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For those of you who keep up with the political TV news channels, the latest buzz is Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" on Health Care Reform. Rather than the typical airing of his Countdown show last night, the entire episode was devoted to Olbermann talking about the topic of health care reform, and more importantly, the preciousness of human life.

Now, it's probably good for the readers who don't know me to be aware of the fact that I absolutely despise political banter... especially anything that involves the "Big Three" of news channels. (Fox, CNN and MSNBC) Even more so, I absolutely loathe Keith Olbermann, whose paranoid tirades against the "other party" rival that of Glenn Beck.

But last night's show displayed a more human side of Olbermann, who rallied against the "health insurance cartel." For the first time I've seen on mainstream political television, somebody has finally come out to plead with the public that reforming our broken health care system isn't a political issue, but a human issue... a human issue about the value of human life before the supposed "priorities" of money.

Say what you will about how the health care system should be reformed, if at all. However, there is no denying that there is a serious problem in this country when people are dying because they cannot afford to pay for health care in order to prolong their life... a issue that the rich elite in this country never have to worry about. And Olbermann straight up admits that he can afford proper health care for his ailing father, and Olbermann also straight up admits that he knows that vast majority of this country isn't as lucky as he is. This is a kind of empathetic honesty that is rarely seen nowadays, and I give Olbermann a lot of credit for that.

The point where I disagree with Olbermann is the point of hope for fixing the current situation. He eventually goes on to talk about how to begin in fixing the system. The reality is we are all fucked. This country is putting its faith in health care reform on a league of politicians that were all bought out long ago. I guarantee you that any "reform" bill that happens to be passed will do nothing to address the problem, because the wealthy business owners that run this country do not want that to happen.

The first step to "fixing the problem" is not to put the solution in the hands of the people that put the dollar and their wealthy lifestyles before the lives of the people that "elected" them into office through fixed elections.

It's called futility to keep trying this way. It's futility to expect a corrupt system to regulate itself.

Hopefully, when the middle and lower class are shafted by the system once more when "health care reform" never happens on a meaningful scale, will people be outraged enough to finally do something.

Anyways, check out a video of Olbermann's rant after the jump.