Hey its not nice to confuse the pointy headed right wing with facts. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > In response to dozens of "the sky is falling, socialism!" comments. > > agofexcess > his morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated > by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy.I > then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water > utility.After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels > to see > ...more<http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/22/health.care.lawsuit/index.html?hpt=Sbin#> > > > This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated > by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. > > I then took a shower in the clean water provided by a municipal water > utility. > > After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see > what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and > Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like, > using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics > and Space Administration. > > I watched this while eating my breakfast of U.S. Department of > Agriculture-inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined > as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. > > At the appropriate time, as regulated by the U.S. Congress and kept accurate > by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval > Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety > Administration-approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by > the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation, possibly > stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the > Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal > Reserve Bank. > > On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the > U.S. Postal Service and drop the kids off at the public school. > > After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the > workplace regulations imposed by the Department of Labor and the > Occupational Safety and Health administration, enjoying another two meals > which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back > home on the DOT roads, to my house which has not burned down in my absence > because of the state and local building codes and Fire Marshal's inspection, > and which has not been plundered of all its valuables thanks to the local > police department. > > And then I log on to the internet -- which was developed by the Defense > Advanced Research Projects Administration -- and post on forums about how > SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right. > > >
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