jgoose71

I, for one, really like this "Death Panel" bit. We all there is no "Death Panels" so to speak. The term came from mandatory living wills and the expectation of rationed health care when money and doctors start running low. It doesn't matter though, everyone knows the health care system needs reform and this bill does not cover any of the key issues that need addressed, so I don't care what they call it, it needs to die. I do like the poetic justice of a false label though. After Democrats coming up with terms like "bridge to nowhere" and "stimulus bill" to get the publics attention and get their way, to hear that the Republicans are taking a page out of the Democratic play book is poetic. Is it right? No. But it is poetic. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

If I calculate correctly, NiMH power density is much higher than that, at least if they are talking about a typical refrigerator. You are correct, however, a NiMH battery cannot be recharged nearly as many times and there is the problem of if the voltage drops below a certain level on the battery, it immediately becomes useless. And then cost. A Car size NiMH battery can cost up to $15,000 (at least the ones I have seen paid for by the government). My biggest concern with the new batteries is the operating temp. Does it need to be 90C to run or does it run at 90C? I couldn't really tell from the article. 90C is around 180F for us americans. To keep from killing my Air conditioner, I may have to find someplace other than my basement or garage to store it. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

This is one of the reasons why medical is so expensive here is the US. How much does Medical Malpractice insurance and lawsuits cost the medical field each year? I believe I've heard numbers up to $500 Billion. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

That's because enough people do know about it, and they overharvest California's fishery to effective extinction south of San Francisco. North of there, the recreational (breath hold diving only) fishery is still open, but under constant attack by poaching. Just another reason to move to Alaska when I retire. Not over populated, there for not over harvested. I can live off the land and know how fresh the food is and where it came from. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

What gets me is the prices of some of the stuff I get for free in Alaska. I can pick buckets of Blueberries and Huckleberries off my back porch, or, pay $10 a pound at the supermarket. On the really low tides I can collect rock scallops or Abalone off the rocks with meat the size of a coke can in them. Most people in the united states don't even know what Abalone is or if they do, they pay a months wage for it. Not to mention the Alaskan Salmon, Halibut, and crabs. Makes these blue crabs here in Florida taste like ass. Not to mention Alaska is so un-populated that you can still successfully hunt and fish for all this stuff. Something to be said about living someplace where there are no people. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100000571/us-healthcare-expenditure-the-biggest-waste-of-money-in-the-world/ I do say I have to agree with this post. In the military we learn combat first aid, where lawyers are not involved. After going through this course many times, I have seen the diffrence in medical practices between combat first aid and how the hospitals work. In a typical state-side response, the doctors have to treat the lawyers first. This means a whole lot of unnecessary procedures like a neck brace, etc, when none is called for. Any medical bill that goes through is a complete waste of time unless it includes 2 key issues: 1. Tort reform 2. The doctor shortage Since tort reform might put a few lawyers out of business, figure the odds of that happening. Unnecessary procedures and medical malpractice insurance are killing our heath system. Also think about the cost savings of not paying doctors over time and double time. It's a lot of money, especially when most doctors work over 80 hours a week, unless they are a part of a private practice. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

your post should say "Why not give it to China so we don't have to pay interest on it?" Funny you bring that up...... How does a country repay a debt when they do not have the ability to repay in currency??? Ever think about how the United States acquired the state of Florida from Spain?? $1,000,000.00 is what Spain owed us and gave us Florida in lieu of repaying the debt since they had no other means to satisfy. The obvious answer would be stop spending the "Porkulus" money and give back the loan. But big brother already has the money in hand and it is burning a hole in their pocket sooo..... If Obama had kept his promise to balance the budget, maybe we could work on paying down our debt. I had a lot of issues with Clinton whe he was president, but that is one thing he did right. He is the only president in a long time to not spend more than the country could raise. Of course, he did have the help of a republican congress. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I've known a lot of people like this and it boggles my mind. It's one thing to say that you don't have the stomach to watch a cow or chicken get butchered, but to talk about how wrong it is over a big porterhouse steak to me is kind of hypocritical. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I just got through visiting relatives in Alaska and most of them still live off the land. It just got me thinking about how much people really think about where the things that make daily life livable come from and how it gets to the consumer. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I guess you missed the part when the Fed printed a Trillion dollars. What happens to a currency when the Government just starts printing money? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

your post should say "Why not give it to China so we don't have to pay interest on it?" "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

As I stated above, I believe everyone should have a will of some sort. I don't want to leave my legacy to chance. I read the article and they said that the qualifying pages are 425 to 430. I couldn't find a website that displayed the actual pages. Does anyone know what the paragraph numbers are? I usually go to the open congress web site for these maters. Here is the actual health care bill. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text It is to long and and has to much leagalize for me (ie: as mentioned in paragraph X subsection y line z) I can't follow it when scanning for particular items. Is the item everyone complaining about that the bill just wants you to address the DNR issue as the article suggests? Or are there specific items that lead a person to believe that health care will be rationed? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

It's hard for me to say an "End of life discussion" is a medical thing. I have a living will with a DNR clause (Do not recesitate). Of course, not everyone has a will. Being in the military, these services are provided to me free of charge (go figure, free wills for the military) But either way, I had to make sure it was done. Being a sky diver and in the military I wanted to make sure that the burden of such a decision would not be placed on my family. I care to much to place a decision like that on them. Personal responsibility and all, oh wait, everyone wants the government to make these decisions now. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I guess that excludes you from the set of "law abiding gun owners" then. If it were law rather than the base commanders rule than you'd have a point. . Isn't there something in the UCMJ about obeying orders? I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. Still wrong - an order is not the equivalent of state or federal law. The UCMJ has no standing in law? I think you delude yourself. Talk about deluding one's self. It has been well established that personal weapons are allowed by military members on military installations (with a few caveats) and you are still arguing that he is a criminal citing the oath of enlistment as your referencing document? Politics really does remove one's rationality, doesn't it? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

The article is "race baiting". It doesn't mention anything about where the crimes are happening and then lightly hints with no facts about possible blacks being skipped over for promotions. Does anyone have any articles about rich white guys driving down to poor black neighborhoods to commit armed robberies? When reading this article it almost sounds like this is what is going on and being covered up "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

As someone who has "heard rumors" about what it is like to go 174mph down a freeway on a crotch-rocket, the dotted lines turn solid, you get walled in by the telephone poles and the scenery turns into a blur like star trek combined with the thought that if something goes wrong you won't feel it for long, yea, it's all kinda dreamy "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Soooooo....... Between the $25 per flight tax, cap and trade and new fuel taxes the price of a lift ticket will shortly be about $100 now? Also, has any one done any studies to see how the effects of all the newly decaying dead puppies and kids are going to effect the environment? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

All else equal, they do. ...and...what, that's it? Prove it then. If China can build a widget for $100, but their process involves using human labor because there are so many Chinese, and they have to give people jobs (the joys of central planning), so the process takes 5 people to make, and since there is so much handling, the accuracy tolerances are within a few millimeters. Japan can build the same widget for $300, but their process involves one person, and computer aided assembly allowing for precise construction, tolerances within fractions of a millimeter. So, all else isn't equal. They aren't building the same widget, since the tolerances are significantly different. Go to a machine shop and ask to have a cube with 1.0 inch sides machined out of aluminum. Then ask to have a cube with 1.000 inch sides machined out of aluminum. Which is more expensive? Okay, I understand your point, but in an open market, all things are not equal. Agree or disagree? Honestly, it depends if the UAW is involved I wonder how things are going to work now that they are co-owners. Do you think they will be able to keep the "workers best interests" protected? Will Quality and affordability start working it's way onto the priority list? Or is Government Motors death just been prolonged? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

Any idea how much each American is paying for those cars, whether or not they actually get one to drive? Not quite sure I understand what you are asking. What I can say is the average income in america right now is $30K a year. with that kind of income, only dodge neon's and ford focus's are in the price range. Foreign companies like Kia target the average american better than cadillac. You could always lease a car, but to me that is the automotive equivalent to buying a house with an interest only loan. It gets you in but doesn't keep you there. You will always have a car payment. I hope you don't go over on your miles either or you are really screwed. Leases have always been a money making scam buy the automotive companies to get you in more car than you can afford, buy a new car every couple of years, and always have a car payment. Needless to say, your american choices seem to be limited if you don't have a lot of money and you want something reliable for the family. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I voted "Hell No" They are getting rid of Saturn. The Vue is a great SUV that costs around $20K and gets around 30 miles to the gallon. It shows that they still don't get it. If I buy american again it looks like a ford escape hybrid, provided the price comes down. Not all americans can afford $30-40K for a good family car. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I think the best solution is not to give any jail time for drugs. It should just be a ticket. You got Coke? Here is your ticket and the cop moves on. The jails are way to over crowded to waste our time on this crap. On the flip side, I think that if your job impacts the safety of others, you should be drug tested. Your rights stop where my rights start. Just my $.02 "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I'm going out on a limb and am going to say that none of the current generation have been slaves. Maybe a few have been discriminated against and that is about it. I haven't discriminated against anybody though. I, however, have been passed over for promotion because I am not a minority under the "affirmative action" crap. I'm still waiting for my apology. Since I am white, I guess I will be dead and gone for several generations before someone apologizes to my great-great-grand kids "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I answered yes. There have always been and always will be bad people out there that want to do us harm. The only way to protect yourself from them is: A. Don't turn your back on them B. Have a bigger stick. Then we wind up in a stand off being circled by wolves we are able to keep at bay. Most of the time we can hold them off for years to afraid to swat them away because of the court of public opinion. The scary part comes when they just want to hurt you at any cost and they don't care what happens to themselves- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dirtybomb/chrono.html But if the liberals think they can make all nicey-nicey with them, I'll buy the airplane ticket "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

I'm reading this thread and I find my self saying "So what if the penguin is gay. Being gay has nothing to do with being a good dad." Penguin males are naturally wired to be good dads. It's nothing new. I'm asking myself "what's this got to do with the price of tea in china?" ??? "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything

My guess is that you've missed quite a bit. I'm prepared to be dazzled. On one hand, I have a Navy SEAL trained in demolition and experienced in it as well talking about crashing a jet full of fuel into the upper levels of an iron framed building. He doesn't believe that the collapse of the building is consistent with the circumstances, but would like to recreate the circumstances to either support or disprove his theory. On the other hand, I have Quade. You have high school physics and jenga blocks. Tough decision as far as credibility. Navy SeAL's are only trained to set up explosive charges. All Claymores say "this side towards enemy". If you were to ask him about types of explosives and explosive effects, you would get a blank stare. His training has absolutely no explanations in the physics of a shape charge. Any moron who is all wrapped up in conspiracy theories about the trade towers really needs to re-read the official findings for why the towers collapsed. A person would have to have a really closed mind to not understand what happened. "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything