[mardi59]

and yet they abort thousands of babies and spare a turtle

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Yes, it’s a nice story about how all the professionals used their specific talents to heal this turtle. Question is, how much did all this cost?

[SkyDancer]

Which was immediately scarfed up by a shark.

[smokingfrog]

Turtles get better healthcare than humans.

What a country!

[martin_fierro]

[dog breath]

That turtle must have great health coverage.

[Flycatcher]

When Andre was found stranded on a sandbar on June 15, 2010, he had gaping holes in his shell, the result of two apparent boat strikes. More than three pounds of sand were inside him, along with at least a couple of crabs, a raging infection and a collapsed lung. His spinal cord was exposed, pneumonia was plaguing him and death seemed certain.

Ironically, an Obamacare death panel would have killed him.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Its a nice story and probably we have learned a lot from experimenting on this turtle about scientific surgeries and rehab that may ultimately help humans or other animals...whom we still depend on for food.

For God’s sake, why would there be such a deluge of negativity.
I saw this as hopefully helping all medical progress and inspiring us to care for ALL the creatures of earth...not being sentimental here. But God has given us dominion over the animals, and to care for them when it is possible.

Yeah, sure, its just one turtle...but within this story is a spiritual message of compassion. Conservatives care about the environment too, perhaps more realistically, but we do have a reasonable responsibility.

Now, go ahead and flame away about how much money we spent and how people are sick , blah, blah. I would much rather spend the money on the turtle than buy another cell phone or HDTV for a welfare queen that doesn’t deserve it!

[randomhero97]

Wow, didn't take long for this one to get hijacked.

Sorry, I can't get worked up over abortion until entitlement spending gets wrangled in and cut big time.