The word "libertarian" has been shot to hell. The general usage of it right now means nothing more than "Corporate Anarchism". Right now "libertarians" like Ron Paul believe in free reign for corporate groups and are fine with limiting of individual rights. Libertarians used to believe just the opposite.
Exactly. Libertarians of today are little more than another faction of the Republican Party.
The degree has been one of the largest private entitlement programs in a hospital. Get tired of dealing with patients? Run off and get an MBA, provided of course you have the schmooze and game-playing skills needed to get a corner office. For anyone outside the hospital industry you simply have no idea how much bloat these clowns have on the healthcare system in the U.S. Books are cooked, layoffs take place (without calling them such). Plus in most places they don't have to deal with these expensive "early-retirement" incentives. You're gone. Period. Just because someone has an RN or PA behind their name doesn't make them any less power-hungry or territorial.
Aren't lies and misrepresentation an essential part of corporate (or any business for that matter) free speech? That's how many act.
Whether it be book reviews, misleading ads or press releases on tv, fake interviewers at news conferences, or shill postings/moderation in forums, doesn't it all really boil down to the same thing?
Why in the world do corporations believe they're entitled to free speech in the first place? My rights to free speech end at my employer's doorstep. My employer's "free speech" rights need to end at the doorsteps of government of all levels.
The average climate change denier doesn't give a damn about the NSF or hippies from Lawrence Berkeley. But Bush-the-Elder's friends? Now that carries some weight!
The Koch brothers are G.H.W. Bush's friends?
I didn't know that.
And, oddly enough, I didn't (and don't) really care.
Now, wake me up when the AGW loons decide that nuclear is better than coal, and I'll start taking them seriously.
Uh yeah they are chief. The Koch boys are every GOP heavy-hitter's friend.
rather than Corporations that are able to do whatever the hell they want becuase no one has the power to stop them including the government,
And yet the Corporations gain most of their power through their control of the government. Weaken the Government and you weaken the big corporations rely on it for everything from direct subsidies to protection from foreign competitors to regulations that place a disproportionate burden on smaller domestic competitors to laws that keep us from exercising our rights of ownership of our electronic devices.
No, weaken corporate America's stranglehold on government. Stop giving corps greater rights than those granted individuals. Take away corporate personhood. Pierce the veil of protection given to corporations.
At least when a Dem screws ya they'll at least put on a condom and ask if it was good for you too. When a GOPer screws you they'll sodomize you with a wire brush as foreplay and scream at you for being such a pussy when you start crying about it hurting so much.
"Of course this opens up a whole new can of worms around self incrimination and under what circumstances the government should be able to get into your head. "
Prosecutors can then simply apply the Patriot Act. Done deal.
A supervisor or manager? You've got it backwards. Managers/desk jockeys are a dime a dozen. You want someone who can actually do the job you're needing to get done, not someone to sit and use up oxygen.
This is an extension of that old axiom: Those who can, do. Those who cannot do, teach. Those who cannot even teach, manage.
Go to work in hospital management. They'll lay off cooks and mop-jockeys before they touch managers. In fact they will lay off lesser life forms to create management positions for you.
That is unless it's connected to gop politics that is. More power to the fundies who perpetuate this. One more reason to marginalize them. Too bad Harry Truman wasn't prez during the Civil War.
Just like clockwork every year the stories abound about meteors/comets/space junk colliding with earth and sealing our fate. Then we hear from bacteriologists that some primordial ooze will threaten to overtake the planet. And on and on and on.........
Working in medicine I see this everyday; a constant lobbying for $$$. Cancer vs. heart disease vs. neuro diseases, yada yada yada. I'm not saying that these concerns are without validity, just that this is simply the tried and true method for garnering public support for increased funding.
I'm in the U.S. and I've spent more time in waiting rooms than I care to remember. Your triage situation doesn't sound that much different than anything I've gone through. Even going to a family Dr. there seems to be an ongoing challenge as to see who can run their clinic with least efficiency. Rarely if ever have I been able to see a physician anywhere close to my appointment time. Test results rarely get back to me in a timely fashion if ever.
who drone on and on about there being "No inherent right to privacy" in the Constitution. Problem is these same idiots are more than eager to construct nearly impenetrable walls of secrecy on behalf of their corporate donors.
I thought all lawsuits in this litigious society of ours was due to little old ladies spilling coffee on themselves at McDonalds? Dear God say it isn't so!
Conservatives/Republicans/Pseudo-Libertarians want nothing close to a free market. What they want is to maintain this system that protects their interests and make the income gap even wider between the 1% and every one else. A true free market would have none of those protections. Sure there'd be no pesky things like OSHA or the EPA. But also no non-compete clauses or non-disclosure agreements. I could go to any Six Flags amusement park and set up a lemonade stand and no one could stop me. Free market? Bring it bitches!
I would simply like to know when they're going to convene a panel of talented and gifted high school kids to put together a voting system that can be used across the country. They should be done by noon. It's just tabulating votes people. Diebold's system isn't rocket science,
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The word "libertarian" has been shot to hell. The general usage of it right now means nothing more than "Corporate Anarchism". Right now "libertarians" like Ron Paul believe in free reign for corporate groups and are fine with limiting of individual rights. Libertarians used to believe just the opposite.
Exactly. Libertarians of today are little more than another faction of the Republican Party.
The degree has been one of the largest private entitlement programs in a hospital. Get tired of dealing with patients? Run off and get an MBA, provided of course you have the schmooze and game-playing skills needed to get a corner office. For anyone outside the hospital industry you simply have no idea how much bloat these clowns have on the healthcare system in the U.S. Books are cooked, layoffs take place (without calling them such). Plus in most places they don't have to deal with these expensive "early-retirement" incentives. You're gone. Period. Just because someone has an RN or PA behind their name doesn't make them any less power-hungry or territorial.
Aren't lies and misrepresentation an essential part of corporate (or any business for that matter) free speech? That's how many act.
Whether it be book reviews, misleading ads or press releases on tv, fake interviewers at news conferences, or shill postings/moderation in forums, doesn't it all really boil down to the same thing?
Why in the world do corporations believe they're entitled to free speech in the first place? My rights to free speech end at my employer's doorstep. My employer's "free speech" rights need to end at the doorsteps of government of all levels.
anything other than pirate someone's software and sell pie in the sky? No wonder he's a venture capitalist now.
The Koch brothers are G.H.W. Bush's friends?
I didn't know that.
And, oddly enough, I didn't (and don't) really care.
Now, wake me up when the AGW loons decide that nuclear is better than coal, and I'll start taking them seriously.
Uh yeah they are chief. The Koch boys are every GOP heavy-hitter's friend.
rather than Corporations that are able to do whatever the hell they want becuase no one has the power to stop them including the government,
And yet the Corporations gain most of their power through their control of the government. Weaken the Government and you weaken the big corporations rely on it for everything from direct subsidies to protection from foreign competitors to regulations that place a disproportionate burden on smaller domestic competitors to laws that keep us from exercising our rights of ownership of our electronic devices.
No, weaken corporate America's stranglehold on government. Stop giving corps greater rights than those granted individuals. Take away corporate personhood. Pierce the veil of protection given to corporations.
At least when a Dem screws ya they'll at least put on a condom and ask if it was good for you too. When a GOPer screws you they'll sodomize you with a wire brush as foreplay and scream at you for being such a pussy when you start crying about it hurting so much.
Retina or Optic Nerve regeneration would be a big step forward.
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"Of course this opens up a whole new can of worms around self incrimination and under what circumstances the government should be able to get into your head. " Prosecutors can then simply apply the Patriot Act. Done deal.
A supervisor or manager? You've got it backwards. Managers/desk jockeys are a dime a dozen. You want someone who can actually do the job you're needing to get done, not someone to sit and use up oxygen. This is an extension of that old axiom: Those who can, do. Those who cannot do, teach. Those who cannot even teach, manage.
Go to work in hospital management. They'll lay off cooks and mop-jockeys before they touch managers. In fact they will lay off lesser life forms to create management positions for you.
That is unless it's connected to gop politics that is. More power to the fundies who perpetuate this. One more reason to marginalize them. Too bad Harry Truman wasn't prez during the Civil War.
Just like clockwork every year the stories abound about meteors/comets/space junk colliding with earth and sealing our fate. Then we hear from bacteriologists that some primordial ooze will threaten to overtake the planet. And on and on and on......... Working in medicine I see this everyday; a constant lobbying for $$$. Cancer vs. heart disease vs. neuro diseases, yada yada yada. I'm not saying that these concerns are without validity, just that this is simply the tried and true method for garnering public support for increased funding.
Sweet! I can tell my banker to kiss off when he asks about making a mortgage or car payment. Awesome news!
I'm in the U.S. and I've spent more time in waiting rooms than I care to remember. Your triage situation doesn't sound that much different than anything I've gone through. Even going to a family Dr. there seems to be an ongoing challenge as to see who can run their clinic with least efficiency. Rarely if ever have I been able to see a physician anywhere close to my appointment time. Test results rarely get back to me in a timely fashion if ever.
who drone on and on about there being "No inherent right to privacy" in the Constitution. Problem is these same idiots are more than eager to construct nearly impenetrable walls of secrecy on behalf of their corporate donors.
I thought all lawsuits in this litigious society of ours was due to little old ladies spilling coffee on themselves at McDonalds? Dear God say it isn't so!
Conservatives/Republicans/Pseudo-Libertarians want nothing close to a free market. What they want is to maintain this system that protects their interests and make the income gap even wider between the 1% and every one else. A true free market would have none of those protections. Sure there'd be no pesky things like OSHA or the EPA. But also no non-compete clauses or non-disclosure agreements. I could go to any Six Flags amusement park and set up a lemonade stand and no one could stop me. Free market? Bring it bitches!
I would simply like to know when they're going to convene a panel of talented and gifted high school kids to put together a voting system that can be used across the country. They should be done by noon. It's just tabulating votes people. Diebold's system isn't rocket science,
to tell you you're full of it. None of this global-warming environmentalist crap. USA! USA! USA!