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    I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    $322M Paid for not a single helicopter

    And these are the same folks that are going to "save" our economy.


    I am going to apply to the .gov for a contract to provide "Magic Invisible Pacification Dust" to the Iraqi government for the purposes of reducing insurgency. As the sole producer of MIPD and it's classified and secret delivery systems, I will accept a no-bid contract in the amount of $1.5B. Delivery to commence within 1 year of receiving 50% payment in cash (used, nonsequential bills preferred).
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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    And people actually want the government to run health care...

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    Quote Originally Posted by dirkterrell View Post
    And people actually want the government to run health care...

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    They're going to run our banking system and the car industry...what's one more?
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    THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL SOLUTIONS!
    WE HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC IRRATIONAL MEASURES NOW!
    LIVES ARE IN DANGER!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxerk2 View Post
    They're going to run our banking system and the car industry...what's one more?
    What do you mean "going to"?

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    That's almost as bad as the pallets of cash they shipped around on exposed trucks.. oh they disappeared (of course).

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    Quote Originally Posted by dirkterrell View Post
    What do you mean "going to"?

    Dirk
    Sorry..."are".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL SOLUTIONS!
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    LIVES ARE IN DANGER!

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    These are not the same folks who are going to "save" the economy. This is a DOD fuck up, plus the contract was written 2 years ago.

    Nobody wants the government to run healthcare, we want the government to run single payer health INSURANCE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GGRR View Post
    Nobody wants the government to run healthcare, we want the government to run single payer health INSURANCE.
    Uh, yeah...semantics. Government being, in essence a giant HMO, dictating coverage, rates and available services. No difference, but we know where you're coming from.

    How about this Jim:

    We spend $30 BILLION dollars to bailout GM because they are "too big to fail" and because "bankruptcy is not an option". Then, all of the sudden:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090331/...e/gm_henderson

    So basically we spent $30 BILLION for nothing?! Frickin' geniuses...yeah I want these idiots telling me how to live my life...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by GGRR View Post
    ... we want the government to run single payer health INSURANCE.
    We do????
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    Quote Originally Posted by GGRR View Post
    Nobody wants the government to run healthcare, we want the government to run single payer health INSURANCE.
    Umm, yeah, like there would be any real difference between the two.

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    Quote Originally Posted by Medicjess View Post
    We do????
    You know you do...resistance is futile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL SOLUTIONS!
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    LIVES ARE IN DANGER!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxerk2 View Post
    You know you do...resistance is futile.
    Must....
    resist!

    I can't even begin to imagine the nightmare that whole scenario would leave in its wake....crimeny!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Medicjess View Post
    Must....
    resist!

    I can't even begin to imagine the nightmare that whole scenario would leave in its wake....crimeny!
    Well that's because you (and Dirk and me) are just cold-hearted, right-wing thugs hell bent on crushing the underclasses beneath our steel-toed boots.

    Just sayin'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL SOLUTIONS!
    WE HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC IRRATIONAL MEASURES NOW!
    LIVES ARE IN DANGER!

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    Only if we crush 'em all hard enough that they are beyond the need for their government issued, monopolized health nazi insurance....

    LOL... I love ya Shea!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Medicjess View Post
    Only if we crush 'em all hard enough that they are beyond the need for their government issued, monopolized health nazi insurance....

    LOL... I love ya Shea!
    How many times do I have to say it? IF IT COMES FROM LOVE IT'S NOT TYRANNY!!!

    Zeig Heil!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
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    Oh wait...there was just a Hitler kitteh thread on here yesterday I think!!! lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    And again, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle at work…
    You people are just too predictable.

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    If you like AmTrak and the Postal service, you'll LOVE nationalized health care
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    Quote Originally Posted by TFOGGuys View Post
    If you like AmTrak and the Postal service, you'll LOVE nationalized health care
    But, but...it's free Jim...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
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    WE HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC IRRATIONAL MEASURES NOW!
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    Seriously Jim...do NOT get me started on this whole topic! I see how some folks would see it as an advantage in their select situations....but for crying out loud... I'll pack it up, move to my own private island and tend to my own wounds before I let the government run my health care or insurance - thank you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gixxerk2 View Post
    But, but...it's free Jim...
    *sobs*
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShinySideUp View Post
    Sometimes things happen beyond our power and we can't make it. Like...your brake lines "accidentally" get cut, or a nice man comes through your window in the middle of the night and politely suggests you withdraw from the activity...who knows?

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    You're surprised that military contracting under the Bush was corrupt? It was/still is a giant hog trough full of money for political cronies, always has been, but reached all-time levels under Bush.

    As far as universal health care, I designed and developed a management reporting system for Truman Health Center in Kansas City 2 years ago. Truman is a "Provider of Last Resort" for the uninsured in the KC metro area, and I was neck-deep in their books. Lemme tell you, it wasn't pretty.

    When an ambulance picks up some uninsured person having a heart attack, they call around to see who'll take the poor bastard. When every other hospital turns them away, they dump him in TMC's ER.

    Then Truman Medical Center gets the privilege of eating the $250,000 charge for that heart attack. Which they then turn around and try to cover by getting more money from the feds and state. So we do have universal health care in this country, hell even Bush admitted to it one time: ERs in our rapidly-dwindling public hospitals. And we end up paying for it through the feds and states anyway.

    The stupid thing is, if that heart attack patient had coverage, maybe his condition could have been treated preventatively for a few thousand in drugs instead of a $250k hospital stay. That's why health care is cheaper in societies with universal coverage. Here we let conditions worsen and pay 10 times more in curative instead of cheap preventative medicine.

    Cue "Let em die" whining...
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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    How many of you that bitch and moan about universal health care have ever lived in a country that has had such a system? If you haven't then you basically have no clue what you're talking about and should shut up about the subject. Why shouldn't every citizen of this country have the same health care that all the douchebags in our Congress have, or that of our military members? No one should go broke because they got sick......

    Support the troops, bring them home

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    Re: I wish this was an April Fool's joke....

    Quote Originally Posted by AirAssault View Post
    How many of you that bitch and moan about universal health care have ever lived in a country that has had such a system? If you haven't then you basically have no clue what you're talking about and should shut up about the subject. Why shouldn't every citizen of this country have the same health care that all the douchebags in our Congress have, or that of our military members? No one should go broke because they got sick......

    Long, long conversations with a friend who is an ER doc in Vancouver.

    But let me ask you this, why are your decisions my responsibility?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    THERE IS NO TIME FOR RATIONAL SOLUTIONS!
    WE HAVE TO TAKE DRASTIC IRRATIONAL MEASURES NOW!
    LIVES ARE IN DANGER!

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