enbar says: This is a good example of what happens when a political culture develops in which true facts no longer matter. In order to discredit the current plans for health-care reform, opponents are trying to tar it with the National Health Service's failures. Only problem is, most of the failures they describe are made up. I kind of like the super-glue story, though. I mean, hell, I pay for a group dental plan through my job, and my wife needs an implant, and I'm seriously considering a second mortgage to pay for it. And I have insurance. Somehow, these supposed British horror stories haven't convinced yet me that our current system is so wonderful that we shouldn't change it. Remember: the U.K. has the 18th-ranked healthcare system in the world; the U.S. has the 37th; and we spend plenty more than they do. Well said. Thank you. — Comment removed by clipper — — Comment removed by clipper — For the record, I just blocked clip-on-tie and removed his last few comments. I've never done that to a user before, and maybe I'm being oversensitive. But once you start personally insulting me, then I'm not interested in hearing what you have to say any more. clip-on-tie is obviously an obnoxious obstructionist...or something like that. He just wants to annoy threads not trying to develop real ideas to respond honestly. I like your point: "true facts no longer matter." Right-wing nut jobs have recently suggested that Obama supports euthanasia for the elderly, compare him to Hitler, one guy this week showing up to a President's Town Hall with a gun on his hip. Facts no longer matter. If someone can think Obama is like Hitler they are lost in the ozone of American mud pie and meaninglessness. They just want to smear and criticize in the worse ways possible, that's their campaign and whatever words or phrases do it are the ones they will use. O... |
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