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riverwalker

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Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:48 PM Mar 2012

furious about Cheneys heart [View all]

As of August 31st, 2011, there are 121,264 patients on wait lists at U.S. Transplant Centers. Of those 121,264 patients, 3,202 persons are awaiting heart transplants while an additional 69 patients are awaiting a heart/lung transplant.
Numbers from:
http://www.myhearttransplant.net/wait-list/new-wait-list-statistics.html

In Virginia, where the filthy buzzard got his heart transplant today, there were 370 people on the waiting list for a heart. In the US, there were 3202 on the list waiting for heart today.
Fathers, mothers, children, real people, actual humans who are not a sadistic murderering asshole like Cheney. I do not believe that he would have had medical priority. This stinks to hell.
Yet this 71 year old stinking road kill half dead walking corpse of a "man" bumps them all and buys his way to the top of the list. This miserable war criminal is the one that gets the beeper to go off, while the others will wait and many will die.
I am so furious I could SPIT. I pity the staff that has to care for the pig.

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furious about Cheneys heart [View all] riverwalker Mar 2012 OP
News reports say Cheney was on the waiting list for 20 months pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #1
BWAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH Zalatix Mar 2012 #23
His heart condition was well known. nt cstanleytech Mar 2012 #71
Probably used the same dirty tricks Steve Jobs used... backscatter712 Mar 2012 #34
Um, Jobs never got a heart transplant frazzled Mar 2012 #37
Comparing Steve Jobs to Dick Cheney... LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #43
No, the poster means that Jobs... originalpckelly Mar 2012 #51
Bingo. That's exactly what I'm talking about. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2012 #52
Oh my fracking god nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #59
There may be one list, but there are ways for the wealthy to improve their chances... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2012 #72
Yes, he went into the priority list in December nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #73
I don't think you can accuse Cheney of this because, since he left Cleita Mar 2012 #66
Thanks for Purging for me. I agree with you. crunch60 Mar 2012 #2
And paid for by the government no less malaise Mar 2012 #3
i pity the family whose loved ones' heart barbtries Mar 2012 #4
Have there been any federal executions lately....? MADem Mar 2012 #9
Makes one wonder where the found someone evil enough for a match? progressoid Mar 2012 #14
We better do an all-out search for Mr. Spock--it had to be a Vulcan heart with green blood. lastlib Mar 2012 #22
The heart was in a jar marked dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #53
I would bet that China came up w/ a heart Botany Mar 2012 #19
True that. That may be likely than people realize. Zalatix Mar 2012 #24
Hey executions happen all the time there Botany Mar 2012 #25
But haven't you heard? China promises to put an end to that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #50
Why did he need to go to Canada last week? Generic Other Mar 2012 #46
How long does it take to fly this mythical heart nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #74
It's enough to make me re-think my donor status. loudsue Mar 2012 #11
consider that barbtries Mar 2012 #13
May be the heart was from a democrat golfguru Mar 2012 #68
Don't worry - DURHAM D Mar 2012 #5
*snort* pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #7
It's probably a shark's heart. Any human heart would be rejected. RBInMaine Mar 2012 #6
LOL...+1 Logical Mar 2012 #67
The match, aka the identity of the recipient nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8
Sorry nadin, but Darth Cheney et al haven't been exactly law abidding. sarge43 Mar 2012 #56
It is easier to start an Ilegal war actually nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #57
Can you spell reject? Lint Head Mar 2012 #10
Yeah well samplegirl Mar 2012 #12
rec. KG Mar 2012 #15
he shouldn't have even been on the list riverwalker Mar 2012 #16
pisses me of too Botany Mar 2012 #17
Well said riverwalker! Auntie Bush Mar 2012 #18
I hope it rejects him n/m xloadiex Mar 2012 #20
Cheney is obviously terrified of dying lunatica Mar 2012 #21
if i had the flames of hell..... rppper Mar 2012 #29
Maybe he's trying to stave off the day of reckoning when lunatica Mar 2012 #35
Soul? LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #44
rec SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #26
Well said!! Nancy Waterman Mar 2012 #27
If only the heart were truly the seat of compassion Orrex Mar 2012 #28
For many of us to believe that had actually happened, Volaris Mar 2012 #49
A Good Friend Of Mine In Austin TX Is One Of Those 3202 Patients. Paladin Mar 2012 #30
I guess he's been shopping around for his heart? In Virginia? Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2012 #31
The real question no one here has addressed is sellitman Mar 2012 #32
I guess that in Texas, penndragon69 Mar 2012 #33
This can't be possible ohheckyeah Mar 2012 #36
That is the case unless he went outside the system to get his heart, on the private market... WCGreen Mar 2012 #40
yup, age is no longer a factor. Maine-ah Mar 2012 #55
I am heading toward a lung transplant but am trying to avoid it until I have WCGreen Mar 2012 #76
That's a very serious allegation against the folks running the organ donor program. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #38
Here's the surgeon now... shoreline Mar 2012 #39
Makes me sick that this pig got a heart before good people did nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2012 #41
In 2007 a heart transplant cost $658,800 LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2012 #42
This story is a ruse. LuvLoogie Mar 2012 #45
If the donor was Democratic he'd be wheeling in his grave. Kablooie Mar 2012 #47
The Democratic heart would show him the folly of his ways and haunt him from the inside out Dont call me Shirley Mar 2012 #63
Totally agree, this is infuriating! Raine Mar 2012 #48
"Just hours after surgery, Cheney was alert, talking with his doctors... alterfurz Mar 2012 #54
Plutocracy. It is what it is. Rex Mar 2012 #58
One of my professors had liver cancer ... he DECLINED to be put on the transplant list. eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #60
K&R... stonecutter357 Mar 2012 #61
maybe the heart will reject him. Voice for Peace Mar 2012 #62
There's an "up" side to everything. Vinca Mar 2012 #64
How many people did he have to shoot in the face before he found a suitable donor? tclambert Mar 2012 #65
I hope JEB Mar 2012 #69
This needs more Recs!! Logical Mar 2012 #70
Death. Nothing less than death to the DICK. Special Prosciuto Mar 2012 #75
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