Kentucky is a poor state. Sixteen of Kentucky's counties are among the 100 poorest in the country .
Major factors affecting Kentuckians residents earning power include lack of jobs, lack of education, and -- very importantly -- poor health. As a native New Yorker, I was surprised by just how pervasive smoking and smoking related illnesses are in this state. In fact, Kentucky is almost among the highest-rated states for risks on getting lung cancer.
Kentucky is a big receiver of Medicaid funding (18 percent of the state is enrolled in Medicaid, among the higher rates in the country), funding that we all help pay for. It would be nice if some of that financial responsibility feel on the people that need it. $.08 a pack seems nominally reasonable, I think.
In Kentucky, I pay $1.07 for a song from iTunes. For some reason, my state feels the need to collect on content that didn't originate in the state, isn't served by an employee that works in the state, isn't stored on servers inside the state, and isn't necessarily even bought inside the state (a purchase made on a laptop while on vacation, for example).
For me and my state, adding that $.08 to cigarette tax would be much more productive. I wish they would do that instead.
I am one of those "neocon" republicans that everyone here hates... Any Christian that would segregate themselves and their family from their neighbors should study the life of Christ a bit more
Are you SURE you're one of those Republicans? I didn't think treating people like equals was allowed. Maybe you've got the wrong Christ or something. The Republican Christ seems to love segregating people, ideas, and countries. Not to mention the whole warring/conquering nation thing.
I think you're being disenguous here. You CAN order CDs from This American Life ($13 though? Get real.) and you CAN purchase episodes from audible.com for $4. A very cursory glance at their website will tell you this.
This American Life is a wonderful production that should be encouraged to continue. How does that happen? Pay up. Stealing episodes because you like it so much doesn't make it right.
I've been so tempted to allofmp3.com, if only to pay to download music but at very cheap prices. However, I'll never be comfortable sharing my credit card info with Russia, no matter how secure it has been in the past.
Plus, one gets the feeling iTunes and especially EMusic pass along the profits. Allofmp3.com? Probably not so much.
That being said, the Republican party still is the financially conservative party.
Record deficits under Bush and Reagan and somehow Republicans are the party of fiscal discipline. The GOP has bankrupted our children and grandchildren, but you want to call it an aberration.
Unbelievable. I thougt the Republicans were the party of personal responsibility. I guess that only applies to the responsibility of others besides themselves.
So you'd be against spending $40 less each month with that being offset by government spending?
Would you also to pay tolls for every road that you use?
How about paying a tax every time you cross state lines on each good that you purchase?
How about paying into a private militia to protect you and your family from rival factions?
You like to be in charge of collecting and purifying your own drinking water?
What will happen is that my tax dollars will be used for that and that my friend is just wrong.
What has happened is certain legislators have realized that broadband has become a necessary and basic right. As an American citizen, you're forced to pay for certain things for yours and others benefit. This is win-win and you're a crybaby.
No one has proved that the PATRIOT Act has been used to prevent any terrorism. However, it has been used to spy on anti-war groups.
Weak on terrorism enforcement (against wiretaps)
Not true. Democrats are in support of the FISA court. They are in support of spying on terrorists. They are not in favor of spying on terrorists without approval (even retroactive!) from the rubber-stamp FISA court. They are also wary of J. Edgar Hoover redux. As a supposed small government Republican, you should appreciate that.
Weak on global war on terrorism (against Iraq)
The Saddam regime was never connected to terrorism. The US has been successful in making Iraq a terrorist battleground, but it wasn't before 2003. The US has also succeeded in instigating a civil war in Iraq.
Killing babies on demand
Just dumb.
Anti capitalism (free/cheap broadband?)
Just dumb.
Government run health care
As someone who works in the health insurance industry, I can assure you you'd much rather have government bean counters in charge of insurance administration than the disenchanted, prone-to-high-turnover ones that private companies higher. Further, Medicare has much less administrative waste than, say, Blue Cross.
With a platform like that in 08, you can't lose!
We can only wait and see, huh? When 50 percent of the country would prefer Dems in Congress (the highest poll rating EVER), I'm thinking you may soon be on the outside looking in.
If Indian call centers are an issue, it's been recommended to me to call a few times. It costs Dell quite a bit to pick up from India and the connect charges aren't cheap.
Really? How can you be so sure they were all straight? DaVinci is outside your modified span of the last 200 years, but he was pretty brilliant, and by all accounts, really, really gay.
How can you be so sure all of these great inventors or scientist were truly straight and Christian? Really, I'd like to know. And why does it matter so much to you?
You mean with HDMI hookup? I'm not that advanced so keep that in mind. My Samsung HTiB System - HTP38 plays Xvid and DivX via component cables, so that might work for you. While I don't have HDTV, I can tell you that watching the Office from DivX is much, much better than watching it over the air.
"Moveon.org and the rest complain because now a mass mailing of 1 million emails costs only the intern's time to type the latest "impeach Bush now" email. Under the proposal, they would actually have to sink resources (gee a whole 1/100 of what a paper mailing costs) into spamming me. This is a bad thing?"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to opt in to moveon.org and similar lists, correct? You shouldn't be getting "impeach Bush now" emails unless you've either a) chosen to be on a left-leaning email list or b) decided to enjoy political impossibilities.
Some people buy DVDs, others baseball cards, others beanie babies, still others video games. 100 CD-Rs can easily translate into 40-50 actual performances, plus CDs left over for trades. Do I listen to everything I burn? No. But it is nice to be able to catalog historical performances.
And I prefer having CD-Audio discs, so DVD-Rs for solely backup and listening on computer purposes are out.
I burn about 100 music CDs per month. They're all freely traded live music performances available at websites like archive.org and several live music torrent trackers.
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Kentucky is a poor state. Sixteen of Kentucky's counties are among the 100 poorest in the country .
Major factors affecting Kentuckians residents earning power include lack of jobs, lack of education, and -- very importantly -- poor health. As a native New Yorker, I was surprised by just how pervasive smoking and smoking related illnesses are in this state. In fact, Kentucky is almost among the highest-rated states for risks on getting lung cancer.
Kentucky is a big receiver of Medicaid funding (18 percent of the state is enrolled in Medicaid, among the higher rates in the country), funding that we all help pay for. It would be nice if some of that financial responsibility feel on the people that need it. $.08 a pack seems nominally reasonable, I think.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Is that a Lincoln Assassination Anniversary special sig? Or just conicidence?
In Kentucky, I pay $1.07 for a song from iTunes. For some reason, my state feels the need to collect on content that didn't originate in the state, isn't served by an employee that works in the state, isn't stored on servers inside the state, and isn't necessarily even bought inside the state (a purchase made on a laptop while on vacation, for example).
For me and my state, adding that $.08 to cigarette tax would be much more productive. I wish they would do that instead.
When you can't afford a flat screen, Xbox, or cable, what else is there to do, besides it?
I am one of those "neocon" republicans that everyone here hates... Any Christian that would segregate themselves and their family from their neighbors should study the life of Christ a bit more
Are you SURE you're one of those Republicans? I didn't think treating people like equals was allowed. Maybe you've got the wrong Christ or something. The Republican Christ seems to love segregating people, ideas, and countries. Not to mention the whole warring/conquering nation thing.
Yeah, so?
He was, however, on the Jimmy Kimmel Show on ABC playing a very similar role. I think you may have confused the two?
We've got it all - baseless accusations, strawman arguments, red herrings, sterotyping, and open insults.
Yes, precisely why I enjoy this site as much as I do.
All this talk about This American Life and it doesn't seem that anyone has brought up the fact that TAL isn't an NPR show, whereas Car Talk is.
This American Life is distributed by PRI -- Public Radio International. It just happens to be a perfect fit on several NPR stations.
I think you're being disenguous here. You CAN order CDs from This American Life ($13 though? Get real.) and you CAN purchase episodes from audible.com for $4. A very cursory glance at their website will tell you this.
This American Life is a wonderful production that should be encouraged to continue. How does that happen? Pay up. Stealing episodes because you like it so much doesn't make it right.
I've been so tempted to allofmp3.com, if only to pay to download music but at very cheap prices. However, I'll never be comfortable sharing my credit card info with Russia, no matter how secure it has been in the past.
Plus, one gets the feeling iTunes and especially EMusic pass along the profits. Allofmp3.com? Probably not so much.
I don't want to be a shill, but you might check out emusic.com. They have all of those features you're looking for.
That is, unless, you just want to filibuster against the music industry and online services. If so, please continue.
Emusic sells un-DRMed mp3 files. They have a broad collection of minor label bands, defunct record labels (like sun), and current indie hits.
They don't have much, if any, of current major pop music. However, they're still a worthwhile option for music downloads.
I didn't realize the Heritage Foundation had started to concern itself with facts.
I wouldn't go to that website, but I'm pretty they're definition of "poor" is probably lacking.
That being said, the Republican party still is the financially conservative party.
Record deficits under Bush and Reagan and somehow Republicans are the party of fiscal discipline. The GOP has bankrupted our children and grandchildren, but you want to call it an aberration.
Unbelievable. I thougt the Republicans were the party of personal responsibility. I guess that only applies to the responsibility of others besides themselves.
So you'd be against spending $40 less each month with that being offset by government spending?
Would you also to pay tolls for every road that you use?
How about paying a tax every time you cross state lines on each good that you purchase?
How about paying into a private militia to protect you and your family from rival factions?
You like to be in charge of collecting and purifying your own drinking water?
What will happen is that my tax dollars will be used for that and that my friend is just wrong.
What has happened is certain legislators have realized that broadband has become a necessary and basic right. As an American citizen, you're forced to pay for certain things for yours and others benefit. This is win-win and you're a crybaby.
Weaker laws for terrorism (against Patriot act)
No one has proved that the PATRIOT Act has been used to prevent any terrorism. However, it has been used to spy on anti-war groups.
Weak on terrorism enforcement (against wiretaps)
Not true. Democrats are in support of the FISA court. They are in support of spying on terrorists. They are not in favor of spying on terrorists without approval (even retroactive!) from the rubber-stamp FISA court. They are also wary of J. Edgar Hoover redux. As a supposed small government Republican, you should appreciate that.
Weak on global war on terrorism (against Iraq)
The Saddam regime was never connected to terrorism. The US has been successful in making Iraq a terrorist battleground, but it wasn't before 2003. The US has also succeeded in instigating a civil war in Iraq.
Killing babies on demand
Just dumb.
Anti capitalism (free/cheap broadband?)
Just dumb.
Government run health care
As someone who works in the health insurance industry, I can assure you you'd much rather have government bean counters in charge of insurance administration than the disenchanted, prone-to-high-turnover ones that private companies higher. Further, Medicare has much less administrative waste than, say, Blue Cross.
With a platform like that in 08, you can't lose!
We can only wait and see, huh? When 50 percent of the country would prefer Dems in Congress (the highest poll rating EVER), I'm thinking you may soon be on the outside looking in.
If Indian call centers are an issue, it's been recommended to me to call a few times. It costs Dell quite a bit to pick up from India and the connect charges aren't cheap.
But that could be urban legend.
Well then....? Who is the worst "presindet"?
Really? How can you be so sure they were all straight? DaVinci is outside your modified span of the last 200 years, but he was pretty brilliant, and by all accounts, really, really gay.
How can you be so sure all of these great inventors or scientist were truly straight and Christian? Really, I'd like to know. And why does it matter so much to you?
You mean with HDMI hookup? I'm not that advanced so keep that in mind. My Samsung HTiB System - HTP38 plays Xvid and DivX via component cables, so that might work for you. While I don't have HDTV, I can tell you that watching the Office from DivX is much, much better than watching it over the air.
I'd hate to be the person that has to deal with lost power cords, dying batteries, installing plenty of power outlets, etc., etc.
"Moveon.org and the rest complain because now a mass mailing of 1 million emails costs only the intern's time to type the latest "impeach Bush now" email. Under the proposal, they would actually have to sink resources (gee a whole 1/100 of what a paper mailing costs) into spamming me. This is a bad thing?"
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have to opt in to moveon.org and similar lists, correct? You shouldn't be getting "impeach Bush now" emails unless you've either a) chosen to be on a left-leaning email list or b) decided to enjoy political impossibilities.
Some people buy DVDs, others baseball cards, others beanie babies, still others video games. 100 CD-Rs can easily translate into 40-50 actual performances, plus CDs left over for trades. Do I listen to everything I burn? No. But it is nice to be able to catalog historical performances.
And I prefer having CD-Audio discs, so DVD-Rs for solely backup and listening on computer purposes are out.
I burn about 100 music CDs per month. They're all freely traded live music performances available at websites like archive.org and several live music torrent trackers.
Stop paying taxes. Then stop using public roads. I'm sure that'll be the end of that.