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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 08:59 AM
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Chuck Norris: Public health care would have killed Baby Jesus
Movie star and Mike Huckabee booster Chuck Norris has dragged the "War on Christmas" into the health care debate.

Norris has penned an article in which he suggests that Jesus Christ would have been among many "great souls" who would have been "erased from history" had a health plan similar to the one proposed by the Democrats existed in the Levant 2,000 years ago.

In a column published at the conservative Human Events blog earlier this week, Norris suggested that if a government-run health care plan had existed in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth, the shame of Mary's "out-of-wedlock" pregnancy would have pushed her into aborting her child. Norris wrote:

Lastly, as we near the eve of another Christmas, I wonder: What would have happened if Mother Mary had been covered by Obamacare? What if that young, poor and uninsured teenage woman had been provided the federal funds (via Obamacare) and facilities (via Planned Parenthood, etc.) to avoid the ridicule, ostracizing, persecution and possible stoning because of her out-of-wedlock pregnancy? Imagine all the great souls who could have been erased from history and the influence of mankind if their parents had been as progressive as Washington's wise men and women!

The movie actor famed for his turns in the Missing In Action movies and Walker, Texas Ranger then asked, "Will Obamacare morph into Herodcare for the unborn?"

That refers to King Herod, whom the Book of Matthew describes as having ordered the killing of all male infants when he felt his rule was threatened by a usurper.

Norris may be surprised to discover that modern-day Israel has a universal, government-run health care system that is far more "socialist" than anything being debated in Congress at present.

<snip>

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/norris-obamacare-killed-jesus/
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 09:03 AM
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1. I saw that on Rachel Maddow last night
And LMAO at the sheer lameness of this asshole's writing.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 09:06 AM
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2. If it would have killed Norris in his crib..
.. I would have to consider voting for it.

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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 09:28 AM
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3. Um...Jesus wasn't born out of wedlock, Mary was married to Joseph. So Chuck just called Jesus a...
you know what.
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kwolf68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:49 AM
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10. Mary was not married

Norris is a total idiot, but Mary was not married when she had Jesus.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 01:50 PM
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13. "Betrothed couples were regarded legally as husband and wife".
Edited on Fri Dec-18-09 01:54 PM by CJCRANE
OK, so it's Wikipedia so I don't stand by it 100% but it appears that Mary was to all intents and purposes Joseph's wife.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)

"Christians believe that she conceived her son miraculously by the agency of the Holy Spirit. This took place when she was already the betrothed wife of Saint Joseph".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrothal

"Historically betrothal was a formal contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority. Betrothal was binding as marriage and a divorce was necessary to terminate a betrothal. Betrothed couples were regarded legally as husband and wife".

On edit: So technically you are correct, she wasn't "married" but she was "betrothed" which had a similar legal standing in those days. I've never heard anyone claim Mary was a single mother before, this is certainly a first for Chuck.
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MyNameGoesHere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:51 PM
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19. fairy tales as fact?
SHOW ME HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE. there that was for the birthers.
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 09:31 AM
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4. "out of wedlock"??
Edited on Fri Dec-18-09 09:32 AM by Gman
Who the hell told this friggin' idiot he had enough of a brain to write?? Who is the no good lying bastard that told Norris such an awful lie?? What an evil thing to do to an idiot like Norris, to tell Norris he does have a brain and people want to hear what he has to say.

C'mon Chuck! Come kick my ass! I dare you, wimp.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:12 AM
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5. Well, then we wouldn't have all this "christian" RW evangelical bullshit,
would we....

Great reason for public option, IMO.

mark
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JHB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:20 AM
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6. An Insurance company would have dropped Mary for fraud...
Edited on Fri Dec-18-09 10:21 AM by JHB
Try filing a claim for a virgin birth and see what happens.
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leftyladyfrommo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:25 AM
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7. Wow. That is so odd its mind boggling.
Edited on Fri Dec-18-09 10:32 AM by leftyladyfrommo
Actually they had abortions back then.

I just read that abortion, infanticide and child abandonment were legal under Roman law. But abortion is not mentioned in the Bible.
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azurnoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:38 AM
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8. stuff like this makes me question my belief in free speech
just for a second anyway, but ya just know that somewhere someone is wringing their hands and shedding tears over this crap and beside wouldn't Gawd smite whoever was trying to abort his son or something like that? Not to mention what this says about Mary so Gawd would let his son be aborted and besides Mary didn't want him anyway?
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leftyladyfrommo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:40 AM
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9. You just have to consider the source and forget about it. n/t
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:51 AM
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11. Imagine what terrible crimes liberals would commit.
Go ahead just imagine. Don't focus on the real problems in our times. Just let your imagination run wild and remember that whatever you imagine, the liberals are guilty of, no matter how preposterous, asinine and irrational it may be.
:crazy:
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 10:52 AM
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12. Oh come on, let's go to the stoning
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:19 PM
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14. if only
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ljm2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:32 PM
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15. Yep, public health care would have killed him all right...
...because, you know, God's omnipotence only goes so far.

What an idiot.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:42 PM
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17. ha..indeed
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:40 PM
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16. Too Many Karate Kicks To The Head Apparently...
And remember Chuckie Baby...

Because of the fucking Republicans, er... Inn Keepers refusals back then, because Mary and Joseph apparently hadn't pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and were homeless, your Baby Jesus was forced to be born in a god damned BARN!!!

Idiot!!!

:wtf:
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:45 PM
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18. That would have been a shame. However, Private Health care is killing the rest of us.
Soon, it will not only be killing us, it will be taking all our money while it does it.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 02:59 PM
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20. If Chuck Norris has $5 and Jesus has $5, Jesus has more money than Chuck.
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-18-09 03:02 PM
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21. With today's "Get Tough On Crime" mentality...
... God would be serving 20 years and have to register as a sex offender for knocking up a 13 year old girl.
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