Get 2 Choppin

It has been a while since I have thrown my hat into the political arena but a recent delivery from the USPS has rescitated my concern. I received a bill for a “simple” visit to a dermatologist in which I had a couple of suspicious moles removed (don’t fret I got a clean bill of health). The entire procedure took at the most 30 minutes. The final tally (after insurance) was approximately 180 dollars with my co-pay.

The first issue I have is with the medical facility I visited. What bothers me was that I was not debriefed on any of the potential costs that would occur as a result of the procedure.  Apparently, it is customary procedure now a days to just rush people through the system to get as much out of them as you can, especially if they have insurance.

I am not opposed to paying for services rendered as long as I understand what those services will be. I mean if you take your car to a dealership they give you an estimate of work to be done and if it goes over the estimate they will immediately contact you and update you on the situation before completing the work, but that is not the situation in the health field. As soon as you leave that office you might as well put on a blind fold and stand in front of a dart board because you’d have a better idea of what might be coming.

The second issue I have is with the astronomical cost of going to the doctor. In the end, a procedure that maybe took an hour of physical work (office visit and lab work included) cost over 1000 dollars. That is fucking ridiculous. I can’t imagine not having insurance. It is a complete shame for the uninsured because there is no way that I would ever go to the doctor knowing that a simple procedure may set me back two months on my rent or mortgage.

I will not profess to know the ins and outs of the Obama health care plan but something needs to be done to regulate the rising cost of health care and the tradegy of the uninsured. Is allowing a government that pays 800 dollars for a hammer or screwdriver to be a player in the health care industry the best idea? I don’t know, but ask yourself, if you lost your job and you or a family member was deathly ill how would you then feel about being uninsured?  

The way I see it you might as well just turn around in your 200 dollar hospital gown, bend over and take that greased up finger in the 100 dollar  latex glove and just accept the fact that you are gonna get reamed in the end!

Reporting from Washington D.C. today for get2choppin.com is the dual threat and the head of the Politically Choppin’ and Choppinomics bureau located in the nation’s capital, Dick C. Chopper.  

I am by no means a self-proclaimed expert when it comes to the latest auto industry bailout talks but I am a great bullshit detector and if the Big Three would have had driven to Washington D.C. in cars that run on bullshit they definitely would have found plenty of fuel for the ride home.

These out of touch Senators and House Representatives are cowards that are just curb stomping America’s middle class when they are already down. Are these pompous windbags worried about their mortgage and their job? Tell me that. Do they know what it is like to have to constantly worry about losing their job, house, and everything that they have worked for? I highly doubt it because they are too fucking concerned with what the Big Three ate for lunch and how they got to a damn meeting over 500 miles away. Maybe next time they should take the wonderful public transportation that the State and Federal Government has provided for the American public.

Side note: Why aren’t all Congressmen required to use public transportation since they public servants?   Plus since they are servants I think they should all have to wear butler and maid costumes, I mean they’re actions are already ridiculous why not dress the part.

Where was I, oh yeah, why is that when the banks come crying to the Federal government they took less than a week to cut them a check for 700 billion dollars, which they have yet to use by the way? While the Auto Industry is asking for a measly 4 percent of that amount as a loan and yet they are received like it is the Grand Inquisitions. McCarthy’s Communist witch-hunt of the 50’s was more civil than the reception than the Big Three got from Congress.

Oddly enough it is the bitter Republican Party that took a huge hit this election that voted against the bailout. They are single-handedly trying to kill the unions that represent and fight for the rights of the American worker. If this isn’t enough evidence of the elitist attitude that seeps from the pores of everyone stinking Republican than I don’t know what is. If they had their wish I believe they would wave good-bye to the American class and not miss a wink of sleep.

The 700 billion banking bailout hasn’t made it easier to get a home loan, it hasn’t restored the depleted 401k’s of numerous individuals that will now be working for another decade or so to secure their future, it isn’t putting Christmas presents under the trees of out of work families, it isn’t keeping families in their homes. Yet the Auto industry bailout gets nixed faster than the idea of Martin Luther King Jr. being the pastor at a Klu Klux Klan church. These Southern Republican’s need to take the foreign auto kickback money they have falling out their greased pockets and fucking by a clue.

Oh yeah did I mention one of the reasons why the auto industry needs the bailout is because the fucking banks that played blind man’s blackjack with our money won’t lend them anything to cover daily expenditures that they use to do so willy-nilly. The shame is that we no longer take pride in being and buying American. Brazil and China get it, their governments help support the auto industry and don’t turn their backs on it so other competitors in the now global economy can come swooping in like vultures to pick apart the remains of a once great part of America. Of course, all our congressmen are doing is asking if these vultures would like a little Grey Poupon with what is the dying car-cass of the American Auto industry.

The American Auto Industry is a flawed industry and definitely needs to be retooled and restructured to meet the demands of the global marketplace but it is not time to abandon one of the cornerstones of American history. The UAW is making concessions, the Big Three are humbling themselves before Congress, but yet the government is truly enjoying the role of the know-it-all Big Brother and holding this failure over the head’s of working class America and the Big Three.           

 This will be the last politically choppin’ piece for awhile but I wanted to get my last jabs in why those right wing Republican bastards are down for the count.

First, I haven’t seen this bad of a case of being a sore loser since University of Gonzaga senior forward Adam Morrison and his cheesy porn star moustache broke down in tears after getting knocked out of the NCAA basketball tournament. Man up people for the love of your God fearing selves.

Second, quit arguing about the war when I say it was a waste of time and money and turn it around on me that I hate every soldier and what they have accomplished. I am not belittling the soldiers that fought the war in anyway. They are following orders from that dunderhead of a Commander In Chief, President Bush, who don’t forget went into Iraq on false information and has also limited our American freedoms with the Patriot Act on par with the communist witch hunts of the ‘50s. I get it! Saddam was one bad dude, but there are a ton of other atrocities happening across this world that didn’t elicit a response (i.e. the numerous civil wars in Africa) and that equal the likes of what happened in Iraq. The amount of resources spent on that war could have helped stimulate our own faltering economy and helped with rising health care costs and the spiraling foreclosure and unemployment rates. Enough said!

By the way you are naïve to think that the Middle East will suddenly become stable after the troops over there leave. The war between Muslims and Christians has been going on for a 1000 years our time over there is just a pebble in the pond. Those bastards are just playing possum until we leave.

The abortion angle is played out too. Obama is the product of someone choosing to not get an abortion, just like granddaughter of Mrs. Palin will be. He is not a doctor that is punching pregnant broads in the stomach at some Planned Parenthood clinic. I know McCain has character but don’t forget that Obama turned down a promising and lucrative law career to be a community activist in the inner-city of Chicago. That is no easy task.

The reason why McCain lost is because he was linked to closely with President Bush in the eye of public perception and his own voting record and tried to jump ship to late, he made a gamble with his V.P. pick, and the economy took a shit under Bush’s watch. He is a great American and he will be a part of history as the man that lost to Obama.        

Okay it is time to put this to bed. The last thing that bothers me is the Conservative Christians out there who are apparently the last people in the world supporting Bush (who has the worst approval rating in modern times). Seriously get off your high horse and quit being judge and jury of the entire planet. You guys and gals are no saints yourself. You and the in your face approach you use has placed a stigma upon Christianity that probably will never heal.  

Well that is the end John E. Bravo’s correspondence on the race for ’08. See you at the Dirty Dozen in 2012.

The upcoming election has a lot of pollsters out pounding the pavement and peppering the buttons on their blackberries looking to get the latest information on who is leading in the race to be the next president. I am going to save everyone the trouble and let you in on the real power structure that is holding up this country.

1. Wham Dickham: his recent birthday bash had him kissing dudes and shaking babies hands and vaulted him into the forefront of the choppin’ nation’s consciousness with his good looks and charismatic flair for the fabulous.
2. John E. Bravo: After getting back from his efforts to sway some of those fence sitters in the state of California, he has redoubled his efforts in the battleground state of Michigan and, oh yeah, he is poppin’ abs.
3. K.C. the sunshine man: He was facing the sobering reality that his campaign was on the diet coke and rocks until his re-emergence in this tipsy-turvy mess.
4. Turd Ferguson: He leaves his band to concentrate on his solo career. Can this guy get any sexier?  He lights the desire than puts out the fire, now hush and don’t speak, it could be your turn for him to strum your heart strings.
5. Johnny Blues: This dark-horse candidate’s promotion to choppin’ legend has sent a few ripples through the political choppin’ community. Possibly could get a top shelf cabinet position.
6. 90 year-old lady from Ohio: This tough old broad put two bullets in her chest in response to facing eviction. You know it is bad if someone that was a teenager during the Great Depression feels she has to go this far.
7. Barack Obama/Joe Biden: He hasn’t eaten a bullet yet so the odds are good he will be the next president. Get2choppin.com is going out on a limb and declaring him the next president. The headlines will read: lower the curtains on this drama; the winner is Obama. 
8. John McCain/Sarah Palin: Unless Palin pulls a Janet Jackson and has a wardrobe malfunction showing off a little vice presidential nipple, their stone isn’t going to be making anymore ripples in this political pond. McCain was obviously trying to bluff with two different pairs but we know that since Obama is black he has a full house, just kidding but seriously.
9. George Bush: This guy can’t get out of town fast enough. His approval rating is lower than when Hitler worked as a cartoonist for Walt Disney and created the picture show, “The Tortoise and the Herr Conquer the World”.

Bellows: He has apparently dropped out of the race for personal reasons like the fact that he had surgery to remove his testicles and have them permanently sealed in his girlfriend’s purse. This lily-livered pansy pirate has no integrity and would probably sell us all out to the enemy for an Eric Church autographed jock strap.

The recent picks of the Vice Presidential nominees for each respective party has brought about a new spark in the race for the White House. It has also brought about new headlines and headaches for the populace soon to be voting in the upcoming election. The above photo is of Sarah Palin in Vogue Magazine.

One recent headline stated: Political Pundits ImPalin’ V.P. Nominee with Various Polls.

The apparent sexiness of the Republican nominee has heads turning in Washington D.C. and all across the country. One recent poll supported this observation when it showed that: 4 out of 5 men would lay their pipeline in her Alaskan Territory. It has also come to my acute observation that her daughter is prego. I believe that if the McCain / Palin ticket wins that the new Vice President will have a show on MTV called, “Palin’s Political Playhouse” starring her new bad boy hockey player son-in-law and his soon to be teen bride and newborn child in the shotgun wedding event of the year. It has hit written all over it.

Another headline in the latest issue of Guns and Camo is, “Dem’s V.P. Nominee Biden his time, until Barrack gets his shot”. Just kidding on that one folks. The Democrats should probably put Jack Bauer on their payroll just to be on the safe side.  

One headline that caught my interest was in the latest issue of Field and Political Dreams that said, “McCain goes Fishin’ in Alaska, but the Fish ain’t Biden”. As most of us know Republican nominee John McCain chose Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate. This pick literally came out of the Alaskan blue skies. She hunts and fishes and I think McCain picked her because she has better aim than Dick Cheney and his cronies.

Okay before I leave you potential voters I have a potential presidential zing for you. It deals with McCain’s age. How are we going to tell if McCain is starting to get signs of Alzheimer’s? When he looks in the mirror and the closet he is going to be overheard saying the same thing, “Where’s McCain? Where’s muh cane?”