Fuck you wolf, you motherfucking TROLL!!!!!!!! I know you get your perverted jollies coming on to left-wing websites and make your insulting and disruptive comments. Go to the Free Republic or those loopy Ayn Rand websites, jackass.
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Michael Moore (or ANY documentary filmmaker) does NOT have an obligation to be "balanced". They do have an obligation to tell the truth. I would invite America's Health Insurance Plans or PhRMA or any other front group to underwrite a documentary and provide their own slant on the truth regarding our healthcare system and see which one your average American relates to. I know which film my money would be on.
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Yes whattheheck, any documentarian has an obligation to tell the truth. They may inject their own slant on the truth, but they are not allowed to outright lie or defame. I am willing to wait and see if Moore gets sued for any assertions made in his film but I bet he won't because he did tell the truth (as did Al Gore).
Posted to Sicko's Critics and the Upside of Hitler
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George W. Bush is what Ronald Reagan WOULD HAVE BEEN had Reagan had a Republican controlled Congress. Thank goodness the Democrats curbed the excesses of his administration. Ronald Reagan always gets way too much credit for "winning" the Cold War. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. I was born in 1971 and vividly remember the Reagan years. I will remember them as a time when deficits were at record highs, plant closings and high unemployment, crack, AIDS, cocaine, insider trading, conspicuous comsumption, Iran-Contra, and US Marines dying in Lebanon. The right-wingers may try to whitewash history, …
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Nice try at the spin bulldog, are you on the Republican Party payroll??? Your revisionist history will not fly. I am resistant to your pack of lies. The longest economic boon in American history, 25 of 36 years and still going???? What are you smoking???? As an economics graduate student I will not dignify your crude propaganda and embarass you for your lack of understanding of economic history. The time and space required to refute all of your bogus claims are insufficient here. Suffice it to say, we obviously had very differing experiences in the 1980s. I will always know the …
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There's NOTHING "free" about free trade as it is currently practiced. It is nothing more than a plan to enrich already wealthy elites around the world. Sure, there are the basic economic priciples of comparative advantage and Pareto optimality, but these textbook theories do not come to fruition in reality. Free trade is nothing but a scheme that makes it easier for corporations to find cheaper labor and lax enforcement of environmental standards usually under the protection of an authoritarian regime. No modern economy got that way DUE to free trade, most had protective tariffs and other governemental intervention (like Japan, …
Posted to Making Trade Work for Everyone
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whattheheck: You are absolutely correct in your critique of the Democrats. What I was saying is that many of the newly elected "blue dogs" are now actually against free trade joining the progressives against deals like NAFTA. Of course, there are still too many Dems on the side of corporations rather than the people, including much of the Democratic leadership. I agree with everything you have said regarding "free" trade. In 1993 I was a college student arguing with my economics professor over whether or not NAFTA would lead to more jobs and higher wages. I wish I could tell him …
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Hillary Clinton is NOT a progressive and that's why many people on "the left " dislike her. She's a neo-con war hawk and a DLC toady who will run economic policy for the sake of the wealthy and the corporations. With Democrats like her who needs Republicans. That's what I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND. Why do Republicans HATE her so much when at the end of the day she will side with them, at least on the more important issues.
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Public financing of elections is something that is long overdue. Entire books can be written about the corrupting influence of money and the political advantages that money buys.
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"civil rights are for US CITIZENS ONLY. bullet to the brain for the invaders, NOT deportation. then, bullets for the traitors who hire them. " Um NO idiot. Civil rights are for everybody. The US Constitution makes NO differentiation between citizens and non citizens. IT REGULATES THE ACTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. The government has to abide by certain rules of due process not matter who is being arrested. It whole, "they can come here legally" argument is a bullshit blind alley. If you really wanted to address illegal immigration, you go after the companies that hire illegals. Of course, there's very little …
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bostonblackie: Nice blondemike, going under an alias like that. What, don't have the courage of your conviction that you have to hide behind all of those aliases. Your total ignorance of the US Constitution is what is what is mindbendingly stupid. Of course, you did not deny the fact that EVERYBODY is entitled to due process (the main point in this case) no matter what their status is. Your statements about citizens and the constitution are obfuscations that had nothing to do with my point. Kuya and texasindependent: I did not mean to imply that I disagreed with you or that …
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blondemike, etc. I am not wrong: the Constitution (more specifically the Bill of Rights) regulates the actions of government with no distiction as to whether one is a citizen or not. In this case, people who are arrested are entitled to due process, NO MATTER WHAT THE STATUS OF THE ARRESTEE IS. Please feel free to show me where it says anything about the government being able to do what they please with non-citizens.
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NAFTA is an abject failure: remember when NAFTA was supposed to improve the Mexican economy to the point that we wouldn't have an immigration problem because the Mexicans would stay in Mexico for those quality jobs??? And what about those GREAT improvements to the US and Canadian economies??? It's now 13 1/2 years later and I'm still waiting to see these "benefits of free trade". TI you couldn't be more wrong. The Democrats you dismiss as "crackpots" are the backbone of the Democratic Party and reflect the more progressive direction the US needs to get out if this neo-con funk we …
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Hey FUCK YOU texasasshole!!!! To say that JOHN KERRY is some kind of lefty show YOU DON'T KNOW JACKSHIT ABOUT POLITICS. Go to your Republican-lite loving faction any GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FORUMS. Your pseudo-intellectual poison can be better served at some other website.
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texasjackass: You need to be honest with your name. It should be texasrepublican or texasrigtwinger. You are the intellectually dishonest one. If you believe the oversimplified right-wing meme of "progressive" ="high taxes & bureaucracy" then that just just how clueless you are. (of course, actually thinking beyond oversimplified soundbites is beyond people on the right).The fact that you spout righty talking points tells me that you are not some "registered Democrat" but some right-wing provocateur who highjacks lefty forums. FUCK YOU AND YOUR KIND. GO FIND A "CENTERIST DEMOCRATIC or REPUBLICAN" site if that's what you love so much. Your recitation …
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David in Canuckistan I apologize for the harshness, it's an expression of my extreme frustration with fakers. I contend that texasjackass is NOT your typical "moderate" long-time Democrat, but a right-wing Republican who trolls left-leaning websites and spreads his propaganda. He is what we call a "concern troll". They pretend that they are (or were) one of us but then spout off Republican talking points on nearly every issue because they are so "concerned" about the well being of the party. I'm sorry that things are going to probably get uglier before they get better. FUCK OFF texasjackass!!! Way to dodge …
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texasasshole: I want you to vote Republican because you are a Republican. I have outed you as a troll. You are so full of shit on your arguments that that is the ONLY possible explanation for your complete and utter lack of knowledge of the Democratic Party. I'M THE ONE THAT'S DESECRATED THE PARTY????? I'M THE ONE who wants us to RETURN TO OUR MODERN ROOTS---you know FDR and all that. YOU ARE THE TRAITOROUS ONE who has spurned the DEMOCRATIC Party. You and your ilk are the ones that vote Republican. LBJ would embrace Howard Dean as his own son. …
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The "WAR ON TERROR" is cold war for the 21st Century. This new cold war will be (and HAS been) used to justify an erosion of our civil rights at home and justify a lot of other bad things (bombings, imprisonments, propping up authoritarian regimes etc.) abroad. It certainly seems history does repeat itself. Thank you Mr. Muwakkil for the insightfulness.
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blondemike: "it's my job to try to minimize it or tune it out if I can't" What the fuck, you actually have a JOB???? Could have fooled me. I guess if you coubt being a lying, racist, neofascist scumbug a job then you are a first-rate CEO. You and your KKK buddy whattheheck should at least ACTUALLY read the freaking article before you cast judgement on it. The main point was why in the hell the US IS STICKING IT'S nose in this African conflict (hint---it has something to do with American imperialism, this time justified by a "war on terror" …
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Amen, whattheheck.
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On the contrary BM, I am in a great mood. I love pointing out the racist elements and calling them out for their racism and ignorance.
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BM Whatever dude. You know I love your illogical arguments coupled with your inane blather befitting of a neo-fascist dilletante. Your legendary meltdowns and your name-calling definitely make things here at ITT interesting and even a little fun. Keep it up Li'l Buckaroo!! Hey bart: WHO the FUCK are you??? "...kind of a stupid post above..." Who are you to judge anything and what does this have to do with a discussion about Mr. Muwakkil's article???? Maybe you should stay out of other people's battles.
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Enjoy collaborating with you. BM & WTH: Collaborating on the time and place for the next KKK meeting??? Or do you guys consider yourselves more of the neo-nazi type of racist??? I think it might be the latter because the KKK is more for really dumb rednecks, and despite the stupidity and ignorance in your posts, you guys seem to be somewhat educated and literate. just wondering? Oh, and congrats on pushing ANOTHER discussion forum OFF TOPIC. Go back to the extreme right-wing forums you belong to already.
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nice one blondemike/bostonblackie, let the ad hominems begin.
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Rest in Peace.....and thanks for the memories!!!!!
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What the heck and blondmike: Partners in the KKK??? It's people like you that have perpetuated the ugliness of racism. One of the themes of the article was the fact that so many people think of slavery as an abstraction and fail to see the connection between today's racism and slavery. Thank you for proving Mr. Muwakkil right. You guys buy into the right wing memes of welfare, desegregation, civil rights legislation and affirmative action. It was the racist elements of society that opposed these measures to redress grievances. Congratulations to you both for being a part of the problem. …
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WTH, would you wake blondemike up in time for the next Klan meeting? Thanks.
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BM the racist asshole!!! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz Wake me up when you say something intelligent.....oh wait..that'll mean I'll be sleeping forever. I must applaud BM for showing that even the mentally handicapped can be trained to operate a computer and string some sentences together once in a while. Keep up the good effort little buckaroo!!!!
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This is very illustrative of the main problem of the Democratic Party: It is RUN by a bunch of milquetoast Beltway insiders out of touch with their rank and file across the country. The leadership buys into the insider mentality and constantly tries to direct the party to more "centrist" positions while what rank and file prefers much bolder leadership.
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blondemike: Fuck you, you fucken fuck!!!! I need to set the record straight on a couple of things. With you playing the role of the loudmouth at the bar, I can't let your rambling assertions go unchallenged. First, the "90% of new Dems in Congress are BLUE DOGS" comment is absolutely false. Again, blondemike shows his penchant for making up numbers as he sees fit. Secondly, there are plenty of PWOGWESSIVES that have been ELECTED. One of the largest caucuses for Democrats in the House is the Progressive Caucus, and they actually lost two members (Bernie Sanders-VT, Sherrod Brown-OH) because they …
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There goes BM with his fuzzy math. Let's see, he seems to get 9 out of 22=90%. If that weren't enough, given the fact that the Democrats won 31 seats he must believe 9/31=90%. He also makes the fallacy that Pro-war=Blue Dog, when there are NUMEROUS issues that would make one a member of a particular faction. Just because a person is pro-war that does not make him/her a Blue Dog. Of course, BM didn't even address my other points. Don't worry, it's very common for him to dodge issues when confronted with THE TRUTH.
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BM lay down the crackpipe and learn to communicate, asshole. You have misrepresented what you said, and of course, you simply ignore hard facts when confronted with the truth. Just admit you got caught with your hand in the cookie jar and stop with the semantics. You were caught spreading falsehoods and now you're backpedaling faster than a neocon talking about Iraq and 9-11. Some people here might give your extremist views a free pass, but I will always confront your lies.
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BM: See post #4 of this thread. I pointed out three LIES and called you out. You tend to make up numbers as you see fit. Sometimes you say things that don't line up with the facts. I will continue to call you you when I see misrepresentations. You claim that you are not trying convert anyone, that you just want to set the record straight. I just want to correct your misrepresentations. For example, if "90% of the newly elected Dems are Blue Dogs" then that will mean that 27 of the 31 newly elected Dems are Blue Dogs. THAT …
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Blondemike: You are so full of shit we should all start referring to you as "the Toilet". I feel the need to call you out again as both a racist and anti-semite. Of course, this is the typical path of someone on the far right: you let a right winger talk long enough and their true colors come to the fore. You have again proven to be highly predictable. Your unhinging comes on cue. Just an FYI: Thomas Jefferson believed in public education in order to advance democracy through an informed and educated citizenry. Of course, someone of your far right …
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BM (aka TOILET): Nice comeback. Well played you intellectual giant. The king of the ad hominen attack is BACK!!! You get called out for being a racist and anti-semite and you name call. Typical and predictable. Keep up the good work BM (Toilet)!!! I must admit you help keep things interesting in a "train wreck" sort of way. I know you are frustrated. You have been discredited, disproven, and revealed as a racist, anti-semite, and a hypocrite. I'm sure there are longstanding psychological reasons for your feelings of inadequacy. Thank you from the bottom of my bleeding heart that you chose …
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Keep it coming toilet!!! My drink is coming out of my nose and on to the computer keyboard because I'm laughing so hard!!!
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I'm SHOCKED to see a right-winger like BM opposing the death penalty and three strikes laws. Maybe there's hope for us all. Of course, BM's typically rambling blather of falsehoods shows otherwise. As far as this Catholic vs. Catholic stuff, I admire Frances Kissling's fighting the fascist tendencies of her religion (I used to be a Catholic back in the day) over the years. The church in general, and its right-wing more specifically, is rife with hypocrisy. Hopefully the day will come when it ends up in the dustbin of history (like EVERYTHING considered "right-wing").
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cabdriver: You are the man!!! blonde"blowhard" mike is getting ANOTHER bitch-slapping and I LOVE IT!!! Thanks for doing the heavy lifting on this thread, just like when you and I took him down in the Health Care thread. It's all for naught though, unfortunately. Blowhards like BM are like that obnoxious guy at the bar who thinks they know EVERYTHING, but really knows NOTHING. Nothing can shut him up. He must have taken too many drugs in the 60s or something, because this "objective reality" bullsh*# is nothing but a trip to LA-LA LAND!!! Luckily, as the pendulum swings away from …
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I remember when I was in college in the early 1990s and CNN was the gold standard for news. Those days are long gone.
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There are no easy answers for Colombia. I am hopeful that the rise of the Latin American Left in recent years will come to Colombia as well. It is clear that the War on Drugs has not worked, and that the continued illegality of drugs keeps the price high and allows for huge profits to be made.
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Again BM shows the cowering ignorance of the dilettante that he is. Thank you for admitting that Pinochet's "success" came due to "his abrogation of civil rights". Of course, that's the ONLY way Capitalism can really work. Maybe with your confession there's some hope for you, but I doubt it. You can't accept the fact that the "populist clowns" were actually ELECTED (as was Allende). Free market extremists like you like to spout about "freedom of choice" but have always had a problem with freedom of choice when it turns out not to be the choice YOU would want. So go …
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LIAR. Feel free to answer my questions directly next time. Your dodges are so commonplace you should change your name to "The Artful Dodger".
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I'm not the one throwing tantrums, I am just following up your propagandistic lies with the truth. I have pointed out your deceitful lies on previous threads, here your lies are more lies of omission. Here you are the Artful Dodoger. You claim to be of an ideology where free of choice is paramount, but when individuals fail to choose who YOU think SHOULD be chosen, you support their overthrow and you support regimes that suppress dissent, free elections, etc. all in the name of the "freedom". You and people of your ilk are hypocrites of the highest order. I'm sorry …
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BM (aka Toilet): Chile has one of the best economies in Latin America because the properly elected left wing governments in Chile since Pinochet's abdication in 1990 have done a heck of a job cleaning up the mess that Pinochet left behind. Thank goodness democracy is starting to trump brute force again. The pendulum is swinging back the correct way. Enjoy your irrelevance, righty hypocrite.
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ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Of course you would say VIVA PINOCHET!!!! A fascist would always honor a fellow fascist. Way to be a libertarian, hypocrite.
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A very basic principle in insurance is having a pool of clients large enough in order to spread the risk over a broad area. Having a lot of people paying for insurance with the risk spread out as vast as possible is very efficient and profitable. A system that has EVERYBODY covered (i.e. the largest pool possible) would be the best way to spread that risk. Single-payer is the only real way to get out of our present situation. In addition to eliminating the "middle-man" of private insurers with their smaller risk pools, other savings can be had with a greater …
Posted to The Health Care Monster Returns
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No I'm not saying it that cosmetic surgery should be "banned". I'm saying that a different system that works toward preventative care and better distribution of resources would be better for all in the short and long run. The reason why there are so much resources wasted on unnecessary procedures is because there's $$$$ in it. There is also not much money to be made in preventative under our current perverse sytem. A better distribution would allow preventative care to be "profitiable" and cosmetic things to be less "profitable" relatively speaking. The bottom line is that we in the United States …
Posted to The Health Care Monster Returns
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You are mistaken with the "Limbaughesque" crap about the "best health care system in the world". I'm talking to a wall. Stop with right wing talking points and expalin to me a better system where the RISK IS SPREAD OUT OVER A LARGE RISK POOL. This isn't some made up principle, it's a basic tenet of insurance (whether it be auto, healthcare, etc.). One should ALWAYS try to get the largest risk pool possible. You still haven't addressed why we get so little bang for our buck compared to other countries, why NO COUNTRY WITH NATIONAL HEALTHCARE IS SUGGESTING GETTING RID …
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Oh, and blondemike, I totally agree with you about the income tax thing I greatly appreciate you proving my point. You see, everyone WOULD BE PAYING LOWER RATE RIGHT NOW, if the rich people paid their fair share. You see, the rich do something called "lobbying", where they get themselves tax break and other LOOPHOLES. The average person doesn't get these. So instead of a tax code that should fit on one page we have a multi-volume code with THOUSANDS of pages, full of these loopholes. All the revenue lost through these loopholes is made up for by the average person …
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blondmike where do you get your numbers????? "We get much more for our money than any other country"?????? Um, first there's over 40 million in the US that are NOT INSURED. There are lots of countries that pay LESS per capita and a LOWER percentage of their GDP than the US and still cover EVERYBODY!!!! There are also a great number in the US with really crappy coverage and are classified as "underinsured". As for your anecdotal "evidence" of people you know "..in Britain and Canada and New Zealand and India and Australia who'd love to get rid of their socialized …
Posted to The Health Care Monster Returns
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Nice manners blondemike. I knew it was only a matter of time before the right-wing windbag resorted to as hominem attacks (FYI that's basically a fancy word for name calling). I know that you having recieved such a great intellectual beat-down from me greatly frustrates you. Your refusal to really address any of my points speaks volumes. It's a typical right-wing/ "libertarian" (yes, to me they are pretty much the same in my book when you boil it all down) tactic to: 1) "dismiss the premise" of the person you disagree with, 2) manufacture evidence, commonly through unprovable and usually unrepresentative …
Posted to The Health Care Monster Returns
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"The accepted idea is that a group of people spread risk and makes the cost bearable for the whole group. Good in theory--poor in practice." That "poor in practice theory" is the ENTIRE BASIS of the INSURANCE INDUSTRY!!! Insurance companies do indeed try to get the largest pool possible to spread their risk, that is insurance 101. A similar theory (and one that WORKS in practice) is behind how police, fire, ambulance, the courts, national defense are done. EVERYONE PAYS for these things through taxes whether they are "needed" or not BY EVERYONE. Also, the whole Walter Reed scandal is a …
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Geez, another ad hominem attack by blondemike. Dr. Lippin, carry it as a badge of honor. You see, when blondemike is confronted by someone with better arguments and VASTLY SUPERIOR intellect he resorts to name calling. For your information blondmike, WE HAVE TAKEN CAPITALISM TO THE EXTREME!!! and it resulted in THE GREAT DEPRESSION (there were actually many depressions in the late 1800s up on through the 1930s). UNREGULATED CAPITALISM DOES NOT WORK!!!! It trends towards "boom-bust" cycles and to market concentration. That is why LIBERTARIANISM ultimately doesn't work: If capitalism went on unabated eventually the FREE MARKET WOULD NO LONGER …
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I'd LOVE to try some of that stuff you are SMOKING, blondemike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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blondemike: I just wanted to address some of the mythology you've been spreading. Unregulated capitalism DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cited the boom and bust cycles, the penultimate moment being the Great Depression as evidence (the assinine reverse logic that the government intervention actually CAUSED and prolonged the Depression is pure right-wing propaganda). The ASSertion that it leads to an unequal concentration of wealth (and thus political power) is VALID. Regulation of the market and government intervention in the economy did not arise in a vaccum, it arose because PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING and they demanded a change for the better. You are …
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blondemike: Are you saying the Holocaust is UNTRUE??? You must have missed my point. I wasn't really making an agrument whether or not it's true. My point was that we can agrue back and forth all night long and "prove" our assertions, but it is ultimately of no use. The reason for this is because you can "prove" anything. The list I then gave served as EXAMPLES of sometimes contoversial subjects where all sides offer "proof". I used it as a device to dismiss your propaganda you try to pass off as evidence. I use CAPITAL LETTERS and multiple exclamation points …
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First, Thank you Dr. Lippin for your kind words and understanding. We may not agree on all issues, but at least there is a dialogue that does not resort to name calling, etc. Secondly, cabdriver, I agree with you on what your saying about single payer, corporate power, and the complete CLUELESSNESS of many "libertarian", "free"-market worshipping extremists. When I was a graduate student in economics I encountered way too many of those types of people. It seems like the field of academic economics is full of them, people who theorize about how the world "should" be, but are completely unable …
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Whattheheck: You are correct that a "market" in a generic sense determines wages, but MAKE NO MISTAKE, the global wage market in NOT the result of some innocuous "invisible hand" manifesting its benevolence, but the result of the power of the wealthy and corporations to rig the game in their favor. You are correct that we as Americans do not have the "clout" we once did, but one has to wonder how that came to be (take a wild guess). Follow the money, see who is benefitting from low wages and third-world impoverishment. Then see who has the political clout to …
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The market is GOD and consumer is KING???? It's that type of eigth-grade thinking that has no basis in reality that plagues libertarian thinking (and actually most of economics). Yes, ON PAPER, the "FREE MARKET" system looks great. Only entreprenuers who make quality products that consumers desire are rewarded. The competitve nature of the market requires innovation or else the entreprenuer faces hard times. People who work hard are rewarded. People who don't work hard or innovate get their just desserts. The system can go on ad infinitum with the virtuous reaping the goodness that they sow. Unfortunately, this textbook look …
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I have to admit I am enjoying the meltdown!!! When you let a right-winger talk long enough, his true colors come through. I love the personal attacks, the name calling, and the hyperbole (FDR a tyrant!!), all tinged with a little anti-Semitism and racism to boot!!! I don't want to debate ad infinitum. Some people are too rigid and utterly hopeless. They claim to live in an "objective reality", but the "reality" is that they are in a fantasyland. Here is some stuff rooted in REALITY. Poverty SUCKS and it EXISTS, it is REAL (and at its highest levels in 32 …
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Wow blondemike!! Now YOU can diagnose mental illness!! Too bad you can't do something about yourself! With all apologies to cabdriver, and really everyone here, yes we did go a little off topic. In my defense, how one views society, the role of government, etc. will affect how one views the healthcare crisis and how to solve it. This will be my last comment about this story, but I do want to make some final points. First, if what blondemike gathered from my last post was that I eat rat feces, then he clearly misread my comment, if he read it …
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Truth has a liberal bias!!! The pendulum has finally swung in the proper direction to the point where we can seriously discuss the monumental problems we face, especially health care. Since the 1994 failure of the (horribly flawed) Clinton plan, there has been NO action taken for 13 years now and the crisis has gotten worse. Letting the private sector try to work out these problems has been a predictable failure. Any plan proposed that keeps private insurers in the loop is bound to fail. These middle-men contribute NOTHING but extra costs and higher salaries for their CEOs. Their competition to …
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Oh my god BM!! Chill out!! I know being confronted with the failure of your rigid ideology frightens you, but to just put out the insults like that prove you are just a right-wing sycophant. Your inability to account for 13 years of failed policy doesn't surprise me in the least. I'm just waiting for a made up statisitc from you that tells me everything is hunky dory. How Orwelian.
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Oh my fucking God. BM (the Toilet), What the hell does that "poem" have to do with anything re: Health Care. Why do you insist on personal attacks?? I know you lack basic interpersonal skills and that you lack a basis in reality, but what happend to the libertarian motto of "live and let live"? You must be a HYPOCRITE I guess. Also, you must be a LIAR. That is because a Nader or Kerry voter would never spout the neo-fascist libertartian muckity muck you are trying to sell here. Ralph Nader, the quasi-SOCIALIST Ralph Nader??? Are you kidding me?? BM, …
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TOILET/BM: My posts are not "personal attacks": calling you out as the neo-fascist , racist, lying , HYPOCRITE that you are is JUST TELLING THE TRUTH. I never said things about you implying you were a homosexual (not that there's anything wrong with that), performed sexual acts, made accusations of molestation, etc. YOU did all of that.
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I am extremely bright, but that's not the point. Calling you out as a racist, homophobe, hypocrite, fascist and liar is not a personal attack. It is the truth based on your own writings. You're the one making accusations of homosexual acts and the like based on nothing more than your own fixations and prejudices. If you can't tell the difference then maybe you're the one that's not too bright.
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BM: Again you dodge the issue. You must ask yourself: WHO is the one that talked of "69 acts" , "cocksucks","swallowing his own dick" etc. IT WAS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you have feelings of inadequacy (small penis perhaps?) that leads to a very unhealthy fixation on homosexual acts. Are you overcompensating or just repressed? Were you molested as a child? Just wondering.
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