Saturday, May 18, 2013

Sensible Gun Control

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Only a whore for the NRA would argue against this. Responsible gun owners would welcome this.

Welcome Jenna Talia: Bigger Fatter Politic's Newest Reporter and Researcher

Root and ye shall find. Oink and the door will open.  Squeal and it shall be given.

I, Fat Bastard, can probably add another truism or two to what I just said such as good things come to those who wait or patience is a virtue. We are always looking for talented reporters and stringers who can contribute to Bigger Fatter Politics. We have our science editor, politcal analyst, cartoonist and Renaissance man Dr. Gerald Teddy Bear of the Biggest Fattest Blog, we have Rotunda Hindenburg our resident angry man hating fat feminist reporter and commentator along with social critic and expert on just about everything the incomparable Belly Boy. Bigger Fatter Politics is blessed with the best and brightest reporters and journalists on the planet and just when I thought things couldn't get any better I, Fat Bastard received an email along with the resume and curriculum vitae of one Jenna Talia. Jenna asked me, Fat Bastard, if I Fat Bastard would allow her to submit some articles for my approval and publication on Bigger Fatter Politics. After reading a sample of her work I, Fat Bastard was bowled over by the high journalistic standards, professionalism and the punchy style evident in her work. In spite of the fact that Jenna recently graduated from one of the most prestigious journalism schools in the United States her work displays a degree of professionalism and seasoned writing of veteran journalists eg, David Brinkley, Walter Conkite, Edward R Murrow, that is rarely seen these days. It gets even better. Jenna Talia is one of those rare slender women and like many slender women Jenna has been the victim of cruel persecution by fat girls. Because Bigger Fatter Politics is fair and balanced and has the highest journalistic standards we're delighted to be able to present Jenna's insight into the issues.

For privacy reasons I cannot post Jenna's resume and cover letter but I can post a public comment which she left introducing herself right here on Bigger Fatter Politics.

Jenna writes: See the article and comments by clicking here.
 

Hi there Fat Bastard you Fat Bastard,

I have been reading your blogs with great interest. I have burst into tears reading your articles because I was so moved by emotion that someone was standing you for us slender and waifish women. Fat girls are just plain mean and since we normal girls are outnumbered ad outweighed by them we are thrilled to have a champion like you defending us from this angry mob of waif haters.

I have sent you an email with my complete bio and I ask if you might consider allowing me to submit article for your approval for publication for your blogs
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I responded with the following:




Miss Talia,

I Fat Bastard have read your email and your resume and I can see no reason for you not to send articles for publication on our fat acceptance sites. I was so impressed by your cresentials and cirruculum vitae that I would be pleased to advise you in how to create your own site dedicated to protecting skinny girls from these dreadful war beasts.

Also thank you for the photo you included. Even though you were fully clothed in it I, Fat Bastard get hard just thinking about it.

You will be a great addition to the Bigger Fatter Political family.

The above comment was a response to an article I had written regarding the epidemic of self-hatred among fat girls. Jenna pointed out that like their blubber spilling over onto skinny passengers on airplanes and other public transportation, their hatred spills out onto attractive slender women as much as it does on to fat man and men in general. While I, fat bastard was aware of the persecution of slender women by angry self hating fat girls, I, fat bastard could not fully appreciate the impact this has on fat girls. All of us at bigger fatter politics are thrilled to have Jenna Talia as a member of our team and the bigger fatter politics family. Jenna's insight, professionalism and life experiences will help round out the journalistic mix of bigger fatter politics.

Welcome aboard Jenna Talia. 


Friday, May 17, 2013

Another Advantage When it Comes to Boning Skinny Chicks

Being too skinny is far better for women than being too fat when avoiding getting knocked up.

A study found that such women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight - including those who are dangerously obese land whales.

Fertility specialist Richard Sherbahn, of the Advanced Fertility Centre of Chicago, said the amount of attention paid to being overweight meant that the "advantages" of being underweight were being largely exaggerated.

The advanced thinking was being vindicated by the "size zero" culture in girls and young women striving to emulate the hot look of models and other celebrities.

Sherbahn crunched the figures on almost 2,500 sessions of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) carried out at his clinic over an eight-year period.

Being thin can lower the sex/crazy hormone oestrogen, making it harder to get pregnant.

Sherbahn said that while some other studies had hinted that being skinny may be worse for fertility than being fat, he was "surprised" at the size of the effect.

It is known that being very thin can make it difficult to get pregnant naturally, due to a drop in the female sex hormone oestrogen.

Sherbahn said: "It could be in evolutionary terms that if people were too thin that maybe food wasn't readily available and maybe it wasn't the best time to reproduce and maybe the uterus wasn't at its best."

A Word to the Wise from Fat Bastard

This does not mean that you can't get a skinny chick knocked up. It only means that it's not easy and considering the lower sperm count of us fat boys it is even more difficult. That doesn't mean that you should not use caution and heed the age old advice of The Chef and Proud FA.... "When it doubt, PULL OUT!"  If the chick is a psycho you definitely do not want her to catch the worm.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Getting Fat on the Cheap: Proud FA's Guide for the Frugal Glutton

Follow the fat/fast food pyramid! If it's fried, EAT IT!
Getting Fat on the Cheap: Finding $weet Deals on Food
By Proud FA

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None of the fat haters and food cops like MeMe Roth appreciate how expensive it can be to get super morbidly obese. Considering the fact that most of the super morbidly obese are too fat to work one can only admire the dedication and ingenuity of the super morbidly obese. When you consider the fact that many of these people are bed bound yet they still are able to obtain food in the fifteen thousand to twenty thousand range you have to be awed. That's beyond impressive. It's downright admirable.

I, Proud FA, the Dean of Feederism have been educating obese folks for years to the simple fact that fat fattens best but guzzling melted butter or lard is not very appetizing and a large part of the joys of morbid obesity is eating all that tasty food.

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When if comes to pleasurable gaining and the hedonistic lifestyle fast food is always a best bet and it can be a best buy!

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The only thing that beats fast food is home delivery. The burger joints should offer FREE delivery to us fatlings!


Getting morbidly obese costs money!

As a public service to our fattest readers Fat Bastard asked me to find our fatlings some food deals. Let's start with a fatlings all time favorite, fast food. Fast food rules. It tastes great, it's quick, it's economical and it's very fattening! How can you beat that? In the case of the average run of the mill fatling fast food is affordable but when you're talking about hyper gluttons like Belly Boy and obesity expert and gaining innovator "Dr" Gerald "Teddy" Bear even "junk" and fast food can be a budget buster. With savings up to 90% fast food coupons are the answer.

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KFC offers a veritable plethora of fattening food and they offer printable coupons. Click Here!

Check out Wendy's 99 cent everyday value meals. Click Here!

Save a whopping 90% on local eats HERE!

Recommended reading

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How to Get Fat

"Into gluttony? Well, then this is the book for you. Eat sugar. Eat carbs. EAT FAT! Say "yes" to fast food... All of those things plus a steady stream of late night binges will have you on the fast track to fatsville."

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Super Mega List of Restaurant Coupons at Mommy $AVES BIG!
Click HERE!

99 Restaurants ( Must Sign Up )
Printable coupons for ninety nine restaurants.

Arbys Restaurant Coupons ( November-7 )
Printable coupons for Arby's Restaurants, free regular roast beef sandwich. (A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

A&W Coupons ( December-31 )
Printable coupons for A&W Restaurants, $1 off combo.

Baskin Robbins ( November-30 )
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(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Bennigans ( Must Sign Up )
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Bob Evans Restarant ( Must Sign Up )
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(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Boston Market ( November-09 )
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(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Brueggers ( Must Sign Up )
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Buca Di Beppo ( December-31 )
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Carls Jr Burgers ( December-3 )
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Cheeseburger In Paradise ( Must Sign Up )
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(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Chick Fil A ( Must Sign Up )
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Chili's Grill and Bar ( Must Sign Up )
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(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Chuck e Cheese Coupons ( November-30 )
Various Printable coupons, pizzas, soft drinks and free tokens. (Too many screaming kids!)

Cold Stone Creamery ( December-28 )
Printable coupons for Cold Stone ice cream and cakes.
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Dairy Queen Coupons ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons for Dairy Queen stores.

Denny's ( November-11 )
Printable coupons for Dennys restaurants, BOGO smoothie, free quesadilla, BOGO entree.
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Dippin Dots ( November-30 )
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Dunkin Donuts ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons for Dunkin Donuts.

Eat'n Park ( Must Sign up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons for Eat'n park restaurants.

Einstein Bros Bagels ( Must Sign Up )
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El Pollo Loco ( November-11 )
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Fannie May ( Must Sign Up )
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Fazolis ( Must Sign Up )
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Friendly's ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons for Friendly's restaurants.

Fuddruckers Restaurant ( Must Sign Up )
Printable coupon for Fuddruckers Restaurant.

Hard Rock Cafe Coupons ( November-15 )
Printable coupons for Hard Rock Cafe coupons.

Hardees Restaurant Coupons ( November-20 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite and Award Winner)
Printable coupons for Hardees restaurants & special promotions.




 
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IHOP ( Must Sign Up ) (A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Coupons for ihop restaurants.

Jack In The Box ( November-8 )
Printable coupons for Jack in the Box restaurants, $1 off.

Jamba Juice ( Must Sign Up )
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Johnny Rockets ( Must Sign Up )
Printable coupons for Johnny Rockets restaurants.

KFC Coupons ( November-23 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons KFC restaurant.

Krispy Kreme Coupons ( December-31 ) (stopped using trans fat and flavor has suffered)
Printable coupons for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, 1 dozen doughnuts free.

Little Caesars Coupons ( November-30 )
$1.99 Crazy combo for printable coupon at Little Caesars.

Local Printable Restaurant Coupons ( Hot ! Nov-08 )
This restaurant coupon site is probably the best online. They have fast food restaurants, classy restaurants and more. Eat & Drink, wine & Dine at your local restaurants for literally a fraction of the price.

Longhorn Steakhouse ( Must Sign Up )
Printable coupons for Longhorn Steakhouse restaurants, free appetizer.
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)

Long John Silvers ( December-25 )
Printable Coupons for long john silvers restaurants, $1, $2, $4, free black cherry lemonade.

Maggianos ( November-15 )
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Max & Ermas ( Limited Time Offer )
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McCormick & Schmicks ( Must Sign Up )
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Mcdonalds Coupons ( Limited Time )
Printable coupons for Mcdonalds.

Mimis Cafe Coupons ( November-12 )
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Nathans Hot Dog Coupons ( Ongoing )
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Old Country Buffet ( Must Sign Up )
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Olive Garden ( Must Sign Up ) (Skimpy portions)
printable Coupons for Olive Garden italian restaurants.

Orange Julius ( Must Sign Up )
printable Coupons for Orange Julius restaurants, $1 smoothies.

Panda Express ( Must Sign Up )
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Panera Bread ( Must Sign Up ) (High quality but not enough fat)
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Peets Coffee ( Limited Time Offer )
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P.F. Chang's ( Must Sign Up )
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Planet Hollywood ( December-31 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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Pollo Tropical ( Must Sign Up )
Printable coupons for pollo tropical restaurants..

Ponderosa Steakhouse Coupons ( Ongoing )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Several Great Coupons valid at any local Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant near you.

Popeyes Chicken Coupon ( Ongoing )
Print Popeyes coupons in your area, try their restaurant coupon finder.

Quiznos Coupons ( November-09 )
Printable coupons Quiznos restaurants, various coupons.

Red Lobster Coupons ( November-15 )
Printable restaurant coupons available for canadians and usa residents.

Red Robin ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable Coupons for Red Robin restaurants.

Red Mango ( Ongoing )
coupons for red mango

Restaurant Coupons For Arizona ( Ongoing )
Several Great local printable restaurant coupons for arizona residents.

Romanos Macaroni Grill ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite! Very high quality!)
Coupons for romanos macaroni grill ( italian restaurant )

Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill ( November-14 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Coupons for rubios restaurants, $1 off.

Ruby's Diner ( Ongoing )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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Ruby Tuesday ( November-08 )
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San Francisco Restaurant ( Ongoing )
Local coupons for San Francisco, pizza , fast food and lean cuisine.

Schlotzskys Deli Coupons ( November-18 ) Too many healthy choices
Printable coupons for Schlotzsky Deli fast food restaurants.

Smokey Bones Coupons ( November-24 )
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Sonic Drive-in ( November-09 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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Souper Salad ( November-8 )
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Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes ( November-11 )
Coupons for souplantation restaurants.

Starbucks Coupons ( Ongoing ) Starbucks SUCKS!
Printable coupons for Starbucks coffee.

Subway Coupons ( Ongoing ) Anti Glutton! AVOID!
Printable Coupons for Subway restaurants, includes sandwiches and subs.

Taco Bell ( November-25 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
Printable coupons for Taco Bell restaurants, free frutista freeze.

Taco Johns ( November-28 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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TCBY ( Must Sign Up ) AVOID MOSTLY LOW FAT!
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TGI Friday's ( November-7 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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The Cheesecake Factory ( Must Sign Up )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite and Award WINNER!)
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Waffle House ( November-7 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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Wendys ( December-31 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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White Castle Coupons ( November-30 )
(A Bigger Fatter Blog Favorite)
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Wienerschnitzel ( November-27 )
Printable coupons for Wienerschnitzel fast food restaurants, free drink.


The website 1fastfoodcoupon.com is dedicated to bringing the best of coupons available. By having KFC coupons, McDonalds coupons, and all sorts of other printable coupons, this website manages to provide some of the best service when it comes to collecting coupons. Whenever people are considering fast food, they should stop by here first. After all, fast food is delicious, but it’s easier to feel less guilt about its dangerous deliciousness when that is coupled with the great savings that can come from online coupons or other printable coupons.
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How do coupons websites work? Well, they don’t automatically link back to every restaurant, necessarily. Sometimes they will connect to the specials page for the restaurant, which allows you to go directly to the offers that Taco Bell or Burger King or McDonalds are putting out on their own. When a coupons website like 1fastfoodcoupon.com does something like that, it is because they believe in convenience. Because coupons websites often have other offers that they can benefit you with doesn’t mean that they overlook the little things. By having access to all the restaurant-sponsored discounts websites, a coupons site makes everything conveniently clickable.

But as noted, coupons websites don’t just link directly to specials pages on restaurant websites. They also make it their business to stay up to date on the best of the coupons available. Sometimes this means that a dud coupon or two will slip through the cracks. But 1fastfoodcoupon.com, for example, does the best it can to weed out the deadwood. Coupons for fast food are their specialty, so they try to stay abreast of the best. Rather than wandering off into the weeds as you search down coupons on your own, then, perhaps the best thing to do is to stick with our coupons website and realize that we don’t create the coupons; we find them and bring them to you. Or you to them.

So coupons websites like 1fastfoodcoupon.com really do show that so much is going online these days. Marketing tools, like coupons, are one such instance where things have gone online. And with websites like this one, it’s clear that it’s a strong trend because of its convenience and efficiency. The correctness of the coupons is almost always a success—and if it didn’t work this time, it can work next time. So you can get your discounts online while you do everything else you do online, and then you can go out and use what you’ve found. 
 
Gallery of successful gainers 
 
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Pretty in pink! 
 
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Cruisin for burgers! 
 
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Fries build thighs! She may be a mere pup now but a steady diet of greasy fries will plump those thighs! 

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Open wide sweet fat girl! Burgers build bellies!
 
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See what I mean?!

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Wannabe gainer dreaming of becoming a prized pear!
 
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Burgers build BIG bellies! 
 
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Hey baby, would you like a burger with that shake!

Fast Food Coupon is a real winner!  Click here!

Fat Girls Hate Themselves

In spite of the BBW and SSBBW talk and all their other tired affirmations fat girls don't believe their own hype and it shows. As I have mentioned on the NAAFA blog, obesity and gluttony does not serve women because they clearly have demonstrated that they cannot handle the fat or the food. This becomes apparent in their incessant whining regarding their perceived victimization by the "fat" hating world. The world doesn't hate you fat bitches because you are fat, the world hates you because your attitude stinks more than the funk between your legs and under your fat folds. YUK!

It's interesting that we fat boys don't have that problem. Society loves fat men and it is not just in the US -- love and reverence for fat men in universal. Fat men are regarded as large and in charge and that is because we are. Fat men command respect and not just because of our fat, mostly it is because of our positive fattitude. Fat woman are regarded as fat and mouthy and that is because they are. When ever there are 3 or more fat girls there is often trouble.

The following two images or a fat girl posing are prime examples of self-hatred.


In the above frame this so called SSBBW is wearing welders goggles. If you have ever worn welder's goggles you would know that you can barely see anything. Subconsciously this SSBBW is telling herself that she want to remain blind to her fat and gluttony. That is the true symbolism here.


I, Fat Bastard, have never minced words and I am not going to start now. Fat girls are stinky. With all that funk between their folds a fat girl can really stink up the joint. Sometimes us fat guys get accused of being smelly but what folks smell emanating from us is our manly musk. The odor emitted by fat girls smells like a mix of rotten fish and pig shit.


The only women I know that can handle the fat, the food and the gluttony are the big fat hyper masculine manly diesel dykes. Who work hard to emulate fat men and like fat men big fat diesel dykes prefer slender feminine women.

Since most of you fat girls are pathetic fag hags (because you know that a manly man like me, Fat Bastard or the Chef would want your nasty asses) I would suggest that you get hooked up with Mr Three Dollar Bill himself Richard Simmons and one of his weight loss programs like Deal a Meal, Sweatin to the Oldies or Get Down the Pounds and lose the fucking blubber and control your fattitude but in the meantime .... STFU


My name is Richard Simmons. I like to squawk an squeal.
I love when guys undo their pants and deal me a meal.
I get so much exercise dropping to my knees.
I'm just glad that semen is so low in calories. - Richard Simmons -

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Dick Cheney: Chickenhawk and Traitor


Perhaps the most treasonous scumbag in history is/was Dick Cheney. One has to wonder just how bad Bush would have been had Cheney not been corrupting him.

Dick Cheney outed CIA operative Valerie Plame because he didn't like some of the things her husband Joe Wilson said about the lie the Bush administration told to justify the wasted war in Iraq. After he outed Plame he got Scooter Libby to take the fall.

If you are a CONservative STFU and watch the video.

Society of Fear at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2010/04/inside-job.html

Monday, May 13, 2013

Health Care Statistics in the United States

Health Insurance

The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system. Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences

In 2010, the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 16.3%, or 49.9 million uninsured people. Source: US Census Bureau

Of the 83.7% of people with health insurance in 2010, coverage was 55.3% employment-based, 9.8% direct-purchase, and 31.0% government funded (Medicare, Medicaid, Military). (Overlap reflects coverage by more than one type of health insurance). Source: US Census Bureau

The primary reason given for lack of health insurance coverage in 2005 was cost (more than 50%), lost job or a change in employment (24%), Medicaid benefits stopped (10%), ineligibility for family insurance coverage due to age or leaving school (8%). Source: National Center for Health Statistics

More than 40 million adults stated that they needed but did not receive one or more of these health services (medical care, prescription medicines, mental health care, dental care, or eyeglasses) in 2005 because they could not afford it. Source: National Center for Health Statistics

Medicaid, which accounted for 15.9% of health care coverage in 2010, is a health insurance program jointly funded by the federal and state governments to provide health care for qualifying low-income individuals. Source: US Census Bureau

Medicare, a federally funded health insurance program that covers the health care of most individuals 65 years of age and over and disabled persons, accounted for 14.5% of health care coverage in 2010. Source: US Census Bureau

Medicare operates with 3% overhead, non-profit insurance 16% overhead, and private (for-profit) insurance 26% overhead. Source: Journal of American Medicine 2007

Since the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was created in 1997, the percentage of children ages 0-17 with health insurance has increased from 86% to 93%. Source: National Center for Health Statistics: December 2011

2.5 million young adults have gained health insurance as a result of the provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows them to remain on their parents insurance plans until age 26. Source: National Center for Health Statistics: December 2011

Health Care Expenditures

Health care expenditures in the United States were nearly $2.6 trillion in 2010, an average of $8,402 per person. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
In 2009, national health care expenditures were paid by households 28%, private businesses 21%, state and local governments 16%, and federal government 27%. Source: Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services

75% of all health care dollars are spent on patients with one or more chronic conditions, many of which can be prevented, including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, lung disease, high blood pressure, and cancer. Source: Health Affairs

Half of health care spending is used to treat just 5% of the population. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012

Since 2001, employer-sponsored health coverage for family premiums has increased by 113%. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012

The share of the economy devoted to health care has increased from 7.2% in 1970 to 17.9% in 2009 and 2010. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012

The U.S. spends substantially more on health care than other developed countries. As of 2009, health spending in the U.S. was about 90% higher than in many other industrialized countries. The most likely causes are higher prices, more readily accessible technology, and greater obesity. Source:
 Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2012

Infant Mortality

In 2005, the United States ranked 30th in infant mortality. Singapore has the lowest rate with 2.1 deaths per 1000 live births, while the United States has a rate of 6.9 deaths per 1000 live births. Infant mortality is considered an important indicator of the health of a nation.
 Source: CDC, NCHS Data Brief, Number 23, November 2009

Approximately 30,000 infants die in the United States each year. The infant mortality rate, which is the risk of death during the first year of life, is related to the underlying health of the mother, public health practices, socioeconomic conditions, and availability and use of appropriate health care for infants and pregnant women. Sources: CDC and National Center for Health Statistics, 2008
The main cause contributing to the high infant mortality rate in the United States is the very high percentage of preterm births. One in 8 births in the United States were born preterm, an increase of 36% since 1984. Source: CDC, NCHS Data Brief, Number 23, November 2009

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in the United States is an estimated 78.49 years, which ranks 50th in highest total life expectancy compared to other countries. Source: CIA Factbook (2011)

Lack of health insurance is associated with as many as 44,789 deaths per year in the United States. Source: Harvard Medical School Study, American Journal of Public Health, December 2009
People without health insurance had a 40 percent higher risk of death than those with private health insurance, a result of being unable to obtain necessary medical care. Source: Harvard Medical School Study, American Journal of Public Health, December 2009

Bankruptcy

Nearly two-thirds, or 62%, of all bankruptcy filings in the United States in 2007 were due to illness or medical bills. Source: American Journal of Medicine, June 2009

Among the medical bankruptcy filers in 2007, most were well-educated, owned homes, employed in middle-class occupations, and three-quarters had health insurance. Source: American Journal of Medicine, June 2009