Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Sam wrote: > Can stop with the other side is the devil bullshit and get back to > discussing the issue? > I really hate the game of hiding the topic under the guise of evil or > stupid or whatever. Either discuss the topic or step off. Pretty > simple. I did disc

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:> > I'd go for craven and despicable rather than over reaction but then > again, I'm a hater. These are the same folks who claimed that Obama > hated his own grandmother and "threw her under the bus". I never heard he hated his grandmother bu

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
Stop talking over my head, a trick commonly used by the foremost homeschooler, and respond to this without a simple dismisal of the messenger. Independent Medicare Advisory Board (now called the Independent Payment Advisory Board), which is a panel of bureaucrats charged with cutting health care

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
Actually it was Larry Lyons that brought it up. He represents your side. So you're saying private insurance sucks but med* is awesome? It's hard to debate against that kind of mindset. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > I agree, that would suck. Hence my concerns about fr

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
Death panel: Group of assholes the determine if you illness passes the Cost-benefit analysis. Medicaid is for poor people, medicare is for the over 65. Doesn't really matter because neither is sustainable. On the other hand, private insurance is what makes keeping people alive profitable. On W

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Personally, I think its an over reaction and nothing more than > re-labeling of something that is already being done by private > insurance, but the republicans won't go around calling the big > insurance companies 'death squads', even though

Re: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Paul Ihrig wrote: > > you forget the bridge is still out... > > > oh snap... You're right I herd that 3 times today on NPR LOL ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they w

Re: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Paul Ihrig
you forget the bridge is still out... On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Paul Ihrig wrote: > > > > > i wouldnt say they suck. > > but my wife xmass prez wont be here till friday. > > > > o well, its just

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Stroz
personally, I think the whole 'death squad' thing comes form the thought that if government gets into the business of healthcare, then at some point, someone will need to draw the line on what is and what is not covered. Personally, I think its an over reaction and nothing more than re-labeling o

RE: Avatar and OSC:Speaker for the Dead (SPOILERS)

2009-12-23 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 12:43 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Avatar and OSC:Speaker for the Dead (SPOILERS) > > > Avatar sounds like a high tech remake of Dances With Wolves. Pretty much - the overreaching

Re: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Paul Ihrig wrote: > > i wouldnt say they suck. > but my wife xmass prez wont be here till friday. > > o well, its just stuff.. > and it makes me sick really. > > > You should also be thinking about location of store when ordering online. 2 days from NYC to upsta

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
I agree, that would suck. Hence my concerns about fraud and waste in Medicare and Medicaid. They aren't bad, per se, but I think they could certainly be better. However, this death panel thing that Sam and others keeps bringing up seems to be the opposite. They seem to think that the big bad gover

Re: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Paul Ihrig
i wouldnt say they suck. but my wife xmass prez wont be here till friday. o well, its just stuff.. and it makes me sick really. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of

Re: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Jerry Johnson
Then they shouldn't keep the "2 day delivery" premium money, and refund as much as necessary to charge for their ACTUAL delivery time. (and no, they dont have to. they dont actually ever have to deliver the package if you read the fine print. but right is right) On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM,

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Scott Stroz
It seems a lot of people think that if the government gets in to the business of healthcare that there will be no limits on any care and that Uncle Sam will just keep cutting checks. That would not be a good thing as it will bankrupt this country faster than anything else we spend/spent money on.

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
I thought we were talking about Death Panels. My point, however, is that government programs are routinely more generous in what they pay for the physician to do. In some cases that's good (covering important tests to determine what is wrong) and in some cases it is bad (more fraud and gaming of t

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Medic
Haha, and here I was thinking the exact same thing about you. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Sam wrote: > > Nothing worthy to add yet you still did. > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Medicaide wrote: > > > >> > >> All available evidence points to it becoming easier to get > >> treated und

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
I don't think you've ever been right about anything on this list :) On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Dana wrote: > > ha ;) the man who can get "death panel" from the professional guidance of a > medical organization is accusing me of being "wrong" LOL. > > You have a nice day Sam. > ~~~

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
Nothing worthy to add yet you still did. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Medicaide wrote: > >> >> All available evidence points to it becoming easier to get >> treated under new regulations, not harder. >> > > Yes but this doesn't help Sam's "the sky is falling" death panel rants in > any way.

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
We're talking Medicaid not Medicare. Medicare isn't available to women under 40. Five times the number of doctors will refuse new Medicaid patients than they will private insurance patients. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > But why would it be any different than it is no

RE: Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Justin Scott
> Fedex blames it on the weather. Weather yesterday and today > in Newark and Boston was/is clear.. temps in the 20s. Perhaps it got stuck in line behind other packages that were delayed from earlier in the week? It's a really busy time of year for all of the shipping companies and the weather b

Fedex Sucks

2009-12-23 Thread Jacob
2nd day air package sent Monday. To be delivered by Wed 7pm in the Boston area. Package arrived in Newark yesterday at 1:55pm, but did not leave Newark for Boston in 8:30am today. It missed the delivery truck for today's delivery. Now it has to be picked up by the recipient. Delivery for tomorro

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
ha ;) the man who can get "death panel" from the professional guidance of a medical organization is accusing me of being "wrong" LOL. You have a nice day Sam. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Sam wrote: > > The real question is, why do you engage in conversations before > thinking them throug

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Medic
> > All available evidence points to it becoming easier to get > treated under new regulations, not harder. > Yes but this doesn't help Sam's "the sky is falling" death panel rants in any way. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion co

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
But why would it be any different than it is now? Private insurers give a lot more grief to physicians than Medicare does. Which is a problem, really, there is a fair bit of billing fraud in the Medicare system that they are working to bring down. Many physicians may not like the reimbursement rat

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
I agree that's how it works now, but let's say the Dems buy enough votes to put in the public option. Doctors on that plan might have to shave the ten-fifteen minutes off of the routine exam in the future because the panel said it has no benefit. I'm not saying it's written in stone, just showing

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Sam wrote: > If they decide there is no benefit they won't pay. But you're saying > the doctor can sneak it in? It isn't a sneaking in thing. Women, under most decent insurance programs, get an annual physical that includes a pap smear, basic physical exam, etc.

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
The real question is, why do you engage in conversations before thinking them through, which will always guarantee you will be proven wrong, which will always cause you to stomp your feet and try and demoralize the person that was correct? On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Dana wrote: > > I lear

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
I learned that I was correct when I said: You can talk to Sam or you can ignore him. Both have the same effect, but the latter allows you to take care of business. Have a nice day, Sam. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Sam wrote: > > I didn't waste your time. You actually learned things toda

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
I didn't waste your time. You actually learned things today. You're just too stubborn to admit it. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Dana wrote: > > we've reached that point where I say to myself  "you know he wates people's > time for fun. Why do you even talk to him? ~

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
we've reached that point where I say to myself "you know he wates people's time for fun. Why do you even talk to him?" On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Sam wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Dana wrote: > > > > doctors never did teach self-exam, actually... that's a female thing. >

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Dana wrote: > > doctors never did teach self-exam, actually... that's a female thing. > It's a male thing too ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know o

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sam wrote: >>> They are out there, that's true.  I am very certain >>> nobody is telling anyone to not to self exam. >> >> The said they are of no benefit. > > That is incorrect. They said that they did no

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Of course doctors are paid for their time to instruct, its an office > visit. Our doctor does instruction on breast self exam during a > woman's annual exam and since those are classified as preventative > medicine visits, the visit is not

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
good doctor and good plan then. Of course doctors are paid for their time to instruct, its an office > visit. Our doctor does instruction on breast self exam during a > woman's annual exam and since those are classified as preventative > medicine visits, the visit is not only covered, the deducti

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
doctors never did teach self-exam, actually... that's a female thing. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Sam wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Dana wrote: > > > > I think they are wrong. But that and five bucks will get you a mocha > latte. > > This is medical advice, which we are fre

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Sam wrote: >> They are out there, that's true.  I am very certain >> nobody is telling anyone to not to self exam. > > The said they are of no benefit. That is incorrect. They said that they did not recommend pushing self examinations because of a high rate of fa

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Sam wrote: > But if as Judah says the real issues is lack of education about how to > self exam, doctors won't be paid for there time to instruct since the > are deemed by the panel to not be cost efficient. In other words, the > amount of lives saved isn't worth

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Dana wrote: > > I think they are wrong. But that and five bucks will get you a mocha latte. > This is medical advice, which we are free to ignore. People do it all the > time ;) But if as Judah says the real issues is lack of education about how to self exam, do

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
> > The said they are of no benefit. > I think they are wrong. But that and five bucks will get you a mocha latte. This is medical advice, which we are free to ignore. People do it all the time ;) >But you're glad you didn't miss one of them? I'd just as soon have missed having my them actually

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Dana wrote: > > I don't think the recommendation applies to women with a family history of > early breast cancer. That's correct. > They are out there, that's true.  I am very certain > nobody is telling anyone to not to self exam. The said they are of no bene

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > The recommendations don't apply to women with any elevated risk of > breast cancer, family history especially. You're right, I missed that. > My wife will start getting > yearly mammograms at age 40 because her mother had breast cancer.

something to think about

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
How hackable are you? Would you be able to answer the security questions if you had to? http://www.labnol.org/internet/gmail-and-google-apps-hacked/11799/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
I think the key is becoming in tune with the body. I got a test a while back, fifteen years before the recommended routine screening, because I had symptoms and asked about them. This allowed for something to be no longer a problem at a time when under the guidelines it would just be getting foun

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Judah McAuley
The recommendations don't apply to women with any elevated risk of breast cancer, family history especially. My wife will start getting yearly mammograms at age 40 because her mother had breast cancer. Sucks, but it is what it is. And, much to my everlasting annoyance, there is a decreased emphas

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Dana
> Where did that come from? We do know women get breast cancer before 40 > so why tell them not to test even with a history and not to self exam. > As Mo has stated the insurance industry that's paying for it are > pushing it more now. > I don't think the recommendation applies to women with a fa

Re: As many as 90 injured as plane slides off runway in Jamaica.

2009-12-23 Thread Cameron Childress
They should really do something about that. I can't believe they let that happen. On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Vivec wrote: > > http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/22/jamaica.plane/index.html > > 0_0 > > :-( > > "inety-one people were taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after an >

RE: As many as 90 injured as plane slides off runway in Jamaica.

2009-12-23 Thread Jacob
Interesting note... If you go to aacargo.com, it says the flight landed at the gate. -Original Message- From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:55 AM To: cf-community Subject: As many as 90 injured as plane slides off runway in Jamaica. http://edit

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Sam wrote: > > http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=213042303434 > Midnight Votes, Backroom Deals, and a Death Panel > > > This health care bill is one of the most far-reaching and expensive > expansions of the role of government into our lives. We’re talking

Re: Lie of the Year

2009-12-23 Thread Sam
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=213042303434 Midnight Votes, Backroom Deals, and a Death Panel Last weekend while you were preparing for the holidays with your family, Harry Reid’s Senate was making shady backroom deals to ram through the Democrat health care take-over. The Senate ended

As many as 90 injured as plane slides off runway in Jamaica.

2009-12-23 Thread Vivec
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/22/jamaica.plane/index.html 0_0 :-( "inety-one people were taken to a hospital Tuesday evening after an American Airlines plane overran a runway near Kingston, Jamaica, during bad weather and crashed into a fence, officials said. None of the injuri