Thursday, September 24, 2009
A United Front for Health Care
For some weeks, many Americans, including this writer, have been wondering why the Democrats don't just tell the Republicans to shut the hell up and pass health care reform without them. The American people, well aware that the Democrats occupy the Executive branch and hold a clear majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, can't imagine what's taking so long.
Today I went shopping at a store that I highly recommend, The Clue Warehouse. This place was originated by friend and former Second City cast member Dave Razowsky. We did three revues and hundreds of performances together. The Clue Warehouse should be the most successful shop in America, since tens of millions of Americans need to go buy a few of them, and buy them now. Maybe The American People could negotiate a volume discount, so many clues need to be bought.
I bought my clue through the New York Times online. There I read a story about how the F.D.A. has admitted an error in approving a controversial health care item. The article also went into detail how two Senators and two U.S. Representatives, all from New Jersey and all Democrats, pressured the F.D.A. to approve this item, and how a former executive of the F.D.A. improperly assisted in this effort.
It seems that these four men received campaign contributions from ReGen Bilologics, Inc., a New Jersey based multinational health care company. Not long after that, they pressured the F.D.A. to approve a device named Menaflex, a patch for injured knees. This device was approved in spite of unanimous statements of F.D.A. scientists that the device was unsafe, primarily because it doesn't work, and that the device fails, causing the patient using the device to need additional knee surgery.
Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, along with Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. and Steven R. Rothman all swear that the campaign contributions had absolutely no bearing on their lobbying the F.D.A. to approve Menaflex. Sure, guys. I believe you. I also believe that the Cubs could still take the Wild Card this season because they have yet to be mathematically eliminated. I think I just saw a leprechaun walking up Third Avenue and ordering a pint of Guinness in Fitzgerald's. I believe you.
Americans who want health care reform should start looking deeply at their representatives, find out who is donating to their campaigns, and how the representatives are voting, or not voting, in the health care debate. I think we'll find more than a few wolves in sheep's clothing. While the Democrats are screaming about health care in front of the TV cameras, why hasn't the bill, and a strong version of the bill, passed yet? The reason lies in campaign contributions and that the legislature is for sale to the highest bidder. The American People, the Constitution and sacred oaths are all being wildly outbid.
While my fellow Americans go to their computer screens, instead of downloading porn and spouting hate speech in sports chat rooms, they should spend some time looking into their elected officials. But not me. I'm confident that all my representatives are completely honest, pure as the driven snow. I've got to go now. I have to make sure my unicorn has a full bag of magic oats.
Today I went shopping at a store that I highly recommend, The Clue Warehouse. This place was originated by friend and former Second City cast member Dave Razowsky. We did three revues and hundreds of performances together. The Clue Warehouse should be the most successful shop in America, since tens of millions of Americans need to go buy a few of them, and buy them now. Maybe The American People could negotiate a volume discount, so many clues need to be bought.
I bought my clue through the New York Times online. There I read a story about how the F.D.A. has admitted an error in approving a controversial health care item. The article also went into detail how two Senators and two U.S. Representatives, all from New Jersey and all Democrats, pressured the F.D.A. to approve this item, and how a former executive of the F.D.A. improperly assisted in this effort.
It seems that these four men received campaign contributions from ReGen Bilologics, Inc., a New Jersey based multinational health care company. Not long after that, they pressured the F.D.A. to approve a device named Menaflex, a patch for injured knees. This device was approved in spite of unanimous statements of F.D.A. scientists that the device was unsafe, primarily because it doesn't work, and that the device fails, causing the patient using the device to need additional knee surgery.
Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, along with Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr. and Steven R. Rothman all swear that the campaign contributions had absolutely no bearing on their lobbying the F.D.A. to approve Menaflex. Sure, guys. I believe you. I also believe that the Cubs could still take the Wild Card this season because they have yet to be mathematically eliminated. I think I just saw a leprechaun walking up Third Avenue and ordering a pint of Guinness in Fitzgerald's. I believe you.
Americans who want health care reform should start looking deeply at their representatives, find out who is donating to their campaigns, and how the representatives are voting, or not voting, in the health care debate. I think we'll find more than a few wolves in sheep's clothing. While the Democrats are screaming about health care in front of the TV cameras, why hasn't the bill, and a strong version of the bill, passed yet? The reason lies in campaign contributions and that the legislature is for sale to the highest bidder. The American People, the Constitution and sacred oaths are all being wildly outbid.
While my fellow Americans go to their computer screens, instead of downloading porn and spouting hate speech in sports chat rooms, they should spend some time looking into their elected officials. But not me. I'm confident that all my representatives are completely honest, pure as the driven snow. I've got to go now. I have to make sure my unicorn has a full bag of magic oats.
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