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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:21 PM
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Let's call the reich-wing bluff on the "Kill Grandma" fearmongering.
Let's introduce legislation to ban any government funding of Hospice Care and End-of-life Pain Management, and let the Republicans vote on it.

Republicans want Grandma to die in pain!

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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 04:28 PM
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1. Republicans want to hook Grandma up to machines, tubes and wires!
Edited on Wed Aug-05-09 04:29 PM by hedgehog
After all, hospitals make a lot of money on people dying in the ICU!
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 05:30 PM
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2. So Frist was evil?
in putting his family member to death?
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 05:35 PM
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3. Great idea! Put up or shut up GOP! k+r, n/t
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 06:40 AM
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4. I've just found out it isn't even Hospice Care that has them over the edge.
It's the provision encouraging people to create a "living will" that the government has been pushing for the past 20 years while nobody complained.

So, we need to propose legislation making it illegal to have a Living Will.

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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 06:54 AM
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5. I say have them call a vote on anything that could be labeled socialism....

They can vote to dismantle:

1. Medicare

2. The Military

3. Social Security


What else?

The hypocrisy of those screaming "We don't want socialism! Keep the government out of our lives!" is mind-boggling, especially as so many of those screaming are benefiting from the above government-run programs.

Those in the military get paid for a job -- one that is appreciated by the citizens. Yet the military is indeed a government-run program.

Why do so many people hate the troops????

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