From: Ben Newsam on 11 Nov 2006 10:18 On Sat, 11 Nov 06 13:20:21 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >My knowledge about how things works cannot be used. My experience >cannot be used. How can you expect to win an argument when you take the wrong side? <g>
From: lucasea on 11 Nov 2006 11:01 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:4krbl29h7imp8vc91vrkss29r591e1lbtn(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:39:29 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > >> >>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >>news:g1eal2dosisofr40ccnm98kcgi8pbtiar0(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> Even Western Digital has its products made and assembled elsewhere, >>> but it is still an American company. >> >>...and what fraction of their workforce would be American? >> >>Eric Lucas >> > > > The up front investiture, hardware product, the profits, the name, > the quality assurance, the engineering... All the parts that matter. Oh, so jobs don't matter to you? Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 11 Nov 2006 11:02 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4555F0FA.3C4FF876(a)hotmail.com... > > > unsettled wrote: > >> I am at a slight loss in the >> medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as >> the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. > > Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? Just another beauty of our current system! Eric Lucas
From: JoeBloe on 11 Nov 2006 11:12 On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:49:14 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >unsettled wrote: > >> I am at a slight loss in the >> medicine coverage if I use Canadian pricing as >> the basis, but way ahead if I use USA prices. > >Why are the same medicines more expensive in the USA ? > >Graham Ever see a Pharma production line? 500 tablet/capsule bottles go by getting labels at a rate exceeding 1 per second. They gouge us 'cause we got money. Well.. at least we used to have a more powerful dollar, but that is why they do it.
From: JoeBloe on 11 Nov 2006 11:17
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:53:05 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > You may not, but I expect better of my >president and of the leader of the free world. All of our current operations are only the start. Yes, it was needed, and yes it is going to continue until all of the remaining harbingers of hate and destruction are themselves put down. |