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Brock Lesnar Pounds Obamacare and Canada

Posted 24 months ago|7 comments|2,330 views
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markbyrn
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The monster of Mixed Martial Arts and the UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar is back and he's not taking any prisoners, including the Obama Health Care Plan and what Brock describes as a third world country for health care - Oh Canada!

Not talking like a man who had cheated the grim reaper due to a life threatening case of diverticulitis, Lesnar first took aim at his potential foe's in the Octagon. Lesnar said, “I know one thing…all those guys are bleep-ing their pants right now.” and regarding his most likely next opponent Frank Mir, “you know what? I don’t think I beat him as bad as I could."

But Lesnar's opponents go far beyond the Octagon and he took aim right at the hallowed halls of Washington, DC and the Chief Executive who is pushing for health care reform. Mr Lesnar recounted his health scare with diverticulitis, and how he initially had been treated in Canada:

Lesnar compared his time at a hospital in Canada to being in a third world country. “They couldn’t do nothing for me. It was like I was in a third world country,”

"The hospital I was at, it wasn’t their fault. They had some machinery that wasn’t working, that couldn’t do its job. And I needed to have it done. I knew that I had to get out of there. My wife saved my life. She got me out of there and drove 100 miles an hour to get me down to Bismarck, North Dakota to Med Center One,” Lesnar said. “I was in excruciating pain. That doctor there saved my career and saved my life.”

"Probably the lowest moment was getting care from Canada,” Lesnar said. “I hate to bash them. Our health care system is a little radical, but listen, we’ve got the best doctors I believe in the world here. It does need some restructuring, but I don’t believe a total reform is the answer."

"The only reason I’m mentioning this, I’m mentioning this to the United States of America because President Obama is pushing this health care reform and obviously I don’t want it."

After throwing his ham sized fist at Obama's health care plan, Lesnar spouted off about being a Republican and how his diverticulitis was likely caused by a a lack of greens in his diet.

As a UFC fan, I'm looking forward to seeing Brock once again walk the talk. Eat your broccoli folks and don't get sick in Canada!
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Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
 Moderator
24 months ago: Well, you can't argue with his personal experience. We hear hundreds of stories just like this one about the Canadian health care system, and seldom hear anything good about it. Well, except that it's free. If you call levied premiums and taxes free.

I understand they are thinking about a new program, free anti-gravity insurance. It's a great thing to have, unless of course, gravity suddenly quits working.
markbyrn
markbyrn
 Moderator
24 months ago: You never know - down the road, Lesnar might pull a Schwarzenegger and run for Governor of Minnesota. Meanwhile, his fists should do most of the talking.
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
 Moderator
24 months ago: True that. He's an entertainer, and entertainers should entertain. Seems to be a pretty all right guy, on the surface.
everthecynic
everthecynic
24 months ago: Hey, they elected Jesse didn't they? Maybe he should get a few cheesy action flicks under his belt before he runs for office, though.
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
24 months ago: I can't let this one go. This meathead was probably at some rural outpost that didn't have the specific equipment that he needed. If he was on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana I doubt he would find that equipment either. Yet he has the balls to condemn the entire system because of one incident!

"By an overwhelming margin, Canadians prefer the Canadian health care system to the American one. Overall, 82% said they preferred the Canadian system, fully ten times the number who said the American system is superior (8%).... from a Harris-Decima poll (.pdf), July 2009. . The vast majority of Canadians, 91 per cent, felt that Canada's health care system was better than the United States... CTV, a Canadian television network, Jun. 29 2008, reporting on a survey, conducted by the Strategic Counsel for CTV and The Globe and Mail. People in Canada and Great Britain are significantly more satisfied with availability of affordable healthcare than their American counterparts."
markbyrn
markbyrn
 Moderator
24 months ago: Dang you to the pit Altruist,

I tried to throw the neo-cons a bone and you shat all over it.
Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
24 months ago: Sorry Mark, The neo-cons are already force fed nonsense like this on hate radio and Fox, they don't need to be further encouraged.
Lesnar will no doubt need extensive medical help as he gets older. Football players are getting early dementia and Alzheimers because of trauma to the brain. Boxing has mush more trauma, and mixed martial arts are even worse. These "sports" should be outlawed.
People should take more responsibility for their own health and allowing people to turn your brain to mush is going to be as expensive as sucking burning poisons into your lungs is.

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