NYT Editorial on Health Care Reform
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(Yes, another forum thread on this bloody issue, but this article is quite amusing) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25collins.html?src=me&ref=homepage[^] Note: This is an Op-Ed piece, not a normal article, so expect some heavy bias and hyperbole. Some interesting tidbits...
"Now, in celebration of the passage of the health care reform bill, the minority party has begun invoking a rule that allows any one senator to block all committee hearings scheduled to run later than 2 p.m."
That I hadn't heard of... Sounds like the GOP are being sore losers... Then again, if I had an excuse to go home at 2pm every day... Hmm... Actually, no... Then my company would probably find an excuse to fire me a few days later. Actually, my favorite line is:
"This could go on for some time. Meanwhile, feel free to remind Rush Limbaugh that he promised to move to Costa Rica if health care reform gets implemented. Once you’re done, you can go back and remind him that Costa Rica has national health care. "
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(Yes, another forum thread on this bloody issue, but this article is quite amusing) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25collins.html?src=me&ref=homepage[^] Note: This is an Op-Ed piece, not a normal article, so expect some heavy bias and hyperbole. Some interesting tidbits...
"Now, in celebration of the passage of the health care reform bill, the minority party has begun invoking a rule that allows any one senator to block all committee hearings scheduled to run later than 2 p.m."
That I hadn't heard of... Sounds like the GOP are being sore losers... Then again, if I had an excuse to go home at 2pm every day... Hmm... Actually, no... Then my company would probably find an excuse to fire me a few days later. Actually, my favorite line is:
"This could go on for some time. Meanwhile, feel free to remind Rush Limbaugh that he promised to move to Costa Rica if health care reform gets implemented. Once you’re done, you can go back and remind him that Costa Rica has national health care. "
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Yes, we know, Pillowpants... You're the only one allowed to have an opinion, in your own little world. Get back in your cage.
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Yes, we know, Pillowpants... You're the only one allowed to have an opinion, in your own little world. Get back in your cage.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)That article is written for the most brain dead of morons. This is the type of shit you read, it is no wonder you are fucked up. Barack Obama, who is so much more decisive and take-chargey than the old president, Barack Obama. And, of course, he was helped by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who is strong and brave and pure of heart. :wtf: :omg: :wtf: WTF :wtf: :omg: :wtf:
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That article is written for the most brain dead of morons. This is the type of shit you read, it is no wonder you are fucked up. Barack Obama, who is so much more decisive and take-chargey than the old president, Barack Obama. And, of course, he was helped by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who is strong and brave and pure of heart. :wtf: :omg: :wtf: WTF :wtf: :omg: :wtf:
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Way to completely miss the joke. The writer is making the point that everyone was pissed at Obama before the reform bill was signed, and now loves him for the same bill. Same goes for Pelosi. She's pointing out how silly it is that everyone suddenly loves the bill now that it's finished.
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That article is written for the most brain dead of morons. This is the type of shit you read, it is no wonder you are fucked up. Barack Obama, who is so much more decisive and take-chargey than the old president, Barack Obama. And, of course, he was helped by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who is strong and brave and pure of heart. :wtf: :omg: :wtf: WTF :wtf: :omg: :wtf:
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Well, if you don't like the reforms and despise the government so bad as you have said many many times, why don't you can leave the country?, why live in a socialist country?, but wait, there are only 2 countries in the world now that don't have universal health care, the US (lets see if this reform helps ) and North Korea (communist country)... where are you going to live now???, I know!!!! go to area 51, steal on of the many alien spaceships they hide there and fly to another galaxy, how's that???
I want to die like my grandfather- asleep, not like the passengers in his car, screaming!
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That article is written for the most brain dead of morons. This is the type of shit you read, it is no wonder you are fucked up. Barack Obama, who is so much more decisive and take-chargey than the old president, Barack Obama. And, of course, he was helped by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who is strong and brave and pure of heart. :wtf: :omg: :wtf: WTF :wtf: :omg: :wtf:
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
That article is written for the most brain dead of morons
So, right up your alley then.
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Well, if you don't like the reforms and despise the government so bad as you have said many many times, why don't you can leave the country?, why live in a socialist country?, but wait, there are only 2 countries in the world now that don't have universal health care, the US (lets see if this reform helps ) and North Korea (communist country)... where are you going to live now???, I know!!!! go to area 51, steal on of the many alien spaceships they hide there and fly to another galaxy, how's that???
I want to die like my grandfather- asleep, not like the passengers in his car, screaming!
He could just move to Somalia. They have very little government, etc. It's right up his alley.
That's called seagull management (or sometimes pigeon management)... Fly in, flap your arms and squawk a lot, crap all over everything and fly out again... by _Damian S_
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That article is written for the most brain dead of morons. This is the type of shit you read, it is no wonder you are fucked up. Barack Obama, who is so much more decisive and take-chargey than the old president, Barack Obama. And, of course, he was helped by the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, who is strong and brave and pure of heart. :wtf: :omg: :wtf: WTF :wtf: :omg: :wtf:
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It's amusing to me that if an article plays to your bias, and is simple minded ( i.e. doesn't use the sort of literary devices being used in the bit you quoted, which obviously left you very confused ), you love it. I understand that people like to have their opinions reinforced, but my point is, you can't even understand the opposing point of view, because the people who present it, are expecting too high a level of literary intelligence for you to get it.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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It's amusing to me that if an article plays to your bias, and is simple minded ( i.e. doesn't use the sort of literary devices being used in the bit you quoted, which obviously left you very confused ), you love it. I understand that people like to have their opinions reinforced, but my point is, you can't even understand the opposing point of view, because the people who present it, are expecting too high a level of literary intelligence for you to get it.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Way to completely miss the joke. The writer is making the point that everyone was pissed at Obama before the reform bill was signed, and now loves him for the same bill. Same goes for Pelosi. She's pointing out how silly it is that everyone suddenly loves the bill now that it's finished.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
Way to completely miss the joke.
Yeah, the article is a complete joke. NYT is a complete joke.
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
Way to completely miss the joke.
Yeah, the article is a complete joke. NYT is a complete joke.
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Nice comeback, Pillowpants. </sarcasm> You fail at life.
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Nice comeback, Pillowpants. </sarcasm> You fail at life.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Take a look in the mirror. You don't have a car, you live in a compact prison like city, you worship the government, you come "home" to a concrete a glass box where you sit around and make believe.
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Take a look in the mirror. You don't have a car, you live in a compact prison like city, you worship the government, you come "home" to a concrete a glass box where you sit around and make believe.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
You don't have a car, you live in a compact prison like city,
I choose this lifestyle, because it's more beneficial to me than living out in the middle of nowhere with a shotgun and a pickup truck. Get out of your parents' basement for a little while, and maybe you'd understand.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
You don't have a car, you live in a compact prison like city,
I choose this lifestyle, because it's more beneficial to me than living out in the middle of nowhere with a shotgun and a pickup truck. Get out of your parents' basement for a little while, and maybe you'd understand.
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Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I used to live in an apartment in a city. Not a city with big sky scrapers and ultra compact city blocks, but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together. I'd rather live with nature with a pickup and a shotgun. Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing, no cars, it really makes a difference. I love to shoot too.
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I used to live in an apartment in a city. Not a city with big sky scrapers and ultra compact city blocks, but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together. I'd rather live with nature with a pickup and a shotgun. Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing, no cars, it really makes a difference. I love to shoot too.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together
We call that a Town
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'd rather live with nature
Ahhh. Sweet.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
with a pickup and a shotgun
Eh? Cf. the first part of your sentence.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing
Ok, fine.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
no cars
Pickups don't count I take it?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I love to shoot too
And there go the birdies.
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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I used to live in an apartment in a city. Not a city with big sky scrapers and ultra compact city blocks, but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together. I'd rather live with nature with a pickup and a shotgun. Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing, no cars, it really makes a difference. I love to shoot too.
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Well I'd rather live in the big city, where 90% of what I need is only a short walk away, so I don't have to depend on a pickup truck and a shotgun to get something to eat. I don't have to pay for gas, because I only use mass transit. I don't have to spend time and money maintaining my house, because I live in an apartment. I'd also like to live near where I work, in an area where I can earn a much larger salary than delivering pizzas. Nature is nice, but right now it's not top priority. Maybe you should get it through your head that there's more than one way to live, and more than one way to think. This whole "Everyone who isn't exactly like me is an evil totalitarian socialist contradiction" is getting really old.
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What motivates me to do what ? To keep pointing out the flaws in your worldview ? Boredom mostly. There was a time when I thought I could help you to get professional help, but I now know you'll never allow yourself to be treated. So, instead, this whole forum is a sideshow, a chance to slum it and see how the other half lives and thinks.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together
We call that a Town
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'd rather live with nature
Ahhh. Sweet.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
with a pickup and a shotgun
Eh? Cf. the first part of your sentence.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing
Ok, fine.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
no cars
Pickups don't count I take it?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I love to shoot too
And there go the birdies.
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
OriginalGriff wrote:
And there go the birdies.
It also isn't very quiet.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together
We call that a Town
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I'd rather live with nature
Ahhh. Sweet.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
with a pickup and a shotgun
Eh? Cf. the first part of your sentence.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
Nice and quiet, natural setting, birds singing
Ok, fine.
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
no cars
Pickups don't count I take it?
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
I love to shoot too
And there go the birdies.
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
OriginalGriff wrote:
CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
but rather a crowded city with small houses cramped together
We call that a Town
So in Wales, you never see more than a few thousand people living near each other? ;P I bet if you go to London, you get all shook up!
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