Health care is ridiculously, heinously complicated. And not only is it complicated, it’s pretty effing boring. 99.999% of people watching TV last night at 8 were probably watching So You Think You Can Dance or re-runs of The Daily Show. And honestly, that was probably the better choice, unless you’re all nerdy and into this like I am. And even I DVR-ed it.
I think it’s a bit of a shame, though, because I’ve never seen Obama as good as he was last night. Don’t get me wrong — I love the guy to death — but since he became president, his rhetoric has had a few weaknesses. Obama tends to speak in the global sense while ignoring the details that tend to leave big old gaping holes that any halfway decent politician could call him on. The reason no one has is because his opposition is currently too weak and busy polarizing itself while imploding under scandals like a leaky balloon, but if he had a non-crippled opponent, he totally would have fixed that faster. Last night Obama was specific but not mired down in details, inspiring without being cheesy, and confident without being cocky, and he answered the questions, which is really super-rare for any politician to actually do. He even made an oblique reference to The Matrix. Unfortunately, he was still talking about health care.
Luckily for you guys, I’m here to make being politically informed easier for you. My genius idea? A drinking game.
Now, as someone who doesn’t drink, cannot legally drink for another five months (did I just make everyone feel really old? Sorry), and does not support extreme inebriation, I suggest you drink with shots of something healthy or delicious, like iced tea. And the next time the president comes on-air to speak (or you could watch last night’s press conference online), you take a shot/sip every time he says the following things:
And while I’m sorry for perhaps creating problems with controlling your drinking, you’re welcome for making your political education more entertaining.
Also, I would suggest partaking in your political education near a toilet. You’re going to have to pee, like, a lot.
Clacked by Julia Hass
on Jul 24, 2009 @ 09:05 EST5EDT
The health care plan is based off of Massachusetts health care law. I’m from MA, I know at least some people who run this site are, and I think it’s a horrible horrible idea to base the USA version on. The MA is a huge waste of money, and run horribly. Any idiot can just pretend to live in MA and get health care because it’s run so badly.
Cool. Can I pretend to, being German and all?
Hint: if it goes nationwide, tell me again how that point you just made would still be a problem?
What I think is so funny is that your nation spends twice as much as mine and has 1/6th of it’s population living without health insurance. It’s a friggin joke.
*POST AUTHOR*
Children, as much as I would love to debate you on health care, here is not the forum to do it. The last time we debated politics here it got angry, remember? This is a happy place filled with rainbows and unicorns where we drink a lot.
Great. This made me think of all the Unicors on “Robot Chicken”… ;-)
Holy sh*t you’re 20?
(just wanted to do what the whole media did when they focused on that one “important” thing at the end of the press conference)
;-)