Here is a perfect example of why we need Universal Health Care in this country.

We are now getting inundated with commercials for Ropinirole, a medication for Restless Leg Syndrome...

The Jimmy Leg!

They came up with meds for the Jimmy Leg! The years and money spent on research to treat the freakin Jimmy Leg.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not making fun of people with TJL, but this medication was created to make money. When medicine is for-profit, this is what you get. Jimmy Leg meds. More resources could have gone to AIDS or Cancer research...nope...gotta take care of those cats with the Jimmy Leg.

Alright...so we're not going to have Universal Health Care in my lifetime. So what's the solution. How can we get these pharmacutical corporations to work harder to find a cure for AIDS as opposed to treatment that lets you live with it as long as you keep taking the meds...or better yet, a vaccine?

Some capitalist pig is going to have to dump a buttload of money into it, get the vaccine/cure and before he unleases it, start buying stock in companies that make...I don't know...lube, I guess. Because when the vaccine comes out, people are going to be getting busy in the streets. Of course the spread of syphillis is probably going to skyrocket.

Cancer? OK, that's going to be a bit tougher to figure out. All the more reason for Universal Health Care.

Freakin Jimmy Leg...the name of my new band.