Dick Cheney has a heart transplant

[HBox]

Fo reals. (http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/24/10847614-former-vice-president-dick-cheney-recovering-after-heart-transplant)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering Saturday at a hospital in Falls Church, Va., after undergoing a heart transplant, his office said.
Cheney was in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, his office said in a statement.

So many jokes. So many...... and yet I can't. But you guys can. Please go ahead and do so.

[IamFogHat]

I thought he had a robot heart now?

[deliciousV]

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[disneyspy]

He Only Had To Shoot 4 People Before He Found A Match

[KnoxHarrington]

I just hope that this doesn't keep a person who's not a total sack of shit from getting a heart transplant in time.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Was the donor darth vader?

[deliciousV]

Hopefully, next time, the wizard gives him a brain.

[razorboy]

His love isn't real.

But his heart is.

[booster11373]

Cheney 2012 He's all heart!

[Pitdoc]

That means , after about 2 yrs, he's got a pulse again.

[KnoxHarrington]

This is probably going to do more to discourage organ donation than anything else could. No one will want to think that their loved ones' organs could possibly go towards helping keep Dick Cheney alive.

[Dudeman]

Looks like Satan didn't need another douchebag yet.

[Judge Smails]

His heart grew two sizes today.

[Jujubees2]

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This is probably going to do more to discourage organ donation than anything else could. No one will want to think that their loved ones' organs could possibly go towards helping keep Dick Cheney alive.

And it's a good thing that he has government health care to pay for it!

[hanso]

This



And it's a good thing that he has government health care to pay for it!

nice one..

Socialised medicine for Satan.

[A.J.]

ObamaCARES.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

[CountryBob]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

No they didnt - I agree with you on this.

But they werent taking someones brain and transplanting it into Ted's body - while someone younger was waiting on a donor brain.

[disneyspy]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

your jokes stink on ice

[WRESTLINGFAN]

No they didnt - I agree with you on this.

But they werent taking someones brain and transplanting it into Ted's body - while someone younger was waiting on a donor brain.


Bill Press, some progressive talker who is now simulcast on Current TV was talking about this today

I saw on the news that he waited almost 2 years. Usually the time slot is about 6 months.

[Dell]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

damn democrats...

[Dell]

Bill Press, some progressive talker who is now simulcast on Current TV was talking about this today

I saw on the news that he waited almost 2 years. Usually the time slot is about 6 months.

damn republicans...

[HBox]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

That is such a stupid, nonsensical comparison that it could only come from you. There is a very limited number of hearts available for transplant, so much so that doctors must, because of pure logistics, rule out some people because there simply is not enough to go around. So doctors aren't going to chance a heart transplant on a patient that they feel has a very small chance of recovery when they could give it to a patient with a very high chance of recovery. If getting a heart for transplant was as easy as say, going to the pharmacy and getting fucking cancer drugs, this wouldn't be a consideration.

In the end he had the transplant which means a team of doctors with infinitely more knowledge about this than us cleared him for the transplant. So that's that.

[CountryBob]

That is such a stupid, nonsensical comparison that it could only come from you. There is a very limited number of hearts available for transplant, so much so that doctors must, because of pure logistics, rule out some people because there simply is not enough to go around. So doctors aren't going to chance a heart transplant on a patient that they feel has a very small chance of recovery when they could give it to a patient with a very high chance of recovery. If getting a heart for transplant was as easy as say, going to the pharmacy and getting fucking cancer drugs, this wouldn't be a consideration.

In the end he had the transplant which means a team of doctors with infinitely more knowledge about this than us cleared him for the transplant. So that's that.

Money and power does help sometimes.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

That is such a stupid, nonsensical comparison that it could only come from you. There is a very limited number of hearts available for transplant, so much so that doctors must, because of pure logistics, rule out some people because there simply is not enough to go around. So doctors aren't going to chance a heart transplant on a patient that they feel has a very small chance of recovery when they could give it to a patient with a very high chance of recovery. If getting a heart for transplant was as easy as say, going to the pharmacy and getting fucking cancer drugs, this wouldn't be a consideration.

In the end he had the transplant which means a team of doctors with infinitely more knowledge about this than us cleared him for the transplant. So that's that.



Oh come on your partisan hackery shows. Only people you agree with politically can get medical care. I see now

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Mickey Mantle didnt need that liver, he was in his 60's fuck him he was too old right?

[disneyspy]

WF,when you tell a joke do people cover their noses?

cuz you might not be telling a joke,you may be farting

[WRESTLINGFAN]

WF,when you tell a joke do people cover their noses?

cuz you might not be telling a joke,you may be farting

you stink in general

[disneyspy]

WF,when you tell a joke do people start gagging and you think they must be laughing?

cuz you might not be telling a joke,you may be farting

[Jujubees2]

Mickey Mantle didnt need that liver, he was in his 60's fuck him he was too old right?

Yep, besides his liver was bad due to his mistreatment of it.

[StanUpshaw]

Perhaps this country could just grow up and allow people to sell their organs. Besides the fact that we should have the right to own our own bodies, we'd never have to worry about an organ shortage again.

[CountryBob]

Perhaps this country could just grow up and allow people to sell their organs. Besides the fact that we should have the right to own our own bodies, we'd never have to worry about an organ shortage again.

I would have to pay someone to take my liver

[Snacks]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

big difference. one is taking a heart that could be used for someone younger and who could get more life out of the heart. the other is treatment for any sickness or illness which we do for anyone no matter how old they are.

[Snacks]

Mickey Mantle didnt need that liver, he was in his 60's fuck him he was too old right?

no but he shouldn't have gotten one because he was an alcoholic and didnt deserve one as i believe that is the rule when it comes to liver transplants.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

But who is anyone to determine the age limit? What should the age limit be? Should only married people get transplants because they have a spouse and children? This opens the door to selectiveness.

[high fly]

Dick Cheney has a heart transplant

Not transplant.
Implant.

[hanso]

So the talk now is that some are saying Cheney was too old for a transplant. Did anyone raise a stink when Ted Kennedy was getting all that brain cancer treatment well into his
70's?

Would have much rather seen something like this go toward Neil Rogers.

[Jujubees2]

But who is anyone to determine the age limit?

I believe they're called insurance companies.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I believe they're called insurance companies.

So you have a problem with the insurance company approving Cheneys transplant?

[A.J.]

I'll bet it was the heart of a dead Iraqi.

[Jujubees2]

So you have a problem with the insurance company approving Cheneys transplant?

In general, I prefer that medical professionals (i.e. doctors) make the decision, not some pencil-pusher. And a vital organ shouldn't go to the person with the best health care coverage it should go to the person who needs it most.

[CountryBob]

Cheney got Bin Laden's heart - that's why they "suddenly" found him.

[CountryBob]

In general, I prefer that medical professionals (i.e. doctors) make the decision, not some pencil-pusher. And a vital organ shouldn't go to the person with the best health care coverage it should go to the person who needs it most.

Thats a big worry some have once our nationwide health care kicks in. Many think that medical necessities like transplants, life saving surgeries etc wont happen for the old and only for the young. That a pencil pusher will decide who gets that heart due to age and condition.

I find that a bit extreme but I have heard some talking about that.

[StanUpshaw]

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[StanUpshaw]

In general, I prefer that medical professionals (i.e. doctors) make the decision, not some pencil-pusher. And a vital organ shouldn't go to the person with the best health care coverage it should go to the person who needs it most.

Insurance companies don't have anything to do with it.

[HBox]

Insurance companies don't have anything to do with it.

When you have a policy that doesn't cover transplants, or is close enough to the lifetime or yearly maximum that they won't cover it, they do have quite a bit to do with it.

[Jujubees2]

When you have a policy that doesn't cover transplants, or is close enough to the lifetime or yearly maximum that they won't cover it, they do have quite a bit to do with it.

Thanks HBox. That was my point. I know the insurance company doesn't directly decide on transplants but if you don't have the coverage you don't get the transplant.

[StanUpshaw]

Thanks HBox. That was my point. I know the insurance company doesn't directly decide on transplants but if you don't have the coverage you don't get the transplant.

That was a shitty point and not relevant in the least.

[Tenbatsuzen]

That was a shitty point and not relevant in the least.

God damn you're a fucking dolt.

[StanUpshaw]

I'm afraid you're mistaken.

[spoon]

don't be afraid, it's just tenbats

hit bite is as dull as his wit