Al Franken dissects Fox News Report

This is an excerpt from Al Franken's documentary God Spoke - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799916/

In this part of the documentary, Franken addresses a group of school students and discusses a recent Fox News Report, by Brit Hume, regarding the War in Iraq. To comprehend the incompetence of Fox News, you have to watch for yourself.

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[Illumirage]

@booley

Haha! You couldn't just humor me and answer it? Feel like you're just trying to be difficult.

What would I do with your 'health information' anyway? Give me a fuckin' break. I bet you don't even have a condition, you're just trying to make a point.

No, my main claim was that if you want it bad enough, you will work hard for it, and achieve it. You keep making excuses as to why you're so downtrodden and keep playing the victim card. Get over yourself and man up.

[booley]

@Illumirage Your questions had no relevance. This isnt' about whether I am "worthy" of sympathy in your eyes or if I can condense my life story into 500 chars to your satisfaction.

And certainly I am not going to give personal health information to a stranger on the internet.

The issue is if our health care system is crappy and that is objectively provable. I have noticed that except for that single anecdote that is not at all typical, you have yet to back up what you claim.

[Illumirage]

@booley

You haven't answered or have dodged about 3 of my questions. Until you do, this can go no further.

[booley]

@Illumirage so lets think about this.

So you want me to disregard not only my own life experience BUT every credible study, news report and millions of americans in favor of your one short anecdote that you gave without any context or citation at all?

And again you make a lot of assumptions.

I am not looking for a a sports car. I am looking to have gas & power & food. same as millions of others.

You are so wrapped up in your own prejudices you keep making dumb assumptions.

[Illumirage]

@booley

What is your condition?

The example I told wasn't an outlying case, it's 100% true.

Do you have an education? Don't expect 3 menial jobs to afford you Bentleys or Mazeratis. Also, you don't NEED to work at a job that's 'killing you', there are others there, you made a choice.

Canadians have it EXACTLY like you want it, and many say they prefer ours. They go to the Dr. and wait for hours just to be seen, if they're even fit in at all.

[booley]

@Illumirage and yes our health system sucks.

Stop making excuses for a system that forces millions to do without this basic need, to have to choose between bankruptcy and being alive.

This si why change is so hard. Because there's always people like you ready to defend a crappy system rather then workign to make it better.

[booley]

@Illumirage actually I have a pre-existing condition.

and excuse me but I am getting tired of these "anecdotal" stories that never match reality.

Personally I call Bull shit. I work 2 jobs, one of which is killing me. I know too many people who work 2 or 3 jobs and still can't get health insurance. or the insurance takes all their money. Or they think they are covered but it disapears when it's time to pay up.

The idea that millions of americans are lazy is stupid & ignorant.