Help! I need sanity!!! The health care debate on Facebook is fraying my last nerve!

boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:49 PM
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Help! I need sanity!!! The health care debate on Facebook is fraying my last nerve!

Just had to come here where people are sane. One friend of a friend just posted that Obama's plan is wrong because a homeless man might get the same quality of care as a CEO! The horror!

I'm so glad DU is here for moments like this. Thanks for the refuge.

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rox63

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:50 PM
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1. If you think the health care debate here is sane...

I'm wondering if you're at the right place. :shrug:

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:51 PM
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2. Well I haven't heard anyone here argue that CEOs have more right to live

Sanity is always a relative term. :-)

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jobycom

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:56 PM
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6. Of course they do. That's what CEO stands for.

It stands for "Deserves To Live More Than Homeless People." (There might be slight variances do to a Reaganomics-based education system).

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JuniperLea

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:00 PM
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7. I'm pretty sure if we keep CEO's healthy...

It trickles down to the rest of us... right?

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:03 PM
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10. something like that . . .

I think a lot of the time it trickles down ON us.

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jobycom

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:39 PM
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13. Yes, CEO prostate health is important for trickling. nt

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JuniperLea

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:41 PM
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14. *snort*

I'm so glad I'd swallowed before reading!

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create.peace

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:55 PM
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3. a real 'friend' or a facebook 'friend'....

you know you can block posts by even your 'friends' there. and you can restrict what they see on your profile/page.
i guess i have gotten rid of all my friends, irl and virtual, who don't agree with me politically. simplifies things....

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:00 PM
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8. This was a friend of a real friend

Who was replying to my real friend with a load of bullshit. I couldn't resist.

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Dramarama

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:02 PM
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9. Beats debating for 5 hours last night

Arrr

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create.peace

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:49 PM
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17. done debating, waste of breath. with RW idiots i mean! nt

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 03:45 PM
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22. 5 hours? Did you get anywhere? Even an inch?

I think even a little progress helps.

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Dramarama

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Thu Sep-03-09 08:28 PM
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23. I got a Republican friend to admit

Edited on Thu Sep-03-09 08:29 PM by Dramarama

the CA recall of Gray Davis was a mistake. Looking back, I'd rather have been watching baseball instead

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dhpgetsit

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:55 PM
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4. LOL. I think a lot of FB friends have shut me out of their news feeds.

I get very few comments on my health care comments.

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create.peace

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:48 PM
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16. to your credit, no doubt! i have some high school friends who 'friended' me

and i know most are not like me....i don't know if they see what i post or not....won't stop me! i mostly am on facebook as it replaced a yahoo group where you either had tons of individual emails, or a digest , or had to go to the site. this is easier, and has more about my irl friends and fellow protesters from camp casey.

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Bluerthanblue

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Thu Sep-03-09 01:55 PM
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5. that homeless man is equally protected by the US Military- does

that bother this fool too?

What part of Inalienable rights would he deny the homeless? What part of "all 'men' are created equal"?

There are some real loud opinions on FB- sadly.

I've been un-friended by someone i considered to be a close friend over my support of HCR- and President Obama.

:shrug:

glad you're taking a break-

:hi:

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Hansel

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:28 PM
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12. There's a good chance the homeless man was in the US Military.

There are quite a few vets who come back from war and are unable to deal with the trauma. They end up in the street where they self-medicate. Because the past 4 decades have been dominated by Republicans, they have not had the adequate care and advocacy they need.

I'm sure these same "people" have "Support Our Troops" demand ribbons on their cars.

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 03:38 PM
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19. And the vets are out there with the abandoned mentally ill

Why can't people see that we all benefit when we help the least fortunate among us? When we take care of our own citizens? What is life, how do you pursue liberty and happiness when you are ill and neglected?

:hug:

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Union Yes

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:16 PM
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11. Tell this friend of a friend that he himself can get same quality care as a CEO under a strong PO.

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 03:43 PM
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21. They're so afraid someone will threaten the tiny bit of security they have

when it isn't even security at all.

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jkirch

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:46 PM
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15. Block the really creepy ones. That's what I do. nt

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Arkana

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Thu Sep-03-09 02:56 PM
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18. You're debating health care on Facebook.

FACEBOOK.

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boobooday

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Thu Sep-03-09 03:43 PM
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20. LOL, I know. But I. Can't. Stop. My. Fingers. From. Typing.

It's like they have a mind of their own. They can't take the ignorance! And mostly the meanness. It was actually one of my best and oldest friends, and a Freeper friend of hers chimed in on the thread, and a bunch of other people. It was alright for Facebook, but their arguments make me ill after a while, and I have to come back here.

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