Posted on 03/11/2010 5:51:39 PM PST by GOP_Lady
WASHINGTONSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursdaythe wife with a broken back and neckafter their minivan was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer truck on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, authorities said.
Reid's wife, Landra, 69, and the couple's daughter, Lana Barringer, 48, were taken by ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. Neither woman's injuries appeared to be life-threatening, and the daughter was expected to be released from the hospital Thursday night, Reid aides said. Mrs. Reid was listed in serious condition.
"Mrs. Reid has a broken nose, broken back and broken neck,'' Reid spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Lana has a neck injury and facial lacerations. Both Mrs. Reid and Lana are conscious, can feel their extremities, and according to doctors their injuries are non-life threatening.''
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Ditto that. Give them a wide berth.
When I was learning to drive back in the early 60s in hilly Western Pennsylvania, I was taught to avoid forcing a big rig to hit the breaks or downshift by cutting in front of him even if you technically had the 'right of way'.
If he was coming up hill, let him pass rather than turning left in front of him forcing him to shift back to low gear to make the grade.
I know their equipment is much better today, but I still give them the most room possible, yet I see the majority of '4 wheelers don't. Probably why some of the truckers show no respect for the '4 wheelers.'
Accident my you-know-what. He’s already admitted he’s a wife beater.
Lucky for them, they have the “gold plated Senate-only” healthcare plan.
If they had ObamaCare, they’d take a few weeks to MRI them, and by then who knows what condition they’d be in.
Also, Reid’s wife is getting up there in years, so according to Reid’s QALY (Quality Adjusted Life Years) chart, it’s a close call whether to provide medical treatment to her, or just “let her die” as Robert Reich says, to save money.
For the record, I agree that denying everyone medical care so they “just die” is cheaper than giving them medical care.
You know what’s even cheaper than that? If we all just kill ourselves right now, we’d need to budget almost $0 for the future. Just think how cost-effective that would be.
Well said.
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