: The Federal Coordinating Council of Comparative Effectiveness Research, The National Coordinator of Health Information Technology Office, and The Medicare Commission in The Health Care Bill.. Their mission is to deny and ration care, and, as stated in The Stimulus Bill, “To guide medical decisions at the time and place of care.” Say so long to your privacy, doctor-patient privilege, choice, and control over your health care options and access.
Today it is mammogram screening tests. Tomorrow it will be the rationing and denial of treatment, if Obama-Pelosi-Reid have their way. Every American will become a victim of their rationing boards. Faceless, unaccountable, and unelected, these commissions will control 17% of this country’s GNP, and 100% of your health care options.
So, how is that “Hope” and “Change” looking so far?
by Dr. David Janda
The United States Preventive Services Task Force, comprised of 16 appointees, decreed that:
1. Women in their 40’s no longer need routine yearly mammograms
2. Women aged 50-74 are to have mammograms only every other year
3. Self breast exams are no longer to be done at any age
Of note, this Task Force does NOT have even one member who is a cancer specialist or oncologist, let alone a breast cancer specialist. This panel based its recommendations NOT on comprehensive new clinical studies or research, but rather on computer projections of certain data points. A review of previous recommendations by the same Federal Government reveals that these recommendations are diametrically at odds with recommendations made just six months ago. So, what changed in six months?
New studies? No. What changed was the introduction of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Health Care Reform legislation, whose heart and core is based on rationing and denying care. (Note the omission of the word “soul.”) This method is the most inhumane and unethical means of cutting costs.
Let’s NOT let this Panel’s rationing objective get in the way of the real facts about breast cancer:
1. Breast Cancer is the number 1 killer of women globally…..500,000 women will die this year
2. Seventeen percent of Breast Cancer deaths occur in women diagnosed in their 40’s
3. Twenty-two percent of Breast Cancer deaths occur in women diagnosed in their 50’s
4. One of the leading factors in INCREASED survival rates in breast and other types of Cancer is based on EARLY diagnosis and intervention.
5. Those countries with higher death rates from Cancer have health care delivery systems based on rationing tests and treatments.
The recommendations made by the “Ivory Tower” Federal Panel do not even pretend to address these five points. However, they are completely in line with The Obama-Pelosi-Reid Health Care Legislation agenda— to deny and ration care as a means to cut costs.
On Sunday, November 22, Fox News Sunday interviewed Senator Arlen Specter, who was a Democrat before he was Republican before he was a Democrat. Senator Specter let the “secret agenda” of Obama-Pelosi-Reid slip . When questioned on the fact that The Senate Bill cuts $500 Billion in Medicare spending over ten years, yet in ten years there will be 30 percent more people in Medicare, Senator Spector stumbled. He admitted that Congress has NEVER cut Medicare benefits in its history and then confessed, “This Bill has a provision….a CURE….in how we can CUT Medicare—a Commission.” That’s right, a non-elected Commission will be appointed by The President. Starting in 2015, this Commission will oversee Medicare and its expenditures, but this Commission will NOT be accountable to the public. Initially, it will oversee cuts to Medicare Advantage, the same program that services 10 million Seniors. Using this type of panel to make such cuts, when it is NOT accountable to or elected by the public, is like bombing an enemy from 40,000 feet…..destruction occurs but you don’t see their faces. And, by 2019, ALL limits are off, and every American can become the target of the carpet bombing.
The bad news is that through this legislation authored by Obama-Pelosi-Reid, every American is facing more than one bomber. Through the hidden health care portion of The Stimulus Bill we are facing a squadron of bombers: The Federal Coordinating Council of Comparative Effectiveness Research, The National Coordinator of Health Information Technology Office, and The Medicare Commission in The Health Care Bill.. Their mission is to deny and ration care, and, as stated in The Stimulus Bill, “To guide medical decisions at the time and place of care.” Say so long to your privacy, doctor-patient privilege, choice, and control over your health care options and access.
Today it is mammogram screening tests. Tomorrow it will be the rationing and denial of treatment, if Obama-Pelosi-Reid have their way. Every American will become a victim of their rationing boards. Faceless, unaccountable, and unelected, these commissions will control 17% of this country’s GNP, and 100% of your health care options.
So, how is that “Hope” and “Change” looking so far?
Jobs Summit? WTF
The "jobs summit" not only is not a magic bullet, it also is not even a bullet. It is the equivalent of an upper-level seminar on job creation offered by a professor who never created a job.
November 25, 2009
November 24, 2009
Breakfast anyone?
We all know how hard it can be to decide which cereal to have for breakfast, what with the many dozens of delicious options to choose from. Fret no more mi amigo, with this handy flowchart you’ll no longer have to make those early morning decisions. Now you can spend that time making your “bed-head” sustainable throughout the day or redoing your fauxhawk.
Where was this when I was in college?
Oh wait, Marquette only had a Scottie's and a Burger Chef.
Have you ever been driving around and couldn’t decide where to stop to fill the belly of the beast? Worry no longer my friend. With this simple to follow flowchart you will never have to decide which to listen to, your brain or your stomach. Now you can save those precious braincells for better decisions…like plaid or argyle…or So You Think You Can Dance or NCIS
Click to enlarge
Coming tomorrow, the breakfast cereal edition
Have you ever been driving around and couldn’t decide where to stop to fill the belly of the beast? Worry no longer my friend. With this simple to follow flowchart you will never have to decide which to listen to, your brain or your stomach. Now you can save those precious braincells for better decisions…like plaid or argyle…or So You Think You Can Dance or NCIS
Click to enlarge
Coming tomorrow, the breakfast cereal edition
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