ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@once: It's not arrogance so much as fatalism, this is hardly for my benefit"

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@britneyspearstears: Way ahead of you on the insubstantial dialogue."

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@Motoko Kusanagi: So, yeah, your original dumb argument (which was presumably meant to be a joke) is a commonly-held stupidity in America (where people are generally stupider than they think they are) and is likely to become a "hot button" issue in the face of universal healthcare because for every dishonest argument, there is another, stupider, more dishonest argument at an exact 90 degree angle that can be used to pivot the issue in a new and fruitless direction. So we're agreed!"

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@skahammer: I don't have much confidence in the ability of the Federal Government to isolate program costs and revenue streams."

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@Motoko Kusanagi: In all seriousness, if we're suddenly putting on our realpants here, "incentivization" is the single biggest conceit health care companies are using to FUD-up the health care debate."

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@allyzay: Right, you'd rather focus on the good like all those children and stuff that will be healed by universal health care because you view any attempt to point out the less rosy perspectives on the issue as some sort of affront to the greater good."

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@Housebroken(mostly): At some point we'll have to have a rational national conversation about how long people really should hold on."

ADismalScience commented on Let's Put That 'War on Smoking' On Hold

"@Brawndo: Imagine a Christian taxpayer subsidizing the cost of your abortion - not something he or she will be easily convinced to do, yes?"

ADismalScience commented on You're Invited to Party Down with Gawker

"@collegecallgirl: Oh my shit."

ADismalScience commented on Norway, Which Proved Last Week That Socialism Beats Recessions, Is Now In a Recession

"@Preopsician: Yeah, no, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, etc."