Things I learned at book club today:

[hedgehog]

People on Welfare go to the ER when they have a cold.

They call a free cab to get there.

Obama is going to ration health care.

An unmarried couple with a sick baby shouldn't expect the baby to get a liver transplant (after all, there are adults waiting)

Obama's health care plan is going to bankrupt the country....


unless the stimulus package does so first!

[abluelady]

1. And You Stay in that Book Club Because? eom

[hedgehog]

2. I'm trying to get out and meet people instead of spending so much time on-line. .

[csziggy]

16. Is there a Democratic Party group in your town? Why not join them?

Or some other progressive group. It may not broaden your interest base, but the book club does not sound as though it would either.

[Blue Belle]

3. And here I thought Sarah Palin's Memoirs weren't published yet...

What book are you reading anyway? :-)

[ColbertWatcher]

4. With such profound reasoning, what kind of books does this book club read?

Ann Coulter's?

[rrneck]

5. Dare I ask what book you were reading? nt

[ThomCat]

6. You would hope that people who read enought to join a book club

would be reading enough to be better educated than this. Obviously their choice of reading material could be improved. How truly scary and sad. :(

[Ian David]

7. Did they mention The Reptoids living under Mount Shasta? n/t

[VWolf]

8. And your well-reasoned responses were?

I hope you dealt a righteous smack-down!

[hedgehog]

9. Well, I slipped in some comments like how my insurance company

won't pay for my prescription and how we have rationing now.....

[VWolf]

12. Good start. Your assignment for the next meeting is to

prepare unassailable arguments contradicting all their statements.

Grades will be mailed out next month :)

[Tace]

10. Suggested Reading: PK Dick's Radio Free Albumuth

Just a friendly suggestion of books to discuss. : )

[hedgehog]

11. What I really need is a book about a working class family that slips

on to Welfare.

[mitchum]

13. What the hell are you guys reading? Mein Kampf? Atlas Shrugged?

[hedgehog]

14. Mostly novels - this was only my second meeting.

[gmoney]

15. well, there are free car services available for medical appointments, right?

Someone was discussing them in another thread here...

And I'm sure some people go to the ER for frivolous reasons... but if you're insured privately, it's OK to squander medical resources, right? :/

[hedgehog]

17. I think it's good sometimes to find out what other people are thinking.

Like I slipped in the notion that the reason England's National Health has had problems is the class structure - people are scared to death some undeserving person somewhere will get something.

[ProgressiveFool]

18. Noooooo!!!! Don't talk about Book Club!

That's the first rule!