1. the government should NOT be in the business of insuring people.
Why?
2. it is unconstitutional to REQUIRE everyone buy health insurance
Really? Which part does it violate?
3. government regulations are part of the reason costs are so high to begin with.
Actually it has been shown that half of the cost of US healthcare is in overhead, trying to track and bill every single expense. This is by far the highest of any nation.
there is no health care "crisis" in the U.S.; our health care is second to NONE
That's only partially true. A more true statement would be that the US health care is second to non for the 5% of the population that can afford it. The rest of the population received health care no different or in many cases worse than any other industrialized country because the goal of the insurance companies is to pay for the bare minimum standard of care.
5. the middle class will bear the burden of this legislation, not the "evil, greedy" rich people.
Conjecture
6. people need to stop pretending their Euro-socialist healthcare is "free."
First, its not socialist. Unless you also consider the court system, military, firefighters, police and public schools also to be socialist. You are confusing social programs with socialism. Second, its free at time of use, but its paid for by tax dollars so no of course it is not free in the general sense. If I'm robbed and I call the police, I don't pay for it at the time of the call but that service is not free either.
Yes, well we all know that Troll is used by Democrat-hating (lets just say Democracy hating) Republicans to stifle other opinions that don't match their own Fox biased agenda.
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Before the advent of Social Security, more than half of all seniors died in poverty, now almost none do.
And when social security was being debated, Republicans screamed up and down that this was government socialism, and will be the ruin of everything good and democratic.
The ONLY good thing to come out of Fox is the Simpsons. And even they make fun of Fox news.
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Those are concessions to the Republicans. If the Republicans get their way they will screw up the bill so badly that the implementation is doomed to fail. Then they can point back and say 'I told you it will fail!'
What you are pointing out is less about frame rate, and the fact that you need a higher frame rate to compensate for the CRT drawing in the image line by line.
You don't need as high a frame rate when the whole frame is drawn at once like on an LCD screen as there is no amount of time when the screen is blank. Higher frame rates on LCD are desired for high motion so you don't get the jumping effect. If the picture never moved, the update rate on an LCD could be even 5Hz and you'd never notice.
So yes, I can see 60Hz on a CRT and it gives me a headache (especially with florescent lights flashing a the same rate) but not on an LCD. Film is slightly different again in that it's strobed but you essentially get the entire frame at once.
P?I didn't know the US had formally declared a state of war. Wasn't that Bush's defense? Since no war actually existed, the detainees didn't fall under Geneva Conventions?
That site could not come to a definitive conclusion. Either way I could give a rats ass if he called himself Christian, atheist, satanist of Buddhist. Doesn't change anything.
I should have said that Hitler was born Catholic, and still claimed he was Catholic later in life. Anyone who commits atrocities like he did is not really a Christian despite his own claims to the contrary.
Socialism is completely incompatible with Christianity
Wow - you really don't understand either concept do you?
Christianity has nothing in common with the idea that the majority will enable a taxman to rob people against their will
Since you like to quote the bible, how about when Jesus said "render unto Caesar those things which are Caresar's" when they were trying to arrest him on the idea that he was encouraging people not to pay their taxes?
It amazes me how many so called Christians have a decidedly un-Christian attitude when it comes to helping the sick and poor. Or for that matter, thinking they are justified in killing someone for stepping on their property.
It's amazing how you can make such a sweeping statement from a simple seven line sentence.
...Hitler and his party (decidedly non-Christian)...
No Hitler was Catholic. If he was warping Christianity to suit his own sick views of world domination, well thats not really different that a lot of leaders in power. Take a look at the following for documented evidence of his (grantedly twisted) Christian views, if you have any intellectual curiosity that is. http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/quotes_hitler.html
Oh, and universal healthcare is indeed socialist.
No it is not. This just means you have no idea what socialism is. Do you also consider the public school system, police, firefighters and the military to be socialist? Don't confuse socialism with social programs. They are two completely different things.
Your healthcare is way overpriced for the services you receive. You are paying for all the accountants and administration in the background to track every little nickel and figure out how to bill for it. If this was just paid for (as in Canada) then health cost for identical service would be halved (as in Canada). This has been analyzed and documented to be true.
It's often said that America has the best health care in the world. Well this is true but what isn't said is that the majority, upwards of 90% or more, of Americans cannot receive this type of care because they cannot afford it. The rest get good healthcare no different than say Canada, just twice as expensive. Then there is a sizeable group that cannot afford any healthcare.
Nonsense. I agree that your health care costs are ridiculously high, but thats the fault of all the overhead labour trying to track down the value of every little service and bill for it. Accountants are the problem.
If everything was already paid for, this tracking would not need to be as complicated. Thats how it works in Canada and that why it cost less overall. Free for everyone means cheaper overall.
And what is the point of reducing the cost of something thats unaffordable to something that is still unaffordable? You need free access to healthcare for those that need it.
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I doubt Walmart even has the highest percentage of Chinese-made stuff.
My guess is that it would be BestBuy
Why not have China Filter everything that goes out and comes in, and if its not to their liking - its their own problem?
Kinda like the US filters out Cuba? Actually no, the US government just threatens the corporations just like China is doing.
Don't you remember any lessons from the 60s? Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose.
1. the government should NOT be in the business of insuring people.
Why?
2. it is unconstitutional to REQUIRE everyone buy health insurance
Really? Which part does it violate?
3. government regulations are part of the reason costs are so high to begin with.
Actually it has been shown that half of the cost of US healthcare is in overhead, trying to track and bill every single expense. This is by far the highest of any nation.
there is no health care "crisis" in the U.S.; our health care is second to NONE
That's only partially true. A more true statement would be that the US health care is second to non for the 5% of the population that can afford it. The rest of the population received health care no different or in many cases worse than any other industrialized country because the goal of the insurance companies is to pay for the bare minimum standard of care.
5. the middle class will bear the burden of this legislation, not the "evil, greedy" rich people.
Conjecture
6. people need to stop pretending their Euro-socialist healthcare is "free."
First, its not socialist. Unless you also consider the court system, military, firefighters, police and public schools also to be socialist. You are confusing social programs with socialism. Second, its free at time of use, but its paid for by tax dollars so no of course it is not free in the general sense. If I'm robbed and I call the police, I don't pay for it at the time of the call but that service is not free either.
Yes, well we all know that Troll is used by Democrat-hating (lets just say Democracy hating) Republicans to stifle other opinions that don't match their own Fox biased agenda.
Before the advent of Social Security, more than half of all seniors died in poverty, now almost none do.
And when social security was being debated, Republicans screamed up and down that this was government socialism, and will be the ruin of everything good and democratic.
The ONLY good thing to come out of Fox is the Simpsons. And even they make fun of Fox news.
Those are concessions to the Republicans. If the Republicans get their way they will screw up the bill so badly that the implementation is doomed to fail. Then they can point back and say 'I told you it will fail!'
What you are pointing out is less about frame rate, and the fact that you need a higher frame rate to compensate for the CRT drawing in the image line by line.
You don't need as high a frame rate when the whole frame is drawn at once like on an LCD screen as there is no amount of time when the screen is blank. Higher frame rates on LCD are desired for high motion so you don't get the jumping effect. If the picture never moved, the update rate on an LCD could be even 5Hz and you'd never notice.
So yes, I can see 60Hz on a CRT and it gives me a headache (especially with florescent lights flashing a the same rate) but not on an LCD. Film is slightly different again in that it's strobed but you essentially get the entire frame at once.
Even war has rules. This has been known throughout history.
You don't need to be uniformed to be covered under the Geneva convention. That notion is simply wrong.
What a load of crap. Have you even read anything of what you are talking about or just got your information from Fox news?
The Geneva convention covers both civilians or fighters (under a variety of names).
Regardless, you do not have to wear a uniform to be covered by the convention. And you cannot be summarily shot. What a ridiculous crock of shit.
So you are saying that the US are generally a bunch of bastards when it comes to armed conflict..
P?I didn't know the US had formally declared a state of war. Wasn't that Bush's defense? Since no war actually existed, the detainees didn't fall under Geneva Conventions?
That site could not come to a definitive conclusion. Either way I could give a rats ass if he called himself Christian, atheist, satanist of Buddhist. Doesn't change anything.
And the page you quote called 'puritan fellowship' is not biased? Please.
I should have said that Hitler was born Catholic, and still claimed he was Catholic later in life. Anyone who commits atrocities like he did is not really a Christian despite his own claims to the contrary.
Socialism is completely incompatible with Christianity
Wow - you really don't understand either concept do you?
Christianity has nothing in common with the idea that the majority will enable a taxman to rob people against their will
Since you like to quote the bible, how about when Jesus said "render unto Caesar those things which are Caresar's" when they were trying to arrest him on the idea that he was encouraging people not to pay their taxes?
It amazes me how many so called Christians have a decidedly un-Christian attitude when it comes to helping the sick and poor. Or for that matter, thinking they are justified in killing someone for stepping on their property.
Your knowledge of history is shockingly bad.
It's amazing how you can make such a sweeping statement from a simple seven line sentence.
...Hitler and his party (decidedly non-Christian)...
No Hitler was Catholic. If he was warping Christianity to suit his own sick views of world domination, well thats not really different that a lot of leaders in power. Take a look at the following for documented evidence of his (grantedly twisted) Christian views, if you have any intellectual curiosity that is. http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/quotes_hitler.html
Oh, and universal healthcare is indeed socialist.
No it is not. This just means you have no idea what socialism is. Do you also consider the public school system, police, firefighters and the military to be socialist? Don't confuse socialism with social programs. They are two completely different things.
Your healthcare is way overpriced for the services you receive. You are paying for all the accountants and administration in the background to track every little nickel and figure out how to bill for it. If this was just paid for (as in Canada) then health cost for identical service would be halved (as in Canada). This has been analyzed and documented to be true.
It's often said that America has the best health care in the world. Well this is true but what isn't said is that the majority, upwards of 90% or more, of Americans cannot receive this type of care because they cannot afford it. The rest get good healthcare no different than say Canada, just twice as expensive. Then there is a sizeable group that cannot afford any healthcare.
Do you consider the public school system socialist? Or the justice system, army, police, or firefighters?
Don't confuse social programs paid for with public funds with socialism. They are quite different.
No, you just showed how ignorant you are.
Nonsense. I agree that your health care costs are ridiculously high, but thats the fault of all the overhead labour trying to track down the value of every little service and bill for it. Accountants are the problem.
If everything was already paid for, this tracking would not need to be as complicated. Thats how it works in Canada and that why it cost less overall. Free for everyone means cheaper overall.
And what is the point of reducing the cost of something thats unaffordable to something that is still unaffordable? You need free access to healthcare for those that need it.
No, Taliban marry children before raping them.
Case closed. This is the end result of fundamentalist groups interfering with school curriculum - turns them all stupid.
Hitler was also a Christian who asked the Pope to bless the troops before battle.
If charity isn't a problem, why is guaranteeing access to healthcare a big controversy?