Thursday, October 08, 2009
Political Mayhem Thursday, pt. 2: Obama clarifies the health plan proposal
For a while now, I have been hoping that President Obama would clarify what it is he is looking for in a health care plan. Fortunately, today's paper made it clear that he has finally done so:
President Barack Obama held a nationally televised address Tuesday to "clarify any misunderstandings" about his health care proposal, assuring Americans that under the new bill senior citizens—and not the federal government—will have the right to choose how they are executed....
The bill also calls for the creation of government-run carbon monoxide poisoning clinics, termination chambers in all YMCA basements, and a new giant pit in the Nevada desert where seniors can be dumped and buried en masse.
Meanwhile, the Republican reaction has been pretty much the same as it has been to every other suggested alteration to our current system:
Seniors!" House minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) said. "Run for your lives! Obama is coming to kill you! He will kill all of you!
President Barack Obama held a nationally televised address Tuesday to "clarify any misunderstandings" about his health care proposal, assuring Americans that under the new bill senior citizens—and not the federal government—will have the right to choose how they are executed....
The bill also calls for the creation of government-run carbon monoxide poisoning clinics, termination chambers in all YMCA basements, and a new giant pit in the Nevada desert where seniors can be dumped and buried en masse.
Meanwhile, the Republican reaction has been pretty much the same as it has been to every other suggested alteration to our current system:
Seniors!" House minority leader John Boehner (R-OH) said. "Run for your lives! Obama is coming to kill you! He will kill all of you!