tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post1158295657686518192..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9134Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-46689607862158052492009-05-15T05:07:00.000-05:002009-05-15T05:07:00.000-05:00fajensen - Seems like old times... main differenc...fajensen - Seems like old times... main difference is that Obama doesn't even have the decency to smirk.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-40467293889460746082009-05-15T02:55:00.000-05:002009-05-15T02:55:00.000-05:00Come On: The administration is now refusing to re...<I>Come On: The administration is now refusing to release the remaining Abu Ghraib pictures<br /></I>This just shows why universal health care will fail just at the bailouts: In order to succeed Monied Interests will have to take a loss which is simply against Nature. <br /><br />BTW; Is there *any* vested interest that Change Teeam Obama will *not* accomodate??fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85711767634691924402009-05-14T22:41:00.000-05:002009-05-14T22:41:00.000-05:00mistah charley,ph.d. - Ah, what light thru yonder ...mistah charley,ph.d. - Ah, what light thru yonder window breaks, aye, 'tis the mob and 'tis good to have the 3rd Infantry by my side. <br />Excellent point, sir.<br /><br />And I put down my New Yorker half-way through 'The Death of Kings' to write this... an excellent article.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-53188179662430075232009-05-14T21:44:00.000-05:002009-05-14T21:44:00.000-05:00Re "What If" and "guns and ammo"
Obama's flipflop...Re "What If" and "guns and ammo"<br /><br />Obama's flipflop on the torture photos is most understandable as being aimed at influencing the attitude of the military and pro-military civilians toward himself <br /><br />- the supposed reason for suppressing them is the rationalization, Obama getting brownie points with the GIs and generals and spies and America-firsters is the real reason<br /><br />there might be, in some hypothetical not-so-far-away future, a real advantage in having the army WANT to be on your side (as compared to some other hypothetical side)<br /><br />the whole question of "what next" hangs over the excellent description of "how it happened" in the most recent New Yorker article by Paumgarten, "The Death of Kings"mistah charley, ph.d.http://mistahcharley.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-50538018851765779582009-05-14T18:22:00.000-05:002009-05-14T18:22:00.000-05:00Quite right, Morg. I dashed that off without expl...Quite right, Morg. I dashed that off without explaining that in the civilized world taxes on (generally) gasoline are used to pay for universal health care. So the phrase should have been "single payer universal health care."<br /><br />As for 'the burden of expensive health bureaucracy' one of the quickest way to reduce costs by about 25% is to do away with the paperwork required to keep insurers from paying for anything. A single payer system would not require near so much useless paperwork. Nor the profits to the insurance companies. And big pharma's profits could be reduced, too.<br /><br />As for increasing doctors - the AMA has fought that for 50 years.<br /><br />As for drawing lines, I'd prefer drawing one between social responsibility and personal greed.<br /><br />And the research shows that those who live in social democracies with extensive social support and safety nets are happier than Americans.<br /><br />Thinner, too.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-6168421721114761862009-05-14T16:09:00.000-05:002009-05-14T16:09:00.000-05:00FYI there is nothing "free" about universal health...FYI there is nothing "free" about universal health care (UHC). The money to fund that program will be forcibly taken by the government through taxes and redistributed in the form of doctor's visits and ritalin. <br /><br />I always find it amusing how many people are for UHC when they know they aren't paying the taxes that fund it. <br /><br />It will be interesting to see how our economy will somehow miraculously recover while shouldering the burden of a massively expensive health bureaucracy. <br /><br />A pursuit of other means to reduce healthcare costs could be most beneficial. Like maybe subsidizing college tuition for medical doctors thereby increasing the supply of trained physicians. Economics 101: Increasing supply eventually lowers cost and demand. I think as a country we should pursue other angles before hoping on the UHC train.<br /><br />I do support the idea of having safety nets in place for unforseen scenarios. But I also think a line needs to be drawn between social responsibility and personal responsibility.<br /><br />I personally do not think I will be a happier American if the government gets more involved in my life. In fact the contrary is most definitely true.Morgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-13842274792018199872009-05-14T08:53:00.000-05:002009-05-14T08:53:00.000-05:00RE: What if
Guns ammo and booze. We're gonna nee...RE: What if<br /><br />Guns ammo and booze. We're gonna need all of it.<br /><br /><br /><br />RBMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com