U.K. CONFIDENTIAL (Mark Steyn on our creepy future)

National Review ^ | 18 May 2010 | Mark Steyn

[JLS]

The British election campaign didn’t 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 Brown’s Labour Party. On one side, there was a photograph of a woman suffering from breast cancer saying “It’s 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.

[JLS]

Steyn tells another strange story from the recent UK election involving government health care and maybe privacy.

[JLS]

Steyn ping opportunity.

[JennysCool]

An extremely important Steyn piece. Thanks for the post!

[knews_hound]

Pinging the Steyn list for a timely column.






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[MaggieCarta]

Thanks for pinging me, knews_hound.

BTTT for the one and only Mark Steyn.

[Tax-chick]

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 they’ll cut off your chemo and kill you.

This is surprising only because it's so desperately tacky.

[dead]

Man that is creepy. And it is our future.

[GreyMountainReagan]

btt

[alwaysconservative]

As always, thanks so much for the ping!

[GraceG]

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.

[Admin Moderator]

Man that is creepy. And it is our future.

Stolen for headline addition: thanks. Article promoted to front page.

[GeronL]

wow

[Albion Wilde]

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 they’ll need to know about you to establish that – and how they’ll go about finding out."

(emphasis mine)

[Jack Hydrazine]

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.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“... I wonder what they’ll need to know about you to establish that – and how they’ll go about finding out.”

It’s called the proctological examination from hell.

[irv]

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 they’ll need to know about you to establish that – and how they’ll 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.