A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver - Latest Comments in Pot. Kettle. Black.

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Curt Sampson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:24:43 -0000

racheleh says: "Something constructive needs to happen and you republicans and you democrats need to get off your butts and get a solution."

You seem to be under some misunderstanding here: you *have* the Republican solution already, or something fairly close to it. No money, no medical care. If you don't like it, go make some money. Or maybe ask your church to take care of you.

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Dedicated_Dad — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:49:25 -0000

Nobody's going after a little girl, they're going after the evil, cynical people who would use her to advance their agenda.

The only violence at the town-halls has been on the part of SEIU and other branches of Dear Leader's brown... er... PURPLE-shirts - and they usually show their manhood by either beating up a man 4-on-1 or a woman or handicapped person.

Want to know why some would bring a gun? For the same reason I take one everywhere I go: Self defense.

The whole mess ignores one basic fact: The Constitution not only doesn't authorize them to do this, but in fact PROHIBITS IT (via the 10th amendment.)

WE ARE A REPUBLIC.

God Save her...

DD

BEST captcha word EVER - "rented": Just like most of Dear Leader's supporters.

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Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:18:28 -0000

Hey AD - glad to see someone else callin these people out. They are so in love with Obama they don't think straight. Time to put down the Kool-Aid sippy cup and smell the coffee. You can't convince them - even when you show them video proving that Obama's plan is to put private insurance plans out of business. Have you see the video he won't even acknowledge? Bet he never thought it would surface.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

confirmation word is "flated"? why do I feel a little dirty...

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Andrew33 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:37:43 -0000

We amy call the kettle black, but ate least aren't releged to using back kettles bussed in from 100 miles away. If anyone got their feelings hurt their feelings hurt because of this post, I sorry you have weak feelings. Real Life will fix it for ya.

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Larry — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:46:25 -0000

Really? The pot calling the kettle black is racist? Off yer meds, luv?

Here's a little history for ya:

Long before most speakers of the English language had ever seen or become familiar with those whose skins hold a darker hue, it seems people used to cook over fires, which left the cooking utensils covered in soot. So the pot on one side of this fire thingie, had no room to sneer at the kettle on the other side, as both were covered in the results of their work.

Personally, I tend to sneer at people who blame everything on racism, but then I'm not always the world's most pleasant person, and tho I do try to make allowances, ignorance of the rankest sort tends to get on my nerves.

Secondly, if your mammogram is really 4 years overdue (and by what standard, the "richest country in the world can afford to be over-zealous" healthcare standard, or the "I'm at high risk" standard, one wonders) why haven't you just paid for it? A mammogram is NOT an emergency procedure, last I heard. Not a catastrophic cost for which one would normally consider insurance necessary.

Someone else mentioned yearly physicals- again, an extravagance. A good idea, but not necessary during the majority of one's life, when in good health. Definitely not something which one's normal resources wouldn't be able to cover, with a little planning. Certainly not something for which is it necessary to pool risk in the form of insurance The word you're looking for is subsidy, an entirely different kettle, if you'll excuse the racist term.

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Mule Breath — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:53:16 -0000

D says:

I can tell you you're full of shit without ever being mad at you, you know. ;)

... and what was the title of this post?

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Ambulance Driver — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:43:39 -0000

"...I hope Prof (and AD) will forgive me."

Nothing to forgive, brother, as I was never mad at you.

I can tell you you're full of shit without ever being mad at you, you know. ;)

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Rick R. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:27:42 -0000

Actually, people accusing Michelle Malkin of "beating up on a little girl" apparantly haven't actually read the article in question.

Malkin did not say ANYTHING negative about the girl -- she talked about how the administration and the girl's mother (who has apparantly donated thousands of dollars to Obama) are using the girl.

Just beucase you're in the tank for Obama doesn't give you tehright to lie about what his critics say.

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Mule Breath — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:57:49 -0000

BTW, AD, you might want to check on Jon, Looks like he blew a gasket over at #1 Dino's place. He might could use some BP meds.

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Mule Breath — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:10:15 -0000

An ass I may have been, but then that is my namesake, isn't it?

Overall I thought the discussion was gentile enough, although I guess my poking and prodding would have been better appreciated by someone who better knows me. There was no deliberate insult intended; just good natured jousting. I'm sorry you took offense, Prof.

Now it seems that #1 Dino has cleared the air on her blog and pointed to exactly that which I was trying to point. Bad manners is bad manners regardless of where displayed or the actor displaying same. It is the deliberate disruption of civil meetings that is the debate, and not the bill itself. I think you might find I'm closer to your way of thinking if that discussion ever arises. I recognize the need for reform, but the bill currently under consideration is not what we need.

There are some bad mannered people out there, and if in this debate I somehow managed to behave like one, I hope Prof (and AD) will forgive me. You are welcome over on my blog if you choose to visit, and you can even shit on the floor if you feel impassioned enough. Just be prepared to be used as the mop.

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Student EMT Cracker — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:15:08 -0000

Like my grandaddy always said, " If you think it's expensive now, just wait till it's free"

When the Gov. runs healthcare, and they will if this boondoggle passes, it will be a clusterf**k of petty little gov appointees building their own private kingdoms at the taxpayer expense. You want to see how well the gov. runs healthcare then go look at what they provide on the Native American reservations.

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TOTWTYTR — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:53:00 -0000

It doesn't seem that anyone is going after an 11 year old girl. What it does seem like is someone is going after the mother of an 11 year old girl who might be using her daughter to advance an agenda she agrees with.

Then again, it's OK for David Letterman to go after a 14 year old girl whose mother he dislikes. No outrage from the left over that one.

And no, it's not both sides here. It's the Democrats who are trying to give us the bum's rush to pass a bill that most of them haven't even read. One of which will leave the details to appointed, mostly unaccountable, bureaucrats.

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crankylitprof — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:31:09 -0000

Not "taking my ball and going home," just unwilling to shit up AD's blog.

According to others on the internet, you're not usually an ass. Perhaps it's just me, or you're having a bad day...

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Mule Breath — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:35:10 -0000

Prof sez: It appears we don' t agree. Perhaps we can leave it at that.

Something about being open minded... something.

I do read your missives, but I suppose you can take you ball and go home if you want.

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la isla d'lisa — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:23:02 -0000

I'm so confused! Do you mean to say there may be ulterior motives in BOTH parties? But. How could that BE?

BTW, my word verification is "belones", which is just fitting, no?

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Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:56:55 -0000

It is legal to carry a gun on your hip even to a rally. A gun can be used for recreation or protection.

It is also legal to carry a tennis racket or a lead pipe. But why the hell would I?

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crankylitprof — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:54:31 -0000

Actually, Mule Breath, I really don't read your rantings. I can engage in good-natured ad hominem with Dino, because she's seen me nekkid -- being my personal physician, and all. I don't have that relationship with you, and thus, don't stoop to attacking you personally to make a point.

It appears we don' t agree. Perhaps we can leave it at that.

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Mule Breath — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:06:00 -0000

There is absolutely a pattern, on both sides of the aisle

Glad to see someone, somewhere, actually recognizes the polarity of today’s politics. Now if we could just encourage those who recognize such to avoid same.

Tea party PROTESTERS (not "teabaggers," which, as you know, is an attempt to ridicule through vulgarity

No attempt intended. I was intentionally ridiculing. Sheep deserve ridicule, regardless of party affiliation.

entitled to show up and complain that they're not being heard

If that was all that was happening there would be no problem. But that isn’t the truth at all. This is an organized thing with a purpose of disrupting civil dialogue. Yes, I recognize the ridiculous Code Pink demonstrators and the stupidity of such. I do not justify pinkery just because of teabaggery. Both are uncivil and certainly uncalled for. [CAVEAT: Not all protestors attending tea parties were teabaggers, and there are teabaggers who never attended a tea party. But we can certainly say that all pinkers who protested were sheep and idiots].

Was that more acceptable than what is going on now?

It is most evident that you do not follow my rantings or you would never have asked such a question.

I hope to God there's actually a blog for a "Cranky Psych Prof," and you're not arguing ad hominem

I might hope such a blog would exist too (even if god does not), but of course you know none does, and you know ad hominem was exactly my tactic, don’t you? Otherwise you would never have raised such a point. Especially considering the first comment on Dino’s blog post that started this whole debate.

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racheleh — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:56:00 -0000

I think once again a great idea has been trashed by both political parties for reasons of purely political gain. Its spelled MONEY and leaders on both sides stand to make substantial amounts of it at our expense.
While everyone sits around calling each other "pots" and "kettles" ( a reference that is purely racist in origin), there are people like me, who can't afford health care.

period

My baseline mammogram is 4 years overdue. I don't have insurance.

My yearly visit with the doctor is due, and my unemployment is on hold because I had a minimum wage job for two days. I can't get a prescription without in person visit. So there goes my Birth control and my SSRI.

Something constructive needs to happen and you republicans and you democrats need to get off your butts and get a solution. A lot of people are dying through neglect and indifference.

I suggest we try to do something besides complain. Get a state solution going, that way the feds stay out of it. Its simple. GET INVOLVED. We can spend hundreds of dollars on a WII to "get fit" but we can't write a letter to a congressman, or volunteer for a group that is getting real results? GET INVOLVED and remember, we are all neighbors.

oops , dang, I seem to have stepped on a soapbox. sorry all, this is close to home, and to see nothing happen AGAIN is really aggravating.

PLEASE get involved and do something constructive.

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crankylitprof — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:18:06 -0000

There is absolutely a pattern, on both sides of the aisle, of seeding their audiences with pre-primed sycophants. It's nauseating, and makes an absolute mockery of that the town halls are supposed to be.

Tea party PROTESTERS (not "teabaggers," which, as you know, is an attempt to ridicule through vulgarity -- har, har) are certainly entitled to show up and complain that they're not being heard, and air their grievances. Just as protesters on the left have done for the last eight years -- you DO remember the Code Pink people disrupting Senate and House chambers, correct? Was that more acceptable than what is going on now?

As an aside, I hope to God there's actually a blog for a "Cranky Psych Prof," and you're not arguing ad hominem. Making it personal because you disagree would be pretty ridiculous, don't you agree?

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Old NFO — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:45:33 -0000

Heh- I just want somebody to splain to me how they are going to ensure an extra 40+ million uninsured, and the bill is going to go down...

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Anonymous — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:27:11 -0000

One can pick all the nits they please, pro or con, but to get to the bottom bedrock of this argument:

Where in the Constitution, which should be the law of the land for the federal government, and set its powers AND LIMITS:

Where does the Constitution say ANYTHING about federally controlled healthcare. As I remember (and I admit, I do have leaks, and I don't have a handy copy in front of me at work...), the Constitution says NOTHING about healthcare. It limits the powers of federal government very tightly, even to the point of the Tenth Amendment,

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

And to add to that, since WHEN has the government EVER run ANYTHING efficiently??

Hopefully, 'nuff said.

Pass it on.

B Woodman

III

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Sigivald — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:41:40 -0000

I've started simply being amused by my acquaintances talking about the "Right-wing LIEZ about Health Care Reform".

Now, there are some nearly indefensible things being said now and then, but... when we see "lies" like "they're saying it'll cost a trillion dollars, but that's over ten years and they didn't add "over ten years" to what they said!"... well, I can't take that real seriously.

Because that's both standard all around for talking about "cost of programs", to average up the first decade or whatnot, and because those complaining never once had a complaint when a Democrat did that.

I expect all politicians and pundits to try and gull me, which is why I can't get real upset when they all act about the same.

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AC — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:40:06 -0000

Janet- You won't be allowed to keep your private insurance.
Read the bill, listen to Obama talk about single payer option, inform yourself.

Then perhaps you will find out what everyone is so upset about.