No, I haven't. If that was what they mean, then why don't they say that? If that was the case, why don't those people start their own charitable organization, or something like it, to finance people's health care? I would have no objection to that whatsoever. In fact I encourage it, because that would help alleviate the problem and would give the government less reason to "step in" and politicians to "save the day". Do you really think the people you hear protesting about this really want to just help? If so then they should stop talking and do. Let's not kid ourselves - rich people pay the great majority of taxes and what "universal health care" would be is making rich people pay the rest of our health care costs. That is the truth behind it. I just get tired of people thinking up cutesey slogans to call it something other than what it is. "I have a right to want the government to take money from another person to pay my health care costs" - that's what it really is.
For a group that is concerned about privacy, I'm always surprised I don't hear more objection when this subject comes up. Just think, the government having all your health care records.
"Activists may protest, but it's the visionaries who actually make the change"
There's a dfference between the two though. I have the right to "bear" a gun. But I have to pay for the gun myself. The right to bear arms does not entitle me to go take one from somebody else. Rights must be free. There is already a "right" to health care. You have the right to make whatever health care arrangements you want for your family, but, and here's the key, you have to pay for them. What you are talking about is an entitlement, which goes beyond just a right.
When someone says "I have a right to health care", what they more often than not mean is "I want someone else to pay for my health care" but they realize that that statement would be greeted with appropriate scorn. If you want the government to pay for everybody's health care (and consequently have access to everybody's health records) then you certainly can, but call it what it is - an entitlement.
Planes and SUV's burn different kinds of fuel. Jet A (for jets mostly) is mostly kerosene, Avgas (100ll - for props mostly) still has lead in it, whereas SUV fuel gas is the stuff we're used to putting in our cars. I don't know exactly how they can be compared.
Obviously you're wrong because those five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind were able to lead the scientists to Devil's Tower! Let's see you refute that!
"You should know that revolution is always legal in the first person, such as 'our revolution'. It is only in the third person - 'their revolution' - that it is illegal." -1776
Yes but put a poorly constructed, malformed plastic lens in front of your grade A photosite, and you have a unfocused visual nightmare - but, hey, it's an unfocused visual nightmare with a great signal to noise ratio.
While they may not be allowing all recent blogger signups to test Gmail, I have noticed something interesting: Every time I sign into blogger It asks me If I want to test Gmail, even though I signed up for Gmail days ago. Perhaps we "regular" (what ever constitutes that) Blogger users sign up others?
This is true.
I signed into Blogger one day and there was a little box asking if I would like to give Gmail a try. There wasn't a "You bet your ass" button, so I just clicked yes. Now I am a Gmail user.
I know a girl who knows a guy who had one bad experience there, so I KNOW the entire company is a steaming pile of shit. Come on?!?! Have some perspective - I bet most of us have pissed off people where we work; that doesn't make us hopeless assholes or our companies Enronesque does it?
I have been a secret shopper at EB. If you want to know, a secret shopper there tries to return something (generally inexpensive - under $30 or so) and then asks questions and buys something else of approximately equal value. The shopper also has to note everybody's name so they will be checking out nametags and looking at their watch a lot. A lot of the report that the secret shopper has to write is about the service - was it quick, knowledgeable, friendly, etc. I never tried to be an asshole when I was a secret shopper, but some do. There's plenty of asshole shoppers, but not all are secret shoppers. Sorry there's no surefire way to tell for you EB folks out there.
Put the clerk in jail? It's hardly their fault. They're probably just working to earn bucks like you and me and trying to follow orders.
Um, they are a for-profit corporation. When it somes time to pay their rent and their employees they can't really say "In lieu of money, we've decided to give you these stellar reviews of the games you worked on - hopefully they can be traded for food at Krogers". Petition all you want - it's a waste of time.
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True enough, but we can't change other people, we can only change ourself.
Be curteous, thoughtful and considerate. Think of the consequences of your actions before you take them. By your actions, set the example for others to follow. There will always be assholes, but if you allow hatred for them boil inside you - you let them control you.
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Don't forget Fair Trade Cocaine. They make sure the farmers get fair pay, and the wholesaler tosses a little extra product their way.
No, I haven't. If that was what they mean, then why don't they say that? If that was the case, why don't those people start their own charitable organization, or something like it, to finance people's health care? I would have no objection to that whatsoever. In fact I encourage it, because that would help alleviate the problem and would give the government less reason to "step in" and politicians to "save the day". Do you really think the people you hear protesting about this really want to just help? If so then they should stop talking and do. Let's not kid ourselves - rich people pay the great majority of taxes and what "universal health care" would be is making rich people pay the rest of our health care costs. That is the truth behind it. I just get tired of people thinking up cutesey slogans to call it something other than what it is. "I have a right to want the government to take money from another person to pay my health care costs" - that's what it really is.
For a group that is concerned about privacy, I'm always surprised I don't hear more objection when this subject comes up. Just think, the government having all your health care records.
"Activists may protest, but it's the visionaries who actually make the change"
There's a dfference between the two though. I have the right to "bear" a gun. But I have to pay for the gun myself. The right to bear arms does not entitle me to go take one from somebody else. Rights must be free. There is already a "right" to health care. You have the right to make whatever health care arrangements you want for your family, but, and here's the key, you have to pay for them. What you are talking about is an entitlement, which goes beyond just a right. When someone says "I have a right to health care", what they more often than not mean is "I want someone else to pay for my health care" but they realize that that statement would be greeted with appropriate scorn. If you want the government to pay for everybody's health care (and consequently have access to everybody's health records) then you certainly can, but call it what it is - an entitlement.
Americans know the metric system, just ask anyone who does or sells cocaine.
Planes and SUV's burn different kinds of fuel. Jet A (for jets mostly) is mostly kerosene, Avgas (100ll - for props mostly) still has lead in it, whereas SUV fuel gas is the stuff we're used to putting in our cars. I don't know exactly how they can be compared.
A cell phone is essentially a radio tranceiver.
So I ride two bikes at once...wanna make something of it?
Obviously you're wrong because those five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind were able to lead the scientists to Devil's Tower! Let's see you refute that!
Does anyone else think it's humorous that it's an "all-European" mission and the ultimate launch site is in South America?
"You should know that revolution is always legal in the first person, such as 'our revolution'. It is only in the third person - 'their revolution' - that it is illegal."
-1776
Blue ink is better for signatures so that you can tell it from the b&w printout.
Yes but put a poorly constructed, malformed plastic lens in front of your grade A photosite, and you have a unfocused visual nightmare - but, hey, it's an unfocused visual nightmare with a great signal to noise ratio.
Perhaps a voiceover by John Cleese. Or Orson Welles! Wait...
Perhaps that was part of the plan in their subtly marketing ploy.
While they may not be allowing all recent blogger signups to test Gmail, I have noticed something interesting: Every time I sign into blogger It asks me If I want to test Gmail, even though I signed up for Gmail days ago. Perhaps we "regular" (what ever constitutes that) Blogger users sign up others?
7 Gmail screen shots on my blog
Yeah, yeah, yeah; but is there some other way to do it. A pill perhaps?
My attempts have mostly included a flashlight and hand shadows. I can make a cool gorilla.
Don't forget the Whitehouse too:
202-456-1414
That's really the Whitehouse number though, don't f*ck around with it.
This is true. I signed into Blogger one day and there was a little box asking if I would like to give Gmail a try. There wasn't a "You bet your ass" button, so I just clicked yes. Now I am a Gmail user.
I've got seven gmail screenshots on my blog as of today [jhbutcher.com]
The Recoil is nice but gimmicky. I can open my Leatherman Juice XE6 with one hand no problem, and it has more gizmos.
I know a girl who knows a guy who had one bad experience there, so I KNOW the entire company is a steaming pile of shit. Come on?!?! Have some perspective - I bet most of us have pissed off people where we work; that doesn't make us hopeless assholes or our companies Enronesque does it?
I have been a secret shopper at EB. If you want to know, a secret shopper there tries to return something (generally inexpensive - under $30 or so) and then asks questions and buys something else of approximately equal value. The shopper also has to note everybody's name so they will be checking out nametags and looking at their watch a lot. A lot of the report that the secret shopper has to write is about the service - was it quick, knowledgeable, friendly, etc. I never tried to be an asshole when I was a secret shopper, but some do. There's plenty of asshole shoppers, but not all are secret shoppers. Sorry there's no surefire way to tell for you EB folks out there.
Put the clerk in jail? It's hardly their fault. They're probably just working to earn bucks like you and me and trying to follow orders.
Um, they are a for-profit corporation. When it somes time to pay their rent and their employees they can't really say "In lieu of money, we've decided to give you these stellar reviews of the games you worked on - hopefully they can be traded for food at Krogers".
Petition all you want - it's a waste of time.
True enough, but we can't change other people, we can only change ourself. Be curteous, thoughtful and considerate. Think of the consequences of your actions before you take them. By your actions, set the example for others to follow. There will always be assholes, but if you allow hatred for them boil inside you - you let them control you.