Between the ridiculous and the sublime lies the thickness of a razor.
Napoleon
President Obama has decided to bring the U.S. Census Bureau under White House jurisdiction, a move that incensed House Republicans, who fired off a blistering letter to him Thursday, calling it “outrageous and unprecedented” and a “blatant partisan and political maneuver.”
The move would shift the chain of command with the bureau and the Commerce Department, where the bureau currently resides. It comes after the Congressional Black Caucus, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and other groups expressed displeasure with Obama’s nominee for Commerce secretary, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
Discrimination against the elderly when it comes to healthcare is not discrimination — at least not to a key member of the Barack Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is director of the Clinical Bioethics Department at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and an architect of Obama’s healthcare reform plan. He is also the brother of Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s White House chief of staff.
Express Riders, the blog of conservative businessman and philanthropist Foster Friess, reports that Ezekiel Emanuel has written that health services should not be guaranteed to “individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens.â€
He also stated, “An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia,†according to Friess’ site.
Friess also points to an equally troubling article co-authored by Emanuel, which appeared in the medical journal The Lancet in January. It read in part: “Unlike allocation [of healthcare] by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination. Every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age.
“Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years.
“Treating 65-year-olds differently because of stereotypes or falsehoods would be ageist; treating them differently because they have already had more life-years is not.â€
“Do you mean the woman who kept trying to equate a African American candidate for president with terrorists and traitors, whipping up her rallies into racist frenzies?”
So criticizing Obama on national security should have been verboten because he is African American?
Now if you’ll excuse me I have a rally to attend on the steps of city hall. Today is National Night Out which is a day intended to bring together their leadership and their citizens to discuss and fight crime.
This year instead of attending the city sponsored block parties the citizens have decided that going to the source of the crime (city hall) to “discuss” the accused stepping down would be more appropriate.
Sorry for the Jersey City new story…carry on Brooklynians!
Looks like a nice night to walk home over the bridge.
Nytol!
obama moves Census Bureau to White House.
Am I really crazy folks?
Between the ridiculous and the sublime lies the thickness of a razor.
Napoleon
President Obama has decided to bring the U.S. Census Bureau under White House jurisdiction, a move that incensed House Republicans, who fired off a blistering letter to him Thursday, calling it “outrageous and unprecedented” and a “blatant partisan and political maneuver.”
The move would shift the chain of command with the bureau and the Commerce Department, where the bureau currently resides. It comes after the Congressional Black Caucus, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and other groups expressed displeasure with Obama’s nominee for Commerce secretary, Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire.
bxgrl, we haven’t met yet. To me, sarcasm is the tie that binds.
Snark, not Snatk which sounds like something dirty. 🙂
Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm’s brother;
Discrimination against the elderly when it comes to healthcare is not discrimination — at least not to a key member of the Barack Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is director of the Clinical Bioethics Department at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and an architect of Obama’s healthcare reform plan. He is also the brother of Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s White House chief of staff.
Express Riders, the blog of conservative businessman and philanthropist Foster Friess, reports that Ezekiel Emanuel has written that health services should not be guaranteed to “individuals who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens.â€
He also stated, “An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia,†according to Friess’ site.
Friess also points to an equally troubling article co-authored by Emanuel, which appeared in the medical journal The Lancet in January. It read in part: “Unlike allocation [of healthcare] by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination. Every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age.
“Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years.
“Treating 65-year-olds differently because of stereotypes or falsehoods would be ageist; treating them differently because they have already had more life-years is not.â€
Bxgirl…I promise…you get a drink special too!
Nite all!
cobble, as long as you don’t send bh, you can find me lurking in Cobble Hill Park with a small black Chow around 7:30!
“Do you mean the woman who kept trying to equate a African American candidate for president with terrorists and traitors, whipping up her rallies into racist frenzies?”
So criticizing Obama on national security should have been verboten because he is African American?
Now if you’ll excuse me I have a rally to attend on the steps of city hall. Today is National Night Out which is a day intended to bring together their leadership and their citizens to discuss and fight crime.
This year instead of attending the city sponsored block parties the citizens have decided that going to the source of the crime (city hall) to “discuss” the accused stepping down would be more appropriate.
Sorry for the Jersey City new story…carry on Brooklynians!