Lessons from past underscore folly of government run health care
James H. Smokey Shott argues in a Daily Telegraph column that polls show rising support for expanded federal health care influence while citing Amtrak, the Department of Energy, and the Community Reinvestment Act as failed government programs. He warns that government plans would reduce choice, raise waits, and ration care, urging readers to recall these lessons before backing nationalized health care.
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Barney Frank
House Financial Services Committee
Amtrak
Department of Energy
Jimmy Carter
Carter
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America
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Energy Department
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Heritage Foundation
Council
Duffield Daily Telegraph Editorials and Staff Notes
Samantha Perry leads as managing and news editor with duties across sports and city coverage. Bill Archer and Charles Owens contribute as staff writers. The paper opens with a Bible verse and seeks diligent reporting and community coverage.
Bradshaw Mountain Wins Water Project Grant and Loan
U.S. Rep Nick Rahall announces a 1.724 million USDA Rural Development grant and loan for the Jolo Phase IV Water Project in McDowell County. The PSD will receive 400 thousand dollars as a loan and 1.324 million dollars as a grant to lay 83 thousand feet of pipe, two booster stations, and two storage tanks serving 110 additional families along Jolo Estep Ridge Divising Line Upper Oorley and Groundhog branches. Construction of phase two is nearing completion with River View High School and Bradshaw Elementary adding public drinking water to the valley bottom. Residents celebrate federal funding amid broader stimulus spending nationwide.
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Nick Rahall
D-W-Va
Usda Rural Development
Jolo
McDowell County
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Bradshaw Mountain
Bob Blevins
Health care reform urged amid prescription mixup and access concerns
A letter argues the health care system is controlled by insurers over doctor prescriptions and patient needs. It cites insurance decisions altering medications, calls for reform, and urges action to Congressmen Rahall Byrd and Rockefeller. The writer links high costs, poor preventive care, and global rank to insufficient access.
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Rahall
Byrd
Rockefeller
Journalists Quiet About Rohde Kidnapping Demonstrates Restraint
In a rare display of restraint the American press, including bloggers, kept quiet about New York Times reporter David Rohde and Afghan colleague’s kidnapping by the Taliban, prioritizing lives over a sensational scoop. The blackout aided the captives’ safety, while contrasts with cases like Daniel Pearl and others show the profession’s perilous balance between speed and harm. Dan K Thomasson notes the episode as a notable, though uncommon, instance of responsible journalism.
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Reston
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Wall Street Journal
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Lebanon
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Scripps Howard News Service
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