Re: New data shows obamacare reducing costs overall

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
the hell with that. I'd take them in regardless. Of course, that might explain why I am so broke ;) Seriously, though. I don't see how things could get much worse. "Good" insurance these days is pretty much a guarantee you'll go broke. Blue Cross Blue Shield was pretty much the last straw as far a

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
What the hell do you know about any of this Maureen? Please regale me with your vast amount of experience in the military. Please enlighten me on what goes on in the deepest inner working of the Army. Obviously my 17+ years in the Army don't mean squat. Obviously my experience in working with f

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Maureen
Likely so. But it not the norm because the women who want to serve are demanding it. As you stated, of the two you work with, only one made a fuss, and she likely had no business being there. If you are going to complain about political correctness, complain about the ones who are demanding it,

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
Agreed. Unfortunately this is currently the norm. Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Feb 16, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Maureen wrote: > > That's my point entirely. Any women who would file a sexual harassment > claim because she is not treated different from the men she serves with has > no place in comba

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
I agree. If you can do it, great. If you can't, you can't. The same standards should apply. What I personally find wrong is the presumption that a muscular 5'11" woman could not meet the standard *because she is a woman*, whereas a 5'6" Japanese man is presumed able to meet them until he demonstr

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Maureen
Bull. All any real feminist would demand is equality, not preferential treatment. Sounds to me like this is coming from some politically correct bureaucrat. It has nothing to do with feminism. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:31 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > > It's not military women asking to be in the i

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Maureen
That's my point entirely. Any women who would file a sexual harassment claim because she is not treated different from the men she serves with has no place in combat. On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > Because this is a PC army now. Doing that would bring a sexual harassme

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
Because this is a PC army now. Doing that would bring a sexual harassment complaint, which would have essentially ended my career four years away from retirement. So we are forced to accommodate them. Which is why it's going to be interesting as to how women are going to be integrated into dire

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread LRS Scout
It's not military women asking to be in the infantry. It's outside femanists. On Feb 16, 2013 4:29 PM, "Maureen" wrote: > > I'm not sure what your question is in reference to, as I never said you > would not give them a chance. My entire point is that it is not the women > themselves who are a

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Maureen
I'm not sure what your question is in reference to, as I never said you would not give them a chance. My entire point is that it is not the women themselves who are asking for special treatment, or at least not the majority of them. And those who want it have no business in combat cause they are

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Sam
Not really, think about it. . On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Dana wrote: > > and Maureen continues to maintain her grip on commn sense :) > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Maureen wrote: >> >> There weren't any Christians to notice when he came last time. They >> post-date his arrival. >

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
ok, that's funny ;) On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Eric Roberts wrote: > > His biggest hit was as lead singer of Nazareth ;-) > > -Original Message- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:16 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Time to Re-Pop

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
and Maureen continues to maintain her grip on commn sense :) On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Maureen wrote: > > There weren't any Christians to notice when he came last time. They > post-date his arrival. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Sam wrote: > >> >> Didn't they almost miss him last

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
I agree. But while we're nit-picking, it's "semantics" -- yer thinking of the anti-virus software :) On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:24 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > I disagree. > > First off, if you want to talk symantics, you're only protected in your > practices, not specifically in your lack there of.

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
like ;) On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:52 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > It's you're. > > We're making pointless unrelated comments now right? > On Feb 14, 2013 1:41 PM, "Sam" wrote: > >> >> Your too easy going, good thing there are others that worry for you. >> >> . >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:37 PM

Re: Time to Re-Pope

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
somebody sued because "Las Cruces" means "the crosses" it's a town in New Mexico that is named after three crosses the Spanish erected on a nearby hill, ie it's named after a local landmark. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM, GMoney wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:42 PM, LRS Scout wrot

Re: Latest News on the The Affordable Care Act

2013-02-16 Thread Dana
can't be banned. No reason to ban an inhaler. Possibly it's no longer formulary. I am guessing it's something like this: I've been told I can't have albuterol by need to have this other more expensive inhaler. Apparently the rationale is that plain-vanilla albuterol is a little stressful on the h

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
The question was "when did I say I would not give them a chance". Regarding your question, it was them that wanted some privacy. The men in my squad could give two shits about where they did their business, and in face were just as annoyed as I was for having to make the extra stop. Our missions

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Maureen
What question did I not answer? As for bathroom stuff, that is the same nonsense that the opponents to the equal rights amendment used. I can't imagine she would care. I know I wouldn't. And wonder about the procedure for the women in your unit. Did they devise it, or was it forced on them a

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
And you're saying that there are not tough women in the US? You're a braver person than I am to say that. Let me know when you get out of the hospital - or when you recover from the beating. Nichola Goddard's was a biathlete, and was a local scout troop leader (Although if that was in the US the

Re: Okay...

2013-02-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
A nasty trick we'd use in college fencing was to take the Americans out drinking the night before, the combination of Canadian beer (stronger than the US sex in a canoe beer), and being able to legally drink regularly made the US teams almost too hungover to compete the next morning. On Fri, Feb

Re: New data shows obamacare reducing costs overall

2013-02-16 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Its another secret plot, brought to you by the same folks who were able to fly obama's mother and obama less than a day from kenya to hawaii in less than 12 hours. As well as fake the news paper announcements and the hospital records. In other words just another right wing wet dream. On Fri, Fe

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread LRS Scout
I'm not gonna get into waste management in a hide sight on a LRS mission. On Feb 16, 2013 6:39 AM, "Bruce Sorge" wrote: > > Since you can't answer my previous question Maureen, let me ask another. > > Do you think that your friend would be OK with being around a bunch of > guys in the middle of

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
And therein lies the current problem. It will take a tremendous amount of training and time to get us to that point. America is way behind the times regarding cultural norms of human sexuality. While stationed in Germany I had the opportunity to observe first hand how advanced Europeans are in

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Justin Scott
> Do you think that your friend would be OK with being around a > bunch of guys in the middle of nowhere whipping their dicks out > to go pee, or dropping trau to take a shit in front of her? Or better > yet, would she be OK dropping trau in front of said men to pee, > shit or change her tampon?

Re: New data shows obamacare reducing costs overall

2013-02-16 Thread Sam
A more detailed version Michelle Obama's Patient-Dumping Scheme http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=360_1339334237&comments=1 The First Lady helped create a notorious program that dumped poor patients on community hospitals, yet the national media ignore the story. Imagine if her husband were a Repu

Re: this is cool...

2013-02-16 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
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Re: New data shows obamacare reducing costs overall

2013-02-16 Thread Sam
Yes, but if Jon Stewart doesn't poke fun of it the "informed" left will never know about it. We discussed it here and I think it was Dana that said it was a great idea. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/300060/obamacare-s-patient-dumping-privacy-meddling-scheme-michelle-malkin The American

Re: this is cool...

2013-02-16 Thread Vivec
They bought him out and patented his idea to bury it , yet? :-) On 15 February 2013 16:25, Eric Roberts wrote: > > > http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/148247-german-student-creates-electromagn > etic-harvester-that-gathers-free-electricity-from-thin-air >

Re: I am speechless

2013-02-16 Thread Bruce Sorge
Since you can't answer my previous question Maureen, let me ask another. Do you think that your friend would be OK with being around a bunch of guys in the middle of nowhere whipping their dicks out to go pee, or dropping trau to take a shit in front of her? Or better yet, would she be OK dropp