h/t TPM
Or maybe a better title for this diary would be "Ouch, teh Stupid...it Hurts!"
I think this may be a key point in Sarah Palin's 'research'
From an Investor's Business Daily editorial 10 days ago:
People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.
Ahem...I present to you Stephen Hawking's Biography:
Stephen Hawking was born to Mr. Frank Hawking, a research biologist, and Mrs. Isobel Hawking, a political activist... Though Hawking's parents were living in North London, they moved to Oxford while Isobel was pregnant with Stephen...
Oxford is in the U.K.
But wait, there's more:
After Stephen was born, the family moved back to London
Still in the U.K.
Want more?
After receiving his B.A. degree at Oxford University in 1962, he stayed to study astronomy.
He "stayed". That means he is still in the U.K.
As for having "no chance"
Awards and honours
* 1975 Eddington Medal
* 1976 Hughes Medal of the Royal Society
* 1979 Albert Einstein Medal
* 1982 Order of the British Empire (Commander)
* 1985 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
* 1986 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
* 1988 Wolf Prize in Physics
* 1989 Prince of Asturias Awards in Concord
* 1989 Companion of Honour
* 1999 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society[44]
* 2003 Michelson Morley Award of Case Western Reserve University
* 2006 Copley Medal of the Royal Society[45]
* 2008 Fonseca Price of the University of Santiago de Compostela[46]
* 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States[47]
He currently still resides in the U.K. and is being treated through Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge which is one of the hubs for Britain's NHS.
It's moments like these that make me want to paraphrase Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis.
"I can't believe we are losing to these guys."
Pee Ess...I don't necessarily believe we are losing the fight. It just feels that way sometimes.
PeePee Ess...Nomination for Worst Person's tonight maybe?
Update [2009-8-10 15:25:56 by MLDB]:Wait...maybe someone has commented on this already, but the question must be asked. Is he entitled to British NHS benefits? Does Stephen Hawking have a birth certificate to verify he still lives was born in the U.K.?
