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From: Twibil on 15 Sep 2009 14:12 On Sep 15, 7:05 am, "mikey4" <lakediver(a)dd..net> wrote: > > > > And all liberals dance to their tune as well. > > > Excuse me? > > > You seem to having a bad acid trip there, so just lie back and relax > > for a while, listen to the music, and have a few beers. > > > Everything will look better in the morning. > > Why should you be excused? You've had good acid trips? > Are you claiming that liberals don't dance? Okay, maybe you *aren't* on drugs. As an alternative, you could be suffering from some *other* abberation that causes you to post nonsense. Choose one.
From: C J Campbell on 15 Sep 2009 14:53 On 2009-09-14 11:34:57 -0700, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> said: > C J Campbell wrote: >> On 2009-09-13 12:24:05 -0700, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> said: >> >>> >>> "C J Campbell" <christophercampbellremovethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Actually, juries have very good "bullshit detectors" by and large, and >>>>> it's very rare for a frivolous or fraudulent malpractice suit to >>>>> succeed. Any little guy vs big guy sympathies are balanced by the >>>>> pleasure to be had in sending a con packing. Seriously, the whole idea >>>>> that's been going around of capping awards in these cases serves no >>>>> one near as well as the *real* incompetent and/or reckless medical >>>>> professionals who will save money but who should be out of the >>>>> business entirely. Hey, if folks are hell-bent on capping rightfully >>>>> won awards, I guess they will, but let's have some professional >>>>> repercussions to weed out the real bad doctors, nurses, etc. and keep >>>>> them out. >>>> >>>> The trouble is that most cases never go to trial. The insurance companies >>>> nearly always settle for something, because the cost of defending is >>>> greater than the cost of paying something on even the most frivolous >>>> claim. That raises insurance rates for everyone, plus it encourages >>>> medical professionals to practice exceedingly defensive medicine. >>> >>> Actually, people who have looked at medical malpractice cases find that >>> frivolous claims are few and far between and almost never get paid (and, as >>> above, the ones that make it to trial do badly). >>> >>> Inversely, the number of cases where people are hurt by medical malpractice >>> and don't get compensated is large. Many don't even turn into claims, it >>> would have been difficult to sue), and many valid claims get discarded, >>> rejected, or lose in court. The bottom line is that the reason there is so >>> much paid out to patients from malpractice insurance is that there's so much >>> malpractice. >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/opinion/12baker.html?_r=1 >>> >>> http://www.insurance-reform.org/issues/MedMalMedmalErrorsFactSheet2009F.html >>> >>> And the amount of money changing hands in malpractice cases is insignificant >>> and falling. >>> >>> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158494.php >>> >>> Thus there are three problems in medical malpractice system: (1) (as above) >>> too few people are being compensated, (2) the malpractice insurance >>> companies aren't lowering their premiums even though the number of cases and >>> awards has been falling (and thus are ripping off the doctors*, but not by >>> an amount that has any significance at the policy level), and (3) the >>> doctors don't want there to be any malpractice system at all, i.e. don't >>> want to take responsibility for their mistakes. >>> >>> *: http://www.insurance-reform.org/pr/070328.html >> >> Generally the only people who believe these claims are the trial >> lawyers lobby and those who are beholden to it. >> > > You left out the people who can read and comprehend; this of course > excludes those who are frightened to death about children hearing a > talk about the value of education. > Allen You miss your welfare check or something? The fact is, you can find Internet sites that support both views. I am not surprised that the New York Times and the trial lawyer financed Insurance-Reform.org would blame everyone but the trial lawyers, any more than I am not surprised that the Wall Street Journal, doctors, and insurance companies put the blame entirely on them. The fact is, though, it only takes a few cases to destroy peoples' faith in the rule of law. And that is exactly what has happened here. But of course, your own reading and comprehension skills are, at best, minimal, or you would know that. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor
From: C J Campbell on 15 Sep 2009 15:27 On 2009-09-14 11:55:18 -0700, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> said: > > "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote: >> C J Campbell wrote: >>> On 2009-09-13 12:24:05 -0700, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> >>> said: >>>> >>>> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158494.php >>>> >>>> Thus there are three problems in medical malpractice system: (1) (as >>>> above) >>>> too few people are being compensated, (2) the malpractice insurance >>>> companies aren't lowering their premiums even though the number of cases >>>> and >>>> awards has been falling (and thus are ripping off the doctors*, but not >>>> by >>>> an amount that has any significance at the policy level), and (3) the >>>> doctors don't want there to be any malpractice system at all, i.e. don't >>>> want to take responsibility for their mistakes. >>>> >>>> *: http://www.insurance-reform.org/pr/070328.html >>> >>> Generally the only people who believe these claims are the trial lawyers >>> lobby and those who are beholden to it. >>> >> >> You left out the people who can read and comprehend; this of course >> excludes those who are frightened to death about children hearing a talk >> about the value of education. > > Living in a country with almost no trial lawyers, I've learned that the > trial system is the (imperfect but at least existent) means by which people > who are harmed by the actions of others get redress and that not having such > a system is not a good thing. (Fortunately, I've not had to learn this from > experience.) > > It's so much fun to rant about the (both real and falsely claimed) excesses > of the system that most Americans don't even undertstand what it's for any > more. You have a funny idea of fun. Apparently you have never run a business where you got hit by frivolous lawsuits several times a month. I have. It is not fun. It is a huge expense. And it is extremely aggravating. The woman who slipped and fell on county property next door -- not even our property -- was paid $13,000 by our insurance company. Then they raised our rates $30,000 per year. Or the smoker who took the batteries out of the smoke detector in his apartment -- then sued us because he was burned when the smoke detector didn't work. Our insurance company dropped a claim we had against him for over $600,000 because they were fearful of getting sued. There was the employee who sued me for religious discrimination when she was fired, even though we go to the same church. There was the Russian who sicced her pit bull on our groundskeeper, then sued us for discrimination when we evicted her. She also sued for triple damages when we didn't give her her deposit back -- even though she had not paid a damage deposit. She fraudulently claimed that the deposit on her son's apartment (which we had already refunded) was hers. Even though we could document all of this, it was cheaper to pay her off than defend. There were the armed gangsters who descended on our apartment complex and surrounded the office, refusing to let any employees leave until they rescinded an eviction notice given to one of their members who was dealing drugs out of his apartment. He was also sodomizing little boys who lived in the complex. When we called the police, the gangsters left, but they sued us for violating their civil rights. They also told me that they were going to hunt me down and kill me, but the police could do nothing about that. There was the guy who left a burning cigarette on the arm of his couch, starting a fire that did more than $1 million damage. His dog died in the fire. We had to drop our claim against him, though -- apparently he left a can of lighter fluid on his deck which helped spread the fire. Even though residents were not allowed to keep barbecues on their wooden decks for that very reason, he somehow thought that must have been our fault. Plus, he was hurt when the can exploded and blew him off his second story deck. There were people who ran over curbs and into their apartments. They sued us because the curbs were not high enough. Others damaged their cars on the curbs. They sued us because the curbs were too high. People threatened to sue us because the power company had a transmission line that went through the property next door. They threatened to sue because their unattended children started fires in the halls. So you want to tell me that there is not a huge problem here? You are really full of it. -- Waddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor
From: Bill Graham on 15 Sep 2009 17:44 "D. Peter Maus" <DPeterMaus(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:h8l8gv$1hc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 9/14/09 02:55 , Bill Graham wrote: >> >> > > precisely the reasons you state. >>> >>> My point was that 'chipping' brings with it the worst kind of >>> potential for abuse. >> >> Perhaps so. Fingerprint reading, Eye markings. even instant DNA >> analysis, (which I believe is in the near future). I don't really care >> how they do it. My point is that if they can't control our borders, then >> they will have to identify us individually.... > > > This is not a matter to be taken lightly. Constitutionally, the > government is precluded from gathering the kind of information that would > permit this. The founders, you're aware, had just extricated themselves > from a government of the worst kinds of human abuse. In their wisdom, they > established a set of rules which would prevent the government from > gathering the kind of power which would permit the widespread infringement > of individual rights. Hence the 'negative rights' Obiteme is so fond of > speaking about. The Constitution specifically limits the power of > government to infringe on the rights of the People. Your 'shall not be > infringed' argument re: The Second Amendment is well made, here. > > In this light, limiting the power of the government to infringe on the > people also means limiting the power of the government to take from the > people, redistribute to the people, or oversee the activities provided for > the people. In other words, the entire spectrum of 'social programs' so > carefully crafted to spend the money of the people. > > Surrendering the power to gather the kind of information needed to > personally identify each person within its borders would be a cost far too > dear in individual liberties. There are better ways than letting > government handle any of this. > > The problem is that once government had gotten involved, especially with > protectionist legislation in the health care industry, the laws of > unintended consequences created obstacles for the free market solution to > many of these problems. They also created opportunities for corruption, > and enormous profiteering, on the part of insurance, and medical > providers. Remove these protections for insurance and medical providers > and they suddenly have to compete to survive. In a stroke, the providers > would have to weed out the illegals in order to survive. > > They can be dramatically more efficient than government. > > Simply opening insurance policies to portability would render much of > the profiteering extinct. Permitting purchase of insurance across state > lines would continue these benefits. Precluding the standard practice of > sending one bill to the patient while sending a second and different bill > to the insurance companies would eliminate a great deal of the fraud and > corruption in the system. > > Bear in mind that the government is notoriously ineffective at > protecting personal private information. This is the same entity that put > 20 million social security numbers on the internet. > > If you like the Post Office, you'll LOVE the government being personally > able to identify you, and your movements, at will. > Good points, and I agree with most of them. But my problem is the government insists on taking my tax money and giving it away to "the poor", or anyone else who makes less than I do, and I don't know how to stop this. It isn't their money. It's mine. But they have the power to steal it from me under this socialized system, and I don't know how to stop that. During election time, they advertise that if you vote for them, they will steal money from the rich and give it to the poor, and, since there are more who think of themselves as poor than rich, these people vote for them, and then they deliver what they promised. Obama, (for example) is giving people several thousand dollars to buy a more efficient automobile with. I saved gasoline all of my life, by pedaling a bicycle to work, and/or riding a 110 mile per gallon cycle to work, but I don't get anything for this. And the people on the news say, "Obama's cash for clunkers program is a big success" - Well, of course it's a "success"! Why wouldn't giving my money away be a success? It's no success to me......But it's a big success to those who qualify for it.....How can I stop income redistribution, when the average person has less money than I do, and is willing to vote in these thieves to steal it from me and give it to them? What this tells me, is that democracy is a failure......It has to eventually fail, because those who have less can vote in thieves to steal money from those who have more, and give it to them. The only thing that has saved us this long has been the constitution, and it is being eroded away to the point where it can no longer do an adequate job of protecting us.
From: Bill Graham on 15 Sep 2009 19:17
"Twibil" <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1389e81c-08b7-444b-a69a-325b78d35d99(a)d15g2000prc.googlegroups.com... On Sep 14, 12:40 am, "Bill Graham" <w...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > Here's a free hint: everything you dislike isn't automatically > > "socialist" or "communist". Those words have real definitions, and > > using them the same way some folks yell "NAZI!" at anyone they dislike > > only devalues the words and convinces everyone who has even a marginal > > grip on reality that you don't. > > Its a category I put those into who are afraid to make any decisions for > themselves. But that category has *nothing* to do with either Socialists or Communists. And how in the World do you expect to win any respect for your position if you insist on playing Humpty-Dumpty and defining words to suit only yourself? > They want the government to do it for them, so they can't be > accused of screwing up if things don't turn out so well. They are afraid > to > choose their own educations, get their own jobs, and make their own > investment decisions for their own retirement. It's so easy to just let > the, > "wise old government " do it all for them. Then, if things don't go so > well, > their hands are clean. > And why don't I want to go along with this? - It's called slavery, baby. No, it isn't. (Just like your category of people who don't want to make their own decisions has nothing to do with either Socialism or Communism.) In every society on record -Capitalist, Communist, Semi-Socialist, Democratic Republic, or What-Have-You, there have always been a few movers and shakers and a whole bunch of folks who are just along for the ride and who are content to let others take the risks. That's simply human nature, and it has nought to do with any political syatem. > I want to be free. Even if it means I stand a chance of screwing up. Even in a dictatorial society such as the former Soviet Union there are still free men who will stand up and be counted (Alexander Solzenitzen comes to mind), and nothing in America's future looks to be anything at all like the now fortunately defunct Soviet Union. Unless, of course, the far right wing fruitcakes get their way and surpress everything that they dislike: which is pretty much everything that doesn't come out of their own mouths. And that ain't "freedom" an anyone's book, Bunkie. Sorry, but my scenario is more logical. I have been listening to the liberals all of my life, and I know the way they think and have figured out why they think that way. They are afraid of making their own decisions, and are willing to give up their freedoms (and mine) for security. You want an example? They want ME to wear a helmet, so THEIR insurance rates will go down. The logical extension? - They will want all of us to live in a padded cell so everyone's insurance rates will be as low as possible. |