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Link here to an article in today's Guardian about the US healthcare debate, and what kind of care those 46 million Americans without health insurance can get under the current system.

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[helenkacan.livejournal.com]

::waves hi from Canada, another bastion of sane and sensible healthcare::

OMG. I could not believe teh stoopid. She opposes healthcare reform, even though her husband doesn't have any and works a number of jobs (too bad she can't count that high, because she's not sure how many).

What I find fascinating (and disgusting) is that she's been so brainwashed by her ideology that there's no way she can condemn her own party for failing the American people; so the only thing she can do is direct the vitriol outwards against the obvious enemy, the political opposition.

When she speaks, she reminds me of Palin-lite which is very bad, as Sarah is more than a few feathers short of filling a pillowcase.

[next_to_normal]

Well, you know, she believes in Biblical values, and the Bible doesn't say anything about health care, therefore we don't deserve it.

I'm just glad that all this is bringing much-deserved attention to Hitler. See, everybody thought he was such a bad guy, but they only want to talk about how he killed people and invaded countries! No one ever mentions his other plan, you know, the one for universal health care coverage...

[cozzybob.livejournal.com]

Heh! For some reason, when I think of Obama compared to Hilter, I can't help but snerk. What an oxymoron.

LOL on the bible values. Some people may actually believe that.

[next_to_normal]

I snerk, but then I realize that these people are serious, and I have to wonder how fucked up things have gotten in this country that people genuinely believe what Obama is doing is equivalent to the Nazis. My mind, it boggles.

I'm thinking that perhaps three things are necessary:
1. Better media campaign that explains what's ACTUALLY IN THE HEALTH CARE BILL.
2. Overhaul of the American education system, particularly with respect to World War II.
3. Banishment of the entire Fox News team to outer Mongolia.

[cozzybob.livejournal.com]

Agreed!! Most times, I'm tied between frothing-at-the-mouth fury and laughing at the utter idiocy of humanity. This country really does have an education crisis too, though. Last I checked, we're still pretty low on the scale. I bet it was that no child left behind bullshit. Wah!

The entire Fox news network doesn't deserve outer Mongolia. I think they should be banned to the harsh winters of Antarctica. Of course, then they'd go around and kill all the penguins no doubt. We'll have to think about this...

I'm surprised to hear VERY LITTLE about what's actually in the bill, which... isn't actually all that surprising. Yet another reason the media is pointless drivel. Wah!

[next_to_normal]

I think part of it is that health care is absurdly complicated, and there's only about twelve people who actually understand all of it. But it's not even so much explaining what's in the bill that's the problem, it's that certain people have no problem just spouting off complete nonsense - like death panels - that isn't in the bill and passing it off like that's the centerpiece of Obama's plan.

I have to hand to the right-wing, they sure are good at whipping people into a lather over utter bullshit.