WilliamPitt (55,678 posts)
An Open Letter to All Breathing Republicans (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024002018)
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An Open Letter to All Breathing Republicans
By William Rivers Pitt
Truthout | Op-Ed
Friday 08 November 2013
You, Mrs. or Ms. or Mr. Bulletproof, are sick.
But you feel fine, you say? Bloodwork normal, all tests clear, no lumps, no limps, no memory lapses, no problems at all?
Wait a while. Live a little longer. Sooner or later, you will make the list.
According to the American Medical Association, more than 81 million people currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11 million people currently suffer from some form of cancer.
According to the American Diabetes Association, almost 24 million people currently suffer from diabetes; the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that half of all Americans could suffer from the disease by the year 2050.
The Centers for Disease Control estimate that some 50 million Americans suffer from arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, or lupus, 21 million of whom are disabled due to the condition.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, more than five million Americans are currently afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, a number that will shortly spike as our aging population grows older.
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, some 400,000 Americans currently suffer from MS.
According to the National Parkinson's Foundation, between 50,000 and 60,000 new cases of Parkinson's are diagnosed in America each year.
The CDC estimates that close to a million people a year become infected with herpes.
More than a million Americans are infected with AIDS.
Some 79 million Americans are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), a disease that causes cancer in both women and men.
That, right there, is more than half the country.
That, right there, is you. Sooner or later, and sure as sunrise, you can count on it.
If you're not sick right now, you will be, so if you're one of the people fighting the Affordable Care Act, wouldn't it be an example of enlightened, conservative self-interest to make sure this law is as robust as can be?
I know, I know, Democrat socialist Kenyan no-birth-certificate president and all that, plus Benghazi for good measure, but seriously: he's going to be out of office in three years, and for sure and certain you're going to get sick someday if you aren't already. The ACA makes sure your insurance company can't shaft you if your inevitable illness becomes too expensive for their balance sheet.
How is that not conservative? For the love of God, the whole idea was created in the first place by the Heritage Foundation before getting successfully road-tested by a Republican governor. Once upon a time, that kind of policy pedigree was worthy of a parade in Republican circles.
(snip)
Please read the Book your party has claimed sole ownership of.
Proverbs 31:8-9 says, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Matthew 25:41-45 says, "'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'"
John 3:17-18 says, "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
Of course the Affordable Care Act is fragile. All things human are, including you.
Especially you.
For you will be sick one day. It is inevitable. Unavoidable. We are made to ail, to suffer, and to die.
Enlightened self-interest is the Republican way.
How are you feeling today?
Think about it.
The rest: http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19907-an-open-letter-to-all-breathing-republicans
WilliamPitt (55,678 posts)
3. Up with you
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11 million people currently suffer from some form of cancer.
No big woop according to Obama:
"We are only talking about 5% of the population." B.Heussein Obama
See how easy it is to a leftist totalitarian to write off huge numbers of people at their whim.
Just more hooey coming from the brain of a booger eating moron.
People used to be lucky to live long enough to retire. Obamacare's death panels are designed to see that we get back to that state. Just you wait dummies, when people start dying because of Obamacare, I for one don't plan on letting you ever hear the end of that story.
As far as people getting sick from preventable diseases, then they need to quit eating all the crap and get off their asses.
Hey, Will - I'll put my liver up against yours any day.
Or my brain (or yours too if you want).
Or my brain (or yours too if you want).
Hey Pitt-Stain! If this was truly an open letter, why post it at Democrat Underground where by rule I cannot respond?
The ACA makes sure your insurance company can't shaft you if your inevitable illness becomes too expensive for their balance sheet.
Please read the Book your party has claimed sole ownership of.
Proverbs 31:8-9 says, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Matthew 25:41-45 says, "'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'"
John 3:17-18 says, "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
According to the American Medical Association, more than 81 million people currently suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease.
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 11 million people currently suffer from some form of cancer.
Blah, blah, blah...more mindless drivel
All I heard was the teacher from the Peanuts.
Abridged version:
Before Obama, everybody used to die when they got sick.
Then Obama invented life-giving health care.
Us Republicans don't want Obama's wonderful health care invention since most of us aren't sick right now.
But someday we'll be sorry.
Here ya go, Pitt-Stain . . .
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DBeUSPaPyqc[/youtube]
Make damned sure you listen why he's doing this.
(H/T--Patriot Action Network.)
ETA: He voted for Obama! But his reasons for doing what he's doing comes in around 3:00 of the video. He doesn't want to saddle his family with the costs. He 'converted,' maybe--a tad too late.
Proverbs 31:8-9 says, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."Hey Willie? The 50 million human beings who are no longer on this earth because of people who think like you would like you to read that whole book that you so smugly quoted from.Christs teaching went well beyond caring for the poor you vacuous drunk.
Matthew 25:41-45 says, "'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.'"
Oh, I'll put a beaker of my urine against his brain. That would do just fine.
No alcohol for me tonight. Just Advil Sinus and Mucinex. :lame: