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Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] That doesn't sound like a winning formula to me. [/quote]By Jove, you nailed it!

Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]What Afghanistan? The one that Bush fought? or the one that Obama will not?[/quote] Unbelievable posture!

Reply to Homeward Bound in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Iran has a 50/50 chance if it nukes Israel[/quote] There's no 50-50 with respect to mutual annihilation.

Reply to Homeward Bound in Politics JoeUser Forums

Good statement, but don't lecture me on the atom. Remember I had just returned from Okinawa and in training on Guam for the big homeland invasion. I and my mates were thrilled that we went to Japan for the Halsey signing at Yokosuka naval base in lieu of attacking it.

Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]No... the evidence is we weren't successfully attacked after 9-11.[/quote] Yes, the favorite slogan--and thankfully. But much of it is a mix of vigilance and luck. And I know you will say all luck with Obama.

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Got some evidence to back this up?[/quote] Your stepfather is obviously fairminded and knows the reality that if he turned his back on his patients they would go without healthcare until the fateful move to the emergency room. It simply is not true that private insurance entails less paper work and quibbling with the doctor over "medical necessity." I recently had open heart surgery, and the hospital specialists were great and Medicare paid them the bulk and th

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]if we are light years away[/quote] Just as we are light years from the Stone Age. Though we are uncomfortable with trial and error and wish achievemens came more easily, we still make the effort toward a better world. "Peace on earth goodwill to men" is a drean but we still pursue it. [quote] standard of 'fair compensation'?[/quote]Now you're just being linguistically silly. Fair is the opposite of undue accolades for performance. Safeguarding other </stron

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]The only difference between Capitalism and communism/Socialism is that capitalism (for the most part - nothing is absolute) rewards productivity, the other rewards corruption.[/quote] Why do you persist in comparing our capitalism with a dead system that proved ninety years ago that a system designed for philosophers could not be run by thugs. But thugs are in Wall Street, too, and should be treated as such, not rewarded.

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Interesting link but merely indicates the more left uninsured the greater growth of Medicaid--growth is not the same as cost cutting. Ditto for Medicare--the more aged, the more growth. The wild west is over, the more compassionate and enlightened concerning the common good, the greater the ex

Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]It is obvious that Cheney is worried about terrorism, and Obama is not.[/quote] And evidence of that is the Iraq war, eh, at the expense of Afghanistan?

Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]cares enough and has enough knowledge on the subject to make a comment.[/quote] His comments carry about as much weight as a Keith Olberman or Sean Hannity evaluation. Frankly, bad heart notwithstanding, he's running in 2012.

Reply to Homeward Bound in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Those comments were directed mostly toward Korea and Iran, they may be fanatics but their not crazy.[/quote] Ah, yes, the great irony of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The atom is our savior.

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote] Also, if government is the sole provider, what gives them incentive to keep costs down? They would be the only game in town, and charge whatever they want.[/quote] Not really, Medicare and Medicaid have a history of keeping down costs. That's why physicians resist. Yet doctors make more money than they ever did before enactment.

Reply to Hodge Podge in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Please tell me in your mind where it is ok to make a profit and where it is not ok?[/quote] Even in charities there is overhead which many perceive as perks which should really only be a fair compensation for servicing the common good. [quote]what defines this 'greater integrity' for profits?[/quote] Obviously, enlightened altruistic sharing after the company's horizons are met to sustain its entity. [quote]And what is your definition of 'modest compensation?

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Reply to Homeward Bound in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]they aren't trying to develop nuclear weapons[/quote] If you're suggesting Al Qaeda is, then you should be advocating all-out war; I know, I would.

Reply to Liberals on Joeuser find comfort in silence in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]And Cheney is undermining nothing.[/quote] Oh, c;mon Shotgun Cheney is tampering with the nation's tranquility. He's itching for a disaster.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]That is an issue Democrats need to deal with. They constantly need an enemy to advance their cause. [/quote] Ooh, like the Republicans have love lists, huh? C'mon, give me a break. Of course surplus capital has to be created out of any economic act

Reply to Banks are Banks, Big or Small in Politics JoeUser Forums

George Bailey would love you. [e digicons]:D[/e]

Enough already! in Politics JoeUser Forums

What with all the hoopla about blackberries, iphones, Google--symbols of the knowledge explosion--how is it the same old corrupt crap still goes on? It's because we are still a nation of idolatry. Those in high places who do wrong are usually forgiven, or rationalization sets in so that our idols are refurbished and, ugh, worshiped. I hope Obama has had enough of the Rubin Trap of Summers and particularly Geithner to dump them.

Reply to Bogus Healthcare in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]you bought into that.[/quote] that is, your own myth spinning.

Reply to Banks are Banks, Big or Small in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Just one problem, those folks are just as greedy, just on a smaller scale.[/quote] No. Because of the giant monopoly of Wall Street's brokerage firms, and the unbelievable octopi arms of the mutual funds, there's no place but under the mattress.

Reply to Banks are Banks, Big or Small in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]Same way with banks. They are not altruistic, they are out to make money.[/quote] Extraordinary tautology!

Reply to Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]We are cynics.[/quote] How right you are! [no pun intended]

Reply to Purge The Bums in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the lecture of disagreement. JU is hardly the forum of exactitude, but I did preface my remark with "generally" and directed at corporate economic interests. Surely, I’m not excoriating legitimate political interests from all over the nation, but when a.corporate body spends