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5 Lies Right Wing Uses to
Kill Health Care Reform

OPINION

Aug 6, 2009 1:30 PM CDT

5 Lies Right Wing Uses to Kill Health Care Reform

(Newser) - Conservatives are pulling no punches as they attack health care reform, but their scare tactics rely “on a notably elastic approach to the truth,” writes Mike Madden of Salon. Here are the top myths circulating:

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It's Time for 'The Talk' About Rationing Care

OPINION

May 8, 2009 1:10 PM CDT

It's Time for 'The Talk' About Rationing Care

At end of life, openness reduces stress for all: Goodman

(Newser) - Two weeks before she died, Barack Obama’s terminally ill grandmother had a hip replacement. Obama said he’d have paid for the operation, but questioned whether society should have to. “I think you just get into some very difficult moral issues,” he said. But maybe morality and...

LA Moves to Ration Water

Feb 18, 2009 2:11 AM CST

LA Moves to Ration Water

Statewide water shortage means LA may impose first water limits since 1991

(Newser) - Los Angeles is taking steps toward rationing water for the first time since 1991, reports Reuters. The LA Department of Water and Power has approved a plan to charge a penalty rate for water use over a set monthly limit that will take effect in May unless it is vetoed...

Calif. Town to Cut H2O
to Water Hogs

Feb 4, 2009 9:06 AM CST

Calif. Town to Cut H2O to Water Hogs

Customers limited to 150-gallon-a-day ration

(Newser) - A California town is threatening to cut off water to any customer who fails to stick to a mandated 150-gallon-a-day ration, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. "People don't understand how bad this is going to get," said an official from the oceanside town of Bolinas, who fears the...

Oxford Evacuates as Water Rises

Jul 25, 2007 11:26 AM CDT

Oxford Evacuates as Water Rises

UK flood disaster continues

(Newser) - Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their Oxford homes today as water levels along the Thames neared their height. In the worst flooding the UK has seen in 60 years, hundreds of thousands are without drinking water, and power plants supplying many more are threatened.

Iran Erupts Over Gas Rationing

Jun 27, 2007 4:49 AM CDT

Iran Erupts Over Gas Rationing

Leaders fear West will cut fuel imports

(Newser) - Angry Iranians torched Tehran gas stations yesterday and smashed windows as protests against gas rationing turned violent, the BBC reports. Motorists formed huge lines to fill tanks before new laws took effect limiting Iranians to 26 gallons of gas a month. Despite its oil reserves, Iran is short of refining...