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What is the date of that editorial? Most or all of those options are available now. (Maybe his prescience was your point?) Pre-tax medical savings plans are already offered, but with one fatal caveat - the employee loses the unused balance at year's end! As for declining benefits in lieu of higher wages - I do just that. My company pays its employees to decline coverage. Not many do, but some, like me, have spouses with medical plans. Now, contrast this with Hillary-care of 1993. She proposed actually taxing the benefits of working Americans to afford government coverage for the uninsured. About 180 degrees Friedman. Correct me if I misunderstood the MF post; but I thought that he was essentially saying that this was option #2: The best alternative available is to extend the tax exemption to all expenditures on medical care, whether made by the patient directly or by employers, to establish a level playing field, in terms of the currently popular cliche.

What is that song about anyway? the bird?

BoobTube: TV goes out during a godforsaken football game. Husband flips out and commits crimes like breaking and entering into flatscreen-owning neighbors home.

Related Ford Sportka ad... pigeons beware... This is the funniest commercial I have ever seen. I keep laughing so hard I hurt.

Wouldn't it be super cool if the last post of a thread went up before the first post on the topic were made?

No, they'd be basketball players.

Not many, but I think John Long is in that range...

take the cables off and people will still try it... and probably more will die. That's what we do, isn't it? We try climbing up stuff that doesn't have cables. Some die. It's a bummer, but hey, we all gotta go somehow.

Climb High wasn't an accident either.

Ah, yes of course. Oh well, Greenland belongs to Denmark anyway; and we Danes are good at dealing with the cold.

scratching out a living.

As I am sure you know, Greenland's coasts are surrounded by cold ocean currents. It is possible that the ice patterns may move if the salienation belt moves. Or, it could be a poor rendition of the picture. Or, that spot could be an anomaly due to the will of God. But it's a little early to dismiss a theory based on a cursory examination of a photo, don't you think?

where's the roster when you need him?

I followed up my 2 hour interview on Monday (in front of eight people--surprise) with a three hour interview today with different folks in the firm. Got to meet the CIO--very cool guy. Had to turn down a yummy Top Pot donuts because I was afraid I'd be wearing some of it by accident. Then I got to pay $17 for parking. All in all a good day.

maybe a good name for her would be Dumb Bitch.

Our software doesn't get released. It escapes.

My guess is anyone stupid enough to name their dog "Dog" probably doesn't have an in depth understanding of genetics.

I hate cats. But I love Jeff. El Jeffe. The Jeffmeister. Jeffomatic.

Want to ride bikes?

What happened to my "Now you can all have dates" post? Wierd, it just disappeared.

Wow, I didn't know there were that many NVA and VC in Iraq. Bush has done us all a favor though, without him, the house and the senate would probably not have both changed hands this month.

you just don't get any funnier.

Let's see, given a choice between a night stick to the head or groin and a Taser, I'd take the Taser. Given a choice between having someone kneel on me so I can't breathe, I'd take the Taser. Given the choice between a bullet to the heart or a Taser, I'd take the Taser every time. I believe the choices here were: 1. night stick to the head or 2. groin and taser I'll take #2 with pleasure

Can I please have a little flag next to my name with an "s" in it?

That is about the mostest funniest video ever.