Posted on 01/23/2006 8:16:52 AM PST by Calpernia
Please tell us that was satire.
Wish I could.
Mexican Officials Get Chipped
Mexico's attorney general said on Monday he had had a microchip inserted under the skin of one of his arms to give him access to a new crime database and also enable him to be traced if he is ever abducted.
Attorney General Rafael Macedo said a number of his staff had also been fitted with chips that will give them exclusive and secure access to a national, computerized database for crime investigators that went live on Monday.
"It's an area of high security, it's necessary that we have access to this, through a chip, which what's more is unremovable," Macedo told reporters.
"The system is here and I already have it. It's solely for access, for safety and so that I can be located at any moment wherever I am," he said, admitting the chip hurt "a little."
The chips would enable the wearer to be found anywhere inside Mexico, in the event of an assault or kidnapping, said Macedo.
And kidnapping is a huge problem here. From 1992 to 2002, Mexico saw some 15,000 kidnappings, second only to war-torn Colombia, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.
Crime fighting is a dangerous business in Mexico, where police are notoriously corrupt and where political figures and investigative journalists sometimes risk assassination.
Mexico has seen a surge in violent crime recently, with an onslaught of headlines about murders and kidnappings prompting President Vicente Fox to pledge in a national broadcast to crack down on crime.
In June a quarter of a million people protested the government's failure to combat crime.
And this is how the Twilight Zone will become reality... lol.
On behalf of all those who suffered under communism...
"Aw, geez, not this !@#$ again!"
The bottom line was that the gummint has to insure there will be a predictable labor pool in future years to continue using the population (as chattel) to secure future debt. The debt increases are based on how secure payback will be. No bank lends that kind of money with security.
If I remember correctly, the max the gummint can borrow, or increase the debt is based on the PROJECTED taxes from income of today's children when they enter the future job market. That figure is arrived at by averaging the income of the parents and adding for inflation, etc, how long the child will live and how healthy the child will be.
The CDC is a critical part of the process, tracking the reasons for trends in mortality/morbitity rates which the nanny folks will study and create subtle measures and programs to correct.
In my opinion, that is the number one reason why the gummint assumes authority over the children and how they are raised. Can't have those future slaves to the FED die off before they can pay their proper amount of the loan. Not the principle, which will never be amortized, but the interest, if we can even keep up with that.
Just something else to factor in.
correction --- 'with security' should be 'without security.'
These threads are all initiatives of this Healthy People 2010 implementation:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669450/posts
State to check on residents' health (Door-to door!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177398/posts
IL Launches Compulsory Mental Health Screening For Children And Pregnant Women
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1667884/posts
IL: Governor's Ally Calls for House to House Gun Searches
Covers Firearms!
Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Injury Prevention
The following objectives are a distillation of the injury prevention objectives from the Official HP2010 Site. This list includes the objectives contained in Chapter 15: Injury and Violence Prevention, the "official" list of Related Injury Objectives from Other Focus Areas, and additional objectives we believe are important to the field. Click on the objective number to view the full text of that objective.
Developmental objectives are those for which baseline or tracking data is judged to be insufficient. Developmental objectives may be deleted if a satisfactory data source isn't identified by 2004.
(View injury objectives from other focus areas)
The followning hyperlinks to the specific chapter are broken. You can manually scroll them from the MAIN LINK here
15-1. Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal head injuries to 54 hospitalizations per 100,000 population.
15-2. Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal spinal cord injuries to 2.6 hospitalizations per 100,000 population.
15-3. Reduce firearm-related deaths to 4.9 per 100,000 population.
15-4. Reduce the proportion of persons living in homes with firearms that are loaded and unlocked to 16 percent.
15-5. Reduce nonfatal firearm-related injuries to 10.9 injuries per 100,000 population.
15-6. (Developmental) Extend state-level child fatality review of deaths due to external causes for children aged 14 years and under.
15-7. Reduce nonfatal poisonings to 292 nonfatal poisonings per 100,000 population.
15-8. Reduce deaths caused by poisonings to 1.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
15-9. Reduce deaths caused by suffocation to 2.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
15-10. Increase the number of states and the District of Columbia with statewide emergency department surveillance systems that collect data on external causes of injury to all states and D.C.
15-11. Increase the number of states and the District of Columbia that collect data on external causes of injury through hospital discharge data systems.
15-12. Reduce hospital emergency department visits caused by injuries to 112 hospital emergency department visits per 1,000 population.
15-13. Reduce deaths caused by unintentional injuries to 20.8 deaths per 100,000 population.
15-14. (Developmental) Reduce nonfatal unintentional injuries.
15-15. Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes to 9.0 deaths per 100,000 population and 1 death per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT).
15-16. Reduce pedestrian deaths on public roads to 1 pedestrian death per 100,000 population.
15-17. Reduce nonfatal injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes to 1,000 nonfatal injuries per 100,000 population.
15-18. Reduce nonfatal pedestrian injuries on public roads to 21 nonfatal injuries per 100,000 population.
15-19. Increase use of safety belts to 92 percent of the total population.
15-20. Increase use of child restraints to 100 percent of motor vehicle occupants aged 4 years and under.
15-21. Increase the proportion of motorcyclists using helmets to 79 percent of motorcycle operators and passengers.
15-22. Increase the number of states and the District of Columbia that have adopted a graduated driver licensing model law to all states and D.C.
15-23. (Developmental) Increase use of helmets by bicyclists.
15-24. Increase the number of states and the District of Columbia with laws requiring bicycle helmets for bicycle riders to all states and D.C.
15-25. Reduce residential fire deaths to 0.6 deaths per 100,000 population.
15-26. Increase functioning residential smoke alarms to 100 percent of residences with a functioning smoke alarm on every floor.
15-27. Reduce deaths from falls to 2.3 deaths per 100,000 population.
15-28. Reduce hip fractures among older adults to 491.0 fractures per 100,000 females aged 65 years and older and to 450.5 fractures per 100,000 males aged 65 years and older.
15-29. Reduce drownings to 0.9 drownings per 100,000 population.
15-30. Reduce hospital emergency department visits for nonfatal dog bite injuries to 114 hospital ER visits per 100,000 population.
15-31. (Developmental) Increase the proportion of public and private schools that require use of appropriate head, face, eye, and mouth protection for students participating in school-sponsored physical activities.
15-32. Reduce homicides to 3.2 homicides per 100,000 population.
15-33. Reduce maltreatment fatalities of children to 1.5 per 100,000 children under age 18 years.
15-34. Reduce the rate of physical assault by current or former intimate partners to 3.6 physical assaults per 1,000 persons aged 12 years and older.
15-35. Reduce the annual rate of rape or attempted rape to 0.7 rapes or attempted rapes per 1,000 persons.
15-36. Reduce sexual assault other than rape to 0.2 sexual assaults other than rape per 1,000 persons aged 12 years and older.
15-37. Reduce physical assaults to 25.5 physical assaults per 1,000 persons aged 12 years and older.
15-38. Reduce physical fighting among adolescents to 33 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 who engaged in physical fighting in the previous 12 months.
15-39. Reduce weapon carrying by adolescents on school property to 6 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 who carried weapons on school property during the past 30 days.
>>>>Senator Salazar was on of the people behind getting the Colorado Trust Healthy People 2010 grant into Colorado.<<<<
Refer to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3aff48334802.htm
The UN Plan for Your Mental Health
Senator calls for hearing on PTSD
U.S. Senator Ken Salazar
Member: Agriculture, Energy, Veterans' Affairs, Ethics and Aging Committees
2300 15th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
For Immediate Release
August 3, 2006
Sen. Salazar Calls for Hearing on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment for America's Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a National issue affecting thousands of our veterans and service members returning from combat, yet studies show that many of those at risk do not receive the treatment they need. Today, United States Senator Ken Salazar called Congress’ attention to this critical issue by requesting a joint hearing of the Senate Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees to examine how the military and the federal governments deal with mental health issues among America’s service members and veterans.
“PTSD is a national problem that affects each of the armed services and multiple government agencies,†said Senator Salazar. “With the duration of our ongoing military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan uncertain, we must act to address this matter before it is too late for many of our men and women in uniform.â€
According to a recent Army study, one in three veterans returning from combat experience readjustment problems. In addition, a recent Government Accountability Office investigation found that only 22 percent of service members identified as at risk for PTSD were referred for a mental health examination, and that “reasonable assurance is not available to support that [Iraq and Afghanistan] service members receive referrals when needed.â€
“The failure to treat mental illness in its early stages has lasting repercussions for the capacity of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to provide timely and appropriate services to veterans in need,†said Senator Salazar. “A military discharge that is based on faulty grounds can result in the denial – in whole or in part – of the veterans’ benefits that a service member has earned. Moreover, allowing a veteran’s mental illness to go untreated places an increasing and unnecessary strain on our already limited veterans’ health resources.â€
Currently, waiting times to see military mental healthcare providers are reported to be over a month long. At the same time, recent reports have suggested that discharges due to personality disorders have risen substantially at some bases around the country, and substance abuse or occupational instability often lead to military punishment, including discharge. All are recognized symptoms of PTSD, but can be misdiagnosed as the issue itself.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1576827/posts
The UN's $7 Trillion Socialist Scam
POLICE STATE, USA
Bill would give governors absolute power
Health-emergency proposal has 'little concern' for personal liberties
By Jon Dougherty
© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com
Could state governors order the collection of all data and records on citizens, ban firearms, take control of private property and quarantine entire cities? The answer is yes – if governors and state legislatures adopted a new "model" bill currently under consideration.
According to a summary of the "Model State Emergency Health Powers Act" by the legislative research arm of the Home School Legal Defense Association, a home-schooling rights organization, the proposed legislation could give governors the kind of absolute power during a health emergency once reserved only for kings, queens and dictators.
The version of the bill under consideration was drafted in October 2001, just a month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, by The Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities, in collaboration with several other organizations. HSLDA, in a review of the bill, said it was "prepared pursuant to Healthy People 2010, a Department of Health and Human Services nationwide health-promotion agenda."
"A large initiative, Healthy People has 28 goals, ranging from improving access to comprehensive health care services to reducing injuries and deaths due to unintentional injuries and violence," the HSLDA analysis said. "These 28 goals give rise to over 400 objectives."
The model bill's preamble recalls the events of Sept. 11, focusing attention on a "need to protect the health and safety of citizens from epidemics and bioterrorism," said the analysis.
Essentially, the measure grants "emergency powers to the state governors and public health authorities during a declared 'state of public health emergency,'" the analysis said. Under the auspices of the bill, a "public health emergency" is defined as:
"an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition, caused by bioterrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or novel and highly fatal infectious agent or biological toxin, that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability. Such illness or health condition includes, but is not limited to, an illness or health condition resulting from a national disaster."
Authors of the measure say it was designed to facilitate the "early detection" of health emergencies, and it "requires that comprehensive plans be prepared in advance which would provide a coordinated response to the health emergency. ..."
"In the event of a declared public health emergency, MSEHP grants the governor extraordinary powers," HSLDA analysts said. "These powers include the collection of data and records, the control of property, the management of persons and access to communications." Powers also include "such things as forced vaccination and treatment (Section 504), the tracking of individuals (Section 202), access to patient records (Section 506) and the prohibition of firearms (Section 402(c)). ..."
Some provisions of the bill require judicial review, such as a governor's order for a mandatory quarantine of areas. For that to happen, "a written court order must authorize the action," analysts said, "unless delay would pose an immediate threat to the public."
Overall, however, the measure "grants enormous power to the governor in the event of a public health emergency," said HSLDA analysts.
"A 'model' act is not nearly as threatening as an act that has been introduced and passed or is moving through the process," Tom Washburne, director of HSLDA's legislative arm, the National Center for Home Education. "So I feel like there's time to correct [the bill] and make it a lot better."
As written, Washburne said, "the measures are pretty Draconian." The worst part of the bill, he believes, is the fact that in most instances, one person – the governor – makes the decision to declare a health emergency.
"At the very least, there ought to be a better mechanism for figuring out if there is a public health emergency, and get more people engaged" in making that determination, he said.
The drafters of the bill disagree. Lawrence O. Gostin, director and principal investigator for the Center for Law and the Public's Health at Georgetown and Johns-Hopkins, says there are no tools on the books for lawmakers and state chief executives to effectively deal with health emergencies, such as bioterrorism.
"Current public health laws are too highly antiquated and inadequate to ensure a strong and effective response to bioterrorism," Gostin said. "Existing laws thwart public health officials in rapidly identifying and ameliorating health threats, thus jeopardizing the public's safety."
He adds that "the nation faces a danger to its health, safety, and security from biological agents that is unprecedented." He said the act is needed to provide "governors and public health officials with the power to act decisively in the event of a bioterrorist attack or emerging infectious disease. ..."
"Professor Gostin is to be commended for not only coordinating the quick and thorough drafting of this legislation, but also for providing an important public service," said Judith Areen, dean of Georgetown University Law Center. "His expertise in the area of public-health law is well-known and respected."
Gostin served as the chairman of President and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Task Force group on Privacy and the Health Care Infrastructure in 1993, according to information published by Johns Hopkins.
While most Americans support the administration's efforts to track down terrorists, clearly there is some concern that laws meant for honorable purposes today may be abused some time down the road, under different political circumstances.
"We should think always that every new law may be enforced by our worst enemies," Jon B. Utley, the Robert A. Taft fellow in constitutional and international studies at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, told WND last October, after President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act of 2001.
The emergency health bill, Washburne added, "poses substantial threats to the liberty and privacy of families.
"As drafted, whether these threats are justified depends upon the opinion of only one person – the governor of a state," he said. Legislatures that may consider the bill at some point should "work to improve the model act to minimize the chance that a governor could make a mistake," he added.
For example, he said, state lawmakers should assess whether absolute power should be exercised by a governor for every health emergency. "At the very least, it should be noted that not all the powers granted apply to every threat," Washburne said.
He also noted there appeared to be "little concern" for constitutional liberties.
"For example, there are many people who have religious beliefs that preclude them from taking or allowing their children to receive vaccinations," he said.
Washburne said he didn't know how fast the legislation was moving, but officials with Georgetown and Johns Hopkins say the bill is "on a fast track."
"The draft has been delivered to" a host of organizations, said a Center for Law and the Public's Health statement Oct. 30, 2001, including the Centers for Disease Control and the National Governor's Association.
"The final product will then be ready for enactment by the state legislatures where procedures are in place for quick passage. The legislation is then ready for signature by governors and implementation by state public health authorities," the statement said.
Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School, says the measure "is a model law that is well-intentioned but poorly executed and drafted."
"After a couple of centuries of successful democratic government, it would appear rather late to sell citizens on the superiority of one-man rule," Turley wrote in a Jan. 7 column. "However ... the best cure for terrorism may be a small dose of tyranny."
Turley said states are "quietly" considering adoption of the measure. But, he cautioned, "before we all bunker down under this new emergency plan, we may want to read the fine print and consider our options."
The George Washington law professor said state governors already possess most of the powers contained within the act. What's different, he said, "is buried in one of its implementing provisions. ...
"For the first 60 days of a crisis, the governor of a state would hold unchecked and unfettered power. What is most astonishing is the triggering of this absolute authority is left entirely to the discretion of each governor," Turley wrote.
Other analysts are also troubled by absolute power given to state governors.
"The state legislature relinquishes its power to stop overreaching by the governor until at least 60 days after his actions," said an assessment of the measure published by Eagle Forum, a think tank that supports smaller government. "The bill wouldn't allow the governor to be reversed just because his actions are unwarranted, oppressive or overreacting to the threat."
"The Model Act was created at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with taxpayer dollars," Turley said. "With little media attention, there is a considerable danger that this act will be adopted with little scrutiny as an 'impulse buy' item for state legislators eager to take action against terrorism."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1563271/posts?page=111#111
'prohibition of firearms (Section 402(c))'
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1563271/posts?page=111#111
"The Model Act was created at the request of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with taxpayer dollars*," Turley said. "With little media attention, there is a considerable danger that this act will be adopted with little scrutiny as an 'impulse buy' item for state legislators eager to take action against terrorism."
:: * my note, NGO grant funds also::
My mark for the morning........
You are probably thinking of the term "economic democracy", which was coined by Clinton's chief economic advisor, Derek Shearer.
When he came up with the phrase, he explained it by saying that the word "socialism" has gotten a bad rap in this country, and we needed a new term for it, hence, "economic democracy."
So there you have it straight out of the horse's mouth: "Economic democracy" IS "socialism."
The way it works is the company that does the R&D patents the drug, and then the FDA drags out the approval process, eating up massive amounts of time. Years and years and years, and billions of dollars of expense jumping through all the hoops.
By the time the medicine is finally approved for sale, there really isn't that much time left to sell it before the patent runs out! Thus, they high prices charged, to recoup the R&D while they can.
If sanity were to prevail, they wouldn't start the clock running on the patent-protection period until the drug received approval. But, we're talking about the government, with so many compromised "interests" and motivations, incestuous "revolving-door" relationships between "regulators" and industry... the system's gone mad, and it's the NOBODIES like you and me who end up taking it up the bung.
Are you familiar with the Home School Legal Defense Association?
This is their article about Healthy People from a few years ago.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1563271/posts?page=111#111
Rest of the thread is my Healthy People bump list for background info.
That's because it's already a done deal BEFORE it "gets started."
The real decisions are made in the back rooms. The "process" that WE get to see is just lubrication, to make the "implementation" as trouble-free as possible.
The game is rigged from the getgo.
You know, we have a HS activist here in St. Louis and I have heard her speak on several occasions. Some of the things she talked about were downright scary. She talked about this and a lot of other things. Totally OT, but have you ever looked into the UN Biosphere Reserve? Do you realize how much of this country, and I mean our LAND, that the UN controls?
Not just land. A few days ago this was implemented on our waters too.
I will pull the link and post it for review.
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