originally appeared in The New York Times.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The specter of government-sponsored, forced euthanasia was raised as early as Nov. 23, just
weeks after the election and long before any legislation had been drafted, by an outlet
decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama, The Washington Times.
In an editorial, the newspaper reminded its readers of the Aktion T4 program of Nazi Germany
in which “children and adults with disabilities, and anyone anywhere in the Third Reich was
subject to execution who was blind, deaf, senile, retarded, or had any significant
neurological condition.”
Noting the “administrative predilections” of the new team at the White House, it urged
“anyone who sees the current climate as a budding T4 program to win the hearts and minds of
deniers.”
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
In January, the socially conservative George Neumayr wrote for the American Spectator:
“Euthanasia is another shovel ready job for Pelosi to assign to the states. Reducing health
care costs under Obama’s plan, after all, counts as economic stimulus, too — controlling
life, controlling death, controlling costs.”
BETSY McCAUGHEY
She warned that a provision in the stimulus bill would create a bureaucracy to “monitor
treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate
and cost-effective,” was carried in a commentary she wrote for Bloomberg News that gained
resonance throughout the conservative media, most notably with Rush Limbaugh and the Fox
News Channel host Glenn Beck. Ms. McCaughey’s article provided another opportunity for
others to raise the specter of forced euthanasia. “Sometimes for the common good, you just
have to say, ‘Hey, Grandpa, you’ve had a good life,’ ” Mr. Beck said.
TOM DASCHLE
Former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, an advocate for the health care proposals, said
he was occasionally confronted with the “forced euthanasia” accusation at forums on the
plans, but came to see it as an advantage. “Almost automatically you have most of the
audience on your side,” Mr. Daschle said. “Any rational normal person isn't going to believe
that assertion.”
Mehret Tesfaye posted to the Ethiopian Review | August 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pm this observation :
SARAH PALIN
"Just before midnight, a "note" was posted on Sarah Palin's Facebook page titled,
"Concerning the 'Death Panels.'" Predictably, the media latched onto it and reported her
thoughts. However, there's a problem: there's no way in hell Sarah Palin wrote it.'
"It doesn't even really take a careful examination of the entire note to deduce that it
simply could not have been written by Sarah Palin, which leads one to pretty much dismiss
all of the points it attempts to make. In fact, a cursory glance is more than sufficient to
come to that realization as the note is obviously meticulously researched and footnoted,
appears to be entirely grammatically correct (It even contains semicolons!), presents rather
cogent arguments in a reasoned attempt to persuade, and on the whole is written
articulately. In short, whoever composed this particular note is everything that Sarah Palin
is not: thoughtful, patient, dedicated, thorough, and rational, traits that any casual,
non-delusional observer of Sarah Palin would never, ever associate with her."
( I think I see Billy Kristol in my globe) Ed
That's the truth, you can't make these things up, look it up.
Ed
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The specter of government-sponsored, forced euthanasia was raised as early as Nov. 23, just
weeks after the election and long before any legislation had been drafted, by an outlet
decidedly opposed to Mr. Obama, The Washington Times.
In an editorial, the newspaper reminded its readers of the Aktion T4 program of Nazi Germany
in which “children and adults with disabilities, and anyone anywhere in the Third Reich was
subject to execution who was blind, deaf, senile, retarded, or had any significant
neurological condition.”
Noting the “administrative predilections” of the new team at the White House, it urged
“anyone who sees the current climate as a budding T4 program to win the hearts and minds of
deniers.”
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
In January, the socially conservative George Neumayr wrote for the American Spectator:
“Euthanasia is another shovel ready job for Pelosi to assign to the states. Reducing health
care costs under Obama’s plan, after all, counts as economic stimulus, too — controlling
life, controlling death, controlling costs.”
BETSY McCAUGHEY
She warned that a provision in the stimulus bill would create a bureaucracy to “monitor
treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate
and cost-effective,” was carried in a commentary she wrote for Bloomberg News that gained
resonance throughout the conservative media, most notably with Rush Limbaugh and the Fox
News Channel host Glenn Beck. Ms. McCaughey’s article provided another opportunity for
others to raise the specter of forced euthanasia. “Sometimes for the common good, you just
have to say, ‘Hey, Grandpa, you’ve had a good life,’ ” Mr. Beck said.
TOM DASCHLE
Former Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, an advocate for the health care proposals, said
he was occasionally confronted with the “forced euthanasia” accusation at forums on the
plans, but came to see it as an advantage. “Almost automatically you have most of the
audience on your side,” Mr. Daschle said. “Any rational normal person isn't going to believe
that assertion.”
Mehret Tesfaye posted to the Ethiopian Review | August 16th, 2009 at 12:25 pm this observation :
SARAH PALIN
"Just before midnight, a "note" was posted on Sarah Palin's Facebook page titled,
"Concerning the 'Death Panels.'" Predictably, the media latched onto it and reported her
thoughts. However, there's a problem: there's no way in hell Sarah Palin wrote it.'
"It doesn't even really take a careful examination of the entire note to deduce that it
simply could not have been written by Sarah Palin, which leads one to pretty much dismiss
all of the points it attempts to make. In fact, a cursory glance is more than sufficient to
come to that realization as the note is obviously meticulously researched and footnoted,
appears to be entirely grammatically correct (It even contains semicolons!), presents rather
cogent arguments in a reasoned attempt to persuade, and on the whole is written
articulately. In short, whoever composed this particular note is everything that Sarah Palin
is not: thoughtful, patient, dedicated, thorough, and rational, traits that any casual,
non-delusional observer of Sarah Palin would never, ever associate with her."
( I think I see Billy Kristol in my globe) Ed
That's the truth, you can't make these things up, look it up.
Ed
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