In the crosshairs

Call me jaded, but somehow, I get the feeling that the hoopla over Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and Aleve is less about any real health issues involved and more about the Left's new target -- the pharmaceutical companies.

Can't speak to Vioxx, Celebrex or Aleve, but Bextra uncurled my spine every morning from the pain of arthritis. Whatever the problems associated with the drug, I certainly didn't experience it and I don't relish the idea of having to soon go to Tylenol or deep breathing.

That's the thing, folks. With the good comes some bad -- but is it ALWAYS necessary to throw out any modicum of progress because of some bad?

It wasn't too long ago when there weren't rescue inhalers for asthma. I remember it all too well. Spent many a night in an emergency room getting shot up with adrenalin and susphrine. Breathing in oxygen tents. Taking Marax and Prednisone night after sleepless night. It was horrible.

Been hearing rumblings about the rescue inhalers now. If abused, like any drug, of course there will be problems. They might be able to take the Bextra away from me. Pain, I can live with and certainly do on a daily basis. But breathing is not one of those optional things. They will take away my Albuterol from my cold, dead hands.

The big picture, however, is this -- the Left has decided to target the pharmaceutical industry, just as it did with Big Tobacco. They don't give a damn about the effects of tobacco or any of these targeted drugs -- they care that these are industries that tend to give money to conservatives. No matter what they say, it is all about the money and who it goes to.

Michael Moore is now stalking pharmaceutical companies. Before that it was gun manufacturers/supporters. Before that it was "big companies" that were either non-union or perceived as hostile to unions. Ever wonder why Moore doesn't go after, say, trial lawyers or union bosses?

That'd be a great movie, dontcha think? A documentary version of "On the Waterfront" -- the truth about union bosses. Show the difference between the houses of union royalty versus the working union stiff. Show the plasma tv's, the fur coats, the fancy cars and offices. Then show what the average working union guy drives and his office.

Where is our Michael Moore?????