From: BAR on 20 Jul 2010 07:42 In article <1435564869301314484.278002nospam- nomail.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, nospam(a)nomail.com says... > > William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > In article <pav94617bdmv0rsbtea028t1ed4e2f2i98(a)4ax.com>, > > bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:27:18 -0700 (PDT), dsc-ky > >> <Dudley.Cornman(a)eku.edu> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I don't think McCain could have done the health care deal... I think > >>> he would have done very little really and that may be better than O > >>> doing too much of some things and nothing of others. But it's all > >>> speculation. > >> > >> The major drawback to McCain was the heartbeat away from the > >> presidency problem we would have had. That changed my vote. > >> > >> BK > > > > Indeed, with any luck, she'll be front and center next time around. > > Well, she is no Alvin Greene. The Democrat machine has learned an important lesson. Only run candidates with the last name Aaron in states that list candidates in alphabetical order.
From: BAR on 20 Jul 2010 07:43 In article <k1r9469e2p32o4bhjpb4ollsaeiu4s38ch(a)4ax.com>, howard(a)brazee.net says... > > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:28:51 -0700 (PDT), dsc-ky > <Dudley.Cornman(a)eku.edu> wrote: > > >Is it really that clear cut.? I consider the health care bill > >oppresive. He had a huge part in that. > > How do you expect to be oppressed by it? > > It switched how we pay for the poor from higher hospital costs (passed > on to our insurance companies), to higher taxes paying for insurance. > > That's oppressive? That's hardly different from what we are doing > now! The poor should be paying for their own health care just like they pay for their own food, cars, cell phone, plasma TVs, ....
From: William Clark on 20 Jul 2010 07:57 In article <1435564869301314484.278002nospam-nomail.com(a)news.suddenlink.net>, Moderate <nospam(a)nomail.com> wrote: > William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > In article <pav94617bdmv0rsbtea028t1ed4e2f2i98(a)4ax.com>, > > bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:27:18 -0700 (PDT), dsc-ky > >> <Dudley.Cornman(a)eku.edu> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I don't think McCain could have done the health care deal... I think > >>> he would have done very little really and that may be better than O > >>> doing too much of some things and nothing of others. But it's all > >>> speculation. > >> > >> The major drawback to McCain was the heartbeat away from the > >> presidency problem we would have had. That changed my vote. > >> > >> BK > > > > Indeed, with any luck, she'll be front and center next time around. > > Well, she is no Alvin Greene. I think she might "refudiate" that.
From: dsc-ky on 20 Jul 2010 08:46 On Jul 19, 8:24 pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:28:51 -0700 (PDT), dsc-ky > > <Dudley.Corn...(a)eku.edu> wrote: > >Is it really that clear cut.? I consider the health care bill > >oppresive. He had a huge part in that. > > How do you expect to be oppressed by it? > > It switched how we pay for the poor from higher hospital costs (passed > on to our insurance companies), to higher taxes paying for insurance. > > That's oppressive? That's hardly different from what we are doing > now! Except the total dollar amount is expected to be more... possibly much more. And this health care tax/burden/what ever you wish to call it is not going to be the new recurring tax/burden/etc. dsc
From: John B. on 20 Jul 2010 09:26
On Jul 19, 6:39 pm, dsc-ky <Dudley.Corn...(a)eku.edu> wrote: > On Jul 19, 4:24 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote: > > > > > > > In article > > <05db752e-22da-4c95-91c0-c95b3d95e...(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, > > > dsc-ky <Dudley.Corn...(a)eku.edu> wrote: > > > On Jul 19, 1:56 pm, William Clark <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio- > > > state.edu> wrote: > > > > In article > > > > <b0f1dc13-3802-4f95-ab60-2868e5ab0...(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, > > > > > dsc-ky <Dudley.Corn...(a)eku.edu> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 18, 2:12 pm, William Clark <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > In article <MPG.26ac099effc188d498a...(a)news.giganews.com>, > > > > > > > BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <alangbaker-442F6C.15502117072...(a)news.shawcable.com>, > > > > > > > alangba...(a)telus.net says... > > > > > > > > > In article <8a8jvoFdf...(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > > > > > > "MNMikeW" <MNMiik...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > > > > >news:22d39422-590d-4b9a-8f8e-8e6a3152d2dd(a)d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.c > > > > > > > > >om.. > > > > > > > > >. > > > > > > > > > On Jul 15, 7:57 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In article <7860b860-9880-45f3-bed8-571b47fafa25 > > > > > > > > > > @w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says.... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 14, 9:47 pm, kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 13, 5:45 pm, Anonymous <cri...(a)ecn.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > GET HE DUNG REID OUT. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh man, would I ever love it if Reid was shown the door. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm no fan of Harry Reid, but this Angle woman is a wack-job. > > > > > > > > > > > And, Reid isn't a whack job? > > > > > > > > > > Angle is no different from Tim McVeigh, except that she hasn't > > > > > > > > > blown > > > > > > > > > anything up. She said the government should be overthrown through > > > > > > > > > an > > > > > > > > > armed insurrection. Do you know of anything Reid has said that's > > > > > > > > > comparable to that? > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > She didn't exactly say that. > > > > > > > > > > You know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment > > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > > for a good reason and that was for the people to protect > > > > > > > > > themselves > > > > > > > > > against > > > > > > > > > a tyrannical government. And in fact Thomas Jefferson said it's > > > > > > > > > good > > > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > country to have a revolution every 20 years. > > > > > > > > > > I hope that's not where we're going, but, you know, if this > > > > > > > > > Congress > > > > > > > > > keeps > > > > > > > > > going the way it is, people are really looking toward those > > > > > > > > > Second > > > > > > > > > Amendment > > > > > > > > > remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this > > > > > > > > > country > > > > > > > > > around? > > > > > > > > > I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid > > > > > > > > > out. > > > > > > > > > So she suggested that Harry Reid should be killed and you're OK > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > that? > > > > > > > > Is Harry Reid part of an oppressive government? > > > > > > > Clearly, no.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > Is it really that clear cut.? I consider the health care bill > > > > > oppresive. He had a huge part in that. > > > > > > dsc > > > > > There you have it - you consider it "oppressive" - others consider it > > > > not radical enough. I think you are confusing "oppressive" with > > > > "unpalatable", and there is a clear difference.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > So what makes "others" right? It's going to mean a lot of money out of > > > out pockets... at the very least. > > > It makes them right because it doesn't meet the definition of > > politically "oppressive". > > > -- > > Alan Baker > > Vancouver, British Columbia > > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg> > > Politically oppressed > n. > 1 The act of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power: "There > can be no really pervasive system of oppression . . . without the > consent of the oppressed" (Florynce R. Kennedy). > 2 The state of being oppressed. Something that oppresses. > 3 A feeling of being heavily weighed down in mind or body. > > I think it fits under #3... Aw, do you feel heavily weighed down in mind and body? You poor thing. Maybe you'd be happier living in some limited-government country like Haiti. |