From: JoeBloe on
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:26:34 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net
(Ken Smith) Gave us:

> Industries that use
>computers for things that could kill you usually have standards that rule
>out Windows.


You're an idiot.
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <4569A930.C59A51E2(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> Are you assuming that the only way people can get "good medical
>> >> treatment" is through a government-controlled entity?
>> >
>> >Absolutely not, yet the evidence is that the current US system
'encourages'
>> >inefficiency and overcharging so it's become too costly for many to get
the
>> >health care they deserve.
>>
>> Who decides who deserves what? The patient? The politican
>> who is buying votes? The bureaucrat who you just pissed off?
>
>In the NHS the doctor(s) determines your treatment.

After, and only after, permission is granted by the government.
Those doctors have a list of things they can't do....that's
what you've told me.
>
>
>> And yet, you are talking about health care. The politicians
>> in this don't talk about that; they talk about insurance
>> as something everybody deserves.
>
>Is it actually real insurance or notional insurance ?

It is what our politicians mean when they advocate national
health _insurance_ which also means a single-payer system.

/BAH
From: unsettled on
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> In article <sjejm2p8s46sf4nj6e287dni4pu8ga71ir(a)4ax.com>,
> John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 26 Nov 06 13:39:04 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <45699180.78427DD2(a)hotmail.com>,
>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In case you two haven't noticed, the trend is to make possession
>>>>>of tobacco illegal.
>>>>
>>>>No sweetheart. It's the smoking of it where it's not wanted that's becoming
>>>>illegal.
>>>
>>>In this country, it's also illegal where it is wanted. The
>>>commentary now going on in my state is the estimate that it
>>>will take 10 years to make possession of tobacco illegal.
>>>
>>>Granted, this is personal experience again and not allowed in
>>>your discussions. What I would like to know is why are your
>>>personal experiences allowed to be used as debating facts
>>>and mine cannot be?
>>
>>---
>>If I may chime in for a second...
>>
>>Good catch!
>>
>>It's because Graham isn't in it for the discussion and the exchange
>>of information, he's in it for the win and in order to gain an
>>unfair advantage he tries to stack the deck.
>
>
> Oh, but graham isn't the only one using this tactic. It caught
> on when they could see that it was a way to prove they
> were right and I was wrong.

Several strained versions of Brad Guth.

From: JoeBloe on
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:37:08 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us:

>
>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
>news:l08gm2he8d16ve3dlfkuoiblcbngogeeb7(a)4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 17:57:14 +0000 (UTC), kensmith(a)green.rahul.net
>> (Ken Smith) Gave us:
>>
>>>In article <HZidnczurMtWkvrYnZ2dnUVZ8tmdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>,
>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>[....]
>>>>Bit like saying that because the Irish Republicans spent thirty years
>>>>bombing the UK, any political party with "Republican" in its name
>>>>supports
>>>>terrorism, violence and non-political methods of forcing people to obey
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>Well, is that the case?
>>>
>>>A fairly good argument could be made if you assume:
>>>
>>>"shock and aw" == terrorism
>>>war == violence
>>>war == "nonpolitical methods"
>>>
>>>You should have picked a better example.
>>
>> The word is AWE, you dipshit.
>>
>> You should have picked an example that you at least know the
>> spelling of.
>
>That's never stopped you.
>
>Eric Lucas
>
You're an idiot.
From: John Fields on
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:53:45 -0600, unsettled
<unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:

>Phineas T Puddleduck wrote:

>> I have a cap on my usenet.
>
>
>Not set low enough.....

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Funny! :-)


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