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To: Sully- who wrote (77272)	2/4/2010 5:18:50 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Palin & Emanuels By: Kathryn Jean Lopez The Corner Hadley, I do think Palin gets that -- and that many Americans who feel the eugenics in the air in our history and in our contemporary "ethics" and policy appreciate that she does. I'm thinking of her doubling down on death panels on Facebook last year: <<< Of course, it’s not just this one provision that presents a problem. My original comments concerned statements made by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health policy advisor to President Obama and the brother of the President’s chief of staff. Dr. Emanuel has written that some medical services should not be guaranteed to those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens....An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia.” [10] Dr. Emanuel has also advocated basing medical decisions on a system which “produces a priority curve on which individuals aged between roughly 15 and 40 years get the most chance, whereas the youngest and oldest people get chances that are attenuated.” [11] President Obama can try to gloss over the effects of government authorized end-of-life consultations, but the views of one of his top health care advisors are clear enough. It’s all just more evidence that the Democratic legislative proposals will lead to health care rationing, and more evidence that the top-down plans of government bureaucrats will never result in real health care reform. >>> And I'm thinking of some of Going Rogue: <<< She describes being deeply moved by “the number of special-needs kids and adults” who would show up — and in increasing numbers — along the trail, inspired by Trig’s presence in her life and the campaign. Of one rally in Pensacola, Fla., she writes: Up in the stands, I spotted a group of 15 kids with Down syndrome wearing shirts that said, we love trig! and trig in the white house. I thought, Wow! How great that these precious people have someone associated with a national campaign that they can identify with. . . . She adds: Down syndrome comes in a range of severities. Some people with Down can live self-sufficient lives. Others may be totally dependent. They spend their lives knowing they are different from other people. So it blessed me in ways I can’t even describe to be able to help bring them from the fringe into the bright spotlight that most often seems reserved only for the privileged. It was after meeting all these amazing people that Todd and I proudly displayed the bumper sticker a very cool group from Arizona sent us, which read, my kid has more chromosomes than your kid! (p. 251) >>> I'm also thinking of some parents I met recently who are very grateful for the awareness Trig's presence on the national scene has brought. I gather Emanuel is meeting with Shriver -- the story isn't dying. I'd expect a big-picture Facebook post before long. Or a Fox News special on eugenics starring the former governor? corner.nationalreview.com

To: Sully- who wrote (77272)	2/4/2010 5:21:38 AM
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Is Everybody a Victim Now? By: Mark Krikorian The Corner I think Governor Palin and Professor Arkes et al. are reading too much into Rahm Emanuel's "f***ing retarded" outburst. His use of "retarded" has no more connection to people with Down Syndrome and other forms of retardation than his constant use of the F word refers to the act of coitus. "Moron," imbecile," and "idiot" used to be terms used by psychology to denote different gradations of retardation, but now we just use them as epithets, and that's obviously how he was using "retarded." Emanuel is a vulgar jerk, but can't conservatives, at least, refrain from grievance-mongering and hair-trigger offense-taking? I realize pouncing on him is payback for all the stuff the Left does to us, but, really, someone has got to be a grown-up in this country, and conservatives are the only candidates left. corner.nationalreview.com