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Why, no. You cannot force us to buy anything. Kthnxbye.
Monday, December 13, 2010 7:57 AM
WULFENSTAR
http://youtu.be/VUnGTXRxGHg
Monday, December 13, 2010 9:09 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Quote: Specifically, Judge Hudson invalidated the part of the landmark healthcare law that requires individuals to buy health insurance.
Monday, December 13, 2010 11:32 AM
Monday, December 13, 2010 11:34 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: I love the silence from the national socialists
Monday, December 13, 2010 11:36 AM
Monday, December 13, 2010 11:48 AM
STORYMARK
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: I love the silence from the national socialists. Quite refreshing actually. "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"
Monday, December 13, 2010 12:04 PM
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SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Monday, December 13, 2010 1:20 PM
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Monday, December 13, 2010 2:35 PM
PIRATENEWS
John Lee, conspiracy therapist at Hollywood award-winner History Channel-mocked SNL-spoofed PirateNew.org wooHOO!!!!!!
Monday, December 13, 2010 2:42 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Monday, December 13, 2010 3:25 PM
MINCINGBEAST
Monday, December 13, 2010 5:32 PM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: AURaptor likes this.
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: So here's my take on the ruling: GOOD.
Monday, December 13, 2010 9:06 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: AURaptor likes this. Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: So here's my take on the ruling: GOOD. Okay. Now I know why it's so cold here. Hell has officially frozen over. "Keep the Shiny side up"
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:46 AM
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:08 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:19 AM
Quote:The last time Congress debated a health overhaul, when Bill Clinton was president, Hatch and several other senators who now oppose the so-called individual mandate actually supported a bill that would have required it. In fact, says Len Nichols of the New America Foundation, the individual mandate was originally a Republican idea. "It was invented by Mark Pauly to give to George Bush Sr. back in the day."
Quote:But the "truth is this is a Republican idea." Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association, told the Miami Herald that she first heard about "individual mandate" in a Miami speech delivered by John McCain. That was back in 1993 when Republicans were hitting the countryside with messages to counter the health care reforms being pushed by the Clinton administration.Quote:McCain did not embrace the concept during his 2008 election campaign, but other leading Republicans did, including Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bush. Seeking to deradicalize the idea during a symposium in Orlando in September 2008, Thompson said, "Just like people are required to have car insurance, they could be required to have health insurance."Other Republicans, not to mention big business and the insurance industry, have also expressed support for the measure in the past, including Mitt Romney. As recently as last September, former Senate GOP leader Bill Frist endorsed the individual mandate, writing that as a heart surgeon, "the only way affordable access can be achieved is for every citizen to have some type of health insurance."Quote:I believe in limited government and individual responsibility, cherish the freedom to choose, and generally oppose individual mandates—except where markets fail, individuals suffer, and society pays a hefty price. Let's face it, in a country as productive and advanced as ours, every American deserves affordable access to healthcare delivered at the right time. And they don't have it today. It is time for an individual health insurance mandate for a minimum level of health coverage.Last December, Utah's Orrin Hatch claimed that "Congress has never crossed the line between regulating what people choose to do and ordering them to do it," yet the last time Congress debated a health overhaul in 1993, Hatch was among 21 Republican Senators who supported a 1993 GOP bill requiring an individual mandate. Four of those lawmakers remain in the Senate today: Charles Grassley of Iowa, Robert Bennett of Utah and Chris Bond of Missouri.
Quote:McCain did not embrace the concept during his 2008 election campaign, but other leading Republicans did, including Tommy Thompson, secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bush. Seeking to deradicalize the idea during a symposium in Orlando in September 2008, Thompson said, "Just like people are required to have car insurance, they could be required to have health insurance."
Quote:I believe in limited government and individual responsibility, cherish the freedom to choose, and generally oppose individual mandates—except where markets fail, individuals suffer, and society pays a hefty price. Let's face it, in a country as productive and advanced as ours, every American deserves affordable access to healthcare delivered at the right time. And they don't have it today. It is time for an individual health insurance mandate for a minimum level of health coverage.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:32 PM
DREAMTROVE
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:01 PM
Quote: And yes, Mike, there is all of that...which nobody seems to want to pay attention to. The idea seems to be to challenge it on so many fronts that it DOES go to the Supremes. And I think you're wrong. I think the currently right-leaning Supreme Court has a good chance of striking it down. I'm not sure why you think otherwise, unless it's that the profits the insurance companies will make out of the mandate are something you think they'll be in favor of. I much more see them following the right's example of wanting to strike down "Obamacare" no matter what. JMHO.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:15 PM
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010 4:43 PM
Quote:"The unchecked expansion of congressional power to the limits suggested by the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers." -Judge Henry Hudson, Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius, 3:10CV188-HEH, 13 Dec 2010 http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/12/13/va.healthcare.ruling.pdf
Quote:"The controversial plan was adopted by Congress, whose members admitted they did not read the thousands of pages of new requirements, limits and restrictions before their vote. It was a plan by Texas Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, that would create penalties of up to $5,000 in fines and up to five years in jail for anyone guilty of the "felony" of attempting "to enforce an act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation" of Obamacare, the president's plan that effectively nationalizes the health-care decision making process. A year ago, Wyoming adopted legislation pioneered in the state of Montana that exempts guns made, sold and kept in the state from any federal regulations. Then lawmakers attached a penalty of up to two years in jail or $2,000 in fines for "federal agents" who would try to enforce regulations that violate state law." http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=239193
Quote:"The most stunning statistic, however, is that the total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year. It is now evident that the American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US. Using Leape's 1997 medical and drug error rate would add another 216,000 deaths, for a total of 999,936 deaths annually. Our estimated 10-year total of 7.8 million iatrogenic* deaths is more than all the casualties from all the wars fought by the US throughout its entire history. Our considerably higher figure is equivalent to six jumbo jets are falling out of the sky each day." —Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD; Debora Rasio, MD; Dorothy Smith, PhD, "Death by Medicine", March 2004 (plus 1-Million annual aborticides in USA) http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2004/mar2004_awsi_death_01.htm "Harold Shipman, the British family doctor who murdered more than 200 of his patients to become one of the worst serial killers of all time, hanged himself in his prison cell." —Reuters, "Britain's worst serial killer Dr Death dies in prison," Jan 13, 2004 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1024925.htm UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (CN) - A man who was hurt in a car crash but was misidentified as a cancer patient claims security guards at Prince George's Hospital beat him up when he tried to leave the hospital to avoid chest surgery he didn't need - "to have a potentially cancerous mass removed from his chest." He adds that one guard repeatedly called him "bitch" as he roughed him up. http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/08/25/29858.htm 50% of doctors and nurses still don't wash their hands. http://women.webmd.com/news/20040706/study-doctors-dont-wash-hands-enough http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5375084.ece Nurses Did Not Wash Hands, Blamed for Deaths of 90 British Patients http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301482,00.html 247 Americans Die Every Day from Doctors not Washing Their Hands http://www.naturalnews.com/027981_doctors_hand_washing.html "He seemed like Superman, able to guide jumbo jets through perilous skies and tiny tubes through blocked arteries. As a cardiologist and United Airlines captain, William Hamman taught doctors and pilots ways to keep hearts and planes from crashing. He shared millions in grants, had university and hospital posts, and bragged of work for prestigious medical groups. An Associated Press story featured him leading a teamwork training session at an American College of Cardiology convention last spring. But it turns out Hamman isn't a cardiologist or even a doctor. The AP found he had no medical residency, fellowship, doctoral degree or the 15 years of clinical experience he claimed. He attended medical school for a few years but withdrew and didn't graduate. Journals that printed articles listing Hamman with M.D. and Ph.D. degrees are being contacted in case they want to correct the work. Beaumont removed him from a U.S. Department of Defense medical simulation contract that a physician at the hospital had obtained. Doctors who attended Hamman's sessions don't have to worry — the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education will not revoke any education credits they earned." -AP, Pilot duped AMA with fake M.D. claim, 12 Dec 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 5:11 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fremdfirma: Simple, abolish medical insurance and make access to care a fucking HUMAN RIGHT...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:06 PM
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:42 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Fremdfirma: Why cut our massively-bloated "defense" budget across the board by 10%. *snaps fingers* MORE than enough money right there, and the warfare-welfare industry would barely even notice.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 6:39 AM
ANTHONYT
Freedom is Important because People are Important
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:08 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AnthonyT: Hello, I wonder how much of the covert action and intelligence budget could be diverted. The original purpose of the CIA, for instance, was to get accurate information to the decision-makers and to prevent another Pearl Harbor type surprise. It has *almost* universally failed to do so, and the cost of failure has arguably been greater than the cost of the surprise attacks that the CIA is meant to detect. I think we can do a lot better than 10%, and in more than one area.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:45 AM
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:22 AM
CUDA77
Like woman, I am a mystery.
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: Well, I've been at work. Yanno, work. Maybe you've heard of it? So here's my take on the ruling: GOOD. Of all the things that were in the health care bill, that one just stuck in my craw. I have absolutely no interest in being showed into the corporate-health-care maw, and even less interest when its by law. It's not an anti-government thing, it's an anti-corporate thing. But you wouldn't understand.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 11:39 AM
HERO
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: If it's a "Human Right" then the recipient shouldn't have to pay for something that's theirs by right.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:51 PM
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 2:54 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Also seems that the pretty much complete absence of successful attacks on the U.S. since 9/11 probably hasn't happened because the folks who want to do so have decided to take a break for nine years. Maybe the intelligence community is doing stuff you don't know about - covert stuff?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:34 PM
Quote: And I ain't gonna get into that "Force" bullshit, I am flat sayin we ought to, all of us, VOLUNTARILY agree to fucking provide it, as human beings to each other - or admit that we're flat out willing to let others die for our own profit. Let us see what your true colors really ARE, shall we ?
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 5:35 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fremdfirma: Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Also seems that the pretty much complete absence of successful attacks on the U.S. since 9/11 probably hasn't happened because the folks who want to do so have decided to take a break for nine years. Maybe the intelligence community is doing stuff you don't know about - covert stuff? Oh yes, and cherry trees repel elephants too, didn't you know - look, there's the proof, no elephants at site three! I put off to you that my argument is no less ludicrous than yours, Geeze. -F
Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:15 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Fremdfirma: You wanna talk ethics and morality, fine, we'll talk ethics and morality - you wanna talk economics, we'll talk economics...
Quote:But for a fact, to withhold care cause someone is poor is an inhumane act, and I don't give a fuck what your justifications are - although I will probably be grimly amused, in a black humor sorta way, to watch you try.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:17 AM
Thursday, December 16, 2010 7:09 AM
Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:33 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Wulfenstar: You no longer have power here. lol
Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:37 AM
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