Tuesday Tales, and yes your government can squash you like a bug

Eric Holder says it's legal. If your government decides you're a terrorist, they can squash you like a bug. Not to worry though, according to the ACLU that Obama fellow is cool, he won't abuse his newfound power. But if the knuckle-dragging mouth-breather Rethuglicans ever retake the White House, look out America.

Everything Obamacare touches turns to shit. Everything. Take digital medical records. They're supposed to be the salvation of the medical profession, cutting costs and streamlining patient care. Except, according to Pravda The New York Times, they're not.

Computerized patient records are unlikely to cut health care costs and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often, a study published on Monday concludes.

Uh, oh. Obama promised us we'd save $80 billion a year with this particular boondoggle. Obamacare just keeps getting more and more expensive, doesn't it?

But research published Monday in the journal Health Affairs found that doctors using computers to track tests, like X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging, ordered far more tests than doctors relying on paper records.

Sure the doctors are spending more on tests, and still duplicating efforts, but maybe they'll make up the savings on volume.

And the "startling" conclusion? Our research raises real concerns about whether health information technology is going to be the answer to reducing costs."

Gee, ya think? It's just another way for your government to waste your money, by subsidizing technology upgrades for thousands and thousands of doctors, clinics, and hospitals nationwide.

And what are the odds that the companies selling these medical record systems are big Obama re-election donors? Anybody wanna take that bet?

Meanwhile back on the campaign trail, today is Super Tuesday. Our last, last chance to derail the Mitt Romney trainwreck of doom. Where people in Virginia find themselves being encouraged to vote for Ron Paul because the Gingrich and Santorum teams were too incompetent to get their guy's name on the ballot. And apparently everything hinges on Ohio even though 9 other states are voting today.

Barbara Bush is right, this is a helluva way to run a railroad.

Out of Europe there's great news for the UAW this morning. The scions of the Geneva Auto Show have named the Chevy Firestarter Volt their Car Of The Year. Well, sure. Designed by a committee, praised by intellectuals, subsidized by government, and wanted by no one, it's pretty much the definition of the Euroweenie experience. Maybe Brussels can order every Greek bondholder to take one in lieu of actual repayment. That'll stimulate demand again, at least until barbecued bondholders start stacking up along the Autobahn.

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