In perhaps the most amusing effort to discredit US President Barack Obama's plan for nationalized health care - if not the most ridiculous - US financial newspaper Investor's Business Daily has said that if Stephen Hawking were British, he would be dead.
"The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof, are legendary," read a recent editorial from the paper. "The stories of people dying on a waiting list or being denied altogether read like a horror script... "People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." The paper has since been notified that Hawking is both British and still among the living. And it has edited the editorial, acknowledging that the original version incorrectly represented the whereabouts of perhaps the world's most famous scientific mind. But it has not acknowledged that its mention of Hawking misrepresented the NHS as well. "I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS," Hawking told The Guardian. "I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived." The best you can say about Investor's Business Daily is that unlike US radio talk host Rush Limbaugh, it has not compared Obama's health care logo to a swastika. (r) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/12/hawking_british_and_alive/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Calco Sent: 13 August 2009 16:22 To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] This is what obama care will give us > > Bob Calco wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Bob Calco<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Why "ouch"? > >>> > >> you're missing the point. > >> > > > > I'm curious what you thought the point was. > > > No, he meant that you've missed the point for so long that you have > even > forgotten how it looks like. > You should have a picture to look at and sigh whenever you miss it. Thank you for taking the time between numerous torrid self-love affairs in which you re-assure your penis that it still has a romantic purpose to explain this to me. :) - Bob [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
