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The economic meltdown and political action has pushed other stupidities to the bottom of the page, so I thought I’d offer up three that I’ve found over the last month or so.
First up is a sad story about a guy who has been forced out of his normal ride because of high gas prices —familiar enough that you feel his pain?
Don’t. Because the guy is Sean “Diddy” Combs and the ride is his private plane.
Poor Sean. It used to cost only $200,000 to use that plane, but when gas prices escalated this summer he was forced to fly commercial—first class, of course . (See his video plea “for free oil from his “Saudi Arabia) brothers and sisters”"
Next up is another little gem about what sets the rich off from the rest of us when it come to gas.
In an effort to be green Cadillac has built an Escalade Hybrid that, according to a print ad in Business Week, gets a whopping 20 city/21...
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US Healthcare leadership: oxymoron 7 - basic sanitationFrom: feeds.b5media.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 00:15:16
If you haven’t heard it already, here’s a story guaranteed to make you think at least twice before opting for any kind of avoidable surgery or hospital stay.
“…hospital-acquired infections that kill nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. each year, according to federal estimates.”
That’s a very large number, especially when the top culprits are, “Doctors, nurses and other hospital staffers too busy, too distracted — or, sometimes, too arrogant ...
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Post Date: 2008-03-08 00:15:05
Healthcare providers’ attitudes towards money often make my blood boil. It’s not just insurance and drug companies and hospitals, but the financial institutions that buy the debt of the un/under insured and then charge exorbitant interest rates on it .
Of course, it’s all excused in the name of capitalism and keeping investors happy, while their advertising presents them as caring, do-the-right-thing organizations wrapped in concern for the well-being of their custome...
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