Naturalizm (Featuring Syqnys)

"Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking, a way skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. Where religion gets into trouble, is in those cases that it pretends to know something about science." Carl Sagan

Syqnys:
Whenever I debate opponents of naturalism
They act like I viciously attacked their position
And that's when I can get half to actually listen
It's like their minds are trapped, shackled in prison
When I mention evolution, the panic it hit's 'em
Yeah, they act like I'm advocating cannibalism
It's a man-eat-man world, just animals living
In a pointless universe, try like mad to convince 'em
But I can't, without getting' passionate with it
Watch how far naturalists being passive will get 'em
Forget about my radical stance on religion
Watch a naturalist debate a fanatical Christian
On the one side, you have someone with PhDs
On the other, call 'em "freeze" – they have zero degrees
And then we have to sit there and hear from the sleaze
Like it's a real debate, you hearing me? Please!


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While Mitt Romney was "playing battleship" "all over the map" with his "horses and bayonets", he received a "call from the 1980's and they requested their foreign policy back." Angered, Romney "prematurely tightened his sanctions" against Iran and "started a trade war" with China. However, strangely enough, Romney then simultaneously "defended Chinese tires" and "planned to create jobs in China." Romney at this point "saw his position among other things" as untenable and decided to start "airbrushing history" by loudly declaring - "I love teachers!"

THE END...
...of the Romney campaign

Acutely Injured Patients with Trauma in Massachusetts: Differences in Care and Mortality, by Insurance Status
Jennifer S. Haas, MD, MSPH, and Lee Goldman, MD, MPH

Introduction

Trauma is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States(1), and it results in substantial morbidity. The annual cost of traumatic injuries is estimated to be more than $100 billion(2). Some data suggest that 30% of trauma-related deaths may be prevented by appropriate prehospital and in-hospital care(3,4).

Although previous work has demonstrated that the uninsured (5-8) are less likely to receive certain health care services, these studies have usually examined elective procedures or ambulatory services for which differences in rates of use may reflect patients' preferences. In addition, it has been difficult to control for differences in disease severity for chronic medical problems(9). Finally, differences in procedure rates may not be associated with differences in health outcomes. Because of these limitations, no conclusions can be drawn as to the appropriateness of the observed variation.

To address whether lower rates of resource use by uninsured patients are associated with worse health outcomes, we studied patients with acute trauma. Since these patients are acutely injured, the relationship between in-hospital care and mortality may be more direct than for chronic health problems. Also, patients' preferences are less likely to explain differences in the use of procedures. Furthermore, the severity of injury can be measured reliably for patients with traumatic injuries in administrative data sets. The goal of this study was to examine whether resource use and mortality differed by insurance status for patients hospitalized with acute trauma.

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AJPH Paper: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.84.10.1605

Am J Public Health. 1994 Oct;84(10):1605-8.
Acutely injured patients with trauma in Massachusetts: differences in care and mortality, by insurance status.
Haas JS, Goldman L.
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to determine whether resource use and mortality differed by insurance status for patients with acute trauma.

METHODS: All adults emergently hospitalized in Massachusetts during 1990 with acute trauma (n = 15,008) were examined.

RESULTS: After adjustment for confounders, uninsured patients were as likely to receive care in an intensive care unit as were patients with private insurance (odds ratio [OR] = 0.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.85, 1.11) but were less likely to undergo an operative procedure (OR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.63, 0.74) or physical therapy (OR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.57,0.67) and were more likely to die in a hospital (OR = 2.15, 95% CI = 1.44, 3.19). Compared with patients with private insurance, those with Medicaid were less likely to receive an operative procedure (0.85, 0.75-0.97), were equally likely to receive care in an intensive care unit (OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.86, 1.30) or physical therapy (OR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.79, 1.02), and were no more likely to die (OR = 1.28, 95% CI = 0.69,2.39).

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the uninsured receive less trauma-related care and have a higher mortality rate. The excess mortality in uninsured patients may be avoided if their resource use is increased to that of insured patients.

PubMed Entry: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7943478

Committee Members, 112th Congress

* indicates the members who are clearly scientifically illiterate.

Republican Members
Ralph M. Hall, Texas
F. James Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin
Lamar S. Smith, Texas
Dana Rohrabacher, California
Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma
Judy Biggert, Illinois
W. Todd Akin, Missouri*
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Michael T. McCaul, Texas
Paul Broun, Georgia*
Sandy Adams, Florida
Benjamin Quayle, Arizona
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann, Tennessee
Scott Rigell, Virginia
Steven Palazzo, Mississippi
Mo Brooks, Alabama
Andy Harris, M.D., Maryland
Randy Hultgren, Illinois
Chip Cravaack, Minnesota
Larry Bucshon, Indiana
Dan Benishek, Michigan

Democratic Members
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Lynn Woolsey, California
Zoe Lofgren, California
Brad Miller, North Carolina
Daniel Lipinski, Illinois
Donna Edwards, Maryland
Ben Ray Lujan, New Mexico
Paul Tonko, New York
Jerry McNerney, California
Terri Sewell, Alabama
Frederica Wilson, Florida
Hansen Clarke, Michigan
Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon

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How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America's Cheap Labor Force
Kevin Donohoe

What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.

Since the 1990s, the American Legislative Exchange Council has helped states turn prisoners into a source of cheap labor for corporate America. On Democracy Now!, Mike Elk explains the hidden history of ALEC and prison labor, and the group's latest effort to privatize America's parole system. You can read Elk's piece on ALEC's prison policies here.


http://www.thenation.com/video/162587/how-alec-turned-prisoners-corporate-americas-cheap-labor-force#