From: krw on 26 Nov 2006 10:16 In article <45695558.4B8B3343(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > > > > > > I wonder how they react to the national guard.... > > > > My usual (albeit unfair) gut-level response to the phrase "national guard" > > is "place for your rich daddy to hide you from military service during war". > > Like I said, completely unfair, but The Shrub is partly to blame for that > > one. > > What does the USA actually need a national guard for ? Ever been in a flood? Ever see the devastation from a tornado or hurricane? Earthquake? The National Guard is supposed to be the first in, authorised by the governor. -- Keith
From: T Wake on 26 Nov 2006 10:18 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:3cbc6$4569a0d1$4fe74cc$21101(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > John Fields wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:34:45 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>unsettled wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Phineas T Puddleduck wrote: >>>> >>>>> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>What's the matter? You have to stoop to snip-forging? You are >>>>>>areal piece of work. I think that's enough of you! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thats pretty rich coming from a poster who has to try hard to be >>>>>noticeable, let alone interesting. It seems the quality of political >>>>>debate in the UK is far more mature as we grew out of calling people >>>>>"leftist" or "rightist" as insults quite a while ago. >>>> >>>>Yes indeed, and grew cruder in the process. >>> >>>The USA has taken crudity to an entirely new level. >> >> >> --- >> Yes, now we even _talk_ to Brits. >> >> > Try to, actually. But it doesn't seem to work, they continue > to think the world revolves around them. Blimey. There really is nothing I can say which will top the irony of these two posts. I am glad I unfiltered unsettled.
From: krw on 26 Nov 2006 10:19 In article <45695CF0.A83434A6(a)hotmail.com>, rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > unsettled(a)nonsense.com says... > > > krw wrote: > > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > > > > > > > > > > >>The doctor *does* control his own practice you numbskull ! The government / state / > >>NHS does > > not > > > >>own the practices nor does it dictate any part of their day-to-day running ! > > > > > > > > > > > > Money => control. You can't be on a "salary" from the government > > > > and work for yourself. You're working for the government, dumb > > > > donkey. > > > > > > I'll bet there are facility specifications that the doctor has to > > > comply with. > > > > > Not according to the dumb donkey. The doctor is free to do as he > > pleases. He's on a salary with no controls. > > Where did I say his salary was uncontrolled you lying piece of pond slime ? aW, the dumb donkey is all in a tizzy. Ya' dumb donkey, *you* said they run their business as they see fit, yet are on salary! "On salary" implies they are working to someone else! Dumb donkey. -- Keith
From: krw on 26 Nov 2006 10:22 In article <kUaah.15806$9v5.3536(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > <mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote in message > news:Qn9ah.17$45.94(a)news.uchicago.edu... > > In article <MPG.1fd2dfb217939e33989cec(a)news.individual.net>, krw > > <krw(a)att.bizzzz> writes: > >>In article <45690236.179A2C4F(a)hotmail.com>, > >>rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>> > >>> > >>> krw wrote: > >>> > >>> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>> > > krw wrote: > >>> > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>> > > > > krw wrote: > >>> > > > > > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >>> > > > > > > krw wrote: > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > It makes as much sense as nationalizing health care; none. > >>> > > > > > > > Why > >>> > > > > > > > don't you nationalize food production while you're at it? > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > Who said anything about nationalisation ? > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > What exactly do you think *NATIONALIZED* Health Care is? > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > Dumb donkey! > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > The NHS *does not* nationalise all health care. > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > Private practice continues and GPs run their own practices > >>> > > > > essentially as they like. >> > > >>> > They simply receive a salary from the NHS. > >>> > > > > >>> > > > If they receive a salary from the NHS, their practices *have* been > >>> > > > nationalized. > >>> > > > >>> > > Not at all. That's a completely wrong connection. > >>> > > >>> > The boss is the government. The doctor is no longer controls his > >>> > practice. == nationalized. > >>> > >>> The doctor *does* control his own practice you numbskull ! The > >>> government / state / NHS does not > >>> own the practices nor does it dictate any part of their day-to-day > >>> running ! > >> > >>Money => control. You can't be on a "salary" from the government > >>and work for yourself. You're working for the government, dumb > >>donkey. > >> > > The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules. > > So by this rationale, Aetna controls what doctors do? If the doctor receives a salary from Aetna, certainly. > Sometimes shallow > platitudes don't actually meaningfully reflect what happens in the real > world...all they really do is attempt to substitute for and shortcut a > reasoned discussion of the facts. You're as dumb as the donkey. <nothing new here to see folks - move along> -- Keith
From: T Wake on 26 Nov 2006 10:26
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ekc8bc$8qk_002(a)s963.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <phineaspuddleduck-B8D548.13474726112006(a)free.teranews.com>, > Phineas T Puddleduck <phineaspuddleduck(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>In article <ekc2ot$8ss_004(a)s963.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> >Just plonk the duck. He's never come close to write anything worth >>> >reading. >>> >>> I'm already ignoring two: one because of posting repititious >>> drivel and the other by his request. Every once in a while >>> somebody does chime in with an interesting post. >> >>KRW said this has he is feeling overwhelmed. Unfortunately he has >>misunderstood the idea of a public USENET. > > Oh, my. My, my, my, my. YOu really should figure out whom > you are talking about before you pull outrageous boners like > this one. Nonsense. You allude to having a background making _you_ a computer guru, but your posts suggest that if this was ever true it is truly in the past now. In the same vein, _you_ should figure out who you are talking to before you make outrageous claims like you often do. > >> Plus with the Animal Farm >>reference going completely over his head as well.... > > ARe you talking about denizens of this thread? No. Read the posts. |