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08/14/09
Any surgery on Glenn Beck is ass surgery.
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I'm sorry, just trying to sound that out is difficult.
So our justice system, which is overcrowded, letting many criminals out on the street early to avoid said overcrowding, that incarcerates many millions of minor offenses for lass than an ounce of marijuana per year, THAT lets out wife abusers and street thugs to lock up these 'drug offenders,' THAT is the last industrialized nation to still have the death penalty, THAT is unable to prevent the highest murder rate from firearms of all western nations, THAT has dozens of cases overturned every year to new DNA evidence....
THAT IS THE BEST JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD?
I realize not all Americans have had the experiences I've had in living in many parts of the world and have a weird view of our home land (as they have no experiences to compare it to), but that is sad if you truly believe that.
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"Needs some work on the coverage side" is such a flippant way of describing the fundamental problem with the entire system.
And considering the growing number of Americans successfully seeking treatment overseas I'm not entirely sure that under all circumstance America is the best health care in the world. And we can also safely say it doesn't provide the best access.
I'd save the patriotic hubris for after we deal with the millions of people whose only access to health care is out-of-pocket payments for emergency treatment. That's hardly something to be proud of.
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I've seen several of these but this was the first time I've seen a compilation. Brilliant work.
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As to this newly-minted(?) nonsense about world leaders coming to the US for medical care: While some world leaders may get a procedure at Duke, Johns Hopkins or any of our world-class hospitals, they don't participate in our health care system.
The Mayo Clinic isn't going to suddenly become a craptastic facility just because we alter the way people pay for coverage and these world leaders are paying for their procedures, out-of-pocket or through their home system and aren't participating in an HMO.
07/22/09
I think this is the tactic of many conservative pundits like Ann Coulter, etc. And now it has gotten to the point where they are competing with each other to see who can say (or yell) the most combative and offensive thing on air. I think it's an act though I have to remind myself that it's an act for people who truly believe some of the things they say.
Funny story: A few years ago, Sandra Bernhard was on a small comedy tour. She talked about the first time she met Ann Coulter and how, before she was introduced to Ann, she had planned to rip her to shreds verbally for her conservative views, especially on gay marriage and gays having/adopting children. She had all her 'talking points' ready to go when Ann approached Sandra and said, very friendly, "I'm such a huge fan!" And gave Sandra a hug. Sandra B. was so taken aback by Ann's friendliness, she felt she couldn't possibly verbally redress her and they had a nice conversation. Sandra found it annoying/depressing.
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Whatever else he is, Glenn Beck is a toddler who was parented by neglectful assholes.
My toddler is more emotionally mature than this twinkie.
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Then the content fits the image.
The cognitive dissonance of an apparently well-groomed adult doing the same, is otherwise uncomfortable to have to assimilate...
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I'm a conservative who firmly believes that this is a disastrous time to bring in additional spending. I understand that politically, the stars have all lined up for the Democrats to push this through, but economically this country is still very fragile and we could wind up putting the Great Depression scenario back on the table. I believe that's a rational, non-paranoid point of view.
Beck will generally make a point like this by making an emotional appeal (he loves emotion) and then telling you things like stock up on larger sizes of shoes for your children, since you probably won't be able to buy them new shoes when their feet grow. I'm not making that up. He actually talked about buying graduating shoe sizes on his radio show one day.
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@misslinda: Thank you, but its a slight mischaracterization of what I am willing to accept. I believe that the current health care system is a disaster that actually kills people. However, I am not willing to accept a slapped together solution that also pushes us toward national bankruptcy just because there is nothing better on the table. In this case, no solution is better than a bad solution.
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If you claim the situation in Cuba, which is a planned economy under trade embargos, as the result of Keynesianism, you are arguing in bad faith.
In fact, this is so wrong, I am gonna call you a liar on this.
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In reference to Japan, have you ever heard of the bubble economy or the lost decade. Get back to me.
07/23/09
Ooo, Japan - country of the poor and starving - Oh wait. Do you really wanna bring Japan into a discussion of failed economies?
Japan can be said to be the strongest adherent to Keynes ideas, and its sucess speaks for itself. That their economy isn't all milk and honey all the time comes with living in reality.
Conservative=Keynes will be the end of us all! Poverty!! Starvation!!!! We must lower taxes. Lowering taxes is always right! Deregulation does miracles! Miracles, I tell ya'!
Anybody else=You know, reality doesn't agree with you.
Conservative=It does! It does! Random data point, see! Jackass!
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No one is reading this thread anymore, so let's pick it up privately or oon the next round.