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• Queens DA: Insurance scammers targeted Asian-Americans

  Asian-Americans in Flushing were targeted by an insurance fraud ring that staged fake car accidents and filed phony medical claims under the state's no-fault insurance law, Queens District Attorney...
  2008-11-02 21:35:25

• In column ABC's The Note called a "Must Read," ÏŽm>Wash. Times' Pruden joins conservative chorus in misrepresenting comments Obama made in 2001

  In hisOctober 28 ώm>Washington Times ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://washtimes.com/news/2008/oct/28/a-game-changer-by-obama-himself/"Ϭolumn, ώm>Times editor emeritus Wesley Pruden joined ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270008">Matt Drudge, Fox News, and ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810280007">Rush Limbaugh in misrepresenting remarksSen. Barack Obama made in a 2001 ϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/rdto=http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp">interview on a Chicagopublic radio station, making several falsestatements.In spite of the falsehoods,ABCNews.com's The Note included Pruden's column among its"Must Reads" for the day.Pruden wrote:ϋlockquote>Thetape recording of an interview that Barack Obama gave to Radio Station WBEZ in Chicago in 2001 surfaced,and in that interview Mr. Obama, then a law professor and a state senator, laysout how he would redistribute the wealth....Mr.Obama doesn't think much of the Constitution, or even of the Supreme Courtjustices who have rewritten it over the years to accommodate notions of"social justice." The Warren Court, which wrote finis to public-schoolsegregation with its unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954,has been decried since as radical, but it wasn't radicalenough.<pϫut Obama did not say that the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren "wasn't radical enough" during the 2001 interview with publicradio station WBEZ. Rather, he stated: "The Supreme Court neverventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basicissues of political and economic justice in this society. And, to that extent,as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn't that radical. Itdidn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by theFounding Fathers in the Constitution." Obama went on to say that it is not the function of the courts toinitiate broad social change.Pruden then purported to quote fromportions of Obama's 2001 interview:ϋlockquote>One ofthe "tragedies of the civil-rights movement," Mr. Obama says, is thatthe Supreme Court did not address redistribution of wealth, probably because ofthe inherent difficulty of achieving such goals through the courts. The SupremeCourt did not break from the restraints of the Constitution and "we stillsuffer from that."Pruden advances two distinct falsehoodshere. First, Obama did not say that it is a "tragedy" that"the Supreme Court did not address redistribution of wealth."Rather, as ώm>Media Matters for America hasϊ href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810270008">noted, the "tragedy" Obamaidentified during the interview was that "the civil rights movementsbecame so court-focused" in trying to bring about political and economicjustice. Second, when Obama said "we still suffer from that," hewas still referring to his belief that the civil rights movement �meso court focused," which he said resulted in Ȫtendency to lose track of the political and community organizing." <p㺾low are the portions of Obama's2001 WBEZ interview that Pruden misrepresented:ϋlockquote><pϫut theSupreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth andsort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.<pϪnd, tothat extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, itwasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints thatwere placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's beeninterpreted, and Warren Court interpreted it in the same way that, generally,the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties -- says what the statescan't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you, but itdoesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on yourbehalf, and that hasn't shifted.<pϪnd oneof the -- I think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because thecivil rights movements became so court-focused, I think that there was atendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, andactivities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions ofpower through which you bring about redistributive change. And, in some ways,we still suffer from that.Later in the column, Pruden baselesslyalleged that Obama Ȭlearly thinks the constitution was a'tragedy,' that the men who wrote it were not the revolutionaryheroes plain Americans regard them to be, and their work must be corrected bythe surviving radicals of the ❠s and their progeny." Again, the"tragedy" Obama identified was not related to the Constitution orits framers, but rather that "the civil rights movements became socourt-focused."<pϯrom Pruden's October 28column:ϋlockquote>Mr.Obama doesn't think much of the Constitution, or even of the Supreme Courtjustices who have rewritten it over the years to accommodate notions of"social justice." The Warren Court, which wrote finis to public-schoolsegregation with its unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954,has been decried since as radical, but it wasn't radical enough. Earl Warrenonly pretended to be a soldier of the revolution.One ofthe "tragedies of the civil-rights movement," Mr. Obama says, is thatthe Supreme Court did not address redistribution of wealth, probably because ofthe inherent difficulty of achieving such goals through the courts. The SupremeCourt did not break from the restraints of the Constitution and "we stillsuffer from that." Mr. Obama is not "optimistic" that theSupreme Court can achieve redistribution of wealth - of taking from the workersto give to the deadbeats - but he obviously thinks he knows how to do it. Apresident with a compliant Congress, which he expects to be in January, can doit through legislation and ⊭ministration."...There'snothing ambiguous about Mr. Obama's radical views, as revealed in this interview.He clearly thinks the Constitution was a "tragedy," that the men whowrote it were not the revolutionary heroes plain Americans regard them to be,and their work must be corrected by the surviving radicals of the ❠s andtheir progeny. Anyone who listens to this interview, available on YouTube.com,understands why Michelle Obama was never proud of her country until she thoughtthe opportunity was at hand to destroy the country to save it, and why BarackObama could spend 20 years comfortably listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wrightexhort God to damn America.<pϯrom the January 18, 2001, broadcast ofthe WBEZ's ώm>ώm>Odysseyprogram, "The Court and Civil Rights"ώm>ώm>:ϋlockquote>OBAMA: Right,and it essentially has never happened. I mean, I think that, you know, if youlook at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and itslitigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formalrights in previously dispossessed peoples so that I would now have the right tovote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order in, as long asI could pay for it, Iɽ be OK. But the Supreme Court never ventured into theissues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of politicaland economic justice in this society.<pϪnd, tothat extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the Warren Court, itwasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints thatwere placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's beeninterpreted, and Warren Court interpreted it in the same way that, generally,the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties -- says what the statescan't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you, but itdoesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on yourbehalf, and that hasn't shifted.<pϪnd oneof the -- I think the tragedies of the civil rights movement was, because thecivil rights movements became so court-focused, I think that there was atendency to lose track of the political and community organizing, andactivities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions ofpower through which you bring about redistributive change. And, in some ways,we still suffer from that. ...GRETCHENHELFRICH host: Let's talk with Karen. Good morning, Karen, you're on ChicagoPublic Radio. <p㻊LLER:Hi. The gentleman made the point that the Warren Court wasn't terribly radical. Myquestion is with economic changes. My question: Is it too late for that kind ofreparative work, economically, and is that the appropriate place for reparativeeconomic work to take placeHELFRICH:You mean the court<p㻊LLER:The courts, or would it be legislation, at this pointOBAMA:You know, maybe I'm showing my bias here as a legislator as well as a lawprofessor, but, you know, I'm not optimistic about bringing about majorredistributive change through the courts. You know, the institution just isn'tstructured that way. Youknow, you just said -- look at very rare examples wherein, during thedesegregation era, the court was willing to, for example, order, you know,changes that cost money to a local school district. And the court was veryuncomfortable with it. It was hard to manage, it was hard to figure out. Youstart getting into all sorts of separation of powers issues, you know, in termsof the court monitoring or engaging in a process that essentially isadministrative and takes a lot of time. Youknow, the court's just not very good at it, and politically, it's just -- it'svery hard to legitimize opinions from the court in that regard. So, I mean, Ithink that, although, you can craft theoretical justifications for it legally-- you know, I think you can, any three of us sitting here could come up with arationale for bringing about economic change through the courts -- I thinkthat, as a practical matter, our institutions just are poorly equipped to doit.SUSANBANDES DePaul University law professor: I don'tnecessarily disagree with that, but I think it also depends on -- much of thetime what we see the court doing is ratifying the status quo, and, in fact, thecourt makes redistributive decisions or distributive decisions all the time --OBAMA:Right.<p㺺NDES:-- and it --OBAMA:But, but, but --<p㺺NDES:Let me give you an example, which is that the court considers whether it's OKto take a program, a federal Medicare program that provides -- you know, that recompensespeople by insurance for every medical procedure they can have except abortion.And it upholds that --OBAMA:Right.<p㺺NDES:-- and says we can except abortion from that. Well, that's a decision aboutwhat kinds of subsidies we're willing to uphold and what we're not.OBAMA:Although, typically, I mean, the court can certainly be more or less generousin interpreting actions and initiatives that are taken by the legislature, butin the example of, for example, funding of abortions or Medicare and Medicaid,the court's not initiating those funding streams. I mean, essentially what thecourt is saying is, at some point, OK, this is a legitimate prohibition or thisis not. And I think those are very important battles that have to be fought,and they do have a distributive aspect to them.
  2008-10-30 03:08:34

• Pilot Stuart Ross develops rocketbelt designed to strap on and fly

  So Ross retreated to the bottom of his garden in Horsham, West Sussex, and spent four years and the best part of &amppound;100,000 building a rocketbelt - a Buck Rogers-style...
  2008-10-30 01:43:22

• Elite students depend on public welfare for family medical care

  Stanford and several University of California campuses no longer offer health insurance to families of graduate students. So the students, unemployed and too poor to pay for private coverage, enroll in taxpayer-supported plans.
  2008-10-29 09:02:18

• rVita on San Francisco Radio KALW

  Listen to rVita’s chief medical officer, Dr. Steven Chen, and adviser, Dr. Samia McCully on KALW radio talk about rVita!ListenIntegrative Medicine: How Best to Evaluate Treatment EfficacyAmericans are turning to integrative medicine in record numbers an estimated 71 million people to the tune of $44 billion last year to replace or complement more mainstream biomedical treatments. And the Bay Area leads the country — Bay Area residents are 25% more likely to use complementary medicine than anywhere else. Yet, as integrative medicine grows in popularity, many are calling for allopathic standards like the evidence-based model and for peer review or scientific validation to be used in evaluating treatment efficacy.While integrative medicine has been mainstreamed by insurance companies, doctors and consumers alike, recent controversies like the Airborne suit and a study indicating the high level of toxicity in certain herbal remedies has some wondering how best to evaluate the effectiveness of a wide range of integrative treatments.We’ll also discuss what evidence and or resources consumers should use to inform their integrative medical choices. ShareThis
  2008-10-25 05:51:18

• HYDERABAD

  BUS7Business/Aviation/Business/DefenceEurocopter focussing on Indian marketBy Mohammed ShafeeqHyderabad, Oct 18 IANS Eurocopter, the global leader in chopper manufacturing, is focussing on the Indian market and hopes to cash in on the increasing demand in various segments of the civilian sector and bag the defence contracts.The company, which sees the potential in Indian market doubling in a few years, aims to cater to the demand in oil and gas, emergency medical evacuation, tourism and VIP segments of the civilian market.Eurocopter, part of aerospace giant European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS, hopes that the concept of flying ambulance would pick up soon in this country. The company is already in talks with some hospitals, insurance companies and Indian authorities for use of helicopters for emergency medical evacuation. "There is a need to build infrastructure like helipads at hospitals so that the patients can be rushed to hospital within the golden hour," Ludovic Boistot, sales director South Asia of Eurocopter, told IANS.Eurocopter is participating in India Aviation 2008, India's first international conference and exhibition on civil aviation here. It showcased choppers for civilian markets like EC 145, EC135 and EC155. Currently, Eurocopter has over 480 Eurocopter helicopters in service in India, the majority in the military sector. In the civilian sector, Eurocopter presently has a fleet of 64 helicopters flying in India, representing a market share of 40 percent.The company commands over 50 percent market share of the oil and gas sector, where helicopters are mainly used to ferry people and material to and from offshore platforms. It also holds a key position in charter and tourism services, government transport and VIP/corporate transport."Rapidly growing economy, increasing reliance on air transport, service to tourist destination and religious places and find of new gas reserves and the demand in other sectors will give big push to helicopter industry in this country," Boistot said.The company expects rapid growth in corporate and VIP transport and oil and gas industry. With the new oil and gas blocks being found, the industry will require longer-range helicopters like the EC155 or the EC225. The company also sees increasing demand for search and rescue missions and for evacuation during natural disasters. It feels more helicopters would also be required to improve police capabilities. "The use of helicopters for the Indian police is another area that has remained primarily untapped as against global trends," said Cecile Vion-Lanctuit, head of international media relations of Eurocopter.In order to support the growth of chopper industry in India, the company plans to set up pilot training facilities and improve maintenance, repair, overhaul MRO capabilities in the country.The officials said Eurocopter is bidding for all chopper deals for the Indian military. It is bidding for light helicopters, attack helicopters and navy choppers in all the three segments of chopper requirement for the Indian military.India has already called tenders for 197 light helicopters, 22 attack helicopters and 16 navy helicopters.Eurocopter is bidding to sell 60 light helicopters Fennec in 'fly away' condition, while 137 were to be assembled by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL.The officials said Eurocopter was ready to again collaborate with HAL. The collaboration dates back to 1960s when HAL manufactured Cheetah/Chetak helicopter under license from the European company.The company denied losing a 197-helicopter bid worth $600 million a few months ago, though Indian authorities claimed that the bid was cancelled and Eurocopter was asked to submit a fresh bid."The Indian military market offers a big potential as the military has undertaken a programme of modernisation and replacing its fleet," Boistot said. Eurocopter manufactures 30 percent of all helicopters in the world. More than 10,000 Eurocopter helicopters are currently in services with over 2,800 customers in 140 countries.--Indo-Asian News Servicems/sh/jg682 Words*18101106
  2008-10-18 03:00:00

• Japan approves extra budget for economic stimulus package

  INT53International/Business/EconomyJapan approves extra budget for economic stimulus packageTokyo, Oct 16 DPA The Japanese parliament Thursday approved a supplementary budget of 1.81 trillion yen $17.85 billion for the 2008 fiscal year through March, mainly to finance the government's economic stimulus package amid the global financial crisis. The stimulus package allocates 446.9 billion yen to measures to support small businesses and 188.1 billion yen to promote energy-saving efforts and to help the agriculture and fisheries industries deal with higher oil prices. About 351.8 billion yen of the extra budget will go to reduce the financial burden on the elderly under a medical insurance programme introduced last April, while 729.6 billion yen will be spent for disaster prevention measures. The government and the ruling parties were expected to propose additional economic measures to help tackle the global financial crisis.--DPAskp/jg148 Words16101758
  2008-10-16 09:05:08

• Insurance floods state Senate race - Houston Chronicle

  Insurance floods state Senate raceHouston Chronicle&ampnbsp;- 2 hours agoBy ALAN BERNSTEIN Insurance for wind and flood damage has become a dominant topic in the race for the Houston-area state Senate seat in which Republican incumbent Mike Jackson and Democratic challenger Joe Jaworski have been displaced from their homes Medical Center in Galveston Faces $710 Million in Ike Damage U.S. News & World ReportUniversity of Texas Medical School Drowning in Costs After Ike BloombergChronicle of Higher Education subscriptionall 4 news articles
  2008-10-11 03:00:00

• 'British airport officers harassing legal migrants'

  INT41International/Diaspora/Immigration/Rights'British airport officers harassing legal migrants'By Dipankar De SarkarLondon, Oct 2 IANS Overly zealous British home ministry officials are “humiliating, harassing and abusing” legal Indian and other migrants at airports across the country, a campaigning group said Thursday.“Though migrants are used to discrimination and harassment, these new revelations show how the treatment of legal immigrants by border control now has stooped to the lowest of levels,” the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme HSMP Forum said in a statement.The home ministry was unable to offer a comment immediately, but said it was looking into the complaint.The group, which won a high-profile case against the government this year, said migrants who were in Britain under the HSMP visa were suffering at the hands of “overly zealous immigration officers” at some of Britain’s busiest airports like Heathrow, Manchester and Belfast.“Our members complain that upon their and their families' return from trips abroad, they are harshly discriminated against by the immigration authorities, though they are fully legally entitled to re-enter the country to continue contributing to the British economy,” said Amit Kapadia, executive director of the forum. It said immigration officers not only lecture migrants, and offer unsolicited advice, but have also detained and threatened to deport without reason.It gave the example of Pooja Tandon, who was detained at Heathrow airport while returning from a holiday in Switzerland with her husband, child and parents. It quoted her as saying the immigration officer lectured them about “finding alternative employment” and about “the shifts we work and child care arrangements.”“He then said he is detaining us for further enquiry and if he is not satisfied with it, then he will deport us,” although the family was let off with a verbal warning. Pooja Tandon added: “We are really shaken by this incident. We felt being treated like criminals. We pay our taxes and national insurance and all other bills, and are being threatened this way.”In a second instance, a doctor who has been in Britain for a decade was questioned by an airport immigration officer about his using the state health service for the delivery of their son, when all tax-paying foreigners are entitled to the National Health Service. “The immigration official had no legal position to threaten, abuse and intrusively demand information about the sensitive and private medical care of a legal migrant worker,” the HSMP Forum said.In a third case, an HSMP migrant was detained for a few days and was about to be deported to his country of origin because he was not working in his field of expertise, “when in reality HSMP visas do not have any such restrictions.”“It is clear from these cases that Immigration Officers have tried to take the law in their own hand,” the forum said.--Indo-Asian News Servicedds/ak/vt500 Words02101615
  2008-10-02 07:03:07

• Note to Hospitals: Don’t Snoop on The Governor’s Wife - Wall Street Journal Blogs

  Wall Street Journal BlogsNote to Hospitals: Don’t Snoop on The Governor’s WifeWall Street Journal Blogs&ampnbsp;- 1 hour agoCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law two bills designed to protect patient privacy. This isn’t terribly surprising, given that unauthorized hospital employees recently snooped in the medical file of his wife, Maria Shriver.Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office Los Angeles TimesSchwarzenegger vetoes health insurance bill San Jose Mercury NewsCalifornia Progress Report&ampnbsp;- San Diego Union Tribune&ampnbsp;- Kaiser network.org&ampnbsp;- Huffington Postall 66 news articles
  2008-10-01 15:21:45

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