Frankly except for Kerry's Dovishness, nothing -- not judges, not tax hikes, not whatever else Kerry is for -- scares me more than a Department of Wellness. The Orwellian sound of the name alone should cause conservative and libertarian hackles to ride high. The moment such a department is created, the rent-seekers, homeopaths, psychics, fruitarians, communitarians, magneto-therapists, anger-management gurus and the entire Star Wars cantina of 12-Step New Age Handholders would march to Washington to set up shop and try to define "Wellness" in ways favorable to them and annoying to you (or at least me). You want preventative medicine? Fine. Let's innoculate more kids and have more exercise in gym class. But give Theresa Heinz (the source of this idea) the opportunity to oversee American "Wellness" and don't be surprised if the State Trooper asks you to turn your head and cough before he gives you a parking ticket. There's nothing more intrusive than a government given a mandate to do what it deems necessary "for your own good." Posted at 11:41 AM
Hahah,,that is funny. Actually we have a Wellness Dept at LSU run by nattily dressed young women who make posters,pose as health care providers, do yoga, talk about feng shui and get high salaries. I have yet to see anything they do that makes a difference other than having the U congratulate itself on being so "with it"
I happened to catch Qaeti Khouric this am, by accident, and she was talking to a young woman about (uttered in sinister voice) 'an eating disorder'. Couple that with Dr. Phil's weightloss plans and Oprah and one can see, in a very scary way, how they can be drumming up support for such a debacle. And having a wellness center easily affords them to 'medicate' or 'treat' those with 'disorders' such as political dissenters (in the style of Stalin's forced, thorazine enhanced re-education) and abortions and sterilizations. It could all be closed for discussion and conducted under the umbrella of 'wellness'. Just like the Soviets.
Funny !!!!!!!
RE: SEC'T OF WELLNESS [Stanley Kurtz]
Having received your many nominations for Secretary of Wellness, I now have some sense of just how difficult the job of president must be. With so many well qualified candidates, the choice is next to impossible. Nonetheless, the overwhelming favorite is clear. Corner readers want Richard Simmons to be the first Secretary of Wellness. Oprah and Dr. Phil are runners up, as is Arnold, in the event that president Kerry wishes to make a bipartisan gesture. There are many honorable mentions. Among politicians, president Clinton, Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy and Dennis Kucinich received a couple of votes apiece (Kucinich mentioned because of his disappointed hopes in a Department of Peace). Mayor Bloomberg got a vote, but so did Mayor McCheese. Stuart Smalley, Shirley McLaine, and Deepak Chopra have fans. But my favorite suggestion came from Jed Babbin, who put forward the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, noting that in his case, whether he was dead or alive was irrelevant.
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