I think you're just lumping all the right wing concepts into one pot and calling it the Tea Party. It would be like calling all democrats homosexuals. Also, a true conservative republican wouldn't approve at all of the Patriot Act, for exactly the same reason they oppose Obamacare.
You forgot the rest of the Retardican platform "and be a white male" portion of that. Fortunately, we've progressed beyond the days when racist neanderthals like you were in charge, though your temper tantrums occasionally make life hell for the rest of the country.
Hello AC.
Every single time anyone challenges the liberals on Slashdot, the response eventually ends being childish name calling. It must be the best you people can do.
Every state issues IDs that are not also a drivers license. This is necessary for many other things than just voting. How else would these disenfranchised people you mention board an airplane or cash a check? Having a state issued identification is a simple and easy requirement for voting. This is not singling out or excluding any demographic.
Who cares if the VA card is federally issued? So is my DoD badge, and I can't use that as ID for voting. Elections are state run. And every active military or veteran I know wouldn't ever for for a democrat.
I think someone should have to either pay taxes, run a business, or own property to be able to vote. It's really easy to vote to spend someone else's money when you don't have any skin in the game.
More likely you reach orbit and see this message pop up on a display:
"The kernel in Space Ship version 0.2 beta (Obnoxious Orangutan) does not provide the driver for your Oxygen regulator. Due to copyright restrictions, you will be unable to use your Oxygen regulator at this time. Developers will not be willing or even able to assist you in resolving your issues. "
There's a range for optimum fertility, and the cave man in me knows exactly what it is. Emaciated fashion models aren't likely to produce healthy offspring. Obese women will have more difficulty conceiving. If a woman wants to know what a man is attracted to, put down the Victoria's Secret catalog and look at a mens magazine. Those models are not skinny!
My wife is pregnant and starting to show it and my inner cave man thinks she's so HOT!
Thanks for the "self-propelled coat-hanger" quote. I'm using that next time I see her browsing a fashion catalog.
My PHB decided that all underlings are to have MS Office Communicator running at all times. I know damn well there are easy tools to gather metrics on how long you're logged in and how long the screen saver is active. It's a cubicle farm. We don't need IM for any other reason.
If someone told me they pray to the tooth fairy, I'd smile and hope that it brings them peace and happiness. There are a lot of atheists here that could use a deity to teach them not to be an asshole.
Exactly. Pixar films are entirely CGI, and I don't hear anyone calling them soulless or lifeless. Not even the Cars films.
But hating on CGI is an unfortunate geek trope.
Remember Chatter Telephone in Toy Story 3? It was a CGI plastic rotary telephone on wheels, and it had more personality than ANY character in the new Star Wars movies. So, yeah, if they'd replaced all the Star Wars CGI with models, it still would have sucked just as much.
What you're describing I believe goes beyond the title of "helpdesk".
There is a way to make 6 figures as a phone helpdesk drone - Be the flamboyantly gay live in "domestic partner" of a VP of the company. At least that's how it worked at my last company. Sometimes I felt like I was taking it in the ass for that company. He just took it one step further. It worked, too. He had a corner office and a $100k Mercedes and all he had to do was troubleshoot a wireless appliance by phone for half the day.
It's about a hundred bucks to go to a typical doctors office. Possibly less if you shop around and negotiate. And my local grocery store pharmacy offers diabetes medications for free.
Other nations with socialized health care also fix prices. Whether that's right or wrong (it's wrong), that is not the objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It is simply pumping more money into the system. Just like what student loans have done to tuition prices, pumping money in without solving the problem will just make health care more expensive than it already is.
If insurance covered catastrophic illness only, people would have the incentive to shop around for general care and find the best value for their money. Doctors would have the incentive to compete among each other for price and value.
I think they inflate those charges for the non-insured because they know they're not getting paid anyways and they can write off the losses from their income. If you tell a provider up front that you're not insured and you'll be paying in cash, they'll give you the same rate they give to insurance companies. But you do need to tell them up front.
Also, the in-network vs. out-of-network arrangement does bring in extra business to a provider willing to negotiate a discount with an insurance company, so it's in both parties best interest.
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Where did I say I was a Republican?
So... you're saying that these are all pretend Republicans?
Yes, that is what I am saying. And the fake Democrat in office signed it.
Well, yeah. But I'll continue to vote for the crook I think will steal from me less, and otherwise come to Slashdot to complain about everything.
I think you're just lumping all the right wing concepts into one pot and calling it the Tea Party. It would be like calling all democrats homosexuals. Also, a true conservative republican wouldn't approve at all of the Patriot Act, for exactly the same reason they oppose Obamacare.
You forgot the rest of the Retardican platform "and be a white male" portion of that. Fortunately, we've progressed beyond the days when racist neanderthals like you were in charge, though your temper tantrums occasionally make life hell for the rest of the country.
Hello AC.
Every single time anyone challenges the liberals on Slashdot, the response eventually ends being childish name calling. It must be the best you people can do.
Every state issues IDs that are not also a drivers license. This is necessary for many other things than just voting. How else would these disenfranchised people you mention board an airplane or cash a check? Having a state issued identification is a simple and easy requirement for voting. This is not singling out or excluding any demographic.
Who cares if the VA card is federally issued? So is my DoD badge, and I can't use that as ID for voting. Elections are state run. And every active military or veteran I know wouldn't ever for for a democrat.
I think someone should have to either pay taxes, run a business, or own property to be able to vote. It's really easy to vote to spend someone else's money when you don't have any skin in the game.
More likely you reach orbit and see this message pop up on a display:
"The kernel in Space Ship version 0.2 beta (Obnoxious Orangutan) does not provide the driver for your Oxygen regulator. Due to copyright restrictions, you will be unable to use your Oxygen regulator at this time. Developers will not be willing or even able to assist you in resolving your issues. "
There's a range for optimum fertility, and the cave man in me knows exactly what it is. Emaciated fashion models aren't likely to produce healthy offspring. Obese women will have more difficulty conceiving. If a woman wants to know what a man is attracted to, put down the Victoria's Secret catalog and look at a mens magazine. Those models are not skinny!
My wife is pregnant and starting to show it and my inner cave man thinks she's so HOT!
Thanks for the "self-propelled coat-hanger" quote. I'm using that next time I see her browsing a fashion catalog.
This from the same corporation that anchored a target for the Mir space station in the South Pacific. The ad campaign made more headlines than the actual deorbit or Mir. Whoever came up with that idea deserved a huge bonus.
At least they're being honest about it.
My PHB decided that all underlings are to have MS Office Communicator running at all times. I know damn well there are easy tools to gather metrics on how long you're logged in and how long the screen saver is active. It's a cubicle farm. We don't need IM for any other reason.
I can not believe that I got a +4 Insightful for that.
Don't forget who's in charge.
It's obviously Bush's fault.
what if it makes them miserable? would that make the tooth fairy less real?
Does it matter?
If someone told me they pray to the tooth fairy, I'd smile and hope that it brings them peace and happiness. There are a lot of atheists here that could use a deity to teach them not to be an asshole.
Your troll is about as insightful and useful as a First Post! or a Goatse.
Exactly. Pixar films are entirely CGI, and I don't hear anyone calling them soulless or lifeless. Not even the Cars films.
But hating on CGI is an unfortunate geek trope.
Remember Chatter Telephone in Toy Story 3? It was a CGI plastic rotary telephone on wheels, and it had more personality than ANY character in the new Star Wars movies. So, yeah, if they'd replaced all the Star Wars CGI with models, it still would have sucked just as much.
What you're describing I believe goes beyond the title of "helpdesk".
There is a way to make 6 figures as a phone helpdesk drone - Be the flamboyantly gay live in "domestic partner" of a VP of the company. At least that's how it worked at my last company. Sometimes I felt like I was taking it in the ass for that company. He just took it one step further. It worked, too. He had a corner office and a $100k Mercedes and all he had to do was troubleshoot a wireless appliance by phone for half the day.
1998 and 1999. Minimum wage was $4.25/hr, or $8,840/yr.
$60k for help desk? Damn. The last help desk jobs I had were $13k and $19k.
It's about a hundred bucks to go to a typical doctors office. Possibly less if you shop around and negotiate. And my local grocery store pharmacy offers diabetes medications for free.
How old is he and what state do you live in?
Other nations with socialized health care also fix prices. Whether that's right or wrong (it's wrong), that is not the objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It is simply pumping more money into the system. Just like what student loans have done to tuition prices, pumping money in without solving the problem will just make health care more expensive than it already is.
Why? Because insurance will cover it.
If insurance covered catastrophic illness only, people would have the incentive to shop around for general care and find the best value for their money. Doctors would have the incentive to compete among each other for price and value.
I think they inflate those charges for the non-insured because they know they're not getting paid anyways and they can write off the losses from their income. If you tell a provider up front that you're not insured and you'll be paying in cash, they'll give you the same rate they give to insurance companies. But you do need to tell them up front.
Also, the in-network vs. out-of-network arrangement does bring in extra business to a provider willing to negotiate a discount with an insurance company, so it's in both parties best interest.