Government-Controlled Economy, in Today's News 10.28.09

Government-Controlled Economy. The great Rothschild power grab, otherwise known as the economic crisis of 2008-09, continues its audacious program of theft. 

Now they are on the verge of Congress giving power to the Federal Reserve System to police the country's largest financial companies, including the ability to seize and break up failing companies, and to order large firms to shrink.

Rothschild agents and front men were instrumental in the formation of the Fed early in the last century. The Rothschilds attained predominant control of the Fed decision-making then and they have not relinquished it since.

The Fed is a private organization that is owned by the largest banks which are in turn owned by the Rothschilds and others of their ilk. The Fed tries to present itself as a government agency because the Fed director is appointed by the President and approved by Congress. But the government has no shares in the stock of the Fed. The Fed's decision are strictly in the interests of the families which own it.

The economic crisis was precipitated by the bank owners with the aim of transforming the American economy into a government-controlled economy with the Fed as the principle instrument of the government. Soon after the crisis began the Fed sought to reform the entire financial regulatory arrangement in the economy to give the Fed the central and pivotal role. When this effort became stalled in Congress, the Fed just reread their own rules and decided they already had the power to oversee the banking sector.

Now the Fed is striving to attain even greater powers. The legislation under review would give the Fed the power to direct any large financial holding company to sell or transfer assets or stop certain activities if the central bank determined there could be a 'threat to the safety and soundness of such company or to the financial stability of the United States.' The proposal would also require financial firms to pay for the unwinding of a collapsed competitor.

The Obama administration has taken significant steps toward consolidating a government-controlled economy. The Obama people have done their best to meet the Fed demands. They have made unprecedented forays into major corporate entities, such as General Motors. They have established various 'czars' to oversee aspects of the drive to a planned economy, including a pay czar who decreed unilaterally and without appeal that bank salaries were to be cut drastically.

The Rothschilds and the other families and forces at the pinnacle of world power are intent on changing the American economy into a centrally-controlled economy under their iron fists. They show no signs of relenting until they get their way. And everyday the American economy looks more and more like a soviet economy in formation.

The Rothschilds already control the central economic units in the United States through their agents on the boards of directors. Now they are looking to have the ability to step in and rearrange the corporate world at their whim.

The ultimate aim is to create a world-wide fortune-creating machine under the control of the Rothschilds with the world's population serving as the wage slaves under tight control. They are well on their way to achieving their goals.

The Rothschilds' constant effort to rule the world is the most important development in the world today and for the foreseeable future. Anyone who is seriously trying to preserve and promote what is good and righteous in the world, must start their considerations with the reality of the Rothschild drive to control the world. One's appreciation of any event in world politics must start from the context of what the Rothschilds are trying to do.

And so we come back to the Church. The teachings of Jesus are the only antidote to the world of mammon promoted by the Rothschilds. But those teachings only have a minimal effect if the Church leaders and hierarchy do not comprehend what is happening to the world, and how the Rothschilds plan is an extreme danger to the Church and the faithful.

The Pope is about to have his third synagogue spectacular when he visits the synagogue in Rome. Such actions play right into the hands of the Rothschilds. The actions enable the Rothschilds to proceed with their grand plan with minimal opposition, and especially without the opposition of the one power in the world that can stop them -- the power of the Savior.

Were the Church leaders and hierarchy to orient the Catholic world toward establishing the world rule of the teachings of Jesus, the world would look very different, and the Rothschilds would have met their potential nemesis. There was a time not too long ago when the Church leaders attempted to bring the world to an understanding of the way of Jesus as the only means of saving the world and the world's population. 

There is no higher priority than bringing the Church leaders back to this orientation.

Israel, in Today's News 10.28.09

Israel. Prosecutors have begun the trial of Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb wartime leader, in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The case against him revolves around his alleged plan to build a mono-ethnic Serbian state through terror and murder.

A significant charge against Karadzic. One wonders if there are any other nations that have sought to build a mono-ethnic state through terror and murder.

And, by golly, there is!! There is a country that not only had such a plan, they actually carried it out, and continues to do so!

One wonders when the leaders of this country will be brought to trial and when the media will denounce the obvious racism.

Don't hold your breath.

Health Care, in Today's News 10.26.09

Health Care. Be prepared for a media deluge justifying the change in the medical world brought about by the upcoming legislation.

Today's Chicago Tribune carried two articles that indicate the drum beat has begun.

The first article was a major, major spread discussing how cancer and other screenings for seniors are costly and unnecessary. The argument goes that the screenings are for early detection of a cancer, but the elderly are already past the age where early detection is useful.

The second article reports that some ambulance services are raising fees for obese patients. The argument goes that it costs more to handle an overweight person, so why not charge for the extra cost.

Basic changes such as these are the intent of the proposed health care legislation. The idea is to transform medical care from a compassionate basis to one controlled by the government under cost-control guidelines. And so in these cases, for instance, who decides if a person is too old or too heavy? Why the government, of course, who will quickly establish 'best practices' guidelines to ensure compliance with their judgement.

It is simply astounding that the Church leaders and hierarchy don't have a clue about what the coming legislation proposes to do. The leaders are focused in on what the legislators say the legislation is: reform medical care, make medical care available to all, etc. But that is all misdirection, even if some worthy changes are made. The real aim of those behind this legislation is establish once and for all that cost-control and cost-reduction govern health care.

If they are successful health care will dramatically change for the faithful and everyone else. The elderly and the critically ill will feel the effect most quickly and most tragically. 

Pray for the dawn of insight in those who lead the Catholic world that they may see what is actually happening and do something about it. 

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 57, in Today's News 10.26.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. President Obama has declared that the swine-flu outbreak is a national emergency.  Obama was only just following the script for the scare campaign which undoubtedly said something like: mid-October President declares emergency.

The stumbling nature of scare campaign means that this particular declaration on health emergency is pro-forma and will have little impact. It didn't even make page one of the Wall Street Journal.

One shudders to contemplate, however, what such a declaration would have meant if the scare campaign directors had been able to fully implement their plans. A presidential determination of a health emergency triggers federal, state, and local regulations that include mandatory vaccination and mandatory quarantining among other outrageous and unconstitutional stipulations.

What the scare campaign directors had in mind months ago will probably never be known. But it was their incompetence and the intelligence of the public that saved the country from their more drastic plans.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 56, in Today's News 10.24.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. Opps. The directors of the swine-flu scare campaign have screwed up again. It's becoming more and more difficult to take these people seriously, even as adversaries.

First they projected a campaign that came just short of mandatory vaccination. Then they failed to allow enough time to adequately test the new vaccine. Then they announced that the vaccine would not be available until well into the anticipated flu season. That announcement was followed by another saying that the amount of vaccine to be received would be 25% less than planned. Finally, today the directors have revealed that less than half of the expected vaccine has been delivered.

The cryptocracy has to be viewing all this with disbelief. The idea was to launch a big effort to accustom the public to receiving vaccine shots. An ideal bug was found; ideal because it didn't essentially differ from an existing bug that was sure to hit in the flu season. They planned out a mammoth campaign, lined up local and state government agencies, health organizations and associations, political and health leaders, and the media. A new director was brought into the Center for Disease Control to lead the charge. Then they set their plan in motion. That's when the incompetence appeared.

Instead of an intimidated public, there now exists even greater skepticism about government announcements, and especially about the health dangers from these vaccines.

The key to the failure of the campaign so far is the intelligence of the public, who refused in great numbers to go along with what they were being told about swine flu and the necessity of vaccination. This is an important lesson. The cryptocracy tends to think of the public as peasants that can be easily led around and manipulated. Perhaps events such as this will lead the cryptocracy to be a little more respectful of the average Joe and Mary. It's doubtful, but one can always hope.

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.23.09

Afghanistan. The United States now has two weeks to undermine Afghan President Karzai before the second round of national voting. The goal is to so discredit Karzai that he loses the election. Baring that, the hope is to weaken him so much that he is forced to share power with someone who is more devoted to American war aims. 

The United States effort is off to a flying start. The Afghan Independent Election Commission [the 'independent' presumably means independent of Karzai] announced that "2,000 to 25,000 [voting] stations won't open, most of them in restive eastern and southern Afghanistan, Mr. Karzai's main base of support." [!!!!!] The Wall Street Journal (today, page A14) reports, "U.N. representatives have been pushing for more stations to remain closed..."

Well, that's one way to vote Karzai out of office. Don't let his supporters vote!!

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The Obama strategy for Afghanistan is becoming clear. The 'strategic review' for Afghanistan was simply a means of gaining time so that the elements of the new United States policy could fall into place. Obama is shooting for a settlement in Afghanistan that will allow US troops to be reduced, even withdrawn. Thus Obama is choosing the 'declare victory and get out' option.

Obama needs to accomplish two things to make it work. First, he needs a deal with the Taliban that they will leave al Qaeda behind and join a reconciliation government. Backdoor diplomatic efforts are now occurring to see if it is possible. The current Pakistan offensive against the Taliban helps put pressure on the Taliban to reach a settlement.

Second, Obama needs to get Karzai out of the way. He must either go, or agree to join a power-sharing government that ideally would include a tamed Taliban. The next two weeks will tell the tale of this adventure.

This strategy is a gamble for Obama, especially because it puts the Taliban in the driver's seat. The more the Taliban holds out, the more likely will they be able to call the shots on a new government, within limits of course.

Government-Controlled Economy, in Today's News 10.23.09

Government-Controlled Economy. The deed is definitively done!! The Obama administration has just taken the decisive steps that transforms the American economy into a government-controlled economy.

First, yesterday the Obama pay czar, who by the way has no constitutional authority, cut bank executives salaries by 50%. 

Today, the Federal Reserve exercised its newly found enforcement powers to aggressively regulate compensation at thousands of lenders.

The Wall Street Journal observes (page one, today): "...[the] separate announcements by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department represent unprecedented federal intervention in pay decisions traditionally left to boards and shareholders." [!!!!!]

Thus, a central aim of the cryptocracy is achieved. The economic crisis was precipitated in part to centralize, economize and control the corporate entities that are siphoning off way too much money for salaries, etc. That income is supposed to go to the cryptocracy.

And so, the United States now has an economy that in formation looks like that of the Soviet Union. 

Most Americans are unaware how much life in the country has actually changed. Unlike a generation or two ago, Americans are now hemmed in by regulations, controls and bureaucracies that govern every aspect of life. Employment compensation is now under the thumb of the Fed and the czar. The medical profession is bound by insurance rules that affect every person. 'News' of the world is strictly governed by a few media giants that tell anything but the truth. Acknowledgement of the ten commandments and other religious symbols as foundations of civilization are forbidden. The government even aspires to tell people what constitutes a marriage.

Along with the soviet-ization of the country, Stalin-like behavior and tactics in politics are becoming prevalent. Kimberley Strassel has an excellent column today on this growing phenomenon, although she doesn't call it Stalin-ization. Titled "The Chicago Way," it is a must read. The best quote is the lead sentence: "When Barack Obama promised to deliver 'a new kind of politics' to Washington, most folk didn't picture Rahm Emanuel with a baseball bat"  [!!!!!]

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.22.09

Afghanistan. To develop a better understanding of what is really going on behind the scenes between the United States and Pakistan President Karzai, read the following from a paragraph in Karl Rove's column today.

"...Mr. Obama refused to take a call from Afghan President Karzai after his recent disputed election, a confidante to Mr. Karzai told me. That same confidante also said that the Afghan president was dismayed when political strategist James Carville, who has close ties to both Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and [White House chief of staff] Mr. Emmanuel, became an advisor to Ashraf Ghani, who ran against Mr. Karzai. Mr. Karzai took that as a sign that Mr. Obama was encouraging opposition to him. And, finally, administration figures have raised doubts about the White House's confidence in Afghanistan's government. In his interview on CNN on Sunday, for example, Mr. Emmanuel questioned 'whether, in fact, there's an Afghan partner."

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.22.09

Catholic Church. The reason behind the Society of Saint Paul X's agreement to closed discussions with no time limit with the Vatican now becomes a little clearer. Bernard Fellay, the Superior General of the Society of St. Pius X, gave an interview to a Chilean newspaper in which he stated that "there is a lot of truth" to speculation that the Vatican is moving to convert the SSPX into a personal prelature, similar to Opus Dei.

In other words, an agreement could be in the making that the meeting with the Vatican will recommend. We will see.

Certainly, this move would make sense after the recent overture to the Anglicans. If a special accommodation can be made for the Anglicans, why not for the SSPX which after all is only defending the Church legacy.

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Bishop Fellay also commented on the Bishop Williamson controversy, saying the attack on Bishop Williamson "was a well-planned attack, not against the Society [SSPX], but directed against the person of Pope Benedict XVI, in order to tarnish his gesture."

Bishop Fellay seems to be playing up to the Pope here, but the statement does have some truth to it. And yet, Bishop Fellay seems to miss that those behind the attack on Williamson have an over-riding interest in establishing the holocaust as central event in world history. Their attack on Bishop Williamson served this aim as well.

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.21.09

Afghanistan. The United States effort to force Afghan President Karzai into a run-off election has succeeded. How did they do it? Therein lies a tale.

First some background. The Afghan regime has become more and more isolated as regional leaders form blocs with the Taliban to overthrow the government. The US recently decided that Karzai could no longer govern effectively in carrying out the US interests. He had to go, so that a new regime could try to turn the situation around. The problem, of course, is nowadays the US can't just go in and dump someone they don't like. Now they have to go through the motions of replacing Karzai 'democratically.' All this has added importance now that the Obama regime is looking to settle the war and still protect Obama's reputation. To this end, all manner of backdoor negotiations are occurring between the Taliban and the US. The US hope is that a new Afghan regime can work out a compromise with the Taliban to the exclusion of al Qaeda.

The US decided that the best way of disposing of Karzai was through manipulating the results of the recent elections. The media began beating the drums about corruption in the Afghan elections. Based on the media's claims the US brought in the UN-led Electoral Complaints Commission to examine the alleged fraud.

Election results showed Karzai with a 54.6% victory, enough to claim the presidency. When the commission finished its 'work' Karzai's total was 48.3%, only enough for a run-off election, which just happened to be what the US wanted.

When Karzai recognized the job being done on him, he and his supporters refused to support the commission results. Enter Senator John Kerry, he of nimble tongue.

Kerry, at Obama's request, flew to Afghanistan and went on a five-day marathon 'discussion' with Karzai. Karzai began to bend but said if the new commission results were accepted, his authority would be undermined.

What to do, what to do? Simple, the results of the election were simply changed! An agreement was reached that Karzai would lose a majority by three tenths of one percent. No one even bothers to try to justify the new result as based on some kind of count. And thus Karzai is moderately happy about his authority, and the US obtains the run-off election.

And so another outrageous manipulation of a nation's internal affairs is performed by the US. And most amazing of all, it is all done in the name of freedom and democracy.

The election will occur in a couple of weeks. The US will now go into high gear to undercut Karzai.

Health Care, in Today's News 10.19.09

Health Care. As the health care legislation moves toward adoption, "expert panels" remain a part of the package intended for vote.

"Expert panels" will provide 'guidelines' for doctors on what procedures to perform on a patient. The recommendations of these panels will inevitably be seen as 'best practices,' and would therefore be adopted as blueprints for which procedures health insurance should cover. A doctor who does not follow the guidelines could face reductions in their insurance and medicare payments. The goal of all this, of course, is to reduce costs. 

If adopted, expert panels will become a third party in every doctor-patient consultation. The third party will be the expert-panel guidelines, from which there can be no deviation without penalty. Thus, this third party is not an equal participant. The third party is the one with veto power, and moreover there is no appeal from the third party determinations.

More than anything else in the proposed legislation, expert panels signify a fundamental turning point in health care. Compassionate health care, the contribution of the Church to humanity, will be replaced with government control operating on a cost-cutting basis.

The proposed system is only good for the cryptocracy who will see a greater share of societal wealth go from health care to their pockets. Everyone else will suffer. Patients will be saddled with a blueprint plan for health recovery, and it will be extremely difficult to obtain alternate care. Doctors will be hamstrung by best practices which may or may not fit a particular problem. Doctors actually become like robots; all they have to do is identify a problem and the regulations take over. Any attempt to do something different would be punished. Society as a whole will find itself weighted down by yet another impersonal, inhuman massive bureaucracy attempting to control citizens' lives.

The change is not in the interest of anyone. Yet, there is no outcry against the expert-panel outrage. Every now and then someone will speak out, as in the Wall Street Journal today on the commentary page, "'Expert Panels' Won't Improve Health Care."  But where are the associations and organizations that represent professionals and patients? Their presence is noticeable by their absence.

And most outrageous of all is the silence of the leaders of the Church and Catholic organizations. Nothing has crossed the desk here presenting Catholic commentary on expert panels. We now face the likely possibility that one of the great legacies of the Church is set to slip into oblivion because no leader saw fit to oppose it. 

The Church leaders have the capability to stop the expert panels. The faithful are a large percentage of the public. If the faithful were motivated to take action against the expert panels, the cryptocracy and legislators would sit up and take notice. Even just a nation-wide campaign of prayer would shake the rafters.

Yet, the Church leaders don't even seem to recognize the problem. The change to expert panels is the central issue of the health care legislation. The Bishops, however, are concentrating on a number of other issues, all important. They seem to miss entirely that the compassionate care of the needy that Jesus' teaching brought about is under unprecedented challenge.

Moreover, the Bishops seem to be positioning themselves to approve the legislation if they receive a few crumbs from the legislators. If they do approve legislation that contains expert panels, it will be one of the greater disgraces in the history of the Church.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 55, in Today's News 10.17.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. Oops, another screw-up by the directors of the swine flu scare campaign. Not only did they fail to arrange to have their vaccine ready at the same time that the campaign was to be in full swing. Now, it turns out that they will receive 25% less vaccine than reported.

The cryptocracy's goal of using this scare campaign to condition the public to accept vaccination (even mandatory vaccination) without protest is failing through sheer incompetence by the campaign directors. Instead of herding the public into a mass vaccination, they have succeeded in promoting the growth of public cynicism.

The latest Pew poll shows that 47% of adults were not planning to get the swine flu shot. Of them, 35% believed the vaccine was too risky or that it hasn't been tested thoroughly.

It must be very frustrating for those who would control the public to see so much intelligence among their subjects-to-be.

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They said they were going to do it, and now they are doing it. The swine flu directors said a few weeks ago that they would publicize the deaths of children to try to convince the public of the danger of swine flu and the necessity of mass vaccination. And so, today the Center for Disease Control announced that 47 children have died from swine flu since the end of August. The CDC made the announcement with emotionally charged words and scare-mongering. 

These people have no shame!

Past experience demonstrates that if the CDC is reporting data, be extremely suspect. The CDC is a highly political entity and not above twisting data to serve their political ends. In this case, they just report the number without any other data. Lacking is whether the victims had underlying chronic illnesses or how these numbers compare with seasonal flu or even how they know it was swine flu and not seasonal flu.

A similar distortion is the statement found in today's Wall Street Journal, "...the new H1N1 flu has become widespread in 41 states." The impression is given that the flu bug is sweeping the nation. But, actually all the sentence says is that the flu bug is in 41 states, making it widespread. Again no data is provided. If a state has one case of swine flu, it makes the list of states. And the more states that can be reported with swine flu cases, the better for promoting hysteria.

 

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.16.09

Catholic Church. The Vatican announced today that the dialogue with Society of Saint Pius X will take place on October 26. The Vatican said the initial talks would focus on unresolved doctrinal issues. The Vatican also stipulated that the content of the meeting(s) would remain 'strictly private.'

Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the SSPX, said the talks with the Vatican could take a long time.

So lets hope the SSPX knows what it is doing. The SSPX has agreed to a long series of talks with the Vatican that are private. In other words, the discussion in the Church over Vatican II that the SSPX has long wanted will now be confined to a few SSPX leaders and senior staff members of the Vatican.

The Vatican officials are schooled in double-talk and double-think. It will be quite easy for them to tie these talks up for a long, long time, perhaps endlessly. A skilled negotiator knows how to string out a discussion to the point of meaninglessness.

The situation almost looks like a trap. The SSPX is stuck in an arrangement that potentially has no end-point and that is unlikely to solve the issues. The only way out of the straight-jacket is to walk out of the talks.

Perhaps this the aim of the Vatican: to keep talking until they are able to force or to provoke the SSPX to split. The cards are certainly laid out to facilitate such a maneuver.

Bishop Fellay has proved himself in the past to be ingenious about parrying the Vatican's attempts to isolate him and the SSPX. We will now see what he will do in this latest set-up.

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The SSPX should expect that the Vatican will push, push, push on the issue of relations with the Jewish religion. The SSPX's failure to defend Bishop Williamson when he was under world-wide attack has left the SSPX vulnerable on this issue. The Vatican will not fail to exploit this opening in an attempt to put the SSPX on the defensive.

 

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.16.09

Afghanistan. Afghan President Karzai better scramble if he wants to avoid the Ken-Lewis-treatment, or worse, from the United States. The weeks' long investigation of corruption in the Afghan presidential election is nothing more than an effort by the United States to undermine and get rid of Karzai.

After working the fraud-in-the-elections gambit for weeks, the US finally is close to establishing the need for a run-off election between Karzai and the former foreign minister Abdullah. The US polling apparatus shows that Karzai would probably win, but never underestimate the effort of the war chiefs. When they get their runoff, they will then turn their energy to character-assassination of Karzai.

Karzai had better move fast if he doesn't want to join the long list of politicians who displeased the cryptocracy and were removed in one manner or another.

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"Sen. Levin Crafts Afghan Compromise." This is a headline in today's Wall Street Journal (page A6). This article purports to convince us that Senator Levin, the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has entered the great discussion of Afghan policy by proposing to solve the dilemma of more troops versus a 'counter-terror' push with fewer troops. Levin's compromise: train the Afghan army faster!!

Now there is a new idea!!!! This stratagem was a complete disaster in Vietnam, where the South Vietnamese army, built up fast by the US, was incapable of defending the regime, and ultimately led to the collapse of the war effort. In Iraq, the new idea was implemented and resulted in no decrease in US troops. This army too will probably collapse when the Americans reduce their armed influence.

It seems this 'new' approach is what the war mongers come up with when they realize that they cannot win a war. Just train the indigenous army quickly and hope for the best. In the long run this strategy provides cover for the war mongers when the war is lost. 'We didn't lose, it was the Afghan-Iraq-South Vietnamese army who lost the war.'

Czars, in Today's News 10.16.09

Czars. Just a thought. Many have commented that it is ironic that the extremely-left Obama administration would use the word 'czar' to define the 32 people hired to control various matters from the automotive industry to compensation decisions. The Czar after all was the main European bulwark for many decades against the same outlook as Obama's.

But maybe, just maybe, Obama's czar is a shortening (and deliberate misspelling) of the word 'commissar'. The Russian revolution brought the concept of commissars to the political world, and they seem to have played the same role then that Obama's 'czars' play today.

Just a thought.

Bank of America, in Today's News 10.16.09

Bank of America. Wow, does the cryptocracy ever have a thing against Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D. Lewis. After months of harassment, they finally forced him to retire. Now yesterday the "pay czar" decided that Lewis must give back $1 million dollars in salary, plus forego the rest of his salary for 2009.

As the Wall Street Journal remarks today, "The move makes Mr. Lewis the biggest target so far of Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury's 'special master' for compensation."

The public will probably never know the inside story behind this unprecedented effort to drive out and victimize the head of a prominent bank. But, it certainly would be a juicy story.

Incidentally, Lewis is probably regretting his decision to retire before the pay czar made his decision. Lewis now has no base that he could use to fight back.

Health Care, in Today's News 10.15.09

Health Care. The Church Bishops have released another statement on the proposed Obama health care legislation. The Bishops commendably expressed their disappointment that the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of health reform legislation without resolving problems related to abortion funding, conscience rights, affordability and legal immigrants. The Bishops say they will oppose the law if it stands as written now.

One can only applaud the Bishops if they oppose the legislation, no matter what the reason. Let us hope they have the backbone to carry through. 

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.14.09

Catholic Church. The Judaization of the Church continues apace. The Vatican has announced that Benedict XVI will visit the Rome synagogue and meet with the city's Jewish community in January.

The Pope did not wake up one morning and decide to make this visit. For someone of the stature of the Pope, a meeting such as this one, requires months of discussion, planning and arrangement-setting between the respective staffs. That all this occurred is indicated by the date chosen, which is a Jewish commemoration.

One would think the Church situation was just fine, and therefore important staff time can be spent on a visit to the Rome synagogue. But as any school child knows, the seminaries are still shutting down, religious have almost disappeared, pews are empty, etc. All these issues deserve the overriding attention of the central Church figures, and this doesn't even mention world events such as the economic crisis, threats of war, etc.

No, Benedict doesn't seem to prioritize what would seem to be the central Church problems. He has set a course to make nice to the those who follow the Talmud. Benedict has set an example through his actions for the whole Church that 'reconciliation' with the Rabbis is task number one. As a result the insidious influence of the Talmud creeps into the Church.

The Church has 2,000 years of experience on the questions of Judaization. Yet, Benedict, who presumably knows something about history, conveniently throws out all the Church experience without even a reference to it.

The humorous part of all this is: no matter how much Benedict does to please the Rabbis, it is still not enough. In his recent trip to Israel several influential figures among the Rabbis simply tore apart Benedict and especially his remarks on the holocaust.

Here's a list of what Benedict has done during his Papacy to show his support for Judaization: (the list mostly comes from an article by John Thavis at Catholic News Service)

** Visited the main New York synagogue.

** Visited the main Cologne, Germany synagogue.

** Visited Auschwitz.

** Traveled to Israel.

** Went to the wailing wall.

** Met holocaust survivors at the holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.

Also, there seems to be a steady stream of Judaic leaders to the Vatican to speak with Benedict.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 54, in Today's News 10.14.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. The swine-flu scare campaign directors keep trying to convince the public that the swine flu threat is really, really serious. Any little item that can somehow be blown up into something dramatic is good enough for them.

The Wall Street Journal today (page A6) reports that almost half of those afflicted with swine flu who went to the hospital had no chronic underlying condition. Sounds scary, right?  Well, so far a total of 644 people out of the entire American population fit this category. The WSJ also fails to compare this number with the numbers for seasonal flu. One can be sure that seasonal flu is probably worse.

The media and their employers want so much for there to be a swine flu pandemic, that they are willing stretch any little truth into a big, big deal.

Today's Agence French Press has an article that claims that seasonal flu is more deadly than swine flu. So far, so good. But the article goes on to say that a second wave of swine flu should be expected any time now. Try, try again. The first wave was a complete dud. So now, the scare campaign directors are going to try to conjure up the real deal for a second wave.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 53, in Today's News 10.13.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. The expected propaganda barrage to stampede the public into accepting swine-flu vaccinations is now proceeding. As a result it has become almost impossible to keep up with the distortions, half-truths, exaggerations, misleading data, lies, fear-mongering and hysteria. Apparently the directors of the swine-flu scare campaign will stop at nothing.

Here are few things to watch out for:

** Deaths. The directors are intent on publicizing any death related to swine flu. Especially important to them are deaths of young people. The directors figure that this emphasis is the surest way of scaring everyone into believing that an essentially harmless virus is in fact very dangerous. The media, of course, will jump on anything to please the directors. Case in point: a 14-year old girl was reported to have died suddenly in northern Illinois from swine flu. This gave the media an opportunity for big headlines, etc. Only problem: one day later it turned out she had a heart condition. Nota bene: almost every death from swine flu is with people who have an underlying serious health problem.

** Hysteria. The media does all it can to promote hysteria, to make people do irrational things. In a small town paper received here, the high school football game was cancelled because three players had 'swine flu'. It probably was only seasonal flu because it takes some time to prove it was swine flu. And yet on very little evidence the big event in town gets cancelled.

** Misleading data. Hardly a day goes by without a newspaper reporting an increase in swine flu. But check the data carefully. First it is probably not swine flu, but a seasonal flu or even a cold. Second, the data is usually insignificant but the media presents it in the most dramatic fashion. 

** Fear-mongering. Today the Wall Street Journal ran a front page article warning that swine flu could overwhelm hospital intensive care units. They cite three studies to back up their conclusions. The idea here is that if people can be convinced that the hospitals will not be able to handle the cases, then this virus has to be really serious. But if the article is read carefully the authors are talking about a highly hypothetical situation.

** Panic. Headlines began appearing today that there is not enough vaccine to go around, so therefore everyone should get their shot now before the supply runs out. But, it has been known for months that the vaccine would be available late. Plus there is no sign that swine flu is taking hold. So doesn't it seem strange that these headlines would appear now? Well, no, if you have no conscience and want to institutionalize mandatory vaccinations.

Other examples will appear as the directors become more and more desperate for their campaign to succeed.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 52, in Today's News 10.09.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. One of the central factors behind the crazed swine-flu scare campaign became clear today. The Wall Street Journal ran a major feature article on GlaxoSmithKline PLC, one of the manufactures of the swine-flu vaccine. The front page article, "Glaxo's Big Bet on Battling Pandemics," describes how Glaxo is risking its corporate future on selling vaccines for pandemics, starting with swine flu.

Here are some quotes that demonstrate that Glaxo has been one on the key motivating forces behind the swine-flu campaign. Government agencies, health groups, the media and others are cooperating in this unprecedented fraud to ensure profits for Glaxo and its fellow manufacturers of vaccine.

"GlaxoSmithKline PLC has spent five years fashioning itself into a one-stop pandemic shop."

"Glaxo began delivering doses of its new H1N1 vaccine this week...to combat, and cash in on [!!!!], virulent virus strains."

"The company has spent more than $3.2 billion on research, acquisitions and extra manufacturing in anticipation of a flu pandemic." Curious, is it not, that they knew when a pandemic would occur and therefore to spend piles of money to be ready just in time.

"With the new H1N1 strain sparking concern around the world, the company has faced some accusations of profiteering." No!! How could that be?

"So far, [Glaxo's] gamble appears to be paying off. On Tuesday, Glaxo said governments around the globe have ordered 440 million doses of its swine-flu vaccine...and could represent revenues of some $4 billion...Glaxo has also received an order from the US for about $250 million worth of bulk-vaccine ingredients and 'pandemic products.'"

"Glaxo's strategy reflects how drug makers are pushing beyond prescription pills as valuable patents expire...A business built on vaccines is less likely to be undercut by low-cost producers..."

"[Glaxo Chief Executive Officer] believes that with governments becoming more concerned about pandemics, the business has staying power."

"With its [2004] bird-flu vaccine in hand, Glaxo started promoting the shots hard...Glaxo kept pushing. It signed contracts with governments...Throughout 2008, as bird flu continued to circulate, Glaxo representatives made frequent house calls to countries' heath ministries."

"When swine flu surfaced...Glaxo quickly shifted gears...Glaxo flu experts intensified their visits to national health ministries. Some in the industry say the company walked a fine line between educating government officials and making a hard sell.[!!!!!!] Glaxo says its visits are aimed at telling governments about the changing state of the swine-flu virus..." [!!!!!!]

And so, the whole world is thrown in turmoil to ensure Glaxo and Big Pharm have their profits!

The story is clear. In the face of declining profits, Glaxo came up with a new product, pandemic vaccine. Once that was in place, Glaxo only needed two things: demand for the product and a pandemic. 

Glaxo, and presumably other Big Pharm firms, lobbied governments here and there on the need for their product. They even 'educated' these governments about the danger of the flu bugs. Many governments bought in, purchasing (big) contracts for the vaccines. 

Glaxo's game plan fit perfectly with the cryptocracy's goal of instituting mandatory vaccination on the world's population. The cryptocracy's support meant that the media, governments, health organization would all line up to accomplish the project.

All that was needed was a good pandemic. Coincidentally, just when all the elements were in place, along came swine flu. How could Glaxo ever have known to have their scheme all set just at the moment swine flu appeared? [Sarcasm]

These people have no conscience whatsoever.

Health Care, in Today's News 10.08.09

Health Care. The Catholic News Agency reports that the US bishops sent an open letter today to Congress stating that they will "vigorously oppose" the health care bills unless they prevent taxpayer funds form paying for abortion, make care available for everyone and ensure that immigrants have access to the health system.

One can only applaud the long-overdue pledge to do something about the health care legislation. And the three objects of their resolution are worthy. And if the bishops were to prevail on Congress, the victory might effect changes in other parts of the legislation.

It is necessary to point out, however, that the bishops entirely miss the point of the present drive to reform health care. Obama and both parties are intent on transforming medical care from a compassionate basis to a cost-cutting, government-controlled basis. Such a change will be great for those who own the wealth of the country, but disastrous for everyone else.

No where do the bishops refer to this transcendent issue. Not only do they ignore it, they have given the impression over and over again that they would support the legislation if their three concerns are met. (By the way, the bishops did not include the right to conscience for medical workers in their central issues of concern in their open letter. Previous statements always included it. This omission is surely a step in the wrong direction.)

Here are two matters in the legislation that call out for the Church leaders to say something:

1). The proposed legislation calls for levying a fine on those who do not procure health care insurance coverage. The proposed fine may be as much as $3,000 per person!!! It doesn't take any imagination at all to see that this provision would affect the poorest, least advantaged people in the country. And surely, a good percentage of these are found among the faithful. Do the bishops have anything at all to say about this? Shouldn't they be shouting from the rooftops? They might say that their concern for affordable coverage for all covers the question of fines. Maybe so, but it is a little strained. The point is that the Congressional leaders are serious about imposing fines. And therefore the Church leaders should be serious about vigorously and expliciitly opposing the fines.

2). A number of proposals have been made for the legislation that involve evaluating doctors on their performance, on how many tests they order, etc. Those receiving the least rating would have their medicare payments reduced. Such provisions will encourage doctors to avoid seriously ill patients and other situations that may put them in a bad light. Again it is simple to see that the victims of this proposed provision will be found among the faithful, especially the elderly and those with chronic illnesses. Is it not reasonable that the faithful would expect their Church leaders to take a stand on this key issue? What is involved here is the beginning of the abolition of compassionate health care, the great contribution and legacy of the Catholic Church. It is a disgrace that the leaders are silent on something like this.

In general the Church leaders stance on the health care legislation has been off. They seem to frame everything in a stance of support to what they see as a "much-needed" reform of health care. The object seems to be that they can attain their goals by cooperating with the framers of the legislation. It won't work. These legislative leaders are carrying out their orders and they are nothing but intent; repeat intent. If the legislators get their way, the health care of Americans, including the faithful, will sharply decline. Such a reality ought to induce the Church leaders and bishops to oppose the thrust of the proposed legislation. Perhaps their open letter is a step in this direction. Let us hope.

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.07.09

Afghanistan. The so-called Presidential review of war strategy for Afghanistan is a fraud designed to fool the public into thinking that Obama's decision will be fair and reasonable based on a studied discussion of all options.

Obama feels obliged to go through this charade because he has lots and lots of opposition that must be neutralized. First is the military, who are pushing strongly for a mammoth increase in troops to Afghanistan. Second is his own party's left wing who are angry with Obama for not carrying out his campaign pledge to pull out of Afghanistan. Third are the 'allies' who are fatigued by trying to help the US in an effort that they could care less about. Fourth is the American public whose opposition to the war grows with each new poll of their opinions. 

Obama has no policy options that will help him out of the mess. He desperately does not want to send in more troops because the resulting major war will get in the way of the 'reforms' he wants to accomplish. But, if he holds the line on troops, he risks the Taliban and al Qaeda scoring major victories and destabilizing what is left of the American-imposed government. Plus, his troops in Afghanistan will be somewhat short of being inspired. And a continuing US presence in Afghanistan will feed public opposition and disenchant the left wing of the Democrats.

Obama hopes to avoid sending in more troops by somehow reaching an understanding with the Taliban. His dream is to convince the Taliban to shut out Al Qaeda and then play a 'positive' role in building a new Afghan government. If agreed, then the US will basically leave the Taliban alone. This approach is really only making a virtue out of necessity, because so many Afghan provincial leaders have formed blocs with the Taliban to overthrow the present government. 

The idea of driving a wedge between the Taliban and al Qaeda is so unreal that one wonders if Obama takes it seriously. He probably thinks that nothing ventured is nothing gained, so why not.

The approach that Obama wants to pursue would keep U.S. troop levels roughly constant while refocusing the broader American mission in Afghanistan on killing individual al Qaeda leaders rather than protecting the Afghan population.

If he follows through with this, the US will definitively lose the war. The Afghan population will fall away, if they haven't already. The Afghan government will surely fall if the US orients away from protecting the population. Trying to kill individual al Qaeda leaders might have a success or two, but it will never work and amounts only to busy-work. The Taliban will easily see that they are winning, and will have no inclination to make a deal with the invaders.

An honest review of war strategy would reveal that there are no options that serve Obama's interests. If he were smart he would cut and run, and minimize the loses. But there is no possibility of US withdrawal. The political price Obama would pay is too much for him.

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A humorous footnote: The Afghan troop decision is one of the most consequential for the Obama regime. To make sure he is covered politically, he has called in anyone connected with the war for the 'review'. So the question is, where is the person responsible for foreign policy, the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton? She is nowhere to be found. Obama has completely isolated Clinton, and also he keeps her under control by having her in his administration. Say what you will about Obama, but in this case he has demonstrated some adroit political maneuvering, while Clinton does her best to seem important.

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 51, in Today's News 10.07.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. Canada decided to postpone or limit seasonal-flu vaccination programs because an authoritative study has shown that it is easier to contract swine flu if one has annual seasonal flu shots!!

Here's a great quote (from today's Wall Street Journal page A6) from Perry Kendall, provincial health officer for British Colombia, "Concurrent inoculations for seasonal flu and H!N1--as are being given in the U.S. and other countries--would be a logistical nightmare, and it is unclear what will happen if both vaccines are administered at the same time. We don't know if you can give H1N1 in one arm and another in the other arm. Does one vaccine trump the other?"

And so the swine-flu-scare campaign directors screw up again. The failed to foresee such elementary questions as Kendall's. The authorities really have no idea what the swine flu bug is all about. And they know even less about the vaccine and its effects.

All that is important to them is to stampede the public into receiving their vaccine.

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Perhaps in partial answer to the above, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appealed anew today for widespread inoculation against a surging swine flu threat, calling the vaccine is unconditionally "safe and secure."

One wonders if she is worried about eating those words someday in the future.

The public is not buying all the hype about swine flu and the vaccine. The resistance is so great that it has forced Sebelius into making very risky statements.

New information such as the Canadian action only adds to the doubts of Americans about swine flu.

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The publicity barrage has begun by the swine-flu campaign directors. Articles on this and that aspect of the flu are beginning to appear daily. Television infomercials are due to appear any day.

Hang on to your hats. The authorities are desperate to save their campaign, and they may say anything to convince the public to get shots.

Israel, in Today's News 10.06.09

Israel. One of the risks taken by Obama in delaying an attack on Iran, is that the Israelis will take action anyway that would precipitate American involvement in militarily confronting Iran. Obama is undoubtedly acutely aware of this danger. If he is smart he is having the US intelligence agencies working extra hours to keep track of what the Israelis are up to.

But, as time marches on, the Israelis become more and more frustrated with Obama trying to buy time as he pretends to negotiate with the Iranians. One can be sure that Israel has a plan to force the US into an attack on Iran. Sooner or later, and sooner is getting closer and closer, they will implement their plan.

On October 5 the US took an unprecedented action to deter Israel. The US actually abstained on a resolution before the United Nations Security Council that Israel give up its nuclear weapons!! Diplomatic circles were stunned by the US failure to defend Israeli nuclear weapons, as they had done repeatedly in the past. Usually the US votes 'no' on such resolutions, ignoring the nuclear weapons in Israel while demanding Iran produce none.

In effect, the US was making a shot across the bow of Israel. The message certainly was that if Israel attacks Iran directly or indirectly, the backing of US is not assured. 

The US did this because they are getting worried about Israel's plans. As a discussion piece in today's Wall Street Journal (page A21) said, "Also factoring in the administration's thinking are reports that the Israelis are in the final stages of planning an attack on Iran's nuclear installations." [!!!!!!!!]

Be prepared for all kinds of fireworks on the Iran issue in the next few months.

BTW, the strain between Obama and Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu was shown in Netanyahu characterizing Obama over an accidentally open microphone as "worse than Chamberlain" .

Catholic Church, in Today's News 10.05.09

Catholic Church. The Catholic brain-trust has produced recently an article on Catholic-Jewish dialogue in 2002, followed by a clarifying note on June 18, 2009, followed by a statement of principles October 5, 2009, and an accompanying explanation letter. 

All this because leading rabbis 'had feelings of hurt' over some of the documents' statements. As Cardinal George and four other Bishops said, the June 18 note "led to misunderstanding and feelings of hurt among members of the Jewish community. Because we are dialogue partners, this hurt is ours as well."

To which the proper reaction is: Oh come on!!! In the name of all that is holy, stop it!!

Is the world really expected to believe this charade that the rabbis are "hurt." We are talking of grown men after all. No, they are not hurt, they are simply using an emotional word to get their way. 

Is it so difficult for the Church leaders to see that if they continually jump to respond to Rabbis' complaints they are in effect giving the Rabbis veto power over whatever the Rabbis don't like in Church policy? 

And what about the Church leaders? Are they so naive that they buy this 'hurt' stuff? Or are they consciously participating in the make-believe? Let the reader decide.

In the meantime, a war threat looms on Iran, compassionate health care is about to be abolished, unemployment soars and is predicted to remain high until 2013, steps are being taken to institute a world government, etc., etc. And the Church leaders spend enormous time trying to please the Rabbis, who will never be pleased.

One wonders if the Church leaders have ever heard of the idea of doing a cost-benefit analysis.

For insightful discussion on this issue, see the Maurice Pinay blog, "USCCB States Principles for "Dialogue" Fraud."

World Government, in Today's News 10.05.09

World Government. The Cryptocracy is moving quickly (and quietly) to set up the framework for the beginnings of their world government. The recent G-20 meeting decided to crown themselves as the directorate for the world in the first step toward a full-fledged world government. The G-20 will now sit in judgement of each country's economy and make appropriate recommendations on how to improve. The G-20 decided that the International Monetary Fund will provide the staff and administration (and also the enforcement) for the G-20 decisions.

The IMF annual meeting is occurring now, and they are dutifully proceeding to create what the G-20 wanted. Today's Wall Street Journal (page A10): "Among tasks already assigned to the IMF is the analysis of plans by G-20 nations to boost growth and monitoring whether nations are carrying them out. Along with the Financial Stabilization Board, an organization of central bankers and regulators, the IMF will preform similar work on regulatory proposals. The G-20 is also counting on the IMF to develop early warnings of asset bubbles and other major problems."

Unbeknownst to the world's population, this process is very far along. While it seems like a lot of busy work now and has the 'justification' of solving the economic crisis, the reality in the long run is that this process will result in the world dictatorship of the Cryptocracy. It will mean the end of Christian civilization.

The Cryptocracy and the apparatus it is developing are deadly (literally) enemies of the Church. One can pray for the Church leaders to wake up and to recognize the attack against the Church. One can also pray for a leader(s) who will tell the truth and fight uncompromisingly against the attempt to eliminate Christ's teachings and legacy.

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October 7 postscript. The IMF efforts to organize itself to serve the G-20 includes rearranging the governing structure of the IMF. Such change is frightening to some of the members of IMF. For example, Saudi Arabia. Today's Wall Street Journal (page A10): "Saudi Arabia is negotiating a substantial contribution to the International Monetary Fund in large part to assure its ownership share of the fund isn't reduced." The amount is around $10 billion.

Big changes are quietly rolling ahead. Is anyone in the Church even aware of what is going on?

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Update No 50, in Today's News 10.05.09

H1N1 (Swine) Flu. The cryptocracy must be thinking: What a group of incompetent boobs are running our current campaign to institute mandatory vaccination!!!

First, the directors of the campaign over-sold the danger from swine flu. As a result public cynicism flowered.

Next, they failed to allow enough time to test the vaccine. This too undermined public confidence in the government's swine-flu efforts.

Next, they managed to have the vaccine available weeks after the pandemic was supposed to strike. Their carefully planned schedule for developing the campaign was blown out of the water. As a result that had to bring their media propaganda virtually to a halt for a few weeks to allow the vaccine producers to catch up.

Now, they failed to figure out that a large number of skilled personnel will be needed to administer the vaccine. Today's Wall Street Journal (page one): "...state and local budget cuts coupled with limits on who can administer the vaccine cold hamstring the campaign."

The cryptocracy must be bewildered by the inability of their employees to carry out their tasks in a competent manner.

Be prepared now for the campaign directors' desperate efforts to avoid disaster. Scare tactics and a massive media blast are coming. "But health officials expect demand to rise as they unleash [!!] a media campaign to promote the vaccine and if the public hears more reports of deaths of otherwise healthy adults and children..." [Emphasis added.]

Plus, the campaign directors always have in their back pocket the 'discovery' that swine flu has morphed into something much worse.

Afghanistan, in Today's News 10.05.09

Afghanistan. Is the Obama team actually considering declaring victory in Afghanistan and reducing the American presence? The reportage of the administration debate on strategy for Afghanistan indicates that a foundation for this alternative is being built.

Today's Wall Street Journal (page one): Some in the administration discussion advocate a "campaign consisting of missile strikes and covert action inside Pakistan, rather than a broader war against the Taliban, the radical Islamist movement that ruled Afghanistan for years and provided a haven to al Qaeda's Osama bin Laden. Their reasoning: The larger threat to America remains al Qaeda, not the Taliban; so, best not to get embroiled in a local war that history suggests may be unwinnable." [!!]

It sounds like the administration is considering making a deal with the Taliban: The US will leave them alone if they agree to keep al Qaeda out of the Afghanistan. (Afghan President Karzai take note: all of this is going on behind your back, and much of it has your back as the target.)

Would this new approach work? Probably not. To keep al Qaeda out of Afghanistan is virtually un-do-able given the terrain of the area. Plus the idea of missile strikes and covert action to control or defeat al Qaeda is nonsense.

But this approach would buy some time for Obama, which is what he has been trying to do all along. Obama wants Afghanistan on the back burner so he can deal with health care, financial reform, Iran, Israel, etc.

One difficulty: Israel will not like it. Anything that reduces American strength or presence in the Arab east will be seen by the Israelis as a big problem.

Health Care, in Today's News 10.02.09

Health Care. During the acceptance of accreditation from the new US Ambassador to the Holy See, Pope Benedict made remarks on the issues being considered in the American health care debate.

The Pope highlighted the need for clear discernment on "issues touching the protection of human dignity and respect for the inalienable right to life from the moment of conception to natural death, as well as the protection of the right to conscientious objection on the part of heath care workers, and indeed all citizens."

The American Bishops at about the same time issued a statement on the health care debate that echoed the Pope's thought. Namely that the proposed legislation should not include language allowing for abortion and not allowing conscientious objections.

The Church leaders have repeated this position over and over again. It is obviously a correct thing to say. But, it entirely misses what is going on in the United States in the health care debate. Namely, that both political parties are agreed that the health industry needs to be brought under government control and run on a cost-reduction basis. This step will transform the practice of medicine that the Catholic Church brought into the world. We will go from compassionate health care to bureaucratic health care based on the cost-control dictates of the insurance companies and the government. 

In short, now is a moment of truth for the Church leaders. To remain silent on the key issue and development, as they are doing, will bring a significant reduction in health care to the faithful, and everyone else.

Just today doctors put forward a protest on an aspect of this very topic. The Wall Street Journal reports (page a5): "Doctors are trying to remove a provision in the Senate's latest health bill that would cut Medicare payments to those [doctors] who administer the most tests and treatments. The proposal...is one of several proposals...that could change how doctors are evaluated and paid. ...the provision is a blunt instrument that would discourage doctors from taking the sickest and oldest patients." One doctor said, "Those things are very imperfect, imprecise and they depend on data that often doesn't really reflect what's going on."

And what is this proposal based on? Cost-reduction, of course.

Do the Church leaders have a position on this type of change which is the central difficulty of the health care legislation?

The Church leaders' statements clearly give the impression that if abortion and conscientious objection are handled correctly and everyone has health coverage, then the legislation is okay. 

This stance is wrong, wrong, wrong!!! The Church leaders inability to see the fundamental question in the health care debate will have long-term negative effects on the faithful. One wants to scream at the Church leaders to try to wake them up!!!