Stephen Hawking: “I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the N.H.S."

[tj2001]

http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/stephen-hawking-defends-care-in-the-uk/

The physicist Stephen Hawking is defending Britain’s National Health Service after an editorial in Investor’s Business Daily said Mr. Hawking “wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K.,” where the health service would have deemed his life “essentially worthless.”

The problem with the editorial, of course, is that Mr. Hawking, the author of “A Brief History of Time,” is very much a Briton — born in Oxford and currently a professor at the University of Cambridge.

Mr. Hawking — who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on Wednesday — responded to the editorial this week, telling The Guardian newspaper, “I wouldn’t be here today if it were not for the N.H.S. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.”

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

1. hilarious.

Investor's Business Daily now bills itself as *THE* place for the best political commentary. I guess that includes adding italicized text at the top of an erroneous article saying that it's now corrected, but completely missing the point that the error invalidates the entire article.

Oh, and congratulations Dr. Hawking!

[wtmusic]

2. They couldn' t have done a better job of screwing that one up.

There is hope for mankind.

[radiclib]

3. I'm sure ISB will be issuing an apology forthwith!

:rofl:

[Massacure]

4. Two words:

Epic Fail!

[Gabi Hayes]

5. what does he know?

is he some kind of wise guy, or what?

and why does he hate america?

[memphisheel]

6. Lulz

Possibly the only funny thing to come out of this whole fracas.

[Sultana]

7. PREACH, Mr. Hawking

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Keith's piece yesterday on this matter was funny as hell. Rethugs are dumb as hell.