a brief view of the world...

Hmmm... Iran wants to put into law a bill that would allow them to execute porn stars. Iran's Parliament has labeled porn stars as 'corruptors of the world', a very serious label in the Muslim world. Indeed, such accusations, under Islamic Penal Code, carries a death penalty. This is all in the wake of Iranian actress Zahra Amir Ebrahimi's leaked private porn video. The draft Bill also included death penalties for directors, producers, cameramen and of course the stars.

Hmmm... I suppose where else can you get executed for having sex on camera. A point to ponder, actually.

Meanwhile, a still developing story in Washington sees two former White House officials, Harriet Myers and Sara Taylor, being subpoenaed by the Congressional Committees investigating the firing of US attorneys. I'm getting information that the committees also intend to subpoenas are going to be issued for White House documents and a former White House counsel. It seems that certain elements within the White House had pushed for all 93 prosecutors in view of partisan concerns in that they are not doing enough to prosecute Democrats on voter fraud charges and going too far in pressing corruption charges on Republicans. White House, as usual, has denied these 'unfounded allegations'. Yeah, and they actually expect us to believe that? :)

A disturbing news has caught my eye. A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal. Edith Isabel Rodriguez, 43, died of a perforated bowel on May 9 at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. Her death was ruled accidental by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Relatives said Rodriguez was bleeding from the mouth and writhing in pain for 45 minutes while she was at a hospital waiting area. Experts have said she could have survived had she been treated early enough. County and state authorities are now investigating Rodriguez's death. Relatives reported she died as police were wheeling her out of the hospital after the officers they had asked to help Rodriguez arrested her instead on a parole violation. Sheriff's Department spokesman Duane Allen said Wednesday that the investigation is ongoing.

In the recordings of two 911 calls that day, first obtained by the Los Angeles Times under a California Public Records Act request, callers pleaded for help for Rodriguez but were referred to hospital staff instead. "I'm in the emergency room. My wife is dying and the nurses don't want to help her out," Rodriguez's boyfriend, Jose Prado, is heard saying in Spanish through an interpreter on the tapes.

"What's wrong with her?" a female dispatcher asked.

"She's vomiting blood," Prado said.

"OK, and why aren't they helping her?" the dispatcher asked.

"They're watching her there and they're not doing anything. They're just watching her," Prado said.

The dispatcher told Prado to contact a doctor and then said paramedics wouldn't pick her up because she was already in a hospital. She later told him to contact county police officers at a security desk. A second 911 call was placed eight minutes later by a bystander who requested that an ambulance be sent to take Rodriguez to another hospital for care.

"She's definitely sick and there's a guy that's ignoring her," the woman told a male dispatcher.

During the call, the dispatcher argued with the woman over whether there really was an emergency.

"I cannot do anything for you for the quality of the hospital. ... It is not an emergency. It is not an emergency ma'am," he said.

"You're not here to see how they're treating her," the woman replied.

The dispatcher refused to call paramedics and told the woman that she should contact hospital supervisors "and let them know" if she is unhappy.

"May God strike you too for acting the way you just acted," the woman said finally.

"No, negative ma'am, you're the one," he said.

The incident was the latest high-profile lapse at King-Harbor, formerly known as King/Drew. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is investigating claims of recent patient care breakdowns, including Rodriguez's case. How in the world are we going to have confidence in our medical staff after this?? Why are they receiving federal funding when they clearly have demonstrated that they are not even fit to have a medical degree up on their wall? The Hippocratic Oath states, "First, do no harm". Yet they allowed a sick woman, clearly in pain, vomiting blood to writhe on the floor for 45 minutes without giving her immediate medical attention. THEY LET HER DIE. THEY LET HER DIE IN A HOSPITAL. In a sense, THEY KILLED HER. How are we supposed to have confidence in our health care system and health care practitioners?? My own personal confidence in doctors has severely eroded after I read this news. I urge every health care professional to condemn this utter disregard for human life. Whoever was responsible should dragged to the courtroom with his/her stethoscope. The 911 dispatchers and also the alleged guy who ignored her should also be held accountable.

We want justice. Isn't the government is of people, by people and for the people?Lincoln must be rolling in his grave because of everything that's happening. Which makes present day people like me think, was Lincoln insane when he uttered those words?