H.R. 3590: ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS

Remember when Nancy Peolosi said, "We'll have to wait for the fog to clear to see what's in the bill" ???
WELL......Here we go. Start digging folks, I'm sure this is only the beginning.

H. R. 3590-496 (Page 496) SEC. 5210. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS.
Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 203. COMMISSIONED CORPS AND READY RESERVE CORPS. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-
"(1) IN GENERAL.-There shall be in the Service a commissioned Regular Corps and a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency.
"(2) REQUIREMENT.-All commissioned officers shall be citizens of the United States and shall be appointed without regard to the civil-service laws and compensated without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.
"(3) APPOINTMENT.-Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall be appointed by the President and commissioned officers of the Regular Corps shall be appointed by the President with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
"(4) ACTIVE DUTY.-Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall at all times be subject
to call to active duty by the Surgeon General, including active duty for the purpose of training.
We have the regular Army, the Marines, The Navy, the Air Force, the
National Guard, state and local police, state troopers, first responders, firefighters, EMT, rescue workers of all kinds and in all locations, plus we have the Federal Emergency Management Agency, otherwise known as FEMA. So what exactly does Mr. Obama need a private "ready reserve corps"
who are hand-picked by him and report directly to him for?
Section 5210 -
"(c) PURPOSE AND USE OF READY RESEARCH.-
"(1) PURPOSE.-The purpose of the Ready Reserve Corps is to fulfill the need to have additional Commissioned Corps personnel available on short notice (similar to the uniformed service�s reserve program) to assist regular Commissioned Corps personnel to meet both routine public health and emergency response missions.
"(2) USES.-The Ready Reserve Corps shall-
"(A) participate in routine training to meet the general and specific needs of the Commissioned
Corps;
"(B) be available and ready for involuntary calls to active duty during national emergencies
and public health crises, similar to the uniformed service reserve personnel;
"(C) be available for backfilling critical positions left vacant during deployment of active duty Commissioned Corps members, as well as for deployment to respond to public health emergencies, both foreign and domestic; and
"(D) be available for service assignment in isolated, hardship, and medically underserved communities (as defined in section 799B) to improve access to health services.

Farmers Lose 18% of Water to Salmon--Food Costs to Increase

March 26, 2010, 12:18 PM

"Now, in the first full year of the restoration, east San Joaquin Valley farmers will lose up to 230,000 acre-feet of water to keep the flow going. It amounts to 18% of the water they have been getting after an average season."
How is the water being used?  "Jacobsma also said some restoration water may reach the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where officials could attempt to pump it back to east-side farmers through canals. But that might prove difficult because federal officials have been forced to cut back pumping to protect threatened fish."
Fish, not people--by court order.
Another weapon being used in the suicide of California.

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Op-Ed Contributor - The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform - NYTimes.com: "The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform

By DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN
Published: March 20, 2010

Arlington, Va.
Times Topics: Health Care Reform

ON Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office reported that, if enacted, the latest health care reform legislation would, over the next 10 years, cost about $950 billion, but because it would raise some revenues and lower some costs, it would also lower federal deficits by $138 billion. In other words, a bill that would set up two new entitlement spending programs — health insurance subsidies and long-term health care benefits — would actually improve the nation’s bottom line.

Could this really be true? How can the budget office give a green light to a bill that commits the federal government to spending nearly $1 trillion more over the next 10 years?

The answer, unfortunately, is that the budget office is required to take written legislation at face value and not second-guess the plausibility of what it is handed. So fantasy in, fantasy out.

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