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U.K. CONFIDENTIAL (Mark Steyn on our creepy future)
National Review ^
| 18 May 2010
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 05/17/2010 9:27:24 PM PDT by JLS
The British election campaign didnt do much to catch the attention of Americans (at least not until after the vote), but one little item feels pertinent although it attracted remarkably little attention even across the pond. In Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, a lady called Phyllis Delik received a postcard from Gordon Browns Labour Party. On one side, there was a photograph of a woman suffering from breast cancer saying Its the sort of thing you think will never happen to you. On the reverse, there was a question: Are the Tories a change you can afford? followed by a warning that the Conservatives would scrap a Labour guarantee that any woman diagnosed with breast cancer is entitled to see a specialist within two weeks.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: elections; gordonbrown; healthcare; labour; marksteyn; nhs; obamacare
Steyn tells another strange story from the recent UK election involving government health care and maybe privacy.
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posted on
05/17/2010 9:27:24 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: knews_hound
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posted on
05/17/2010 9:31:12 PM PDT
by
JLS
(Democrats: People who wont even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day)
To: JLS
An extremely important Steyn piece. Thanks for the post!
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posted on
05/17/2010 9:35:58 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: JLS; Rummyfan; Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; Dane; sinkspur; steve; kattracks; JohnHuang2; ...
Pinging the Steyn list for a timely column.
On or off, please FReepmail me.
Cheers,
knewshound
knewshounds blog
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posted on
05/19/2010 2:23:45 PM PDT
by
knews_hound
(Credo Quia Absurdium--take nothing seriously unless it is absurd. E. Clampus Vitus)
To: knews_hound
Thanks for pinging me, knews_hound.
BTTT for the one and only Mark Steyn.
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posted on
05/19/2010 2:33:24 PM PDT
by
MaggieCarta
(We're all Detroiters, now.)
To: JLS
So a quantum leap in targeted marketing has just been made: The governing party of a free society was able to identify women with breast cancer in swing constituencies and send them a postcard warning that if you vote for the opposition theyll cut off your chemo and kill you. This is surprising only because it's so desperately tacky.
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posted on
05/19/2010 2:43:08 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Amateurish," agreed Janet Napolitano, the White House amateurishness czar.)
To: JLS
Man that is creepy. And it is our future.
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posted on
05/19/2010 3:03:39 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: JLS
To: knews_hound
As always, thanks so much for the ping!
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posted on
05/20/2010 7:15:30 AM PDT
by
alwaysconservative
(If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.)
To: JLS
So I see you threw out a McDonalds Wrapper yesterday, why are you trying to kill the planet, you must vote democrat in order to save yourself the guilt of knowingly killing the planet.
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05/20/2010 8:16:14 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: dead; JLS
Man that is creepy. And it is our future.Stolen for headline addition: thanks. Article promoted to front page.
To: Admin Moderator
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posted on
05/20/2010 9:37:19 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: JLS
from the article:
"In a high-tech world, Big Government takes big liberties, in every sense. In this respect, it seems relevant that the biggest employment boost from ObamaCare will be 16,500 new
doctors? nurses? hospital janitors? No. IRS agents, hired to determine whether your health-care arrangements are government-compliant. I wonder what theyll need to know about you to establish that and how theyll go about finding out."
(emphasis mine)
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posted on
05/20/2010 9:59:22 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(I can see November from my house!)
To: JLS
The UK leads the West into the Abyss of Destruction and America follows blindly and ignorantly along. Best to cut our ties now while we still have a chance.
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posted on
05/20/2010 10:46:41 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: Albion Wilde
“... I wonder what theyll need to know about you to establish that and how theyll go about finding out.”
It’s called the proctological examination from hell.
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posted on
05/20/2010 11:01:31 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: JLS
it seems relevant that the biggest employment boost from ObamaCare will be 16,500 new
doctors? nurses? hospital janitors? No. IRS agents, hired to determine whether your health-care arrangements are government-compliant. I wonder what theyll need to know about you to establish that and how theyll go about finding out.This is what big government means. The Bundestat needs your help to check up on your neighbors. Don't worry. It's for their own good. We just want them to live better lives OR ELSE.
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posted on
05/22/2010 8:24:19 AM PDT
by
irv
(Live Tea or die!)
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