Ha ha.....

The right-wing magazine US Investors' Daily claimed that if Stephen Hawking had been British, he would have been allowed to die at birth by its "socialist" healthcare system. Hawking responded with a polite cough that he is British, and "I wouldn't be here without the NHS".

And that he wasn't diagnosed with a problem until he was 18 or so.

Posted By: Johnny Comecardiff on August 20th 2009 at 12:43:51

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Excellent summary of the American right wing's fengibbonery (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 20, 12:31:50
- I like (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 20, 12:41:01
- His discussion of how the right trains themselves 'to be so impervious to reality' (General Chat) - Sir Thomas, Aug 20, 12:39:57
  - I take that back, he does mention it, albeit fleetingly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Sir Thomas, Aug 20, 12:51:35
    - "The Manufacture of Consent" (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 20, 14:12:12
- Shading it as my favourite anecdote (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Aug 20, 12:33:02
  - Ha ha..... (General Chat) - Johnny Comecardiff, Aug 20, 12:43:51
    - You only get a sense of hopeless it all is in America when you find out that a lot of (General Chat) - Sir Thomas, Aug 20, 12:46:27

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