From: Jack Hollis on
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:32:28 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
wrote:

>It's hard for me to defend the worst president since Carter....but I will
>never agree with you or anybody in saying he is a dumb man.

Only a complete ideologue could ignore the objective data that Bush
was a man of superior to very superior intelligence.
From: MNMikeW on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:42:39 -0600, MNMikeW wrote:
>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:4b8dc0a8$0$4874$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:05:14 -0800, dene wrote:
>>>>> "John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:832ab3b9-3f3e-4d77-8744-
>>>>> a04857db0098(a)u9g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... On Mar 2, 1:47 am,
>>>>> "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:4b8c6a22$0$5085$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>>>>>> On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:37:36 +0000, assimilate wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 1-Mar-2010, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> According to the resident free market market ideologues, your
>>>>>>>>> situation problem is your fault due to choices you must have
>>>>>>>>> made in your life. For example, getting a medical condition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> you so don't understand, choices combine with the random nature
>>>>>>>> of the world to produce consequences. You can't eliminate the
>>>>>>>> luck of the draw, you can choose to deal with it, but many here
>>>>>>>> would rather run to the nanny state.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You don't seem to have thought this "random nature of the world"
>>>>>>> justification through very well. It would seem to permit every
>>>>>>> crime ever conceived of by man. Not to mention that there is
>>>>>>> absolutely nothing random about getting fucked by your health
>>>>>>> insurance provider.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ever occured to you that there are key portions of the Senate and
>>>>>> House bill that are screwing the health insurance companies?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But what does that matter. It's not your money, is it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Aw, poor health insurance companies. I feel terrible for them.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah....screw them and the millions of responsible, premium paying
>>>> people they serve. Where did you acquire this sense of entitlement,
>>>> John?
>>>
>>> Greg, us responsible, premium paying people are the ones getting
>>> fucked.
>>
>> And you will continue to get fucked under Obamacare.
>
> So you keep saying. You don't know that for a fact, though.

You should probably read the CBO report on Obamacare.


From: John B. on
On Mar 4, 11:29 am, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 23:32:28 -0800, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com>
> wrote:
>
> >It's hard for me to defend the worst president since Carter....but I will
> >never agree with you or anybody in saying he is a dumb man.
>
> Only a complete ideologue could ignore the objective data that Bush
> was a man of superior to very superior intelligence.  

I haven't seen that data. Can you tell me where to find it?
From: Dinosaur_Sr on
On Mar 3, 6:10 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 3, 5:09 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 3, 5:00 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 3, 4:15 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:04:35 -0600, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> > > > >>Businessmen are smarter than politicians.  
>
> > > > >George Bush was a businessman.
>
> > > > True, but he was smart enough to get himself elected president twice.
> > > > He was also smart enough to know that it's businessmen who made the US
> > > > the richest and most powerful nation on earth and it's best to leave
> > > > them alone.
>
> > > If we had left "businessmen" alone, we would not have clean air to
> > > breathe, clean water to drink, safe cars to drive, safe food to eat,
> > > safe working conditions, building codes, truth in advertising, anti-
> > > trust protection, equal opportunity in employment and housing....jeez,
> > > I could go on all day.
>
> > That is simply not true. Mining companies I know of have, on their
> > own, reclaimed the land after they left. Some leave a scarred earth,
> > some don't. To say that all businessmen are bad like that is akin to
> > saying all politicians are corrupt.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> On their own? How do you know they did it on their own?

Because a close family member worked for them. The idea was to develop
a method of reclaiming these sites that could be sold. It's called
doing business; responding to a potential market. It's not the same as
responding to the idle concerns of urban deadbeats.
From: Dinosaur_Sr on
On Mar 3, 6:09 pm, "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 3, 5:07 pm, Dinosaur_Sr <frostback2...(a)att.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 3, 12:22 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
>
> > > "William Clark" <cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message
>
> > >news:clark-8D24D2.09530403032010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu...
>
> > > > In article <MPG.25f8312054bcd8d6989...(a)news.giganews.com>,
> > > >  BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > In article <clark-6883CE.08091703032...(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-
> > > > > state.edu>, cl...(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu says...
> > > > > > > > Do you know how much of your medical expenses car insurance will
> > > cover?
> > > > > > > > Thank you. But, for the benefit of the hard of thinking, let's
> > > call it
> > > > > > > > getting hit by falling masonry while walking in the street.
>
> > > > > > > > There. Got it now?
>
> > > > > > > Fine.  If there is no liability insurance to cover the accident
> > > first,
> > > > > > > then
> > > > > > > one's health insurance will take over.
>
> > > > > > > If you don't have it, get it.
>
> > > > > > > -Greg
>
> > > > > > Provided you can afford it.
>
> > > > > Provided they are willing to give up unnecessary luxuries.
>
> > > > Indeed, I go down to the east side of Columbus and work with single
> > > > parent families whose homes are loaded with "unnecessary luxuries", like
> > > > Ramen Noodles and such.
>
> > > > You're a bigoted idiot.
>
> > > If true, they are on medicaid, aren't they?  They are also receiving food
> > > stamps and housing allowances.  So why are they *choosing* to eat Ramen
> > > Noodles?
>
> > > Laziness??
>
> > > -Greg
>
> > You need to follow some food stamp users into the parking lot. Many of
> > them drive new, (current model year) model vehicles. Not all do, mind
> > you, but many. People who can pay for their insurance will take the
> > free if they can get it, regardless.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Do you have some knowledge or experience to back this up? When I was
> in college in Boston, I worked in a grocery store in a poor
> neighborhood where lots of people were on food stamps. Not a single
> one of them drove a new car or had any other luxury items.

I've seen it with my own eyes. Do your own experiment at a local
Walmart. You will see the same thing.