Debbie1996's Comments (211)

“People don't plan a year in advanced because it takes so much time - it's all about the location availability.”

“You're not seriously citing movies are you? to answer your question - Mr. Polanski fled before sentencing.

And the US did attempt to extradite him from France - but they refused.”

“He pled guilty - he doesn't need a trial. He only needs to show up for sentencing.”

“Why yes it's always the mother's fault - why she INTRODUCED her daughter to Polanski - surely she knew that would result in her daughter being raped and sodomized. How could Polanski possibly resist the charms of a 13 year old!”

“sex with a minor is legally and morally defined as rape - as a child is not able to consent to sex. In this case it is child molestation as the victim is under 14”

“Thanks so much for the clarification - have you actually read the grand jury testimony? do you understand that he drugged and then raped and sodomized a 13 year old girl while she said no? Do you consider that insignificant?”

“Joe Wilson may be a racist, I've never met the man and he clearly suffers from foot in mouth disease. The South, deep or otherwise may be overwhelmingly racist (having never lived there, I hardly see my trips to Disney World as providing any insight on the culture) - but Democrats, progressives, liberals, those on the left (have I left out any labels?) do a disservice by throwing racist at anyone who disagrees with them or President Obama. I grew up in an extremely diverse area of California and am no racist. I was a registered Democrat for almost 20 years before the fiscal insanity of the Democratic party in California forced me to reregister as an independent. I was against Bush when he was spending our grandchildren into poverty and I truly hope that Obama will look at some of the fiscal moves that Clinton made and the economic impact they had, instead of assuming that anyone who disagree with him is blinded by the color of his skin.”

“Your English professors at Cornell would be disappointed - you never supported your claim that religion is bad for the environment - I expect more from an ivy league elitist.”

“As a mother, I never underestimate the intelligence of children - However, this child basically stood up to ask why people are mean - I'm sorry but the parent's should not have put her in that position period.”

“Paul - how are you going to pay for that?”

“Um actually that's exactly what it is? Medicaid is insurance for the poor.”

“But they're qualified to pick their own homeowners and car insurance?

Medicare is highly subsidized it cannot support an addition 200 million people. I don't understand why people keep proposing this?”

“Yes but how are they going to force them to serve more patients? the more likely scenario is that it will result in fewer doctors.”

“There's no question that there are aspects of medical care which will NEVER be a perfect market system. However there's a lot of our routine care that could benefit from more market forces. The current system would be drastically improved if there was greater transparency. Am I going to comparison shop during a heart attack, no - would I comparison shop for my annual pap - sure.”

“I think if we can get more basic care OUT of insurance, we'll be better off. I like the car analogy - people pay for their regular maintenance which is why I can get an oil change for $19.99. Without the admin and overhead plus added transparency, costs would come down.”

“Yes but the poorest citizens already have access - Medicaid - it's people who aren't the poorest who are struggling with the current system”

“I disagree with standardized coverage packages - people should have the option of paying for the coverage they want.”

“He didn't oppose reform, he had a different opinion of what reform was necessary.”

“Actually I think they're attacking the parents.”

“I do not like to see children used in this manner period - I don't like it when I see little kids with posters with dead fetuses on them, I don't like it when someone makes a video with kids singing songs in support of Obama, I don't like it when parents take their kids on national television to ask the president about people being mean. Your first duty as a parent is to protect your children period. I have two little ones, and while I greatly fear the national debt that they would inherit - the idea that I would trot them out in front of the cameras as an emotional ploy (cause let's be honest that's all this is) disgusts me.”

“We don't have a democracy, we have a republic and we don't value the collective, we value the individual”

“Just don't get cancer - mortality rates in the UK are abysmal

Survival rates for all cancers

1 - USA - 62.9%
16 England - 52.7%

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1560849/UK-cancer-survival-rate-lowest-in-Europe.html”

“You are completely delusional if you think that framers believed in you definitions -

"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy" - Thomas Jefferson

Property is the fruit of labor. Property is desirable, is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise - Abraham Lincoln”

“Here's the problem - right now Medicare is heavily subsidized and cannot meet the coming onslaught of baby boomers, let alone ANYONE WHO WANTS TO JOIN - second off. Not only do our taxes subsidize medicare, but all other insurers subsidized medicare. Medicare forces doctors to accept reimbursement rates so low, that at times it's below cost. How do they make it up? Over charging everyone else.”

“Agreed”