tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post7074447449092374169..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #9120Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-56947811141989608702009-05-01T06:30:00.000-05:002009-05-01T06:30:00.000-05:00fajensen - When you're right, you're right. They ...fajensen - When you're right, you're right. They myth that keeps America running is the "hope, against all reason and evidence, that One Day..."<br /><br />Except that it is not "hope", but the shared unreasoned, unreasonable, and unshakable conviction that the game isn't fixed.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81038516197440541132009-05-01T03:37:00.000-05:002009-05-01T03:37:00.000-05:00I personally want to be able to decide for myself ...<I>I personally want to be able to decide for myself if I want a certain treatment.<br /></I>You are a qualified MD who just happens to be a specialist in all the diseases you might be unlucky to get and the best current procedure?? <br /><br />In Scandinavia you can always pay for whatever extra expert-opinion / special / faster treatment you want and/or buy private health insurance to cover it.<br /><br />If you don't buy the insurance it will not mean personal ruin to get treatment - the main difference is having to wait four weeks for the treatment instead of four days. <br /> <br />The worst aspect about the US, IMO, is that everyone hopes, against all reason and evidence, that One Day they will get to rise above the plebeians, they will "Make It"; To become "The Screwer" rather than "The Screwed". <br /><br />Even people on the bottom of the pecking order do not want things to change because they would(!) miss out on their day of vengeance: Running a trillion-dollar business into the ground, become presidential advisor as a reward for it and continue the same way with a Trillion-dollar economy ;-)fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-13031251609327741952009-04-30T22:38:00.000-05:002009-04-30T22:38:00.000-05:00Jeff65. Most excellent comment, especially the se...Jeff65. Most excellent comment, especially the second half, which I strongly second.<br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-49926303561339259662009-04-30T22:33:00.000-05:002009-04-30T22:33:00.000-05:00Morg,
Australia.
And if you don't want to wait, ...Morg,<br /><br />Australia.<br /><br />And if you don't want to wait, you can still buy private health insurance.<br /><br />And by the way, the govt is supposed to be you. If it's screwed up it's only because too many of us expect it to run itself.Jeff65noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-49255056422551131352009-04-30T15:46:00.000-05:002009-04-30T15:46:00.000-05:00I could get more on board the idea of a national h...I could get more on board the idea of a national health care system if there was a nation out there that has it where it has actually worked. For the most part all you see is long wait times and rationing of service. I personally want to be able to decide for myself if I want a certain treatment. Not told your to old or the procedure is to expensive.<br /><br />Seeing how much to government seems to screw up virtually anything it sticks its nose into. The idea of them running my healthcare is frightening.Morgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-83648236977294092402009-04-30T14:33:00.000-05:002009-04-30T14:33:00.000-05:00Correction: If you continue to be befuddled by the...Correction: If you continue to be befuddled by the money Washington is handing over to the bankers, let Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) explain it to you: "(Banks) frankly own the place."<br /><br />Holy jumpin', they bought another lousy, depreciating asset! Do they never learn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-73358314422140004452009-04-30T14:31:00.000-05:002009-04-30T14:31:00.000-05:00Little Miss Sunshine, Incorporated: GDP is horrifi...Little Miss Sunshine, Incorporated: GDP is horrific today, but don't fret. "The worst of the contraction is past," and "we'll see positive growth very soon."<br /><br />I hope we can soon return to the heady, prosperous days when we made and sold Mountains of useless crap that nobody really needed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-26352789234077230622009-04-30T11:38:00.000-05:002009-04-30T11:38:00.000-05:00Try this: No one can burn oil, gas or coal in thei...<I>Try this: No one can burn oil, gas or coal in their homes, cars or factories after 2024. Worst case, indeed.</I>So: No steel, Copper .... IOW ANY metal found as an oxide will not be available after 2024??<br /><br />My bet is that there will be a tax on barbecue coal to Fight Global Warming instead (and we will be forced to buy a quantity of them to Keep The Economy going :-)fajensennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-26462546021535707062009-04-30T09:48:00.000-05:002009-04-30T09:48:00.000-05:00pabst blue ribbon....for when you really want to d...pabst blue ribbon....for when you really want to drink the worstTulsaTimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-41218398266007349772009-04-30T09:29:00.000-05:002009-04-30T09:29:00.000-05:00TT - Okay, I'm slow this morning. PBR?TT - Okay, I'm slow this morning. PBR?Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-29401583250300920592009-04-30T08:58:00.000-05:002009-04-30T08:58:00.000-05:00So the flu bug is speeding up, consumer spending i...So the flu bug is speeding up, consumer spending is falling faster than anticipated, commercial realestate is going around the drain, and the big banks STILL don't have enough of our money.<br /><br />good times....break out the PBRTulsaTimenoreply@blogger.com