NOW ABOUT THEM THERE INFANT MORTALITY NUMBERS....

Seems better than 3/4 of the time a liberal opens their mouth about health care, the first thing that comes out of their pot-reeking mouth is how we have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world."

Rationed care? We have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world."
Death Panels? We have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world."
No money to pay for it? We have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world."

America, land of misery and dead babies. They care about those babies too, as long as their Mom doesn't decide to kill him or her. In that case, that baby is "just a piece of tissue."

But I digress. About those infant mortality rates:

The officially reported U.S. infant mortality rate has been indisputably high compared with similarly industrialized countries since at least the 1920s.

That fact has led to public health officials in the U.S. to conclude the rates are "caused" by poorly distributed health care resources and can be "solved" with a socialized, government-run health care system.

However, there's a basic problem with the numbers: Different countries count differently.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, all babies showing any signs of life - such as muscle activity, a gasp for breath or a heartbeat - should be counted as a live birth. The U.S. strictly follows this definition. But many other countries do not.

Switzerland doesn't count the death of very small babies, less than 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) in length, as a live birth...

n other countries, such as Italy, definitions vary depending on where you are in the country. Eberstadt notes "underreporting also seems apparent in the proportion of infant deaths different countries report for the first 24 hours after birth. In Australia, Canada and the United States, over one-third of all infant deaths are reported to take place in the first day."

In contrast, "Less than one-sixth of France's infant deaths are reported to occur in the first day of life. In Hong Kong, such deaths account for only one-twenty-fifth of all infant deaths." (OCRegister)

I'm sure this reality will cause them to change their tune. Instead of "we have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world," it will become we have "one of the highest infant mortality rates in the industrialized world."