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It will happen, I think.
It will happen, I think.
How many of you have seen the film Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine? It was released in 1…
How many of you have seen the film Death Race 2000 starring David Carradine? It was released in 1975, so maybe not a lot of my readers have seen it. The (abbreviated) Plot Set in the future (2000 A.D.), drivers and their navigators compete in a cross country race where the winner is not only the first to make it from New York to Los Angeles in the fastest time, the one who finishes with the most points wins. The drivers score points by mowing down people along the way. Some fans sacrifice themselves for their favorite drivers. Others are unfortunate enough to get in the way by being at the wrong place and the right time. Once scene in particular seems relevant to the current American battle for health care reform. Along the race course is a nursing home. The doctors and nurses wheel all the old folks in their wheelchairs out to the highway and in the path of the drivers. Apparently old people are big points for the drivers. After the old folks are all out in the street, the doctors and nurses hide behind a row of shrubs to watch the drivers mow down their free points. Frankenstein (played by David Carradine) approaches the old people. At the last fraction of a second, he veers off course, forgoing the opportunity to score big points, and blasts over the doctors and nurses hiding behind the row of shrubs. The Right Wing Fear Machine is once again preying on the elderly and the ignorant. Rep. Paul Broun claims that the proposed health care reform is gonna kill people. Rep. Steve King says in places like Canada, United Kingdom and Europe “people die in line” waiting for health care. Rep. Louie Gohmert claims that the socialized medicine countries have about 20% worse results claiming that 1 in 5 people die because “they” went to socialized medicine. One of the craziest claims that I’ve heard so far comes from Rep. Virginia Foxx who says that the current health care system “would not put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government.” I suppose the current system of people being put to death by private health insurance companies is preferable? Of course, this is all fear mongering and simply not true. The big problem is that people are starting to believe the insane claims of the Right Wing. There is no euthanasia clause in the proposed law. Old people will not be wheeled out into the streets to die. Seriously. They won’t be murdered – at least not under proposed reform bill. But I would watch out for those insurance lobbyists hiding behind the row of shrubs if I were you. I thought the Birthers were way out there in la la land. By the way, if I were a citizen of Canada, the United Kingdom or that place called Europe, I would be insulted that American lawmakers think we kill people. Get settled in front of your computer and read the Bill for yourself. Patience is mandatory because the Bill is long. Tin foil hats are optional. Also published on Active Art Political Celebritas Flickering Light of Freedom
It is pretty plain to see that those who are crying about supplying health care for all in the USA are the ones who already have it. Easy for them to say. How selfish can they be? The irony is that many of them are receiving health care from the government themselves. I used to be able to afford health insurance until Bush allowed the gas companies to rape the country with $4.00 per gallon gas which destroyed the economy. They said the housing bubble burst, but what do you think burst it? Here is to all of the profiteers from our lack of health care in this country… ! Man, I hate greed! Sam Dantone
“My basic Human Rights (including health care) supersede any individual’s, entity’s or group’s right to profit.” Sam Dantone / 08/13/09
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This came from AlJazeera on Youtube which I subscribed. AlJazeera reports better news than American corporate news media. These videos …
This came from AlJazeera on Youtube which I subscribed. AlJazeera reports better news than American corporate news media. These videos will give you detail about the Health Care Reform, what the uninsured Americans are going through, and who are the scumbags in the political and corporate world who are trying to prevent Americans from having better health care! These Healthcare Industries want to continuously rob Americans blindly with these high cost health insurances etc. Let me say this about these Town Hall Mobs or protesters, these right-wing individuals need to either go back to school or shut the hell up! All they are doing are spewing hate and showing the world in how ignorant they are! They have no clue about what’s going on in the real world! HealthCare Reform HealthCare Reform
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BEST VIEWED LARGER The MoveOn people organized peaceful rallies across the country today to help spread the word that Americans NEED Health Care Reform in this country as soon as possible. A group of nearly 200 people lined both sides of Indian Hill Bl. (a major artery) in my hometown of Claremont, California. I was there mainly to participate in the rally, but I also could not pass up the photo op . . . sorry, this image is not for sale Nikon D60 / 55-200mm lens / cropped / conversion to monochrome / minor adjustment to contrast
Created for the Social Conscience challenge at A T-Shirt Revolution group from an original drawing enhanced using Corel Paint. Venting my frustration with the outrageous claims being made about health care reform. I so wish we could see more honest media information and stop the nonsense. We seriously need health care reform – including care for everyone! Single payer would be best but short of that something must be done to stop making the insurance and pharmaceutical companies rich at the expense of people’s lives.
“So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” –Ephesians 4:25 / ...
“So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.” –Ephesians 4:25 Please, Don’t let Ignorance and Fear DIVIDE US.
We need health care not health insurance… The Baucus plan is a “Bridge to Nowhere” If we allow this to pass, we all get screwed…
Just a bit of my frustration with the people who are spreading fear and anger about health care reform.
Wondering who is paying the $2.5 million the insurance industry is spending every month for lobbying and advertising to prevent health care reform.
US First Lady On Health Care Reform
US First Lady On Health Care Reform
We cannot afford it now… what makes them think we will be able to afford it when they force us to pay? Are you ready to take it to the streets yet, or do you want to wait till your bankrupted…? Sam Dantone / 12-23-09
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