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Photo of the Day: November 27, 2009
I remember being shocked to see Sen. Ted Kennedy come out on stage and deliver this speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last year. He had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor that spring, and had only undergone surgery a couple of months before. This speech, and the accompanying introduction and tribute video, occurred exactly one year ago to the day of Kennedy's death.
"For me this is a season of hope -- new hope for a justice and fair prosperity for the many, and not just for the few -- new hope," Kennedy said from the stage of the Pepsi Center on August 25, 2008.
"And this is the cause of my life -- new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every American -- north, south, east, west, young, old -- will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege."
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And the 65th anniversary of Paris’ liberation from the Nazis (Obamacare).
At the risk of sounding snarky.. 4, 3, 2, 1 ... Ted Kennedy had the best health care plan in the world yet brain cancer still took his life. And please spare me. Listening to him go on about his "cause" as he calls it, is like hearing a fish talk about how easy it is to swim. /end
Fact, health care has a 100% failure rate.
Fact: brain cancer (or most any cancer for that matter) is a hard way to go. And even with the best medicine in the world, the type of tumor Senator Kennedy had was not likely to be eradicated.
Fact: even those with great resources can wealth can still realize that others don't have it as good, and can try to improve the situation for the less fortunate.
Fact: my family has a of cancer deaths, and I'd rather die from a flaming bucket from monkey's poop trebuchet than undergo the treatments they did. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.