Typical of This Administration

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i'll give credence to the story as soon as a legitimate source has something on it. all i've seen is the fox story, and some sites repeating the fox story.
if fox said the sky was blue, i'd want it confirmed.

I actually don't necessarily question a lot of what is in the FOX article, because it seems to be a whole lotta nothing. I don't understand why these private contractors have their shorties in a bunch about not being allowed to bring in items that can take pictures to an Air Force base that is currently serving as a refugee camp filled with children. The last thing these kids need is their pictures plastered all over social media. It seems to be a gesture towards protecting the kids' privacy. A refugee camp is not a public place. I'm not allowed to take pictures of my son in swim class at the YMCA for the same reason. Protecting children's privacy.

So I couldn't figure out exactly what the article was railing against, other than it seemed to have a very strong bias against the children, which is pretty heartless.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I actually don't necessarily question a lot of what is in the FOX article, because it seems to be a whole lotta nothing. I don't understand why these private contractors have their shorties in a bunch about not being allowed to bring in items that can take pictures to an Air Force base that is currently serving as a refugee camp filled with children. The last thing these kids need is their pictures plastered all over social media. It seems to be a gesture towards protecting the kids' privacy. A refugee camp is not a public place. I'm not allowed to take pictures of my son in swim class at the YMCA for the same reason. Protecting children's privacy.

So I couldn't figure out exactly what the article was railing against, other than it seemed to have a very strong bias against the children, which is pretty heartless.

That's a fair argument about the pictures but there is no reason the doctors and others shouldn't be allowed to talk about the types of diseases they are seeing and that type of thing.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That's a fair argument about the pictures but there is no reason the doctors and others shouldn't be allowed to talk about the types of diseases they are seeing and that type of thing.

Except that it could be violation of patients' right to privacy. HIPAA and all that.

[GenuineRisk]

Here's a CNN piece on the crisis (as I consider CNN to be FOX Lite I imagine the more Right-minded on this thread will consider it neutral ).

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/13/us/imm...ren-explainer/

It sounds like conditions in the refugee camps are terrible, due to the US being unprepared for the deluge of children. That is, however, a different take than the FOX piece, which seemed to focus on the threat of disease escaping the camps (though none of the health issues listed, with the exception of measles and to some extent, chicken pox, are a threat to public health). For what it's worth, I found another article on the refugee camp that seemed like a puff piece (clean shirts! prayer! arts and crafts!), but even it mentioned the kids get treated for lice and scabies, so I don't know that it really was all that much a secret.

[dellinger63]

We have gone in just over 10 years from Charlie Rangel proposing a draft 'because too many minorities are serving' to less than 1/3 of the entire qualified population being able to serve due to obesity, lack of education, drug use and a much smaller but celebrated excuse facial/neck tattoos.

America needs some much needed new talent.

Go Obama and the lice filled, scabies ridden amigos w/o tattoos.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Except that it could be violation of patients' right to privacy. HIPAA and all that.

I'm not saying they should give the people's names. That would be a violation of privacy. To simply talk about the conditions and what types of illnesses they are dealing with is hardly a violation of patients' rights.