i have fucking had it with all of this political bullshit about healthcare for children. CHILDREN! what kind of sorry excuse for an asshole do you have to be to DENY HEALTHCARE to CHILDREN?!
as much as i disagree with almost everything that's come out of his office since he resided in one, i'm not about wanton political bashing, especially in a public space like my blog where i stand the highly likely chance of being counter attacked by another zealous blogger. what i am about to say is not general bush bashing, it's utter and complete disbelief at the actions of him and other republicans who call themselves public servants while also keeping a straight face...
(i am also not one to raise my voice or make excessive use of capital letters.)
bush fucking VETOed a bill that would give subsidized HEALTHCARE to CHILDREN. what the fuck is there to argue? i just read this article from the new york times,
"Democrats say it is crucially needed to help the working poor ... but many Republicans say it now helps too many people with the means to help themselves. ...and declared that the Frosts did not seem needy enough for government benefits."
who the fuck to you think you are to think that you have the authority to decide whether or not someone is WORTHY of the HEALTHcare that will determine whether or not someone LIVES or DIES? WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
not NEEDY enough??
aside from the above mentioned article and the general knowledge of bush's hundred thousandth veto of everything useful that's come out of congress in the last 2 years, there's more fuel to my fire...
1. sicko. as much as i think that michael moore is inflammatory and annoying, he's right on with sicko. there were a few scenes in the movie which made tears of rage swell in my eyes, all of them had to do with regular and random people on the street in countries which have national healthcare expressed pride in a system that really did help EVERYONE. at one point, moore asked a well-to-do someone something like, "doesn't it piss you off that some guy who never worked a day in his life is getting the same care that you are?" and she looked like he had just spoken to her in a made up language. i can't even begin to do it justice. if you haven't yet, please see this movie. whatever your political views, this isn't a partisan movie, just watch it.
2. Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health. beginning with the foundation of the first volunteer (as opposed to municipal) hospital in 1751, there were enormous differences between quality and type of health care given to the rich and the poor. rich people were treated at home or at the volunteer hospital for every little cough and ache, while poor and "immoral" people were admitted to municipal hospitals, or "sick houses," where they would often stay until they just died.
"It was consistent, then, that admission policies at most such voluntary hospitals categorically excluded the presumed victims of their own misdeeds, such as syphilitics, alcoholics, and unmarried mothers."
the book goes on to say this about the invent of health insurance, which began in the 1920s,
"The schematic logic that divided medical care interactions into the specifically diagnosable and thus legitimately reimbursable, as opposed to the preventative or chronic, paralleled in another sphere the distinction between worthy and unworthy poor."
so FUCK YOU, federal government of the united states of america, for carrying on this centuries old bullshit about thinking that you have the power to decide who gets to have treatment and who doesn't, all the while profiting EXORBITANTLY from the money that hard-working-barely-scraping-by citizens spend on outlandish health insurance premiums and prescription drug costs. there's a special place for you in hell.
and you can go right along with 'em if you think that you deserve anything any more than anyone else.
