The New York Times > Washington > In a Shift, Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits: "The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices.
... The administration said its position, holding that individual consumers have no right to sue, actually benefited consumers.
... Bush administration officials said their goal was not to shield drug companies, but to vindicate the federal government's authority to regulate drug products."
This is the crowd that wants to eliminate government, get it out of our lives, except for blocking our right to redress against bad products and services. Then it has the gall to say it is protecting consumers. Right! This crowd should be in jail for fraud.
What is really going on here is an attempt to eliminate the judiciary. They intend to control everything that happens in our society, and the judiciary are independent. Therefore they have to curb the power of the judges and juries.  They already control 2 branches of government, and now they are curbing the powers of the people to seek redress through the third branch.
They are putting judges in place who agree with their agenda. So they know they will be supported in their illegal acts to concentrate power in the executive.
Look at their efforts to put people in jail without the right to see a lawyer, seek a writ of habeas corpus--in other words, without any human rights! Coupled with that, they denied the Geneva conventions apply to people they choose. In other words, they think they can do anything they want--even kill people who they are holding in prison.
That is the kind of government this GOP wants. And if you vote for them, you should be clear what you are doing: you are voting for a dictatorship and an end to the American Republic.
Don't be fooled by their "patriot" spiel. They are subversives. They are stealing your country and making a mockery of your constitution. It puts power in us, "the People". They don't trust the people. They don't want independence. They want power.
Wake up! There is great evil in the country, but it's not all Al Qaeda. It's at the highest levels of our government and needs to be excised. And out best chance in coming right up in Nov.
Vote Kerry.


- posted by geoff @ #