http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/IT'S OBAMA 2008!!!!!!!!!
GO OBAMA, GO,GO,GO!!!!!!!!!]]>Feb 20th 2008 12:21PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/In my medical malpractice against Dr, Peter J. Jannetta nurses told me they would not testify against him because they were afraid for their jobs. Doctors said they would not testify because he is so big in the neurosurgery world.
The Pa. Superior Court called Dr. Jannetta's testmony re: the risks of the surgery, an MVD or 'Jannetta Procedure', perjurioous * yet no one cared that he committed a felony by lying under oath. The Court did not sanction him nor did the state or medical societies. (In fact my lawyer forced me, literally, to settle out of court for a pittance that does not even cover my lifetime medical expenses. The lawyer, Michael Fishbein, as an offcer of the court, should have made a criminal complaint for perjury.)
Maybe if people felt safe coming forward when they see illegal or unethical prosecutable acts the court systems would not be so clogged up - the proof would be out there. The guilty would be pleading guilty.
* "We have little difficulty in concluding that Dr. Jannetta's testimony at deposition was different than, or inconsistent with, the testimony at trial." Levy v Jannetta, CCP Allegheny County, GD 81-7689; appeal -J. A370017/92 Levy v Jannetta et al, No. 00150 Pittsburgh, 1992. settled, 1995]]>Feb 20th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/
Hence, anonymity is necessary and may serve a useful purpose. If an employee can go on-line and post anonymously about the illegal actions of their employer, then maybe, someone from the authorities can investigate and discover the proof. ]]>Feb 20th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Bless your heart, Kate, you didn't really read the article, did ya hon? It's about the fact that we keep losing our "Constitutional freedoms", for example when our Supreme Court ruled last year that "...whistleblowing employees had no protection against retaliation from employers". Note that it says nothing about libel, and in fact doesn't even matter if the employee's whistleblowing was valid. Doesn't even matter if the employer was breaking the law!

(And because I have determined that this post directly impacts United States national security, I am asking that the user account "nationalsecuritymatters" be shut down in a heartbeat. Did someone say "arbitrary"?)]]>Feb 21st 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/
What if a standing committee of congressmen/women (and their humongous staff) reviewed anonymous whistleblowing cases without publication to see if a basis of truth exists? ]]>Feb 20th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:02PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:04PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/
Do you shake in your pants when someone on TV speaks the word Terroist or maybe believe in the fairy tale (The sky is falling ) that is what the Repubican party is trying to do to americans is take away there rights and say everything is nationalsecurity so they bring out the BOGGYMAN talk every other week to scare your simple minded people.]]>Feb 20th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/
Secondly, if you don't protect whistleblower's from retaliation, either from their company or coworkers, we will no longer find out about tainted beef like the story in the news now.

How much protection do you want to give companies that routinely lie and cheat? ]]>Feb 20th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/Feb 20th 2008 1:35PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/20/court-ruling-shuts-down-online-whistleblower-site/
A. The fact that the constitution clearly states that if we are not happy with the government we can dismantle it. Right now it seems like people are so fed up with the government that we should just go ahead and scrap it, and make a new one.

B. Sueing the supreme court for failing to obey the constitution.

C. That Ron Paul is a republican who voted against illegal wiretapping, the patriot act, raising taxes, against the war in Iraq, and has never voted for anything that is protected by the constitution.

Sorry to put in my little political add, but for all of the republican bashers, keep him in mind! He actually stands for what the republicans are supposed to stand for: small government and the freedoms gaurenteed by our constitution. There is always the write-in. www.RonPaul2008.com]]>Feb 20th 2008 1:40PM