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Marty L asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

How Long Will It Take My Uncle To Recover?

My Uncle Sam was infected with a small tumor in 1978,

but it was eliminated in 1982 before it could do much damage.

He then went through an eight year recovery period were he grew healthier and stronger in every way.

But then a more damaging and virulent form of the same kind of tumor came back in 2000.

There was a possibility of eradicating the cancer right then,

but unfortunately our options were nullified by a court judgment.

Then we could have gotten rid of the infection again in 2004,

but some of us were afraid, so we again failed to help Uncle Sam get better.

The debilitating effects of this lump over the last four years have gotten much worse.

This tumor has considerably weakened my Uncle Sam’s constitution.

The disease has wasted lots of money.

The good news is that this cancer will finally be removed on January 20, 2009.

How long will the recovery take?

All of us who truly love Uncle Sam now have hope for the future!

Update:

***When I read Sass I figured that because the answer is so negative and insulting toward George Bush that no Republicans would give the response a Thumbs Up, but because the answer is so super pro McCain that no Democrates would give the response a Thumbs Up.

To my surprise Sass's response leads all other answers with Thumbs Up.

Move over Barack Obama, perhaps George W. Bush is truly the Great Uniter. He seems to have united the Conservatives and Liberals and united the whole world in their common distain for him.

Update 2:

***When I read Sass I figured that because the answer is so negative and insulting toward George Bush that no Republicans would give the response a Thumbs Up, but because the answer is so super pro McCain that no Democrates would give the response a Thumbs Up.

To my surprise Sass's response leads all other answers with Thumbs Up.

Move over Barack Obama, perhaps George W. Bush is truly the Great Uniter. He seems to have united the Conservatives and Liberals and united the whole world in their common distain for him.

Update 3:

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Dr. Obama is offering hope for your uncle's fate, and yet there are those who don't believe in hope.

    Your uncle's people have become so discouraged by the state of things that they've forgotten how to hope and believe in the possibility for a positive outcome.

    Dr. Obama is suggesting a course of treatment that begins with visualizing the healing that your uncle needs, and changing the negative thinking.

    This positive change can begin when your uncle’s people place their trust in Dr. Obama, and not continue to allow the quacks who are responsible for the worsening of his condition to remain in charge.

    By placing their trust in Dr. Obama, your Uncle Sam will begin to feel an improvement in all of the issues that have been causing his demise.

  • 1 decade ago

    Unfortunally the cancer has been spreading and mulitplying from the inception of his constitution. The procedure that is to be performed on January 20,2009 will not rid the constitution of the cancer, for it will take a more radical procedure to remove the true illness that has weakened Uncle Sam's constitution. Not even a quick fix such as January 20, 2009 will have the much needed results that we seek. Unless everyone in Uncle Sam's house is willing to work together the recovery may be very long and slow.

  • 1 decade ago

    Maybe I am reading too much into this (just left the philosophy section) but is this a metaphor? wait analogy? not an english major.

    Ok yeah read it again I see what you are getting at.

    Let me say I love uncle sam too but I think it is going to take a lot of work from the people that love him too. Those people need to take some responsibility and stop waiting on the doctors to cure him.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't get the 1978-1982 reference, maybe because I was too young at the time. That would have been both part of both Carter's and Reagan's term. What exactly changed in 1982?

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  • Sass
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    In High School chemistry I learn that ‘Like dissolves like”

    That means a water-based solvent dissolves a water based stain,

    and an oil based solvent removes an oil based stain.

    Republican John McCain is the best person to remove the George Bush stain.

    A Republican President will best make up for the atrocities of the Cheney and Bush reign of corruption and incompetence.

    McCain is intelligent while Bush is an imbecile

    McCain is honorable while Bush is a liar.

    McCain is competent while Bush is a buffoon.

    McCain is the answer while Bush is the problem.

    McCain can restore the Republican party back to where it can be, where it should be, where it will be!

    McCain ‘08

  • 1 decade ago

    That's great to hear that his cancer will be gone in January. Problem is, sometimes they think they get all the cancer when they remove tumors, but sometimes they don't really get it all.

    And the cancer could come back too. So your uncle needs to always watch for it

    Source(s): he's my uncle too
  • 1 decade ago

    I expect a full recovery for our uncle if the right person is elected. But this cancer didn't show up overnight and it will not be eradicated overnight either. We just have to pray for the best.

    Source(s): Damn Good Question.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    As long as the cancer does not come back in the form of melanoma we should be OK and recover sooner than most people think

  • 1 decade ago

    I am sorry.

    The cancer has spread to the point that it would require many major organs being removed to cure it.

    There was more than just the one cancerous tumor. They overlooked a lot.

    If the doctor that you spoke to told you that it was only the one tumor, you need to get a lawyer to sue for malpractice.

  • 1 decade ago

    A LONG time !! ... because your uncle has been under the weather, with tumors since 1933 - over 65 years !!!

    Over the years - 65+ - Republicans have had the responsibility of TRYING to keep the Socialist / Communist / Liberal / Marxist Democarts from running America into the ground !!

    Democrats have to recognize that since the 73rd Congress in 1933

    ... for a MAJORITY of THE LAST 65 YEARS

    ... Democratic Houses of Representatives and Democratic Senates have CONTROLLED the nation and the President.

    A TOTAL of 38 Sessions with Democrats

    ...in CONTROL for 28 of those!

    WE need to inform/TELL our political representatives that WE NEED TO PASS a Constitutional Amendment for the LINE ITEM VETO.

    This will keep the SPECIAL INTEREST GARBAGE from being attached to valuable legislation.

    If Congress wants to give the president that power, they will have to pass a constitutional amendment, Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens said. "If there is to be a new procedure in which the president will play a different role in determining the text of what may become a law, such change must come not by legislation but through the amendment procedures set forth in Article V of the Constitution," Stevens said, on June 25th, 1998.

    IF your special interest is SO valuable, why do you have to HIDE it in valuable legislation?

    So, with them REFUSING to PASS the Line Item Veto, in reality, the House and Senate have REALLY been controlling the country!!

    AND, with the CURRENT Senate and Congress having the WORST approval rating in HISTORY, hopefully we will see a LOT of changes after the general elections.

    A recent Reuters poll is out and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have pulled an upset: They have managed to make George Walker Bush twice as popular as CONGRESS.

    RECENTLY - - JUST 8% of Likely Voters now say the DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED Congress is doing a good or excellent job.

    Democrats generally believe in heavy fines for honest work, while rewarding sloth and indulgence.

    Do YOU think that people should be able to do absolutely nothing productive and get government hand-outs for sloth and indulgence - healthcare, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, STDs, etc. ??

    Do YOU want to have YOUR MONEY TAKEN from YOU and YOUR FAMILY to FINANCE these people ???

    .

    JUNIOR U. S. Senator Obama did NOT complete his FIRST term in office !!

    ... with just 143 days of ACTUAL experience

    ... HE decided

    ... that he DESERVED to be THE President of THE United States of America !!!

    .

    TAXES ... TAXES ... AND ... MORE TAXES ... are what is driving American corporations to downsize in America and expand in "friendlier" countries !!!

    .

    Democrats ... do NOT want to take "personal responsibility" for the FACT that the Republicans are ALWAYS having to try to correct the Democratic messes!!!!

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    Republicans ... have done the best that they could while having to try to keep the Socialist / Communist / Liberal / Marxist Democrats from running OUR America into the ground !!!!

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    John F. Kennedy, a DEMOCRAT, was sworn in as the 35th President of THE United States of America, at noon on January 20, 1961. In his inaugural address he spoke of the NEED for ALL Americans to be ACTIVE CITIZENS, famously saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

    Please NOTICE that it said DEMOCRAT - NOT Socialist and / or Communist and / or Liberal ad / or Marxist Democrat !!

    It means this country is only as strong as the people in it. It means get off your *** and do something!!!

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