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Comment on LandMaster (2009-10-16 23:38:10)
The book was better, but it usually is.
Comment on Largest Lamp in the World (2009-10-14 20:00:16)
World's largest lamp, or world's smallest child?
Comment on Dissent (2009-08-29 09:54:43)
That's what I'm picking up on.
Comment on Dissent (2009-08-28 23:56:39)
The idea is that an authority figure wearing a gas mask just got shot in the eye.
Comment on SUCK the movie (2009-08-28 08:28:28)
The fact that it has all those people AND Dave Foley sells it for me.
Comment on Spider Jerusalem (2009-08-28 08:25:28)
He's muh hero.
Comment on Woot Woot Moot (2009-08-25 00:36:20)
But at least he's consistent.
Comment on 4 perfectly round circles (2009-08-23 14:27:13)
Oh, my fuckin' eyes. Good one.
Comment on Best Beer? (2009-08-21 14:27:35)
I will vouch for this man's authority. After all, he IS drunk.
Comment on Mr. Snakey gives kisses? (2009-08-21 14:20:13)
It's time for another episode of TMI: My ball python latched onto my face like that, except it was over my actual lips. Looked like I had herpes for a week. The unsettling thing was how many chicks hit on me during that week. I couldn't tell if they thought I looked dangerous, or they had herpes.
Comment on obama is a communist, fox told me (2009-08-21 14:13:33)
Hm. Gay people don't give him the willies, yet doesn't go for pedophile priest snake oil salesmen, and knows that some mind altering fun isn't the worst thing in the world. Sounds like a guy I'd go gay for.
Comment on obama is a communist, fox told me (2009-08-21 14:11:06)
He SHOULD go snort more of his namesake, enough to put him (or her, I sense penis envy) out of our misery.
Comment on obama is a communist, fox told me (2009-08-21 14:08:25)
Yeah, but he doesn't need a hoveround. Yet.
Comment on No Pubic Option! (2009-08-21 14:05:18)
I don't know if that's a good comparison. Car insurance only covers accidental damage and/or vandalism depending on your coverage. If the car care/insurance industry was like the health insurance industry, it would cost $300 for an oil change, $1,000 for a new set of tires, and you'd leave your mechanic with a bunch of additives you may or may not need. Although, if a finger got stuck up someone's tailpipe, this time it would be burnt.
Comment on No Pubic Option! (2009-08-21 13:57:15)
Just a few things here: 1) It's called a public OPTION. Nobody is forcing you into into unmanageable, inefficient care. This will be expensive in taxes, yes. But TARP was much more expensive, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are much more expensive, and the trillions it would take to get our infrastructure back up to speed would be the most expensive of all. This at least is something that people you actually have to deal with get measurable results from, not just suits in a corporation. 2) For all it's faults, the VA still has higher satisfaction ratings than the private sector, for six years in a row. Link below. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=14560 And have you heard these outraged protesters screaming about keeping the gov't. out of Medicare? Must be working for them. 3) If you haven't heard of companies gutting their health benefits (like my gf's did just last week) especially since last November, then you haven't been paying attention. I have a day job with a huge company that runs living assisted facilities and nursing homes. The copay for a doctor/specialist. visit is the same as if I was a cash patient. So I could get coverage, yes. But it wouldn't do me any good. And if I needed some kind of life saving expensive surgery, my extensive prior medical history could mean I get denied coverage for it, if it's not considered "experimental" to begin with. 4) You pulled yourself up by the bootstraps. Good for you. No, really, good job. What you fail to understand is that just because you did it, doesn't mean that everyone else can do it. It doesn't even mean that you could do it again in this economy. From 2002-2006, I pulled myself out of $15,000 worth of debt for school, a car, and some medical bills. I worked hard, spent as little as possible, didn't take vacations, etc. Became debt free. I decided to go back to school and become a massage therapist a year before the economy tanked. All I had was $7500 in debt to school, and this time, I'm not getting out from under it. I work a small clientele for $50 an hour, I wash dishes at the old folks home, and sell t-shirts online, and still can't make any headway. Stopping now, too long already.