National Healthcare?

Back in day, I was a staunch republican. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that homos usually don’t support the GOP, but I was all about small government, low taxes, large military, and every-man-for-himself capitalism. Lest you be too concerned, I wasn’t into bible thumping, prayer in schools, or getting rid of a woman’s right NOT to have her body riddled with stretch marks. That having been said, I was certainly opposed to federalized health care.

I changed my mind about health care a couple of years ago while listening to Rush Limbaugh. He was telling the audience about an illegal alien in Miami who was receiving dialysis treatment three times a week at tax payer expense. Rush went on to bitch about how it was completely unreasonable to expect American tax payers to fund ongoing medical treatments for someone who “didn’t belong” in this country. If the patient had stumbled into an emergency room with a bashed in skull, that was a completely different matter. It would just be cruel to turn anyone away – in a life or death emergency situation we have a moral obligation as decent humans to help others.

How is emergency health care any different from dialysis? Without the dialysis treatments, the patient would be dead within a week. It seems to me that that type of care is just as critical. And, couldn’t we say they same thing about all medical care? Why is the ER obligated to remove the beer bottle out of someone’s ass who got a little over-zealous in the bedroom while jacked up on poppers, but society isn’t obligated to provide chemotherapy, or AZT? It’s as though opponents are saying “It’s not OK to let someone bleed to death, but it’s alright if disease kills them off slowly over the course of weeks or months.” I don’t follow that logic…

A huge part of the debate over health care is finding the money to pay for it. Should the “haves” have to pay for the “have-nots”? Why not? Sure in a true capitalist system everyone would carry their own weight, but we don’t have a true capitalists system, and never have. We have a system that blends socialism (not a bad word by the way) and capitalism. The government’s job is to provide an environment where businesses and individuals can pursue wealth. In exchange for that, the government gets to set down certain rules and charge certain fees to pay for whatever they deem appropriate.

The best part is, WE get to decide who makes the decisions in government, and WE have decided that national health care is important enough to put our current representatives in place. Obama said something to the effect of “in a country as wealthy as ours, health care is a right, not just a privilege.” No one is forcing you to play the game. During the 2000 election, silly west coast liberals were talking about leaving the country if W was elected. If you right-wingers aren’t liking the new rules, you’re certainly welcome to leave. Don’t let door hit you on your way out.

Stop the Baby Killing!

Praise the lord!!  Pro-lifers rejoice and sing his praises!  Actually, sing my praises for I have stumbled upon the solution to the growing abortion problem in our hedonistic-instant gratification seeking society!

 Babies are being sucked down the sink at alarming rate because the demand for the cute little bundles of parasitic narcissism has plummeted. The current economic debacle (hats off W) means that more and more rhythm method practitioners are less and less likely to jump for joy at the prospect of yet another private Catholic school tuition five years down the road.

 What makes the problem even more daunting is the fact that we’ve had 8 years of abstinence only education in our public schools (thanks again W). The supply of unwanted burdens will be increasing exponentially!

 The solution is to find a new, untapped market for unwanted babies. Sure, you can still sell your late-night-I-promise-to-pull-out mistake on the black-market in Thailand (maybe even Craigslist), but wouldn’t you rather keep your DNA in this country?  Currently, un-married homosexual couples are forced to import their babies from 3^rd World Countries.  Wouldn’t everyone be happier if they could buy American?

 Let’s allow the Mo’s to get hitched.  Then they will HAVE to buy babies to hold their marriages together (just like the breeders use their kids for).  It’s a win-win situation for us all.  I call on all the fundamental right-wingers (I’m talking to you Fred Phelps) to stop the baby killing!  Help us to help you.