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Thu Aug 6 18:26:26 BST 2009

"The (President and all his men) doth protest too much, methinks." 

Paraphrased -- From Hamlet (III, ii, 239)
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Queen Gertrude (POTUS) speaks these famous words to her son, Prince Hamlet, (US Physicians) while watching a play at court. Gertrude (POTUS) does not realize that Hamlet (US physicians) has staged this play to trap her and her new husband, King Claudius (the nebulous New World health care plan), whom Hamlet suspects of having murdered his father (medical care in the US, run by physicians, and not by government).

Uh, you might be paranoid, but that doesn't mean they're not out to get you.  
Ken, what is really "fishy" is the fact that with all of the media blitz, all of the promises and assurances, all of the public appearances, no one has all of the facts!  

And to all I beg forgiveness for my absolutely criminal assault on Shakespeare!!

Ron (aka Prince of Darkness)

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Larry Torrey
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:07 PM
To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]
Subject: Re: For US subscribers ONLY - flag at whitehouse.govv

I regret that I don't share your enthusiasm for this approach.  Matter 
of fact, I find it somewhat disturbing.

However, what I read is the White House trying to sell a proposal, 
suggesting that opposition to that proposal is generally untruthful 
("Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little 
inconvenient").  Now they want us to report those offering opposition to 
the government.

I don't see myself as the paranoid type, but reading this brought to 
mind some of the things I have read about 1930s Germany or the old 
Soviet Union.  I wonder if I turn in my neighbors for speaking out 
against govt-sponsored health care, will I get a free pair of jeans?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Facts-Are-Stubborn-Things/

LT

KMATTOX at aol.com wrote:
> The President of the United States has made a request on the White House  
> Blog site  (http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-August/_http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/_ 
> (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/) )   that citizens at a grass root level report to him and his associates 
> anything  that they receive, read, or perceive on the Internet relating to 
> Health Care  (Economics) Reform to be "fishy."    
>  
>  
> I for one am delighted with the request from President Obama to  report to 
> him any thing which I perceive from the web, etc. to appear to me to  be 
> "fishy."   This now has provided me and thousands of others a  direct means to 
> communicate directly to him with issues of concern.    I have already used 
> this vehicle 3 times since yesterday to report several items  which I do 
> believe to be "fishy," and I am hopeful that he and his staff, as  well as the 
> Congress, and the professional organizations will  address.    The e-mail 
> adderss he has constructed specifically  for these health issues is 
> _flag at whitehouse.gov_ (mailto:flag at whitehouse.gov) .   
>  
> I must commend this President for his effective use and understanding  of 
> the power and capability of the Internet.    I also must take  him and his 
> staff at their word, that they are truly interested in discovering  those 
> things, not only about health care, but all aspects of our economy and  society 
> which could be improved from this truly grass roots capability and  access 
> to the center of power.  I trust that this will indeed make our  society 
> better.   Would it be that access to health care and a doctor  would be this 
> streamlined, simple, and cost effective.   I for one  will find a great number 
> of opportunities to use this direct access to provide  rapid  communications.
>  
> After my first few direct communications, I have now thought of a number of 
>  areas which I can submit later today via this new wonderful mechanism and 
> those  include disaster, trauma center funding, etc.     With the  millions 
> of e-mails that he is receiving via this mechanism, I do hope he has  time 
> to read and answer each and every one of them.  
>  
> k
>  
>  
> 
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