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Mosh Pit - 92nd Comment

Here there be political commentary.  Skip on by, if that ain't cher thang :- )

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Dr. Grumpy, who runs a medical center, sez,

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People ask me all the time why EU countries appear to do better on some particular measure of medical performance. Or why they can afford to insure more of their population etc. I point out that the EU style medical systems simply could not exist in their current forms without the US. EU governments are able to spend so much on social programs because:

1. As Matt point out, the US taxpayer heavily subsidizes the security of the EU, something I think the EU has long taken for granted until recently when "stuff got real" with the Ukrainian crisis. The US tax payer essentially foots the bill for world stability, and the EU countries have been happy to allow us to do so (I don't blame them, they are only acting rationally). Sure, the US benefits from world stability also, but we pay for it.

Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Free Speech

Last week I wrote a piece talking about the social media crackdown that the Turkish government is involved in.  As social media takes a bigger role in allowing citizens of countries to communicate and voice their discontent, the desire to control it is on the rise.  Now, it looks like yet another country is looking to silence unwanted voices on the Internet.  Saudi Arabia is arresting people based on what they post through their Facebook accounts.

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Crime and Punishment in the Middle East

The advancement of social justice and freedom is something that we here in the West often take for granted.  Our struggle against the oppressions of the Catholic Church are hundreds of years old and we now view the idea that religion should dictate law as being dangerous to the social order and unhealthy for the thinking individual.  But there are still areas of the world where witch hunts and large-scale oppression still exist.  The Middle East is dealing with this particular issue all across its many countries and even the change of regimes seems to have little effect in setting things right.  The rule of religion, until it is directly challenged, will continue to use the barbaric remnants of medieval justice, keeping these countries firmly in the past.

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