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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 14, 2010 -> 11:43 AM) In a lot of cases, you can't live your life without it. Really? Okay. Better get that government to step in and take over the car companies, then. Oh, wait a minute...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 04:03 PM) In order to drive, not completely required or else. Car ownership is not mandatory, either.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 12:42 PM) Progressives, generally speaking, would not be happy with a private insurance fix; they want a government-run plan available to everyone. And that still doesn't match up with what you were saying. Just like all of the dislike of Obama doesn't translate into support for Republican policies. Nevermind. Utopia for everyone, any time, any place. Our government needs to take care of that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 13, 2010 -> 09:36 AM) A majority are unhappy with the bill. That doesn't mean a majority don't want comprehensive reform; a lot of progressives are pissed that the bill doesn't go far enough. You've made this claim before and you've been corrected on it before. Most people want (yes MOST) the real issues fixed, not what they are doing now. And most people, even the "progressives", would be fine if the real stuff got fixed without the government taking it over or mandating pricing by health insurance companies. "Progressives" even realize that is only a fraction of the problem when they stop propogating the "government is better then the private sector" s*** we keep getting spewed out.

HUAANG THEM MF'ERS!

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 07:02 PM) strong retail sales numbers today DEflation?!?! Oh wait, INflation?!?!? Oh wait, hell no one knows. P.S. I can see lostfan doing this in his cube during the day when posting his rants on facebook.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 07:00 PM) fixed that for you Ok, that's pretty much a given. The majority of Americans do not want a comprehensive government bill. As I've said over and over, the bill is a government takeover of health care whether it's called "public option", "dumbass supercalifragiliciousexpelodocious screw you Americans", "eat s*** Republicans", or "Democrats know what's best no matter what". Call it anything you want, but people know enough to understand that it's a government takeover in a place where it doesn't belong. When the government MANDATES you to buy a specific good or service, it has gone too far.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 05:48 PM) what does that mean? That they are ramming "health care reform" up our ass despite a majority of Americans hating this bill.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 12, 2010 -> 04:57 PM) So basically, you want a short, bi-partisan bill that incorporates 100% of everyone's ideas and fixes everything all at once You aren't even worth the electric it takes to read this anymore.

It's a good thing that they weren't in a little smart car or something. That sounds scary. Hope they recover well.

Yea, I misread that. I was thinking Kal lost it.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Mar 11, 2010 -> 07:31 PM) Ken Griffey was a good player and all but he was no where near hall of fame caliber. Totally disagree. But I'm not going to get all uberstatty here. He's going in the HOF.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 11, 2010 -> 08:48 AM) I think I get your explanation but I look at the graph and try to interpret it for myself and I'm all WTF. It says whatever Balta wants it to say so he can support his liberal idea of the day. I'm kidding.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Mar 10, 2010 -> 07:57 PM) Yeah, they are actually referenced in the article. I didn't read the article... but I remember reading that a while back. It's a good idea and it can raise values enough to where people may want to come back.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2010 -> 12:30 PM) Not sure where else to put this... Detroit is falling apart, as everyone knows. And they are now looking into a dramatic idea to help fix the problem (one which I think New Orleans should have done): shrinking. The idea is to turn a quarter of the city - the run-down, hopeless neighborhoods - into green or agricultural space. Thus, they could focus what meager funds they have on fewer neighborhoods, to help them do better. I like it. See Youngstown, OH. They did the same thing.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 10, 2010 -> 07:45 PM) The part where you're still thinking the minority party represents the majority. Because they do in this case. But, whatever. I'm sure you know it all.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 10, 2010 -> 02:02 PM) Why all the sudden is the Census this super evil communist plot. I don't remember anyone complaining about it in years past. Counts are mandated, and most people are fine with it. The problem is the race profiling that's used to gerrymander the s*** out of the districts. But that's not new, either. That's a part of it and has been for decades. The poopoo hit the fan when Barackus the Great tried to move the census underneath the exec branch as well. That was new. Plus, it's funded primarily by the weenielus.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 10, 2010 -> 07:44 AM) That's not a reason to agree with Pelosi, whose point in this case is vapid and obnoxious. Vote for it to see what's in it? Seriously? That's a load of crap, no matter what you think of the bill or its parts. What this is, is a reason to be frustrated with the media. No it's not. NO ONE knows what's in the bill because they are still negotiating what they are going to do or not do. That's ok, though, we have to listen to Barackus the Great campaign about health care for the 1,346,234,365,356,457,927th time. Hey f***tard, what part of NO do you not understand? And ironically, the deficit is even higher then his campaign trips on health care.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 9, 2010 -> 06:47 PM) Because it takes resources, manpower, and money to do that. I guess they think it wouldn't be profitable. The government should step in and make sure this happens, for the good of the country.

We need to pass the bill so you all can see what's in it. -- Nancy Pelosi. What a f***ing joke. The thing is, I think she meant it.

I doubt Texas wants to trade Hamilton... next.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 8, 2010 -> 06:07 PM) So, over the week while I was gone there was a trial balloon floated of actually just trying KSM and his ilk in military tribunals, which of course remains a terrifically bad idea. Today, I got an explanation of why that was floated. It's another round of Lucy putting the football down. I'm sure this time, they'll really mean it. Yea, those blogs tell you how much of a great idea a civilian trial is, so that has to be the truth, even though our president already convicted our murder before he got convicted, oh wait a minute... Which set of Democrat double standards do you want to honor?

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 8, 2010 -> 05:50 PM) wtf? Does he even understand the basic concepts of court, criminal law, etc.? For the government to be able to say you're a murderer, you kind of have to be convicted of murder... that's the whole point of accusing someone of murder (This is the same bad logic for terrorist trials too btw, but I'm not going there anymore than I already have so I don't trip kap's bat signal) No it's not. There's no presumption of guilt. But okay, carry on.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 8, 2010 -> 06:02 PM) There's nothing complex about reconciliation for f***'s sake. There is in a way when it's being used for unprecedented purposes. But I'm sure this is business as usual for the Democrats.