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The results are in!

And they're not encouraging, at least not from my stand point.

Of 40 votes cast (which is another disappointment), in the poll I posted on October 20, 2006, 25 people believe health care should be treated as a commodity, and only distributed to those who can pay.

The results would be even more disheartening, if I truly thought they were representative of US society as a whole. I don't believe that to be the case.

I refuse to accept that anyone, with the exception of maybe Rush Limbaugh, who thinks Michael J. Fox is faking his disease, and maybe a few others, has so little compassion for their fellow man, and is so self centered, they would put health care on the same plain as purchasing a car.

Of course when you combine this with the fact that daylight savings time is over, and winter is upon us, the Steelers lost to the Oakland Raiders, and Mercury is in retrograde, it can be a little discouraging!
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John Wagner said…
Any possibility of "ballot stuffing?" I find it hard to believe also. I guess the majority of your readers believe in survival of the richest. Sad.
2:37 AM
Marc said…
No, I refuse to accept the possibility of ballot stuffing. Not even the lowest of low would stoop to stuffing the ballot box, on such an inconsequential blog as mine. :)

From what I've seen, most people who frequent blogs a lot tend to lean toward the conservative side on issues, and promote the philosophy that everyone should take responsibility for their own actions.

As if we had any control over our illnesses.

(The more socially conscience among us tend to have better things to do with their time.)

They also think that everyone in the country could pay for their own health care, if they just worked hard, and didn't waste all their paying for food, rent and cars to get to work.

Somehow they just forgot about the concept that for every winner, there has to be a loser.

I guess in this case, the socially conscious lost!
10:46 AM
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