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The Brits are honoring the NHS, take that, wingnuts! (Original Post) Odin2005 Jul 2012 OP
Commies! mucifer Jul 2012 #1
OOPS i duped you....k&r spanone Jul 2012 #2
!!! BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3
Wonderful! Fuck you, Mittens. nt onehandle Jul 2012 #4
Yeah, that was great. DCBob Jul 2012 #5
but, but i thought they HATED IT??????? spanone Jul 2012 #6
Love it! scarletlib Jul 2012 #7
Limpballs is going to jump all over this Monday. I hope he pops a cork! Lint Head Jul 2012 #8
I think Voldemort was trying to privatize their health care! reformist2 Jul 2012 #9
The tribute to the NHS was FANTASTIC. groundloop Jul 2012 #10
Mr. Bean !!!! riverwalker Jul 2012 #11
Always funny. scarletlib Jul 2012 #14
Can't wait to see how conservatives respond to this one. IrishMidget Jul 2012 #12
That was awesome! skydive forever Jul 2012 #13
I thought politics were supposed to be put aside during Olympics? Zax2me Jul 2012 #15
I would think that in most ohheckyeah Jul 2012 #17
Healthcare is only political in the US - where Republicans desire life and death to be profitable. myrna minx Jul 2012 #20
loved loved loved that part mcar Jul 2012 #16
It was beautiful: full of kids, caregivers and happy chaos! FailureToCommunicate Jul 2012 #18
Those kids were so damn cute! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #19
Them furriners don't know the joy of being free to give up everything you own to pay a med bill. Kablooie Jul 2012 #21

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
9. I think Voldemort was trying to privatize their health care!
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:44 PM
Jul 2012

But Mary Poppins - all 100 of them - stopped him!!

groundloop

(11,510 posts)
10. The tribute to the NHS was FANTASTIC.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 08:46 PM
Jul 2012

I can hear teabagger heads exploding even as I watch the ceremony.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
17. I would think that in most
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:53 PM
Jul 2012

countries health care isn't political. Leave it to the U.S. to make a basic human need a game of politics.

myrna minx

(22,772 posts)
20. Healthcare is only political in the US - where Republicans desire life and death to be profitable.
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 10:07 PM
Jul 2012

In the rest of the civilized world, healthcare is a human right, not a bargaining chip for profit. The UK is right to be proud of it's NHS healthcare system. Only in the US would this be considered political and not a celebration of civility.

Kablooie

(18,603 posts)
21. Them furriners don't know the joy of being free to give up everything you own to pay a med bill.
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 08:32 PM
Jul 2012

It's absolutely heaven.
And Christian heaven too.
Not one of them dancing ladies with a hunnert arm heavens.

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