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Cheyney's trip to Dantes Inferno, briefly delayed as "rich man" medical care kicks in! Try geting this done on Medicaid or Medicare.

Liberals have long joked that Dick Cheney doesn't have a heart, and the former veep's latest medical setback might be hard for him to prove otherwise if checked for a pulse.

Cheney, who likely has end-stage heart disease, was fitted with a special pump last week to help his heart pump blood through the body. The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is consider a last step before a full heart transplant.

"It's reserved for people who have end-stage heart failure, and advanced and heroic therapies have been tried, and after folks have optimized evidence-based and guideline-recommended drug therapies," said Dr. William Abraham, director of the division of cardiovascular medicine at Ohio State University. "Their heart conditions have progressed to a state where the mortality risk is very high and they turn to LVADs and transplants."

Cheney's doctors describe the operation as a success and say he is now recuperating.

But the device does have one almost creepy side effect. The former vice president will not have a pulse, according to Dr. Alan Stewart, director of the Aortic Surgery Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center.

"This is a continuous ventricular assist device, meaning that blood is impelled. It is not a pulsatile device. So if someone were to feel Mr. Cheney`s wrist, Mr. Cheney will have no pulse," Stewart told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Wednesday.

"You can have a pretty decent quality of life on a ventricular assist device. The devices are smaller now and they`re quite durable. This device could be expected to last for three to five years and then could even be changed out for another device," Stewart explained.

Austin Science Policy Examiner Steven Andrew notes, "The devices are implanted below the heart and powered by an external battery pack. Blood is taken from a hole created in the left ventricle, routed to a pump, and then injected directly in to the aorta, the primary artery emerging from the heart. Some of the newer versions reduce or eliminate the patient's radial pulse, the beat that is felt on the wrist or neck."

ABC News adds,

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 69, who underwent surgery last week to implant a pump to assist his heart, may be only one step away from a heart transplant, according to cardiac experts. They say he could find himself on a wait list for "months or years."

Cardiologists say the former vice president has a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), which is often used as a so-called "destination" or permanent device, but in his case is likely a "bridge" that will keep him alive until he can receive a transplant.

Many patients with such pumps are described as not having a pulse, because the continuous flow of the LVAD -- much like water circulating in a fish tank rather than pumping like a heart -- can make the pulse indiscernible.

However, Susan Donaldson James reports for ABC News, "heart experts say that only patients who depend on LVADs for 100 percent of their circulation are essentially without a heartbeat. Cheney's device is likely doing 30 to 60 percent of the heart's work."

A Democratic Underground post jokes that without a pulse, Cheney is now "one step closer to Darth Cheney."

Cheney has joked in the past that being considered a "Sith Lord" has its perks.

Hot Air's Allahpundit blogged, "He’s been keeping a conspicuously lower profile lately than he did last year, when it felt like he was giving interviews every other week laying out The One for his terrorism policies. Whether that’s due purely to his health or partly to political concerns — not wanting to overshadow Liz, not wanting his poor favorable rating (which has been improving but remains negative) to hurt the GOP — only he knows, but congestive heart failure is bound to slow down even Darth Vader. Best wishes to him."

BARKY (THE FOREIGN OCCUPIER!) KNOWS THERE IS NO WAY OUT EXCEPT...,SUICIDE? HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN IS EXTREMELY WORRIED AS BARKY DEMANDS PROVIGIL AND MORPHINE TO GET THROUGH THE DAY! FLAG OFFICERS PISSED HE DUMPED MCCRYSTAL AS PETRAEUS EYES RUN FOR PRESIDENCY! REPUBLICANS OFFER NO NEW IDEAS, NEWT GINGRICH-THAT IS, NEWTON LEROY GINGRICH, FANCIES HIMSELF AS THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN 2012. FU**ING PUSSY! ANOTHER PUSSY, AKA; SANTORUM ON STEROIDS-PAT TOOMEY IS RUNNING AGAINST FORMER 3 STAR ADMIRAL, JOE SESTAK FOR THE SENATE SEAT FROM PENNSYLVANIA. GINGRICH AND TOOMEY HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT HOW TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN, BUT THEY PROMISE TAX CUTS IN LIGHT OF A 13.8 TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT AND MORE GIVEAWAYS TO THE FINANCIAL ELITE AND THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THAT GEORGE W. BUSH BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT AFTER THE 9-11 BLACK OPS/PSYOPS. IF I WERE OBAMA, I WOULD WANT PROVIGL AND MORPHINE TOO! I JUST HOPE HIS HEART DOESN'T EXPLODE!

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Are you a single and childless 50 year old man with only a high school diploma, has no family, and who has been unemployed for over 22 months? If so, then you're also a "99er".

You worked hard all your life, obeyed the law and paid your taxes. Then you were laid-off and now you're jobless.

You'll be vilified and called lazy. You'll be compared to welfare recipients. You'll be publicly shamed, and people who still have jobs will no longer want to associate with you...even those who were once your "friends". They won't even want their tax dollars paying for your unemployment benefits. You'll be isolated and alone, without a voice. You'll find no sympathy or empathy from the media or from Congress either.

You'll be a dead man walking.

Let's look at the current situation:

The stock market crashed in the fall of 2008 because of poor regulation and enforcement of existing laws by SEC over the financial industry (banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies).

See: "Repo 105"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704508904575192430373566758.html

Also, because of their relationships to the Federal Housing Authority (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and home mortgage loans, caused the housing market crash.

Going back over the last few years, we also saw a lot of out-sourcing of jobs by major U.S. corporations (calling themselves "multi-national") to Mexico, India, and China. Again, poor congressional management over foreign trade policies.

And on top of this, we have seen vastly increased congressional corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse. That's why America now has the Tea Party.

Last fall (in 2009) the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations bill.

It provides $636.3 billion in new discretionary spending for the Department of Defense for functions under the Defense Subcommittee’s jurisdiction.

The bill funds an active duty strength of 1,425,000 and a reserve component end strength of 844,500 for a total of 2,269,500 active military personnel (that equals $53,917 per week, per soldier).

(No U.S.S. Obama?)

Before he recently passed away, Representative John P. Murtha (D-PA), who had been voted one of the "Most Corrupt Members of Congress", used to chair the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. He had ties to lobbying firms and defense contractors under federal investigation - he also had ties to defense executives and former military personnel convicted of skimming money from government contracts. John Murtha was included in CREW’s 2006, 2007, and 2008 reports on congressional corruption.

On the other hand, if in 2010 the government paid all 15 million jobless people $400 a week in unemployment benefits, it would cost half that amount...and there would be no need for corrupt lobbyists and defense contractors, and there would be no wasteful spending. All money would go directly into the economy (instead of someone's pocket) - and would be immediately spent on necessities for struggling families (rather than being paid to the hookers walking the streets in Washington DC).

But it's easier to beat down the voices of the unemployed who, unlike defense contractors, don't have fat-cat lobbyists in Washington DC to represent their interests.

You're too old to find work, but too young to retire

Been out of work for a year or more? You've probably already lost your health insurance, (who can afford COBRA?) Has the stress of your financial burdens affected your health? Getting sick could be a death sentence for you.

The government has already raised the age for Social Security from 65 to 67+ for many already, and are going to raise it again soon...so don't hold your breath waiting to get any older if you can't find a job soon (only 1 for every 6 out of work).

Welfare ("General Assistance") isn't survivable for most people, and to qualify, you must go a full 30 days with no income. Then you might only qualify for food stamps (about $200 a month) and about $2500 a YEAR in general assistance. But to qualify, assets can not exceed $2,000 - so you would have to get rid of the family car to qualify. There are some medical benefits though...but you would not qualify at all if you're single and/or have no kids.

If you have pension that you're vested in, or an IRA or 401k, you usually have to wait until you're at least 55 to take an "early retirement", but you would also be heavily taxed and severally penalized in the amount you receive.

If you're long-term unemployed or in the 50 to 65 year range, you'll most likely get passed over for a job for a much younger and "healthier" person...

...or you'll be considered "over qualified",

...or you won't have the mandatory college degree that someone fresh out of school will have.

There are many reasons they can find for not hiring you, and age discrimination is usually impossible to prove.

If you didn't serve in the military, you won't get a preference for civil and government employment either (who now require college degrees just to work in the mail room).

Someone Agrees:

99 weeks sounds ridiculous until you study the numbers and find out that a good many now on unemployment are in the 48-60 age range, whose jobs have literally disappeared and are never coming back. Employers have always been slow to hire so-called "older workers" and they continue to be this way today. Many of these older workers have worked virtually all their adult lives, without ever collecting a dime of unemployment benefits. Now they are too young to retire, and too old for any sort of meaningful college retraining. In this case, I think we owe the people who worked hard and paid their taxes a decent helping hand. Unemployment is not welfare. You actually had to WORK and pay TAXES to collect. While I would not think this is an excellent idea long-term, but at this time, there are some people who need our help.
Source:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/14/dems-say-jobless-benefits-bill-track/comments/

Best prospect: A 25 year old with a bachelor's degree who spent 4 years in the military, and then got "juiced in" by an influential parent to work in a congressional assistant's position...like for someone who heads the Defense Subcommittee...someone like the late Representative John P. Murtha. You won't need any experience or common sense...just a piece of paper and a recommendation.

Worst prospect: A single and childless 50 year old man with only a high school diploma, and who has no family, and has been unemployed for over a year. That is a dead man walking.

SOURCE:

http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/19/50-years-old-and-unemployed-you-re-a-dea

Bold Marauder
By: Richard Farina
It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!
It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!

For I will buy you silver and gold and I will bring you treasure,
And I will bring a widowing flag and I will be your lover;
And I will show you grotto and cave and sacrificial altar,
And I will show you blood on the stone and I will be your mentor.
And night will be our darling and fear will be our name.

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!
It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!

For I will take you out by the hand and lead you to the hunter,
And I will show you thunder and steel and I will be your teacher;
And we will dress in helmet and sword, and dip our tongues in slaughter,
And we will sing a warrior's song and lift the praise of murder.
And Christ will be our darling and fear will be our name.

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!
It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!

For I will sour the winds on high and I will soil the rivers,
And I will burn the grain in the fields and I will be your mother;
And I will go to ravage and kill and I will go to plunder,
And I will take a Fury to wife and I will be your father.
And Death will be our darling and fear will be our name.

It's hi, ho, hey, I am the bold marauder!
It's hi, ho, hey, I am the white destroyer!
sung by Kendra Smith...,