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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:18 PM Original message |
Cheney Considering Heart Transplant |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. You mean he's thinking of getting a heart? |
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fatbuckel (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
82. I'm sure everyone in the US has that choice. |
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Unrepentant Fenian (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. I won't be attending his funeral, but I'm certainly in favor of it ! nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hope he doesn't pick me. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Don't draw attention to yourself |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'll bet the new device isn't working all that well; why else would |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not to be cruel, but if Cheney had the insurance that the vast majority of Americans have..... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
62. He would have been dead by the age of 40. nt |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Isn't he too old to qualify for a transplant? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. He wil use his money to buy one |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. age 70 is the usual cutoff |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. "The age of 55 years has traditionally been the accepted upper limit".... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That is no longer the case. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. How rich and powerful is your dad? nt |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Not at all |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Well, Cheney can get whatever he wants from whomever he wants whenever he wants. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Actually, no, not according to UNOS ... |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Is he even a viable candidate? I would think he would |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. His age is fine for a transplant. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Doesn't he have other health problems? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:50 PM Original message |
Not that aren't related to the heart failure. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
77. His vast fortune cancels out being a wretched scumbag. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Damn... I was taught not to think nasty thoughts of those suffering... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. My Mom, too. Don't speak ill of the dead and |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. I just wish him everything he deserves |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Ahh, there's the ticket... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. From a live or dead donor? |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. So who will be... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. Maybe Halliburton has a corroded old pump they aren't using. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Maybe they can make one out of asbestos |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. What a Dick: "I can live for years with this artificial heart, but I may want a real heart just so I |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. let's hope he gets a bleeding heart |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. +1 |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sorry Dick it will not work ... |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. Time for all of us to get out our organ donation |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
78. You don't thiink a minor detail like that would stop him, do you? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hide your kids. nt |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. But he's done so well for all these years without one. What would |
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AC_Mem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm sure he has enough money to buy a heart |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Some in this thread need to get their head's straight.... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. When Cheney dies there will be two lines..... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I guess that makes you feel better about yourself? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Cheney sure wished death on lots of people |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Let those who fight monsters beware..... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Cheney didn't wish. He made sure it was carried out. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. I just wish him everything he deserves. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I caught your "joke" the first time you posted it... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. what "joke"?? that is my actual wish for everyone. interesting that you assumed I meant something |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes you are so much smarter than me.... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. you really do not get it. that wish is not a joke, which, apparently, you still do not understand. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. No, I get that you use it as a weasel statement. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. it isn't a weasel statement., despite your lack of comprehension. it is my wish for everyone, |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Do you? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. There are very, very few whose death I would welcome. n/t |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
80. How about not wishing him death, but able to think of literally THOUSANDS of people who |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. DU should just put two forums in place now -- Grave Pissing and Non-Grave Pissing |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. I've only glanced at a few comments here |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. I don't want to dance on his grave. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Glad to see our high ground on civility lasted a little over a week. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. Every morning for five years a man visited the news stand, picked up the paper... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
75. That old monster does not deserve a heart transplant. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
83. Wow, did you miss the last 8 years from that asshole? ANYONE deserves a donated heart more than him! |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
33. I understand that sometime they use pig hearts for temporary transplants! |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
36. Not when a real human being needs one. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. He can get a pig heart |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. I hope he finds out his new heart came from the lil ole lady from Pasadena |
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verges (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. Isn't it nice that Cheyney gets to make that choice? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. he most likely is on the TOP of list |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Cheney has managed all this time without one |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. He'll get the best heart that money can buy. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. If he's the donor, I'm all for it. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. Gosh, Maybe some end of life counseling would be helpful !!!!! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Can I volunteer |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. The good twin always has to go into hiding... |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hailing Mr. Bean, we have a package for you to deliver!!! n't |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
63. Heart of a Dog |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. He should go straight for the Darth Vader suit |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I find your lack of faiith...disturbing...n/t |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
70. why the neg recs? for the Cheney or what? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
73. Somebody! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
74. a 70yo has no business looking for a transplant when it could go to a 20yo with... |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. A life is a life. That 20yo could walk out the door of a hospital and get hit by a bus |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
79. I'm pretty sure he can go to Cuba and get it there for free. nt |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-17-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
81. Whatever you do, don't go hunting with Dick |
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