From: bknight on 2 Mar 2010 22:01 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 2 Mar 2010 22:02 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 2 Mar 2010 22:04 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 2 Mar 2010 22:17 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 2 Mar 2010 22:35
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. |