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Title: Letter to the editor
Post by: Jeffy on September 15, 2010, 06:17:20 PM
Dear Sirs:

During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.

While glancing over her patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer.

And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care? I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture", a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. It is a culture based in the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me".

Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear.

Respectfully,

STARNER JONES, MD


From the Clarion Ledger

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/starner.asp

Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 15, 2010, 06:30:45 PM
gold tooth = not real gold
shoes, phone,cigarettes, pretzels, beer = stolen
tattoos = not costly

hth.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Cire on September 15, 2010, 06:31:26 PM
I don't get it?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: sys on September 15, 2010, 06:43:19 PM
I don't get it?

a fictional doctor is pissed because one of his patients thinks she should pay less than 15% gnp for medical care.  greedy pos.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 15, 2010, 06:46:17 PM
gold tooth = not real gold
shoes, phone,cigarettes, pretzels, beer = stolen
tattoos = not costly

hth.

shoes are knockoffs bought in a convenience store parking lot, phone is Cricket.

Also not sure why this Doctor is holding the president responsible for Medicaid, unless he expected Obama to repeal it or something.  Props to Jeffy for snopesing this out, though.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 15, 2010, 06:49:36 PM
I also love that the doctor considers pretzels a luxury item.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 15, 2010, 07:03:35 PM
gold tooth = not real gold
shoes, phone,cigarettes, pretzels, beer = stolen
tattoos = not costly

hth.

shoes are knockoffs bought in a convenience store parking lot, phone is Cricket.


Drivers license = suspended
auto insurance = only kept current long enough to get financing
car = brand new, financed by Chrysler
income = welfare, child tax credits
housing = Section 8, rental assistance
utilities = govt. assistance, past due on the remainder
political affiliation = democrat, because loser at govt office or public school said they'd get more sh*t if they voted that way

Cost to the average non-pos person = impossible to calculate, but extraordinary

Libs, stop being so f*cking stupid, resources are not unlimited.  I would think in all your philosophical panderings you'd have come across this fact once or twice.  Even the dolt Obama gets it, hence his "piece of the pie" comment.  I know its hard, but you need to look past the end of your nose.  Here's how you start, when you ask why and someone gives you an answer, ask why again about.  You'd be surprised what you find out.


Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 15, 2010, 07:11:22 PM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 15, 2010, 07:21:32 PM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)

Public transit to the emergency room?  :facepalm:

I'm guessing it was an ambulance
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: CHONGS on September 15, 2010, 08:28:16 PM
I enjoyed the R&B ringtone tidbit.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 15, 2010, 08:35:42 PM
I enjoyed the R&B ringtone tidbit.

Hear that ringtone?  That's the sound of luxury.  Paid for by Uncle Sam.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Cire on September 15, 2010, 08:36:20 PM
and beer.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 15, 2010, 09:03:46 PM
heh
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: gokatgo on September 15, 2010, 09:16:10 PM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 15, 2010, 09:23:07 PM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Pretty sure he's just against Medicaid for people rich enough to afford popular R&B ringtones.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: sonofdaxjones on September 15, 2010, 09:52:44 PM
Shoes= Nike Hyperdunk 2010

Phone=Sprint HTC EVO 4G on Simply Anything Family Plan (Ringtones=Multiple Paid for, music-lots)

Cigs=More Menthol 120's

Clothes=Ashiro Lifestyle Collection

Drink of Choice=Courvoisier L’Esprit Decanter
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 15, 2010, 10:09:41 PM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Opposed to requiring other people to buy insurance for people who are too f*cking stupid and lazy to get their own

Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: ChiComCat on September 15, 2010, 11:25:47 PM
I know how to cut the waste!  Get rid of employees at the Dept of Transportation that just dick around on their computers all day!

shazbot!! The dynamic duo already tried that.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on September 15, 2010, 11:37:15 PM
Well, maybe the doctor should just let the patient die. I mean, unless he wants to pay for her entire treatment and not accept the government's money.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: 06wildcat on September 16, 2010, 01:46:53 AM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)

Public transit to the emergency room?  :facepalm:

I'm guessing it was an ambulance

So ambulances are private now?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: EMAWnster on September 16, 2010, 02:11:55 AM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Opposed to requiring other people to buy insurance for people who are too f*cking stupid and lazy to get their own



SugeD... I appreciate you interpreting Dr. Jones sentiment for us all. If you'll humor me I have some thoughts and questions I'd like to submit to Dr. Jones...

In this country, we believe that people (even stupid and/or lazy ones) are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these rights is life. Unfortunately, due to the extreme and ballooning cost of basic healthcare and Baylor University, we have a very poor system in place to help pay for this basic healthcare. It's come to be know as health insurance.

Does Dr. Jones hate her fellow Americans so much that she is suggesting we, in essence, play god and deny these poor, stupid, lazy, etc... people their natural rights?

What amount of money does she think it takes to makes one smart or non-lazy enough to "qualify" for these unalienable rights?

Which does Dr. Jone's hate more: Laziness, poverty, and stupidity, or our founding fathers and The Declaration of Independance?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: sys on September 16, 2010, 03:10:25 AM
Quote
dear sirs,

   i am outraged that some of my patients object to paying thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars for basic medical care and/or insurance!  how do they expect me to command a high sixfigga salary unless they pay out their rough ridin' asses for crap any Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) with a couple of sterile gloves could do?

sincerely,
random Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) doctor who barely passed remedial biology, esq.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 16, 2010, 07:02:01 AM
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sixfigga

ha!
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: felix rex on September 16, 2010, 07:06:42 AM
I'm surprised the doctor didn't mention the patient was fat from eating too much fried chicken and pork rinds. I'm also skeptical that Doc Jones could pick out a popular R and/or B song.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on September 16, 2010, 08:06:53 AM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)

Public transit to the emergency room?  :facepalm:

I'm guessing it was an ambulance

So ambulances are private now?

Well, they're not exactly public.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on September 16, 2010, 08:09:48 AM
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high sixfigga salary

 :lol: Nice.

Yeah, doctors bitching about medicaid is even worse than when Metallica was bitching about Napster back in the day.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 16, 2010, 08:33:10 AM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Opposed to requiring other people to buy insurance for people who are too f*cking stupid and lazy to get their own



SugeD... I appreciate you interpreting Dr. Jones sentiment for us all. If you'll humor me I have some thoughts and questions I'd like to submit to Dr. Jones...

In this country, we believe that people (even stupid and/or lazy ones) are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these rights is life. Unfortunately, due to the extreme and ballooning cost of basic healthcare and Baylor University, we have a very poor system in place to help pay for this basic healthcare. It's come to be know as health insurance.

Does Dr. Jones hate her fellow Americans so much that she is suggesting we, in essence, play god and deny these poor, stupid, lazy, etc... people their natural rights?

What amount of money does she think it takes to makes one smart or non-lazy enough to "qualify" for these unalienable rights?

Which does Dr. Jone's hate more: Laziness, poverty, and stupidity, or our founding fathers and The Declaration of Independance?

Pro-lifers :rolleyes:

How does this square with the right to property?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: 06wildcat on September 16, 2010, 01:04:03 PM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)

Public transit to the emergency room?  :facepalm:

I'm guessing it was an ambulance

So ambulances are private now?

Well, they're not exactly public.

They're more public than any bus. You can't get on a bus with out the ability to pay. The ambulance will pick you up regardless of your ability to pay. It just has several different routes to the same destination.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 16, 2010, 02:16:13 PM
they actually probably took public transit, (another government luxury)

Public transit to the emergency room?  :facepalm:

I'm guessing it was an ambulance

So ambulances are private now?

Well, they're not exactly public.

They're more public than any bus. You can't get on a bus with out the ability to pay. The ambulance will pick you up regardless of your ability to pay. It just has several different routes to the same destination.

The point is MichiCat is a dumbsh!t because he thinks the lady took public transportation (of which any sane person would agree does not include ambulances) to the emergency room.

I think everyone knows there are both private and public ambulance services, neither of which one would characterize as a form of public transportation.  But if you dumb enough to believe it were (i.e. 06 and MichiCat), which it clearly isn't, it would certainly be considered a luxurious form of public transportation given the cost and ability to run red lights and drive over the speed limit... 

 :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 16, 2010, 02:25:13 PM
The point is MichiCat is a dumbsh!t because he thinks the lady took public transportation (of which any sane person would agree does not include ambulances) to the emergency room.

:nono: watch the strawmen, sugardick.  :nono:
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: CHONGS on September 16, 2010, 02:25:24 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: felix rex on September 16, 2010, 02:30:27 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.

and don't get me started on my bargain tattoos.

But srsly, what R&B would Doc Jones recognize?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: michigancat on September 16, 2010, 02:57:19 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.

Considering the letter was written last August, (which leads to another WTF of why Jeffy shared it yesterday), I would guess it was either Drake's "Best I ever Had" or BEP's "I Gotta Feeling":

http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?tag=chscr1#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2009-08-11


 Since Drake wasn't that mainstream at the time, I'm leading toward "I Gotta Feeling".
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 16, 2010, 03:56:59 PM
The point is MichiCat is a dumbsh!t because he thinks the lady took public transportation (of which any sane person would agree does not include ambulances) to the emergency room.

:nono: watch the strawmen, sugardick.  :nono:

I'm about 99% sure I'm the only one on this board who knows what a strawman argument is.   :facepalm:

Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: CHONGS on September 16, 2010, 04:10:45 PM
The point is MichiCat is a dumbsh!t because he thinks the lady took public transportation (of which any sane person would agree does not include ambulances) to the emergency room.

:nono: watch the strawmen, sugardick.  :nono:

I'm about 99% sure I'm the only one on this board who knows what a strawman argument is.   :facepalm:


I'm 100% sure you're not.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on September 16, 2010, 04:16:33 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.

Considering the letter was written last August, (which leads to another WTF of why Jeffy shared it yesterday), I would guess it was either Drake's "Best I ever Had" or BEP's "I Gotta Feeling":

http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?tag=chscr1#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2009-08-11


 Since Drake wasn't that mainstream at the time, I'm leading toward "I Gotta Feeling".

the dr just said it was her favorite though. didn't say anything about it being current. i'm going to go with father mc's "treat em like they want to be treated".
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: felix rex on September 16, 2010, 04:43:16 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.

Considering the letter was written last August, (which leads to another WTF of why Jeffy shared it yesterday), I would guess it was either Drake's "Best I ever Had" or BEP's "I Gotta Feeling":

http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?tag=chscr1#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2009-08-11


 Since Drake wasn't that mainstream at the time, I'm leading toward "I Gotta Feeling".

the dr just said it was her favorite though. didn't say anything about it being current. i'm going to go with father mc's "treat em like they want to be treated".

I'm gonna go with BTNH "First of the Month".
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: ben ji on September 16, 2010, 05:12:09 PM
I am still caught up on the R&B ringtone.  Who do you think it was?  R Kelly? Tone Tone Tone?  Shai?  I know if I could afford R&B ringtones I would, but I can only manage to scrape up enough money to buy good old fashioned country ringtones for my cellular phone.

Considering the letter was written last August, (which leads to another WTF of why Jeffy shared it yesterday), I would guess it was either Drake's "Best I ever Had" or BEP's "I Gotta Feeling":

http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?tag=chscr1#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2009-08-11


 Since Drake wasn't that mainstream at the time, I'm leading toward "I Gotta Feeling".

the dr just said it was her favorite though. didn't say anything about it being current. i'm going to go with father mc's "treat em like they want to be treated".

I'm gonna go with BTNH "First of the Month".

Wake up wake wake up its the first of the month

get up get up getup cash your checks and get up
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: EMAWnster on September 16, 2010, 07:48:11 PM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Opposed to requiring other people to buy insurance for people who are too f*cking stupid and lazy to get their own



SugeD... I appreciate you interpreting Dr. Jones sentiment for us all. If you'll humor me I have some thoughts and questions I'd like to submit to Dr. Jones...

In this country, we believe that people (even stupid and/or lazy ones) are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these rights is life. Unfortunately, due to the extreme and ballooning cost of basic healthcare and Baylor University, we have a very poor system in place to help pay for this basic healthcare. It's come to be know as health insurance.

Does Dr. Jones hate her fellow Americans so much that she is suggesting we, in essence, play god and deny these poor, stupid, lazy, etc... people their natural rights?

What amount of money does she think it takes to makes one smart or non-lazy enough to "qualify" for these unalienable rights?

Which does Dr. Jone's hate more: Laziness, poverty, and stupidity, or our founding fathers and The Declaration of Independance?

Pro-lifers :rolleyes:

How does this square with the right to property?

I'm the one asking the questions here!

Did Dr. Jones just tap out?
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Prince McJunkins on September 16, 2010, 09:11:24 PM
I've seen this letter posted a few times on facebook now. It's Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) that all these people are 'omg!' over some doctor's baseless anecdote.
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: ChiComCat on September 16, 2010, 09:46:26 PM
Please keep your crazy made up right-wing chain emails to yourself.  TIA :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Letter to the editor
Post by: Sugar Dick on September 17, 2010, 08:58:26 AM
I'm confused...is this guy in favor of, or opposed to requiring people to buy insurance

Opposed to requiring other people to buy insurance for people who are too f*cking stupid and lazy to get their own



SugeD... I appreciate you interpreting Dr. Jones sentiment for us all. If you'll humor me I have some thoughts and questions I'd like to submit to Dr. Jones...

In this country, we believe that people (even stupid and/or lazy ones) are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these rights is life. Unfortunately, due to the extreme and ballooning cost of basic healthcare and Baylor University, we have a very poor system in place to help pay for this basic healthcare. It's come to be know as health insurance.

Does Dr. Jones hate her fellow Americans so much that she is suggesting we, in essence, play god and deny these poor, stupid, lazy, etc... people their natural rights?

What amount of money does she think it takes to makes one smart or non-lazy enough to "qualify" for these unalienable rights?

Which does Dr. Jone's hate more: Laziness, poverty, and stupidity, or our founding fathers and The Declaration of Independance?

Pro-lifers :rolleyes:

How does this square with the right to property?

I'm the one asking the questions here!

Did Dr. Jones just tap out?


You've got to be joking.  :facepalm: