Gravitymaster

Not everyone one but it certainly has had a huge impact. Preventative education is a much better solution than waiting until people get cancer or cirrosis and then shreiking "we have to do something, we can't just let them die", and then forcing everyone else to pay for their self-neglect.

The government should start running "scared straight" type ads that show what will happen if you don't buy medical insurance. Then Mary would have no excuse to begin with and all the Mary's in the future won't find themselves in this situation.

Question is, does Mary care if she lives or dies? If she cared, why didn't she do something about it by purchasing insurance? I suspect it has something to do with people thinking they. An do whatever they want and not worry about the consequence. It has more to do with the mentality we have fostered through the Nanny State.

Yep, scary isn't it? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pelosi-supports-occupy-wall-street-movement/story?id=14696893

The problem is those of us who are responsible and have our own health insurance don't like to be told we have to participate in a government program. We know all too well that all the crap being spread about how wonderful everything will be is just plain old Bullshit. The government makes this same old tired out pathetic sales pitch every time it wants weak-minded people to buy into something. We also know that as soon as it gets off to a start the limp-wristed liberals are going to start claiming that poor people just can't afford the premiums and that the rest of us will have to subsidize them, once again, just like we always end up doing. Sorry, not buying the BS this time around.

Never said it was. More proof the Fed is way too big. It should not be involved in financing for local issues. Thanks for making my point.

Nope. Assault and battery with intent to cause injury are NOT part of any game. It is with hockey, boxing and cage fighting. That's what the fans come to see and that's what those sports are designed to do. Next you will be contending that Nascar Drivers pass a safe driving course because crashes aren't part of that activity either.

True, but federal, state and local tax dollars all filter down to pay their salaries, and thus influences their hiring and firing. It's naive to think that federal money does not affect how big a fire department gets or how well they are paid. And if Romney does not affect their wages, then why is campaigning like he does? I know, i know because he is a politician.... Go ahead and vote for Romney - it will be the biggest joke in 4 more years when the 'moderate' changes absolutely NOTHING. More proof that the Federal Government is way too big and way too powerful. With your argument, we can now blame every local problem on the Feds.

Are you talking about the College Professor or the mother? We still have life without parole. Think Charles Manson will ever get out?

Nobody owes you anything. If you don't like working for someone else then start your own business. Then you can call the shots instead of being someone else's flunky.

I oppose the death penalty as it solves nothing. A lifetime of hard labor and reparations to the victim is a more productive resolution.

why don't you go find that out? and then report back to us. The data posted is pretty relevant and demonstrates a hypocrisy on the right and a general misrepresentation of what is really going on in the country. But sadly, you won't see the Democrats doing anything to toot their own horn about their succeses and I have no idea why? We want them to be tough on immigration, yet the current administration has broken all time records on deportations. Romney wants to cut more and more government jobs, yet stands with NY City firefighters, 'understanding' their plight of low wages and needed a second job to make ends meet. Yet these NY City firefighters will probably vote for Romney.....duh? Hate to break it to you but firefighters are not federal employees and Romney has no control over hiring them.

Well, he is a Professor. We all know what kind of special treatment they get. He probably was able to hire a bigger and better liar for a lawyer than she could afford.

Obviously, it was Right-Wing Militia Hit Squad sent to silence him.

It's obvious he was a "Secret Republican" who became a fake Democrat so he could go on a killing spree without anyone knowing his true ideology.

Well, that and Andy's original article, that shows he was campaigning as a Democrat. Shhhhh... you are supposed to ignore that. Also need to ignore he didn't start killing people until the Republicans ostracized him and he became a Democrat.

Well, there you go. We have the Southern Poverty Law Centers certification he was Republican Neo-Nazi. There's an unbiased source.

Toolbox, you've misunderstood - he wasn't a "Socialist", as in Marxist, left-wing, etc. He was a "National Socialist", as in "Nazi". See >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_socialist. As in right-wing. Oh, and he was an aspiring Republican office-holder. See above. Not so - might want to have the mods change the thread title, it appears you went into auto-lib mode with the labeling. From your article: "Ready, a prospective Democratic candidate for Pinal County Sheriff," - looks like he changed sides. And of course, there was his prior support of the Arizona Occupy crowd from last year. They can't see these types of things, Mike. Just as they think all religious nuts are Republicans. Apparently most of them are city slickers who have never spent much time in the deep south and experienced the Democratic, Obama voting, Union dues paying, left-wing religious nuts. They are completely ignorant of southern Baptist Preachers who were so instrumental in rousing their flocks to support Democrats like Obama. Ever notice most of them live in or near large cities on either the east of west coast or in the crime infested areas of the mid west? They have no clue as to what goes on in other parts of the country other than what they read in their big city newspapers.

Not surprising you would overlook that aspect in your constant zeal to bash everything Republican. It's also the left-wing Occupy movement espousing most of the racist rhetoric these days. Just in case you missed that, too.

And asking for euthanasia because you have a few cells mutating into something strange is out of line too? Severe depression is not simply being "unhappy". By the time you put a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger, I thing we can all agree that someone is more that just unhappy. Whether you want to accept that choice or not if your call, but to trivialize the person's condition as "unhappiness" is pretty lame. I agree. I think it's a shame that so many really have no idea the depths that depression can take a person. For many it is the only way to make the agony stop.

I see little difference between the two. The decision to end ones life is as personal a decision as it gets. I think the reason it is viewed differently is that a physical illness such as terminal cancer is viewed as incurable whereas a mental illnes does have some hope of being cured. OTOH, suppose someone has lived a lifetime with incurable depression, schizophrenia, or some type of psychosis? Isn't that the same as an incurable physical ailment?

No-one is compelled to go to college. No parent is compelled to send their kid(s). No-one is forced to major in "womens' studies" or "media" instead of engineering or math. Supply and demand IS a capitalist value. No one was forced to smoke cigarettes either. How did that one turn out?

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/53-of-recent-college-grads-are-jobless-or-underemployed-how/256237/ I wonder what your ilk will do when the government runs out of money and stops offering low interest rate loans. Then Colleges won't be able to jack up tuition costs the way they have been for the last 20 years. http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/35-shocking-facts-that-prove-that-college-education-has-become-a-giant-money-making-scam No better than the bottom feeding lawyers that have contributed to many of society's financial problems along with the bankers.

You have it already. The kids that I diapered, hauled on family vacations, listened as they whined about homework, and then paid for their college educations will be paying for your retirement. Only if they can find a job. http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2010-12-06-collegegrads06_ST_N.htm