The Political Situation at the County Fair

In which Hank discusses Health Care, Cash for Clunkers, the Democratic Party, the American Political System and Political Punditry using examples from the county fair.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• health care
• obama
• democratic party
• cash for clunkers
• fox news
• giant-headed llama

[allbymysmelf]

If one more person tells me what a corndog is i may kill myself, i posted it like a year ago and now at least 100 people have told me, i know. please stop :P

[aang94479]

@LAZENBYx18 What a well thought out attempt at an insult-/sarcasm-

First off, it's "you're."

Second, even if you got the your/you're correct, how is Hank Green a bundle of sticks? That's not an insult. That is simply an incorrect observation.

[MrSpooooo]

Fairs in England are nothing like that. They're forgetting to be awesome :(

[musechick101]

@allbymyself, tell England I am saddened by the lack of corndogs' popularity across the pond :) And I will not inform you of what a corndog is, I only suggest you try one if you happen to find yourself in the States :)

[mthsbandrocks]

@dingo596 A corngog is a hot dog on a stick, covered in cornbread, and deep fried.

[citygurl14]

@citygurl14 It's the insurance companies fault that things are so expensive and so corrupt. Doctors really do care and I don't like it when people assume that they just want to make money. Yes, that may be true for some people, but by how intense the job is and how horrible the hours are, most people go into the profession because they care about people and want to help people. Please stop generalizing and please realize that the insurance companies have corrupted the industry, not the doctors.

[citygurl14]

Please don't blame the doctors, it's not their fault. Most doctors do genuinely care about their patients. The medical industry is the sort of thing where you really have to love your job. Most family doctors aren't rich, and the hours of surgeons and ER doctors are terrible.

My dad works at an urgent care center, and while he is technically supposed to try get people to buy from his company, but if he knows the medicine will be cheaper elsewhere, he'll tell his patients to go elsewhere. (1/2)

[dingo596]

@allbymysmelf please tell me, i don't know what a corndog is

[redbarron718]

Rebublicans don't get a llama.

[tekna2908]

@jamestehaley0 it's a hot dog sausage coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried in oil (wikipedia ftw)

[jamestehaley0]

@allbymysmelf Umm i think i'm in the position you were a year ago... what actually is a corndog?

[OhItsGinevra]

Oh my god that llama is so cute!