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Old 09-06-2009, 07:47 PM
 
Location: 3rd rock from the sun
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A reality check on a reality check (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/reality+check+reality+check/1783177/story.html - broken link)

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Shona Holmes, an Ontario woman... claims she was forced by Ontario's health system to go to the United States for life-saving surgery for a brain tumour.

Holmes has become the darling of conservatives and the stop-public-health-care movement in the United States. She's testified before Congress, been on Fox TV as well as CNN, and her story is retold on hundreds of right wing blogs.

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Old 09-06-2009, 08:12 PM
 
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The lies keep getting worse as the days go by.
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Old 09-06-2009, 08:14 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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A reality check on a reality check (http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/reality+check+reality+check/1783177/story.html - broken link)
I can't believe she told her lies to Congress.
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Old 09-06-2009, 08:15 PM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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I can't believe she told her lies to Congress.
She isn't the first.
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Old 09-06-2009, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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I understand it's lengthy but it's definitely worth a listen.
What's Canadian Health Care Really Like? : NPR

http://www.ourfuture.org/node/21313

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Old 09-06-2009, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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I wondered why I hadn't seen that commercial in a while. Well, I guess she made a lot of money on it.
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Old 09-06-2009, 09:03 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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You wonder why people don't jump on the band wagon when opponents say "Trust me, it's bad for you" when you see this crap over and over again. Those that oppose UHC would get more traction if they didn't lie every time they opened their mouths...no one will listen to a compulsive liar.
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Old 09-06-2009, 09:07 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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You wonder why people don't jump on the band wagon when opponents say "Trust me, it's bad for you" when you see this crap over and over again. Those that oppose UHC would get more traction if they didn't lie every time they opened their mouths...no one will listen to a compulsive liar.
Too bad the liars are getting a lot of air time.
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