We wouldn’t even know how to send 47 million more people to McDonald’s without causing lines.

You wouldn’t know how to fart at a bean-eating contest.

It might be crowded at first, but we’ll be okay when we’ve converted 23,500,000 of them into Soylent Green. After that, everybody gets snacks with the doctor visit!

Since the Death Panel is likely not going to decide “death” on doctors and nurses, that should make those occupations more desirable leading to more of them. It’s simple Obamanomics.

Ooooh. The Red State sarcasm. It stings.

Fuck me. I was–jokingly–explaining this to my partner a few nights ago to explain why the people with Medicare don’t want to share it with the rest of us. My partner thought this explanation was hilarious.

I’m going to bed. The crazy’s moving too fast for me.

The tongue depressor shortage will destroy this nation!

We wouldn’t even know how to send 47 million more people to McDonald’s without causing lines.

Add one more thing to the infinite number of things which Red State does not know how to do, in addition to framing a logical argument.

Since there are no obvious solutions like more doctors and nurses

This would mean that the wingers (at least the slim portion that aren’t ass-banging stupid) would have to move into the medical profession and give up their jobs in investment banking, welfare blogging, lobbying, snowmobile racing, and military contractor government extorters. You know, the jobs that really make America hum.

Perhaps it would help if they pretended that diabetes and high blood pressure are countries filled with mooslems and that doctors are tactical nukes.

They seem to do better with the violent stuff.

This would mean that the wingers (at least the slim portion that aren’t ass-banging stupid) would have to move into the medical profession…

Oh, God no. We’d be better off without.

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk thunk thunk.

That would be the sound of my head banging repeatedly against the wall. Yes, it hurts, but it’s fucking better than the torture my brain is going through reading this Red State shit.

Thunk. Thunk. THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK!

Wait. Are you saying Obama is now going to give us free health care and McDonald’s?
I told daddy he shouldn’t have voted for John McCain and Anna Nicole Smith, but he jes wouldn’t listen.

All those poor emergency room doctors and nurses who will no longer be the de facto primary care providers for the uninsured–how will they fill the empty minutes?

(Well, maybe a silver lining here, if I can convince them to take up D&D 3.5 as a hobby. 4th edition is for wankers.)

Apparently this is the new, big-win talking point among wingers. From a link at Fapping Republic.
http://www.examiner.com/x-3704…..the-public

With all Americans then forced to join the government program, adding multi-millions to the rolls of people guaranteed care by the government, rationing will be the end result. Why? Because the present healthcare system is not designed to care for that many people. There are not enough doctors to treat the new patients….

The government will have only one choice under such a scenario–rationing of care.

So the winning argument is: Our healthcare system isn’t adequate to care for everybody, so healthcare is already being rationed. But I like how they’re rationing it now–don’t change a thing. Obama is Hitler. Also.

It’s gonna be Logan’s Run, man!

So does our financial system constitute a “rationing of money” because if everyone showed up at their bank at the same time, there wouldn’t be enough cash to go around?

That’s some brilliant thinking. Of course the fact that we’ll need to take care of more people won’t mean that anyone will become a doctor, nurse, medical technician, or any one of the other professions associated with medicine. I mean, there are already tons of better jobs just going begging as it is.

Did you “here” the one about the Republican who could spell?

No? Me neither.

There won’t be any redstaters waiting in lines cause they’ll just whip their loaded guns out and scare everyone out of the fuckin office.
Morons.

I’m sure glad that people like this were around to help us dodge the bullet on compulsory education. Otherwise we would right now be rationing paste and pencils and Home Ec classes and desks and everything.

I’ve just been informed that my ‘health insurance company’ cannot possibly allow me compensation for my lifesaving prescription medicine because it comes from a physician outside the network. Of course they will also regret their inability to pay for treatment from the physician.

Remind me why I am paying these hundreds of dollars a month for a ‘policy’ that refuses to pay for anything? Kenahora?

All of us would have been far better off to have been born in Canada. We’d be colder in the winter, but we’d be better off.

So, as soon as 47 million people get insurance, they’re all going to show up at the same doctors office every day for the rest of their lives? Damn, that WILL be a long line.

Or create other businesses that might employ Americans. Sucking at the teat of corporate power is to my mind worse than working for the government. You went to the best schools and you can’t start a business? Stop looking at Goldman and start asking what we really need to do in this country. This does not endear me to the Harvards and Yales. Learn to survive and thrive.

Since there are no obvious solutions like more doctors and nurses

Oh noes! Government subsidies of medical education!

Let’s be honest: we Republicans would not know how to do that. If we added 47 million more people to the health care system, there would be lines.

Yes, so let’s allow the problem to get worse so that the system shrinks enough that it can accommodate even less of the population. That’s a great plan.

At least, that seems to be the Republican plan.

(Funny article, as usual, TBogg.)

Executive profits, otherwise known as supporting your betters.

Only on the days that Highlights for Children arrives in the mail.

I think that WHO rates the US, 37th in the world in healthcare, where does Canada rate? I looked all over the WHO site and could not find it.

If I were Obama I would trade away the death panel for the public option. I know, it would hardly be health care reform without the death panel but sometimes you have to compromise.

Could you find where it said the U.S. was 37th? Might start there.

On the CIA World Book site they rank nations by life expectancy, among other things. We don’t do nearly as well as Canada there. On that one, Canada is eighth and we’re number 50. France is number 9 and the U.K is number 36. Hungary is about the only country I’d call advanced that’s doing worse than we.

Maybe we could save money by converting an old death panel to peaceful use.

brilliant!

And restore Habeas Corpse.

Tell the truth, man … 47 million people are gonna want Sex change operations, right after they burn every Church and make all your kids teh gay ! *g*

First they’d have to find the office.
I’m not sure they can actually read.

For a little sanity: Doctor has common-sense fixes to healthcare crisis. I don’t completely agree with his views, but they’re better those of the Blue Dogs.

All of us would have been far better off to have been born in Canada. We’d be colder in the winter, but we’d be better off.

Not better off if you happened to be a patient of the gyno-twin in Toronto pictured up top 8*O

Tell Arkansas Blue Dog Democrat Health care point man Mike Ross you will boycott his campaign contributor and constituent from Arkansas, Tyson chicken until he gets conservatives in both parties to enact HR 676.

http://www.change.org/actions/…..on_chicken

I love the notion that they think the healthcare system we have now is “designed.”

Intelligently Designed. of course. Because it is designed by “capitalism”.

The redstate meme last week was that those who weren’t on insurance didn’t really need it…because they were healthy as heck…so why should they have to pay premiums…twas voluntary. Now they’re all gonna get ill and run to the doctors office at the same time Jeri Thompson needs breast-augmentation surgery.

Now they’re arguin’ that all these folks are at death’s door…but the system we have now ISN’T “rationing”? That the insurance companies and health providers are NOT denying needed medical help to these millions? What’s next? Sayin’ that folks like Steven Hawking will be killed if they institute “socialist medicine” like the UK has?

Speaking of being put to death by a public health care option, Big Hollywood has a hilarious parody of the health care crisis as a televised reality program.

“Our new series ‘Deal or Die’ takes a close look at one of the most complex and volatile of all relationships — between the Federal Government, terminally ill patients, and their families — in a highly competitive and stressful situation.”

Ha ha! It’s funny because people are terminally ill!

“The expense of the treatment will be weighed against a number of objective measures, including the contestant’s age, chances of recovery, and value to society as well as more subjective factors.”

A chilling scenario! Fortunately the private insurance industry never weighs expense against objective measures.

“The family is offered a variety of prizes or a cash settlement equal to half the cost of the course of treatment.”

Well, now they’re onto something. Even if we never get a public option, I think this is something the private market might embrace. I can hear them now: “Mr. Martin, we can either heal your grandmother or you can drive home in this BRAND NEW LEXUS!”

Healthcare will be a great job-creation machine at a time when we don’t have many.

I’m sorry you are in that position. It’s a terrible place to be.

These are the stories that the Democrats need to be relentlessly pushing. We ALREADY have death panels! They are called the insurance companies. Their goal is to make as much money as possible, which means denying as many claims as possible. It is so frustrating.

tryggth, there was a diary over at the GOS (kos) that outlined the things we’d give up in return for the public option. Death panels was number one. It was really clever and really good.

hackworth1, I wouldn’t mind having a colder winter (and I live in MN). I love the cold!

No, no. You have to convince them that when you do kidney dialysis, you extract oil! Then again, there’s liposuction. Does anybody get biodiesel from plastic surgeons’ recoverable assets?

And BTW there is brown fat and yellow fat. Think of the brandname possibilities. ThunderThighs Anejo. BeerBelly Gold.

and there is the old Latin dictum, ‘Adeps viridis est summum bonum.’ Green fat is the greatest good. It did refer to turtle fat as a cure-all, but hey!

Do you think there’s a process to convert snake oil into turtle fat?

I’m always a day late and a dollar short…

And, I assume that you’re in the “republicans are stupid” boat. Just find a PPO provider to write the prescription.

Let’s see. . . do the left-wingers know how to spell WHINE!!!!

Both sides are wrong, we do not need an overhaul we need reform. All that money we wasted on aig would have taken care of the citizens who need help plus help those who lost ins because of job lost. Then we work on lowering cost to the rest of us who are happy with the ins we have. Until we have a third party system this crap will continue. If you vote Dem or Rep. you are stuck on stupid. God I hate the left and right

Wine?

“Since there are no obvious solutions like more doctors and nurses it will be up to the Death Panels to weed out the old people, the libertarians, and all of the Palin children”

Since anyone can legitimately make up just anything now, I’m going to start my own rumor: the death panels are real, but age and disability are not among their criteria.

The panels are actually called “Social Hygiene and Harmony Committees”, and their mission statement is “Creating a Healthier, Happier, Smarter America”. To assemble the master cull List, these committees are systematically [a] searching registration records for Republicans and [b] photographing attendees at Teabagger gatherings.

All you wingnuts may want to flee to Canada (or Mexico) now, before it is too late.

Yesterday my daughter and I were talking on the phone and I thought a part of our conversation was funny, so I sent the excerpt to my brothers and sisters. To whit:

Because we are a family that doesn’t shy away from talking about the difficult things: Daughter asked me yesterday, “Have you decided what you’re going to say when the Death Panel comes to your door?” I replied, “I think I’ll just ask what they recommend and go with that.”

One sister replied to my joke: “I am sorry that you would take the advise (sic) of total strangers that may or may not be educated in your particular malady.”

Oy vey.

As Lily Tomlin said, “I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.”