Ramirez: The man behind health-care reform
posted at 12:57 pm on July 21, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Michael Ramirez hits gold again in “The House Call”, his look at the proposed “reform” of health care in the US by Barack Obama. The thinking at the heart of this plan comes straight out of socialist thought. If we proceed along this path, we’re all going to have the look on our faces that matches Lady Liberty’s:
Ramirez has a terrific collection of his works: Everyone Has the Right to My Opinion, which covers the entire breadth of Ramirez’ career, and it gives a fascinating look at political history. Read my review here, and watch my interviews with Ramirez here and here. And don’t forget to check out the entire IBD site, while individual investors still exist.
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blatantblue on July 21, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Dem Congressman Mocked At Health Care Townhall
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/21/dem_congressman_mocked_at_health_care_townhall.html
Bulldogger on July 21, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Paging Dr. Ben Dover. Dr. Ben Dover.
WashJeff on July 21, 2009 at 1:04 PM
bend over bend over send O right over!
hawkman on July 21, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Bend Over and won’t feel a thing!
Brat4life on July 21, 2009 at 1:11 PM
great cartoon. everybody email that one around
james23 on July 21, 2009 at 1:12 PM
nailed it once again!
cmsinaz on July 21, 2009 at 1:13 PM
It’s about time that people started using “Marxism,” in their depictions or comments about Obama. When Conservatives use euphemisms like “liberal,” or “progressive,” they do the bidding of the Socialists that want to take our country over, demolish it, and re-make it into another failed Socialist state.
Call them what they are – Socialists and Communists.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 21, 2009 at 1:13 PM
I wonder where Dr. K. Marx went to medical school.
darwin on July 21, 2009 at 1:16 PM
People are actually starting to not flinch quite so much at my use of more pointed terms. Socialist, marxist, communists, they mean more to people than liberal, progressive and democrat. And people without strong socialist biases are starting to see the truth.
aelhues on July 21, 2009 at 1:19 PM
I just added this link on my FaceBook page… That outta make my liberal friends irritated.
BoomJunkie on July 21, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Obama, the Mad Marxist
faraway on July 21, 2009 at 1:20 PM
right4life on July 21, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Is that Garcia of the Grateful Dead come back from The Dead to administer health care to the people?
If it is perhaps Obambi will knight Garcia as drug Czar, if he does it will be the only intelligent appointment the Obama admin has made as Garcia was an expert when it came to drugs!
Although the down side is that we’d have the un-dead as a czar (not much different than some of the living czar stiffs we have now) that and there would be no drugs left for those needing them as Garcia would be hoarding/taking all of them!
Talk about rationing!
Liberty or Death on July 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Thanks for coming over, Dr. Marx, but your patient died two years ago.
whitetop on July 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM
I’m finding it increasingly difficult to tell this administration apart from the stuff I’m seeing on The People’s Cube.
TheUnrepentantGeek on July 21, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Only one problem with the cartoon – he’s using a clean glove. In the Socialist Utopia, gloves will be too expensive. Chances are, they will be used more than once. Just like hypodermic needles in the Soviet Union.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 21, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Obama need to be tied to this, not some long-dead old white guy.
Obama is the one who called for this and got elected to get it done. People need to know that the guy in office is what they voted for, and the Democrats and the Media has been lying to you this whole time. Thats the only way democrats can push their Agenda…lie about it and rely on the MSM to not ask any tough questions. Hell, Canada has the healthcare system that Obama and the D’s are trying to fool us into inflicting on our country. I have yet to see a single MSM special on what healthcare in other countries is like while we are nosediving into that same shallow pool.
Yeah it’s a funny cartoon, but it doesn’t go far enough.
Mord on July 21, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Pretty sure he studied in Cologne.
forest on July 21, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Dr. Jellyfingers….
ted c on July 21, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Maybe he should be Dr. K. Y. Marx.
It’s so much fun, he’ll prescribe prostate exams for women.
Steve Z on July 21, 2009 at 2:00 PM
I’ll bet that 75% of the cattle, munching in the fields, have never even heard of Karl Marx.
THAT is why the Socialists took over the public school system.
OhEssYouCowboys on July 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Interesting video link… I don’t know who this congressman is, but I swear it is Woody Harrelson being an absolute goof in a comedy skit!
Whats really not funny is thinking about how this dupus even got elected.
singlemalt_18 on July 21, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Comrade! You vil need some vodka for my next procedure… We don’t use anesthesia midications anymore…we are keepink costs down and filthy, capitalist farmerceuticals companies cannot make anymore monies b/c they are now owned by the workers! AAHAHHHAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
JAM on July 21, 2009 at 2:04 PM
If I’m remembering correctly, Marx had pretensions of being an intellectual, but ended up working as a janitor.
Count to 10 on July 21, 2009 at 2:05 PM
At least stop calling the “Liberals” for Pete’s sake.
Chainsaw56 on July 21, 2009 at 2:06 PM
ACORN is sending theirs to training and will do digital prostate exams. It is dirty work but they are used to it.
seven on July 21, 2009 at 2:07 PM
He’ll reuse that glove, too, though he might wash it first.
alliebobbitt on July 21, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Take it like a man! Without Vaseline.
CynicalOptimist on July 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM
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texasgirl on July 21, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I wonder if it has something to do with the site being down earlier.
seanhackbarth on July 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Karl Marx couldn’t even manage that!
He couldn’t hold a steady job for the life of him!
He sponged off of his family’s wealth for his whole life almost.
If he were alive today… he’d be sponging off of welfare.
Chaz706 on July 21, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Would that also be a part of taking the census?
Chainsaw56 on July 21, 2009 at 2:22 PM
To hear what Senate Republicans have to say about health care check out “The Senate Doctors Show.” The two doctors in the U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn (R-OK) and John Barrasso (R-WY) are talking to the public about health care policy You can watch it on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 pm ET. Check it out here.
Disclaimer: I work for the Senate Republican Conference.
seanhackbarth on July 21, 2009 at 2:25 PM
It’s about time someone mentioned Karl Marx, the leading philosophical light of the hard-left ideologues who have successfully suborned the Democratic Party. That ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’ business regarding Karl Marx and the true motivations of our adversaries was getting on my nerves. And I’ve never been one for euphemisms, either. ‘Health Care Reform’ is socialized medicine. ‘Cap-and-trade’ legislation is government takeover of the energy industry using the flimsiest of pretexts. ‘Stimulus’ was never meant to serve its publicly stated purpose as as a job creator or economic recovery package. The purpose of these monies was and is to pay off Dem interest groups and voting blocs and to pump money into the districts of like-minded Democrat incumbents just prior to the 2010 elections, consolidating and advancing Dem gains made during the last election.
All of this is glaringly obvious, to be sure, but we of the loyal opposition need to shed our misconceptions and realize we are not facing the traditional Democratic Party we knew, nor are we facing wishy-washy, eurostyle ‘Social Democrats’, either. What we are facing is a dedicated leadership cadre shielding its goals and source motivations behind euphemisms, semantic sleight-of-hand, and the trappings of politics-as-usual. To them, we are not the ‘loyal opposition’. To them, we are the enemy.
troyriser_gopftw on July 21, 2009 at 2:52 PM
George Orwell got it right. He was just off by 25 years.
Star20 on July 21, 2009 at 3:05 PM
That is why they use such terms as liberal and progressive. People do not recognize what the words mean. The baby boomers do know what Marxist and Communist mean. They were rasied on those terms. Socialism has sort of been washed and hung out with the European light versions. Time to start using Marxist and Communist as well as far left socialism; terms that are better understood in their true meaning.
Franklyn on July 21, 2009 at 3:11 PM
“Just try to relax…….”
Seven Percent Solution on July 21, 2009 at 3:11 PM
It is said 5% of patients use up 50% of health care dollars. I do not know if that is true or not, but I will assume it is.
I want everyone to have the best possible health care, but I know that is not possible. There will always be haves and have nots. But what Obama and his Democratic cronies want to focus on is fairness (although there is nothing fair in class warfare)
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=15154
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=700da4c9-ed0f-4036-a017-ce2cc0667a78
Yet Obama and the Dems ignore which system provides the highest benefits to the most people.
http://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/2009/07/milton-friedman-on-obamacare.html
Milton Friedman recognized this a while ago. His words and warnings are still true.
H/T: Protein Wisdom and Professor Bainbridge
Mr. Joe on July 21, 2009 at 3:27 PM
That cartoon looks a lot like the protest sign I’m making. It’s going to say “hands off our healthcare” or something like that. But with Obama’s face.
NellE on July 21, 2009 at 3:51 PM
BOHICA M.D.
Fletch54 on July 21, 2009 at 4:41 PM