tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post5202284746200522667..comments2024-02-14T02:28:27.585-07:00Comments on a fear of flying: My response to "Is the US Now On the Slippery Slope To Tyranny," by Thomas SowellAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-59495076881349090342010-06-29T16:49:47.165-06:002010-06-29T16:49:47.165-06:00Very few people can honestly say that they have no...Very few people can honestly say that they have no expenditures that they couldn't do without. If someone spends $1,000 over the course of a year for cable television, and then gets sick and demands other people pay for it, how is that person not effectively demanding that those other people pay for his decision to spend $1,000 on cable television?<br /><br />If someone can't afford to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-72833688446269563842010-06-28T19:38:16.667-06:002010-06-28T19:38:16.667-06:00I understand what you're saying. And in theor...I understand what you're saying. And in theory, that should work. The problem, anon #4, is that a large sector (estimated at 30 million) have neither 1000 nor 500 nor even 50 dollars. So they're left out of the picture entirely. They don't have the choice of being treated or not... their treatment is entirely at the mercy and charity of those around them. Now, there are those thatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-41967676238149721992010-06-28T17:41:51.683-06:002010-06-28T17:41:51.683-06:00//As to wealth and treating patients, I don't ...//As to wealth and treating patients, I don't see how the two should be related to each other. I feel like Health Care should be something available to all Americans, regardless of economic situation or social status, just like police protection, and other civic services are.//<br /><br />Health-care resources are finite. It's possible for certain programs to increase or decrease the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-52548695788428046352010-06-25T22:26:13.666-06:002010-06-25T22:26:13.666-06:00sorry for the redundancy and grammatical mismatch ...sorry for the redundancy and grammatical mismatch in that last post. It's getting too late... I need some sleep.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-43761527118925755902010-06-25T22:23:36.862-06:002010-06-25T22:23:36.862-06:00It was more the links at the end I was hoping to p...It was more the links at the end I was hoping to promote. <br /><br />The video was that SNL skit about Obama doing nothing. <br /><br />As to wealth and treating patients, I don't see how the two should be related to each other. I feel like Health Care should be something available to all Americans, regardless of economic situation or social status, just like police protection, and other Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-11265238342649318322010-06-25T21:13:35.095-06:002010-06-25T21:13:35.095-06:00Very interesting post! Thanks!Very interesting post! Thanks!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842778531500045113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-9713349132359852762010-06-25T19:32:34.105-06:002010-06-25T19:32:34.105-06:00anon the flaw in your logic is the amounts<<...anon the flaw in your logic is the amounts<<<>>>>not 300 dollars but 3000 dollars or 300,0oo if we are talking about a hear, and my unemployed son mike who is pregnan would have to abort his baby because he can't afford food or continued life without the money>>>so poo poo on you who>>>sorry to be so dramatic but i also have a scitophrenic son who nee3dsPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-91385037219029573762010-06-25T17:15:34.016-06:002010-06-25T17:15:34.016-06:00Your post about Obama being a centrist contained a...Your post about Obama being a centrist contained a video link that no longer works. Without knowing what's in the video, I can't really respond to it.<br /><br />If you don't mind, though, I'd like to ask you a question related to medical reform: suppose a doctor has time to treat one of two patients, Bob or Joe. Bob isn't feeling wonderful, but accepting treatment would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-74030524083374564142010-06-25T16:48:54.990-06:002010-06-25T16:48:54.990-06:00http://nosurf.blogspot.com/2009/11/time-for-some-m...http://nosurf.blogspot.com/2009/11/time-for-some-more-political-humor_05.html<br /><br />OK... Fair analogy, anonymous #4. But... I think you're wrong about him being further left than any president in our recent history. Unless you mean, recent as in the last two presidencies... but I'm still, to this day, not sure what Bush was. He was nothing, really.<br /><br />For a post I did on whyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-35050312617820225292010-06-25T16:40:59.482-06:002010-06-25T16:40:59.482-06:00You state that "And a lot of those falling nu...You state that "And a lot of those falling numbers come from the radical left, who are disappointed at how very centrist and moderate our new president has shown himself to be." I find it interesting that while Obama is clearly further left than any other President in this country's history, he is regarded as "moderate and centrist". I think what is happening is that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-9612256640879734262010-06-25T12:48:41.429-06:002010-06-25T12:48:41.429-06:00Thanks for pulling it apart and commenting piece b...Thanks for pulling it apart and commenting piece by piece. Well done.<br /><br />SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-32778501168867461542010-06-25T10:50:06.114-06:002010-06-25T10:50:06.114-06:00Nice point by point dissection.Nice point by point dissection.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-46803930984361160302010-06-25T09:24:31.649-06:002010-06-25T09:24:31.649-06:00i don't view your ideas as slander no surf>...i don't view your ideas as slander no surf>>>so there anonPutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-41946934801106602532010-06-25T09:23:04.649-06:002010-06-25T09:23:04.649-06:00Anonymous--
I feel bad that you feel I've sl...Anonymous-- <br /><br />I feel bad that you feel I've slandered something precious to you. But you have to realize how you sound. The word "slander" should be reserved, IMHO, for things that are sacred. Maybe the Tea Party is sacred to you, but it really isn't to me.<br /><br />In fact... maybe you ought to examine that a little bit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466860937596192472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-33892462032757492602010-06-25T08:02:47.221-06:002010-06-25T08:02:47.221-06:00Great analysis, but some of your retort is just as...Great analysis, but some of your retort is just as biased and unfounded as the original. <br />"[Apathy] can be a bad thing (some politicians like to use a voter's lack of knowledge against them, instill them with propaganda and so forth)..." <br />"That is the one thing I LOVED about Obama's campaign... it got so many people motivated. He said things that reached people Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-55180987296927069612010-06-25T04:14:19.312-06:002010-06-25T04:14:19.312-06:00I enjoyed reading. Thanks!I enjoyed reading. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13455938.post-21877591681506663592010-06-24T20:20:02.193-06:002010-06-24T20:20:02.193-06:00i am glad our war machine {afhganistan} ....>&g...i am glad our war machine {afhganistan} ....>>.used to be you girl >>>i always thought i was blogging to a girl foreign and thousands of miles away<<<<<<{remember} has changed> new general>>i just had to say that off the start>>>now about big O>>>my tea party neighbors have said that this slippery slope orchastrated by our leader >>Putzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480109111920196513noreply@blogger.com