Private Aid to "Burma" Stopped by Gubment, US Senate Hinting at Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies, Govt to Decide Who Lives

Check out this story from the Washington Post, a story for which the author actually observes that private charity is ALREADY moving, and is being STOPPED by government. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/07/AR200805...

Also, on Wednesday, May 7, the US Senate started seriously looking at levying a "windfall profits" tax on US oil companies, because... the government wants to... um... help lower the cost of... oil and gas?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/washington/08fuel.html?_r=1&ref=todays...

And oh, in case you thought the gubment would save you from things like the Bird Flu (which, we all know, will destroy the world tomorrow), re-think that if you're old, "mentally infirm", really young, or, just, not liked by gubment! Here is the piece, found at Yahoo.news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_he_me/pandemic_rationing_care

And one more thing, Columbo! Take a look at Lene Johansen's newest piece on helping people buy their own food, its right here! http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13172