Hollywood: Withhold sex to push health reform

By Drew Zahn

WorldNetDaily



An activist organization supported by Hollywood and TV actors is encouraging

young people to support health care reform any way they can:

by flirting, tweeting, lying and even pledging to withhold sex from anyone who disagrees with them.

proclaims its mission is to "engage and build the political power of young people

in order to achieve progressive change in our country."



Apparently,

part of achieving that change includes boosting young people's sexual power as well.



In an Internet advertisement posted on YouTube and Rock the Vote's homepage,

actress Eva Amurri from TV's "Californication" and actor Zach Gilford from "Friday Night Lights"

encourage young voters to take a pledge to "hold out for health care."



"Politics is personal," the video states,

and so invites young people to join in the following pledge:



We pledge ourselves to the health and liberty of young Americans,

and to government for the people. We pledge to educate ourselves,

to stand against those who fight us with mind, body and spirit and to

never f---ing you if you are against us. We will vote against you,

work against you, and once again, just in case you forgot: never,

ever, never, ever, never, ever, never, ever f--- you.



In addition to the pledge, Rock the Vote's video suggests other forms

of manipulating others into getting on board with government health care reform.



"Get your friends interested," says Amurri, suggestively.

"Touch their arms a little, unbutton [your shirt]. Rock the vote by flirting."

She further advises young ladies,

"Maybe some creep who thinks death panels are real is hitting on you;

he's lying to you. You can rock the vote by lying right back."



The video, which was clearly created to convey its message with humor,

is nonetheless posted on Rock the Vote's homepage with links to take the pledge,

donate to the organization and send in other ideas on how to get

health care legislation passed.



For example, one site visitor identified as Lizzratt submitted,

"I have tweeted, which automatically Facebooks for me.

I will get the young people around me informed and activated,

and I will write letters to the editors of my local newspapers."



Another called zull2 responded, "I can't even get a date,

much less get someone to sleep with me.

But I've got friends, and I also believe health care is a right, not a privilege.

And until health care is a right, those friends who do not support

that view are not friends of mine."



Rick didn't pledge to withhold sex, but he did pledge,

"No Christmas presents for those who stand against health care

are coming from me. I will share this on Facebook."



Lil Duck, however, proclaimed,

"My boyfriend is getting none until health care passes."



"Did you know that male cougars are known as rhinos?"

the site states, referring to the slang terms for older women and men

that seek sex from younger people.

"Tell the cougars and rhinos in Congress (they are called 'Senators')

what you think about health care."



Rock the Vote's public service announcements and Internet ads

have included dozens of movie, television and music stars,

including Christina Aguilera, Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal,

Samuel L. Jackson and Madonna.



The organization boasts that last year it achieved the highest

voter registration numbers in its 20-year history,

registering 2.2 million individuals through its tools and website.





The video includes sensual behavior and potentially offensive language,

Thats why I am only posting the link and not the video



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNfG8gwamKM&feature=player_embedded



The website also includes a toll-free phone number through which

callers can contact their congressmen: 1-888-743-4385



WHY DON"T WE USE THERE TOLL FREE #

AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE THINK ABOUT HEALTH-CARE

Memo To Foes Of Health Reform: Repudiate The Morality Of Need

By YARON BROOK AND DON WATKINS

Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights





In the run-up to the Senate's passage of the health care bill,

opponents of ObamaCare denounced it as an unprecedented

expansion of government control over medicine.



They warned of the proven consequences of government medicine,

pointing to the rationing that occurs in Canada and Europe.



They pointed to the low cancer survival rates in places like Britain.

They cited statistic after statistic showing that ObamaCare will raise costs

and lower health care quality in America.



They were right — yet it looks like Obama will get his bill.

And even if the Republicans are able to pull off an upset,

there is no question that over the coming years government

control over health will continue to grow.



Why? Consider the history of government involvement in health care.



In the 1960s there was a perception that some elderly were not receiving adequate health care.

To meet this need, Congress passed Medicare. The same concern was voiced about the poor.

To meet their need, Congress passed Medicaid.



The same concern was voiced about those too destitute (or too irresponsible)

to buy health insurance, and in the '80s Congress passed the

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, forcing emergency rooms

to treat anyone who needed medical attention, regardless of their ability to pay.



The same concern was voiced about parents who were too well off for Medicare,

but who nevertheless couldn't meet their children's health care needs,

and in the late '90s Congress passed the State Children's Health Insurance Program.



The message is clear:

If you have a need, you are entitled to have it fulfilled at others' expense.



The reason we continue to move toward socialized medicine is that everyone —

including the opponents of socialized medicine — grants its basic moral premise:

that need generates an entitlement.



So long as that principle goes unchallenged, government intervention in medicine

will continue growing, as each new pressure group asserts its need and lobbies

for its entitlement, until finally the government takes responsibility for fulfilling

everyone's medical needs by socializing the health care system outright.



Some believe you can stop this process midstream:

The government will intervene only to help those in dire circumstances

while otherwise leaving people responsible for their own health care.

But that's an illusion. If need entitles one to the wealth and effort of others,

then there is no logical reason why the government should restrict help to

some small subset of the "needy," and refuse to help the rest.



The only way to effectively oppose socialized health care is to reject

the morality of need in favor of a genuinely American alternative.



According to the American ideal, men are not their brother's keeper —

we are independent individuals with inalienable rights to support our own

lives and happiness by our own efforts.



That means taking responsibility for your own medical needs,

just as you take responsibility for your grocery shopping and car payments.

It means no one can claim that his need entitles him to your time, effort, or wealth.



Where is the willingness to defend this ideal by saying,

"Your health care is your responsibility — and if you truly cannot afford

the care you need, then you must ask for private charity —

not pick your neighbor's pocket to pay for it"?



Opponents of ObamaCare object that it is "too expensive,"

that the proposed bills are "too long,"

that Congress is moving "too fast" —

conceding all the while that the goal of providing people

with unearned health care is righteous.



But if forcing some Americans to provide unearned health care for others is noble,

then is it any wonder that America keeps moving toward socialized medicine?

Is it any wonder that, while Republicans loudly oppose Democratic attempts to expand

government control over health care, they do not challenge the endless need-based

interventions that already exist — and instead push for their own need-based programs

(such as Bush's prescription drug entitlement)?



Those who truly want to fight against socialized medicine in America

must realize that it's time to drop the morality of need and proudly say:

I am not my brother's health care provider.

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• Brook is the president of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights,
a division of the Ayn Rand Institute that promotes the philosophy of the
author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead."

• Watkins is an analyst at the center.