“Doctors are not pressured by average people for drugs, when they very well know the drugs wont do anything.”
Untrue. I say this from experience. Most people don’t actually understand the difference between a viral and a bacterial infection. I have to explain the distinction to my patients constantly. Also, many doctors (bad ones) hand out Zithromax like it’s candy just to get people asking for an antibiotic out the door, which only reinforces the idea to those patients that they need an antibiotic for everything.
Know the subject about which you are speaking before you open your mouth.
She doesn’t want to impeach Obama because he’s a treasonous Marxist who wants to destroy the United States...she wants to impeach Obama because he’s not sufficiently leftist for her, and basically calls him a “Bush clone.” She’s a kooky Lyndon LaRouche neophyte.
There’s an excellent book called “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer. It’s a quick read, but a very educational one. It explains very well why people can be drawn to radical movements.
I love how the AP takes advantage of the fact that most idiots only read the first line or two of any news article, and fails to mention the fact that the bill will cost much more money than it ostensibly saves until later.
I was intrigued by the few comments holding Cuba as an example of high-quality, “free” healthcare. Clearly, those folks haven’t seen the inside of hospitals in Cuba for Cubans...they must be seeing the glossy photos of hospitals for non-Cubans paying cash money, and assuming that the inmates of Fidel’s paradise get the same treatment.
There is no way to rehabilitate a sociopath. Any attempt at therapy only makes him more adept at gaming the system. Unfortunately, ignorant people who either don’t realize or willfully ignore that some individuals completely lack a conscience are manipulated far too easily. It is because so many are unknowing of human nature that the trite plea that Clemmons used was successful.