An Open Letter to All Breathing Republicans - By Wee Willie Pitt

[Ralph Wiggum]

Another brain-dead screed from the ex-Boston/Alabama moron.

WilliamPitt (55,678 posts)

An Open Letter to All Breathing Republicans


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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

 

So bad that he even had to do a self-kick to the top of the first page of General Discussion, since no one replied for more than half an hour:

WilliamPitt (55,678 posts)
3. Up with you

 

[Mike220]

All I heard was the teacher from the Peanuts.

[BannedFromDU]

     Hey, Will - I'll put my liver up against yours any day.

[Karin]

It's not really paragraph construction if you type out one sentence and just hit enter twice. 

[Carl]

You mean one day we are all going to die???

[txradioguy]

Dear William R. "24 Business Hours" Pitt,

  Screw you and your Liberal bullish*t.

V/r

A Living Breathing Conservative

[Ptarmigan]

 

[jukin]

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.

[BannedFromDU]

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.

     That interview made me want to vomit. The stupid son of a bitch kept talking about "small percentages." And then he slipped and said HE had been burned by the failed website. No, asshole, EVERYONE'S been burned
EXCEPT you. Dick.

[Dori]

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. 
 

[JohnnyReb]

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. 
 

Obamacare will cure all that......Obamacare will allow them to die.

You beat me to it.

[RobJohnson]

Life is a terminal illness.

[franksolich]

Hey, Will - I'll put my liver up against yours any day.

Or my brain (or yours too if you want).

[JohnnyReb]

Or my brain (or yours too if you want).

There's a 2 day old dead squirrel in the road out front, I think his brain is still better than Wee Willie's.

[BannedFromDU]

Or my brain (or yours too if you want).

     Oh, I'll put a beaker of my urine against his brain. That would do just fine.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Hey Pitt-Stain!  If this was truly an open letter, why post it at Democrat Underground where by rule I cannot respond?

[Bad Dog]

He really missed the mark.  Mr. & Mrs. Republican already had health insurance.  At least, until O'bumba cancelled it.  I guess he was trying to convince young Republicans they need to get insurance now.  The pre-existing condition rules would seem to encourage them to just wait until the first heart attack and then buy insurance.

[blitzkrieg_17]

Where does Arm-Pitt get off quoting Scripture and who told him he could do so?

[landofconfusion80]

Hey Pitt-Stain!  If this was truly an open letter, why post it at Democrat Underground where by rule I cannot respond?

It's just better to do so on the island, far far away from any rational thought or argument.  Like any primitive would be able to come over and debate without crying...

[Splashdown]

Will Pitt just guaranteed that I'm going to get sick. With his track record of prognostication, I may never die.

[BlueStateSaint]

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.

[Mr Mannn]

To Pitt's point. You say I'm gonna get seriously ill at some point in my life and I will need coverage to get me through.

Counter point: But you are saying Obamacare will be there to cover me, but as the example above clearly demonstrates, Obama care does NOT cover cancer. Nor does it cover other expensive needs i might incur.

Further Obama care has one great flaw: It denies the poor and middle class healthcare. There are massive deductibles (capping at $6k), but in addition, there are massive co-pays. Subsidies only cover the deductibles. But if you have a $50,000 knee surgery, you are still out of pocket $20,000 bucks.
Add that 20K to $500 Obamacare monthly bill...and you've just devastated the entire middle class.

What you will see, oh Pittstain, is a massive bi-partisan refusal to obey the law. Only the very rich can afford to live on Obamacare. No one else can afford to be law abiding.

Hey Pitt. Lets look at whats gonna happen next October 2014. 50 million Americans are going to lose their healthcare just before elections. The republicans are gonna sweep the house and senate (even though they do not deserve the victory).

Will. If you think this law is any good at all, you live in fantasy land. This law is gonna gut your party like a fish. I can't wait for that to happen.

[ChuckJ]

The ACA makes sure your insurance company can't shaft you if your inevitable illness becomes too expensive for their balance sheet.

You made a mistake there, dipshit. To be correct you should have typed: The ACA makes sure your insurance company shafts you even when you're healthy.

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."

Exactly how stupid are you Willie? You did notice that no where in those verses was the government mentioned, didn't you? As far as I know there is no where in the Bible where the government is instructed to steal from the populace and hand it out to free-loaders.

How about this verse: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

How's that verse work out for you?

[thundley4]

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

The funny thing about all those diseases mentioned is that there is a lot of research going on in those fields, much of it privately funded.  However, ObamaCare will tax all new devices used to treat those ailments. 

Guess what?  Those taxes get added in on every treatment they're used in. Who pays? Taxpayers. FU Wee Willy Shitstain.

[Delmar]

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.