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MADem

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29. He probably saw that sad, disgraceful HBO documentary on the topic.

Sat Nov 9, 2013, 03:32 PM

Nov 2013

The documentary was good, the attitudes of some in the film disgraceful, and the whole thing is just sad.

Guys selling their kidney for a thousand bucks. One guy sells his kidney and it turns out he has kidney disease, so he will need a transplant.

Recipients are wealthy people who pay over a hundred grand for the trafficked kidney. The surgeon gets about twenty, the "middlemen" get the rest---the donor, very little.

Stossel has LONG been an asshole. Even before he came out of his shell, he had that smarmy stink about him that his Mark Spitz moustache and Mary Lou Retton hairstyle could not hide.

Hey, when he irritates you, just replay this:

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John Stossel is on Fox News advocating for the trade in human kidneys. [View all] Mojo Electro Nov 2013 OP

You know... Libertarian! Everything is for sale. longship Nov 2013 #1

Perhaps he might acquire a brain in such a market Zeke L Brimstone Nov 2013 #14

and a heart. (nt) Nine Nov 2013 #40

this idea has been KT2000 Nov 2013 #2

Stossel is just showing us all, once again... dchill Nov 2013 #3

It's no wonder that he is a propenent for organ sales-- TexasTowelie Nov 2013 #4

Ha Ha! Exactly. dchill Nov 2013 #45

The only organs which should be sold dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #5

Every Stossel thread has to have a link to this video. Frank Cannon Nov 2013 #6

John Stossel is a monkey ass punk. One of the few people on the planet to be sucker slapped twice. alphafemale Nov 2013 #18

Stossel could tell me that he thought my job was real... Frank Cannon Nov 2013 #20

Slap that porn stache....lol alphafemale Nov 2013 #26

Thank you for this. Mojo Electro Nov 2013 #24

One does have to wonder though why everyone but the donor gets to profit from the organ dsc Nov 2013 #7

Nobody is getting rich transplanting kidneys. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #11

I am not saying the kidney should go to the highest bidder dsc Nov 2013 #15

How much should they get? Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #16

Two things dsc Nov 2013 #19

Yes, they are. There is a documentary on HBO about the topic. LOTS of people getting rich--just MADem Nov 2013 #30

Right. The person I was responding to wants donors to be paid Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #36

WTF? You have a reading comprehension problem in a big frigging way, pal. MADem Nov 2013 #38

I would like all of medicine to be socialized but it isn't dsc Nov 2013 #48

Hospitals get rich KT2000 Nov 2013 #47

Brokers get rich.Surgeons get rich. The only people not getting rich are the impoverished donors. MADem Nov 2013 #50

on the surface not a bad idea Enrique Nov 2013 #8

It is a stupid idiotic right wing dystopian libertarian idea. Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #12

Americans travel abroad to get black market kidneys. MADem Nov 2013 #33

It ties into something called human dignity. duffyduff Nov 2013 #21

Because transplants Kermitt Gribble Nov 2013 #31

He's the whoriest of the media whores. I'm surprised he isn't on Fox in a green wig and fishnets. nt valerief Nov 2013 #9

let's start with his. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #10

Here's a radical idea: how about higher wages and keeping your kidneys? JaneyVee Nov 2013 #13

^^This^^ 99Forever Nov 2013 #17

I can't believe what I am reading here about this! Whisp Nov 2013 #37

Who? You ask. 99Forever Nov 2013 #49

What are you, some kind of commie? Nine Nov 2013 #39

What pornstach face really wants is for the rich to be able to harvest organs at will. alphafemale Nov 2013 #22

Exactly. Mojo Electro Nov 2013 #23

Didn't he come to fame for exposing child labor of migrants? Dark Harvest...or Bitter Harvest? alphafemale Nov 2013 #25

Hey may well have been at one time. Mojo Electro Nov 2013 #27

Yes, he started out as a consumer and public advocate. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #34

Poor people having 2 kidneys...god's plan to make spares for his "Elected" HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #28

He probably saw that sad, disgraceful HBO documentary on the topic. MADem Nov 2013 #29

I advocate the trade of human mustaches. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #32

Fine. I'll take both of his kidneys in trade for The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #35

He's a nut. Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #41

Has Stossel ever read ANY sort of science fiction? BanzaiBonnie Nov 2013 #42

of course he is nt arely staircase Nov 2013 #43

He's a real piece of work, isn't he? n/t leftyladyfrommo Nov 2013 #44

"What the actual fuck??" dchill Nov 2013 #46

Jesus Christ, I thought that shit was illegal gopiscrap Nov 2013 #51

Maybe he can trade one of his DJ13 Nov 2013 #52

I'll never forget his Katrina madness Vinnie From Indy Nov 2013 #53

Completely absurd, but absolutely typical. Mojo Electro Nov 2013 #55

I'd seriously consider selling a kidney CFLDem Nov 2013 #54