It seems the arguments that really drive the health care debate are the ones way out on the periphary. Witness one Betsy McCaughey, former Lt. Governor of New York (which proves the state of New York is comprised of more than just New York City), and one of the primary opponents of Hillary Care in 1993.
As stated by ThinkProgress.org, “Ideology may not be the only factor driving Betsy McCaughey’s propaganda campaign against two health care provisions in the stimulus bill. As Health Care Renewal points out, ‘not noted in Betsy McCaughey’s op-ed article was that she is currently on the board of directors of Cantel Medical, a device company, and formerly on the board of Genta, a biotechnology company.’ In fact, according to a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership Securities from the Securities and Exchange Commission, McCaughey received 750 Shares of stock options just days before writing the Bloomberg op-ed. Then, the total worth of the shares was approximately $11,250.”
Now, she’s dreamt up a story so crazy that it’s difficult to believe any sane person would take it seriously, which is why it’s spreading like wildfire among Dittoheads, Hannityites and O’Reilly drones: hidden in the health care reform bill is a mandate for euthanasia for our seniors! That’s right- support for the bill means you support putting Granny to death! Never mind that the bill’s misinterpreted section only provides for funding for end of life counseling- that means your counseling session to determine whether you would like your DNR altered, cancelled or extended is paid for- it’s really all about the right wing noise machine and dirty little corporate whores like McCaughey, John Boehner, and the rest of the Republican Party and their uncanny ability to spin the message. Yay Fear!
Remember- facts have a well known progressive bias.
Maybe Apple should get a new slogan: “Don’t Think Different”:
22 old programmer ,Red Daly, made an iPhone app – iSinglePayer, was designed to educate its users on the benefits of a single-payer health care system – A rep from apple called him and terminated it because it was too “politically charged”.
Red had a great idea. It used the GPS to generate a One Touch call to contact your representative to make yourself heard.
Link to article:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apple_rejects_politically_charged_iphone_app.php#comment-160303