From: bknight on
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:49:57 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>In article <c15qo558ie66bl573dplq6jv2p2p2nui3d(a)4ax.com>,
>bknight(a)conramp.net says...

>> >You saw, in 2009, how the individual took control and banded together to
>> >form an organization that put the government on notice and had a
>> >dramatic effect on a major piece of legislation.
>>
>> Effect, maybe. An individual making a change. NO.
>
>You think too small.

Maybe, but that's better than not thinking at all, at which you're
more than adept.

BK

From: bknight on
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 19:52:07 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>In article <de5qo558v2s0d5n5altsecqhq3251hgod4(a)4ax.com>,
>bknight(a)conramp.net says...
>> >> I don't question that. Bert's analogy is personal theft, where there
>> >> is but one victim that has to bear the full brunt. Hyperbole like
>> >> this, to bolster an ideology, is idiotic.
>> >
>> >Group theft is ok? If I rob a room full of people then everything is ok.
>> >
>> You're an idiot, and not to be taken seriously.
>
>You are just upset that you pissed on the floor and I made you step in
>it.
Dream on. You're an idiot, and not to be taken seriously.


BK
From: bknight on
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:40:50 -0500, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 22:58:40 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
>wrote:
>
>>"Jack Hollis" <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>>news:n3poo5tf84cgrq3thqfv8si7uj2nvlvnbd(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:18:19 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >It's a knee jerk reaction to the "guaranteed issue" element of Senate and
>>> >House Bill. Insurance companies are not a charity. They have statutary
>>> >reserves to protect. I'm worried that Anthem's measure is a prelude of
>>> >what's coming.
>>>
>>> The companies know that guaranteed issue will mainly effect the
>>> individual market. The smart companies will get out of the market
>>> entirely.
>>
>>And they will.....
>
>Businessmen are smarter than politicians.

George Bush was a businessman.

QED

BK
From: Carbon on
On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:32:13 -0500, BAR wrote:
> In article <4b8db9c5$0$4880$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
>> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:52:07 -0500, BAR wrote:
>>> In article <de5qo558v2s0d5n5altsecqhq3251hgod4(a)4ax.com>,
>>> bknight(a)conramp.net says...
>>>>
>>>>> Group theft is ok? If I rob a room full of people then everything
>>>>> is ok.
>>>>
>>>> You're an idiot, and not to be taken seriously.
>>>
>>> You are just upset that you pissed on the floor and I made you step
>>> in it.
>>
>> No you didn't. You made a ridiculous claim--one of many--and got
>> called on it.
>
> Yes I did. You make ridiculous claims all the time.

I don't believe you're stupid exactly, but somehow you never seem to
understand when you've been made to look foolish.
From: Jim Lovejoy on
Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2002(a)att.net> wrote in
news:4e30902b-10c7-47fc-b0c3-91542b13d682(a)t34g2000prm.googlegroups.com:

> On Mar 1, 7:09�pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:57:20 -0800 (PST), Dinosaur_Sr
>>
>> <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
>> >> Agreed, but it works both ways. If someone loses their job and
>> >> needs to buy a private insurance policy, insurance cos. shouldn't
>> >> be allowed to turn them down because of the state of their health.
>>
>> >No problem. The question is, who is going to pay for it? The clear
>> >consensus in the US is that ordinary working people feel they pay
>> >too much to the govt, and they don't want to pay any more, in fact,
>> >they want to pay less.
>>
>> Who pays for it now? �
>>
>> (We do).
>
> True...but it is pretty clear we don't want to pay any more.

And it's equally clear that you don't want to pay any less.