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Oh, those awful statistics
Fact: Canada and England both spend less per capita on healthcare than the US
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8/15/2009 11:30:04 PM
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and both have higher life expectancies than the US.
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Palin's an ignorant ...
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Eri
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8/14/2009 12:51:57 AM
re: Palin's an ignorant ...
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lurker
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8/17/2009 2:10:43 PM
HMO's have perfected "death panels". We've got 'em now.
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Bowser
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8/16/2009 2:48:50 AM
HMO's are a creation of Dems.
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Lee
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8/16/2009 5:09:35 AM
Deliberately denying and delaying care until the patient dies is a for profit private enterprise decision.
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Bowser
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8/16/2009 2:19:36 PM
Palin represents the ignorant, right-wing religious fanatics
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z
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8/14/2009 12:48:41 PM
Yeah, but vote and see how many agree with her
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Disgusted
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8/15/2009 1:42:48 AM
Democrats flailing desperately
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TB
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8/14/2009 3:46:47 PM
The average American seeking reasonably priced healthcare
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z
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8/15/2009 12:05:16 AM
And from England...
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TB
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8/15/2009 4:24:46 AM
re: And from England...
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Doug Ellison
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8/15/2009 8:03:18 AM
Not to be unkind...
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/16/2009 4:24:30 AM
Actually, hardly anyplace in Europe has air conditioning.
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TB
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8/16/2009 4:07:37 PM
I know.
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/16/2009 11:43:29 PM
re: I know.
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Doug Ellison
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8/18/2009 9:54:52 AM
re: I know.
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Doug Ellison
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8/17/2009 6:50:42 AM
Doug, you don't actually live in Europe.
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TB
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8/18/2009 12:44:55 PM
re: Doug, you don't actually live in Europe.
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Doug Ellison
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8/20/2009 11:30:01 AM
Not membership. Absorption.
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TB
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8/20/2009 4:31:09 PM
Why would Germans want air conditioning?
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alcaray
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8/17/2009 2:21:48 AM
Not entitlement...efficiency.
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/17/2009 5:58:05 AM
My trash collection is much more socialistic.
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alcaray
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8/17/2009 7:01:27 AM
Probably an exception
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TB
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8/17/2009 1:45:39 PM
I get a barrel for trash too. But it is huge.
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alcaray
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8/17/2009 5:26:12 PM
Ah California circa 1980...
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/17/2009 9:52:57 AM
You've never been to Minnesota in August, have you?
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TB
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8/17/2009 4:52:15 AM
I went skiing there in July once.
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alcaray
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8/17/2009 5:04:46 AM
To be fair...
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TB
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8/17/2009 12:10:23 AM
re: Actually, hardly anyplace in Europe has air conditioning.
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Doug Ellison
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8/16/2009 5:07:56 PM
I was in France (Paris and Nice) and Italy
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TB
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8/16/2009 6:26:36 PM
re: Not to be unkind...
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Doug Ellison
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8/16/2009 3:37:25 PM
Thank you!
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Eri
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8/15/2009 6:31:32 PM
Oh, those awful statistics
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TB
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8/15/2009 8:21:06 PM
Fact: Canada and England both spend less per capita on healthcare than the US
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z
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8/15/2009 11:30:04 PM
Well this should be right up your alley.
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SDAI-Tech1
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8/16/2009 4:35:49 AM
re: Fact
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TB
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8/16/2009 1:16:06 AM
re: And from England...
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TB
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8/15/2009 4:33:49 PM
re: And from England...
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Doug Ellison
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8/15/2009 6:21:45 PM
Private insurance
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TB
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8/15/2009 8:19:14 PM
re: The average American
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TB
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8/15/2009 4:09:19 AM
There is clearly a well-organized and funded campaign to terrorize decent people.
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Bowser
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8/14/2009 8:32:26 PM
LOL! This is priceless! At a townhall meeting in Texas...
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z
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8/15/2009 1:10:31 AM
Medicare
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TB
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8/15/2009 4:20:07 AM
I have some extremely wealthy friends who are completely satisfied with Medicare.
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Bowser
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8/15/2009 1:26:30 AM
Tom knows 10 times more about it than we do. And he doesn't see anything wrong with it.
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alcaray
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8/14/2009 1:44:01 AM
Moderator, please fix my subject, above.
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alcaray
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8/14/2009 1:45:24 AM
Would you relax already?
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TB
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8/14/2009 3:29:26 AM
Impossible.
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alcaray
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8/14/2009 4:20:47 AM
No, seriously, relax, man
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RobertS
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8/14/2009 11:44:05 PM
You make the rule that people should be referred to by their handles.
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alcaray
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8/15/2009 8:25:28 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.