healthcare

Must be Free Girlfriend Day at Mt. Sinai Hospital.

[via Izismile]

The day I started this job my bosses told me that I wasn't allowed to blog about politics unless it was a big fucking deal. Well, well, well. Look what we have here.

Apparently Biden didn't know his microphone was on, or didn't care, when he leaned into Obama at the signing of the Health Care Bill and said, "This is a big fucking deal."

Uh-oh, Bideyboo. It is a big fucking deal. But you're the Vice President of the United States which means swear words are definitely NSFW.

Learn your Internet slang! BFD would have gone over much smoother. Had you abbreviated, we'd probably all be talking about the bill itself instead of emailing our friends this 14 second clip of you dropping the f-bomb.

Actually, that's not true. We'd either be talking about Tiger Woods' sexts or Jesse James' mistress. Thanks for the distraction.

[via Videogum]

How adorbz is this guy who walks out behind Obama while he's giving a nationally televised speech?

I kind of think he did this is on purpose to try to get on TV. Sometimes while Tosh.0 is taping, I pretend like I can't remember where the bathroom is and I "accidentally" walk in front of the green screen while the camera is filming. First, I fix my hair and put on lip gloss.

That's probably what this guy did. "Oopsies! Didn't realize this is the hallway where Obama was giving his speech at this exact moment. I'll just go back this way. Hi Mom! Hi Dad! Told you I work in The White House!"

[via Best Week Ever]

Yeah, you better believe in change. As in: Changing what your tattoo says since that's not Obama's slogan anymore. Or at least changing which way your fingers bend so it reads from top to bottom.

We've all seen the town hall meetings and talk shows. Another lesser-known part of Obama's health care reform publicity push is through tattoo propaganda like the example above. See nine more awful Obama tatts at Crack Two. Hopefully the public option will cover the removal surgery.

The fact that you're alive indicates to me that you're aware of President Obama's speech Wednesday evening. Senator Joe Wilson interrupted with a "You lie!" outburst, a controversial move being dubbed "The Moment."

While conservatives flame comment boards and rudely push their piggish ideals, I'm happy to say that liberals have taken the high road. They've created civil, productive works of art to express how they feel (above). They've added valuable, pertinent information to the discourse like Joe Wilson's phone number (202-225-2452) and his website — which is down at the moment, his servers overwhelmed by constructive liberal criticism. Some health care reform supporters are even going so highbrow as to solicit donations… for Rob Miller, Joe Wilson's opponent next year (go here). All the fun is being had at BuzzFeed.

[image via Scott Lamb]

Vid or it didn't happen! Above: Proof that Senator Al Franken can draw a map of the United States entirely from memory. This clip is getting more coverage on the political blogs today than health care. Is it really that impressive? It seems that senators are so characterless and out-of-touch that all they have to do is draw the United States to be entertaining. Granted, this stunt was pulled at a state fair, where even agriculture is entertaining.

[via BuzzFeed]

Edited — thanks Pete.

The prospect of a public option in America's healthcare system has the whole internet abuzz. It's been reduced to death-threats between friends on Facebook. Admittedly, I have used the same line of thinking to argue against other political movements, and I feel that it is satisfactory:

• Just because Saddam Hussein runs your country, does not mean you deserve to have Saddam Hussein run your country.
• Just because you can get a low-emissions vehicle does not mean you deserve to get a low-emissions vehicle.
• Just because you haven't been waterboarded, doesn't mean you deserve to not be waterboarded.

[via Digg]

Republicans are scared that Barack Obama is going to socialize healthcare. What they should really be scared about: The latest study says that 50% of doctors use Wikipedia for actual medical information. So, I guess the real options are:

• doctors controlled by the government
• doctors half-controlled by volunteers who watched part of House this weekend

Wikipedia is one of the most socialized platforms on the web so, either way, we're looking at social medicine. Given that, I say, go with the option that has the most exciting medical drama and witty banter.

Hahahaha!  Oh, Kucinich!  You always crack me up with these CRAZY viral videos you make for the Internets!

This latest one is a HOOT!  60% of bankruptcies in America are from not being able to pay hospital bills?!?!  WAH-HAHAHAHAH!!!!  You're killin' me, Dennis!  Stop it!  STOP!!!

But seriously…  How'd you get them to let you shoot on the floor of Congress??  I'm sure I could grab some hilarious footage if they'll just let me bring my Flip cam and my cat.

[via Reddit]

This behind-the-scenes clip of President Obama swatting a fly during an interview has been passed around the web newsies for the past 48 hours.

If our commander in chief is going to slap a fly, that?s how I?d like to see him do it — just like it's a North Korean nuclear weapons test.

The president continued: "Now, in the future, low-income flies like that one will be covered by a public healthcare option."