Death panels, my shiny metal ass...
So apparently the newest lie that dangerous lunatics like Sarah Palin
have convinced themselves of, is that the scary and evil government is
going to put together a special panel of, I dunno, nazi doctors or
something, to decide on an individual basis whether each of us is
valuable enough to live, or should be turned into soylent green. Remind me again why anybody ever thought this woman should be allowed
anywhere near the presidency? I don’t even think she should be allowed
outside of her house without a grownup.
millions of americans actually swallow this shit. I mean look. I will
be the first to agree that the government is not exactly the greatest
provider of efficient services in the world. And if things change to
the point where there’s a serious chance that regular private
healthcare would be outlawed in favor of a government-led plan for
everyone, let’s just say I’d be the first to line up with a pitchfork.
But honestly, I find the fact that people actually die of diseases and
conditions in America that we’ve cured and are easily fixed is
depressing. I mean really, in order for capitalism to work, we have to
have poor people. I might not agree that capitalism is always such a
hot thing, but for the most part it seems to work. So we should at
least make sure those poor people can like, not die of dysentery. And even so, if it was going to cost me like, an extra $500 a month in
taxes or something, even then I’d see the point of those detractors.
But the problem is, there’s no rational opposition. It’s all been
taking over (as usual) by the raving moonbats from another planet. I
mean really. You have to be bona fide, batshit insane to actually
believe that anyone would seriously put forth the concept of a panel
that would like, condemn Down’s Syndrome babies to death because they
“aren’t useful to society”. Or that would go around sentencing the
elderly to euthanasia. It’s just ridiculous scare-mongering. I read
where one guy was talking about how like, in the UK they have some
kind of death-panel-like system, and how if, for example, Stephen
Hawking were up in front of it he wouldn’t get any care on account of
his disability, and the world would be deprived of his great mind and
contributions (http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=333933006516877). To which, if you don’t already know the punchline, go look up where
Stephen Hawking was born and has lived his entire life. Go ahead, I’ll
wait……… good. Which granted, this is just one anecdote from one
woefully ignorant and rabid individual, but it’s not like he’s alone
in believing whatever ridiculous bullshit is going around at the time. Ironically, it’s the fact that people are willing to believe this shit
that actually kinda makes me wish there were a death panel, and that I
were in charge of it. Only instead of the elderly and people with
disabilities, I’d go after anybody who fails to understand basic
statistics, or who believes anything they hear on the Fox News (or
most other news these days, if I’m honest), or who would seriously
consider voting for Sarah Palin for anything above the level of like,
Quilting Bee Organizer. And even then, man, those quilts are
important. Keep people warm and shit. Maybe we don’t want her fucking
that up.
