Government Sanity

We need sanity brought back to Government.

Hey folks,

I'm serious. We are dying as a Country, our Rights are being striped away, and some in the ignorant populace are standing and applauding what they would normally be standing up against. We need a REHAUL of Government. We need the voices of the SANE heard. We need REAL hope and change. But it is ALL up to you.

Let's see what the Looney Left is up to today.

God be with those in Minnesota. A horrible Comedian, failed talk show host, and one that suffers from EAD {Explosive Anger Disorder} is now a Senator representing you. Yes folks, this guy is insane. It only took him and ACORN, and the LOONS in control of the Election 8 months to rig the win. According to the AP - Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes By BRIAN BAKST, Associated Press Writer Brian Bakst, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jun 30, 7:45 pm ET

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Franken's victory gives Democrats control of 60 seats in the Senate — the critical number needed to overcome Republican filibusters. When Franken is seated, which could come as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in some three decades.

"When you win an election this close, you know not one bit of effort went to waste," Franken said. "The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator, I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from Minnesota."

Yes AL, "you know not one bit of effort went to waste." ACORN did a wonderful job. Any SANE person can clearly see that YOU stole this. It went like this. Original Vote, Coleman won. Recount, Coleman wins. Recount, Al closer, but Norm wins. It was like "Coleman wins by 1000, no, 500, no 250, no, WAIT! Al wins by 315, OK THAT'S IT. Al wins." {Sigh}

Then this. You want to see what lies ahead for America under Obama Rule? According to the Mercury News - Calif. Senate fails to break budget deadlock By JUDY LIN Associated Press Writer Posted: 06/30/2009 11:50:13 PM PDT Updated: 07/01/2009 12:46:12 AM PDT

SACRAMENTO—The California Senate shut down at midnight Tuesday after failing to approve a stopgap plan to stave off the need for IOUs and ease the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit.

It is all the Liberal Lunatic Policies that has brought California to the place it is now. They can not afford to operate the way they have been any longer without drastic cuts, that the Libs REFUSE to cut. So you have what you have. A State, and if America adopts all this Lunacy, a country, BANKRUPT and shut down.

Then this. You LIKE the concept of Universal Healthcare? You like the concept of the Government deciding what is best for you? Obama as your new Doctor? They have not gotten there yet, but they are trying. Get this. This is from Bloomberg.com - Painkiller Limits Urged by FDA After Education Efforts Failed By Catherine Larkin

July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Tylenol, a 50-year-old staple of household medicine cabinets, and Vicodin, the most prescribed drug in the U.S., may face new restrictions because of the risk of liver damage tied to the ingredient acetaminophen.

Yep!

Outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted yesterday in favor of a ban on Vicodin, Percocet and other prescription medicines that combine acetaminophen with a narcotic. The panel also urged that Johnson & Johnson’s Tylenol be given in lower doses than now recommended and the extra- strength version be sold by prescription only.

Why?

Acetaminophen, an aspirin alternative used to reduce pain and fever, has been a leading cause of liver injury for more than a decade. The FDA proposed tough strategies to limit overdoses after education efforts failed, a sign that it is “taking a harder look at safety” under President Barack Obama than in previous administrations, said Les Funtleyder, a health- care analyst at Miller Tabak & Co., in New York.

“This is not a problem that arose overnight,” said Sandra Kweder, deputy director of the FDA’s Office of New Drugs, after yesterday’s meeting in Adelphi, Maryland. “There is probably not one thing that will reduce the trend of acetaminophen- related liver toxicity. We had taken some actions. They alone aren’t likely to be enough.”

OK. So because some people MISUSE the product that has help MILLIONS over the years, is now being talked about being done away with and made impotent. Because the Libs think you are to stupid to use the product correctly. Not to mention it will give Government more say in more Private Industries.

Acetaminophen overdose was linked to 458 deaths, 26,000 hospitalizations and 56,000 emergency-room visits annually from 1990 to 2001, according to the working group’s report. The drug is a leading cause of acute liver failure in the U.S.

WAIT! 1990 to 2001? What about LAST year? Any UPDATED NUMBERS? How many of them were due to those MISUSING the product? How many were Suicides?

Vicodin, sold by Abbott Laboratories, and its generic equivalents are the most popular drug in the U.S., with about 125 million prescriptions dispensed last year, according to IMS Health Inc., a data research company in Norwalk, Connecticut.

“You have to balance patient safety and treatment options,” said DeAnna DuBose, a spokeswoman for Abbott, in a telephone interview after the panel’s decision. “This particular combination has been around for 30 years. It has a long history of doctors prescribing it and feeling comfortable with it.”

Prescription combination drugs account for half of acetaminophen overdoses because patients intentionally take too much or don’t realize they shouldn’t take over-the-counter Tylenol at the same time, the FDA’s advisers said. Liver damage caused by acetaminophen has reduced the number of organs available for transplant, said panel member Robert Levine.

‘Best’ Prevention

Banning prescription combinations would offer “the best advantage that I’ve seen in preventing” liver injury, said Levine, a gastroenterology professor at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., which makes Percocet, looks forward to working with the FDA, Kevin Wiggins, a company spokesman.

“We introduced a lower-dose tablet, primarily to give physicians a choice for managing the drug with their patients,” Wiggins said yesterday in a telephone interview. “This has been looked at for a long time.”

Even if the FDA doesn’t ban Vicodin or Percocet, adding tougher warnings about liver risks or reducing the amount of acetaminophen they contain may shift demand to a competing painkiller developed by Bristol, Tennessee-based King Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc., based in Palatine, Illinois. The companies are waiting for FDA approval of Acurox, a short-acting oxycodone pill designed to deter abuse by causing unpleasant side effects if too much is taken.

So force people to move away from what WORKS, to a cheaper and less effective alternative? Does anyone else wonder if any of these morons have interest in Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc.?

Your Government at work. The Liberals, in their mind, the smartest people in the room, know that you are to stupid to know what is best for you. So to "Save on Healthcare Costs" they want to do away with something that has been around for decades to help people who may not be able to take Aspirin. My Wife is one of them. My Niece is another.

2010 is your opportunity folks. YOU have the power to bring Sanity back to Government. YOU have the power to FIRE some of these from the Looney Left and at least slow this insanity down a bit. They are out of control and they are taking us down a road we should never go.
Peter

Sources:
AP - Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes
Mercury News - Calif. Senate fails to break budget deadlock
Bloomberg.com - Painkiller Limits Urged by FDA After Education Efforts Failed