# Stupid rhetorical questions regarding unversal healthcare and stuff like that. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204 "2009-09-07T22:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/1 "2009-09-07T22:15:45Z")
To everybody in the US who claims that “the government” is just shit at providing anything at all at a reasonable cost: Your government must be the worst in the civilized world. What the hell do you need it for? Why do most of you even bother to pay your taxes? Where’s the revolution? Or in short, why don’t you have a completely privatized army? Or do you really believe that the other party will do oh so much better and stay out of your lives and your wallet - while still providing protection from other countries, frauds, greedy bankers, gay marriage, atheists, and at the same time give you a healthy, completely free Christian family living - with a job or two that provide health insurance - and the American Dream? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/2 "2009-09-07T22:38:11Z")
WTF is so hard to understand? Sure sure sure, there are a lot of questions that need to be addressed, and granted, there is a lot to be discussed, but please… two legs _bad_, four legs _good_. Duh. If you don’t understand, maybe someone else can help get it through to you by saying it louder and more convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/3 "2009-09-08T17:45:22Z")
Healthcar is one of those many issues where persons in the US take sides and shout “Boo!” and “Yea!” No point in attempting discussion. There is no discussion. There will be no discussion in the foreseeable future. Watch tennis this week. I don’t have any recommendations for what one should do next week. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/4 "2009-09-08T18:00:54Z")
**Superfluous Parentheses** , how have you pledged to serve Obama today? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/5 "2009-09-08T18:16:50Z")
I’ve pledged to serve Obama by laughing at the way Bush supporters keep crying about one phrase in a speech, a phrase they insist on deliberately misunderstanding. Any ideas on where to start? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/6 "2009-09-08T18:19:04Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I’ve pledged to serve Obama by laughing at the way Bush supporters keep crying about one phrase in a speech, a phrase they insist on deliberately misunderstanding. Terribly lame and factually incorrect, but at least you have pledged to serve Him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/7 "2009-09-08T18:20:47Z")
No ideas then. How remarkable, a Bush supporter bereft of ideas. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/8 "2009-09-08T18:22:26Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > **Superfluous Parentheses** , how have you pledged to serve Obama today? How witty. Here’s one for you: Does Cheney’s cock still taste like death? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/9 "2009-09-08T18:23:45Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > No ideas then. How remarkable, a Bush supporter bereft of ideas. Amazing. Still factually incorrect. I’m not a Bush supporter. It is possible to mock the servants of The One without being a Bush supporter. Now run along and serve Him. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/10 "2009-09-08T18:25:54Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > How witty. Here’s one for you: Does Cheney’s cock _ **still** _ taste like death? “Still”? So… you’ve tasted it previously, and are looking for a comparison? (And sorry, no, I don’t know what Cheney’s cock tasts like, so can’t answer your question.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/11 "2009-09-08T18:26:56Z")
Has anyone given Jimmy Joe his Participation Ribbon? He’s posting the same dumb line in different places, maybe he feels left out? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/12 "2009-09-08T18:29:14Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Has anyone given Jimmy Joe his Participation Ribbon? He’s posting the same dumb line in different places, maybe he feels left out? It just _works_ in so many places!! ---
**Author:** ![LilShieste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@LilShieste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilShieste)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/13 "2009-09-08T18:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=Jimmy Joe Meager] Terribly lame and factually incorrect, but at least you have pledged to serve Him. [/quote] > [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Still factually incorrect. I’m not a Bush supporter. It is possible to mock the servants of The One without being a Bush supporter. > > Now run along and serve Him. For someone who worships Obama, or holds him in such high esteem that you feel the need to refer to him with savior-like language, you kind of give me the impression you don’t actually like him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/14 "2009-09-08T18:33:48Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > Still factually incorrect. I’m not a Bush supporter. It is possible to mock the servants of The One without being a Bush supporter. You just embarrass yourself with all that talk of The One and worship, you know. I don’t feel bad about preferring a US president who isn’t a dolt under a monster’s charge. Call this worship if it makes you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/15 "2009-09-08T18:39:02Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](#): > > “Still”? So… you’ve tasted it previously, and are looking for a comparison? Damn. That’s the kind of comeback I’d have used myself - in 4th grade. As should be obvious to anyone with half the brain of a chimp with a head wound, I meant _you’d_ be able to compare the taste of his dick because of your previous experience. But since you claim not to have been a Bush/Cheney supporter/fellator, how’s this: Does McCain’s dick still taste like death? Or just pho? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/16 "2009-09-08T19:30:21Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Does McCain’s dick still taste like death? Or just pho? You sucked McCain’s dick too? Damn but you do get around. You little hussy. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/17 "2009-09-08T19:31:26Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I don’t feel bad about preferring a US president Ahhhhh… but have you pledged to _serve_ him? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/18 "2009-09-08T19:34:38Z")
> [@LilShieste](#): > > … you kind of give me the impression you don’t actually like him. I think he’s unqualified and I don’t agree with his agenda, but other than that I don’t really have anything against him. Ooopppss… I mean Him. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/19 "2009-09-08T19:36:21Z")
In what respect do you think he is unqualified? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204/20 "2009-09-08T19:37:35Z")
How come its capital “H” now, but not three minutes earlier? Have you had a “come to Obama” moment? And if you have, could you not tell us about it? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-rhetorical-questions-regarding-unversal-healthcare-and-stuff-like-that/509204.md?page=2)