“In their gut, they saw the US as a white-skinned, right-wing nation forever shaped like Sarah Palin. When this image was repudiated by a majority of Americans in a massive landslide, it simply didn’t compute.”
Somebody needed to point out the obvious.
Also from Reddit:
Why is it that peaceful RNC protesters are rounded up/arrested by SWAT teams, but the anti-health care protesters (a self described ‘angry mob’) are looked upon as simply Americans asserting their rights? even when armed at public meetings?
“Ridge…was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.”
This is EXACTLY why Republicans lying like snakes when it comes to being patriotic Americans.
A TRUE patriot would NEVER have allowed politics to trump national security. A TRUE patriot would save his politics for his one vote and not use it to help rig an election to keep a warmonger in power.
Way to be a patriot Ridge. Too bad you’re FIVE YEARS TOO LATE!
Here’s an interesting take, and only if you take the time to read/listen to it. In short, our current system pushes us to spend tons of money on end-of-life health care. According to this interview, think of how much we could save if we just stopped and asked the elderly patients what they thought of how their treatment should be.
And yes, this involves discussing living wills in advance.
The editorial in question is here.
The article by Atul Gawande can be found here, as well as a follow-up companion piece.
Here’s an interesting take, and only if you take the time to read/listen to it. In short, our current system pushes us to spend tons of money on end-of-life health care. According to this interview, think of how much we could save if we just stopped and asked the elderly patients what they thought of how their treatment should be.
And yes, this involves discussing living wills in advance.
The editorial in question is here.
The article by Atul Gawande can be found here, as well as a follow-up companion piece.
Random thought from Reddit:
By denying the poorest Americans affordable Healthcare, the Republicans have become the Death Panel they vehemently admonish.
– submitted by Yeeaaaarrrgh
Also from Reddit:
“Remember when you could get arrested just for wearing a T-shirt critical of the president to an event where he would appear?”
– submitted by conyat2
There are stories of Rethug asshats carrying assault rifles to Obama town halls and speeches and while, yes, most of them are obeying the letter of the law, shouldn’t you be asked to be a responsible adult and go the hell away by the police/FBI/Secret Service/voices in your head?
HAVING rights means being smart enough to know WHY you have them and HOW to be worthy of them.
Something lost on the racist GOP mobs of late.
Taken with the appropriate level of tongue-in-cheek:
Barack Hussein Obama, natural born Kenyan socialist, usurper of the American presidency and “Trojan Horse of Islam,” possessed of a “deep seated hatred of white people” and with the aid of his media “brownshirts,” is embarking on a Nazi-styled eugenics campaign to grant “death panels” the authority to “pull the plug on grandma” and “redistribute the wealth” otherwise required to sustain her “unproductive” life as “reparations”. Failure to halt his “government takeover” — with assault rifles if necessary — will lead inexorably to future generations having to “wait in line for, I dunno, toilet paper.”
Here’s you field guide to the asshats between you and decent health care reform.
Saw this a couple weeks ago, but still important to remember that Congress’ laziness and lying is killing Americans while they decide whether or not to fail at reforming health care.
To put this in perspective, what will happen while Congress is on vacation for three weeks?
* 143,250 people will lose their health insurance coverage.
* 53,507 people will be forced into bankruptcy because they can’t pay their medical bills.
* 1,265 will DIE because of a lack of health coverage.