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Fred Thompson just shot Ron Paul a "how's the tin-foil hat fitting?" look after Ron Paul went into his fiat currency is responsible for everything bad spiel.
Someone should make Ron Paul the Secretary of Crotchety Old Manness: he identifies problems ok, but should not be in any position anywhere near proposing solutions.
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The idea that your vote is a moral statement about you or who you vote for is some backwards ass libertarian nonsense. Your vote is about society. Vote to protect the vulnerable.
Fred Thompson is hypnotizing me with his voice.
He's just so damn folksy.
He might seem (and prolly is) a dullard on the political front, but he's a good actor. Did you see that little grunt he made in response to Ron Paul? He didn't say fuck all anything to refute his points, but the rest of the guys up there, and the audience laughed considering that a proper rebuttal.
So.... Romney's basically going "if you get sick, fuck you"?
Only if you make more than three times the federal poverty level, in which case, fuck you, because telling sick people to fuck off is an American tradition.
Wow, Republicans hate the word "mandate" so much I wonder if they think it's a gay male dating site.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
So.... Romney's basically going "if you get sick, fuck you"?
No, no.
You are required to have health insurance in Massachusetts. Required. If you can't afford health insurance yourself, the state will help you pay for insurance. Additionally, because everyone is buying in, the overall cost for each individual is lowered because the risk is spread wider.
John McCain: "Outcome-based health care. We give doctors a bunch of money to cure someone, and if they cure someone after a certain amount of time, we reward them. Move away from chronic care."
Uh, you do know that there are some diseases that we can't quite cure yet, right?
McCain redeems himself a bit by bringing up importing drugs from Canada. Romney jumps in to remind McCain how awesome American pharmaceutical companies are. Romney then checks his Blackberry to see if the check from Pfizer has cleared.
John McCain: "Outcome-based health care. We give doctors a bunch of money to cure someone, and if they cure someone after a certain amount of time, we reward them. Move away from chronic care."
Uh, you do know that there are some diseases that we can't quite cure yet, right?
Besides the fact that paying doctors if they more if they "cure" patients then you basically guarantee no one will treat the really sick.
McCain redeems himself a bit by bringing up importing drugs from Canada. Romney jumps in to remind McCain how awesome American pharmaceutical companies are. Romney then checks his Blackberry to see if the check from Pfizer has cleared.
As much as healthcare needs to be fixed, re-importing drugs from Canada is a horrible idea. It's not like the drug companies are stupid, if there are any systematic moves in that direction the only thing that will happen is Canada will stop getting cheaper drugs.
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GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
Now we bring in the lights for round 2.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited January 2008
Ah yes, immigration: 12 million answers and they're all wrong. (Personally, I figure just enforce what we've already got and see what that does. As for everyone already here, take it on a case-by-case based on how they've conducted themselves. If you're drug-running, bye bye. And also you're under arrest. If you're like the guy who came across and within a football field of the border saved some kid's life, welcome to America.)
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
What gets me is that illegal immigrants would pay taxes if they could work legally, as the majority of income tax is payroll and you can't dodge sales tax.
Romney: John McCain is a bad, bad man for saying anything other than "deport every single illegal immigrant in the U.S.". We should only deport the ones I'm not hiring.
As we speak, Tom Tancredo's feral howl of rage is echoing along the U.S./Mexico border because there's a GOP debate about deporting brown people and he's not there.
Another Reagan reference! Say his name once more and he will walk through a mirror and grant your wishes!
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Noooooooo
I thought he had taken his former policies outside and had shot them.
No, that was Mike Huckabee, who wants to take the IRS out back behind the barn and kill it with a dull axe.
He's just so damn folksy.
Tell me, is this a sign of the apocalypse.
I keep expecting him to tell Sam Waterson to ask for the death penalty.
He might seem (and prolly is) a dullard on the political front, but he's a good actor. Did you see that little grunt he made in response to Ron Paul? He didn't say fuck all anything to refute his points, but the rest of the guys up there, and the audience laughed considering that a proper rebuttal.
How is that working out? I don't know enough to tell if he was blowing smoke or not.
In other news, Mitt Romney's health plan sounds like the shit.
Only if you make more than three times the federal poverty level, in which case, fuck you, because telling sick people to fuck off is an American tradition.
Wow, Republicans hate the word "mandate" so much I wonder if they think it's a gay male dating site.
And Huckabee will save us all.
Paul's just there as a doomsday prophet.
You are required to have health insurance in Massachusetts. Required. If you can't afford health insurance yourself, the state will help you pay for insurance. Additionally, because everyone is buying in, the overall cost for each individual is lowered because the risk is spread wider.
This was more funny than it should have been.
No.
Huckabee is Satan, Paul will save us all with the power of bullshit.
Flashes of 2000 here!
Uh, you do know that there are some diseases that we can't quite cure yet, right?
McCain redeems himself a bit by bringing up importing drugs from Canada. Romney jumps in to remind McCain how awesome American pharmaceutical companies are. Romney then checks his Blackberry to see if the check from Pfizer has cleared.
What are you, fucking high?
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Wow, that's what's known as targeting your demographic.
Of course, followed by a commercial for Citgo talking about how awesome Venezuela is for donating heating oil to the poor folks in America.
Thanks for ruining my joke, commercial break.
Besides the fact that paying doctors if they more if they "cure" patients then you basically guarantee no one will treat the really sick.
As much as healthcare needs to be fixed, re-importing drugs from Canada is a horrible idea. It's not like the drug companies are stupid, if there are any systematic moves in that direction the only thing that will happen is Canada will stop getting cheaper drugs.
It's working quite well, which could have been predicted by how hard Romney fought it.
Did anybody hear the straw man Thompson threw at Paul?
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Edit: Damnit Guiliani, that's 4 times in one statement.
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Another Reagan reference! Say his name once more and he will walk through a mirror and grant your wishes!