From: krw on
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

"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
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
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

<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.