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Postponing the inevitable (Yes, we are all going to die)
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| 2/11/08
| Tim Footman
Posted on 02/11/2008 11:00:05 AM PST by qam1
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:00:12 AM PST
by
qam1
To: Gabz; SheLion
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:01:17 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: Lazamataz
To: MaryFromMichigan
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:04:50 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
To: qam1
(Yes, we are all going to die) "Tell me about it."
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:05:05 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("John McCain is to conservatism what Cindy Sheehan is to the Miss Universe Pageant.")
To: qam1
They're not saving lives, they're just postponing deaths.Glass half full thing.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:05:58 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.)
To: qam1
(Yes, we are all going to die)
What... did they do a study?
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:06:42 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: qam1
Speaking as an old geezer who watched his old mother and mother in law die within the recent past, the medical profession’s view tends to be - you are old, you are going to die. I realize that all generalities are false including this one, but medical doctors tend to let nature take its course when one gets old. Just hope that you know who you are when you shuffle off this mortal coil.
Restating, I think that they will just give you a basic (low) level of care.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:08:01 AM PST
by
Citizen Tom Paine
(Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
To: qam1
passsst. the alternative ? Soylent Green !
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:08:01 AM PST
by
stylin19a
To: qam1
Now let me get this straight; is the commenter saying we should NOT take good care of the bodies the Good Lord gave us?
My guess is that socialized medicine will lead to a scenario where, after the age of say, seventy, the proles will not be entitled to any state healthcare at all.
Kinda like Joe Haldeman’s dystopian sci-fi novel; “The Forever War”.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:08:12 AM PST
by
sinanju
To: qam1
Note the psychological impact of socialized health care. People are now contemplating their lives solely in terms of how best to serve the state. Shall I be healthy or die young, which best serves the state? Talk about warped.
To: qam1
When the government runs health care, they will have the power to declare who is fit to live or die.
It's really that simple.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:10:07 AM PST
by
TChris
("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesn’t make him my enemy." -RR)
To: qam1
Damn man, bad news never ceases.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:11:51 AM PST
by
The_Republican
(You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:12:01 AM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: CougarGA7
Of course, it would be interesting to see how eternal life in one dimension or another comes into anyone who focuses only on extending their lives. After all, if no real contributions to mankind are listed in the obit, why would extended life be the glory of humanity
To: qam1
It's just a case of moving the beds around on the terminal ward. I thought for a minute this was a Hillary thread.
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:12:54 AM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: TChris
"It's really that simple."
And that is precisely why Hillary wants government-run health care.
Carolyn
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:14:03 AM PST
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: qam1
And should we be encouraging people to live so long anyway?Why should the government be involved in this sort of thing anyway. Isn't the right blend of exercise, tofu, and creme brulee a pretty personal decision?
To: qam1
And should we be encouraging people to live so long anyway?
What a disgusting question. People's lives aren't expendable simply because they strain some contrived social welfare system.
The real solution is to start taking the problem of human aging seriously and devoting research money to combating aging, not just the various diseases that accompany aging.
To: sinanju
My guess is that socialized medicine will lead to a scenario where, after the age of say, seventy, the proles will not be entitled to any state healthcare at all.
Kinda like Joe Haldemans dystopian sci-fi novel; The Forever War.
Aren’t doctors in the UK saying that already?
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posted on
02/11/2008 11:22:28 AM PST
by
Bitsy
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