Here's is what the teabaggers are doing. Sr citizens killing themselves.

[johnnie]

Sorry for the subject line, but didn't really know how to put it.



MAYFIELD HEIGHTS -- An elderly man is being treated for gunshot injuries after investigators say he shot himself outside Hillcrest Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators say that around noon, the man drove his car into the ambulance drop-off area and stepped out of his vehicle.

Investigators say the man fired two shots from a .45 caliber handgun, hitting himself in the chest and wrist. No one else was injured.

The man is currently in critical but stable condition at the hospital.

Last Friday, a husband fatally shot his wife, then took his own life, on the fourth floor of the hospital. Mayfield Heights Police say the woman was about to be released from the hospital.

Investigators say there is no connection between the shootings other than the location and that both those involved in the incidents were concerned about the future of their healthcare.


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[Love Bug]

1. This is what hopelessness and fear does to people

eom

[OhioChick]

2. I heard that...3 in a matter of days. Sad n/t

[johnnie]

3. Chances are they read too much email

It is sad, and I think it is only the beginning. These poor people are being scared shitless for things they don't quite understand.

[XOKCowboy]

6. Or could have just opened too many envelopes...

containing hospital and doctor bills. Just saying....

[johnnie]

7. You may be right

I just don't remember this happening so close to each other and the mentioning of health care at this same hospital. And I've lived here 46 years.

[MerryBlooms]

4. Tragic.

I'm all too familiar with the horror of the desperation one feels knowing you're one hospital stay from losing everything. You can't sleep for the fretting and juggling numbers in your mind. There are a whole lot of Americans who are weighing the choices ... our health care system is criminal. Yes, there a many who will benefit from HRC and I'm relieved for them, but there's a whole lot who know we're still between the rock and hard place and being put out of the misery becomes more appealing. It makes the heart ache.

[louis-t]

5. Lots have people have died or been hurt or hurt others

as a result of listening to too much republican bullshit.

[Kievan Rus]

9. George Tiller, three cops in Pittsburgh, worshippers at a Unitarian church....

among others.

[zbdent]

8. For God's sake, man, and YOUR mental health ...

turn off Rush Limbaugh ...

[MadHound]

10. Not to defend them, but how are these incidents tied to teabaggers? n/t

[johnnie]

11. Just the thought that so many of them were freaking over the new health care

And then the story pointing out that these two incidents were because the people were concerned over their health care. Death panels and shit you know. I could be wrong, but I think it's interesting that the story pointed this out.