Comments Posted By HyperIon
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NO WONDER BUSH WAS A FAILURE AS PRESIDENT
RM write: Were we taken in? Partly, yes. But....
but but but
Classic RM MO. You eventually get around to facing the reality that you previously denied but but but...
...but the LEFT is did it first.
...but the LEFT hated Bush.
...but how dare them to say 4+ years ago what I am saying now.One step forward; one step backward. Not the way out of the wilderness.
Being unable to take "yes" for an answer is the sign of a juvenile mind.
And not recognizing that partisan hate can cloud someone's judgment and make their analysis false is the sign of stupidity.
So, to sum up, you are a stupid juvenile without a clue who can't recognize how their own analysis of Bush is about as good as that of a racist's evaluation of Obama.
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Comment Posted By HyperIon On 15.09.2009 @ 11:00
DEBATE OVER TEA PARTY PROTEST NUMBERS MASKS THE REAL HISTORY MADE
So numbers aren't important but then at the end you slip in a number:
Hundreds of thousands of people at the Capitol...
When did you pull that number from?
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 14.09.2009 @ 12:27
Can't be ABC. So..who says hundreds of thousands?
THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR OR THE GREAT PREVARICATOR?
RM wrote: if anyone can show me where the law of unintended consequences didn’t emerge - and rather quickly - following their enactment, I would be most appreciative.
social security? i am unaware of problems that emerged "rather quickly" in that case.
but i think your construction "didn't emerge" opens the door to arguing that there can never be bumps in the road. that is, i'm nervously awaiting: "ha, ha, you stupid liberal, don't you know SS is about to go broke?"
Which, of course, is not true.
If you could make a substantive response, I would be most appreciative.
"Rather quickly" may be inoperative in SS case but I think there is the idea that it was never designed to be a government pension system - the sole form of support for the elderly; and the idea that people who are collecting benefits now have far, far exceeded anything they ever paid into the system (while younger people will never see half of what they paid in); and that SS payouts for "disability" has far, far exceeded anything dreamed of when it was passed.
That's just off the top of my head.
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Comment Posted By HyperIon On 10.09.2009 @ 11:28
MY PROBLEM WITH 'FALSE' EQUIVALENCE
RM wrote: "his blog has morphed by and large into a collection of bitter denunciations directed at most conservatives who fail to meet his rather stringent ideological standards for relevance and correct thinking."
Don't forget the pet pics!
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 8.09.2009 @ 10:54
Frost (in The Onset) weighs in on the possibility that spring might never come...
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 21.08.2009 @ 13:23
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Yet all the precedent is on my side:
I know that winter death has never tried
The earth but it has failed: the snow may heap
In long storms an undrifted four feet deep
As measured again maple, birch, and oak,
It cannot check the peeper's silver croak.
MochaLite: Medicare is the government doing health care. Do you want to get rid of Medicare?
Do you have health insurance now? If so, perhaps you should seek treatment for your paranoid delusions about "death panels".
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 14.08.2009 @ 18:01
NOW THEY'RE COMING FOR THE FAT PEOPLE
You wrote: "the myth that salt causes high blood pressure"
Your link does not support this. It merely cites ONE study that indicates that sodium is PERHAPS not the main cause. Your statement is misleading. Perhaps because you are more dedicated to making your point than the truth.
Fat smokers who eat too much salt look forward to kidney failure. And no one is going to enjoy paying for their dialysis. Dialysis is currently financed largely by government funds.
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 3.08.2009 @ 11:08
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT WITH HEALTH CARE REFORM
Harry O: I would like to have the French or Swiss plan. Both heavily regulated by their government and achieve better outcomes for the patients for less than we pay. These are facts, not opinions.
NO ONE experiences medical bankruptcy in other countries similar to the US in standard of living that have a national plan. It has been shown by a variety of unbiased measures that we pay more and get less. There is rationing in this country now if you don't have insurance.
Gayle, please explain the high approval rating given medicare by its audience. Why can't I have the same type of plan?
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 28.07.2009 @ 19:37
It's already prohibitively expensive. But since it is paid by the employer in many cases, the cost is not recognized by the worker. The current system is NOT sustainable. Something must be done and we should look to other countries for models.
As Krugman recently noted, there are no examples of successful health care based on the principles of the free market. There must be a public option.
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 28.07.2009 @ 10:59
WHY CONSERVATISM SUCKS RIGHT NOW
I think plenty of people take conservatism seriously, e.g., folks like Larison. But wingnuts like the freeper founder are not conservatives; they're wackos. Most of the time they come here and approve of RM's opinion. It's only when he says flat out that they are crazy that they turn on him.
More popcorn!
Comment Posted By HyperIon On 20.07.2009 @ 10:53
