The thing about supporting obsolete technology forever is that the people who want the support will always want the support forever. Sometimes, you just have to cut them loose because that is the only way to get them to move to something better. And once they are on something better they'll wonder how they got along without it - with the cycle repeating. Of course some of their outdated applications will need to be updated but really does it always have to get to the point where you insist you need "Windows 95" forever?
You should have to get a "driver's license" to be a politician. Seriously, a rigorous test on your first election and a refresher every two years you have to pass. What would be in it? Atrocity, horror, deceit, power-grabs, road-to-hell-with-good-intentions, and the whole other works. What people don't realize is that your opinion is stupid. So is mine. You should not be allowed to vote simply by your opinion - you should have an understanding of what you are governing. If you don't then you're no better than a monkey flipping random switches.
So, the government turned on cameras that made their way into Citizen's homes without a warrent? Hmm. Also, the administrators: "We didn't do it! Must have been IT." That doesn't fly, the school is an indivisible entity, I don't care if the janitor did it: the school is responsible.
Nobody wants the nuclear power plant in their back yard because it is: "NUCULAR!!!" The power has to come from somewhere. Yet everyone will happily accept that coal-powered plant in their front yard which actually emits more radiation (through trace amounts in the coal) than a nuclear plant does. And also current designs, as in not from 30 years ago, actually don't melt down: at all. Nuclear material still takes care to handle but of all the trade-off's its actually darn good everything taken into account.
Not proud of it but I've seen it. In this case there isn't anything gore at all, he comes to a complete stop: immediately. The problem is that today it is this video, tomorrow it may be something less clear cut. As every persons definition of "good" and "bad" is different you have to take the good with the bad. Agree or not with this particular case the proper thing to do is lump it under censorship as the law for newsworthy items is pretty clear and deal with that as an issue. You're not going to like everything - that is the point.
Did you cover indoctrination in school? I did. You see, when I hear those Jingoistic "Freedom Fries!" calls it makes me sincerely wonder if the lesson was missed and perhaps, just perhaps, it has spilled into unhealthy - for Citizens - areas.
Ahh, you're back good. Indoctrination has everything to do with this conversation: after all it is the attitudes for why people are dying down there. Getting coverage/dumped? I hear a lot about that "pre-existing" condition that causes a lot of grief down there. We have no "pre-existing" conditions here, you get your treatment. Perhaps the logic is all my own but all my posts have bearing on the issue, not just what is being said: they range the spectrum. You're still here so all is not lost, reread.
Social health care recognizes that while self-sufficiency (Ayn-ish) is where its at until something better is discovered then at the same time: laws and should and could haves are the ideal, but in the real world exactly one too many people - people - die who shouldn't have. All the money in the world doesn't replace a person. The issue of who is responsible for what is so messed up that right now social health care is one of the few good solutions for it. Someday when it can be tracked perfectly how many cigarettes you smoked in your life to determine the amount of money you pay to the hospital is coming. Just not right yet, I wish - truly wish - that people would stop dying down there because you don't have social health care for the now.
I hope we get the mind-reprogramming nanogoo before the US does. Where I can attempt to see through the haze of my own indoctrination of ideas (Grade 10, high school, social studies: we spent a week on the topic of indoctrination) I believe that while absolutely not perfect that Canada's health care system rocks compared to the US. And conversely, screw the third world: when we get the nanogoo they'll believe what we want them to believe.
The way I perceive it through my education is that in general the ideals United States of America's citizens are indoctrinated with are rugged individualism. I was not raised that the baker bakes bread soley out of his own interest. Yes to an extent that is the way it should be. This leverages the wonderful system of capitalism to minimize inefficiencies. People should pay for what they use - at least until machines are the basis of all production and human labor isn't a scarce resource anymore. Capitalism is great, don't get me wrong. It is also not human. Capitalism is a way to map finite resources to those who need it most. Regulation as a concept realizes that capitalism is an evil entity in that it is not human and does not have human values. Here, where I live, this one little thing we do better than the USA for now, the social safety net, recognizes this. You should not be sentenced to death because a corportation dumped chemical waste into your backyard because it was the cheapest thing to do. The cheapest thing to do is dumping the waste, the regulated human thing to do is treat a persons illness anyway without putting a stone around their neck they will never escape from. Or sadly in too many cases in the US, their families when that person dies anyway. Individuals are responsible for themselves, however, that does not mean we are magically unaffected by other entities decisions that health care in the USA makes you live with right now.
I feel horror that I may be living somewhere where Government regulations regarding pollution may be lax and through no fault of my own I get cancer. And then through no fault of my own, say a depressed economy, I am forced to die because I can't pay for the treatments. Phrasing it differently, do Americans have humanity towards others? Because if they do then you will see healthcare that doesn't ignore the situations that surround real lives.
Sorry for not explaining myself fully. At the root of the issue it's like coming across someone who is repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot. Each time they do so they ask, "How do I pay for it?", from the Canadian perspective we say: "Stop shooting yourself in the foot."
I'll tell you a fact from a Canadian perspective of a middle class person. For all the complaining about the "death panels" we actually don't have here (vs. your for-profit insurance companies you guys do have) and saying that we have to wait forever (which we don't, prioritized: if you need it you get it *now*), when the average Canadian looks at the situation the average US'ian is in: we feel HORROR. God people, how can you choose to do nothing about it?
Well without grey content and advertisements using all my bandwidth I'll just have to drop down to the $20 plan instead of the $45;) With advertisement blocking in my browser I really only need the $20 plan anyway, I would just wish enough other people would do it too;)
Do you at least get to know who made a false accusation against you so that you can sue their ass off in civil court where the burden of proof is much lower? After all, you stand to lose something - shouldn't they?
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And he feels the need to distinguish his opinions from his employer ;) From my perspective that is granted.
The thing about supporting obsolete technology forever is that the people who want the support will always want the support forever. Sometimes, you just have to cut them loose because that is the only way to get them to move to something better. And once they are on something better they'll wonder how they got along without it - with the cycle repeating. Of course some of their outdated applications will need to be updated but really does it always have to get to the point where you insist you need "Windows 95" forever?
You should have to get a "driver's license" to be a politician. Seriously, a rigorous test on your first election and a refresher every two years you have to pass. What would be in it? Atrocity, horror, deceit, power-grabs, road-to-hell-with-good-intentions, and the whole other works. What people don't realize is that your opinion is stupid. So is mine. You should not be allowed to vote simply by your opinion - you should have an understanding of what you are governing. If you don't then you're no better than a monkey flipping random switches.
It's obvious you do not need an understanding of history or the constitution to be a politician in Utah.
So, the government turned on cameras that made their way into Citizen's homes without a warrent? Hmm. Also, the administrators: "We didn't do it! Must have been IT." That doesn't fly, the school is an indivisible entity, I don't care if the janitor did it: the school is responsible.
Coal Ash more radioactive than Nuclear Waste
Meltdown proof reactors (search for meltdown to find the relevant part)
And the better overall part?: No greenhouse gases.
Nobody wants the nuclear power plant in their back yard because it is: "NUCULAR!!!" The power has to come from somewhere. Yet everyone will happily accept that coal-powered plant in their front yard which actually emits more radiation (through trace amounts in the coal) than a nuclear plant does. And also current designs, as in not from 30 years ago, actually don't melt down: at all. Nuclear material still takes care to handle but of all the trade-off's its actually darn good everything taken into account.
I'd almost want to plead guilty if in return the government would plead stupid.
Darn it, forgot to close a bold tag after "censorship" and of course I don't preview. Forgive me.
Not proud of it but I've seen it. In this case there isn't anything gore at all, he comes to a complete stop: immediately. The problem is that today it is this video, tomorrow it may be something less clear cut. As every persons definition of "good" and "bad" is different you have to take the good with the bad. Agree or not with this particular case the proper thing to do is lump it under censorship as the law for newsworthy items is pretty clear and deal with that as an issue. You're not going to like everything - that is the point.
There is hope. Perhaps not from Government, but rather from this Internet thing linking real people together.
Did you cover indoctrination in school? I did. You see, when I hear those Jingoistic "Freedom Fries!" calls it makes me sincerely wonder if the lesson was missed and perhaps, just perhaps, it has spilled into unhealthy - for Citizens - areas.
All I honestly know I learned from Sicko. More than up here.
Ahh, you're back good. Indoctrination has everything to do with this conversation: after all it is the attitudes for why people are dying down there. Getting coverage/dumped? I hear a lot about that "pre-existing" condition that causes a lot of grief down there. We have no "pre-existing" conditions here, you get your treatment. Perhaps the logic is all my own but all my posts have bearing on the issue, not just what is being said: they range the spectrum. You're still here so all is not lost, reread.
No amount of talk will prove you're cancer is covered by your insurance company. Up here, I'd just get treated and hope to live.
Also, as a Canadian, I can't help but agree with you ;)
Social health care recognizes that while self-sufficiency (Ayn-ish) is where its at until something better is discovered then at the same time: laws and should and could haves are the ideal, but in the real world exactly one too many people - people - die who shouldn't have. All the money in the world doesn't replace a person. The issue of who is responsible for what is so messed up that right now social health care is one of the few good solutions for it. Someday when it can be tracked perfectly how many cigarettes you smoked in your life to determine the amount of money you pay to the hospital is coming. Just not right yet, I wish - truly wish - that people would stop dying down there because you don't have social health care for the now.
I hope we get the mind-reprogramming nanogoo before the US does. Where I can attempt to see through the haze of my own indoctrination of ideas (Grade 10, high school, social studies: we spent a week on the topic of indoctrination) I believe that while absolutely not perfect that Canada's health care system rocks compared to the US. And conversely, screw the third world: when we get the nanogoo they'll believe what we want them to believe.
The way I perceive it through my education is that in general the ideals United States of America's citizens are indoctrinated with are rugged individualism. I was not raised that the baker bakes bread soley out of his own interest. Yes to an extent that is the way it should be. This leverages the wonderful system of capitalism to minimize inefficiencies. People should pay for what they use - at least until machines are the basis of all production and human labor isn't a scarce resource anymore. Capitalism is great, don't get me wrong. It is also not human. Capitalism is a way to map finite resources to those who need it most. Regulation as a concept realizes that capitalism is an evil entity in that it is not human and does not have human values. Here, where I live, this one little thing we do better than the USA for now, the social safety net, recognizes this. You should not be sentenced to death because a corportation dumped chemical waste into your backyard because it was the cheapest thing to do. The cheapest thing to do is dumping the waste, the regulated human thing to do is treat a persons illness anyway without putting a stone around their neck they will never escape from. Or sadly in too many cases in the US, their families when that person dies anyway. Individuals are responsible for themselves, however, that does not mean we are magically unaffected by other entities decisions that health care in the USA makes you live with right now.
I feel horror that I may be living somewhere where Government regulations regarding pollution may be lax and through no fault of my own I get cancer. And then through no fault of my own, say a depressed economy, I am forced to die because I can't pay for the treatments. Phrasing it differently, do Americans have humanity towards others? Because if they do then you will see healthcare that doesn't ignore the situations that surround real lives.
Sorry for not explaining myself fully. At the root of the issue it's like coming across someone who is repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot. Each time they do so they ask, "How do I pay for it?", from the Canadian perspective we say: "Stop shooting yourself in the foot."
It's not projecting, he shouldn't be in the situation of choosing between a new home or the cancer treatments. Jesus people, fix your healthcare.
I'll tell you a fact from a Canadian perspective of a middle class person. For all the complaining about the "death panels" we actually don't have here (vs. your for-profit insurance companies you guys do have) and saying that we have to wait forever (which we don't, prioritized: if you need it you get it *now*), when the average Canadian looks at the situation the average US'ian is in: we feel HORROR. God people, how can you choose to do nothing about it?
Well without grey content and advertisements using all my bandwidth I'll just have to drop down to the $20 plan instead of the $45 ;) With advertisement blocking in my browser I really only need the $20 plan anyway, I would just wish enough other people would do it too ;)
Do you at least get to know who made a false accusation against you so that you can sue their ass off in civil court where the burden of proof is much lower? After all, you stand to lose something - shouldn't they?