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What's a "Death Panel"? (Freep Wikipedia's Anti-Palin rant)
Wikipedia ^ | 11/13/2013 | Jack Black

Posted on 11/14/2013 11:35:50 PM PST by Jack Black

I have been involved in editing the article on Death Panels on Wikipedia. For those who are interested in Obamacare the original claim by Sarah Palin that Obamacare would include panels that would limit treatment to achieve cost savings and might be expected to result in people not getting treatment they need, particularly older or disabled people, seems like yet another obvious fact that the left cannot accept.

No where is this more clear than in the Wikipedia article on Death Panels which, in violation of Wikipedia rules is essentially a long diatribe against Gov. Palin.

I am requesting a good old fashioned Freep of Wikipedia for the purpose of building "consensus" among the smug, self-satisfied leftist editoral guard-dogs.

As you may know anyone can edit either Wikipedia or the talk pages. As I am not a destructive vandal I am not asking people to edit the article (at this time) but rather to read the article, and comment on it on the Talk page. The editors believe in consensus as the tool to set article direction. Fine, I believe there is a consensus that a Death Panel is a Death Panel is a Death Panel, regardless of who coined the term.

Here is the article: Death Panel.

Here is the Death Panel TALK page where, after reading the comments, I wold appreciate it if you would please append your own at the bottom. Keep it civil. If you have a WIKI login use it, but you can add comments without one (but they will attach your current IP address)

Thanks. I've been inspired by Matt Bracken's use of FR and Facebook to drive comments up the list, this is the same sort of on-line activism, and it is explicitly in support of Gov. Palin and common sense.

This is a sort of experiment to see if it's possible to make progress on Wikipedia using numbers, as it is claimed it should be.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; activism; deathpanel; deathpanels; obamacare; palin; wikipedia; zerocare
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To: onyx

Obama said it himself, grandma might have to take a painkiller...I paraphrase from poor memory


21 posted on 11/15/2013 7:49:24 PM PST by Friendofgeorge ( Palin 2016 or bust)
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To: Friendofgeorge

You’re right. I remember that Q & A exchange. It was utterly horrifying.


22 posted on 11/15/2013 8:09:56 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Jack Black; Admin Moderator

They’re on guard LOL!
A warning about your post is there from
[[Special:Contributions/68.98.132.96|68.98.132.96]] ([[User talk:68.98.132.96|talk]]) 23:38, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Admin moderator might find that IP used by a troll here.


23 posted on 11/15/2013 8:26:18 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: KC_Lion; onyx
A little push-back for that filth mouth and brain dead Sad Sack Martin Bashir:


MartinlittlePP photo Martin-little-pp_zps2e270204.jpg

24 posted on 11/15/2013 8:36:11 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: spokeshave

That creepy nurse in the full burka gives me one saving reassurance. At least she won’t put any hairs into anyone’s hospital soup.


25 posted on 11/15/2013 8:37:38 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Col Freeper

Oops, sorry, wrong thread, LOL.


26 posted on 11/15/2013 8:37:55 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: Col Freeper; onyx

LOL! That one needs to go in the FReep-a-thon stack!


27 posted on 11/15/2013 8:44:25 PM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: jonrick46

Not long ago there were 2 Muslim nurses taking a photo with a corpse and saying they were glad the guy died. JIHAD y’all


28 posted on 11/15/2013 8:49:01 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Col Freeper

GRAPHIC!

LOLOLOLOLOL

PREFECT !©

29 posted on 11/15/2013 8:49:36 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Jack Black

One of the guys that started WIKI who is now deceased I think is(was) a known liberal.


30 posted on 11/15/2013 8:51:21 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freekitty

No doubt, still they have rules and I am trying to follow them to get a better outcome for Wikipedia. I really don’t feel like I am driving an ideological point here, I’m just trying to fix one of the worst articles I’ve read on Wikipedia.

The behavior of the other editors is depressing, they are using little tricks to avoid discussion of the salient issues. It’s quite pathetic, which is why I’ve asked for help.

It only takes a few minutes to add some comments, I hope at least a few people do.


31 posted on 11/15/2013 9:13:10 PM PST by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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To: Jack Black

I know of one group for a breed of dog that was such a lie, I couldn’t believe it. Most of the people couldn’t even participate due to the head bully who also happened to be a friend of the deceased owner of Wiki.


32 posted on 11/16/2013 9:36:37 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Jack Black
I made the mistake of looking up Death Panel on Wikipedia, only to find an incorrect definition and a gratuitous rant against Palin.
Death panels refers to the IPAB, an independent, all knowing, all powerful board of mostly nonprofessionals that will decide what health care will be paid for. That in my mind is a death panel. Wikipedia references something else, apparently in an effort to hide the truth and pan Palin. While I had only limited confidence in Wikipedia, I have none now. The Death Panel entry is in violation of Wikipedia standards requiring that the entries be neutral points of view. Really a shame that Wikipedia has become a mouthpiece for Progressives.
33 posted on 11/18/2013 6:48:45 PM PST by CharlieFFoxtrot
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