rughead23's Comments (123)

“wow.....

That's all I can say about you.”

“And that's exactly what bin Laden was counting on. If you really believe that, then you have fallen right into al Queda's trap.

bin Laden's strategy worked. Bush and the neo-cons fell for it.

The best recruitment device al Queda and the Taliban ever got was when Bush invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.

In the last 8 years, the actions of the United States have CREATED more terrorists than we've eliminated. It's that simple.”

“Simpleton”

“ditto head”

“The radio, through ASCAP, BMI and SESAC paid to play the songs. So, it was free for you, but not really. The station paid fees to play the music. They covered their costs and made profit through selling advertising. As a listener, you paid through being subjected to ads.”

“Concerts yes, cds and cassettes no, unless they somehow find a way to add value that the younger consumers will be willing to pay for. I doubt album artwork is enough.”

“Both are smart of her to do.”

“True that, especially to your last statement.”

“rughead23, you are correct it's all a joke, they get you drawen in, in order to get you to look at your credit report, which in turn you find out that it is not free, and they sell your name to other intities. So there you have it, all schemes and no one to trust.”

“I'm all for it!! I say make the repigs put their money where their mouth is. Do they REALLY want to go there? REALLY? I know they keep themselves intentionally ignorant, but some of them must read the polls. If so, they know they are on the wrong side. They'd just rather take the $$$ that Big Insurance is swamping them with.”

“I'll structure my answer to you into three parts:
1) From a scientific perspective ... hold on... wow a unicorn ... where am I?”

“I was tempted to reply to you, but somehow, I lost interest.”

“It would be too small to force prices down.

The Public option MUST be much larger to bring down costs.

Wydens amendment MAY be enough if it is passed.

The option is not Health Care Reform but Health Insurance reform and it will have a lot of the same overhead because it has to compete or it will not work.

The public option is a business not a single payer like Medicare.

How can 4 percent or less force the other 96 percent on anything. If you mix health care into a pie, lets say, made up of doctors, nurses, hospitals, drugs etc. Slice it into 25 pieces. 1 piece is 4 percent of the pie. 1 pie is worth 1 dollar. Each piece is worth 4 cents.

The public option says I am only going to pay 3 cents for my piece. The cook knows if he lets the public option piece save a penny than the other 24 pieces will want to save a penny, now says the cook my pie is only worth 75 cents. I’m not going to do that. Let that public option piece go whistle. I’m not going to lower my prices. It wouldn’t be good business.

Plus- Insurance companies have more costs, admin etc. but option people will mostly be poor and unhealthy which means subsidies to them. That will be added to the cost of the public option.

The option has to be large enough to force the negotiation of cost.”

“Four mouthpieces slanted left and one mouthpiece slanted right. Oh that's fair and balanced.”