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Volkswagen is planning to extend its existing line-up of four-wheel drives with a new mid-sized seven-seat offering to slot between the Tiguan and Touareg. The new model, which could go on sale in 2011, has been conceived as a rival to Volvo's recently introduced XC60. But rather than using the same platform as Audi's upcoming Q5, the VW will be built on a modified version of the next-generation Passat, known internally as PQ47.Using the lower cost Passat platform means the car will get a space saving transverse engine layout instead of the Q5's longitudinal arrangement. At the same time, it also paves the way for the Volkswagen Group to introduce possible Skoda and Seat variants of the four-wheel drive.Early indications were that Volkswagen may simply stretch the Tiguan in the same fashion as Nissan has done with the Qashqai to create space for a third row of seats. However, with the next-generation Touareg set to be bigger, VW decided the best alternative would be a standalone model based on the future Passat itself set to share a large percentage of its mechanical package with the next Golf, due in September.The plans stem from criticism by US dealers of the Tiguan, which they describe as being too small and too expensive to make much of an impact in the lucrative North American market.
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BELVIDERE — An Ohiowa man died early Sunday morning as the result of a pickup-train collision here, the Thayer County Sheriff's Office reported.
Bryant D. Mussman, 24, had been northbound on D Street when he attempted to cross the Union Pacific railroad tracks at a closed crossing and the pickup became stuck on the tracks.
The pickup then was struck by an eastbound train.
The crash was reported to authorities at 2:34 a.m.
According to The Associated Press, Mussman was engaged to be married, and he is survived by a son, two brothers and his parents.
Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Ohiowa. Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva is handling arrangements.
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The Tribeca Grand's Church Lounge attracts an A-list crowd of bar, restaurant, and club owners; doormen; DJs; and promoters every Sunday for brunch. [NY Post] As Astoria's Bohemian Hall celebrates its 100th anniversary, a look at the city's newest beer gardens, including Mission Dolores in P ... More >>
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According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office, the victim is 27-year-old Steven Jude Michael Gautreaux of New Iberia. Deputies say Gautreaux died after being shot by 36-year-old Randall Charles Lowery during a fight. Lowery has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the incident.
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WASHINGTON -- It's nearly impossible to sign onto Facebook without seeing dozens of friends and family members taking on the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness and money to fight Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS.
But beyond the viral videos, the effort is changing the reality of those suffering from the disease in and around Washington.
Carolyn Wolcott, a 64-year-old Annandale resident, was diagnosed with ALS in 2011.
"I am currently in a wheelchair; I can't walk at all. I'm having a little trouble with my hands, but very fortunately, I am still able to talk and breathe and swallow," she says.
It took doctors more than a year to determine Wolcott had ALS, since her symptoms were difficult to diagnose. That's not an uncommon experience, she says.
"It's an overwhelming disease. It's so debilitating, and so unique to each person. You know, some people start in the legs; other people start in the arms, and other people, they can't swallow or talk. It almost seems like it's not one disease -- and yet it is," she says.
Seeing so many people take interest and learn more about her disease through the Ice Bucket Challenge is inspiring, Wolcott says.
"A lot of people -- even my friends who knew me for years and know I have ALS -- I was contacted by them and they'd say, 'I had no idea it was a fatal disease. I knew your brain wasn't communicating with your muscles, but I didn't know it was going to kill you, Carolyn. I had no idea,'" she recounts.
The local ALS chapter advocates for more than 600 patients in the D.C./Virginia/Maryland area.
The chapter expects the campaign will encourage many more to come forward who were otherwise unaware of the free services offered to counsel and support patients and their families, says the chapter's executive director, Judy Taylor.
While Wolcott can't take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, given her physical health, she says she's raising money for her third year in the upcoming Walk for ALS. She does not, however, discount the impact the seemingly silly online campaign is generating.
"Hopefully this will help it turn the corner and get the recognition it requires in order to get research funding," she says.
While organizers could not quantify the amount raised in the last few weeks, the Metro ALS chapter says it has been significant.
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Vikings Head Athletic Trainer Eric Sugarman Speaks On Peterson's Knee InjuryPosted by on December 26, 2011 – 3:33 pm
Before Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier fielded questions at his customary Monday afternoon press conference, he introduced Vikings Head Athletic Trainer Eric Sugarman to the assembled media and had Sugarman further explain the injury sustained by RB Adrian Peterson. Sugarman also remained at the podium to field questions from reporters regarding Peterson's injury and the protocol going forward.
You can watch Monday's press conference by clicking here, but in the event you can't watch video of the press conference I'll leave you a few important notes right here on the blog…
– As you've heard by now, Peterson did tear the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee and he also suffered a tear to the medial-collateral ligament (MCL) in the left knee. He also has some injury to both the medial and lateral meniscus in the knee. That's obviously the bad news. The good news is that posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is normal and so is the lateral-collateral ligament (LCL). And most importantly, Sugarman said, is that all the chondral surface in Peterson's knee is also non-injured, which is a very positive aspect of this injury.
– Currently, Peterson is in Minnesota and he'll be rehabbing at Winter Park, with the goal being to restore the range of motion in his left knee, decrease the swelling and keep the quadriceps strong in order to prepare him for surgery. Peterson will undergo surgery with a to-be-determined surgeon in the next 7-10 days.
– After the surgery, the Vikings expect that Peterson will rehab with the club and that recovery time will be in the range of 8-9 months.
– "Adrian is, I feel, very unique," Sugarman said. "If there was anyone that is going to be able to recover from this injury, it's Adrian Peterson, and you may ask why, and it's because Adrian has a great work ethic. Adrian has the DNA to heal quickly, which he has shown in the past. He certainly will have the desire and the mental toughness to be able to get through the rehab process, which will take months and months as you know, so I think if anyone can get better quickly and safely in that time period, it would be Adrian Peterson."
– Sugarman was careful to make clear that Peterson's status and the timeline on his recovery are subject to change.
– As for whether Peterson could be ready to go for the 2012 season, Sugarman said: "We are going to hold the goal to have him ready for the first game. Although I ask the permission to please let Coach Frazier update that process as we go through the protocol. The goal is around 8-9 months, around 8 months is going to probably be our first game. So we do think the potential is to have him ready for the beginning portion of next season, so that is going to be our goal."
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Vikings Place Peterson On Reserve/Injured, Promote Caleb KingPosted by on December 26, 2011 – 3:02 pm
The Vikings made 4 roster moves on Monday afternoon, with 2 involving RBs and 2 involving TEs.
RB Adrian Peterson was placed on the Reserve/Injured list, and rookie Caleb King was promoted from the practice squad to take his place on the roster.
TE Allen Reisner was waived, and TE Mickey Shuler was promoted from the practice squad to take his place.
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Several Vikings Step Up In Win Over WashingtonPosted by on December 26, 2011 – 2:27 pm
The Vikings earned a tough 33-26 road victory over the Washington Redskins on Saturday, and there was nothing conventional about how the game unfolded. Minnesota jumped out to 10-0 lead, trailed 13-10 early in the 3rd quarter, watched both Adrian Peterson and Christian Ponder leave the game due to injury, and then outscored Washington 23-13 the rest of the way to notch the win.
To be on the road and face that much adversity – Peterson left with a severe knee injury and Ponder suffered a concussion – but still come out with a win is a testament to the Vikings depth and refusal to quit on the season.
Peterson and Ponder were both forced out of the game early in the 3rd quarter. Backups Toby Gerhart and Joe Webb stepped right in and were productive for the rest of the game. Gerhart finished with 109 yards on 11 carries, the first 100-yard game of his career, and Webb was 4 of 5 for 84 yards and 2 TDs, and he also added 5 carries for 34 yards and 1 TD.
But it was more than just Gerhart and Webb who stepped up on Saturday. Seven-year veteran Joe Berger started at LG in place of Steve Hutchinson, rookie interior OL Brandon Fusco replaced Anthony Herrera at RG after Herrera left with an injury, rookie S Mistral Raymond grabbed an INT and ended a big-time drought for the Vikings defense, and Brian Robison forced and recovered a fumble off of Rex Grossman.
There are more examples of guys who stepped up in the victory, but you get the picture. And Vikings Head Coach Leslie Frazier was clearly pleased with the way his team played, from the top of the roster all the way to the bottom.
"As I mentioned earlier, just a good overall effort by our football team to go on the road and get a win against a Redskins team that had just come off a big win against the Giants the week before," Frazier said during his customary day-after-the-game press conference. "And to handle some of that adversity that occurred during that game, to see the number of players who stepped up like they did, whether it be Toby Gerhart, Joe (Webb) coming into the game when Christian (Ponder) was injured, some of our defensive guys just stepping up, Mistral Raymond coming back and getting an interception for us, the big caused fumble by Brian Robison as well.
"A lot of good things in that football game. A lot of guys contributed to that win on Saturday, which really should be a spring board for us as we prepare for this ball game against Chicago."
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Monday Morning Mailbag Extra: Clearing The Air With DaresPosted by on December 26, 2011 – 1:37 pm
In this week's Monday Morning Mailbag, a reader named Dares from Burleson, Texas submitted a question asking if the Vikings made a tactical error by winning this past weekend because it eliminated the Vikings from being able to secure the #1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Given that the Vikings were 2-12 entering last weekend's game in Washington, Dares was suggesting in his question that it benefited the Vikings more to lose the game and secure better draft positioning than it would to win the game and improve the record.
My response to Dares was blunt, and in hindsight I should've replied in more diplomatic fashion. I used the term "despicable" to describe the idea of laying down and not trying to win and I also used the phrase "statement of ignorance" to characterize Dares' assertion that a win or loss against the Redskins made no difference in the season. While I stand by the opinion that winning the game does more benefit than losing to secure better draft positioning, I regret coming off as rigid as I did.
The question/suggestion raised by Dares was easily the second-most common sentiment to come from fans to this week's Monday Morning Mailbag, behind the bombardment of emails I received regarding Christian Ponder-versus-Joe Webb discussion. I chose Dares' email for inclusion in this week's Mailbag not to single him out personally, but because his email was the most eloquently written of anyone else who submitted a similar comment/question, and because I wanted to speak out against the idea of not going all-out to win the game.
After reading this week's Monday Morning Mailbag and my response to his question, Dares emailed me again to apologize for any offense I took to his comment/question, to further explain his opinion, and to ensure me that he is not a despicable or ignorant fan. I've included his email to me below because he deserves to be heard, especially in light of how unfairly I treated him in my response. As you'll read, Dares is a great fan, a credit to the Minnesota Vikings, and a person with a sincere interest in seeing the team succeed.
Implying that a fan's opinion is despicable or ignorant and thus making that fan feel like less a part of this team is not ever my intention. I very much enjoy the interaction I am fortunate enough to have with fans, and in fact the Monday Morning Mailbag is my favorite written content element of vikings.com because it allows fans to direct the content we house on the website. A big reason vikings.com exists is to let the fans have an eye on their favorite team. I embrace the fans' passion and I know that without them, the NFL would not be as great as it is. That is why it was important for me to clear the air with Dares and offer my apology to him. I hope he accepts it, and I hope his passion for the Vikings never wanes. Again, it is because of fans such as Dares, who stick with their team through thick and thin, that the NFL enjoys the success that it does.
Here is the email Dares sent to me on Monday morning.
Dear Mike,
I apologize if I offended you with my question/comment about the Vikings losing the #1 pick with their win on Saturday. You slammed on me pretty hard for that. At the least please let me explain away my "ignorant" point of view.
I've been a Vikings fan for 40 years. I remember hanging on every play through all four Super Bowl losses and every big game, and season, since. Please know this, I would never ask my beloved Vikings to intentionally 'throw' a game.
I do understand, though, that with the installment of so many new people, systems, ideas etc., the Vikings have clearly been affected in a greater way than the rest of the NFL with the lack of an offseason. That should automatically yield some measure of protection to the players/coaches who truly deserve a full chance to work the new system.
With that, the fact we only had two wins on the season, and the #1 pick became available within our grasp, I was suggesting playing the younger, newer guys. Instead of 'resting the good players for the playoffs' like the winning teams do, rest them to allow the back-ups to prove their value to the team (see what Toby G has done for us these past few weeks). Your coaches, players, scouts, and everyone else whose jobs are being judged still have to perform to the best of their abilities. It does, however, greatly increase your chances of losing the game at hand which, at this stage of this season, is much less important to me.
I agree with you that the concept of asking your QB to go out and throw an interception, or your RB to go fumble the ball, or your defender to stop tackling is just wrong. It's just as much cheating as the Patriots filming defensive signals on the opposing sidelines. I'm sorry but intentionally screwing up to throw a game is not an option to me … and I would never suggest it for my team. It's despicable.
Look, you still may or may not agree with my logic, and that's ok. I just wanted you to have the whole story.
Please, if you will, at least let the Vikings know that Dares Olson in Burleson, TX is not the ignorant, despicable thinking fan it sounds like I am in your response. I have been a die-hard fan through all the good, bad, AND the ugly for a very, very long time. I've endured a lot of criticism for it too because I haven't been able to live in Minnesota for all of those years (Cowboys fans and Saints fans hate the Vikings, you know).
I have even attached a pic of my son and me from a couple years ago proudly wearing our Purple Pride in front of a Cowboys store at the mall, and one of a letter Coach Jerry Burns sent me (many years ago) thanking me for my support (that was a tough season also). I really am a true and good fan and that's what I'd like to be associated with my name. Please let them know.
Thank you.
Dares Olson
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It looks like he's getting a few too many hits on groundballs and is showing very, very little power. His plate discipline is very, very impressive though. Worth keeping an eye on him.
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Friday, June 26 is the deadline to apply for scholarship and grants available to students and schools in the San Diego community.
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Winfield Diagnosed With Sprained FootPosted by on October 19, 2009 – 12:43 pm
Head Coach Brad Childress announced at his Monday press conference that cornerback Antoine Winfield suffered a sprained foot in Sunday's 33-31 win over Baltimore. The timetable for his return is still up in the air.
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By jimmy on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
good news, we'd be F***** without winfield
By Elizabeth on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
Take it easy Antoine & heal before coming back. They need you out there but not if it will cause more damage to your foot. Someone else better step it up till you can get back to the "D". We need you to be healthy for the Superbowl this year!!!!
By rd on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
lets hope he's up and running soon we'll need him this season
By jared on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
i'm pretty sure he'll be out 6 weeks.
Getwell soon Antoine!
By Brownicus on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
Hopefully it's only a mild sprain and he can be back up to speed soon. Too bad the bye week isn't for another 2 weeks, this would be a good time for the team to get some rest.
By Vikings Fan from Afar on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply
It would be OK to keep Winfield inactive against the Steelers. It's not a conference or division game.
By PurplePeopleEater on Oct 20, 2009 | Reply
It's a big upset to loose Winfield, and we'll likely see some big differences in the D because of it. Hopefully Frasier is good enough to compensate for his loss, and Childress's play calls will be more agressive on offense. With the best factor of our passing Defense injured, we're going to need to start scoring more frequently ourselves.
Take it slow Antoine, we'll pull through this season much better if you come back at full strength.
By Bryant on Oct 20, 2009 | Reply
I hope Antoine get well soon, cause he is my best cronerback getwell Antoine you the best.
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an injured winfield equals trouble! it will take us back to denny green D.


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Obama's ideas on payment reform to change how Medicare pays providers, and knowledge reform to investigate which treatments are most cost effective will never work and will increase costs and reduce quality. FULL ARTICLE
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- July 17, 2009 at 8:59 am
Obama will FORCE individuals to get "coverage" and will FORCE individuals to pay for that forced coverage or else those same individuals will get "penalized".
Of course if they challenge the penalty they could get arrested and sent to jail or worse they could be PSYCHIATRIZED like in USSR because who in his right mind would challenge Saint Obama.
Our country deserves to die ! To say that our founding fathers fought a bloody major war because they refused to pay a 1% tax on a discretionary item such as tea.
And to say that today we let the government run our lives and make threats against us.
I hate America, go to hell America ! You have forsaken your values of freedom and opportunity. America you are now turning into a fascistic state, a socialist cesspool shit hole.
You deserve to be torn appart like in the prediction of Igor Panarin and it will happen, trust me.
Obamageddon is going to happen !!!
America, see if you like it to be teared appart into small pieces all controlled by other countries. It's all your fault America. You are no longer the land of the free, the home of the brave and the land of opportunity.
You are now nothing but yet another socialist shit hole country run by the biggest asshole the world has ever seen and you deserve to be torn appart.
I Hail Igor Panarin !
- July 17, 2009 at 9:25 am
"Unfortunately, since Obama uses faulty logic to diagnose the problem, his solutions will only make matters worse faster."
I hope all those fuckers who voted for Obama because it was the "kool" thing to do all die on waiting lists.
I hope all those human pieces of garbage who voted for Obama because Oprah said so all die on waiting lists.
I hope all those anti-american pieces of human waste who voted for Obama because he looks good all die on waiting lists.
I hope all those worthless scums who voted for Obama because he is black all die on waiting lists.
I hope all those assholes who voted for Obama because they wanted to be like everybody else all die a long and agonizing death on waiting lists.
Ironically, Obama care will "take care" of the filth in this nation, HA HA HA HA !
Nature always has a way to deal with stupidity and it has always been death. Obama care will kill a lot of leftwing nuts in this country. Waiting lists and medical shortages will "take care" of the garbage polluting the air in this nation.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:34 am
Obama care means that a lot of people will die because they will be queued in long waiting lists, because equipment will be outdated, because there will be shortages in medical personnel and because having money won't mean anything anymore.
In Canada, a lot of people who use private medical services are lower middle class to poor classes who scrape and save because their socialized medicine cannot deliver it's promisses.
Canada is privatizing it's medical sector and allowing more place in private medicine.
America is about to do the contrary and now Americans will have to use medical tourism and fly to India just to get quality health care.
Those who can't afford such expenses will die.
It's safe to assume that most people who voted for Obama are leftwing nuts with pocket change and that they won't be able to afford medical tourism.
It's safe to assume that those who voted for Obama will die at the hands of Obama care.
Hey, of Obama care can help us get rid of some liberal votes I am all for it.
35,000 Canadians die every year because of the bad quality of health care. In the USA it will be 350,000 and maybe even more. Those liberal votes will be lost and this could help bring back some sanity in this country.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:35 am
To the poster above me: calm down.
- July 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
"To the poster above me: calm down."
Liberals don't realize that although well intentioned, Obama care will cause a decrease in the medical offer, a decrease in employment and a great medical shortage. America will lack doctors, lack medicine and lack equipment.
Liberals don't realize that a lot of them will die on waiting lists and due to shortages.
Also, I don't get why it should be the president's business to get our kids to have good grades.
Obama seems to think that by sending everybody in school, we will all be rich and powerful.
What we will end up with Obama's aggressive school program is people with Ph.D's in analytical chemistry serving customers in a scummy restaurant. People with Ph.D's in astronomy pumping gas at your local gas station.
Only the market knows how many Ph.D's we need and how much to pay them.
FREEDOM is what we need to bring prosperity in this country. Don't worry Obama, with FREEDOM the people will get all the schooling they need without your help.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:06 am
"Obama assures us ….. that anybody who denies this is misleading or does not understand the facts."
Today's WSJ top headline:
Budget Blow for Health Plan: Congress's Chief Fiscal Watchdog Warns of Overhaul's Cost; Ammunition for Critics
If the CBO calls Obama a liar, will anybody listen?
- July 17, 2009 at 10:12 am
Waiting lists and medical shortages will "take care" of the garbage polluting the air in this nation.
Unfortunately, ObamaCare will not discriminate–people who didn't vote for him will also be affected by waiting lists and medical shortages. Only the wealthy will be able to afford expensive alternatives to ObamaCare, and even then their options will be more limited than otherwise.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:14 am
They have been putting on "Sicko" on Cable at least a few times a week for the past few weeks. Imagine the coincidence of the timing!
I can understand the frustration (Obama The Saint God). This is indeed a holocaust. Unlike previous holocausts, this one is especially insidious because it requires a great amount of knowledge to detect and understand.
Like Rothbard use to say, just give us one little state so we can set up our libertarian society.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:25 am
Obama The Saint God,
While you are correct that all of the aforementioned dimwits will get what they deserve (along with everybody they think they care about) you seem to be missing the fact that we are in this mess too.
Yes, someday they will all get what they deserve. Problem is we, those of us who know better, will get what they deserve too! Worse, they outnumber us by at least 50 to one, and will do everything they can to see to it that we get what they deserve before they do.
Living under socialism is impossible: kind of like winning at Tetris. You "win" by not dying longer than the poor wretch next to you, taking your only pleasure in the fact that he succumbed first.
Oh, and mind the language please – some of us recommend this site to children of school age….
- July 17, 2009 at 10:30 am
That "one little state" is new Hamshire. And we're not asking for it. We are moving there en mass and using democratic processes. Join the free.
- July 17, 2009 at 10:34 am
Hey guys! Ins't hard to belive that soon we will have one complete "The Case for Obamacide"! \o/
- July 17, 2009 at 11:12 am
Vlad Popovic,
"you seem to be missing the fact that we are in this mess too."
Well, it's time for you to take out your street sweeper and clean up this mess. It's in the constitution.
"Worse, they outnumber us by at least 50 to one,"
The solution is to mount a bigger soap magazine on your street sweeper. And to foam at will.
"kind of like winning at Tetris."
LOL ! Socialism really is like trying to remain afloat by making all the blocks fit together but then it can never be achieved and always results in failure.
Just like those vintage Atari games that lasted forever until you died. Space invaders, Asteroids, Missile command, you can't win. And the more you're good at the game, the more you waste time, ressources and opportunities for nothing, LOL !
Well, Obama can't win and his health care reform can't win and socialism can't win. We've become a nation of perpetual loosers.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:21 am
My mother is a nurse in San Benardino, California, and she supports government health care. Not because she knows for certain that it will be better than privatized health care, but because it just sounds better. Furthermore, we are from Spain, where there is "nationwide" coverage (ironically, although I am a citizen of Spain my "income" was too large to receive state health care… I am a student, I do not make an income).
But, she told me that the majority of doctors she's spoken to do not agree with this universal health care, which should offer a clue as to how successful it will be once implemented.
And, there is another problem. Taxes will necessarily increase to pay for the costs of the system. IIRC, I read something like a 50%+ tax rate on the top income bracket (corporate profits, I believe). It was Hazlitt who taught us that taxes on the entrepreneurs destroys incentives to invest, which in turn hampers economic progress. We are returning to the 1930s, only since many of Roosevelt's social programs already exist, Obama is just introducing new ones.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:26 am
"Oh, and mind the language please – some of us recommend this site to children of school age…."
I'm generally a well manered and civilized person. But when faced with such tyranny and fascism I can't help it.
And school age children should be faced with cold harsh reality.
Hey children, if your daddy voted for Obama well he hates you and he wants you dead or slave to the government ! Some dad you have !
Ask your daddy why he thinks you should give all your income to the government and do exactly all what the government tells you without any freedoms or property of your own.
Ask your daddy why he's feeding your raw flesh to this government monster. Ask your daddy why he thinks you don't deserve respect nor dignity.
Because by the time you reach adulthood, little children, if you're not already living in tent city with your daddy, you will be a complete slave of your government.
Oh, little children, learn to read fast and you should read George Orwell's 1984 ASAP to understand what America is all about !
Until you learn to read, you should watch Mc.Goohan "The Prisoner" movies to understand what America is all about ! Remember, Obama is #2 and you are #6 little children.
Welcome to HELL little children, you can be proud of your daddy. You can thank daddy and mommy to have given you birth in this world of government encroachment.
I'm sure you "love" your hateful and evil parents by now.
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- July 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm
I cannot believe the level of hyperbole used by opponents of Obamacare.
We are not moving to socialized medicine like the UK has — not even the most radical are proposing that. We are not going to get single payer — nobody is proposing that. What we are going to get — worst-case scenario if the public option is approved — is more monopsony buying power for the Dept. of Health and Human Svcs. The more market share a buyer has, the more influence he has to push prices down and negotiate lower fee schedules.
Normally, such articifial monopsony power would cause shortages of the good being produced (medical services) — prices are pushed below market-clearing levels. But since the market is already so heavily regulated and the AMA already severely restricts the supply of doctors, its unlikely that lower fee schedules for doctors would reduce the supply of doctors in the long-run.
A bigger concern is the supply pressure it would put on medical equipment: MRIs, etc. More visas for foreign nurse visas would have to be granted.
The Mises Institute has extensiveley documented how Medical Boards, the AMA, and other entities have restricted the supply of good doctors.
Ron Paul supports the right of Medicare to collectively bargain with a heavily-regulated industry (big pharma) — illegal under the Bush Medicare bill.
- April 6, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Monopsonyies reduce economic well being in the same sense that Monopolies do the same. When vendors submit to excessive pressure from a single buyer to reduce costs often times quality is compromised and/or innovation.
In fact the supreme court has stated that monosponies are detrimental to society. They have extended the Sherman Anti-trust act to these types of companies as well.
You can read the opinion of the court on their decision WEYERHAEUSER CO. v. ROSS-SIMMONS HARDWOODLUMBER
- July 17, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Nick Bradley,
"I cannot believe the level of hyperbole used by opponents of Obamacare. "
So, being FORCED to buy government sponsored coverage should make us all happy and merry go long ???
You love being FORCED in doing things ? You love being FORCED to depart with yet more of your hard earned money and freedoms ?
We are going to be FORCED ! And that is enough to be furious !
If you love being FORCED so much, give me all your money or else !!!
- July 17, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Obama The Saint God,
Who said that being forced to buy gov't coverage would make us all happy? Who said I love being forced to do things?
I am forced to buy government services that I don't want every day. Your over-the-top anger over this one issue is exactly what I'm talking about.
Obamacare is just an increase in in an already-existing program. Right now, you have to be old (Medicare) or poor (Medicaid/SCHIP) to get access to the public option — that access will be expanded. Not much new here.
Cap-and-Trade/Carbon Regulation is a much bigger issue, since it is a sector of the economy that hasn't yet been regulated. Its also far more insidious. Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the current regulatory apparatus for carbon, no possible excuse for intervention.
With health care, you're moving from a government-ran, highly regulated broken system to a government-ran, highly regulated broken system. The inly difference is that a few coporatist/fascist health care bureaucrats will become government health care bureaucrats.
- July 17, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Prick Bradley,
"Obamacare is just an increase in in an already-existing program."
Oh, it's just that ? Phew ! So everybody should be happy and mery go long then.
Hey people, let's not worry and all be happy and celebrate, because Obama will "just" increase our burdens and loss of freedoms. It's not that those things are important anyways.
Don't worry and be happy. Obama will "just" increase the cost of living and "just" increase the erosion of our freedoms and "just" cause more people to die. Let's all celebrate in joy.
After all like Prick Bradley points out, we are already forced into so many things, so we might as well "just" let Saint Obama force even more burden on us. It's "just" that folks, nothing to worry about !
You have got to admire "libertarian" logic like Prick Bradley's.
You're the best Prick Bradley, Yes We Can !
- July 17, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Obama the Saint God writes:
"America will lack doctors…"
No we won't. We'll just import them, hastening our descent into a Third World polyglot hellhole. Open borders lives!
- July 17, 2009 at 1:56 pm
"Cap-and-Trade/Carbon Regulation is a much bigger issue, since it is a sector of the economy that hasn't yet been regulated. Its also far more insidious. "
We could decap all the preachy anti-carbon liberals in this country and then trade their carbon offset for a profit. I'm all for that.
After all, those preachy anti-carbon liberals fly in their private jets and power their big mansions telling the rest of us to live like stone age cavemen. They even want us to hold our breath so we won't expell so much CO2.
One Gore is worth ten thousand average joe's output of carbon. I hope the man-bear-pig finds him first. He is an inconvenient lying hypocrit.
Ahh Liberals, do as I say, not as I do !
I bet Obama's health care bill will explode in the next 4 years all at the expense of the taxpayer. I bet he won't have to wait in line and content himself with third class care.
- July 17, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Obama has no health care problems, there is several physicians and pharmacists following him everywhere he goes and they care for him and his family.
There is a complete pharmacy and facilities in the white house, air force one, the presidential helicopter, camp lejeune etc.
I bet Obama's health care costs will sky rocket in the next 4 years as he uses up all those facilities at the expense of the taxpayers.
How can he keep a straight face about health care costs when all his health care is covered by us the taxpayers !!!
The rest of us will have to scrape and save and fly to India's Appollo hospitals to get the same kind of care Obama has !
He could issue plane tickets to all of us, because in India health care is about 10 times less than the USA.
We could outsource health care and this would drastically cut our health care costs.
You should consider this Obama, the future of health care is in Asia, not America.
- July 17, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Andrew E,
Or we might push for telemedicine outsourced in india.
Hallloooo, this is Kerpal from Hindyia, Vat Arre Yourre medikal problemms ???
- July 17, 2009 at 2:09 pm
If Obama planned on sending us to India then his plan on cutting health care costs would work.
I'm sure that India would welcome the medical tourism. This would lower the American health care bill and contribute to enrich India. A win-win situation.
This could help against the current economic crisis.
Tell me, how come a $65,000 hip procedure in the USA costs only $7,000 in India !!!
Obama should negociate a package deal with India and insurance companies and fly us all over there.
This would certainly work. Now that would be change we can believe in, Yes We Can !
- July 17, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Any chance we can have a few of these posts deleted? I don't think this qualifies as intelligent debate.
- July 17, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I can only imagine what would happen if there was no healthcare insurance. Would prices not drop due to increased competition among MD's?
The problem is that those who are for the system seem to live under that assumption that they would receive the same quality "end of life" care that they currently cannot afford to pay. The reality is that our tax burden is going to continue to grow as more and more baby boomers move into retirement regardless of whether or not we have a single payer system.
IIRC..I read that under the public/private plan one of the versions of the bill would not allow citizens to obtain private care once the bill is signed into law. You can keep your current provider, but once it's lost, it's lost forever.
- July 17, 2009 at 4:20 pm
When inflation, unemployment and interest rates are above 12%, real change will come to America. The best thing that could happen in the US today is for China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and others to cash in their American dollars for gold, oil, real estate etc. The collapse of the dollar would force the US government to shrink and the war machine to end.
The American people will suffer the consequences of electing presidents Bush and Obama. Americans have chosen the federal government to deliver health, protection, and prosperity.
Wise Americans will move their capital out of the US while they can. Once the dollar collapses all of this nonsense will stop, but will be replaced with chaos. New leaders, new laws and a new currency could allow a fresh start.
- July 17, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Here is a news flash, you want lower healthcare cost, just pay cash. My visit to the hospital and informing them I was going to pay cash for my treatment, I received a 65% discount.
If you want true reform, make everyone have a $5,000 deductable on their heathcare insurance. They will go to the doctor when they really need to and will pay without all the middlemen. This will result in less demand for medical care and will lead to lower prices.
- July 18, 2009 at 7:27 am
There seems to be a lot of passion for closing the barn door after the horse is out. We already have a Supreme Court decision declaring a medical procedure to be a "Right," something between the doctor and the patient, irrespective of reason or need, and irrespective of ability to pay, with the tab picked up by taxpayers. It is called "Roe vs Wade." If the "Right" identified under Roe vs Wade is extended under the 14th Amendment, BINGO. I suppose this manufactured Right could be extended medical procedure by medical procedure. The Obama plan is merely a shortcut, like using a computer.
The greater question is whether Americans can do business with each other. The recent, but continuing, financial mess casts serious doubt on this, as do the outsourcing of manufacturing, the importing of foreign labor, technology, food, etc. When we say that health care is too expensive, we are complaining about doing business here in America, that our values are out of balance with our ability to achieve those values. "Too expensive" also applies to government, education and legal services. These things are already mandatory, unless your chest is stainless steel. Why not health care?
Obama is merely applying, at home, the American leverage which is the foundation of the "Pax Americana." He is proposing to point a gun at everyone, and ordering them to do business, his way. If you dont want to participate, you are subject to go to jail for tax evasion. Gee, that is the same as the bailout money, and "cap and trade." If we only apply the process at home, we have fascism; if it becomes internationalized, we have the "New World Order."
The cost, at this point, is sort of irrelevant. The transfer of capital to support our consumer based economy, which has been occurring continuously since LBJ, leaves us with a deficit of $12 trillion in present value of future tax income. I know I cant pay my share. I know my children; they cant pay their share. I have watched my grandchildren; without a miracle, they wont be able to pay their share. I live a sheltered life; I dont know anyone who can pay their share.
And that is the logical fallacy. Even though Obama is "Commander in Chief," they havent made a gun yet which will enable me to pay what they say I owe. Even if they shoot us all, the fire sale value of all our assets will not equal our liabilities.
Until we see the muzzle flash, I hope you and I can continue to cut a deal where we both walk away happy with the results. It is obvious that there are a ton of folks who cant.
- July 18, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Laser Eye surgery is a good example of what happens when you get insurance companies and government out of the way – prices for the procedure went way down and quality went way up.
The insurance model is usually criticized because of "third partying" – I'm not likely to shop around for the best price if someone else is picking up the tab. However, there is a more insidious effect. Insurance companies are regulated by either state of federal agencies. The business model under which insurance companies operate is to set premiums so that they cover the cost of claims plus a markup. Thus we have a perverse model. Insurance companies actually
- want
people to make claims since their profitability increases. This is why Jeff Tucker's viagra is so expensive!
- July 18, 2009 at 6:08 pm
"The best thing that could happen in the US today is for China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and others to cash in their American dollars for gold, oil, real estate etc."
And why would anybody take those dollars?
"The collapse of the dollar would force the US government to shrink and the war machine to end."
The military backs the dollar. The dollar is on the bomb standard. It won't collapse until the military-industrial complex collapses first.
- July 18, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Rationing is the inevitable long term conclusion to controlling costs with the public option plan. It is the inescapable result that this plan over time will exceed our national capacity to cover the costs. There is no reason to think otherwise as we have Medicare as our example. Other countries such as the United Kingdom cannot accomplish it with even very high taxation rates.
If the public option becomes available many will move in that direction. Business owners will see this as a lower cost alternative. More and more people will move or be shunted to this option. Providers and hospitals will try to make the balance sheet work by charging more to commercial insurance to offset the decreasing revenue threatening their existence. This will drive up premiums. Private insurers will have the combined problems of access to a reduced pool of individuals and the need to charge higher premiums and ultimately will lead to most potentially leaving the health insurance industry. While the very wealthy may always be able to find alternatives, the middle class will be stuck with no options. Unfortunately many doctors will leave the field as reimbursement falls to low to cover overhead costs. The timing will be problematic as the baby boomer retirement will be reaching peak levels resulting in increased utilization coupled with reduced government tax revenues. This will further encourage access problems. Utilization costs for the public option will climb with the growing number of people covered. Taxes will have to increase greatly to help cover the costs. This will have a further deleterious effect on our economy which is forecasted by most to be fragile for a decade or more. Further economic contraction will only further depress tax revenues and the ability to pay for this program. It will become apparent that the only way to control costs is to limit access to services. There is no existing large scale national plan that does not ration care.
. Competition is the best and only answer here. Clearly the current Medicare model has failed miserably at controlling costs. It is surprising that with the numerous examples of the failures of price controls with commodities no less important than food and energy that we do not take note and foster the power of competition and the free market to help us out of this problem (national energy crisis of the 70′s, California energy crisis of the 90′s, etc). PATIENTS MUST CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH PHYSICIANS. This is how it used to be done. If price controls were removed we would allow these powerful forces to control costs. We would not see the kind of yearly health care cost increases that have been such a big problem. From an insurance coverage perspective, a base plan that includes very high deductibles that discourages overutilization goes a long way toward cutting costs of the average insurance plan. The patient shops for affordable health care and is covered for any catastrophic events. As a physician myself, a model fostering free competition has some real financial risk but I would much rather have this plan as a patient. We need a plan that allows the patient the choice to have the hip fracture repair rather than to be told by their one and only option, the public option, that they are too old and do not meet the criteria. And if they choose to not have the surgery or choose to not buy the high deductible plan, then at least that is their choice. That will sit better with most Americans versus the government plan telling them that they are not covered when they thought they were.
- July 18, 2009 at 9:00 pm
excellent point, ganpalou.
- July 19, 2009 at 7:32 am
Yo John: I have heard the argument that the public option will drive out private plans. It is unlikely. The most likely consequence is much uglier. Back in the days when I had a future, I was a boiler and machinery underwriter for a few years. From the inside, I learned that an insurance company can do well with a conservative portfolio and 86% to 92% claims payout. Later, I became a trustee for a health benefit trust. It irritated me that health insurance cos. wanted 65% claims payout year over year. But that doesnt even come close to government cost structures.
When government provides services to willing clients, about 20% gets to the target. HUD is a good example, also education. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac happen when government tries to be efficient. If the client is unwilling, about 10% gets to the target. Prisons are the best example. The military achieves about 9% of cost getting to the line. I havent tried to track Medicare, Medicaid, but they can't be hitting much more than 20% actual service payment.
On top of efficiency problems, we have a radical difference in risk of the clientelle. The government plan will continue to service the most disorganized people. They will have a higher disease, disability burden than people who can get to work on time, regularly. This occurs now in emergency rooms, and explains why an ER visit is $11,000. (This figure is old and from California; it may be low). Client "challenges" also contribute to the Medicare, Medicaid costs.
But Medicare, Medicaid have an advantage that may go away. Currently, the retired, the elderly, and the impoverished gravitate toward rural areas because dirt, and therefore housing, is cheaper. Rural areas do not have high dollar medical services available; therefore, those folks just do not use those services. They die from "distance." A compressed analog occurs in inner cities. Nobody builds hospitals in the ghetto, not even the prisons. And from the emergency room wait, one might as well be on Santa Catalina island. So the "government plan" is unlikely to be attractive or cheap, just slow and overcrowded, kinda like prison health care (which is provided as a "Right").
The most efficient "private" plans will be the ones which contract with providers who avoid the high risk, high burden clientelle. Kaiser-Permanente is the perfect model. The business models of worker's comp doctors should be adaptible to achieve the objective, also.
We havent seen the finished fiasco; therefore, it is too early to judge whether it will be more like: 1. The Hawaii model, where a fella either lives on the dole or gets one job for health care, and a second job to live on. or 2. The Canadian model, where you wait for service at home, rather than in the emergency room. (Waiting is free.) or 3. The Austrian model, where basic services are provided, but you better have some financing if you want more than aspirin.
- July 19, 2009 at 9:23 am
"Other countries such as the United Kingdom cannot accomplish it with even very high taxation rates. "
Well don't worry, Saint Obama will use very very very high taxation rates on the "rich" so everything will be fine.
And if that doesn't work, Saint Obama will use ultra hyper super duper high taxation rates.
And if that doesn't work, Saint Obama will seize the assets of the "rich" to pay for this health care.
And if that doesn't work, Saint Obama will force doctors to do overtime at gunpoint.
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