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The linked article above is directly from the Fox News Website. For those of you who don't care to read the article itself I will briefly recapitulate its content:

• The Health Care Bill is now Law
• Joe Biden used the "F" word (Holy Fuck.. He used profanity in public, we should stone his Fucking Ass)
  
• Attorney Generals from 11 States are filing suit based on constitutional issues (that number has since risen to 13 according to another article).
• Tea Baggers are VERY unhappy (what's new?)
• We now live in a socialist nation run by bureaucrats hell-bent on helping Americans instead of destroying other nations (okay the article doesn't say that but it doesn't take someone with a PHD in English to read between the lines).

Normally I don't respond to ludicrous comments, right wing propaganda or fiction based dogma. However, with the current reporting on the Health Care Bill and its destructive nature I will comment on all 3 of these things and use personal experience to back my claims.

There are two main issues when it comes to health care reform that baffle me. The first being the fact that the people complain the most are those who already have health insurance. The second is the lack of substance to the argument that a national health care plan is socialism. Lets deal with these issues in order.

1. Our current health care system allows for individuals to remain on their parents health insurance until they are 25. It also allows for government subsidized programs for the individuals who have no means to pay for their own health coverage. This is a good thing. (Unless of course you feel that college kids and poor people are a plague on society and should die, but then you probably aren't reading this blog you're out searching for a bell tower and cleaning your sniper rifle). What our current system doesn't allow for is those of us, myself included, who make too much money to qualify for government assistance, are over 25, and don't work for employers that offer full benefits. I think we're called the working poor. We are those who pay taxes but yet do not utilize government services or receive any assistance. Some would say we have been forgotten by the system. The New Health Care Law allows individuals like myself to get the health coverage we need at a price that we can afford. The "price" issue serves as a nice transition to point number 2.
2. The underlying idea behind the new Health Care Law is one based on economies of scale and probability. By charging people certain rates based on their age and a few other factors costs are evenly spread amongst millions. Some would say that this notion is just another attempt at "distribution of wealth," and I would be inclined to agree with them but then we'd both be wrong and our country would be seen as a bunch of bumbling idiots (oh wait, that is how most of the civilized world sees us). The truth of the matter is that the younger you are the healthier you are. As you age the likelihood of serious health issues rises, in most cases exponentially. By charging everyone a "flat rate" healthy people are helping sick people afford their treatment. That is a good thing (if you believe in altruism or ascribe to the belief that all persons are created equally). I could go into much more detail on the economics of health care and the show you probability charts and formulas that would demonstrate my point but I won't bore you with the details. The truth is that unless you understand (and I mean beyond what you learned in ECON101) the way our economy works you should have no opinion on this issue and should leave it up to the well-meaning, well-educated, well-spoken and well-qualified individuals that we elected to do whats in our best interest even if you don't "understand" it.

Okay so that was a lot of facts to throw at you and a smattering of opinions and thinly veiled jokes about a large group of peoples intelligence level. But just in case you didn't get what I was aiming at I will spell it out plane and simple: The majority of people in opposition to this bill are HYPOCRITES!

The vast majority of right wingers and some tea baggers claim to be Christian. Christianity was founded on the principle of the helping people. You might recall that Jesus went around healing people, feeding the hungry, and hanging out with the "scum" of society. He preached a message of peace and understanding, equality and grace, compassion and love. In his day, Jesus was called all kinds of names and I'm sure that if the term "Socialism" didn't exist until the day of Karl Marx he would have been called that as well. If supporting the United States governments efforts to protect its people from disease and injury opens me up to being called a socialist than fire away! The God of my understanding told me that "to whom much is given, much is expected." I cannot say that I am a religious person or that I believe in one form of religion but what I can say is that I believe that whomever created this wonderful world that we live in would be proud to see people helping people (even if it is government sponsored).

My final thought is this: "Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you might become." (Author Unknown)