Fat people will still get health care, but they will be penalized under this new system. As introduced by Clarian Health Partners in Indiana, obese people will be penalized for their "lifestyle choices". From today's Baltimore Sun : Looking for
It's just a shame that they feel the need to pump up with drugs in the first place.
I admire and respect those who cycle. I thrilled along with the rest of America (and Texas!) when Lance Armstrong went on his seven-year string of victories. With my physique and stamina, I couldn't imagine becoming a competitive cyclist. I have the utmost respect for those who can make a living as a professional athlete. These guys are incredible athletes
so Edwards will be taxing the poor indirectly to pay the poor. Raising prices for all Americans to fund social programs? Sounds like fun.
He is using OUR money for his salvation. Hardly a noble endeavor. True, but would you have John Edwards donating his personal fortunes for the cause? No one person (or single group of people) can fund the social programs the Left espouses. And everything the government does uses "OUR money".
tell me how could someone poor try to become the president of the U.S.A.? It would be stupid if only poor people could fight for the poor. See your point, but tell me how someone who stands up against poverty and for lower income vouchers/subsidies has the chutzpah to flaunt his own riches so flagrantly? I
i have one question who is going to pay. I'll be happy to address that question if you elaborate: pay for what? The social programs Edwards recommends, or his haircuts?
Hey get your facts straight, that was a bargain basement $400 haircut. I remember that figure being bandied about, but this morning on WMAL AM the morning guys said the additional $1,000 was paid to compensate the hairdresser for his time and effort to make a house call to
I'm pretty darn serious with this article, too. I'm sure there are some budding Jeffrey Dahmer types out there who are taking notes.
We are having a discussion at work that I think is JU-worthy: Is the current spate of real-crime dramas like the many cities of CSI and the many departments of Law & Order teaching people to commit murder, rape, and mayhem? Are Hollywood writers showing how to commit and get away with murder? Or is it just entertainment? First o
Good to see you writing again singerdave. Been a while. Thanks. Life is hectic.
And you think the US is the worst culprit... you should see how Turkey has completely destroyed the morale of the Kurdish separatist movement. Now that is a story of heartbreak and abuse.
What are the most significant effects, both internally and externally, as a result of widespread governmental human rights abuses in dealing with terrorism or insurgency? When a government uses human rights abuses to enforce counterterrorism policy, the government's moral superiority is eroded both at home and abroad. For many outside observers, the United
No, the Constitution does not mention anything about laws. It is quite unambiguous on the issue of treaties It's a power delegated back to the President by Congress. Part of his responsibilities as Chief Diplomat.
My first post-Army job was a high-travel position, taking me to such diverse places as Huntsville, AL; Knoxville, TN; London, England; and even Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to the business travel, I was making more money which allowed me to afford to take my family on vacations by plane. Last Christmas we went to Mexico and last week we were in Utah visiting family. So now I'm flying way more than ever before. Go figur
Kyoto was never signed because a president cannot make treaties unilaterally. True, except when the treaty doesn't require any relevant laws to be changed. If no laws need to be changed, then the President can sign without ratifying it through Congress. Kyoto would have overhauled the whole system, shackl
This tour came to the Verizon Center in Washington DC last night, and I really wanted to go. I am a big Ben Folds fan (have three of his albums, both with and after the Five), and I own a John Mayer album too. But I wasn't able to go. Thanks for the review... helps me see what I missed.
I agree with you totally. The saddest thing is that the news stations actually believe we care about the comings and going of celebrity.
And darn, he looks good with that $1,400 haircut.
John Edwards: 2004 Presidential primary candidate, then Vice Presidential candidate with John Kerry. He's campaigning again. This time he's positioning himself as a populist, appealing to middle-class and lower-class voters with his progressive policy stances on Iraq, health care, poverty, and the hue and cry of global warming. His pol
I read it over the weekend... Don't let anyone ruin the ending for you. And don't get tempted. 765 pages goes by so fast. Just let me just tell you one thing: IT'S THAT GOOD! BEST YET!
you can fight your way through a mind-field (if there is such an expression) There is now. If you could just provide a definition...?
Hello? Anyone up on a Sunday night?
Brute military force is an ineffective measure against terrorism. If anything, military force can only serve to kill the perpetrators of terrorism in retaliation or preemption. There is, according to Pillar, “an inherent difficulty [in] using force in a situation in which the terrorists have the advantage of being able—and willing—to use it immediately against their
First we must consider what good the incarceration of Libby would serve.... At what point does it stop being justice and start becoming politically motivated vengeance? That's exactly what it was. The stultifying anti-Bush rage caused many to fall by the wayside. Libby's conviction emboldened the Bush De
JoeUser Forums