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Paigow's off limits now?

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I was led to believe it was a two-way street. Or a street that goes both ways, or something like that.

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What's small? Also, why are you leftwingers so intolerant and disrespectful of all religious beliefs except those of the radical islamists? Finally, where is appropriate for the federal government to draw its funding lines? I have know some people who died of a type of cancer that has received less federal funding that stem cell research-why? Didn't they deserve to live? I have a child that has a genetic disorder that other children have died of that has received no federal funding-why? Didn't those poor kids deserve to live? The left needs to stop distorting this issue. Between the Clintons and Kerry its one lie after another.

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I miss her [sniff]

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Well, then your SOL.

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What's small?

I have it on good authority that most religious fundamentalists in this country are, in fact, midgets. BOTD!

Also, why are you leftwingers so intolerant and disrespectful of all religious beliefs except those of the radical islamists?

I suspect I go to church more often than you do. That would be a fun debate to have, no?

Finally, where is appropriate for the federal government to draw its funding lines?

This is kinda a stupid question, so put, no offense, so Wonk has my proxy on it.

I have know some people who died of a type of cancer that has received less federal funding that stem cell research-why?

Our government has some serious people working for it who try to allocate research money so that it will do the greatest good for the most. And then sometimes their decisions are thrown out the window for ideological/religious/political reasons.

Didn't they deserve to live?

Yes, unless they were Islamic terrorists.

I have a child that has a genetic disorder that other children have died of that has received no federal funding-why?

I don't know. That sounds very unfortunate in all sorts of ways.

Didn't those poor kids deserve to live?

Yes.

The left needs to stop distorting this issue.

Where's the distortion? Maybe stem-cell research would help these poor kids. Let's elect a new President so we can find out.

Between the Clintons and Kerry its one lie after another.

Sure, that follows.

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No, I would be SOL if we lived in your anarcho-libertarian fantasyland, but since we live in a democracy where most people favor having a safety net, I would as OK as I'm likely to be, barring the whole thing about being in a vegetative state and all.

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I'm talking about direct payments as a benefit , not some mushily defined services derived benefit. And in that vain, the Florida $ is questionnably moral.

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No offence, but I don't think you're really talking about a "right" anymore.

If you're really talking about limiting your life support to your dime, I doubt the state or anyone else will care about how you, in your vegetative state, choose to spend your remaining resources.

Again, this is a good feature for the fortified villa. I'm sure that you can have a separate room dedicated to it, in which you can store the equipment.

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What happens when the embryos stop paying their bills?

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Libertarian fantasyland I don't quibble with. But who said anything about anarchy? See that's the basic difference between us. You believe that without the government stepping in on these matters there'd be anarchy. I don't, I think we would all form whatever associations we believed necessary to fill the void.

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So, welfare mom with five kids gets my bucks. She gets to live in a real dwelling, and the kids get to attend a school for more than a week at a time, and they are well-nourished while doing so. They are off the streets, not committing crimes, to my benefit. They become more attuned to a productive life, to my benefit ('cuz maybe I won't have to support THEIR kids). They get trained and go out and work, contributing taxes and productivity, to my general benefit.

It's no bright-line thing. It's never "she got the money, and so she was the ONLY beneficiary of my largesse."

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What's small?

I have it on good authority that most religious fundamentalists in this country are, in fact, midgets. BOTD!

Also, why are you leftwingers so intolerant and disrespectful of all religious beliefs except those of the radical islamists?

I suspect I go to church more often than you do. That would be a fun debate to have, no?

Finally, where is appropriate for the federal government to draw its funding lines?

This is kinda a stupid question, so put, no offense, so Wonk has my proxy on it.

I have know some people who died of a type of cancer that has received less federal funding that stem cell research-why?

Our government has some serious people working for it who try to allocate research money so that it will do the greatest good for the most. And then sometimes their decisions are thrown out the window for ideological/religious/political reasons.

Didn't they deserve to live?

Yes, unless they were Islamic terrorists.

I have a child that has a genetic disorder that other children have died of that has received no federal funding-why?

I don't know. That sounds very unfortunate in all sorts of ways.

Didn't those poor kids deserve to live?

Yes.

The left needs to stop distorting this issue.

Where's the distortion? Maybe stem-cell research would help these poor kids. Let's elect a new President so we can find out.
QUOTE]

Between the Clintons and Kerry and their apologists its one lie after another.


eta: i don't go to church, i don't believe in organized religion, but i don't disrespect other's belief in the sanctity of human life-unless the life in question is Hillary's-I cannot indulge Satan's spawn

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Isn't that what we've done?

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One of my socks, once. We have to justify the cost of the personal defence arsenal we have amassed.

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This whole discussion is ass backwards. A few weeks ago, I noted that I didn't think someone had the right to pull my plug on my behalf unless clearly consistent with my pre-existing intentions. No all the sudden I'm the one who wants to pull people's plug if they can't pay for it. You lefties are really good at that bait and switch.

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Wait! You haven't heard about our great deal on the timeshares yet!

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Not really. I assume you mean by agreeing to this form of government, but we really didn't have a choice. At least I didn't. I was born into it. Given your age, you might have.

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You should post more often.

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I'm confused. I thought the vegetative person/embryos were enslaving the hospital/power company unless they can pay to have the plug left in, but now you've lost me.

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If you decided this was really a benefit to you, you could certainly volunteer to make this payment, and I'm sure many others would join you. Hell, I might even kick in a few bucks for the right person. But why should it be cohersive?

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I thought it was that you and the other techno-Nazis were deleting good folks' posts.

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For the same reason strident DU'ers are paying taxes to fund the military to invade Iraq.

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Wonk was justifiably upset because he always pays his bills. Something for you to remember come mid-November.

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Again with the DU'ers.....you've changed [sigh]

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After the insurance money runs out, usually a patient's family start depleting assets until the patient qualifies for Medicaid. Though I'm sure they'd love to, I've never heard of a hospital or nursing home pulling the plug on someone because no one was paying for the care.

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It's not clear to me from whence this "Lord of the Flies" bender came, but I like it. You should post more often.

I think we should pull together a collection to deposit you, together with 25 other declared libertarians, on a remote island. Sort of a "Libertarian Survivor."

Sure, the theory posits that civil society will emerge with an efficient, functioning set of mutually beneficial contractual relationships, but my $20 says that within a week, you'll be a drone commanded to build coconut monuments to Bob, God of Rain.

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I think one of my clients may have allegedly had a CNA in a SNF try to put a pillow over a patient's head once, but I'm not sure if the patient in question was in arrears, sts, nttawwt.

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My money says the monument will dedicated to Milton Friedman or Ayn Rand, FWIW.

Still unclear why club thinks embryos have the right to enslave other people to pay for their freezer. Maybe it's in The Fountainhead somewhere.

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My 2000+ posts are not enough? I just abhor welfare and related programs. It's nothing new, you just probably ignored the first 100 or so on this topic.

I think you are short changing society. Look at all of the private charities and all the money that flows into them. You don't think this would increase (and be more effective) if you took the G/politics out of the mix?

efs

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Funny. I haven't really settled on a position on this, but I tend to side with science/progress.

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Sounds rough, but the legalized marijuana should make up for it.

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Legalized marijuana makes up for so many social ills.

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Parallel question:
suppose we all got thrown in prison, what would happen. I think we all agree Sidd would be the first to be brutally raped, first because he's cutest and tiny, but mostly because of the lip he'd give "I show you who's bad motherfucker."

No, there not much question about that. But who would be running things? Who would have control of the black-market?

I think Larry. He seems smart.

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Do you have these fantasies often? nttawwt

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At least Ty thinks my fantasies are mainstream enough that he doesn't have to delete them. Some others may wish their fantasies were the same.

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Depends, does Spartan get to bring the arsenal?

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Irrelevant. Spartan ends up in the "special" wing, and as a result interactions with the rest of the population would be severely curtailed.

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Is "curtailed" a euphemism? 'Cuz, if it is, I think Hank already called out that role for Sidd.

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Would he also go by the name "Multiple Miggs"?