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Have you ever been to the DMV? I have, and I've seen how well the government takes care of the governed. I have zero interest in seeing my healthcare decline to that level of service. I've worked hard all my life, and have earned my good job, decent insurance, and some level of freedom in making my healthcare decisions. Why do you think the quality of my healthcare should decline? Why do you think I should be responsible for paying for the healthcare of people who haven't worked as hard as I have? I'm not opposed to the idea of basic healthcare being available and affordable to everyone, provided it has substantial controls in place to prevent abuse, but I'm quite opposed to any sort of mandatory system, or being required to pay for stupid shit. A gal I know who works in the ER routinely sees women come in for pregnancy tests. On the nights she's working triage, she points out the door at the Rite-Aid across the street and suggests they pick up a pregnancy test there for 10 or 15 bucks instead of burning through several hundred in the ER. The answer is always some variant of the same thing..."Yeah, but the state won't pay for that and they will pay for this." I don't want to support that kind of selfish fucktardedness. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Ditto. Though I was a bit disheartened by the email I got a couple days ago asking me to contribute to his congressional re-election campaign as a "just in case". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Because I am not , I am libertarian but I am also realistic in that Id rather my vote count. I have a strong dislike for Clinton and therefore will never vote for her. I could write in Mickey Mouse but that would be a wasted vote. I think Clinton would make a horrible leader for this country and therefore it becomes a least of the two evils. There is no evil greater then her that is running (except Mickey Mouse) I prefer Paul, McCain, Obama, a yet to be named Libertarian candidate, and myself to Hillary. I guarantee my vote will go to one of those first five and not to her. Hopefully having Obama in there will prevent me from being called a "locked-step Republican", as I've never voted for a Republican presidential candidate in my life. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I think everything you wrote after the first comma answers the question implied before that comma. While I don't have the slightest clue who you might represent, you are clearly atypical. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I don't understand the fuss. West Virginia apparently has a requirement that a candidate must win with a majority of the vote. After the first round, nobody had a majority. Then the Paul and McCain folks, realizing their guy had no chance, went with their second choice...Huckabee, and that was enough to give him a majority. Romney's folks are all up in arms about this suppressing the will of the people, but it doesn't look that way to me. It looks to me like the majority either preferred Huckabee to Romney or wanted "anyone but Romney", neither of which constitute voter suppression/disenfranchisement in my eyes. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Don't think there aren't traditional Democrats who will similarly cross over to vote for McCain rather than vote for Hillary. Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton is NOT "change". Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Yeah, Right on Dave!! You are the coolest guy I know and I've heard good things about your wife!! Given that my redhead and I are living in sin, that must be JasonRose you're thinking of. His coolness is quite exaggerated, but all the good things about his (brunette) wife are true. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Very cool.

Those Munchkin chicks are sooooooo hot!!!

I'm in the same boat as you.... I was gonna ask SkyDemon since he is so persistant about me jumping!!! Fucking Ken and Barbie skydivers these days, showing up at dropzones without their pencils. Dave don't make me kick your ass!!! Wait...why do you need your rig repacked? I'm sure the school will let you borrow a student rig, and if I were down there, I'd do your recurrency jump free of charge. FuckOff... I'll still get it free, cuz I'm cute!!! Well yeah, there's that...but not if I warn them what kind of tasmanian devil they're gonna have on their hands after you land! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm in the same boat as you.... I was gonna ask SkyDemon since he is so persistant about me jumping!!! Fucking Ken and Barbie skydivers these days, showing up at dropzones without their pencils. Dave don't make me kick your ass!!! Wait...why do you need your rig repacked? I'm sure the school will let you borrow a student rig, and if I were down there, I'd do your recurrency jump free of charge. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Unstable loves you especially, but only if you loves unstables. You are a female skydiver and our token redhead!! You are probably pretty much the most badass skychic to ever post on here with your flaming locks. I think *my* redhead, aka TheStepchild, would get pissed if I called her anything remotely resembling "token", but she is a badass skychic nonetheless! Blues, Dave Not only is she badass but she is a hot skychica on top of that and she has boobies....Dave...you are seriously lucky to have snagged her Yes she is and does and yes I am. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Apparently the jury is still out. I know who SHOULD have won, but I haven't been officially informed yet. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I'm in the same boat as you.... I was gonna ask SkyDemon since he is so persistant about me jumping!!! Fucking Ken and Barbie skydivers these days, showing up at dropzones without their pencils. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Unstable loves you especially, but only if you loves unstables. You are a female skydiver and our token redhead!! You are probably pretty much the most badass skychic to ever post on here with your flaming locks. I think *my* redhead, aka TheStepchild, would get pissed if I called her anything remotely resembling "token", but she is a badass skychic nonetheless! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Based on the thread title, I'd say he's one of the people whose opinion was being solicited. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Not enough. I used to organize volunteer crews and staff semi-annual household hazardous waste collection events. Most of the stuff that came in was pretty routine that most people could find an easy, safe disposal route for with a little effort (e.g. used oil, car batteries, anti-freeze, etc), but some of the stuff was truly bad. Those made me feel good, but the city cut the funding, so I imagine a lot ends up improperly disposed of now. Whenever local search teams are needed, I volunteer as much free time as I can, but that's uncommon. I donate to several charities and would like to volunteer more, but I'm rather particular on who I'll give my time to (look at me dodging speaker's corner ). The last couple of years I haven't had a ton of free time, but your post is a nice reminder that I could make better use of some of it. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

When is that? And no, I won't take him if he's wearing a duct tape thong OR eating a banana, much less both. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I've taken my daughter on one tandem. I thought that when push came to shove, I would be terrified. I mean, it's all fun and games when it's somebody ELSE's kid. The truth is, from the moment we got out of the plane till I passed out from exhaustion at 2 or 3 in the morning, I had uncontrollable perma-grin. I must have watched her tandem video 20 times that night. She has a standing offer to make another tandem if she wants (we planned one but got weathered last father's day). Or, she can continue on and learn to jump solo if that's what she chooses. I won't pressure her either way, and if she decides to go for it, I'll cover all her student jumps. That said, I still think I'd be quite scared to release her that first time. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Why do you want to see Rambo in more sex scenes? I mean, besides that whole having a penis thing, isn't he getting pretty old? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Digi. Didn't he already say that? Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

Perhaps this will spread some light on the situation, or at least on the gene pool from which that famous person arose... Vote early, vote often! Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

There's a big difference though. Pharmaceutical companies are pretty much playing to a captive audience. If they invent a drug that will cure or treat the symptoms of a common ailment, be it fatal or merely inconvenient, they get sole rights to manufacture and market that product for, what, 7 years? I understand they need to recoup their R&D expenses and turn a profit, and I'm generally opposed to market restrictions, but when you look at the absurd dollars they've got to throw around...well, there ought to be some sort of happy medium. I just don't know what it is. The bottom line is, if you can't afford to insure and maintain a vehicle, you have the option of mass transit, and life goes on. If you can't afford to treat your life-threatening or debilitating illness, your options aren't so pleasant. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

I thought this article was interesting. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)

What he said. I believe Hillary is unelectable, primarily because of the scores of people who will not vote for her under any circumstance (including myself). I think Obama-McCain would be a close match-up, and though my vote would go to the former, I wouldn't be all that upset about the latter. At least neither of them are *complete* fucktards like our current President. Blues, Dave "I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew)