I have had to intervene many times over with my own mother who goes loopy on certain drugs. She literally turns into a late stage Alzheimer’s victim. If I was not there to over rule the doctors, she would be to this day drugged in some nursing home somewhere and incoherent. She and my father still live on their own in their mid to late 80′s.

Doctors who are over burdened sometimes try and take the quick way out. Add in cost cutting pressures and it becomes obvious that drugging these people into oblivion becomes an acceptable solution. It is a crime.

This is off the subject but I think you will find this newspaper report chilling about the NHS.
I work near London, and I try not to use the NHS, but this is scary.
I knew about the drug rationing body “NICE” but I never heard
of the Liverpool Care Pathway which has been taken up by hundreds
of hospitals and care homes.

Short version, if your doctor decides you are “close to death” they
withdraw all medical intervention, including intravenous food and water,
and put you under deep sedation until you die.

I believe that is medical murder, because once you are put unconscious,
you have no chance to get better.

This makes me angry.
The newspaper that has done a good deed by carrying the story
is the London Daily Telegraph
and here is a link to the article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6127514/Sentenced-to-death-on-the-NHS.html

malo!

I hope he tries that, I see a disaster of truly EPIC proportions in the making!!

Interesting that one writer brings up LBJ – LBJ had been a strongman in the Senate for many years at that point, and was legendary for having collected info and dirt on everyone in the Congress, both friends and enemies. In collusion with J. Edgar, he had the ability to wreck the careers and even lives of anyone in Washington who crossed him – that was his greatest power.

and there’s that experience thing again – someone who strolls into the top job with only two years as a junior senator for experience not only has no power, he has no respect. Everyone on Capitol Hill knows he’s just a stuffed shirt.

Just as an aside, I’ve asked quite a few older people in Texas what they thought about LBJ. Universally, when I talk to those who lived under and voted for him, they say that everyone knew he was a crook – probably the biggest and most blatant thief to ever make it to the Presidency, and that’s saying a lot. But he always kicked back such an incredible amount of money to the state that it was worth it – LBJ’s friends were always RICHLY rewarded. That was another key to his power.

After all, why do think NASA’s space center ended up in Houston and not Florida? (and that was just a little bit of icing on the cake)

The next best thing to “flag” at whitehouse.gov