On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:24 PM, denstar <valliants...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Tea parties are against excessive taxes and spending. That's a new >> phenomenon. > > Sure, if your lifespan is measured in thousands of years. :) Did you notice it's not constant? > And only a mentally challenged individual would think that the money > comes from some "money fairy". You'd have to be "slow" to think you > could cut taxes and increase spending and there wouldn't be any > problems. > > Where did we think the money for War and Peace was going to come from- > the spoils of war? Ha! Nobody could be /that/ silly... I thought everyone now agreed cutting taxes raised revenue. Kennedy, Reagan and Bush 43 proved it. Keynesian economics fails every time. > Unless you think it's legal to let God Only Knows Who have our > telephone records and whatnot. Same thing if they have a warrant or not, you still need to trust the listeners. > Heh. Plus, the built-in back doors on the telco equip. really is a > super-cool idea-- just ask Greece! Haven't heard about it. I thought we were talking about the US? > But that's legal, so we can't complain, I guess. People won't care > until it's Too Late(tm). ;] > I must be, because it *still* /feels/ like a more open government to me. As long as you got that warm and fuzzy thing going on... > I don't know if it'll ever be as open as I'd like, but there have been > steps in the right direction. > > I wish the Republican party would make an open government one of their > platform deals, and maybe drop the gay hating or anti-abortion stuff > if they're all out of platform. :] I don't know about any gay haters but I can accept their abortion stance even though I disagree. > "This" health care system can be changed. "This" health care system > has the potential for transparency. > > It's a *lot* harder for the VA to sweep shit under the rug, than say, > a private hospital. > > Health care is fucked up. I've had it up to here (holds hand at eye > level) with this totally borked system. > > The Git-Darned-Government might do a better job, frankly. > > Plus, imagine if we can use the government to pool our resources! > > Like, use that buying power to get way expensive machines way cheaper, > and other bulk-shopping type deals! > > Course we need reform in government contracts rather badly too, sooo.... eh. > > I still think health care is national infrastructure, and the .gov > should be in it, as well as education. > > Public knowledge of medical stuff might be nifty too. At least we've > got the right to demand transparency with the public sector. Don't > have that right on the private side. The government has the ability to transform healthcare for the better, they chose to destroy it instead. So much for bipartisanship. > For me, it's more about Liberty! > > Money isn't everything, man. You can willingly give more of your money to the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318269 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
