Rep. Rush called for a House investigation last week in response to months of patient-dumping complaints, noting: "Congress has a duty to expend its power to mitigate and prevent this despicable practice from continuing in centers that receive federal funds."

Don’t expect the president to support a probe. While a top executive at the hospital, Mrs. Obama helped engineer the plan to offload low-income patients with non-urgent health needs. Under the Orwellian banner of an "Urban Health Initiative," Mrs. Obama sold the scheme to outsource low-income care to other facilities as a way to "dramatically improve health care for thousands of South Side residents."

In truth, it was old-fashioned cost-cutting and favor-trading repackaged as minority aid. Clearing out the poor freed up room for insured (i.e., more lucrative) patients. If a Republican had proposed the very same program and recruited black civic leaders to front it, Michelle Obama and her grievance-mongering friends would be screaming "RAAAAAAAAACISM!" at the top of their lungs.

Joe Stephens of The Washington Post wrote, "To ensure community support, Michelle Obama and others in late 2006 recommended that the hospital hire the firm of David Axelrod, who a few months later became the chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Axelrod’s firm (ASK Public Strategies) recommended an aggressive promotional effort modeled on a political campaign — appoint a campaign manager, conduct focus groups, target messages to specific constituencies, then recruit religious leaders and other third-party ‘validators.’ They, in turn, would write and submit opinion pieces to Chicago publications."

Some health care experts saw through Mrs. Obama and PR man Axelrod — yes, the same Axelrod who is now President Obama’s senior adviser. But the University of Chicago Medical Center hired ASK Public Strategies to promote Mrs. Obama’s initiative. Axelrod had the blessing of Chicago political guru Valerie Jarrett — now a White House senior adviser.

Axelrod’s great contribution: re-branding! His firm recommended renaming the initiative after "internal and external respondents expressed the opinion that the word ‘urban’ is code for ‘black’ or ‘black and poor.’ … Based on the research, consideration should be given to re-branding the initiative." Axelrod and the Obama campaign refused to disclose how much his firm received for its genius re-branding services.

In February 2009, outrage in the Obamas’ community exploded upon learning that a young boy covered by Medicaid had been turned away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dontae Adams’ mother, Angela, had sought emergency treatment for him after a pit bull tore off his upper lip. Mrs. Obama’s hospital gave the boy a tetanus shot, antibiotics and Tylenol, and shoved him out the door. The mother and son took an hour-long bus ride to another hospital for surgery.

I’ll guarantee you this: You’ll never see the Adams family featured at an Obama policy summit or seated next to the first lady at a joint session of Congress to illustrate the failures of the health care system.

Following the Adams incident, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) blasted Mrs. Obama and Axelrod’s grand plan. The group released a statement expressing "grave concerns that the University of Chicago’s policy toward emergency patients is dangerously close to ‘patient dumping,’ a practice made illegal by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)" — signed by President Reagan, by the way — "and reflected an effort to ‘cherry pick’ wealthy patients over poor."

Rewarding political cronies at the expense of the poor while posing as guardians of the downtrodden? Welcome to Obamacare.

Michelle Malkin

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/06/19/the_obamacare_horror_story_you_wont_hear?page=full&comments=true

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Our relationship isn’t so stable. We argue a lot and he is prone to calling me names and saying horrible things to me like he only gave me the baby so I would leave him alone, he doesn’t love me, I’m not good enough for him, referring to me as b**** instead of my name, lots of name calling like I’m a dumb ass even though I have a master’s degree and he has no college education, I’m no longer a priority in his life, that spending time at my house is a waste of time, etc. He has tried to break up with me many times, but I always cry and beg for another try and he stays. I love him so much and I know he cares for me too. I feel like the relationship is worth saving, but he keeps pulling away and coming back. It has turned into a cycle of fights, making up, living in peace, 3 days later another fight… I’m hurt a lot and he is doing all the lashing out.

I have a son who just turned 9. He ditched out on my son and me on my son’s birthday! I begged him not to, that it would hurt my son too much, but he did it anyway. This time it was too much for me to bear, having him hurt my child like that on his birthday and ruin his birthday memories. It was horrible. As a result of this fight, he put his hands on me, pushing my face, throwing auto parts at me that hit my tummy/unborn baby, pushing things on his desk at me to hit my tummy. I feel unsafe for my baby now. I had to call the police and get it on file (he lied to the police it was all my fault and I am the abusive one). I had no choice but to break up with him even though I don’t want to and he knows it.

So now, he doesn’t want anything to do with me or "my children" as he called them. He is throwing me away and our baby and I’m 8 months pregnant! He promised he wouldn’t leave, that he would be there for us, that we would have a family and be married someday. I believed him. If he says all these things, then why isn’t he following through? He won’t fight for the relationship.

Will he be back? Or will he just ditch me and his baby and never look back.

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Bestauto, I should have been clearer in my question. The car is a 2000 V70, front-wheel drive model that currently has 150K miles on it (the owner took a lot of trips in it but his commute to work is very short). The Autocheck shows that it was at an auto auction back when it only had 8300 miles on it. I got to drive it around the side streets and on an interstate up to 70 mph and it shifts smoothly (automatic) and runs like it should. From the current owner tells me, it has always been well-maintained and adult-driven. He knows the previous owners well. I’ve just never owned a Volvo before and want to be careful. They sure are popular though. I see a ton of these wagons on the road!

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1. The hard case has a sticker reading "CASE MADE IN CHINA".
2. The hinges squeak when opening/closing.
3. The sunglasses’ two arms do not lay flat on a table, so they are slightly slanted.
4. I have the Jet Black, Black Iridium Polarized Flak Jackets, which is model 12-900. On the left arm, it reads "12-900 63 *oval* 14". the *oval* is kind of like the Oakley logo, and just separates the two size measurements. I read online that the size of these should be 63 and 20, so I am having doubts about the 14.

Despite these, the glasses seem to be authentic, since they came with the "H" hydrophobic sticker, have the mirror polarization effect, came with hard case and microfiber case, full packaging, documentation, and the lenses seem to be oil/water/dust proof. Any ideas, especially my concern #4?

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and

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=6810425027

(I know they’re silly looking coats, just go along with this)

The first coat is my favorite, but the material is imitation wool blends with a lining of polyester. Polyester is sending up red flags for me, especially since I need this coat to be warm for winter. The other coat’s insides are cashmere, which I know is a lot nicer. Is lining that important, or can I look past that flaw and not worry about an uncomfortable coat?

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- They requested a picture of me
- They have the American Marketing Association logo on their website but are not listed as a partner on the AMA website
- Their main telephone number goes to the voice mail of a man who doesn’t state his name, company, or any details about himself
- No names or contact information on the website, only a contact form

These raise red flags in my opinion, but then again I don’t have any experience with this type of situation. Can someone give me their opinion on whether it’s a scam or not, some other signs that could indicate a scam, or some questions I should ask during the interview to determine the truth?
Thanks!

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