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  • FOX NEWS ahahahaha....I read this ''Disabled Veteran '' never saw action in his life and stubbed his toe while suckin Hannitys balls to get his disbility payments.

  • Republicans love their stupid... taking just a cursory look at the examples we have over the last few decades… Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, David Hedrick… well, basically the whole lot… I’m surprised these people even known how to crawl let alone out from under the rocks they are so proud to dwell beneath.

  • @JoshuaSkye Obama, The Clintons, Bidens, Pelosi, Reed, Gore, Carter see i can to do the same about liberals

  • Very interesting discussion here, I was an enlisted Marine from 1997 to 2001, also an 0311 and I do not recall anyone being deployed for "combat". Maybe Recon but not the regular grunts.

    My brother, also a Marine, enlisted in 1998 and was stationed in Okinawa for 2 years, not much going on during that time frame. I'd like to know what unit he was with.

  • You know, 20 years Navy = about 5 in the real Military... Navy and Air Force... Everything on a silver platter... Go back to your Caviar and SHUT IT

  • @JACKNCOKE223 David W. Hedrick is a FRAUD, he CRITICIZES social programs that benefit the poor, handicapped, and elderly, yet HE receives an ENTITLEMENT from the GOVERNMENT for a medical situation UNRELATED to COMBAT. In FACT, David W Hedrick, has NEVER SERVED in COMBAT EVER, nor has he completed a FULL TOUR of DUTY in ANY MILITARY. I served 20 YEARS in the NAVY, and I SAY he is a DISHONORABLE LYING BASTARD!

  • @ReplbliSCUMSareSICK

    1) How do you know he never served in Combat??? Have you seen his DD214???

    2) How do you know he gets paid by the VA at all???

    Why are you here bitching about it??? How many people see this??? If you have substantial proof, go to a stolen valor site or whatever...

  • @JACKNCOKE223 hey STUPID, he served in OKINAWA during the 90's, If YOU are so smart, name ONE military conflict that happened in Okinawa in the 90's, and as far as receiving disability, David Kendrick HIMSELF BRAGS about being a 30% disabled Veteran, what he leaves out is that this disability was NON COMBAT RELATED. He was probably stationed at "White Beach", the only Marine facility in Okinawa, have you been to White Beach? I have, MANY times, so why don' t you SHUT UP!

  • @JACKNCOKE223 Hey SHIT FOR BRAINS, you OBVIOUSLY know NOTHING about the hardships of Service at Sea, and if I EVER hear of SOME ASSHOLE LIKE YOU comparing AIR FORCE duty to SEA DUTY again, I will PERSONALLY invite YOU to a MEETING where WE can STRAIGHTEN that little understanding OUT. I didn' t serve my time at sea to take shit from a PISS ANT LIKE YOU! FUCK YOU YOU PIECE OF HUMAN FECES

  • @ReplbliSCUMSareSICK  HAHAHA WOW... You can threaten someone you have never seen or met on the Internet... Congratulations, you are STILL in Junior High... When your Pussy isn't hurting anymore, answer this... What exactly are the hardships at sea??? Are you talking about 120 men going down and 60 couples coming up?? Is that the biggest threat you faced??? Whether Hedrick was disabled in combat or not, you have ZERO to talk about... I guess you saw insurgents through binoculars???

  • @JACKNCOKE223 HEY DUMBASS, 1. HOW do you think the MARINES get to the beach?

    2. Who has to hold the beachhead from the bombing and gunfire?

    3. WHAT BODIES get burned in FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS when a ship takes a hit

    4. WHO provides gunfire support so that the marines don' t get blasted to shreds when they take the beach

    5. WHO does the enemy attack FIRST in order to stop an invasion force from landing?

    I served 20 years, and about a third if that service was on AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS

  • @ReplbliSCUMSareSICK I know what SOME of the Navy does... Most are in the middle of nowhere on a carrier or sub... Needed jobs??? Hell yes, but I don't want to hear any of them call themselves Combat Veterans... You were bitching about Hedrick, and then saying you were retired Navy, which to Marines or Army means squat unless you explain yourself as the few MOS specialties that see combat... As far as AF, I saw a shit ton of them in Iraq... They didn't go outside the wire, but they were there

  • "STAY AWAY from MY FAMILY", David Hendrick, YOU are a DUMB ASS!

  • Maybe THIS JARHEAD would like to FORFEIT the GOD DAMN FREE HEALTH CARE that THE TAX PAYER is giving to THIS FREELOADER and HIS BOTTOMFEEDING FAMILY! There, how does it FELL David Hedrick, YOU want to be an ASSHOLE, then you will be TREATED like an ASSHOLE!

  • WELL if YOU are a MARINE, and YOU approve of David Hedrick's STUPID behavior, then YOU can go FUCK YOURSELF, and THAT remark is coming from a TWENTY YEAR CAREER NAVY MAN! Got something to say ABOUT THAT?

  • OOOOHRaaH! What a beast that guy is awesome!

  • @Warrioroftheone only a DIP$#it would say this COWARD is awesome, therefore YOU must be a dip$#it!

  • Sharp guy...it doesn't matter if he is wrong or right, as long as hes standing up for his beliefs.

  • @airholeahole im not gonna spend any time fukin with your user name cause that would be way to easy! just answere me this. why do you canadian fuks are just now speaking out against a country that has kept you safe from invasion for over 200 years? we simply don't want socialism! so what is your problem canada man? yall have a nice day

  • stay away from my children! what scared fuckin idiot!

  • cool

  • Good job Marine! Semper Fi! Always fight for God, Country, and Corps.

  • @Roopods6 GOD does NOT approve of IGNORANT LOUDMOUTH BULLIES

  • he was in the marine with the gov. taking care of him. what a twise he is.

  • Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk <---put this in search to see the monster Etheridge attack

  • Good Job David!!! Glad someone stood up for what they believed!

  • @TeaPartyPatroit to bad the message got out that you idiots would try something like this

  • what BIBLE do you read? GOD has grace for people like you. a lose sole!

  • What a goof. Nazi's were actually Fascists by definition even though they started out as socialists (which was the marxist inspiration of the time in europe.)

    The rest of the industrialized world, Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany and so on... all have nationalized healthcare to make sure everyone in the country gets medical treatment, NOT just the elite rich!

  • What an embarrassment he is to the U.S.Marine Corp. Did you notice they cut it off when little Davey H got done talking? That is when he ran before Brian Baird had a chance to respond. But then Hannity probably had something to do with that. Hannity never looks on both sides of the story. Then you have people like Davey boy making a fool out of himself.

  • stay away from my kids !!!!!!

    you are a sick pediphile !!!!!

  • He didn't run away...he walked back to his seat to await an answer...I'm also a Marine and I'm not embarrassed by his actions.

  • @derfo20 Im a Marine too and I agree with you. He spoke for what was right and wasn't ashamed to fight for what he believed in. Semper Fi Brother!

  • Bush's war but HE got an agreement to withdrawal BEFORE he left office. An agreement that is being kept now.

    Obama is TAKING credit for the IRAQ withdrawal and is INFECTING/SPREADING WAR MORE HEAVILY into Afghanistan

    BRING our Troops HOME!

    Obama and Bush are BOTH LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!

  • He should be thanking God he Didn't die FIGHTING BUSH' s WAR!

  • Ssshhh, just go back to being irrelevant.

  • ReagaN? that man was the last great President this Country had.

  • ONLY a Corporal? Have you spent even a DAY in the United States Marine Corps? I bet you think the Lance Corporals are even worse then huh? Each rank is important genius.

  • What are the qualifications for office? Please tell us oh arbiter of who can and cannot serve in governing our Nation.

  • @0311William Considering the governor of California, I guess qualifications aren't actually a requirement these days. But this paranoid clown Hedrick won't be getting MY vote, you can bet on that. He's a blustering fool.

  • Sooo can you explain to me how standing up for freedom and actually sticking to his oath makes him a paranoid clown and blustering fool? Everything that guy said in the town hall meeting was correct. Maybe you should learn what the constitution of our country is about and if you haven't read it in a long time, you should it isn't that long of a read and isn't hard to understand.

  • Are you kidding? This guy stood up in our town hall meeting (which is a couple hundred miles from HIS town, by the way) and RANTED about how he had been given a high number because Baird wanted to SILENCE him. And then they did a random drawing, and his number was picked for the FIRST GROUP. Paranoid. Clown. Blustering, Fool. Plus, a royal pain in the ass. It was OUR town meeting, and he made us all listen to his paranoid interruptions. GOOD-BYE, DAVID!

  • You are who we need to represent to regular people "WE THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE OUR GOD, FAMILY, FRIENDS, COUNTRY AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE"...what is the problem with those who do not understand this? :-)

    POSITIVE THINKING AND WORKING TOGETHER WILL GET POSITIVE RESULTS!

    JEZ

  • David Hedrick is running for political office. I'm gonna donate to his campaign right now!

  • "I don't think it's acceptable language that, you know, he's comparing us to Nazis."

    Then stop comparing him to Nazis "taking over finance, healthcare".

    Idiot.

  • pyropakman, Hedrick didn't bring up the Nazi comparison. He responded to it.

    Examining the accuser is perfectly acceptable. False accusations are not.

    If someone wants to call you a nazi, don't you think they'd better make sure they're aware, between the two of you, of which one is more Nazi-like?

    The Left IS "taking over healthcare." The Left IS "taking over finance, and the automotive industry." These are not opinions. They are facts.

    The Left is the one with opinions here. Misinformed ones.

  • Is that a joke?

  • Dude, the Nazis were not leftists. They did not nationalize a thing apart from Jewish property which they seized because they were ant-semitic and greedy.

    And Mr Hedrick of course compares Obama to the Nazis.

    Apart from that, your statement that "the left" as you call them, is taking over health care etc is complete and utter baloney. It's taking over nothing. If you really think they do, you need to have your brain examined because it's out of touch with reality.

  • The fascist didn't nationalize anything? They didn't take over the automobile and film industry? They didn't control every export and import? They didn't determine what books could be read and what music played? They didn't turn nearly every business into armament producers? They didn't outlaw home schooling? They didnt mandate indoctrination of children? They didn't take over health care when they killed thousands of physically and mentally disabled? Wake up and smell weiner schnitzel, dude

  • The Nazis did take over the film- and auto industries. However, all the others remained in private hands. And all the other things you mentioned are not specifically associated with socialism which btw, in a various forms is still being practiced by a huge number of (west) European countries. Anyway, the point is that National Socialism and Socialism or Communism are very, very different and distinct ideologies. And equating what Obama does with either of them shows great ignorance.

  • On the contrary, I thinkit shows great foresight. Time will tell.

  • Earned a right? who the hell grants rights other than God? I do believe that being born "free" means having all rights at birth, regardless of a sheet of paper with some ink on it signed by some people in fancy coats and hats.

  • Human rights are human rights regardless of whether or not a deity says it gives them or not.

  • ... but if he is a disable vet, he has the best healthcare system in america!

    A goverment socialist healthcare system...

  • agsantus,

    you are obviously not a disabled vet... So you can plead ignorance and get away with it... If I call the VA for a doctor appt. today, I can expect to get seen in 2 months...

  • @JACKNCOKE223 THAT is a GOD DAMN LIE , I just HAPPEN to be a VETERAN, and I USE the VA HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE IN PORTLAND, and I can get a non emergency appointment in a matter of a couple of days, EMERGENCIES ANYTIME! Plus I can be seen in ACUTE CARE on a WALK IN BASIS, anytime too if I don' t mend waiting 20 minutes to an hour.

  • THAT is a LIE, YOU don' t know what you are talking about, I just HAPPEN to be a VET, and I can be seen BY APPOINTMENT within a couple of days, EMERGENCIES ANYTIME, and Walk ins DAILY if I am willing to wait 20 minutes to an hour, Why do you POST LIES?

  • agsantus, the Constitution outlines three responsibilities for government.

    Courts, police and national defense.

    Military health care is not socialist.

    It isn't a SOCIAL health system.

    It's a MILITARY one that is earned through service rather than deserved through a sense of entitlement.

    Surely you can understand the difference.

  • David Kicks Ass... So Does Adam Kokesh and RJ Harris... All 3 are Veterans like me, and all understand that there are people that created a document long before our Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfathers lived... You know the document, but it is largely ignored these days... America thought it got "Change" when a Kenyan Nazi was elected... The only change is even worse than BUSH... Restore the Constitution!!!

  • SG.-if they worked for us, why do they have 5 free trade agreements,when we know we need out of them to start producing again.why did they kill are farmers ways of producing when their was nothing wrong in the first place. why arent they stopping immigrants from taking all jobs in every field. because its done by design. You really need to look into the reese commitee findings-the rockefeller plan-rex84-economic hitmen-agenda21-codex alimentarious. until you understand all of that youre lost.

  • america if no one noticed is already practicing national socialism.ever since FDR. but we didnt ask for it. the point here is simply that the more we get our government involved, the more they give us what we dont need. taxes are fine, and needed. but not wage tax. ther must be tons of tax money they scam. because who pays for nasa,area 51,and cia black ops programs? fuck the left, right, & all in between. it should be about humanity,and this gentleman is tired as we all are. fuck spin.

  • You are constructing an artificial and false opposition here. You are the government. It represents you and it helps you. It is responsible for schools, roads, clean water and air, police, the military, the fire brigade and countless other things that are to everybody's benefit. Sure, not everything it does is perfect, but then you live in a democracy and can do something about it.

    And again, the world has not seen National Socialism since Hitler. Try William Shirer's book on the Third Reich.

  • dude, we the people is who do everything, i know that. but you think congress actually works for us, they are robbing us,starving us, unemploying us and killing us through their decisions,not ours. you actually believe they are listening at these town hall meetings?They have never decreased taxes. they start wars we have to fight.they have been usurped, and are pushing us into bankruptcy.why not close are border?why not legalize hemp? because its not good for them.corporations run us,wake up.

  • he was 100% on everything he said, what are you talking about? this country has checked off every line in achieving the completion of the communist manifesto,with the exception of one. so what he looks like has anything to do with it? strange way to interpret what someone says.

  • Mr. Hedrick is a populist twerp using simplistic and stupid slogans in order to boost his chances for public office.

    Additionalliy:

    a) He simplies what the US constitution says and seems to be almost clueless about how a society needs to structured in order to work.

    b) The brownshirt comparison was meant to describe the bullying behaviour of those interrupting the townhall meetings. The SA also used simplie slogans and shouted down the opposition.

    MORE...

  • c) He description of National Socilism and his idea that this is what Obama is aiming for is so incredibly dumb and annoying and false that Mr Hedrick deserves to be sent back to elementary school.

    National Socialism has nothing to do with Socialism. These are two extremely different ideologies. For one thing, National Socialism as practiced by the Germans was pro-capitalist in every aspect. Additionally, Natgional Socialism was linked to anti-semitism and territorial expansion...

    MORE

  • The germans weren't pro capitalist. They hijacked their country's economy to create the war machine.

  • ...among many other things.

    To say that National Socialism is what the Obama administration is aiming for is so insulting, dumb, and wrong, that any half-intelligent person should turn away in anger. This guy either tries to outdo Glenn Beck and is willing to say anything to be popular no matter the cost. Or he doesn't mind to comment on things even though he knows nothing about them at all.

  • Go and read your constitution. We who have taken the oath hold true to our principles.

  • God bless this man, and mother FUCK the democrats.

  • Let's keep it on a decent level, please? Good God.

  • I'm sorry freesh2, but your brain hasn't been used at all. Everything you've posted I've already heard on right-wing talk radio. In other words, you are the sheep or the lemming, whichever you prefer.

  • You haven't explained anything to me. All your ideas are based on your imagination rather than facts. You state that all polls are inaccurate simply because you believe they are, not because you have evidence proving they are inaccurate. As far as government programs working the way they should, you should talk to people who rely on medicare or social security. These programs may need reform, but without them millions of people would be without medical care and unable to support themselves.

  • They cut out the part where he refrenced being referred to as a BROWNSHIRT

  • So he brought it up himself.

  • they talked about it.

  • Feesh, I agree 100% with your sentiments. However, when you and I lower ourselves to their level by resorting to swearing it doesn't help. You want to see pictures from the sane left wing rallies? Go to zombiedotcom, you'll see how the irrational people behave. On a seperate note, the constitution doesn't allow for the FEDERAL government to start a national healthcare option. No it isn't secretly hid ing as the "well fare "clause. This is a power NOT ENUMERATED to the fed govt of ANY Administ!

  • Typical response from a right-wing loon. The polls are in favor of the public option so they are inaccurate. Of course if they were against the public option they would be accurate, right? David Hendrick is in fact an idiot. I don't need to thank him for acting like an imbecile at a town hall meeting.

  • feesh2,

    Most Americans want a public option. A CBS/New York Times poll revealed that 72% support a government-sponsored health care plan to compete with private insurers. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll revealed that 76% support a public option. However, that doesn't stop FOX or Republicans from lying repeatedly that the American public opposes healthcare reform. Unfortunately, you believe their lies and think you are in a majority. Fortunately, for us sane Americans you are not.

  • Congratulations David Hendrick, you just won the Idiot of the Year Award.

  • Too much anger and swearing. If others hadn't already dug you all down, I would have.

    David Hedrick is correct, of course. The constitution does not allow for much of what the government has been doing for some time. Health care "reform", Asset forfeiture, programmable vote counting, preemptive war, taxing the labor of citizens (the amendment was not properly ratified), THE COMMERCE CLAUSE (now IM gonna start swearing). The constitution defines the rights of governments - the rest are ours.

  • Check out julieyard1's fake profile.

  • Racist? How is he RACIST? He didn't speak about race at ALL.

    Who are you to place a label on him and say that he's racist?

    I'm so fucking sick of people pulling the race card here. It's a cheap way to 'win' an argument.

  • Hes not a racist what he speaks is the truth..

  • Ummm, see the other video of Hendrick the Shouter shouting at Baird again where he gets his arse handed to him. Hendrick is just another no-nothing numpty with a loud voice.

  • Semper Fi 0311

  • This nonsense about genocide and death panels is so obviously flawed that I almost feel silly pointing out the evidence. But, here goes. In Britain, NHS has been in place since WWII. Also the notoriously genocidal Swiss. France, with its WHO #1 ranking, has somehow managed to avoid this "inevitable" fate. Germany has public and private hybrids, and nothing yet. And those guys know from Nazis! Stop hyperventilating and use your frontal lobes a little bit.

  • how about we start with tort reform

  • We can start there, but without a public option at the VERY LEAST, it won't change things. The Five Families have their territory marked out: The Kaiseriglios, the Aetnalanos, the Cignazinis, the BlueCrosso's and the Unitederos. You gotta break up this very organized crime ring to get real savings.

  • i'm already paying $20,000+ to the local and federal government. you give me half, no, 1/4 of that money back and i'll get my own damn health care. or better yet, just downsize the government, put the money and responsibility you robbed from the private sector back, and this economy and nation will flourish. stop throwing "our" money into the banks with "your" retirement plans.

  • You may indeed be paying a lot of taxes, but that's only because you don't have an offshore bank account and a team of lawyers and accountants working for you. If you did, even if you made 10x what you made, you might actually pay LESS. If these unbelievably wealthy people just paid their fair share you could probably get it all back.

  • I'm going to say one more thing and leave it at that. Communism works in THEORY. Not in reality. WhY don't you guys go ask stalin, hitler, mao se tung and mussolini what happens when you give to much power to the gov. How bout you guys disband from your political ideology(right or left) read some history books and get back with an educated opinion. By the way Hitler nationalized health care. Genocide is enevitable when you give the gov. too much power. Read a book and turn off the tv an blogs!!!

  • I personally think that, when you bring a knife to a gun fight, backing down is the smart move.

  • Sean Hannity is an ignorant Communist. He has forgotten his Roman Catholic faith!!! Helping the widow, the orphans, the old.

  • communist? he preaches everything against communism. at least make a comment that makes sense, when you spew your hate.

  • VodkaAce,

    I'm spewing Hate? How? Sean has forgotten his Roman Catholic Christian Roots! I am making sense, He has not offered any alternatives to reforming healthcare to make sure all Americans have access to it. He defends the Status Quo (probably because he has investments in the Health Insurance Industry). Why people defend Insurance companies that only care about the profit margin is beyond me. Teddy Roosevelt had a name for them "Malefactors of Great Wealth

  • calling him a communist is hate. If that is not hate then I don't know what is. You throw out a term like that with no facts to back it up. he stands for talks about everything that is anti-communist.

    last time I looked he has offered plenty of alternatives, he supports tax credits, buying insurance across state lines, tort reform, etc...he's been asking for that since 2008. and the GOP has offered 3 bills already since June that offer that, all of which the Democrats dont even want to look at

  • I'm not defending insurance companies, it's clear that some things need to be fixed. but not drastically changed like how Obama and fellow progressives want. cost need to be controlled, but we must keep it a private market, last time I checked insurance companies were a business just like any other business, it's what drives America. we should not kill the Free Market, we only need to fix it and enforce some stricter polices on those that have driven up the price way to far.

  • I believe in capitalism, However, Teddy Roosevelt was right in saying that corporations that do not work or act for the benefit of their customers, employees or the country should not be allowed to remain in business. You know as well as I do that Insurance companies deny claims for existing customers all the time as well as declining those with pre-exisitng conditions. By offering the Federal Govt's insurance plan to those who cant afford it through the private sector is competition.

  • "...the federal government has decided to break that contract."

    Are you talking about the VA or the Postal Service being unconstitutional because you can label them "socialism" or are you talking about Lincoln's decision to expand federal power to serve his agenda? I guess my understanding of the Constitution is weaker than yours since I wasted so much time studying the Constitution instead of firearms, military tactics, and anti-democracy propaganda.

  • 1. Threatening political violence in a democracy?

    2. "Line by line"? The Nazi doctrine explicitly opposed egalitarian ideals!

    3. A "former marine" probably already has a public option! If you get cancer and your insurance drops you because you had it before you switched jobs, YOU can go to the VA! I'm screwed! [Thanks a lot!]

    Threats of political violence + opposition to egalitarian ideals + exclusive rights/services not afforded to the unworthy. "Line by line" enough for you?

  • Furthermore, if you're thinking "esands3 lied about tort reform. Why should I trust her on this?" Don't trust me. Don't trust ANYONE. Above all, don't trust people who are talking about death panels. Check it out yourself. Read the bill. If I were trying to disrupt a town hall, in fact, that would be my chant. "Read the bill! Read the bill!Read the bill! Read the bill!Read the bill! Read the bill!" It's catchy, and you can dance to it.

  • Also, needless to say, the cost is much greater than if we just actually paid for it to happen in the right setting. In addition to the all-too-frequent case I just mentioned, there are tons of people who end up in the ER because they put off preventive care because they didn't have coverage, or split their meds in half to make it stretch to the next paycheck. WE WILL PAY FOR THIS. It's just a question of how much, and when.

  • Regardless of what I think, it is really wonderful to see a truly intelligent conversation on youtube, without name calling, etc. Thanks,you, esands and forcesmart . Please keep it going.

  • I will only add one more thing: Tort reform? Not in the bill. I lied. The fact that I'm the only one pointing this out illustrates two things:

    1. People aren't reading the bill.

    2. People aren't questioning what they're being told about the bill.

    The difference between me and the shills spewing out this vile garbage about the bill is I'm telling you I lied. They won't. They want to keep you angry and afraid. Don't let them do that. Agree or disagree with the bill, but read it. Please.

  • When injustice becomes law, rebellion becomes our duty! Go Marine!

  • The Republicans need to have another "Contract With America" and keep their pants zipped-up.If there is some legislation on health care, just don`t jam it down our throats in one gulp.

    If you were there at the Clark County, WA town hall meeting, Baird did say he is a doc and has read or had some staffers explain the bill to him. He also said that he was not going to vote yes if the whole bill was voted before the summer recess.

  • Yeah because the first contract with America was so successful. It's not their pants that I'm worried about as much as the fact that so many of them are owned by well-moneyed interests that are in direct conflict with the general well-being of our country. What would help the Republicans most is if they removed the poisonous element: Gengrich, Cheney, Grassley et al. The Dems could clean house too. They need to get rid of Harry Reid for example .

  • Great sparring with you guys, but in all seriousness, if you want your kids and grandkids not to be priced out of health care, you should support the reform bill.

  • LMAO what a surprise to see this tool on the king of all tool's show!

    Hannity, the biggest chickenhawk of all, wonder what his military background is...OHhhhhhh thats right...he never served.

    As soon as this "brave" marine gives up his VA benefits...you know..the ones that are provided by the government...yeah so when he gives them up maybe his words will have some meaning.

    This is classic!

  • Don't anyone worry...I can and will certainly use my vote to get this socialistic scum out of office. Great job David and Sean.

  • You and what army? THE Army? The one that supported Obama 6 to one in campaign donations during the 08 election, because they knew we had no business being in Iraq, and that they couldn't trust Bush? Maybe you could move to Ohio or Florida, where likely democratic voters are caged so their absentee ballots are discarded. Even the ones cast by soldiers serving in Iraq. All for the only draft dodger I know who dodged the draft, then dodged the dodge by not actually showing up.

  • I don't know where you're going here, but you're probably just scared that Obama's approval rating is starting to reflect what the country believes. He won because he convinced enough people to give him a chance. Now we see the true radical. I was saying we should wake up and use our voting rights to vote these idiots out of power, by idiots I mean the Democrats of course, and the Rhinos who have betrayed their conservative values in their quest to placate liberals for sliver of power in return.

  • i like how bush violating the 4th amendement and suspending haebeus corpus (sp?). well that was ok. but when the gov't tries to give us cheaper medical insurance, theyre a pack of nazis urinating on the constitution. if corporations can get ppl like this to vote and protest against their own interest, i don't like our chances.

  • Ok, first of all, Bush only suspended haebeus corpus on terrorists, terror suspects, and those who aided terror. Those animals shouldn't get haebeus corpus rights anyways. Secondly, he was by no means the first of the last President to do so in times of crisis. Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, Truman, and LBJ are at least 5 others that I know suspended haebeus corpus. Lastly, govt-controlled health care will not be cheaper or more efficient. It is impossible to expand coverage without rising costs.

  • Ever heard of collective bargaining, or economies of scale? You CAN expend coverage and keep costs reasonable IF you fully use these two tools.

  • Also you people need to read your history. The civil war was NOT initially about slavery. You can read lincoln's quotes before the war and he had NO intention of freeing the slaves. It was started over taxes and tariffs put on the south. Lincoln was hated during the war and the russians and french almost stepped in so lincoln freed the slaves to turn the war into a moral issue in order to gain support for the war. the emancipation proclamation only applied to the south when it was issued.

  • Untrue. The Civil War was all about slavery. It was couched as states rights, but the only right in contention was the right to buy and sell slaves. Regarding his personal beliefs, the line most quoted says something like if freeing slaves saves the union I'll do that; if keeping slaves saves the union I'll do that (paraphrasing here). What they usually ignore is the sentences surrounding that quote where it's pretty clear he found the practice repugnant.

  • To all of those that are complaining about this man receiving socialist programs cuz he is a vet, you should rethink that. He earned those things by working for our armed services. No different than my employer that gives me health insurance and disability pay if I get hurt on the job. Its not welfare because it was part of his contract with his employer(the marine core). In other words he didn't get it for free; he worked for it. He is NOT being a hypocrite!

  • marine core vet...got to hand it to you geniuses. The military is the essence of socialism, deal with it. And as you can see, a jerk like David Hedrick proves military can be worse than everyone else.

  • The hatred and disrespect you have this man who has a different opinion than yours is very telling. You probably also consider yourself very open-minded, fair and charitable...but, of course, on your terms only. David Hedrick is not a jerk in my book. That descriptor belongs to you BIG TIME!

  • LMAO! Hedrick screams at a congressman that he's like a Nazi, doesn't uphold the constitution and seems to infer he's a child molester.

    That's not a different opinion, it's a bunch of shit from a scumbag hypocrite.

  • Dude, I don't hate the guy. He's misinformed but I don't hate him. I just think there is some irony in the fact that he's actually benefiting from government paid health care. He's entitled to his own opinion, but he needs to learn some facts.

  • For all you know, he might have dropped his VA coverage. It is quite likely he found a private program that provides much better coverage and service.

  • What the HELL do you know abt it?????

  • You misunderstand our intent. The issue is not that he's receiving the care. it's that the care he receives proves that a single payer system actually can work.

  • You need to run for office David Hedrick!

  • Nothing like a jarhead mouthing off who didn't catch enough bullets and sharpnel with his body. You earned nothing more than the welfare people you trash.

  • 2012 elections will go to Ron Paul.

  • This man, a disabled veteran as he states at 1:57, had a career in the military (a socialist system), probably attended public school (another socialist system) probably has government sponsored healthcare? (ditto socialist), and probably receives government sponsored disability checks (socialist funding), and drives everyday on interstate roads (socialist infrastructure). Does this make him a nazi? What the f++ is he so worked up about? Private-sector people getting a piece of his pie?

  • eueui: Wow. Your ignorance is astounding

    Hedrick "earned" his coverage/benefits thru his "employer" which happens to be the US military

    Interstate roads are for everyone's benefit

    The Health Care bill is equivalent to your Homeowner's assoc or Property Mgmt company forcing you to contribute to your neighbor's rent --- the neighbor could be needy -- or perhaps they could be capable of providing for themself but too lazy

    You're clueless

  • Really trolls, all anyone has to do is check your user stats to see that your ID was created a few weeks ago and, following your comments on the SAME principle (person) of interest that you're paid goons assigned to this social movement. Sorry fucktards, your cryptic and banal obscurity is deafeningly obvious to anyone familiar with propaganda.

  • In 2008, the AVERAGE annual premium for SINGLE Healthcare was $4704 a year; and $12,680 for family.

    That DOES NOT INCLUDE employer sponsored plans.

  • Semper-Fi sir! Brian Baird is a gutless piece of crap and so far he hasn't come out and taken a stance one way or the other because he wants to wait and see what is going to be the most politically expedient. This guy is a patriot for standing up to these left-wing radicals who want to destroy the fabric of our nation with top-down management government.

  • So he is a veteran which already recieves free government health care? WTF.....hypocrite. Each to talk about health care when you already recieve free health care. Joe the plumber marine style.

  • Don't even start when you have NO idea what you're talking about. You would cry to daddy if you were forced to receive our "free health care"

    BTW, what exactly is YOUR service to America?

  • This guy is an acquaintance of mine, and yes he is this big of an ass hole in real life as well.

  • Don't Spread My Wealth, Spread My Work Ethic

  • Unless you have an offshore bank account and a team of tax lawyers working on your behalf, no one is even talking about YOUR wealth.

  • Boomer1949, the difference here is that David Hedrick EARNED his health care coverage by serving in the military, and from his service he was consequently injured. What have YOU done to earn health care coverage? I'm bothered by all these people who expect a free ride from my WORKING efforts and then offer me NOTHING! Where's the equity? How long would WalMart remain open if they allowed people to come in and take anything they want WITHOUT working or paying for it? Same logic, you twit...

  • Health care has NOTHING to do with a "free ride". Health care should have NOTHING to do with a person's financial situation, and money and profits need to be removed from the equation. Stop thinking in terms of "I have mine, and screw everyone else". That's a very un-American line of thought.

  • Whenever a Leftist goes around calling people UnAmerican, the proper reaction is to point and laugh.

  • David Hedrick is a moron. The Nazis were right-wingers - Conservative Nationalists with the full support of the Catholic Center Party and the Social Republicans. Hitler's only opposition was the Social Democrats, the leftists. Why are people so ignorant?

  • Everything you said is opposite of the real truth. You must be college educated, you dumb fucker.

  • This is a guy who will get gov health care for life, free and he is out there telling us we can't have any affordable healthcare because he was insulted? Give me a dam break.

  • Best point made on this thread so far.

  • Oh yes..........

    The Health "CARE" we give our VETs is A#1.

    Perhaps you should learn the difference between Health CARE and Health INSURANCE.

    NO ONE is being denied Health CARE.

    Not even the ILLEGALS.

  • So I don't get this guys beef. he has full health care coverage under the Vet program buy yet is having a whinny ass fit over someone like myself being able to buy affordable health insurance..Why?

  • NOTHING the SOCIALISTS in Congress are doing will lower the cost of Health Insurance.

    Want LOWER Health Insurance?

    1. Make Health Insurance and ALL Medical costs TAX DEDUCTIBLE. (That will immediately lower the actual cost of H.I. by about 30%)

    2. TORT Reform. LIMIT Punitive Damage Awards (which have NOTHING to do with suffering)

  • If I don't have health insurance, and get sick enough to go to a hospital for care, what will I deduct from my taxes? The gas it took me to get there?

    You would rather I get my care on the tax payers dime, than be able to afford a policy?

  • Do you have a cell phone? Do you smoke? Do you drink? Do you have internet access? Cable (or satellite) TV? Drive a fancy car? Eat in restaurants? Live in a BIG house? ANY affirmative answer shows you places you can CUT and afford medical insurance. I paid my own (and my families) medical insurance out of my own pocket for 15 years, and cut back on EVERYTHING to afford it. If I CAN, so can you. So don't give me BS about being too poor.
  • Very well put!

    Only in America can a welfare leech can smoke, drink, etc. But not have money for utilities!

  • Well, a cell phone and internet is required for my business, the rest of the items are right on!

    My parents taught me these priorities for myself and for a family when I had one:

    1. Food

    2. Shelter

    3. Health Insurance Coverage

    Everything else is a luxury!

  • Then Internet and cell phone aren't negotiable.

    What people don't realize is, if they cut their own budgets, amazingly money is available for other needs. Something the Government should learn as well.

  • LOL, well Im not negotiating.

    And my company could not function without Internet and my cell phone.

    Some things are necessary, some things are not. Cant pay for health food, shelter and health insurance without my business working.

  • Funny...all of those are regulated in some way or another by the government, yet you aren't complaining of socialism on those fronts. Just healthcare reform.

  • that's because your a fucking dumbass and havent read it,crawl back in your hole,this debate is beyond your intelect.assclown.

  • And WHO says I am not complaining about other regulations?

    Get a CLUE.

    This isn't about the Government GIVING undeserving people HEALTHCARE (which they already can get), this about the Government TAKING the Liberties from ALL the citizens.

    If you want to be a socialist slave, there is always room in Castro's Cuba, or Chavez's Venezuela.

  • And what about those who have none of these things? Or do they not exist? What about those with catastrophic medical events? Do they not exist? I agree with the general premise of personal responsibility, but I think you're painting with a pretty broad brush there.

  • Don't be disingenuous.

    NO ONE is suggesting that people who have no insurance and suffer a catastrophic illness should not get health-care. NO ONE is with-out healthcare anyway. Hospitals are required BY LAW to treat people. The problem is, the LIBS want to CONTROL who gets what kind of health care; and control LIBERTY as the result. I DON'T want to pay taxes to supply health care to someone who chooses NOT to get their own.

  • Every time someone without insurance goes to the ER to get health care they could get at a physician's office if they had coverage, the hospital eats that cost. Temporarily. Then they have to raise their prices. When their prices go up, your plan responds by raising your premium. You're paying for it already. I see nothing in the bill that controls who gets what kind of health care. Please direct me to that.