From 4.11.200
There
was much fluff and fervor over the Hillary Clinton sob stories about Trina
Bechtel and her battles with health insurance. Clinton
Well, the ‘story’ Hillary heard was a bit phony
[1]
[2]
and the hospital challenged her account of what really happened. Embarrassed,
she had to drop the drip.
However
the New York Times, the proud remnant of Walter Duranty’s Legacy of Marxist Propaganda [3]has
decided to tell us that the essence of the story was illustrative. That is
translated to mean that the lie was just fine if it could persuade some more
tax whores to punish taxpayers.
The
NYT chief non-economist tells us the meaning of the story is a typical
glubberance in an article entitled Health
Care Horror Stories by Paul Krugman.[4]
Here be the hokum:
“You may think that this was an extreme case,
but stories
like this are common in America.”[5]
Let
us think about the word stories here.
“Finally, while it’s true that hospitals will
treat anyone who arrives in an emergency room with an acute problem — and it’s
wonderful that they will — it’s also true that hospitals bill patients for
emergency-room treatment. And fear of those bills often causes uninsured
Americans to hesitate before seeking medical help, even in emergencies, as the
Monique White story [a second glubberance not quoted here, ed] illustrates.”[6]
The point:
“But are they really preventable? Yes.
Stories like those of Trina Bachtel and Monique White are common in America
And most stink as in the USSR Italy Cuba
We
extract various elements of just about any sad story, mould it into a three act
tragedy and make that an excuse to implement some more big government so things
will work out like the Pentagon, HUD or Social Security or the Postal Service.
Sure. How about some more federal welfare?
Here is the save:
“In fact, Mrs. Clinton was accurately repeating the
story as it was told to her — and it turns out that while some
of the details were slightly off, the essentials of her story were correct.”[9]
Well, that makes it okay!! This is standard propaganda based on the demagoguery variant.
The facts are not important—only the outcome: bigger government and higher
taxes.[10]
“And even more important, Mrs. Clinton was
making a valid point about the state of health
care in this country.”[11]
Let us all mumble about
valid points!
Could we make similar valid
points about illegal aliens burdening our emergency rooms and pushing
out our citizens? Could we wonder why the D. C. Sniper was allowed to get into
this country? Could we wonder how much damage the dope business has done to our
society and also wonder why the drug-crazed lefties want to legalize narcotics
and weed?? Gee do we need laws against murder, dope peddling and illegal
immigration? Not according to the New York Times.
Here,
in the best tradition of Walter Duranty who made up all kinds of wonderful
stories about the USSR and had them published in the New York Times we find a
politically twisted lie magically transmutated into a ‘political point.’
Tautology and
propaganda are the only skills at the New York Times as we have seen in the
past. [12]
rycK
Comments
to: ryckki@gmail.com
[1]
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/07/the-real-trina-bachtel-story/
[2]
http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Trina%20Bachtel
[3] Colors are used for emphasis in my blogs with bold an
italics to match the particular
political flavor of the comment or history of the reference. Duranty
was a liar and Communist
stooge and is an icon of the New York Times.
[4] Health Care Horror Stories PAUL KRUGMAN Op-Ed
Columnist Published: April
11, 2008 . http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/opinion/11krugman.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
[5] Health Care Horror Stories Ibid.
[6] Health Care Horror Stories Ibid.
[7] Health Care Horror Stories Ibid.
[9] Health Care Horror Stories Ibid.
Posted
by rycK on Monday, March 10,
2008 11:19:13 AM
[11] Health Care Horror Stories Ibid.
Posted
by rycK on Friday, April 04,
2008 9:33:10 AM
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