Given that we've had several approved drugs recently kill & maim a whole lot of people, how do you propose to make the current system both easier (and thus cheaper) and safer?
Have ta love morons who think that people who disagree with something or suspect it could be done better are automatically obliged to come up with a better solution or shut up.
Conservatives used to like having that kind of local control, where individual states got to decide what was important to them. Apparently, conservatives now believe we should let some other state decide what the de-facto regulations are in our own state. At the same time they're decrying federal regulations...but with the federal regulations we at least get to vote on the people making "the rules".
What crap. If I want to purchase insurance from a company in another state, it's my business. I don't need the morons in the Federal government OR the state government telling me I can't. And try to fit it into your puny mind that the Feds telling states to leave us the hell alone and let us decide for ourselves is not a power grab.
Actually, we evil liberal commie bastards have been working on this for a very, very long time Yes, you have been trying to pass the same damned thing for a long time. You'd think that you would have taken some of that time to pull your heads our of your ass and figure a way to do it right, instead of forcing YOUR version of Utopia down our throats.
I do have to hand it to you this time though...you just wrote a bunch of shit down and passed it without knowing what it was. That right there is reason enough to repeal it and tar and feather the morons who passed it.
First, don't pass 2000 page "solutions" without even knowing what is in them. If ever there was a complete dereliction of duty, that was it.
Second, take some time and effort to understand why costs are high. I suspect you will find the cost of drugs is related to the extremely high cost of getting the approved. I also suspect that a lot of the hoops they have to jump through are redundant and/or irrelevant to the safety and effectiveness of the drug.
Third, look at the current laws surrounding insurance...I can't by insurance offered in the next state even it it's a better deal than what is in my state, etc. WTF is up with that? How may other stupid laws prevent common sense courses of action?
The current system has come about piecemeal, driven by ill thought out laws enacted since the 40s. What we need is to actually understand what's happening before jumping in with hammers and saws and dynamite.
1. Import Al-Qaeda terrorists. 2. Provide them materials indicating that Webvention called their prophet a pig-dog who wears ladies underwear. 3. Turn'm loose.
Mind you, If you want to sell it in stores, that means doing or contracting someone to:
Pressing umteen thousand CDs, Design and print the boxes Design and print the documents Assemble the boxes, stuff them, pack them up and ship to stores that you have negotiated an agreement with.
Then setup a call center to handle tech calls (or at least an email response team) for the idiots who can't find their DVD drive. You will need to be prepared to accept returns. You will need to hire an attorney because when you don't accept returns, people will sue you. Then you need to hire an accountant to over see the books, including all of the cost of goods, inventory taxes, blah, blah, blah. Don't forget the website...hosting, design, database services, email services, etc....OR...
Quit whining and deliver the game to Microsoft, Apple, whoever and then sit back and cash the checks.
(Some aspects of creating and running a distribution channel were oversimplified)
Does not the Library of Congress make it a habit to acquire as much of this kind of material as possible? Isn't seen as a mark of success to have your recordings in the LOC?
And what will they do if they come up with a wildly successfully discovery? I suspect the supply of existing embryos will quickly be exhausted...then what?
PPFA took in over $1 billion in revenues from all sources in the fiscal year running July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Over $300 million of it in Federal funds.
It's big business and if I've learned anything from the Slashdot crowd, big business is Baaaaad..
1. We SHOULD be making P-51s because idiots with too much money and not enough skills keep crashing them. Travesty. 2) The B-52 will be getting an 8 Billion makeover from Boeing.
Now, if you become homeless because you are addicted to something, tough shit. If you overdose, we leave you to die. If you can't feed yourself because you are addicted, then starve. Have kids while addicted? Then they are taken away.
If you kill or maim someone because you were operating anything while under the influence, life in prison or death penalty, whatever...I don't care. One strike and you are out. This includes alcohol.
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Given that we've had several approved drugs recently kill & maim a whole lot of people, how do you propose to make the current system both easier (and thus cheaper) and safer?
Have ta love morons who think that people who disagree with something or suspect it could be done better are automatically obliged to come up with a better solution or shut up.
Conservatives used to like having that kind of local control, where individual states got to decide what was important to them. Apparently, conservatives now believe we should let some other state decide what the de-facto regulations are in our own state. At the same time they're decrying federal regulations...but with the federal regulations we at least get to vote on the people making "the rules".
What crap. If I want to purchase insurance from a company in another state, it's my business. I don't need the morons in the Federal government OR the state government telling me I can't. And try to fit it into your puny mind that the Feds telling states to leave us the hell alone and let us decide for ourselves is not a power grab.
Actually, we evil liberal commie bastards have been working on this for a very, very long time
Yes, you have been trying to pass the same damned thing for a long time. You'd think that you would have taken some of that time to pull your heads our of your ass and figure a way to do it right, instead of forcing YOUR version of Utopia down our throats.
I do have to hand it to you this time though...you just wrote a bunch of shit down and passed it without knowing what it was. That right there is reason enough to repeal it and tar and feather the morons who passed it.
Yer right. We should force them to work without being paid. Fits right in there with the liberal train of thought.
First, don't pass 2000 page "solutions" without even knowing what is in them. If ever there was a complete dereliction of duty, that was it.
Second, take some time and effort to understand why costs are high. I suspect you will find the cost of drugs is related to the extremely high cost of getting the approved. I also suspect that a lot of the hoops they have to jump through are redundant and/or irrelevant to the safety and effectiveness of the drug.
Third, look at the current laws surrounding insurance...I can't by insurance offered in the next state even it it's a better deal than what is in my state, etc. WTF is up with that? How may other stupid laws prevent common sense courses of action?
The current system has come about piecemeal, driven by ill thought out laws enacted since the 40s. What we need is to actually understand what's happening before jumping in with hammers and saws and dynamite.
He who regulates something, runs it.
1. Import Al-Qaeda terrorists.
2. Provide them materials indicating that Webvention called their prophet a pig-dog who wears ladies underwear.
3. Turn'm loose.
The sad thing is that many times, it's the mediocre manager that should be let go.
Ninety percent of lawyers give the other 10% a bad name.
...most Congressional Representatives and Senators are lawyers.
And this is why you shouldn't post while on Meth.
And since the majority of these people are probably anti-gun nuts, they would just be gatherers.
The ultimate "Hold my beer and watch this" moment.
On the one hand,
if you are up to no good, and you're smart, being boring is the way to go.
On the other hand,
he should have put it up for sale on eBay.
Poor Mods can't handle the essential truth...If you use someone's channel to distribute your stuff, you have to play by their rules.
Go ahead and publish your own game.
Mind you, If you want to sell it in stores, that means doing or contracting someone to:
Pressing umteen thousand CDs,
Design and print the boxes
Design and print the documents
Assemble the boxes, stuff them, pack them up and ship to stores that you have negotiated an agreement with.
Then setup a call center to handle tech calls (or at least an email response team) for the idiots who can't find their DVD drive. ...OR...
You will need to be prepared to accept returns.
You will need to hire an attorney because when you don't accept returns, people will sue you.
Then you need to hire an accountant to over see the books, including all of the cost of goods, inventory taxes, blah, blah, blah.
Don't forget the website...hosting, design, database services, email services, etc.
Quit whining and deliver the game to Microsoft, Apple, whoever and then sit back and cash the checks.
(Some aspects of creating and running a distribution channel were oversimplified)
Does not the Library of Congress make it a habit to acquire as much of this kind of material as possible? Isn't seen as a mark of success to have your recordings in the LOC?
Sorry, I've already reproduced and I'm currently PAYING for their college. Seems I'm paying for you too.
If I have to pay, why can't you at least pay back a zero interest loan? You think you are owed it or something? I wouldn't be surprised if you did.
And satisfactory grades damned well be a B at least.
And what will they do if they come up with a wildly successfully discovery? I suspect the supply of existing embryos will quickly be exhausted...then what?
PPFA took in over $1 billion in revenues from all sources in the fiscal year running July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Over $300 million of it in Federal funds.
It's big business and if I've learned anything from the Slashdot crowd, big business is Baaaaad..
1. We SHOULD be making P-51s because idiots with too much money and not enough skills keep crashing them. Travesty.
2) The B-52 will be getting an 8 Billion makeover from Boeing.
That's what FL gets for being a "Red State" I guess.
Fine with me.
Take all that and put it into a well diversified mutual fund (which have held their value quite well even during these times) over 25 years..woohoo!
The hard part is supporting all the current and near current recipients during the transition.
How about this? Repeal all "drug laws".
Now, if you become homeless because you are addicted to something, tough shit. If you overdose, we leave you to die. If you can't feed yourself because you are addicted, then starve. Have kids while addicted? Then they are taken away.
If you kill or maim someone because you were operating anything while under the influence, life in prison or death penalty, whatever...I don't care. One strike and you are out. This includes alcohol.
hmm...27 million jobs paying a million a year?
Wait, let's deduct $500,000 for the cost of the signs, so 27 million $500k jobs to change signs.
Typical Stimulus thinking.
I'd be a fan of making all these loans/grants distributed at the state level and good only for state schools.
The ROI for Ivy league schools in an educational sense is very poor.
Prestige != a good education.