From: BAR on
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
In article <k1r9469e2p32o4bhjpb4ollsaeiu4s38ch(a)4ax.com>,
howard(a)brazee.net says...
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> 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
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
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
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.