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    gigEsmallsgigEsmalls __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    DING DING DING!! Is being moderate not a accepted format here??
    Hahahahahaha

    Look I think we can all agree that you're a douchebag but I also think that what's the deal with airlines not serving peanuts?

    Compromise is an awesome thing.

    Hoyer: Public option may have to go

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26335.html

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    iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

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    gigEsmallsgigEsmalls __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.


    Well, he can't be bothered to read the articles and isn't capable of providing a more than one sentence 'analysis' of what he's throwing against the wall.

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    Kipling217Kipling217 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    DING DING DING!! Is being moderate not a accepted format here??
    Hahahahahaha

    Look I think we can all agree that you're a douchebag but I also think that what's the deal with airlines not serving peanuts?

    I also think he is a small-minded troll, but what do they call the little plastic thing at the end of your shoe-lace.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    He's writing you, because you're either parroting back bullshit dishonestly or ignorantly. A reasonable person would have read that article, surmised it said nothing of heft, and moved on.

    You read the inflammatory headline and pushed it down the line BECAUSE OF the headline.

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    DuffelDuffel jacobkosh Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    For the love of God, people, don't bring up that peanut thing. Last time we did that it went over 50 pages.

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    iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.
    Did you read the article, or do you just consume your news via headlines? I mean, I admit that it probably makes you like the speediest newspaper reader ever, but it doesn't mean you've got a fucking clue about what the article actually contains.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    DING DING DING!! Is being moderate not a accepted format here??
    Hahahahahaha

    Look I think we can all agree that you're a douchebag but I also think that what's the deal with airlines not serving peanuts?

    I also think he is a small-minded troll, but what do they call the little plastic thing at the end of your shoe-lace.

    aiglettes...

    I'll take 'Worthless Trivia That Im Ashamed to Know for $300'

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    gigEsmallsgigEsmalls __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.
    Did you read the article, or do you just consume your news via headlines? I mean, I admit that it probably makes you like the speediest newspaper reader ever, but it doesn't mean you've got a fucking clue about what the article actually contains.

    For those who read the article and support the government option. Does it make you feel more hopeful the option will still see light? When I read the article it makes me hopeful it won't but will still see moderate HC reform.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

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    Richard_DastardlyRichard_Dastardly Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?
    You say it like it's a bad thing that's polarizing our nation and making rational discussion impossible.

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    Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Kipling217 wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    DING DING DING!! Is being moderate not a accepted format here??
    Hahahahahaha

    Look I think we can all agree that you're a douchebag but I also think that what's the deal with airlines not serving peanuts?

    I also think he is a small-minded troll, but what do they call the little plastic thing at the end of your shoe-lace.

    Aglets. They're called aglets, and their true purpose...is sinister.

    Anyway, I think the Democrats should tell the Republicans to just go fuck themselves, pass a robust bill in the House and get it through the Senate via reconciliation.

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    QinguQingu Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.
    Did you read the article, or do you just consume your news via headlines? I mean, I admit that it probably makes you like the speediest newspaper reader ever, but it doesn't mean you've got a fucking clue about what the article actually contains.

    For those who read the article and support the government option. Does it make you feel more hopeful the option will still see light? When I read the article it makes me hopeful it won't but will still see moderate HC reform.
    Are you asking because you are illiterate and want to know what it says? That seems consistent with the entirety of your post history.

    You don't seem to grasp that there is a reason everyone here is making fun of you.

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    gigEsmallsgigEsmalls __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

    It's not all bad but there are fucking retards over there, especially Mike Allen.

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    enlightenedbumenlightenedbum Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

    It's not all bad but there are fucking retards over there, especially Mike Allen.

    Who runs the damn thing!

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

    It's not all bad but there are fucking retards over there, especially Mike Allen.

    Who runs the damn thing!


    That did it... my eyes are bleeding now... time to go get me some healthcare...

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    iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    For those who read the article and support the government option. Does it make you feel more hopeful the option will still see light? When I read the article it makes me hopeful it won't but will still see moderate HC reform.
    It makes me think "Hoyer didn't really say a damn thing; how the fuck did someone get an entire article out of that?" That's what it makes me think. He's caught shit over that op-ed and he'd like the shit he's catching to stop flying his way.

    It also makes me think that the guy who wrote or edited that article is a hyperbolic dickbag, but that's probably neither here nor there.

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    KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Deebaser wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

    It's not all bad but there are fucking retards over there, especially Mike Allen.

    Who runs the damn thing!


    That did it... my eyes are bleeding now... time to go get me some healthcare...

    I'll fix your eyes if you fix oil pricing. The real problem.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Hoyer: “We believe the public option is a necessary useful and very important aspect of this [...]"

    You're horrible at this. Thats a horrible headline.

    That was Politico's headline. Go write their editor.

    So you're unaware of the fact that Politico is retardedly shallow and tends to go fishing for Drudge links by sensationalizing their headlines as well as everything else?

    It's not all bad but there are fucking retards over there, especially Mike Allen.

    Who runs the damn thing!


    That did it... my eyes are bleeding now... time to go get me some healthcare...

    I'll fix your eyes if you fix oil pricing. The real problem.

    I'll fix the oil problem if someone prevents the lizard people running the one world government from switching the US from the 'Dollar' to the 'Amero'.

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    Is being moderate not a accepted format here??

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    Darkchampion3dDarkchampion3d Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    The article really says Insurance companies aren't gouging their customers? Really now??

    I have minimal coverage and I pay $250 a month for my wife and I. God help me if I actually get something serious.

    At least your wife has coverage. My gf has none but she doesn't think government should be an option. She did agreed with the John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO) op-ed though.

    So she likes having no insurance, and is willing to sacrifice her own health in order to ensure that our free market utopia continues to steamroll along unhindered for the benefit of the few. The system doesn't work for her (I assume she is a contributing, working member of society) but she thinks it's good anyways.

    How altruistic and misguided of her.

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    monikermoniker Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    The article really says Insurance companies aren't gouging their customers? Really now??

    I have minimal coverage and I pay $250 a month for my wife and I. God help me if I actually get something serious.

    At least your wife has coverage. My gf has none but she doesn't think government should be an option. She did agreed with the John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO) op-ed though.

    So she likes having no insurance, and is willing to sacrifice her own health in order to ensure that our free market utopia continues to steamroll along unhindered for the benefit of the few.

    How altruistic and misguided of her.

    I honestly just want to get a good summation of the why. She doesn't think government should be an option. That's interesting. I've seen a guy who doesn't think private enterprise should be an option. Which is interesting too. I've also seen a bear ride a motorcycle. Which is awesome.

    None of those sentences serve any argument for anything aside from going to circuses.

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    GoumindongGoumindong Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    For those who read the article and support the government option. Does it make you feel more hopeful the option will still see light? When I read the article it makes me hopeful it won't but will still see moderate HC reform.

    "Public Option" is moderate reform...

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    gigEsmallsgigEsmalls __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    moniker wrote: »
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    The article really says Insurance companies aren't gouging their customers? Really now??

    I have minimal coverage and I pay $250 a month for my wife and I. God help me if I actually get something serious.

    At least your wife has coverage. My gf has none but she doesn't think government should be an option. She did agreed with the John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO) op-ed though.

    So she likes having no insurance, and is willing to sacrifice her own health in order to ensure that our free market utopia continues to steamroll along unhindered for the benefit of the few.

    How altruistic and misguided of her.

    I honestly just want to get a good summation of the why. She doesn't think government should be an option. That's interesting. I've seen a guy who doesn't think private enterprise should be an option. Which is interesting too. I've also seen a bear ride a motorcycle. Which is awesome.

    None of those sentences serve any argument for anything aside from going to circuses.

    You and government should get a room.

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    DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Isn't the entire purpose of the government option to provide competition to the market so insurance companies 'cant' gouge people?

    What the hell is all the fuss about? It seems like a pretty good idea to me. And also people are concerned about "oh god think of how much money we'll be spending!"

    ...Isn't insurance a relatively profitable industry? I mean...maybe I'm just entirely misinformed.

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    QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    gigEsmalls wrote: »
    You and government should get a room.
    Remarkably constructive considering all the replies you had.

    Let me try since you're apparently very sensitive: Why does your girlfriend think there shouldn't be a government option when, currently, she has no option.

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    TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2009
    oh good this is over. feel free not to make another one since anything you haven't said already doesn't need saying.

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