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11-22-2009, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe  I actually agree with your last sentence. Smith would be a better fit at another station; and Dobbs would have been a better fit at FOX. That brings me back to my question earlier: Do you think FOX will step in and save Dobbs from that slow sink into obscurity by giving him a job? | No, I think Fox is full up with opinion shows and all are very popular right now. I thought the Gretta Van Sustran was a good CNN pick up for Fox but due to the time difference I seldom get a chance to watch it. Short of one of the opinion people now on Fox getting shot I just don't see the need for Dobbs.
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11-22-2009, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe Well, since the Senate has just cleared the procedural hurdle to continue; it's time for healthcare reform opponents to accept that it's going to happen. Their best course now is to work on improvements- and stop wasting their time much like a man standing in the middle of the road with a speeding truck bearing down on him; get out of the way! | Do you know how many more "hurtles" it has? Here's a good link that breaks it down. Bruising Senate debate awaits health bill - Health care- msnbc.com
Looks like there are 13 more to go.
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11-22-2009, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe Well, since the Senate has just cleared the procedural hurdle to continue; it's time for healthcare reform opponents to accept that it's going to happen. Their best course now is to work on improvements- and stop wasting their time much like a man standing in the middle of the road with a speeding truck bearing down on him; get out of the way! | Wow, I missed this post, you and the far left all think this way but over a third of of the Democratic Party isn't even with you and your thinking.
That's like admitting that the bill is fucked up but the only way to make it less fucked up is for the Republicans to amend it and share the blame. Hey, I have an idea, the bill is fucked up, throw it in the trash and wipe the black board clean, send the far left outside to clean the erasers and let the moderates of both parties work out some reasonable repairs on our existing system. Let the congress demonstrate they can make something better and then the folks would be more likely to support them rather than what the Democrats offer... hey put you paycheck on the lottery and surely we will win. | |
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11-22-2009, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by yzerman19wingnut What's sad is that you support destroying our top of the line medical industry all because just a few lazy fucks don't want to pay their own bills.
Our debt will explode because of it. My employer has already stated that they will force everyone in the company over onto the government plan and that they will refuse to carry any insurance on employees if it goes through.
So I get to lose my coverage that I have been paying for years all because people like you want to offload your bill onto me. You're such a nice person. | First of all; I also have private insurance. Even though I'm partially paralyzed; I am not on Medicare, I have been self-employed for almost 20 years.I've made great money investing in real estate and MLP's over the years and made myself financially comfortable. I am not offloading my bill(s) on you- I pay mine.
But you are correct; I do support healthcare reform. Why then? Because untouched, those top of the line insurers have been shown that their bottom-line profits supercede their insuring interests.
Dropping someone who has paid his premiums(even in these tough economic times) because he has now been diagnosed with cancer? One of my reasons. Declaring that being a victim of spousal abuse is grounds for denial of coverage or a pre-existing condition for women? Another reason.Insurance companies dominating the markets in certain states? Another reason. I can think of more, but you should get my point.
Financially? Most bankruptcies filed in the last 20 years listied major medical debt as a main cause. We just cannot continue on this path as a nation- period. I know there are many who disagree with my feelings. That's fine with me. Your reasons are your own; my reasons are mine.
Where I strongly disagree with you is your assertion that everyone who supports healthcare reform is a "lazy fuck who doesn't want to pay their own bills. News Flash: There are plenty of good people in America who; like yourself pay their bills. One catastrophic and/or unfortunate illness has destroyed their hopes and dreams; cost them their home. I'm fortunate that this never happened to me, but there are plenty whom it has happened to. I'm personally offended that this even happens at all in America. Does that make me a bleeding heart liberal? You could say that; but labels don't bother me.
As I've said before: It's time to accept that healthcare reform is going to happen. It's time (way past it) to now decide on the best ways to implement it; not to try and block it.
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01-18-2010, 12:02 PM
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| CNN is not liberal, they're just awful when it comes to fact-checking. They have a bias towards laziness lol.
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01-19-2010, 05:29 PM
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| Foxnews needs more news and less opinion, especially since they repeat the opinion shows. Hannity tends to babble the same shit over and over and he is way too anti-libertarian. Bill O'Reilly is alright. I like Redeye the best of the Fox shows. | |
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01-19-2010, 08:26 PM
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| I agree with your opinions of Hannity and O'Reilly; but I think the host of Redeye- Greg Gutfield- is a moron. He reminds me of Gilbert Gottfried. | |
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01-27-2010, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by mikelew007 | Fat people are just big boned too I presume.
Weakness toward fact checking doesn't slant every single news story toward the liberal line just due to gravity. We would expect a standard deviation if it was just carelessness and the mean would be centrist. I'm seeing a linear path that follows the Democrat party line. | |
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02-03-2010, 07:05 AM
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02-03-2010, 08:12 AM
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