Could overhaul undermine employer health coverage? at 10/24/2010 10:35 AM CDT
Reading these comments, I can see that both Democrats & Republicans are starting to understand that the high cost of health insurance, never had much to do with the companies offering it. It is the high cost of health care itself that makes health insurance so expensive.
.It might be difficult for some people who are not in the health care field to understand this, but trust me...health care is a commodity. Just like other commodities, health care is subject to supply and demand.
.Right now you have millions upon millions of "baby boomers" who are getting old, and require a great deal of health care. There are not enough health care professionals & facilities (supply) to care for the people who require it (demand). That is why you do not get the proper time & attention when you go to a health care provider. Unless of course, you are willing to pay extra, and go to a very expensive provider. We are already stretched much more thin than what is recommended. That results in health care being a highest bidder system.
.Health care will always be expensive, even when the "baby boomer" crisis is over. This field has some of the most difficult education courses that higher education offers. People who excel in health care courses could have done well in almost any other field. Medicine, pharmacology, nursing, med lab technician etc., are very difficult, and highly expensive courses. New students just will not enter the field if they are not going to be compensated well. This of course will decrease the supply, and once again raise the cost of health care.
.In short, health care will always be a major living expense for middle class families. As for the poor, well... they will have to depend on whatever society can donate via non-profit organizations. I see no other alternative, and no one else has come up with a better way.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Next Big Extinction Will Be Mans Fault
Conservationist warns next big extinction will be man's fault at 10/24/2010 2:44 AM CDT
...and they are having this forum in Houston? They have a big surprise coming. Here in Houston, we like our animals deep fried in sweet light crude oil. They should have chosen San Fransisco, or another one of those hippy towns. lol
...and they are having this forum in Houston? They have a big surprise coming. Here in Houston, we like our animals deep fried in sweet light crude oil. They should have chosen San Fransisco, or another one of those hippy towns. lol
Wikileaks debacle (The 1st one)
Comment on Houston Chronicle article "The First WikiLeaks Documents":
Did I miss part of the article or something? Where is the "U.S. Soldiers tortured, raped, and killed 100,000 Iraqi women. U.S. soldiers intentionally killed 50,000 Iraqi orphans." part? .Did you all read the same article that I did? It said that U.S. soldiers accidentally killed some civilians, but that is to be expected in a war zone. That is nothing compared to the napalm bombing of WWII and Vietnam.
I also read the part about Iraqis doing horrible things to their own, and killing civilians, but they were doing that to each other before we got there. Just another day in Iraq. I would still take it over the blister gas that an entire Iraqi city got for defying Husein's regime. The pictures of that were horrific.
When do you all think that WikiLeaks will release the torture files from the governments of Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Now that would be an interesting read.
"31,780 deaths were attributed to improvised explosive devices."."23,984 (killed by U.S. and Iraq Security Forces) were "enemy".
I have always said that Muslims are better at killing Muslims, than we will ever be.
Did I miss part of the article or something? Where is the "U.S. Soldiers tortured, raped, and killed 100,000 Iraqi women. U.S. soldiers intentionally killed 50,000 Iraqi orphans." part? .Did you all read the same article that I did? It said that U.S. soldiers accidentally killed some civilians, but that is to be expected in a war zone. That is nothing compared to the napalm bombing of WWII and Vietnam.
I also read the part about Iraqis doing horrible things to their own, and killing civilians, but they were doing that to each other before we got there. Just another day in Iraq. I would still take it over the blister gas that an entire Iraqi city got for defying Husein's regime. The pictures of that were horrific.
When do you all think that WikiLeaks will release the torture files from the governments of Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Now that would be an interesting read.
"31,780 deaths were attributed to improvised explosive devices."."23,984 (killed by U.S. and Iraq Security Forces) were "enemy".
I have always said that Muslims are better at killing Muslims, than we will ever be.
Feds Halt "Virtual" Border Fence Construction
Comment on Houston Chronicle article "Feds Halt "Virtual" Border Fence Construction":
Napolitano also announced that federal border patrol agents would be replaced with "virtual federal border patrol agents" who will immediately start "virtually arresting" illegal aliens and begin "virtually deporting" them.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had this to say about the recent shift in policy "This is what pro-illegal-immigration people wanted, and what their opponents, the majority of Americans, "virtually wanted". It is a win-win for "virtually everyone", and a compromise that the majority of Americans will "virtually agree" with."
Napolitano also announced that federal border patrol agents would be replaced with "virtual federal border patrol agents" who will immediately start "virtually arresting" illegal aliens and begin "virtually deporting" them.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had this to say about the recent shift in policy "This is what pro-illegal-immigration people wanted, and what their opponents, the majority of Americans, "virtually wanted". It is a win-win for "virtually everyone", and a compromise that the majority of Americans will "virtually agree" with."
N. Korea Fires Artilary at the South
Comment posted on a CNN article "N. Korea bombs S. Korean island":
You people are too funny!!! "U.S. provocation this, whiteman that, everything is CIA conspiracy". Always the same tired propaganda.
I will tell you why the North fired on the South. It has absolutely nothing to do with S.Korea or the U.S.. It is called N.Korean politics. Now that "the one meter emperor" is on his way out, he promoted Junior to 4 star general. That is all fine and well, but in order for Junior to become the next "Dear Leader", he needs a war (or at least a skirmish) under his belt. So they started one. Now that the Kims can say that Junior is war hardened, 27 year old, 4 star general, and a combat veteran, it will be much easier for him to seize power. That was the whole point of this little fire fight
You people are too funny!!! "U.S. provocation this, whiteman that, everything is CIA conspiracy". Always the same tired propaganda.
I will tell you why the North fired on the South. It has absolutely nothing to do with S.Korea or the U.S.. It is called N.Korean politics. Now that "the one meter emperor" is on his way out, he promoted Junior to 4 star general. That is all fine and well, but in order for Junior to become the next "Dear Leader", he needs a war (or at least a skirmish) under his belt. So they started one. Now that the Kims can say that Junior is war hardened, 27 year old, 4 star general, and a combat veteran, it will be much easier for him to seize power. That was the whole point of this little fire fight
Student Gets 15 Years for Aiding the Taliban
Somebody decided to get "cheeky" with me over a previous post that I wrote.
"ignorant folks like xliberalfool just don't understand that not everybody is fat, loves to shop at walmart and eats greasy pork chops out of an iron skillet"
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Hmm, how do you spell hypocrite?
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These SOBs come to America just so they can attack us, and all you can write about, is how we need to be more tolerant and understanding of them. What a bunch of politically correct garbage! You sir, represent the people in America that are making us the punks of the world.
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Secondly, all you have to do is waive your cursor over my avatar to find out that I am a little further away from a Walmart than you are. You are not the brightest star in the sky are you?
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Call me civilized, but I just do not go to other countries, talk bad about them, demand that they provide me services and speak my language, and then try to attack them.
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Lastly, it is not only Germany and Europe. It is France, Britain, Holland, Australia, Japan, S. Korea, and even India that are having problems with this crap. Look it up.
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You need to stop hating yourself so much, and realize that you, like the rest of us, have the right to be angry about this kind of crap. We do not have to be slaves to this politically correct BS!
"ignorant folks like xliberalfool just don't understand that not everybody is fat, loves to shop at walmart and eats greasy pork chops out of an iron skillet"
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Hmm, how do you spell hypocrite?
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These SOBs come to America just so they can attack us, and all you can write about, is how we need to be more tolerant and understanding of them. What a bunch of politically correct garbage! You sir, represent the people in America that are making us the punks of the world.
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Secondly, all you have to do is waive your cursor over my avatar to find out that I am a little further away from a Walmart than you are. You are not the brightest star in the sky are you?
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Call me civilized, but I just do not go to other countries, talk bad about them, demand that they provide me services and speak my language, and then try to attack them.
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Lastly, it is not only Germany and Europe. It is France, Britain, Holland, Australia, Japan, S. Korea, and even India that are having problems with this crap. Look it up.
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You need to stop hating yourself so much, and realize that you, like the rest of us, have the right to be angry about this kind of crap. We do not have to be slaves to this politically correct BS!
Wikileaks debacle
Reply to a comment that said we should "take out Julian Assange, and make him disappear":
"Take out", and "make him disappear". What type of language is that? I will have you know that the United States is a Politically Correct country now, and we do not allow that type of talk around here anymore.
What the CIA should do is... have him become a victim of involuntary disappearance, and then use enhanced interrogation techniques on him. After that, the CIA officers will see him reach into his waistband for something, and being in fear for their lives, they will launch a preemptive strike, thus causing fatal bodily harm to Mr. Assange.
You need to learn how to speak PC, my friend.
"Take out", and "make him disappear". What type of language is that? I will have you know that the United States is a Politically Correct country now, and we do not allow that type of talk around here anymore.
What the CIA should do is... have him become a victim of involuntary disappearance, and then use enhanced interrogation techniques on him. After that, the CIA officers will see him reach into his waistband for something, and being in fear for their lives, they will launch a preemptive strike, thus causing fatal bodily harm to Mr. Assange.
You need to learn how to speak PC, my friend.
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