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True. The fixes of the health care system that we saw during the 70's and 80's have caused more issues. Struggles with insurance, etc. Do you realize the folly of politicians speaking of getting eveyrone insured in one breath and bemoaning the evils of the insurance industry in the next? I'm telling you - if I were a doctor who wanted to run a clinic, I'd start small and do things cash only. By doing cash only, I could alleviate half of my overhead with billing, oversight, etc. I'd charge $75 for a physical (which is only 2 or three times the standard co-pay) and schedule 8 per day. Leave another 10 oenings for other things. And people would probably pay for the convenience. Health Care is different from other economic models. There are three competing interests: 1) quality; 2) affordability; and 3) availability. Cheap and available healthcare ain't gonna be that good. Quality healthcare that's affordable will be rationed. Quality healthcare that is available to all will be expensive. I haven't figured out - nor have I heard any solution - for how to do all three. I'd like to try taking indemnifiers out of it - like insurers and the government. well, take them out of it with the exception of catastrophic illness. We wouldn't expect our home insurers to pay for a new paint job or even a new roof. But we'd expect them to cover the damage due to a pipe bursting or a fire. It's the most efficient use of the system. Health care is expensive because everybody gets that same rate. People will have insurance and pay themselves for damage that could be covered so their rates won't go up! They have an incentive not to use it unless necessary, and they'll fork over the bread to avoid their rates going up. When it's your money being used on you, you'll find a way to do it easily. When others are paying for it, such as in public medicine or even, to an extent, in insurance, you get less quality and less efficiency. Along those lines, there are 4 ways to spend money: 1) Spend your money on yourself - you'll gt something you want or need for the best price and th best quality according to your needs (it's why I drive a 2002 Mercury Sable - others wouldn't think of a car like that, but it was inexpensive and fit me perfectly); 2) Spend other's money on yourself - I wouldn't be driving a Mercury Sable. i'd have that pimp Audi or Volvo; 3) Spend your money on others - it's why you get underwear and socks in your stocking. You don't like it or need it, but other people's money, so they decide what you get. You'll screw quality - you want the best price; and 4) Spend other's money on others - With this, you won't care how expensive it is, how good it is, or even if people want it. They'll get it in an arbitrary fashion. It's why I'm such a big guy on cash only bargained for exchanges. It makes my life easier, and if I don't want to check that sore throat for 50 cents, I'll send you off. Fan-fucking-tastic responses. Another case of media getting the people rallied to blame the system when more often than not, the same people bitching and moaning are the same people testing positive for cocaine while pregnant. I swear, so many Americans are just dumb. Expect everything to be a handout, and expect the handout to be gold-plated. "I want free medical care, but I'll be damned if I'm going to pay another 5% in taxes." One day these Boomers who have the "Life owe's me everything" attitude will all be dead. Of course, then we'll have to put up with their offspring who were raised the same way. Just remember... Pensions and tax cuts today bring tomorrow's corporate bankruptcies and tax hikes.

I've never seen a real problem with wal-mart. But I only go there between 11:00pm and 2:00 am normally. Occasionally I run there during lunch break to pick up the weeks lunch stuff, but I am rarely in line for more than 3-5 minutes. There is usually at least one self-checkout lane open. Parking is only a problem for those that can't stand to walk. Neat fact: the fucking time you spend looking for a spot close to the front, is usually more than the time it takes to park at the back and walk. Frankly, I don't know what's worse. Wal-Mart, or the people who perpetuate the stigma attached to Wal-Mart. I've never seen any real justification for why it's so bad. They do what it takes to be successful, and obviously do it very well. I don't honestly believe Wal-Mart is the kind of place more than few people want to make a career. It's just not a career-type job. People working there don't deserve $15/hr to fucking check groceries and stock shelves. I'm sorry but from my standpoint, they are paying market value for their employees. I worked at an IGA that later shut down (of course I left before that happened) sacking groceries and stocking. I never felt like the position warranted more than $6.00/hr. We made $5.50 starting. Granted I was in high school working part time, and the cost of living in Oklahoma is dirt fucking cheap for the quality, but even today, I couldn't see rationale in paying a Wal-mart employee more than $12/hr. I guarantee I do more work than a Wal-Mart employee and with my monthly bonus, barely make $11/hr. When it comes to the insurance deal, you better believe the premiums are gonna be high. With that many employees in that kind of environment, the chance for injury and lawsuit is ENORMOUS. That's the nature of the beast. When it comes to shutting down mom-and-pop stores.. sorry folks: That's fucking capitalism. Survival of the fittest. No rational argument there. Honestly, I really think people hate it because it's cool to hate Wal-Mart and everyone else is doing it.

I drink water out of paranoia of kidney stones. I also like water. Only times I don't drink it are when I'm in Norman, Oklahoma or any city that gets it's water from a lake instead of an aquifer. Lake water tastes like ass.

Pretty funny. They'll recruit (or try to) an autistic kid, but they permanently disqualified a guy with a 92 ASVAB score who had been to family counseling. Hey, can't say I didn't try.

I've been pulled over probably 5 times in 5 years but I've only ever received one ticket. The other 4 times were warnings for driving a P.O.S with busted tail lamps, no muffler, etc. My only ticket was on a road trip from OKC to Niagara Falls to Mt. Rushmore. As a way to compensate for having to be subsidized slightly by my friends for the trip, I drove the entire way until 80 miles from the border of Minnesota and whatever state is next to it. Got pulled over doing 84 in a 70. After that I didn't drive the rest of the trip. I'll never say that I'll never get another speeding ticket again. I don't normally speed more than 3-4 over but I was not looking forward to the time spent through the states between Niagara and Mt. Rushmore.

Level 1 of hell and... Paranoid: Low Schizoid: Moderate Schizotypal: High Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: Low Narcissistic: Low Avoidant: Low Dependent: Moderate Obsessive-Compulsive: Low Quick Summary: Many believe that schizotypal personality disorder represents mild schizophrenia. The disorder is characterized by odd forms of thinking and perceiving, and individuals with this disorder often seek isolation from others. They sometimes believe to have extra sensory ability or that unrelated events relate to them in some important way. They generally engage in eccentric behavior and have difficulty concentrating for long periods of time. Their speech is often over elaborate and difficult to follow. Symptoms of Schizotypal Personality Disorder: Odd or eccentric mannerisms or appearance Superstitious or preoccupied with paranormal phenomena Difficult to follow speech patterns Feelings of anxiety in social situations Suspiciousness and paranoia Odd beliefs or magical thinking Appears shy, aloof, or withdrawn to others A few of those are applicable. My mom suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. I didn't know that until a lot later in life but whatever. Go figure.

I personally would strengthen the feather/fade between the images. But that's just me.

"Tool - 10,000 Days" Album

This saturday and sunday 5/13-14

I'll skip track 7 to get to track 8 so I don't get surprised. 8 made me jump the first couple times I listened to it.

I've blacked out (more like losing consciousness) from playing the pass-out game twice (not in the same sitting)... and I've blacked out due to alcohol. The alcohol story... Friends and I go to a party at a house where the guy putting it on is having a party every day of the week with different themes each night. First night, went in with the purpose of getting drunk, and actually planned on getting more drunk than I ever have been. It was a success. I had total tunnel vision at the peak of my binge and remember walking around, barely able to make people's faces out, telling girls that I had noticed (while sober) where attractive, that they were in fact attractive. Asked one girl a question I shouldn't have involving large sums of money, the next night that would almost become a problem. This particular evening, I drank 7 shots of vodka total spaced out over about 2 hours, maybe less. Prior to the party I had drank a 44-oz cherry limeade from sonic. The next night. With the idea in mind that I had drank 7 shots of vodka the previous night, I went through the next 7 pretty fast. I remember taking my 7th and going over to a couch. I remember leaving the couch shortly after, going for my 8th, but in between the couch and the kitchen, I blacked out. Apparently I went for my 8th and someone stopped me. Doesn't matter because no one could stop the next few hours. Here's the summary of what happened as I remember it. Blacked out. Unknown amount of time later, I am in the living room where a lot of people are dancing to music. I've never "danced" so I'm pretty sure I looked as goofy as a drunk doing the whole bump and grind deal as you can imagine. I remember this girl who came with another girl I invited having her ass against my crotch for about 15 seconds.... Blacked out again. Unknown amount of time later... I'm in the backyard vomiting. I heaved probably about 4 times. Said something like "I don't even care anymore." Again, after about 15 seconds.. Blacked out again! 10:30AM, I wake up, I'm in the passenger seat of my car, parked next to the duplex I lived at briefly with some friends a couple months prior, and I have a Fred Flintstone costume draped around my shoulders. My friends are standing outside of the car as apparently they had locked the keys inside the car with me. After spending some time in the duplex with my friends, I went home, no hangover, nothin. HERE, are a few of the things i DON'T remember. Supposedly, the dancing with the girl came first. It ended sometime after I blacked out again and I became aroused. Apparently at one point I was laying on the couch with my big Dutch friend guarding me from the boyfriend of the girl I asked the question the previous night. Someone noticed that I looked like I was about to throw up, at which point my friend hauls me to the backyard. At one point after this, I had to go to the bathroom but was uncapable of walking. So my big friend takes me into the bathroom, my other friend pulls down my pants and my big Dutch friend holds me upright on the toilet until I'm done. Later on, there was rumor of the cops showing up. So my 3 friends try to get me out to the car. In the process of hauling me out across the front yard I collapse and complain that I'm cold. my friends tell me things like "we gotta go matt" and all I say is "I'm cold!" Thus one of them gets the fred flintstone costume from inside the house (it belonged to one of my friend's friends) and they just kinda throw it on my shoulders with one arm going through it like a sash. They try to get me up and I tell them "I can do it myself!" Them, "No you can't." "If I just concentrate, I can do it." So they let me sit there for a few seconds as I try to make my legs stand me up, they get their laugh and drag me to the car where I sleep for the next few hours until 10:30ish. Oh the joys of being young. :)

Always in color, often lucid. My best time for dreaming is in between snooze buttons. This is the biggest reason I set my alarm 30-45 minutes early. Even having to wake up to hit the snooze button again, I can fall right back into the dream either right where I left off, or playing the same thing over again.

It's a close second for me. Last night even, hung out with one of my female friends with brown/brown. Spent a lot of time just kind of admiring her eyes. I love eyes. And boobies. But you can't in trouble looking at her eyes.

I have always avoided sex. I knew it was one of those things some people can live without until they get it. I'm too concerned with getting myself established in life to be chasing ass every week. That, and I'd rather not jump through hoops like a show-animal to score one night of fucking. And I'm sure as shit not going to get involved in some long-term relationship. Too much effort for the reward. Of course this is relative to the value you place on it, which depends on what kind of person you are. Since I haven't got it, I don't know how to value it, so I really don't need it. Heh, I haven't found anyone deserving of having sex with me anyway.

So am I... Blondie is behind the mousy brown hair/plain brown eyes of the girl next door and the pale complexioned freckled redhead. Amazing! Either a: they lied. b: they were just posting the characteristics of their current love or c: the stereotypes are wrong. I'd say the stereotype is wrong. Here is the poll I ripped this from. It has over 2300 votes and the winner hands down is black/blue with 25% http://www.misterpoll.com/results.mpl?id=3180921333

Libertarians are inherently liberal when it comes to rights. Pro-Choice Compassionate Conservative. I'm liberal in my human rights standpoint and moderate when it comes to government. I don't want big government, I want effective government.

Hazel by definition = brown.

I favor black hair and blue eyes, but ONLY if the hair is naturally black. Simple and straight-forward. Girls, go make your own poll for guy hair/eye color.

I'm only slightly underpaid. The work load is proper.

Note that this is a direct result of being human which, according to the bible, is the way we were created. God knew what would happen, but he let it happen anyway. "How wonderful our god is! How great is he who lets us stick pennies light sockets, then punishes us for doing so!" Think about what any mother/father who cares about their small child what they would do if their child went to stick a knife in an electrical outlet after they told them not to.... Apparently, god is not so caring. Hey but at least he gives us the choice right?

Off-topic response... If one person has an idea, another person will disagree. Doesn't mean either one of them are right. E for Effort though.

I'll be there on Saturday to make my cherry-popper. Friend is coming along with his g/f. Me and him are for sure, but she'll probably take some persuading.

Please post this in reply to anyone who backs up their claims with biblical scripture. I found it quite fitting with a few minor contextual adjustments.

You can't just tax the fuel more because that drives the cost of everything up even more than what rising energy costs do. It just causes more inflation.

We need more reactors, a domestic reprocessing facility, and enough breeder reactors to make sure we get the biggest bang for the buck. But at the same time we need to hurry and get some big holes dug in the ground. We still need to get all of our current spent rods out of temp storage. I would also say on top of all the land we turn into waste storage, we set up massive solar farm arrays, that way the land can be twice as useful. Of course for hydrogen power, we need to have reactors dedicated to powering electrolosis facilities, and frankly I'd be fond of a few plants dedicated to desalination facilities. There's just no end to the benefits nuclear power can provide and the risks are quite manageable.