And for the curious...

[ellid]

Here's Stephen Hawking's take on socialized medicine.

Why is it that so many health care reform opponents are making utter fools of themselves?

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[samantha-vimes.livejournal.com]

Please don't let my enemies stop making fools of themselves. :)

[rwday.livejournal.com]

From the article: Politifact.com, The St. Petersburg Times’s truth-squadding team, has also looked into statements of Ms. McCaughey, including this one: “Congress would make it mandatory — absolutely require — that every five years people in Medicare have a required counseling session that will tell them how to end their life sooner.”

Un-freaking-believable. Look, I have certain reservations about a UK style national health system, and I'm not totally sold parts of the current reform proposals, but this kind of fearmongering, lying BS is just despicable.

And totally unrealistic - senior citizens make up one of the most powerful and vocal voting blocs out there - no politician with a brain would EVER propose anything like that. Please. And the idea that we can keep on with the status quo is a denial of reality. We have to do something, and though I didn't vote for him, I applaud President Obama for being willing to take this on and stick to his guns.

[canellaphile.livejournal.com]

Biased journalism research fail.