James Randi does a fine service. If you find his site and tests productive, consider donating to the James Randi Education Foundation. You'll get a cool t-shirt and will help stomp out crap. Also if you order books from his site you can request an autograph in the book.
Boo fucking hoo. It's obviously a (bad taste) joke. Thanks to your lengthy copy pasta I took notice of the fellow's nick. Probably never would have otherwise.
Oh the services are available here, if it's just elective surgery and I'm put in a few-week queue I can opt to go to the US. Not worth it, the care there is expensive I hear.:)
I've read of HMOs restricting specialists. Maybe because some cost more than others, I don't recall the reason.
Interesting. Here the fire department has to try until the ambulances get there then they pass you off. In fact they're part of the same department now to weed out administrative overhead.
Anyhow, Ithink I'm probably not clear on what exactly it is that you mean by lost liberties; is it that you think I can't pay a doctor here out of my own pocket (which isn't really the case, there are private clinics)? Or that I'm somehow restricted in who I can see (again, not at all the case)? Or does it come down to being taxed for something I may never use (which is where I was thinking of the fire department above)?
Yeah, I was googling around trying to prove or disprove the quote and I came across something about this. As much as I'd like it to be true, it appears to be another unverified rumour. I haven't seen anything where Bush actually denies saying it, though. Presumably he'd want to deny claims of him saying something so caustic.
The government does NOT prevent me from making an appointment with whatever specialist I want to see to have a procedure done. Unlike the HMO system where they can dictate what specialists you get to see.
The only 'liberty' being hurt is the profiteering by the middle-man and HMOs. Doctors here make good money.
The fire department is paid for by your taxes. Their services are available for anyone living in a cardboard box to a $5M mansion. See Pudge, your government has taken away your liberties by forcing this on you! You should have the right to buy fire department coverage from the Kaiser Permanente Fire Department or the Blue Cross FD! When the call comes in, an operator at Kaiser would look at your coverage and tell the fire department how much of the house to save. It's the American Way and your liberties are safe whilst your house burns to the foundation!
heheh man this is too funny.
Same as the military; your taxes are paying for them. Why not go back to having militia everywhere? Hire the best guns for your money. Not many rational people would argue that the Military is glorified welfare (both for the poor and industry) anyhow.
Now, of course, I've taken this to a stretch. But in reality the fire department will gladly come to your home, save your life by dragging you out and get you to a hospital. The hospital will then gladly toss you to the curb after doing the bare minimum if you don't have insurance. It seems so ass-backwards to put the value of things above that of citizens' lives.
Anyhow, we're talking ideologies and those aren't easy to sway. Perhaps we could tackle religion next!;P
Sigh. You can claim all you want about how it is more efficient, but you cannot reasonably justify the claim that single-payer health care doesn't take away liberty. I won't bother to discuss this with someone who is so ignorant or dishonest as to make that claim.
Do you feel your liberties are being violated because you have a single-payer military or fire department?
Sorry, yes, you're right on the money about miscommunication. I realized (as I was upstairs cutting up veggies for the bbq!) that I was probably in error. Come back downstairs and ta-da! There's your reply correcting me.
I'm not saying that the.ca system is necessarily the best but it does guarantee quality care for everyone regardless of income. Most of the horror stories I hear about it come from US media (big surprise there).
Anyhow, have to run. It's Canada Day and we're having a family bbq here. Cheers!
pfff. No. It's eliminating the excess profiteering by middlemen HMOs (20-30% admininstrative overhead?! Ridiculous.) Oh, there are private clinics here by the way, don't say there aren't. In fact there's one just 3 blocks from my house which does cosmetic and plastic surgery. I'll take a picture for you if you'd like. It's not like we're bound to doctors and can't visit others (unlike the HMO system which in many cases makes you go to their own)
Say what you will about socialized medicine but the man who brought it to Canada, Tommy Douglas was voted as the Greatest Canadian of all time in 2004. Must mean a lot of us appreciate what we have.
If you really think the "right" to not help your citizens trumps the right to universal care then you're part of the problem.
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Funny thing. The first and only cross-site warning I've had with NoScript was on our corporate webmail site.
I'm going log in to your email and send your mother all the gay porn I can find.
That would be found in a tarball of your home directory.
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Repeat ad nauseum.
Not this tired old line again.
Humans and other existing primates share a common ancestry.
Telecine is used to transfer film to video. You're thinking of pulldown which isn't always necessary.
The camera info you mention can be altered.
I meant telecine. :)
Crappy cam quality. Can't they telesync a book nowadays?
Oh wait...
Oh, she will, will she? And this content comes from where, exactly?
PirateBay, of course. One of Sweden's national treasures.
James Randi does a fine service. If you find his site and tests productive, consider donating to the James Randi Education Foundation. You'll get a cool t-shirt and will help stomp out crap. Also if you order books from his site you can request an autograph in the book.
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Those crazy MIT guys are lucky that Massachusetts just made health insurance mandatory!
The G.O.A.T. (Generalized Occupational Aptitude TEST) determines what some of your starting skills and skills will be
At least it wasn't the Generalized Occupational Aptitude TEST for Specialized Education.
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Awesome.
WHooaaaaaa.... I was making a joke about young earth nutjobs :)
Honestly... why would I pay $700 for the privilege of having not one but TWO large companies dictate to me how I can use a piece of hardware.
Dell called, your new Vista PC is ready.
Boo fucking hoo. It's obviously a (bad taste) joke. Thanks to your lengthy copy pasta I took notice of the fellow's nick. Probably never would have otherwise.
Oh the services are available here, if it's just elective surgery and I'm put in a few-week queue I can opt to go to the US. Not worth it, the care there is expensive I hear. :)
I've read of HMOs restricting specialists. Maybe because some cost more than others, I don't recall the reason.
Interesting. Here the fire department has to try until the ambulances get there then they pass you off. In fact they're part of the same department now to weed out administrative overhead.
Anyhow, Ithink I'm probably not clear on what exactly it is that you mean by lost liberties; is it that you think I can't pay a doctor here out of my own pocket (which isn't really the case, there are private clinics)? Or that I'm somehow restricted in who I can see (again, not at all the case)? Or does it come down to being taxed for something I may never use (which is where I was thinking of the fire department above)?
"What Happened 6001 Years Ago?"
Fixed that for you.
Yeah, I was googling around trying to prove or disprove the quote and I came across something about this. As much as I'd like it to be true, it appears to be another unverified rumour. I haven't seen anything where Bush actually denies saying it, though. Presumably he'd want to deny claims of him saying something so caustic.
The government does NOT prevent me from making an appointment with whatever specialist I want to see to have a procedure done. Unlike the HMO system where they can dictate what specialists you get to see.
The only 'liberty' being hurt is the profiteering by the middle-man and HMOs. Doctors here make good money.
Do you think that is a rational analogy?
Absolutely.
The fire department is paid for by your taxes. Their services are available for anyone living in a cardboard box to a $5M mansion. See Pudge, your government has taken away your liberties by forcing this on you! You should have the right to buy fire department coverage from the Kaiser Permanente Fire Department or the Blue Cross FD! When the call comes in, an operator at Kaiser would look at your coverage and tell the fire department how much of the house to save. It's the American Way and your liberties are safe whilst your house burns to the foundation!
heheh man this is too funny.
Same as the military; your taxes are paying for them. Why not go back to having militia everywhere? Hire the best guns for your money. Not many rational people would argue that the Military is glorified welfare (both for the poor and industry) anyhow.
Now, of course, I've taken this to a stretch. But in reality the fire department will gladly come to your home, save your life by dragging you out and get you to a hospital. The hospital will then gladly toss you to the curb after doing the bare minimum if you don't have insurance. It seems so ass-backwards to put the value of things above that of citizens' lives.
Anyhow, we're talking ideologies and those aren't easy to sway. Perhaps we could tackle religion next!
Sigh. You can claim all you want about how it is more efficient, but you cannot reasonably justify the claim that single-payer health care doesn't take away liberty. I won't bother to discuss this with someone who is so ignorant or dishonest as to make that claim.
Do you feel your liberties are being violated because you have a single-payer military or fire department?
Sorry, yes, you're right on the money about miscommunication. I realized (as I was upstairs cutting up veggies for the bbq!) that I was probably in error. Come back downstairs and ta-da! There's your reply correcting me.
I'm not saying that the
Anyhow, have to run. It's Canada Day and we're having a family bbq here. Cheers!
pfff. No. It's eliminating the excess profiteering by middlemen HMOs (20-30% admininstrative overhead?! Ridiculous.) Oh, there are private clinics here by the way, don't say there aren't. In fact there's one just 3 blocks from my house which does cosmetic and plastic surgery. I'll take a picture for you if you'd like. It's not like we're bound to doctors and can't visit others (unlike the HMO system which in many cases makes you go to their own)
Say what you will about socialized medicine but the man who brought it to Canada, Tommy Douglas was voted as the Greatest Canadian of all time in 2004. Must mean a lot of us appreciate what we have.
If you really think the "right" to not help your citizens trumps the right to universal care then you're part of the problem.
Too fucking funny.