[lit-ideas] Re: A Possibly Very Good Idea
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:25:53 +0100
> I want it to be run by the US (maybe CDC) and not privatized
> or subcontracted so that:
>
> * The corrupt UN debating entity will have no say in its
> deployment.
why yes; it might object to preventative medicine policies based
on abstinence
(I suggest that as Carol said, such an operation could be based
on
MSF)
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From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:15 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A Possibly Very Good Idea
> ck: Why, Eric, do you think this should be a US project?
> Want Halliburton to run it? Not that the UN is a paragon of
> efficiency, but our government would subcontract the whole
> project to you know who.
>
>
> I want it to be run by the US (maybe CDC) and not privatized
> or subcontracted so that:
>
> * The corrupt UN debating entity will have no say in its
> deployment. (Imagine the UN overruling the deployment of
> hospital ships to Baltimore because they seek leverage in
> some other aspect of US policy or because somebody like Kofi
> Anan's son wants his palm greased.)
>
> * Its operation will be relatively transparent. (Better
> $300 toilet seats than $3 billion missing operating expenses.)
>
> * US investments result in direct benefit to the US
> economy. I'm particularly concerned about the tropical and
> rare diseases our immigration policies will bring to the US.
> These hospital ships would be a front line in preparing US
> doctors to deal with these diseases by addressing them first
> in their countries of origin, and perhaps also would
> encourage big pharma to do advance r&d on treatment of these
> diseases in anticipation of them becoming big business
> stateside.
>
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