On Monday I blogged about how ObamaCare would necessarily lead to government assuming a nanny role to keep America fit and trim. And on Tuesday, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius made a speech in which she said that America spends twice as much on obesity as it does on cancer. In that speech, she also said:

“President Obama and I are committed to delivering a healthcare system that provides all Americans with better quality and lower costs, Read more

The Wall Street Journal reports that president Obama is on the defensive about HR 3200. Good! Let’s keep it that way. And let’s analyze some of the words he said in defense of healthcare “reform” at a Raleigh, NC town-hall meeting:

He mocked some Americans who say, “I don’t want socialized medicine, and by the way, don’t take away my Medicare.”

If there are Americans who are saying this, shame on them, indeed. But the answer Read more

The current issue of New York magazine (which I normally read for the restaurant reviews and event listings, not the political commentary) contains an op-ed by Michael Tomasky about the healthcare debate on Capitol Hill. It’s pretty clear that Mr. Tomasky wants Democrats to band together and and vote for HR 3200 post haste.

But why does he want this? Try as I might, I could not find a single argument in Tomasky’s piece about the merits Read more

The AP, via Yahoo! News, reports that — surprise, surprise — obesity costs money. A lot of money — an estimated $1400 per year extra per overweight American compared with those at a normal weight.

Obama wants universal health care. He claims we can get there by cutting costs — mostly by forcing those big, bad pharma companies and evil doctors to take less money for their goods and services. This, of course, will not work, because giving Read more

StumblingOnTruth presents a TRULY blistering attack on the many common myths that have led to our present healthcare crisis. My favorite paragraph:

In fact, although it’s not the primitive issue, the constant improvement in health care gives another good example of why the “right” to health care makes little sense.Did you have a right to chemotherapy in 1600 AD? You could have protested to Parliament all you wanted, but Read more

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal contained an op-ed by John Fund about the hidden victims of health “reform” — among them, the young and healthy, small business owners, and holders of health savings accounts. I’m not the least bit surprised — about the young and healthy, at least, I’ve blogged plenty in the past. But the essay contained one bit of information I didn’t know: that Obama’s goons are using thuggish tactics to keep other, more obvious Read more

What is my congresswoman SMOKING?!

I wrote to Carolyn Maloney, my representative, urging a NO vote on the healthcare bill. I wish I’d saved what I wrote (I submitted through her Web site) so I could enumerate exactly how her form letter response addressed NONE of my arguments. I certainly didn’t expect her to read my letter — I sent it more so that her aides would register me in the pile of constituents who oppose her voting yes on the Read more

The president, in his rush to get healthcare legislation through Congress before America figures out what’s really going on, is blithely dismissing the complaints of Congress members concerned that a government insurance plan would funnel federal dollars to pay for abortions. “Rather than wade into that issue at this point, I think that it’s appropriate for us to figure out how to just deliver on the cost savings and not get distracted by the abortion Read more

In hopes of avoiding price controls and reimportation agreements, Big Pharma made a deal with the devil last month, promising Congress $80 billion in help lowering costs for drugs for seniors. Guess what: They’re getting the price controls and the reimportation anyway — on top of the revenue reductions they’ve already promised, and on top of the higher taxes Congress wants to impose upon their operations.

The lessons of Atlas Shrugged Read more

I used to love fairy tales as a child, particularly The Book of Goodnight Stories, a now out-of-print collection that had all the familiar ones (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast) as well as some more obscure ones. I’d like to share one of those lesser-known stories, as it makes for an interesting analogy.

Once upon a time, a spoiled princess was out in the royal gardens and saw the sun shining on the morning dew, creating Read more