The Huffington Post is my favorite website ever

[bachman]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/daniel-webb-dead-obese-sc_n_364704.html

"Daniel Webb Dead: Obese SC Man Died After 8 Months In Home Recliner, Didn't Have Health Insurance"

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/120187/thumbs/s-DANIEL-WEBB-large.jpg


Clearly, lack of universal health care killed this young, healthy stud.

[Taxman]

There are many doctors who profess that finding an effective way to combat obesity and diabetes is a major key to lowering health costs.

[Ray G.]

:rofl:

[Kingsumo]

I love you bachman, and all your crazy inflammatory threads. :D

[mario]

Try harder, next time.

Or am I expecting too much of your intellectual capacities?

[Mattman]

Yay! Let's make fun of the dead fat dude and his fatherless baby!

[Ray G.]

Yay! Let's make fun of the dead fat dude and his fatherless baby!

We're making fun of the stupid website's stupid headline about him.

[Kingsumo]

We're making fun of the stupid website's stupid headline about him.

I thought we were making fun of the nations attempt to provide health care.

[JoeE]

He didn't even seek help, even when offered. It's one thing to not have health insurance, it's another thing to not seek any help whatsoever.

If you're in that much pain, either physically or mentally, and you want to go on living all that shit about money or pride, or in this case, GOD, needs to go away, and you need to find help, however you can. If this guy had done his best to get help to find help and still failed, I would be more sympathetic.

Also, would it make me a heartless conservative bastard to point out that the yearly cost of owning four dogs and internet service is probably enough to pay for a modest (although hardly comprehensive) health insurance plan?

[Damian696]

Yay! Let's make fun of the dead fat dude and his fatherless baby!

he's with Jesus now, so it's all good.

[Ben]

Didn't the guy say he didn't seek treatment because he didn't have health insurance? He couldn't afford any treatment. So not having health insurance is indirectly responsible for his death. Obviously, his fat ass is directly responsible.

But you guys do know that things can indirectly affect other things, right? I hope you don't really see the world is such simple terms.

[Mattman]

We're making fun of the stupid website's stupid headline about him.

Clearly, lack of universal health care killed this young, healthy stud.
Indeed.

[Ben]

He didn't even seek help, even when offered. It's one thing to not have health insurance, it's another thing to not seek any help whatsoever.

If you're in that much pain, either physically or mentally, and you want to go on living all that shit about money or pride, or in this case, GOD, needs to go away, and you need to find help, however you can. If this guy had done his best to get help to find help and still failed, I would be more sympathetic.

Also, would it make me a heartless conservative bastard to point out that the yearly cost of owning four dogs and internet service is probably enough to pay for a modest (although hardly comprehensive) health insurance plan?You really think his health insurance premiums wouldn't have been astronomical? And I doubt they wouldn't have tried to pull some kind of pre-existing condition bullshit on any possible problem he had that links back to his weight.

[JoeE]

You really think his health insurance premiums wouldn't have been astronomical? And I doubt they wouldn't have tried to pull some kind of pre-existing condition bullshit on any possible problem he had that links back to his weight.

Of course they would've been high, but Christ, he could've gotten SOME form of help with that money, if only temporary.

I'm not making an argument for or against universal health care here (an anecdote is no basis for public policy), just against docility and sloth.

[Ben]

Of course they would've been high, but Christ, he could've gotten SOME form of help with that money, if only temporary.

I'm not making an argument for or against universal health care here (an anecdote is no basis for public policy), just against docility and sloth.I'm betting that there's very little a for-profit health insurance company would've done for him. I could be very well be wrong, though.

[Taxman]

If you're in that much pain, either physically or mentally, and you want to go on living all that shit about money or pride, or in this case, GOD, needs to go away, and you need to find help, however you can. I think often those in the worst mental situations are least likely to seek care.

[Fake Pat]

Indeed.

:lol:

Ouch.

[Ben Weldon]

Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina- Dan Savage

At least a hundred people have forwarded me a link to this story, suggesting it for Slog since it has so many hilarious details. A morbidly obese man in South Carolina who couldn't get out of the recliner in his living room, his wife of two years who cleaned the recliner every morning because her morbidly obese husband used the chair as a toilet, the morbidly obese man, a former preacher, passing his time in the recliner "posting sermons online" and "talking about religion to other people on the Internet." And when the man died on his second wedding anniversary—of a heart attack at age 33—his wife telling the AP that she "had the worst anniversary" but her husband "had the best one he ever had because he's with Jesus now."

Hilarious?

Sorry, no. The story is an indictment of the American "health care" system. That man needed to be in a bed in a hospital, not in a recliner in a mobile home. Here are really damning details: Daniel Webb was in that recliner because paramedics deposited him there after bringing him home from the hospital. He'd been in the hospital for the emergency treatment of a weight-related knee injury. "Ada Webb said she begged hospital officials to keep him after doctors treated his knee injury in March. But the couple had no way to pay and were sent home." Webb was in the recliner for eight months, dying by inches, and didn't seek help "because he... didn't have health insurance."

Webb was a sick man who needed to be in a hospital—and, I'm sorry, but it sounds like he needed to be far away from his loving wife. In the eight months he was in that recliner Webb went from 550 pounds to "about 800 pounds," according to police. Webb had no health insurance and a feeder and/or enabler at home. I'm sorry, Slog tippers, but I don't think this story is particularly funny. I think it's a sad indictment of our health care "system."
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/11/20/life-and-death-and-recliners-in-south-carolina

[Fake Pat]

I'm betting that there's very little a for-profit health insurance company would've done for him. I could be very well be wrong, though.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Jason California]

At least he did not live in Peru. Could have been worse.

[Fake Pat]

Life and Death in a Recliner in South Carolina- Dan Savage

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/11/20/life-and-death-and-recliners-in-south-carolina

I love how quickly these Conservative outrage threads tend to implode when the facts acually come out.

[Mattman]

I love how quickly these Conservative outrage threads tend to implode when the facts acually come out.
If only the same thing could happen to the Conservatives you start them.

[Taxman]

Daniel Webb was in that recliner because paramedics deposited him there after bringing him home from the hospital. He'd been in the hospital for the emergency treatment of a weight-related knee injury.Sounds like without medical intervention on his weight and a significant rehab program he was going to die, regardless

[tstouder]

At least he did not live in Peru. Could have been worse.

free liposuction! what could be better than that?

[Jason California]

free liposuction! what could be better than that?

There is that whole murder thing though.

[bachman]

Kate Hudson's Near NSFW Slip At AMAs (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/22/kate-hudsons-near-nsfw-sl_n_367123.html

[bachman]

Yay! Let's make fun of the dead fat dude and his fatherless baby!

I already did.

[woljed]

I already did.

And I'm a troll.

[Heroic Age Moe]

The Huff Po is a great resource to use when deciding to ignore someone, so it has it's uses.

[Jonny Z]

But you guys do know that things can indirectly affect other things, right? I hope you don't really see the world is such simple terms.

Not having health insurance indirectly lead him to Jesus, which means we all win!

[bachman]

John Edwards' Weight Gain: Has The Former Senator Packed On Pounds? (VIDEO, POLL)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/15/john-edwards-weight-gain_n_392719.html

[HeroBoy]

Cna't we just go back to making fun of shitty comics?

[maverick-99]

Cna't we just go back to making fun of shitty comics?

fat asses are much easier targets....

[RebootedCorpse]

1/100,000,000 as retarded as Drudge.

[artimoff]

He made the decision to be that way at some point in his life. Let's respect his wish to poop in his chair & die at 33.

[Ryan F]

I was on the anti-Huffpost bandwagon (http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=173813) way before bachman. Can I join the BenBo conservative club?


1/100,000,000 as retarded as Drudge.

But this is still true.

[bachman]

Arianna Huffington chooses to celebrate the new year with a big giant list of whining. What a shock.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/2009-the-things-i-want-to_b_404874.html

[Hoggie]

Drudge just called out my town for wasting stimulus money on tennis courts. :mad:

[Taxman]

Arianna Huffington chooses to celebrate the new year with a big giant list of whining. What a shock. It must be tough for the Republican Party in California to get by without here.

[Taxman]

Drudge just called out my town for wasting stimulus money on tennis courts. :mad:David Stockman would be proud.

[ThunderThunder]

"Webb, 33, didn't ask for help for all those months, because he was ashamed and didn't have health insurance, said his wife, Ada. He slept and used the bathroom in his chair and she cleaned it every day. The former preacher would post sermons online from the chair, and it wasn't long before he decided he was ready to go home to the Lord, she said."

THIS is called love.

[Brian Defferding]

I'm betting that there's very little a for-profit health insurance company would've done for him. I could be very well be wrong, though.

He didn't need health insurance, he needed a gym membership (which can be both for-profit or non-profit) which he could most likely afford and probably would have saved his life.

That article was ridiculous.

[bachman]

Hard-Hitting News!

"Islam Is" Google Suggests Don't Appear

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/islam-is-google-suggests_n_414593.html

[Ultimate Lurker]

Hard-Hitting News!

"Islam Is" Google Suggests Don't Appear

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/islam-is-google-suggests_n_414593.html

Is it supposed to be? Directly above is a video "The Most Hilarious Wii Incidents Ever"

[SMACK!]

This is ridiculous. Why is it the most extreme examples are always toted around and become the rallying cry for or against any policy? "Some woman has 8 kids and is on welfare! Dismantle the system!" Its all anecdotal and doesn't show a realistic picture of the problem.

[Jacques Toochay]

He didn't need health insurance, he needed a gym membership (which can be both for-profit or non-profit) which he could most likely afford and probably would have saved his life.



:lol:

Are you intentionally trying to be funny here?

:lol:

[Ben]

He didn't need health insurance, he needed a gym membership (which can be both for-profit or non-profit) which he could most likely afford and probably would have saved his life.

That article was ridiculous.That's just ridiculously naive.

[bachman]

Huff Po reaches a new low.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/scott-brown-daughter-biki_n_430291.html

1. Why is this news?
2. Are they trying to insinuate that he is somehow sleazy for dressing in beach clothes and being on vacation with his family?
3. The libs are so desperate it's kinda sad

[Marcdachamp]

This is ridiculous. Why is it the most extreme examples are always toted around and become the rallying cry for or against any policy? "Some woman has 8 kids and is on welfare! Dismantle the system!" Its all anecdotal and doesn't show a realistic picture of the problem.

I hear this on a DAILY basis. Conservatives are constantly worried that someone is fucking them or the system.

[Mattman]

Huff Po reaches a new low.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/scott-brown-daughter-biki_n_430291.html

1. Why is this news?
2. Are they trying to insinuate that he is somehow sleazy for dressing in beach clothes and being on vacation with his family?
3. The libs are so desperate it's kinda sad
So are you holding FoxNews up to such high journalistic standards? Where's your "Fox News is my favorite website ever" thread bachman?

[Ray G.]

So are you holding FoxNews up to such high journalistic standards? Where's your "Fox News is my favorite website ever" thread bachman?

The left has it more than covered.

Where's your "Keith Olbermann is a dipshit" thread?

[Mattman]

The left has it more than covered.

Where's your "Keith Olbermann is a dipshit" thread?
Oh I see, so this thread was not intended to bait the left leaning posters on this board into getting pissed. This thread is about journalistic integrity. No trollish behavior here. No sir.

And I happen to like Keith Olbermannn, so why would I start a "Keith Olbermann is a dipshit" thread?

[Ray G.]

Oh I see, so this thread was not intended to bait the left leaning posters on this board into getting pissed. This thread is about journalistic integrity. No trollish behavior here. No sir.

And I happen to like Keith Olbermannn, so why would I start a "Keith Olbermann is a dipshit" thread?

Well, there you go. I doubt Bachman has anything against Fox News. Rather silly to demand he start threads against them, no?

[Mattman]

Well, there you go. I doubt Bachman has anything against Fox News. Rather silly to demand he start threads against them, no?
Here's the thing. I don't know if you notice but with the exception of the Prop 8. thread I started a couple of weeks ago (and I happen to think the Prop. 8 issue is not a partisan issue as much as a moral one) I tend to steer clear of starting threads with the expressed purpose of antagonizing those on the other side of politics than me. If I were to start a "Keith Olbermann rocks" thread I would be doing it to antagonize people like you and bachman. It's pretty obvious to me this thread was started to piss off the lefties of the board. To me that's trollish behavior. And I suppose by responding to it I'm giving bachman exactly what he wants. So I'm off to post in other threads. Sorry if I got your feathers in a ruffle Ray, I'm just calling it like I see it.

[Fake Pat]

Again, Fox News and Keith Olbermann are not equivalent.

[Ray G.]

Again, Fox News and Keith Olbermann are not equivalent.

You're right. One's a network with a strong partisan lean, and the other is an extremist pundit.

But just because they're not equivalent, doesn't mean they can't be used in comparisons, correct?

[Fake Pat]

You're right. One's a network with a strong partisan lean, and the other is an extremist pundit.

But just because they're not equivalent, doesn't mean they can't be used in comparisons, correct?

For the last few posts you've made, yeah, they have to be the same.

Otherwise you're attacking someone for not doing something that would be a completely different thing.

[Ray G.]

For the last few posts you've made, yeah, they have to be the same.

Otherwise you're attacking someone for not doing something that would be a completely different thing.

The only point I was making was that it's silly to ask someone why they don't attack things they agree with as much as they attack things they disagree with. This isn't the first time I've seen this.

[Fake Pat]

The only point I was making was that it's silly to ask someone why they don't attack things they agree with as much as they attack things they disagree with. This isn't the first time I've seen this.

But it's not always silly, depending on why the person agrees or disagrees.

[Heroic Age Moe]

Huff Po reaches a new low.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/scott-brown-daughter-biki_n_430291.html

1. Why is this news?
2. Are they trying to insinuate that he is somehow sleazy for dressing in beach clothes and being on vacation with his family?
3. The libs are so desperate it's kinda sad

heh, that's funny, but kinda sad.

Those girls are gonna get totally fucked with cause a bunch of idiots don't like their dad because he made Obama look bad.

[Mattman]

heh, that's funny, but kinda sad.

Those girls are gonna get totally fucked with cause a bunch of idiots don't like their dad because he made Obama look bad.
Well there's also the part of using his acceptance speech to announce that they were both available. That didn't do them any favors.

[Heroic Age Moe]

Well there's also the part of using his acceptance speech to announce that they were both available. That didn't do them any favors.


Yeah, OMG! That was soooooooo bad right? Like making a joke and having fun, so wrong.

[dougmac]

Yeah, OMG! That was soooooooo bad right? Like making a joke and having fun, so wrong.

he was making a joke, but as a dad and a guy with two sisters, I'll bet the joke didn't go over too well at home either

[RickLM]

I just spent the last hour on The Huffington Post reading Hollywood gossip. Beautiful people are largely retarded.

[Mattman]

Yeah, OMG! That was soooooooo bad right? Like making a joke and having fun, so wrong.
You're so right. Nothing says fun like pimping out your children.

[NATE!]

You're so right. Nothing says fun like pimping out your children.

Well how much would YOU charge for "Around the world?"

[Mattman]

Well how much would YOU charge for "Around the world?"
At least know we know what he promised in order to get elected.

In all seriousness, it kind of reminds me of Lot from the Bible. You know the 'good man' from the bible who was spared by god. The same guy who offered up his virgin daughters to be gang raped.

[bachman]

At least know we know what he promised in order to get elected.

In all seriousness, it kind of reminds me of Lot from the Bible. You know the 'good man' from the bible who was spared by god. The same guy who offered up his virgin daughters to be gang raped.

:D

Yes, a politician making a corny joke about his daughters being "avaialble", is similar to a man that offers up his daughters to be gang-raped.

You're the Keith-O of the Bendis Board!

[Heroic Age Moe]

he was making a joke, but as a dad and a guy with two sisters, I'll bet the joke didn't go over too well at home either

Oh of course it didn't. That one girls face was so funny, especially after he did the second punchline. What hell is family for if not to have fun with. Shows a nice solid unit to me.

[Brother Power the Gong]

Shows a nice solid unit to me.

http://www.dcsoundclash.com/exoticsavage/Scott-Brown-new3.jpg

[Heroic Age Moe]

http://www.dcsoundclash.com/exoticsavage/Scott-Brown-new3.jpg



I can't see the unit there.

[Jacques Toochay]

Wait... I thought the Drudge Report was Bachmann's favorite website.

:-?

[Dan-C]

I just spent the last hour on The Huffington Post reading Hollywood gossip. Beautiful people are largely retarded.

Don't worry, ugly people are just as retarded. There just aren't any websites devoted to them.

[Mattman]

:DYou're the Keith-O of the Bendis Board!
And you're the Ann Coulter of the Bendis Board.