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November 5th, 2008

5:44:48 PM CST

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lol

TheDamnRobots

November 5th, 2008

8:33:15 PM CST

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Why is the black one on top?

November 6th, 2008

9:23:14 AM CST

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Because you're reading too far into it.

Xpheyel

November 7th, 2008

8:33:20 PM CST

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It signifies reparations?

March 24th, 2010

7:22:53 AM CDT

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f*ck reparations

prairiedogeric10

November 5th, 2008

12:35:47 PM CST

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i'VE NEVER SEEN A BLACK BANDAGE, OR A BIRACIAL ONE AS FAR AS THAT GOES

Crusher8576

November 5th, 2008

2:35:41 PM CST

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its NOT A BLACK BANDAGE. IT IS A BIRACIAL BANDAGE.

salkinRAWR

November 5th, 2008

3:00:52 PM CST

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tHATS RACISM. GOOD DAY SIR

gr33nscr33n

November 5th, 2008

3:06:32 PM CST

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i QUOTE THINGS FROM THE INTERNET IN ALL CAPS.

November 5th, 2008

5:15:05 PM CST

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IT AIN'T EVEN FROM THE FACTORY

methodminus

November 5th, 2008

12:44:24 PM CST

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Reminds me of a turkey.

mcearlgrey

November 5th, 2008

1:09:39 PM CST

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YES

DerCreep

November 5th, 2008

1:23:23 PM CST

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88.

Dopplebanger

November 5th, 2008

1:48:53 PM CST

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i dont see the American Indians represented ANYWHERE in this thing...

MrMuskOx

November 5th, 2008

2:06:04 PM CST

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Ain't no color for rednecks.

methodminus

November 7th, 2008

9:03:26 AM CST

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What about pale white for most of their bodies...and red...for their necks.

raptorcardz

November 5th, 2008

2:34:53 PM CST

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And maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine

November 5th, 2008

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November 5th, 2008

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I agree with the McCain adviser who said if you have access to an emergency room, you should be considered insured.

gr33nscr33n

November 5th, 2008

3:08:22 PM CST

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That adviser had obviously never found himself uninsured and suffering from rectal cancer.

November 5th, 2008

5:46:17 PM CST

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I found myself in an emergency room after slipping in an icy alleyway behind a strip club (long story). I woke up with a terrible headache and a $4,000 hospital bill for being an uninsured burden of the state.

March 24th, 2010

7:51:02 AM CDT

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If healthcare was massively deregulated, it would be far cheaper, like in Costa Rica or Thailand. More people would be able to afford it.

ac6517

November 5th, 2008

3:06:19 PM CST

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NEEDS MORE UNIVERSAL ARMAGEDDON

November 5th, 2008

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November 5th, 2008

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O m f g I laughed so hard man. I love you.

Baron

November 5th, 2008

3:43:00 PM CST

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I recommend the DONT GET SICK health care plan.

anystrom

November 5th, 2008

3:53:49 PM CST

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Interestingly, that's going to be the quality of our health care ten years from now if Il Douchebag implements a universal health care system.

wisdumcube

November 5th, 2008

3:54:33 PM CST

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lol

egonym

November 5th, 2008

4:36:54 PM CST

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ill take that darkest one for my wiener cut.

November 5th, 2008

4:49:29 PM CST

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Why is universal health care a good idea? Wouldn't it make more sense to have a program that only covers those who absolutely can't support themselves, instead of an all inclusive universal plan that would likely be overburdened, especially considering the way Americans consume? Any unnecessary plan obligating your financial participation without your consent meets my definition of socialism. No, I'm not afraid to call socialized medicine what it is.

November 5th, 2008

5:24:14 PM CST

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Frankly I don't see what's so bad about a system that encourages people to be concerned for their fellow citizens.

November 5th, 2008

5:48:11 PM CST

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Universal health care is no more a socialist policy than social security, which I don't remember what that is anymore because it doesn't exist.

anystrom

November 5th, 2008

5:56:34 PM CST

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"Frankly I don't see what's so bad about a system that encourages people to be concerned for their fellow citizens." It doesn't encourage, it forces. And wherever socialized medicine has been implemented, it has destroyed the health care industry. Our health care system is bad enough with the amount of government involvement that we have now.

November 5th, 2008

6:22:16 PM CST

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"It forces" True, so maybe we should consider starting socialized health care on a local and state level, rather than federal. "Destroyed the health care industry" Yes, the "industry". Why does money have to be made from everything? When will we pay attention to the principles and answer the question: should it be recognized by the state that citizens have a right to health care? That's the real question. And we shouldn't sit back and watch. Did we vote for a President or did we vote for a Decider?

November 5th, 2008

6:50:45 PM CST

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Health care is not a right. People have the right to PURSUE good health, the way they have the right to pursue happiness. But health care isn't some intangible that we can assign ourselves as being a liberty or entitlement - its a service provided by someone else and no one is entitled to the productive efforts of anyone. Neither of your comments addressed my original point about whats practical versus popular.

November 5th, 2008

6:54:09 PM CST

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FYI - you discredit your own position by down-voting dissenting opinion.

November 5th, 2008

7:50:15 PM CST

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Well you have a point. But I would add that even if one believes something is a "right" doesn't mean it has to be provided by nanny state... something to ponder. .... I don't claim to know what's practical for anyone but myself. That should be decided by communities of people for themselves (even the nation as a community), rather than imposed from above. In any event, I don't think the ytmnd implies any of this. Also I didn't downvote your comment.

November 5th, 2008

7:56:19 PM CST

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However, if the role of the democratic (the concept not the party) government is to respond to the will of the people, all of this is irrelevant. A plan should be written up, signatures collected, and brought to a vote.

November 5th, 2008

9:12:51 PM CST

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Even communities shouldn't have the right to make certain collective decisions which obligate everyone to participate, even those originally opposed. Boundaries exist. Making someone (or everyone) else unnecessarily dependent on anyone for an indefinite period of time crosses the lines of personal responsibility and practicality.

November 5th, 2008

9:23:41 PM CST

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In this case, your understanding of whats practical for you requires that this same practicality be applied to everyone. What this YTMND implies is subjective, but certainly supports socialized medicine - and does so with the race card - which is effective as it also suggests any dissenters' feelings toward race are suspect. My down vote comment was for the downvoter, I never said it was you - which is why I made it separate from my other comment.

TheRaven7

November 5th, 2008

9:43:12 PM CST

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Yeah. Remember how Canada's health care system went to total sh*t? Everyone there has AIDS and typhoid fever and they have to wait at the doctor's office for hours.

gr33nscr33n

November 5th, 2008

10:28:12 PM CST

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"It doesn't encourage, it forces....blah blah blah" So start your own f*cking country. That's what these folks did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand (of course it caught on fire two years ago, and now they wish they had a socialized fire department).

November 5th, 2008

11:14:33 PM CST

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Free healthcare can be sh*tty, sure. Go down to an Indian clinic some time and you'll see what I mean. No appointment times, just show up and try to get seen; never have the same doctor twice. Now, $10 prescriptions, generic or name brand, for all? I'll take it.

November 6th, 2008

12:42:36 AM CST

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Some of the hostile comments I've received to this very reasonable point I've made are concerning / strange at best. Its obvious some of the responders don't know what they're talking about, yet they maintain such angry convictions in favor of socialized medicine. Naive advocacy is reckless.

gumbydance

November 7th, 2008

10:22:40 AM CST

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Look at the outcomes: Americans spend, per capita, twice as much money on healthcare as any other nation and yet we are consistently ranked 18th or so in health indexes (life expectancies, etc.). Also, the way we do it now makes a lot of people go bankrupt.

November 7th, 2008

11:22:33 PM CST

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Health care is expensive in the US for a lot of structural reasons, but the bottom line is that not enough ppl get it because there isn't enough to go around- its a limited resource. Equalizing access through a universal plan won't solve this fundamental problem, it will only spread it around. Structural changes must be made to promote competition to reduce cost and make healthcare a more attractive field to go in.

November 7th, 2008

11:28:00 PM CST

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I don't place much stock in ambiguous ranking which claim the US is "#18" in the world, etc. I don't know what they base their criteria on, but I doubt it has anything to do with the quality of our med schools (harvard, hopkins, mayo, etc), or the fact that we lead the way in research / development. Mortality rates are due to other factors, such as other countries having much higher abortion rates - its not because our Doctors suck, as you imply.

November 8th, 2008

4:08:28 AM CST

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1) Anyone thinking Obama's magical wang will provide us all with healthcare is clueless and ignorant of history. 2) TO MAGAIN: Health Care is a right when the corporate government is the cause of our sickeness many of the times. 3) Even if they weren't (which they are), then no it isn't a right but should be provided under the "most advanced government in history" (lul) 4) I love bandaids and neosporin. Why did you leave out the Neosporin mendali?

joeymcjoe

November 8th, 2008

12:16:36 PM CST

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www.nhs.uk weep away yankee boy

November 9th, 2008

8:37:18 PM CST

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I've obviously overestimated the integrity of the other people leaving comments on YTMND. I might as well be having a back and forth with elmo and the cookie monster. I've made my point with reason. Everyone else seems content to reduce a complex issue to a vague punchline. Ex: "corporate government is the cause of our sickness." ok, w/e that means.

November 9th, 2008

10:53:41 PM CST

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Do you ever check your PMs?

November 12th, 2008

8:53:47 PM CST

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TO MAGAIN: Hypocritical of you to attack the ways others debate then resort to ad homenien attacks. I left it to a few concise sentences due to length restrictions but if interested (which it doesn't seem like you are) you are welcome to read one of my essays or see my collection of links of how several corporations have poisoned our water, air, food; often purposely while their cohorts (often on the BODs) inside the government turn a blind eye or even assist in these crimes. Just ask.

November 12th, 2008

8:54:52 PM CST

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TO MENDALI: was that PM reference to me? Because my last one is from the 7th which I replied to.

November 12th, 2008

11:19:17 PM CST

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I'm not asking you for anything. If you you have reason based points for why I'm wrong on health care (I never said anything about the environment...) then post them for everyone to see. I have no problem with me or anyone else using "ad homenien" characterizations of others - as long as they first reason their points. Still waiting for you (and everyone else) to do that.

March 24th, 2010

7:29:21 AM CDT

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To use life expectancy as basis for healthcare quality is disingenuous, especially when there are so many factors that have NOTHING to do with healthcare. Like car accidents, other accidents, diet, exercise, stress, lifestyle, drinking habits, smoking habits, etc., etc. Besides, most of these alleged statistics that try to prove that other countries are better than the US came from the UN. Where did the UN get those statistics from? Why, the countries themselves. It's a joke.

March 24th, 2010

7:39:08 AM CDT

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Frankly, if you look in depth at the countries that are allegedly better than the USA in healthcare, the subjective and pro-government bias of the UN reports becomes much more clear. England makes people wait 2 or 3 times longer in the emergency room. Most of the doctors are from 3rd world countries. They are too cheap to clean their hospitals as much as the USA. Very difficult to see dentist. They euthanise old people. The British healthcare system is the butt of jokes of standup comedians there

GeneralFod

November 5th, 2008

6:49:35 PM CST

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haha I get it Obama is black

Trigun182

November 7th, 2008

11:49:22 PM CST

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Well actually, he is a bi-racial man.

Anig

March 23rd, 2010

1:13:16 PM CDT

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Well really, he is a long legged mack daddy

Groundhog

November 5th, 2008

7:50:36 PM CST

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Higher taxes is patriotic

TheRaven7

November 5th, 2008

9:43:58 PM CST

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So obviously Obama is unpatriotic.

March 24th, 2010

7:44:29 AM CDT

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Patriotism is when you voluntarily devote service to your country and openly praise it. People who fight and die for it are patriotic. Taxes are forcibly taken from you; in theory to pay for necessary things that people can not or will not pay on their own. In practice, many special interest groups get large portions of the money. People pay taxes to avoid fines and jail, not because they feel patriotic.

thehyecircus

November 6th, 2008

9:20:35 PM CST

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Impossible to get health care is more like it

dada331

November 6th, 2008

10:10:28 PM CST

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So where's this music from anyway?

Kilroyx

November 6th, 2008

10:18:47 PM CST

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8 years of Democratic control of all three branches of government should give us some clear data...

Phoojoeniam

November 6th, 2008

11:15:48 PM CST

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Universal City Studios Inc. Health Care

jnorris441

November 7th, 2008

12:24:09 AM CST

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if this is universal where is martian green you socialist sonuvabitch

felinoid

November 9th, 2008

1:25:21 PM CST

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And me. I'm blue.

Phernoree

November 7th, 2008

2:36:56 AM CST

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by mandating health coverage and not taking over the hospital systems, every American is mandated by the U.S. gov't to pay the owners of these hospitals, and not the state. So Obama's plan is actually adding fuel to the fire.

milkmanv1

November 7th, 2008

3:59:21 AM CST

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........................o I c wat u did thar

OctopusDropkick

November 7th, 2008

6:23:23 AM CST

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For the f*cks who are against UHC, might I suggest they reach down between their legs and check to see if they've any testicles. This pussy 'WHINE WHINE WHINE USSR TOLIET PAPER LINE' is getting old. You need to get the f*ck out of this country and live in other areas to get an idea how a healthcare system can work. You stupid dorks slap on an extra digit to all your medications here with a decrease in quality of service.

lickitwellhiem

November 7th, 2008

4:54:50 PM CST

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word life

Hamburglar

November 8th, 2008

2:02:05 AM CST

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F*ck Yeah! Band aids!