The Last Resistance January 22, 2013
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| Preventing Tragedy May Be As Simple as Posting the RIGHT SIGN All of the mass shootings, including the one in Houston this morning, were in NO GUN ZONES… History has proven that NO GUN zones are a ridiculous concept and complete failure. Criminals do not abide by the signs. What the ... READ MORE |
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Jan 22, 2013 01:40 pm | Kris Zane
Jan 22, 2013 01:34 pm | Susan Stamper Brown
Oh,
how far-removed we are from what now seems like the “innocent” Bill
Clinton days when all we had to worry about was the various definitions
of the word “is”. And now, after watching President Obama’s second term
inaugural address,… Continue to Post
Jan 22, 2013 01:26 pm | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 01:18 pm | Kirsten Smith
31
years ago, the RNC entered into a consent agreement to settle a lawsuit
brought by the DNC not to peruse suspected voter fraud or prevent voter
fraud. The RNC has been held to that consent agreement to this day.… Continue to Post
Jan 22, 2013 01:14 pm | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 01:06 pm | David Fiorazo
Last
week, graphic autopsy images were released of a woman dying from a
legal abortion. Her mother insisted the photos be made public. The story
broke my heart.
As 18-year-old Marla Cardamone lay in her casket prior to viewing, the… Continue to Post
Jan 22, 2013 01:05 pm | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 12:54 pm | Dr. Kevin "Coach" Collins
The
last presidential election produced a number of documented claims of
Democrat voter fraud. A group known as truethevote.org has examined the
many allegations and readied a list of voter fraud claims they have
found to be credible and genuine.… Continue to Post
Jan 22, 2013 12:53 pm | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 12:50 pm | capblack
A few years ago, a group of ne’er-do-wells tried breaking into my home and the abandoned house next door.
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Some
years ago, I was interviewed by a TV station about the issue of
abortion. I had been matched up with a representative of Planned
Parenthood; and after the interview, I happened to ride down the
elevator with the woman… Continue to Post
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Jan 22, 2013 12:19 pm | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 12:15 pm | Breaking News
The
mainstream media covered the inauguration of Barack Obama with
breathless anticipation on Monday, but should we really be celebrating
another four years of Obama? The truth is that the first four years of
Obama were an absolute train wreck… Continue to Post
Jan 22, 2013 11:55 am | Daniel Noe
Jan 22, 2013 11:47 am | Breaking News
NEW
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major ownership interests in oil and natural gas resources across the
U.S.
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D.C. – President Barack Obama delivered a direct, forceful inaugural
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crowd who at times seemed more interested in their… Continue to Post
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Big Health Report
New meaning to youth in Asia (Euthanasia): Let elderly people 'hurry up and die', says Japanese minister
Taro Aso says he would refuse end-of-life care and would 'feel bad' knowing treatment was paid for by government
Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk
Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk
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| Taro Aso referred to elderly patients who are no longer able to feed themselves as 'tube people'. Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images |
Japan's
new government is barely a month old, and already one of its most
senior members has insulted tens of millions of voters by suggesting
that the elderly are an unnecessary drain on the country's finances.
Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be allowed to "hurry up and die" to relieve pressure on the state to pay for their medical care.
"Heaven forbid if you are forced to live on when you want to die. I would wake up feeling increasingly bad knowing that [treatment] was all being paid for by the government," he said during a meeting of the national council on social security reforms. "The problem won't be solved unless you let them hurry up and die."
Aso's comments are likely to cause offence in Japan, where almost a quarter of the 128 million population is aged over 60. The proportion is forecast to rise to 40% over the next 50 years.
The remarks are also an unwelcome distraction for the new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, whose first period as Japan's leader ended with his resignation after just a year, in 2007, partly due to a string of gaffes by members of his cabinet.
Rising welfare costs, particularly for the elderly, were behind a decision last year to double consumption [sales] tax to 10% over the next three years, a move Aso's Liberal Democratic party supported.
The 72-year-old, who doubles as deputy prime minister, said he would refuse end-of-life care. "I don't need that kind of care," he said in comments quoted by local media, adding that he had written a note instructing his family to deny him life-prolonging medical treatment.
To compound the insult, he referred to elderly patients who are no longer able to feed themselves as "tube people". The health and welfare ministry, he added, was "well aware that it costs several tens of millions of yen" a month to treat a single patient in the final stages of life.
Cost aside, caring for the elderly is a major challenge for Japan's stretched social services. According to a report this week, the number of households receiving welfare, which include family members aged 65 or over, stood at more than 678,000, or about 40% of the total. The country is also tackling a rise in the number of people who die alone, most of whom are elderly. In 2010, 4.6 million elderly people lived alone, and the number who died at home soared 61% between 2003 and 2010, from 1,364 to 2,194, according to the bureau of social welfare and public health in Tokyo.
The government is planning to reduce welfare expenditure in its next budget, due to go into force this April, with details of the cuts expected within days.
Aso, who has a propensity for verbal blunders, later attempted to clarify his comments. He acknowledged his language had been "inappropriate" in a public forum and insisted he was talking only about his personal preference.
"I said what I personally believe, not what the end-of-life medical care system should be," he told reporters. "It is important that you be able spend the final days of your life peacefully."
It is not the first time Aso, one of Japan's wealthiest politicians, has questioned the state's duty towards its large elderly population. In 2008, while serving as prime minister, he described "doddering" pensioners as tax burdens who should take better care of their health.
"I see people aged 67 or 68 at class reunions who dodder around and are constantly going to the doctor," he said at a meeting of economists. "Why should I have to pay for people who just eat and drink and make no effort? I walk every day and do other things, but I'm paying more in taxes."
He had already angered the country's doctors by telling them they lacked common sense, made a joke about Alzheimer's patients, and pronounced "penniless young men" unfit for marriage.
In 2001, he said he wanted Japan to become the kind of successful country in which "the richest Jews would want to live".
He once likened an opposition party to the Nazis, praised Japan's colonial rule in Taiwan and, as foreign minister, told US diplomats they would never be trusted in Middle East peace negotiations because they have "blue eyes and blond hair".
While figures released on Monday showed a record 2.14 million Japanese were receiving welfare in October 2012, Aso has led a life of privilege few of his compatriots could hope to match.
He is the grandson of Shigeru Yoshida, an influential postwar prime minister, and is married to the daughter of another former premier.
While campaigning for the premiership in 2008, Aso refused to acknowledge the use of hundreds of allied prisoners of war by his family's coal mining business during the second world war. He served as president of the firm's successor, Aso Cement, from 1973-79.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/22/elderly-hurry-up-die-japanese
Taro Aso, the finance minister, said on Monday that the elderly should be allowed to "hurry up and die" to relieve pressure on the state to pay for their medical care.
"Heaven forbid if you are forced to live on when you want to die. I would wake up feeling increasingly bad knowing that [treatment] was all being paid for by the government," he said during a meeting of the national council on social security reforms. "The problem won't be solved unless you let them hurry up and die."
Aso's comments are likely to cause offence in Japan, where almost a quarter of the 128 million population is aged over 60. The proportion is forecast to rise to 40% over the next 50 years.
The remarks are also an unwelcome distraction for the new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, whose first period as Japan's leader ended with his resignation after just a year, in 2007, partly due to a string of gaffes by members of his cabinet.
Rising welfare costs, particularly for the elderly, were behind a decision last year to double consumption [sales] tax to 10% over the next three years, a move Aso's Liberal Democratic party supported.
The 72-year-old, who doubles as deputy prime minister, said he would refuse end-of-life care. "I don't need that kind of care," he said in comments quoted by local media, adding that he had written a note instructing his family to deny him life-prolonging medical treatment.
To compound the insult, he referred to elderly patients who are no longer able to feed themselves as "tube people". The health and welfare ministry, he added, was "well aware that it costs several tens of millions of yen" a month to treat a single patient in the final stages of life.
Cost aside, caring for the elderly is a major challenge for Japan's stretched social services. According to a report this week, the number of households receiving welfare, which include family members aged 65 or over, stood at more than 678,000, or about 40% of the total. The country is also tackling a rise in the number of people who die alone, most of whom are elderly. In 2010, 4.6 million elderly people lived alone, and the number who died at home soared 61% between 2003 and 2010, from 1,364 to 2,194, according to the bureau of social welfare and public health in Tokyo.
The government is planning to reduce welfare expenditure in its next budget, due to go into force this April, with details of the cuts expected within days.
Aso, who has a propensity for verbal blunders, later attempted to clarify his comments. He acknowledged his language had been "inappropriate" in a public forum and insisted he was talking only about his personal preference.
"I said what I personally believe, not what the end-of-life medical care system should be," he told reporters. "It is important that you be able spend the final days of your life peacefully."
It is not the first time Aso, one of Japan's wealthiest politicians, has questioned the state's duty towards its large elderly population. In 2008, while serving as prime minister, he described "doddering" pensioners as tax burdens who should take better care of their health.
"I see people aged 67 or 68 at class reunions who dodder around and are constantly going to the doctor," he said at a meeting of economists. "Why should I have to pay for people who just eat and drink and make no effort? I walk every day and do other things, but I'm paying more in taxes."
He had already angered the country's doctors by telling them they lacked common sense, made a joke about Alzheimer's patients, and pronounced "penniless young men" unfit for marriage.
In 2001, he said he wanted Japan to become the kind of successful country in which "the richest Jews would want to live".
He once likened an opposition party to the Nazis, praised Japan's colonial rule in Taiwan and, as foreign minister, told US diplomats they would never be trusted in Middle East peace negotiations because they have "blue eyes and blond hair".
While figures released on Monday showed a record 2.14 million Japanese were receiving welfare in October 2012, Aso has led a life of privilege few of his compatriots could hope to match.
He is the grandson of Shigeru Yoshida, an influential postwar prime minister, and is married to the daughter of another former premier.
While campaigning for the premiership in 2008, Aso refused to acknowledge the use of hundreds of allied prisoners of war by his family's coal mining business during the second world war. He served as president of the firm's successor, Aso Cement, from 1973-79.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/22/elderly-hurry-up-die-japanese
Live Video Feed: At least three shot at Texas college
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Officials in Houston, Texas say that several people have been shot at a local community college.
Authorities have yet to give a number in terms of subjects or victims, but deputy constables say they have at least one person detained. Additionally, a second person of interest is reported to have fled the scene and police are trying to locate him.
Eyewitnesses tell KTRK News that several gunshots were heard this afternoon outside of a classroom. The school has since ordered the campus and other area schools to be locked down, but the network says they believe there are at least three victims. At least one person has been taken to a local hospital, and a SWAT team has been called to the scene.
According to CNN, police are still looking for the shooter or shooters, and the identity of the one person detained has not been revealed.
"We know that shots have been fired and we are in a shelter-in-place situation on the campus," said Vicki Cassidy, manager of media relations for Lone Star College System, tells the Houston Chronicle.
"It's a pretty chaotic scene at this point in time."
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