Reinke Faces Life

Now it probably doesn’t mean a hill of beans to the advertisers, but I’m going to take a stand.

I REFUSE to buy any product whose advertising denigrates men!

First candidate: Hillshire Farms. You know the “Go Meat!” folks.

Who think that young girls can make young boys look dumb.

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/41372870

http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/02/immigration-officer-puts-wife-on-the-no-fly-list.html or http://tinyurl.com/4qghpxg

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1351937/Immigration-officer-fired-putting-wife-list-terrorists-stop-flying-home.html

http://tinyurl.com/67ofkgo

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A UK immigration officer decided to get rid of his wife by putting her on the no-fly list, ensuring that she could not return to the UK from abroad. This worked for three years, until he put in for a promotion and — during the routine background check — someone investigated why his wife was on the no-fly list.

Okay, so he’s an idiot. And a bastard. But the real piece of news here is how easy it is for a UK immigration officer to put someone on the no-fly list with *absolutely no evidence* that that person belongs there. And how little auditing is done on that list. Once someone is on, they’re on for good.

That’s simply no way to run a free country.

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Gooferment just does stuff. No appeal. No checking. No oversight.

There’s a reason that the judicial systems requires a battle of adversaries to determine the truth.

Where’s the “Appeal to God” when you need it? You know like in the movie “Ivanhoe”.

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3403090/Brit-wannabe-hip-hop-star-Claudia-Aderotimi-died-after-her-illegal-op-went-tragically-wrong.html

Bottom implant op kills hip hop girl
By ALEX WEST, CAROLINE GRANT and PETE SAMSON, US Editor

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THIS is British wannabe hip-hop star Claudia Aderotimi, who died after an illegal cosmetic procedure to enhance her bottom went tragically wrong.

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Police said she and her pals checked into the cheap Philadelphia hotel to have the illegal procedure.

But almost 12 hours after receiving the injections in her rear she began complaining of chest pains and was rushed to hospital, where she died at 1.32am on Tuesday.

It is suspected she may have been injected with industrial silicone normally used as a sealant instead of the more expensive variety usually used for legal breast enlargements.

It is also thought the substance was mistakenly injected into a vein.

US cops were last night seeking the “doctor”, who left after giving the jabs in room 425 of the Hampton Inn hotel, near Philadelphia airport.

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RIP Claudia. You looked beautiful; you were beautiful. What made you think you needed more?

Perhaps if we had LESS Gooferment regulation of medical stuff, this might not have happened.

Hard to believe that a free market in medicine would not have made her more suspicious of a strange practitioner, given her options that she could afford, and permitted her to have it done at a cost she could afford safely.

In this case, the Gooferment has failed in its only duty to protect “We, The People” from force or fraud.

“Medical tourism” gone awry. Why didn’t she go to Asia or India like the other folks do?

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http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1566726651374&id=1331644592

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First they do contribute by putting money back into the economy via Wal-Mart target, grocery stores. Many of them work to support a child born here who is therefore a citizen. Yes they send money home to Mexico but they’ve worked for the mo…ney and should support their families. Do they pay tax- no but so many upper middle class and above earners cheat on their taxes thats its a hypocritical argument. The corporations who essentially pay little to tax due to laws written to protect their profits do more damage to the economy then illegal aliens. The current health care bill would allow you to keep the insurance you have now, but would provide affordable health care to the less fortunate. It would also create jobs and reduce the deficit by a couple of hundred million dollars. We are not looking to model Canada-the vast majority of Americans wouldn’t even notice the change, so your process would have remained the same, thank God. But a member of your church whose been laid off with no insurance for five months and is diagnosed with a terminal illness will have options for affordable and competent care without concern of being denied for a pre-existing condition. Babies born here to illegal immigrants are US citizens at birth and are no different than Liv and Luke and they are entitled to first rate health care. I’d say Luke 12:48 says it well- to whom much is given from much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, a larger amount will be demanded. Since everyone and their brother uses religion as a shield I think it’s important to remind them that Jesus surrounded himself with the dredges of society- criminals, whores, lepers and the disenfranchised. He didn’t forsake them because they were poor, in the minority or out of touch with mainstream society. He asked for nothing but faith and in return promised life everlasting. Today churches judge you on a few things- what do you make, what can you give, and can you argue against the poor, disenfranchised, downtrodden trying to make a change. Tonight at church the pastor stood in his 10 million dollar church and talked about material things not being important. I bet a 37000 square foot barn could have been built for a lot less and that a lot of money could have been given to the poor for training programs or education programs. Alas a church was built for the affluent congregation that we are, where we could listen to stories about the poor, but when service ends we go back to our Volvo’s or BMW’s and drive to our house on the cul-de- sac, turn on the flat screen TV and make a nice dinner and drink some wine. Now of course we’ll do a food drive, label the bag with the church logo, and deliver the food in our church sweatshirts and hats while we sip our latte’s and check our smartphone to avoid having to actually engage the downtrodden. If we do engage them we push Jesus on them but forget to mention how we can actually affect change in their life. I want a church where we don’t reinterpret Gods message but instead deliver it as he would- come in your welcome, who you are or what you have is irrelevant as long as you have faith and no-one will judge you based on your gender, race or sexual orientation. I am the God of love, not hate, and no one on earth should try to tell you what I meant or stood for, nor should they invoke Christianity into political arguments that are secular issues.

I think we would all get along better if we sought solutions based on what’s happening today, not trying reinterpret the constitution or the bible because no one knows the true intent of either document.

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Ahh, an diatribe or rant by my favorite Socialist. Let’s put it under the little L libertarian’s microscope.

(On an editorial note. I see no paragraphs or outline. Hmm, not evidence of a post-graduate writing. And, it forgets that whole “between stimulus and response” thing. And, is it trying to convince?)

>First they do contribute by putting money back into the economy

I don’t think we SHOULD have “illegal aliens”. I think people should be able to move freely. Subject to a border check for criminals. I think “Green Cards” should be issued at the border. We need all those, willing to work, to jump in the boat, grab and oar, and start rowing. As such, in a Libertarian America, there’d be no welfare to sponge off of, so no need to keep willing workers out. Also, since there’d be no “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”, there would be very few “contraband” to be smuggled.

Current day “illegal aliens” do pay taxes. Every product purchased in the store carries a hidden tax — remember the 35% corporate tax? Only real people pay taxes, so it’s passed along. Rent an apartment; who really pays the rea estate tax. And, let’s not forget those poor slobs who get a “real job” with a fake SSN, where does their FICA go? Uncle Sugar!

> …but so many upper middle class and above earners cheat

If you are being ROBBED, hiding stuff from the thief isn’t cheating!

>The corporations who essentially pay little to tax

Corporations DO NOT PAY taxes; they pass them along. Only REAL people pay taxes. It’s a fraud on the American Sheeple. Let’s kill this meme once and for all.

> due to laws written to protect their profits

Ahh, but your friends the D’s, the champions of the little people, had all three branches of Gooferment. So, those problems were fixed already. Right!

>The current health care bill would allow you to keep the insurance you have now

Can’t keep what is available. Folks are finding it out the hard way. More Insurance Companies are stopping coverages. WHICH was the very purpose of the law. Single payer. Medicare for all.

How stupid are people?

And, dnf, the 750+ “exemptions”.

> but would provide affordable health care to the less fortunate.

In your dreams. The catastrophic care isn’t being signed up for. And, the state exchanges ain’t gonna be created.

>It would also create jobs and reduce the deficit by a couple of hundred million dollars.

Sure, for Gooferment bureaucrats!

>We are not looking to model Canada-the vast majority of Americans wouldn’t even notice the change, so your process would have remained the same, thank God.

Sorry, but with docs thinking about leaving medicine and practices shutting to new patients, there’s going to be huge changes.

>But a member of your church whose been laid off with no insurance for five months and is diagnosed with a terminal illness will have options for affordable and competent care without concern of being denied for a pre-existing condition.

So the Gooferment creates the problem (i.e., medical insurance tied to employment as a result of WW2 wage and price controls), and the solution is (taaa dah, wait for it) … more Gooferment diktats and programs.

p.s., “pre existing” — like placing your bet after the race. why would the racetrack survive?

>Babies born here to illegal immigrants are US citizens at birth

That may or may not be true. It depends on an “interesting” reading of the 14th, designed to ensure freed slaves got to vote. It’s never been tested in the courts that an “illegal immigrant” would satisfy those conditions.

>are no different than Liv and Luke and they are entitled to first rate health care.

Sure are. They are the children of a privileged high-ranking Gooferment bureaucrat. Like the old USSR, they are far ahead of all the “mundanes”.

>I’d say Luke 12:48

Perhaps, it might be referring to the Final Judgement? Nothing prevents you from being charitable. But, what the Gooferment does is NOT charity.

>- criminals, whores, lepers and the disenfranchised.

Well, it’s hard to make a joke around serious topics, but working in the Gooferment, I’d suggest you’re surrounded by the first. Not sure about the rest.

>political arguments that are secular issues.

It’s not my place to critique others’ charity or faith. I’ve got enough to worry about my own. Unfortunately, with the Gooferment’s intrusion into ALL areas, and a direct hostility to “religion”, “faith”, and “charity”, EVERY argument is a “political” one.

In the movie the Three Muskateers (any era), the Church is the natural opponent of the King for the loyalty of the People. Just as in a hive, there can be only one Queen. So too, the Gooferment has to kill its rival “The Church”. That’s why it claims jurisdiction over “churches” by its insistence that they become “corporations”. Zoning, 1099s, classifications, rules, diktats. Had to be faithful with the Gooferment “helping”.

>I think we would all get along better if we sought solutions

I think we’d all be better off if we sought solutions based on freedom and liberty!

> based on what’s happening today,

What’s happening today is for the most part a product of the past errors. Building upon past mistakes is putting lipstick on the pig!

> not trying reinterpret the constitution or the bible

Both are relatively simple and need little “interpretation”

>because no one knows the true intent of either document.

Well the Constitution is pretty well understood as far as intentions. The Federalists, who wanted a strong central Gooferment, were unhappy with the weaknesses of the Articles. So they pulled the wool over the eyes of the Sheeple and swapped in the “Constitution”.

Now, it’s just ignored.

The “Bible” is an interesting research project in and of itself. Who knows what the original “Bible” was.

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Let’s get back to basics. People will be free. Even in the worst dictatorship, a prison, or a “free society”, they will do what they want to do. Civil disobedience that evidenced everyday. Example, speed limits. If the Gooferment can’t keep drugs out of its prisons, then how does it expect to keep them out of Gooferment Skrules.

Let’s seek solutions that are based on freedom and liberty. They’ll last.

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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/76340.html

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Every week — actually, every day — innocent people across the country are harassed, abused, brutalized, tortured, and murdered by armed strangers in government-issued costumes. Most of the assailants are never held accountable. Often, they are placed on paid vacation (commonly called “administrative leave”) while their colleagues devise an official rationalization for their crimes.

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I like the phrase “government issued costumes”. ROFL!

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http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2011/01/29/barack-obama-backing-protestors-in-egypt-what-is-he-thinking/

Barack Obama: Backing Protestors in Egypt? What Is He Thinking?!
Posted by Peter Schweizer Jan 29th 2011 at 6:52 am
in Featured Story, Islam, Islamic extremism, Middle East

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Reports that the Obama Administration may be secretly backing the protests in Egypt is troubling on several levels. First, there is the obvious fact that no one can ultimately direct and control social protests. Once they begin, they can quickly spin out of control. Hopes that you can control who comes out on top in such circumstances is incredibly naive. History teaches it is always the best organized (and not necessarily the largest) faction that comes out on top. In the case of Egypt that appears to be the radical Muslim Brotherhood. I hope I’m wrong, but there seems to be little evidence to the contrary.

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What is BHO44 and crew thinking?

Guess we’ll have to wait for Madame Hillary to explain it to us? (What were her credentials on foreign policy before becoming Secretary of State? Nothing like starting at the top. And, her “turf” was carved out from under her within minutes of her taking the job.)

Are they setting up tumult to retain big budgets at home? (Do they need a straw-man enemy to justify bigger Defense budget against the Tea Party Republican cuts? At the very least, to bump them off the front page!)

The USA has strayed so far from the DOWG’s ideal of “no entangling alliances” that it is unrecognizable!

And, btw, if the economy is “priority #1”, then what do they think that unrest in Egypt will do to energy prices?

Or, maybe that’s what they want?

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http://heop.org/blog/student-success-alexandria-cheshier/

Student Success: Alexandria Cheshier
POSTED BY HEOP.ORG ON JAN 28, 2011 IN BLOG, FEATURED ARTICLES, STUDENT STORIES

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I have completed three years of undergraduate studies at {Extraneous Deleted}. Due to my parents poor financial planning I am no longer attending {Extraneous Deleted}, and I have no access to my transcripts which are needed for me to transfer to ANY college. Currently, I am over $50,000 in debt. I have no possible co-signers for any loans, and am ineligible myself.

During my time at {Extraneous Deleted} my father lost his job, “found religion”, and decided to start a non-profit organization with my mother donating food for the needy. In the process they became the needy and are now surviving off of donations, and minuscule unemployment which will be running out shortly. I am now working at my supermarket making minimum wage to pay off my debts. I have saved up enough money to continue my studies take one class at my community college. I currently would like nothing more than to continue my education.

I was always reiterated the fact that I can attend any college I want, the college of my dreams, no matter what. I think many parents hold this philosophy that college should come at any costs, but this perception needs to change. If I had any idea how much money my parents were actually making I could have used this information in my application process, doing simple things like avoiding colleges which were 5-10 times what my family could realistically afford.

The growing need for education on this topic is exceptionally rising, and this concern is something that can be conveyed to students by guidance counselors. In addition parents need to become aware of this fact, and have access to information sessions on the topic of affording college. If I had any idea that I could be 22 and working at a supermarket instead of fulfilling my health care profession due to financial incapacity, I would have simply chosen a public school.

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Welcome to the “real world”.

Parents ain’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. As a matter of fact on the “parenting scale”, they are not even close to the bottom. You weren’t abused, and they launched you thru three years of college.

And, what did you learn in those three years? Obviously, not much.

How much money did you sock away for YOUR education?

When do you pull up your “big girl panties” and solve your own problems?

Are you putting your shoulder to the wheel or are you expecting others to push your “life” out of this “swamp” while you stand aside and wail “woe is me”.

Clearly, if you got INTO college, you’re supposed to be smart. Are you using it?

“I would have simply chosen a public school”; yeah, and if wishes were horses, the world would still be full of <synonym for excrement>. I always say that the “shoulda, coulda, and woulda!” will KILL you. If you want to have a “pity party”, I can share some of my great blunders that if I hadn’t made, then I’d be thin, rich, and handsome. Instead of a fat old white guy injineer with a slew of my own problems.

So now that you’ve sucked down 3 years of tuition from the ‘rents and the banks, how are you helping Mom and Dad now that they are on “hard times”?

No, you’re rant is all about you. And, how unfair life is being to you. Boo Hoo!

I see pictures of kids with incurable diseases. I see one beautiful young girl getting chemo when my wife goes. She has trouble buttoning her coat asked my wife one day to help. And, even though, she has trouble buttoning her own, she did it. Don’t tell me about how tough you’ve got it. My fellow alumni, you haven’t seen tough. I read about the experiences of a fellow alum in Haiti. Where people a year after a disaster don’t have clean water, toilets, and are dying of diseases we cured in the 1800’s.

Your three paragraph whine didn’t give enough details to take action on. But, I can’t believe that there is NOT another side to the story. There always is.

All this raises one question?

You said “due to my parents poor financial planning”, my question is when do you assume ownership of your life?

Sorry, but my sympathies are for your parents.

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And, I say to my own deceased Mom: “Sorry, I was such a pia. Was I like this? Maybe I’m grown up now.”

Maybe this is “hard, blunt, and insensitive”? Remember the sources of my education: … and creating caring human relationships from studying the movie roles of Gunny Ronald Lee Ermey! Sometimes, folks need a slap to get them to focus.

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Why do “we” have any “non-essential” State Workers?

I know how to fix the State’s budget woes!

Stop doing “non-essential” work.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703396604576088634252904032.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

President Barack Obama plans a government-wide review of federal regulations, aiming to eliminate rules that stymie economic growth.

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In an article published in the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal, Obama said he intends to issue an executive order initiating a review to “make sure we avoid excessive, inconsistent and redundant regulation,” focusing on rules that “stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.” He also suggested future regulations must do their job “while promoting economic growth.”

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WOW! Thank the “Plantation Master”. It ony took two plus years to get the word from the bottom to the top.

Sorry, but this is more “tying s ribbon on the jackass’s ass”, “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”, or “all hat and no cattle”.

An after thought!

“Let them eat cake”!

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http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2658416/posts

Video: CBS announcer bashes Jets’ ‘absurd’ touchdown celebration
Yahoo Sports ^ | 17 Jan 11 | Chris Chase
Posted on January 17, 2011 2:15:18 PM EST by SkyPilot

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A bit of the celebration didn’t please CBS announcer Jim Nantz, though. After Shonn Greene(notes) scored a late game-sealing touchdown, many Jets, Rex Ryan included, converged in the end zone to whoop it up and send one final message to the Patriots and their fans. Nantz didn’t like this, particulary Greene’s “nap time” celebration, which saw the running back fall to the ground and mimic that he was going to sleep.

“I’ve never understood the absurdity of all the self-aggrandizing and now you’re going to cost your team 15 yards on the kick and you’re going to give Brady and his unit a chance to do something.”

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I agree with Nantz. It was dumb and classless. Dumb because it opened a crack. Brady was having a bad day; the objective was to ensure that he did NOT get a chance to make a “miracle comeback”! Yes, it was unlikely, but long shots do come in. Some one wins the lotto. Lightening strikes. The worm turns. Imagine the dialogue if it did. These are supposed to be professionals. Hand the ball to the linesman and hustle back to the sidelines and see what your team needs next. Classless, in that you don’t embarrass anyone. Look like you’ve been there before. And why give the Pats locker room fodder for the next game. Dumb cubed!

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Hey Big Brother!

(They just “seized” what I pay for — Verizon FIOS TV service — for about 3 minutes. Wipeing out the end of “Let’s Make Deal”.)

I don’t know if anyone looks at your “test”? But your clock is wrong. It ain’t 11:59!

Isn’t this a “legistative and / or regulatory” taking?

Now, the tin foil hat takes over, and I muse “civil authorities” as opposed to the “military authorities”? Do we have two criminal gangs that can take over my TV? Argh!

Argh!

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20027837-501465.html

January 7, 2011 4:31 PM
Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
Posted by Declan McCullagh

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STANFORD, Calif. – President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.

It’s “the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government” to centralize efforts toward creating an “identity ecosystem” for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.

That news, first reported by CNET, effectively pushes the department to the forefront of the issue, beating out other potential candidates including the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The move also is likely to please privacy and civil liberties groups that have raised concerns in the past over the dual roles of police and intelligence agencies.

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“We are not talking about a national ID card,” Locke said at the Stanford event. “We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities.”

The Commerce Department will be setting up a national program office to work on this project, Locke said.

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Schmidt stressed today that anonymity and pseudonymity will remain possible on the Internet. “I don’t have to get a credential if I don’t want to,” he said. There’s no chance that “a centralized database will emerge,” and “we need the private sector to lead the implementation of this,” he said.

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“Don’t Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It’s Raining” …. book title by the pre-eminent jurist of our day Ms. Judy Sheindlin!

(BHO44 should pit her on the Supreme Court!)

Remember Social Security?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number

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Social Security Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the message was removed.[11]

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Yeah, right! Identity theft would be IMPOSSIBLE without the Gooferment mandating SSN!

They couldn’t get “Real Id” past the American Sheeple. So let’s try the digital equivalent!

“We, The Sheeple” are so stupid they’ll let it slip by.

“I wouldn’t believe you, if your tongue came notarized.” … attributed to Judge Marilyn Milian, but may have an earlier history.

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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2213818

Birth photo ban irks western Md. mom-to-be
December 27, 2010 – 4:26pm

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Rachel Seeger, a spokeswoman for the U.S. office of Civil Rights, said birth photography by a family member or friend doesn’t violate privacy laws, but that some hospitals prohibit the practice out of a fear of lawsuits.

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The hospital cites “privacy”, but do you really think it’s that?

Maybe I’m a cynic, but I suspect the lawyers are behind this policy.

Given Big Medicine’s incestuous relationship with Big Gooferment, I assume that there is nothing “We, The Sheeple” can do about it.

Interesting that all the hospitals in the area have the same policy. Isn’t that collusion? Don’t we have anti-trust laws?

Nah, not when the “King” grants absolution.

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Tale of the tape

SOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!

Don’t believe the signs. I told the cashier, but she didn’t care.

The line at the (misnomer) “service counter” was ten long. My time was worth more than 30 cents. (But I’m annoyed!)

Let’s see if Stop ‘n’ Shope reads my blog!

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