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metal gods

Have you seen the Scorps video from Wacken? Uli Roth is in it - the dude can still shred.

If "Poison" can be called metal, then so can Rammstein. ;-)

Here's a Tvash:

Rammstein rocks!

You are a moron, Tvash.

chode-boy's existence is a great counterargument for ID.

I don't mean "nudges" - I would support something significant, but incremental. I also think we should focus on a small number of issues and not all of them at once. In particular - controlling costs, and getting people who want to get insured and pay for it, to be insured (mainly I am talking about this pre-existing conditions shit). I'd also support some sort of legislation penalizing companies who drag their feet on payouts for claims (but think that fraudulent claims should be enforced and punished as well).

both issues are foisted on our politics by libtards in the past 40 years. think before you reply.

I am opposed to some of his ideas philosophically - and I think they are not going to work. We also need changes in the right direction, but applied incrementally and not with some massive rehaul. I fear with the proposals I've seen, coupled with the compromises and backstepping that will occur, we'll see legislation that is ineffective, misplaced and expensive - nothing but a political victory which helps nothing.

? you're saying that the left has a monopoly on hate? ok. no, what I am saying is that conservatives and religious folks have historically preferred to keep to themselves and mind their own business. But 40 years of libtards forcing their policies on the US and getting into the faces of these folks has pissed them off immeasurably. The animosity that we see today has been caused by this dynamic which has only gotten worse with each administration in power for as long as I can remember (back to Ford). Rush and conservative talk radio started in the mid-80's. There's no coincidence there.

now that sounds beyond reasonable. however, how would you propose that such measures are instituted? Especially altering the health insurance industry to be non-profit. I can imagine (the government regulators) asking the health insurance industries to switch to a non-profit model. I spose the town hallers would jump on the bandwagon for that one... I don't know how it could/would be done, and yes, I assume there be a big outpouring of opposition to such an idea too. I would support it - others wouldn't.

that's all the farther I am reading. Fuck off.

i don't know that i understand this, but please explain to me how killing rush limbaugh at any time would have made the world a better place rush filled a vacuom, and it is the latter that is the problem, not the former - rush is powerful b/c idiots give him power - our narrowminded coutnrymen who get their jollies off him could jsut have easily crowned another apostle of hate, and will too, when he's gone - rush is the flower, the millions of red-blooded conservatives are the roots - if you're gonna kill your way out of this problem, be ready to be like robespierre. i assume you know how that went? See "strategic mistake" post above. i read that - what i'm saying is, how would killing him in the womb, terminator-style, make anything better? rush didn't create the hate, the hate created rush. you can kill rush (and if you had a time machine, long ago before he was anybody). you can't kill hate, in fact killing generally just feeds hate, no? If there's "hate" you can be assured it was created by libtards themselves

Bullshit. Clinton raised taxes - the greatest tax increase in history up until that time. Exactly my point. He wanted to spend more, so he raised taxes. And this stupid model is the result of a meddling gov't! And part of health insurance costs and the fact that insurance is not portable across state lines is also because of gov't meddling which has demanding that certain things are covered by all policies. Of course the gov't just needs to meddle some more, then all will work. Not.

speaking of moronism, I highly doubt a moron like you knows diddly squat about evolution - either at the macro or the micro level.

First of all, we don't have "pure" capitalism right now in the US, nor have I ever advocated that we be more "pure". Secondly, I already have expressed the opinion multiple times that I would favor regulation of the health care (and especially) the insurance industry. IMO, the latter should be non-profit - that is not answerable to a board of directors or shareholders. Insurance should also be portable by law - across state lines, and you should be able to buy insurance in any state.

welcome back!

back in college we always referred to a chode using the definition that I gave. the reference to Urban dictionary just gives immediate backup to the fact that the term has this meaning. chode-boy may think his nickname is unambiguous, but to me he'll always be that sweaty streak of skin between a ball-sack and an asshole.

Come on, Ivan, use your head. When has gov't EVER controlled its spending? When things get too expensive, they just increase taxes to cover the new "expense". Think of it this way - gov't run insurance is not competitive precisely because they can charge "under cost" untill "competitors" are out of business. But really, they don't charge "under cost" because they cover those costs through taxes taken elsewhere (or borrowing it and running bigger deficits). And there is another aspect to undermine "competitiveness" depending on how the gov't insurance is paid for. If it is paid by taxing businesses or adding a payroll tax then business and employees who ALREADY have coverage will be paying extra for nothing and there will be an unfair non-competitive aspect to drive people and businesses toward the public option precisely to avoid the burden of double paying.

I don't think "socialized" medicine is in any of the proposals. Doctors, hospitals, etc will still be private - and charge whatever they do now. What is on the docket is replacing/supplanting the insurance industry - nationalization of it.

The government will support the public one even as it fucks up and fails. You can't "compete" with "unlimited" resources propped up by endless resources (our taxes). Costs will not go down with this shitty idea of nationalizing health insurance. They will go up.

From the Urban Dictionary: "2. Chode 12666 up, 9684 down love it hate it I don't know where most of you got your fucking definitions for this word, but the Chode has nothing to do with a short or fat penis. It is a synonym of "taint" and "gooch". It is the area between your sac and your asshole. Why would you create a definition for something that doesn't exist, you morons? "

I said I take him seriously, not that I fear him. But I'll wrap my ankles--just in case. considering that a chode is the skin between your balls and ass, there's not much to take seriously about chode-boy

he also promised he'd get us out of Iraq. the dude is full of shit, but his sychopant supporters are still licking his ass