schachterrific!

Its not everyday that I get to blog about the ACLU and Huffington Post on the same day. Both organizations stand on the opposite side of the centrist line from where I stand and neither is a favorite of mine. Yet first I find the HuffPo raising the alarm about the administration in bed with BigPharma, and now this from the ACLU website:

The American Civil Liberties Union submitted comments today to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) opposing its recent proposal to reverse current federal policy and allow the use of web tracking technologies, like cookies, on federal government websites. Cookies can be used to track an Internet user’s every click and are often linked across multiple websites; they frequently identify particular people.

So now Uncle O’s Internet Intelligence Group is looking to track people who visit government web sites. 1984 is here, folks. Just arrived a little late….

So the Whitehouse and Big Pharma are in bed together. And they are both screwing the American public. Of all places, The Huffington Post uncovered the smoking gun:

The memo, which according to a knowledgeable health care lobbyist was prepared by a person directly involved in the negotiations, lists exactly what the White House gave up, and what it got in return.

It says the White House agreed to oppose any congressional efforts to use the government’s leverage to bargain for lower drug prices or import drugs from Canada — and also agreed not to pursue Medicare rebates or shift some drugs from Medicare Part B to Medicare Part D, which would cost Big Pharma billions in reduced reimbursements.

Tell me something more than half of all Americans didn’t know.

Sometimes you hear a voice in the crowd and you immediately sense that this is a special moment; that you are listening to truth, raw and unvarnished. Katy Abram spoke the truth.