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We (the government) will decide if you are too old to live.
ABC ^ | 6-24-09 | Obama

Posted on 06/25/2009 8:10:10 AM PDT by Indy Pendance

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STURM:My question to you is, outside the medical criteria for prolonging life for somebody elderly, is there any consideration that can be given for a certain spirit, a certain joy of living, quality of life? Or is it just a medical cutoff at a certain age?

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GIBSON: But the money may not have been there for her pacemaker or for your grandmother's hip replacement.

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OBAMA: But what we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste that exists in the system that's not making anybody's mom better, that is loading up on additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care, that at least we can let doctors know and your mom know that, you know what? Maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.

And those kinds of decisions between doctors and patients, and making sure that our incentives are not preventing those good decision, and that -- that doctors and hospitals all are aligned for patient care, that's something we can achieve.

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KEYWORDS: abcnews; bho44; bhohealthcare; bhoinfomercial; bioethics; chucklestheclown; elderly; euthanasia; healthcare; tedbaxter
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To: Indy Pendance

Well, Obama takes the narcissist view.

Babies are a punishment. Abort them. Grandmothers are a nuisance. Get rid of them. Mothers, too.

Christian, too, or white people. Why not help your cousin burn churches and kill women and children if it will get him into power so he can keep a close eye on your birth records and put your Kenyan family under house arrest?

Then you can go out on a date in Paris after stiffing Sarkozy, or get an ice cream with a clear conscience while Iranian girls are getting murdered by your Muslim pals, and nothing to worry about.

Is that a wart on your toe? Cut it off!


21 posted on 06/25/2009 8:23:50 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Indy Pendance

IIRC a few years ago the Ds were screaming that the Rs wanted to kill old people. Really stupid back then because the argument was not over care denial. Since care denial is a real, tangible future under ObamaCare, why isn’t some R with a backbone bringing this up?

Oh yeah ... Congressional backbones are rare.


22 posted on 06/25/2009 8:24:24 AM PDT by ByteMercenary
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To: BlueNgold

But in the new Logan’s Run they will be trying to escape a Dick Cheney look alike and fighting “global warming”.


23 posted on 06/25/2009 8:24:44 AM PDT by Feasor13
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To: ncfool

“Is she a Jew!”

Heute ist unsere Leute Juden. Alle Leute Americaniche.

(Today all our people are Jews. All American people.)


24 posted on 06/25/2009 8:25:22 AM PDT by combat_boots (“No heresy, no wickedness, not even the devil himself, can succeed without first counterfeiting goo)
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To: Indy Pendance

That is how government healthcare works.


25 posted on 06/25/2009 8:26:01 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: lonevoice

Obamacare = Geriatric Genocide


26 posted on 06/25/2009 8:26:50 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Indy Pendance
"Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."

Welcome to Morphine Drip Nation

27 posted on 06/25/2009 8:27:03 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Life, Liberty and the Department of Happiness)
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To: Vendome

Zero’s narcissism has probably prevented him from knowing people deeply enough to appreciate them.

Thank you for reminding me of the old people I have loved. Their friendship is is priceless.


28 posted on 06/25/2009 8:27:32 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: Indy Pendance

With ANY attempt to pass health care reform should be the provision that all government employees (congress, the President, civil service, etc.) be covered under the national health care. NO EXCEPTIONS, NO ALTERNATIVES!
Result: no national health care


29 posted on 06/25/2009 8:31:47 AM PDT by texteacher
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Apparantly he can’t think more than 2 steps ahead on any problem. This is clearly a sign of heavy use of narcotics.


30 posted on 06/25/2009 8:33:15 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Vendome

And so are you! I’m worried about my parents. They are healthy and active, live in their own home, work part time jobs, travel to Texas in the winter and such. My dad is 80, mom is 76. When Obama was elected, my dad was sure ‘some’ democrats in congress still had the best interest of the country first. I hated to tell him I told him so, but I did. They are lifelong republicans. The elderly can not fathom what the liberals are doing to this country. They lived through FDR, but this is much worse.


31 posted on 06/25/2009 8:33:28 AM PDT by Indy Pendance ("The beauty of the 2nd is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Indy Pendance
All one needs to do is imagine the outrage in the media if Bush had announced such a plan.

And they compared Bush to Hitler!

Yes, Obama’s plan would take care of health care, Social Security and Medicare all in one.

It's disgusting. I feel physically ill every time I am exposed to the news.

I will keep trying to warn people but there is a part of me that will take great pleasure in seeing the idiots who voted for this mess suffer along with me and my loved ones.

They are working hard to ruin my life, with no apparent regret - even glee. So compared to that my mere schadenfreude is small potatoes.

32 posted on 06/25/2009 8:34:30 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Indy Pendance

Does anyone figure that when former President Obama (boy, do I love the sound of that expression) is in his old age, that this is the health plan he will be on?


33 posted on 06/25/2009 8:34:37 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: Indy Pendance

The phrase that Obozofascists dare not speak: “Life unworthy of life” [


34 posted on 06/25/2009 8:34:48 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Cicero
Maybe Obama had his cousin Odinga assist him in getting Sarah Palin's church burned.

Be worth checking up on ~

35 posted on 06/25/2009 8:34:59 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Indy Pendance

What Obama said was typical Obama. Words that made his evil plan sound more palatable.

We have become a shameful nation. That we would elect someone who has no value for a life, young or old.

I hope the young realize that he will be controlling every aspect of their lives. Their only purpose is to work and pay taxes so that he and his elitist scum can enjoy the fruits of their labor and the bounty of the world.

The man Obama has no sense of family, his was trash, and so is he.


36 posted on 06/25/2009 8:37:18 AM PDT by dforest (Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
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To: Vendome

Lord LOVE you!
You are both blessed!


37 posted on 06/25/2009 8:37:34 AM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: Indy Pendance
O is just naive and ignorant enough to believe that by using intrinsically flawed and insensitive statistical outcomes measures the government will be able to both increase quality and cut costs. Not true, and guaranteed to lead to very significant rationing. I would ask the granola eating zealots on the left this question regarding statistical outcomes analysis. “If it cannot be shown statistically that eating organic food or taking vitamin supplements prolongs life, would you agree not to buy and consume them anymore? Do you believe this proves they don't have an effect and are not better for you?” People only use the statistics that tell the story they believe.
38 posted on 06/25/2009 8:38:52 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: windcliff
Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller.

Maybe people want to be drug-free. This guy is totally clueless!
39 posted on 06/25/2009 8:39:01 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (The black man is keeping me down!)
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To: Indy Pendance
Obama-Care will bring us:

* The scientific dishonesty of Global Warming The compassion of an IRS agent
* The lines of the US Postal Service or DMV
* The fiscal responsibility of the Pentagon who brought us $500 hammers and $1,000 toilet seats
* The lobbying of the wives of like Senators Daschle and Dodd
* Expansion of staff for Senators and Congressman to handle health care disputes

...and this....

The New Stasi (formerly known as ACORN) guards a geriatric clinic. Elderly shooed away told to 'Do us all a favor and go home and die'.

40 posted on 06/25/2009 8:40:44 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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