My response to a Fundy cousin on my family's website...

Despite a call from the family site admins to eschew political discussion, one of my cousins posted an "anti government healthcare" post. So I had to reply...

'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matthew 25:40

People are lining up for free health care in Los Angeles... care from an organization that serves third world countries. This is sickening. We need to help everyone out here and give them affordable healthcare. Jesus taught us to take care of the sick, and that's what we need to do.

The insurance companies want things to stay the way they are so they can keep making billions of dollars a year, instead of paying claims for sick people. They only make money when they don't pay claims. They want things to stay exactly the way they are right now. They are lying to people over money.

I say we do what Jesus told us to do and help our "lesser" brothers and sisters. If you refuse to help your brothers and sisters in need, you are refusing to help Jesus. He said so.

I'm sorry, Stanley (Uber cool family site admin). I just can't stand seeing people put money over human beings.

We have enough for everyone, if we'd just share! Remember the story of the fishes and the loaves?

http://wordofloveforyou.com/Fish1.htm

If we share, God will provide. With two fishes and five loaves, he fed five thousand hungry souls...

Well done... hope it gets through to him.

Lots of views, no response. Interesting. If they check with the Christian minister or missionary in the family, I'm sure they will say I'm right.

I've gone agnostic due to the hypocrisy in the church... that doesn't mean I don't remember scripture or that I won't use "The Sword" in battle against those who merely profess to be Christians!

Jesus said to take care of the poor. He never said 'but don't do it through the government.' He just said do it.

...is that the Republican party is owned by their corporate masters.

GOP leaders craft messaging and slogans that persuade unsuspecting
sheep to toe their line. So, these screaming idiots who show up at the
town-hall meetings are helping the Republicans enrich the insurance companies
and other corporations.

That's the only thing this is about.

Republicans are paying back the insurance companies for donations and support.

Meanwhile, the nimrods continue to scream the memes that have been disseminated
to them through talk radio. "Socialized medicine", "government takeover" "death
panels".

The Republicans are such astute PR masters and they are very skilled at getting these
ignorant slobs to do their bidding.

It's so pathetic to watch. The Republicans must have such disdain for how pathetic,
gullible and weak their followers are.

I can't tell you how many boards and groups I've been on where it was either explicity stated or generally understood that political discussion was not welcome where the RWers can't resist posting their crap. It's closed down one list of writer friends I've known since about 1994.

On another board, the RWer is a Canadian who's constantly warning us south of the border not to make the mistake his government has made and save ourselves from universal health care or cap and trade. We just ignore him. The last time he posted, one of us replied "no kitties were harmed in the posting of this message."

We're close friends. We got together last year from all parts of the country and Canada. He knows he's not supposed to do it, but he keeps on.

Perhaps. I see it as part of the narrative that "the libruls are so awful that we just can't help screaming". I see it as part of what skews even relatively rational discussions in the MSM. They expect the RW to interrupt and lose it, it's part of their "way", and to suppress it would be unfair to them.

Which gives the real manipulators in the MSM discussions an "in" towards taking command of the frame.

Your reply was beautiful and spot on! Christians need to be reminded OFTEN about the life and works of Christ.

To put the Christ back into Christianity!