Archive - Aug 17, 2008

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Third World Medicine Part II, Travel to Sri Lanka

Baptism Into Third World Medicine, Part II
By Howard, MD, PhD

howardsachs@rocketmail.com (send me your comments, thoughts, reactions; or post a comment to this blog on the About Me Page)  read more »

I'M A PORCUPINE!

My wife and I just joined the Free State Project. It's an organization of 20,000 liberty-loving activists who have all agreed to move to New Hampshire in order to achieve true libery. We've signed the statement of intent which states that we intend to move to New Hampshire and once there we will "exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property."  read more »

McCain/Obama Tax Comparisons

Let's see ... Obama wants to give me a tax cut, and eliminate taxes for seniors making under $50K a year. The latter would be good for my 80-year-old mom, who is under the threshold, lives totally on Social Security and investments, and is getting socked with big tax bills every year.   read more »

Hospitals are becoming part of the problem

By Jack E. Lohman

There are three major problems with our current hospital structures:

1) For-profit status:  read more »

Frank! As A Former Pro-Life Leader How Dare You Support Pro-Choice Obama?

Huffington Post

Frank Schaeffer

Posted August 17, 2008 | 04:43 PM (EST)

Dear Republican and Pro-Life Friends,
Thanks for the spittle-flecked emails as well as for the polite queries. Yes, I am aware Obama is pro-choice. Yes, I'm still pro-life. I also believe that with Obama in the White House that there will be less abortions in America than with the Republicans in power.  read more »

Would You Like That Gift Bag To Go?

I said I would write about America and it's public ill's.  The same holds true to my local town. In Alabama..( don't think hick, either). I live near Decatur, in the northern part of the state. Anyhow, I call things as I see them. If it's idgity then I say so. Plain stupid, etc...you get the idea. Truth may hurt but chances are somebody rather have that than not.  read more »