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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFox Snooze is going nuts over the Pope's welcome speech.
Varney said there was no mention of the persecution of Christians when that was one of the main points in Obama's speech. Also that abortion was the most performed surgery in the country. They are also even more pissed regarding his climate change remarks. The stupid hurts.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)He believes in healing the sick,
feeding the hungry,
housing the homeless,
etc.
Right out of Karl Marx
or some lefty book.
Oneironaut
(5,493 posts)*Name censored by right wing America. Capitalism and greed are great!*
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Number of selected procedures performed: ◦Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.4 million
◦Cardiac catheterizations: 1.0 million
◦Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.1 million
◦Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 499,000
◦Diagnostic ultrasound: 1.1 million
◦Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 500,000
◦Hysterectomy: 498,000
◦Cesarean section:1.3 million
◦Reduction of fracture: 671,000
◦Insertion of coronary artery stent: 454,000
◦Coronary artery bypass graft: 395,000
◦Total knee replacement: 719,000
◦Total hip replacement: 332,000
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/inpatient-surgery.htm
But facts are not important when FOX is trying to effect the minds of its viewers.
davekriss
(4,616 posts)I need to call out the fact that, contrary to your position, the number of abortions performed is high enough to make that list. In 2011, there were 730,312 abortions in the U.S.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/data_stats/
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)Tripper11
(4,338 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)I shudder at this narrative.
I am no friend of religion, but what these folks are saying is fucked up.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)take it long. One of the Fox blondes just characterized the President's and Pope's entering the White House as seeing "a little bit how the sausage is made."
BTW, D&C or D&E isn't even close to being the most common, outpatient or inpatient.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)underpants
(182,788 posts)oh and sometimes the HE DIDN'T SAY THESE WORDS!!!