Congress is "retarded"

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Califchief - 27 Jul 2009 23:08 GMT

I.P. wrote:

> Anyone who thinks this is OT is kidding himself.

> An article titled "5 freedoms you'd lose in health care reform" starts

Maybe we should send those 435 congress-critters to a nursing facility
or an intermediate-care facility. <G>

'RETARDED' HOUSE BILL
July 26, 2009

The proposed health-insurance bill from the House of Representatives refers
to mentally disabled people as "retarded" - a term advocates, relatives and
physicians find outdated and offensive.

The bill refers to: "A hospital or a nursing facility or intermediate-care
facility for the mentally retarded . . ."

The phrase could cause more problems with groups for the developmentally
disabled, who were angered when President Obama referred to his poor bowling
skills on "The Tonight Show" as "like the Special Olympics." Obama later
apologized.

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I.P. Freely - 28 Jul 2009 18:31 GMT

> Obama later apologized.

But not to the Boston police whom he said "acted stupidly", nor to
physicians in general whom he accused of removing healthy tonsils to
make money.

I.P.

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