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(onenewsnow.com) Misc "Some" senior citizens are cancelling their AARP memberships in an Obamacare protest. The rest will have their membership cancelled... soon enough   (onenewsnow.com) divider line 210
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Abstruse [TotalFark] 2009-11-11 10:58:19 PM  
Good. I hate the AARP. All it does is give old people rights they shouldn't have because they're the only lobby guaranteed to get voters. Want to know why there isn't a mandatory eye exam you have to pass to renew a driver's license? AARP lobbied it to death because it "unfairly discriminated against the elderly".

 
torch [TotalFark] 2009-11-11 10:58:26 PM  
The AARP is little more than a lefty big government lobbying group. If the membership paid attention to what happens to their dues, the AARP would be out of business by noon tomorrow.

 
Barakku [TotalFark] 2009-11-11 11:02:08 PM  
*Giant beetle monster* Good...good.

 
Abstruse [TotalFark] 2009-11-11 11:28:46 PM  
torch: The AARP is little more than a lefty big government lobbying group. If the membership paid attention to what happens to their dues, the AARP would be out of business by noon tomorrow.

Huh? "Lefty"? They pressure and attack both sides equally as long as it advances their cause of making old people more important than anyone else in the entire country.

 
lajimi [TotalFark] 2009-11-11 11:30:54 PM  
No big deal, these are the same senior citizens who won't go to the Country Buffet unless they put Glenn Beck on the Super Jumbo TV.

 
ToxicMunkee [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:10:02 AM  
And give up their AARP discounts? Like hell they are.

 
FormlessOne 2009-11-12 12:10:05 AM  
Abstruse: torch: The AARP is little more than a lefty big government lobbying group. If the membership paid attention to what happens to their dues, the AARP would be out of business by noon tomorrow.

Huh? "Lefty"? They pressure and attack both sides equally as long as it advances their cause of making old people more important than anyone else in the entire country.


This. They are the epitome of "special interest group," in that they will push and prod anyone to ensure that their interests are satisfied.

 
LegacyDL 2009-11-12 12:10:53 AM  
Can we start cranking the Symphony No. 6 Pastoral and send these old folks home?

 
Sid_6.7 [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:13:02 AM  
I'm not suggesting that we kill old people.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.

 
FirstNationalBastard 2009-11-12 12:16:02 AM  
Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we kill old people.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.


Not to mention all the money, space, and energy freed up by not keeping mostly vegetative old people in retirement homes.

You know how many Homeless shelters could be made out of retirement homes? Or how many people could be fed with all the medicade money spent on old people who are little more than vegetables?

Neither do I, but I bet it's a hell of a lot! Somebody pull some numbers and statistics out of their ass to back me up!

 
MiddleyMcCentrist [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:16:20 AM  
FormlessOne: Abstruse: torch: The AARP is little more than a lefty big government lobbying group. If the membership paid attention to what happens to their dues, the AARP would be out of business by noon tomorrow.

Huh? "Lefty"? They pressure and attack both sides equally as long as it advances their cause of making old people more important than anyone else in the entire country.

This. They are the epitome of "special interest group," in that they will push and prod anyone to ensure that their interests are satisfied.


BUT THEY'RE LEFTIES

www.centerfieldgate.com

/hotter than some spahn chinmusic

 
TomD9938 [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:16:59 AM  
Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we kill old people.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.


thestuffyougottawatch.com

This man didnt bother to join AARP.

He chose to watch a nice movie instead.

 
WFern 2009-11-12 12:17:13 AM  
lajimi: No big deal, these are the same senior citizens who won't go to the Country Buffet unless they put Glenn Beck on the Super Jumbo TV.

I used to work with an old hag who insisted on always having Fox News on in the break room. I could be sitting there by myself, watching whatever, and she's walk in and turn it to Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity without asking. Then again, she was also generally bitter and racist.

/Cue "cool story, bro"

 
Huskadoodle 2009-11-12 12:17:33 AM  
FWIW, my 90 year old father thinks the AARP is mostly evil.

 
wingnutx 2009-11-12 12:17:39 AM  
Meh, their members are all one foot in the grave anyway.

 
detfrost1 2009-11-12 12:17:43 AM  
Abstruse: Good. I hate the AARP. All it does is give old people rights they shouldn't have because they're the only lobby guaranteed to get voters. Want to know why there isn't a mandatory eye exam you have to pass to renew a driver's license? AARP lobbied it to death because it "unfairly discriminated against the elderly".

There is in Michigan.

Just had it.

 
RockIsDead 2009-11-12 12:18:15 AM  
Most will outlive all you brain tumor'd cellphone addicted lazyass whippersnappers.

 
IonBeam2 2009-11-12 12:19:09 AM  
Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we kill black people.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.

 
FirstNationalBastard 2009-11-12 12:19:10 AM  
What AARP Protesters may look like

i6.photobucket.com

 
sincitynewbie 2009-11-12 12:19:36 AM  
Here is my new slogan for all the old people that are going to suck our economy into the tank:

"No robust public option for everyone; no medicare for you, grandma."

 
relcec [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:19:39 AM  
WFern: lajimi: No big deal, these are the same senior citizens who won't go to the Country Buffet unless they put Glenn Beck on the Super Jumbo TV.

I used to work with an old hag who insisted on always having Fox News on in the break room. I could be sitting there by myself, watching whatever, and she's walk in and turn it to Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity without asking. Then again, she was also generally bitter and racist.

/Cue "cool story, bro"


dumb story, jackass

 
HempHead 2009-11-12 12:20:00 AM  
I always enjoy the Seniors on MediCare screaming that the government should keeps its hands off medical care.


blog.cleveland.com

 
reillan 2009-11-12 12:20:09 AM  
WFern: lajimi: No big deal, these are the same senior citizens who won't go to the Country Buffet unless they put Glenn Beck on the Super Jumbo TV.

I used to work with an old hag who insisted on always having Fox News on in the break room. I could be sitting there by myself, watching whatever, and she's walk in and turn it to Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity without asking. Then again, she was also generally bitter and racist.

/Cue "cool story, bro"


I would say "cool story," but there were a lot of these old hags at my last job.

/wonder if my 2 Fark lurker coworkers from that job are still watching to back me up there... yes, guys, it is my "last job" now.

 
spnartie 2009-11-12 12:20:30 AM  
this is why young people need to vote, so this assholes don't hold so much clout. You should hear some of the crazy shiat the elderly in my state (SC) say about political issues. They still think Japanese people are evil FFS.. Yeah...time to change the guard.

 
drjekel_mrhyde 2009-11-12 12:20:47 AM  
RockIsDead: Most will outlive all you brain tumor'd cellphone addicted lazyass whippersnappers.

You should think about what's that monitor is doing to your brain waves

 
Needlessly Complicated [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:20:53 AM  
Damn right wing wharrgarbl farkery.


An organ (huh huh... I said "organ"...) of the American Family Association? I wondered why the article was so light on facts. "Some senior citizens" carries the journalistic weight of "some people say...."

I'd condemn subby for giving those right wing morons clicks, but I realize he or she intended this link satirically.

 
untaken_name 2009-11-12 12:22:17 AM  
David: False teeth speak false truths, Bob!

Bob/David: [chanting] Youth ... is truth! I wish "old" rhymed with "lies"!

 
LegacyDL 2009-11-12 12:22:47 AM  
IonBeam2: Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we kill killer robots.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.

 
Antilope 2009-11-12 12:24:04 AM  
Yawn. It's a government program. Of course it's going to be screwed up. What government program isn't?

 
relcec [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:24:36 AM  
HempHead: I always enjoy the Seniors on MediCare screaming that the government should keeps its hands off medical care.

Government should keep its hands off medical care if it means cutting their benefits, which this bill does. Only a really simple son of a biatch like yourself would think their was something illogical about that position.

 
Sid_6.7 [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:24:39 AM  
RockIsDead: Most will outlive all you brain tumor'd cellphone addicted lazyass whippersnappers.

Not if we kill them first.

 
detfrost1 2009-11-12 12:25:04 AM  
sincitynewbie: Here is my new slogan for all the old people that are going to suck our economy into the tank:

"No robust public option for everyone; no medicare for you, grandma."


I can borrow?

 
TomD9938 [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:25:26 AM  
sincitynewbie: Here is my new slogan for all the old people that are going to suck our economy into the tank:

"No robust public option for everyone; no medicare for you, grandma."


If more people smoked, we wouldnt have this problem.

/fall over dead at 62 with good legs and decent hair.

 
Huskadoodle 2009-11-12 12:25:28 AM  
Antilope: What government program isn't?

The one that provides direct benefit to ME!

 
detfrost1 2009-11-12 12:25:46 AM  
gorgor: http://tinyurl.com/ya8kqsn

Haven't gone yet, but I swear to god if this is lemonparty, I'm going to smack you for using a tired old meme.

 
alfuso 2009-11-12 12:26:05 AM  
seniors can get the same discounts and many benefits from joining AAA.

 
Genevieve Marie [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:26:21 AM  
TomD9938: If more people smoked, we wouldnt have this problem.

/fall over dead at 62 with good legs and decent hair.


You don't really understand cancer very well, do you?

 
sincitynewbie 2009-11-12 12:26:28 AM  
LegacyDL: IonBeam2: Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we kill random people who post on fark.com.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.

 
detfrost1 2009-11-12 12:27:26 AM  
gorgor: APPROVES
http://tinyurl.com/ya8kqsn
(copy and paste)


detfrost1: gorgor: http://tinyurl.com/ya8kqsn

Haven't gone yet, but I swear to god if this is lemonparty, I'm going to smack you for using a tired old meme.


LOL, whew.... my faith has been restored.

 
FirstNationalBastard 2009-11-12 12:27:33 AM  
Sid_6.7: I'm not suggesting that we suggest suggesting suggestions.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, among a host of other benefits.

 
toejam 2009-11-12 12:27:48 AM  
untaken_name: David: False teeth speak false truths, Bob!

Bob/David: [chanting] Youth ... is truth! I wish "old" rhymed with "lies"!


Love you!

 
CasperImproved 2009-11-12 12:28:29 AM  
There is always the possibility that the AARP realize that there are a ton of old folks out there with out any medical care what soever do to being poor. Nothing wrong with wanting *all* to get care.

My only issue in general at this point in time is allowing non-US citizens have the same medical rights.

 
untaken_name 2009-11-12 12:29:07 AM  
Genevieve Marie: TomD9938: If more people smoked, we wouldnt have this problem.

/fall over dead at 62 with good legs and decent hair.

You don't really understand cancer very well, do you?


Actually, more smokers die of heart disease than cancer. Only about 1/3 of smokers get cancer. About half will die from heart disease.

 
DaBishop 2009-11-12 12:29:51 AM  
sincitynewbie: I'm not suggesting that we kill random people who post on fark.com.

I'm just saying that it would help us balance federal, state, and local budgets, and free up a shiatload of bandwidth.

 
Alphax [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:32:05 AM  
relcec: Government should keep its hands off medical care if it means cutting their benefits, which this bill does. Only a really simple son of a biatch like yourself would think their was something illogical about that position.

Who says it cuts their benefits? Who?

 
Fart_Machine [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:32:22 AM  
Meh, they lose some and gain others. People are turning 50 all the time.

 
yarnothuntin [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:32:41 AM  
The World According to AARP.

 
untaken_name 2009-11-12 12:32:45 AM  
toejam: untaken_name: David: False teeth speak false truths, Bob!

Bob/David: [chanting] Youth ... is truth! I wish "old" rhymed with "lies"!

Love you!


Thanks. Love you, too. Mr. Show is my favorite sketch comedy show of all time. I wish HBO had stuck with it. Bob and David can come live in my crappy apt with me anytime.

/Fully aware they would not WANT to, but they COULD.

 
TomD9938 [TotalFark] 2009-11-12 12:32:58 AM  
Genevieve Marie: TomD9938: If more people smoked, we wouldnt have this problem.

/fall over dead at 62 with good legs and decent hair.

You don't really understand cancer very well, do you?


I understand massive heart-attacks and life-ending .45 slugs to the brain.

Money sucking old-folks homes are crammed with incontinent people who never took a puff.

 
toejam 2009-11-12 12:34:24 AM  
untaken_name: toejam: untaken_name: David: False teeth speak false truths, Bob!

Bob/David: [chanting] Youth ... is truth! I wish "old" rhymed with "lies"!

Love you!

Thanks. Love you, too. Mr. Show is my favorite sketch comedy show of all time. I wish HBO had stuck with it. Bob and David can come live in my crappy apt with me anytime.

/Fully aware they would not WANT to, but they COULD.


Mine too. Was borderline obsessed for a while there.

/fark yeah that wide!

 
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