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You really don't understand the point, do you?

TB — 8/24/2007 6:24:47 PM (archived)

I'm absolutely willing to spend my government's money to ensure your wife's misfortunes will not bankrupt your family. It's what compassionate humans do.

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Bush the Child Killer - azstrummer - 8/21/2007 9:16:21 PM
- Interesting article - azstrummer - 8/28/2007 7:23:27 PM
- I've watched this discussion... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/24/2007 9:19:16 PM
  - On safety nets - TB - 8/24/2007 9:34:38 PM
    - re: On safety nets - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/25/2007 4:46:16 AM
      - Post-Castro Cuba - Dr. Capitalism - 8/28/2007 1:39:48 PM
      - Much of what you say is happening now, with our wonderful private system. - Mary Anne - 8/25/2007 12:36:52 PM
        
        Not that much. - TB - 8/25/2007 6:46:43 PM
        
        Don't lose track of my original point - TB - 8/25/2007 7:21:02 PM
        
        Motivation - azstrummer - 8/26/2007 6:08:15 AM
        
        Man did you hit the nail on the head there! (n/t) - Lindy - 8/26/2007 3:56:43 PM
        
        re: Motivation - TB - 8/26/2007 7:00:38 AM
        
        So your contention should be then - azstrummer - 8/26/2007 4:56:24 PM
        
        Bingo! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/26/2007 8:07:14 AM
        
        You can pretty much assume - azstrummer - 8/26/2007 5:05:12 PM
        
        correction - Mary Anne - 8/25/2007 12:43:03 PM
- Looking at it more closely, it may be mostly about the money - TB - 8/23/2007 6:39:57 PM
- Demonization as an "Art" form - The Silent Majority - 8/23/2007 4:12:05 PM
  - "in-utero, ex-utero, what's the difference.." - Lindy - 8/23/2007 6:28:32 PM
  - re: Demonization as an "Art" form - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 4:38:27 PM
- You guys are all missing the point about Nationalized health care. - ER - 8/23/2007 2:45:06 PM
  - Insightful, but... - McFly - 8/23/2007 6:08:05 PM
  - Nice judo move... - TB - 8/23/2007 5:45:21 PM
    - My problem is it won't cover dentistry... - TAFKASE - 8/23/2007 9:51:42 PM
    - Leapin' lizard, crouching kitty. - ER - 8/23/2007 6:54:32 PM
      - re: Leapin' lizard, crouching kitty. - TB - 8/23/2007 7:14:45 PM
        
        Atlanta's burning, Miz Scarlett - ER - 8/23/2007 7:58:35 PM
        
        re: Atlanta's burning, Miz Scarlett - TB - 8/23/2007 11:26:52 PM
        
        re: Atlanta's burning, Miz Scarlett - ER - 8/24/2007 12:36:28 AM
        
        re: Atlanta's burning, Miz Scarlett - TB - 8/24/2007 3:27:48 AM
        
        Cripe Tom, would you respond to the person and not the issue - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 4:49:20 AM
        
        What do you want? - TB - 8/24/2007 5:20:40 AM
        
        Fake liberal sympathy - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 2:34:46 PM
        
        You really don't understand the point, do you? - TB - 8/24/2007 6:24:47 PM
        
        No I don't understand you. - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 7:33:28 PM
        
        And on jugular veins... - TB - 8/24/2007 9:20:12 PM
        
        re: No I don't understand you. - TB - 8/24/2007 8:10:43 PM
        
        re: Atlanta's burning, Miz Scarlett - Lindy - 8/23/2007 10:40:29 PM
  - THAT is a fascinating point. - Bowser - 8/23/2007 4:15:02 PM
- re: Bush the Child Killer - TB - 8/21/2007 11:04:54 PM
  - The issue is no health care - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 1:13:54 AM
    - "Cold and calculating heart." Actually, I use my brain. - TB - 8/23/2007 4:26:43 AM
      - Inadequate - Robert - 8/23/2007 5:50:19 PM
        
        Oh, Lord... - TB - 8/23/2007 6:06:50 PM
        
        Okay, maybe if I ignore all the foundational stuff... - TB - 8/23/2007 6:24:32 PM
        
        re: Okay, maybe if I ignore all the foundational stuff... - Robert - 8/23/2007 10:26:46 PM
        
        Foundations - TB - 8/23/2007 11:57:25 PM
        
        "This argument isn't going to be settled here." - Robert - 8/24/2007 5:09:29 PM
        
        re: Foundations - TB - 8/24/2007 7:02:33 PM
        
        Flightless bumblebees - Robert - 8/28/2007 5:23:33 PM
        
        Bumblebees. Again. - TB - 8/28/2007 7:20:58 PM
        
        "your thinking processes aren't that much different from Lindy's. " - Lindy - 8/29/2007 4:45:17 PM
        
        What hit me in your statement - azstrummer - 8/24/2007 7:47:31 PM
        
        And just curious... - TB - 8/24/2007 7:05:10 PM
      - No healthcare is "free" - Lindy - 8/23/2007 3:07:47 PM
      - Facts and figures - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 4:53:17 AM
        
        re: Facts and figures - TB - 8/23/2007 5:39:07 AM
        
        Let's see - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 12:25:01 PM
        
        re: Let's see - TB - 8/23/2007 5:52:26 PM
        
        Still... - McFly - 8/23/2007 2:26:06 PM
        
        Not perfect - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 4:31:34 PM
        
        Not by any stretch - McFly - 8/23/2007 5:16:08 PM
        
        Well said - azstrummer - 8/23/2007 8:13:09 PM
    - "You've a cold and calculating heart there..........." - Lindy - 8/23/2007 3:44:37 AM
  - "As the Governor of Oregon said..." - TB - 8/21/2007 11:06:30 PM
    - And the problem with that is? - Bowser - 8/22/2007 3:47:26 AM
      - re: And the problem with that is? - TB - 8/22/2007 5:19:58 AM
        
        Universal Health Care - "enslaving the population to the State."???? - Bowser - 8/22/2007 3:50:43 PM
        
        Given your inability to think in the abstract, you're probably right. (n/t) - TB - 8/22/2007 4:26:29 PM
        
        You are absolutely correct. Plagued me all my life. - Bowser - 8/23/2007 2:47:16 AM
        
        For the rest of you... - TB - 8/22/2007 4:37:36 PM
        
        Reality - Bowser - 8/22/2007 6:00:43 PM
        
        Let me see if I'm following you... - TB - 8/22/2007 7:13:14 PM
        
        No. The "security" you Conservatives seek is enslavement. (n/t) - Bowser the Brief - 8/22/2007 8:09:53 PM
        
        See five posts above... - TB - 8/22/2007 8:26:42 PM
        
        BTW - enslavement of both US and others. - Bowser - 8/22/2007 9:19:34 PM
        
        Iraq is still a lot more free than it used to be. - TB - 8/23/2007 3:35:22 AM
        
        160,000 foreign troops not subject to Iraqi law. 80,000 mercenaries. - Bowser - 8/23/2007 4:06:51 AM
        
        They're specialized "terrorists" - Lindy - 8/23/2007 3:09:22 PM
- SCHIP? - Lindy - 8/21/2007 10:45:25 PM

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