AARP Ignores Its Members

I got an e-mail this morning from my grandma about the socialist health care bill being rammed up our asses by Congress and President Obama, and being the good journalist that I am I decided to check the e-mail's accuracy by taking a look at the bill itself.

I started with a simple Google search for "health care bill." The top hit was a link to a story called "Health Care Bill Details" at the AARP website. Who would be more interested in health care reform than the AARP, right?

The resulting page consisted of a press release from the Associated Press with some vague (and misleading) generalities about the bill. No specifics, and certainly not what the headline "Health Care Bill Details" would lead you to believe you would find. The nut: the AARP supports Obama's bill.

Then I began to read the comments below the story. Check them out for yourself. Incredulity is the only word I can come up with that accurately describes the tone of the comments. I didn't see a single comment in support of either AARP or the bill. Everyone - EVERYONE! - couldn't believe that the AARP was going against what its membership wanted, which was to drop support for the bill. Many threatened to cancel their membership. In true sheeple fashion, even more said they were going to seriously consider canceling their membership. Freaking DO IT already, people! Don't threaten. Don't think about it. DO IT! Only by losing a huge chunk of its membership is an organization like the AARP that acts against the wishes of its own members going to et any kind of a wake-up call.

If you're a member of AARP, I highly encourage you to cancel your membership. Today. Now.



PS- As a footnote to this story, I tried other places to look up the actual health care bill on places such as the US House of Representatives website and the White house website. The House website is so poorly designed that its unusable, and the White House website only contained talking points that sounded straight from the campaign trail. No link to the bill. No specifics.

Why do I feel as if a freight train is being hidden from us, just before it runs us over when we look the other way?