Particularly from the vociferous 'traitor' Dan Hannan...
Whose criticisms have got a few of our lefty friends in quite a tiz...
to see a British politician roaming the USA, frequenting the most biased, unreasonable and willfully ignorant news outlets in existence, spouting misinformed drivel to screeching hate puffed lummoxes like Glenn Beck about the imaginary horrors of ’socialized’ health care is almost obscene.
Watching Daniel Hannan speaking as a supposed representative for Britain on Fox News, bleating about how our country has been rendered feral and crippled by the NHS is enough to raise a sudden, unexpected swell of patriotism normally reserved for the success of a British icon on the global stage or spectacular sporting defeats.
Unfortunately, his eloquence alone is enough to elevate Hannan to the position of grand visiting statesman in the miopic yellowed eyes of Fox and friends. That he only speaks half-truths, lies, and distortions, while grossly misrepresenting 99% of the population of Britain is not enough to stop the increasingly rabid American right-wing to beg him to ‘run for congress!’ or ‘run for Prime Minister!’ or ‘for God’s sake, run for something!’
However as is usual with our lefty friends they don't actual present any solid arguments in support of the NHS.
The basis of their argument for the NHS is that if we didn't have the NHS we wouldn't have a health care system. And everyone would die. Which is utter tosh.
And the rest of their argument is based on lies...
We are fortunate enough to enjoy a system of healthcare large and noble enough to bring good health to an entire population.
Nonsense...
It is one of the largest, most respected, and most valued of British institutions
And spin...
That it does all it does for free (or, at least, for very little) is nothing short of incredible.
As we all know the 'free at the point of use' line rolled out by lefties to support the NHS is one of the most incredible examples of mass delusion possible.
It's similar to buying something online and then claiming it is 'free at the point of delivery' when it is posted through your door. Quite how anyone can suggest something is free when you've already paid for it is beyond me. Do people think hospitals grow on trees or something?
So to combat this idiocy I advise you get on twitter and show your support for our American anti-NHS friends and Dan Hannan. Hash #privatisetheNHS and #welovehannan.
UPDATE 13/08/09 -- 23:00
New Facebook group up and running #no2NHS.
More on this to follow tomorrow.
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Three cheers for Mr. Hannan! I wish we could lease him from you for eight years or so. We'll give him back, promise...
Judge Napolitano's story about the shortage of care in parts of Canada is illustrative. We took vacation in Manitoba, north of Winnipeg, a few years ago. Nearest little town was about 30 miles away. We struck up a conversation in the diner, and found that the last physician had left town months ago. If anyone fell ill, they had to head to Winnipeg, about 90 mins to 2 hours distant. Imagine having a heart attack in February, two hours from the hospital in Winnipeg!
Nice, nice people we met there, and were saddened to see how they had been hung out to dry.
Hannan is the man. It must be hard for him to stomach being in Blue Labour, but he must think he can push it in the right direction.
Hannan bangs on about the sins of Tweedle Dum (Brown) but remains tight lipped about the shortcomings of Tweedle Dee (Cameron). Perhaps Tweedle Dee is the answer to Britain's problems? Yeah right.
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