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I am finally scared of a White House administration
Nat Hentoff, Jewish World ReviewNat Hentoff, who describes himself as "a member of the Proud and Ancient Order of Stiff-Necked Jewish Atheists," is a pro-life, left-leaning libertarian and implacable critic of the ACLU who used to write for the Village Voice and now works for the Cato Institute. He is, above all else, an honest man who calls things as he sees them. I was not intimidated during J. Edgar Hoover's FBI hunt for reporters like me who criticized him. I railed against the Bush-Cheney war on the Bill of Rights without blinking. But now I am finally scared of a White House administration. President Obama's desired health care reform intends that a federal board (similar to the British model) -- as in the Center for Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation in a current Democratic bill -- decides whether your quality of life, regardless of your political party, merits government-controlled funds to keep you alive. Watch for that life-decider in the final bill. It's already in the stimulus bill signed into law. The members of that ultimate federal board will themselves not have examined or seen the patient in question.... Go read it all. Posted by: Mike 2009-08-19 |
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