Comments on: Keeping up with Michael http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-410354 badbob Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:43:16 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-410354 Michael Moore? I thought he met his demise down in GA a cuppla back... http://www.minifarmhomestead.com/images/hogzilla.jpg b2 Michael Moore? I thought he met his demise down in GA a cuppla back…

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]]> By: Michelle http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-88098 Michelle Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:23:54 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-88098 Comment self-deleted, resulting in a collective sigh of relief from the readership. Comment self-deleted, resulting in a collective sigh of relief from the readership.

]]> By: Geo http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-88046 Geo Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:04:47 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-88046 Michelle Medically we are not really doing much to prevent anything. Slowly, the thought of living a healthy life-style is re emerging into our collective conciousness. Used to be called common sense. And,I, like most thoughtful people wouldn't tout prevention in the case of a child facing leukemia. We call that tragedy and no amount of socialized medical insurance will prevent that. Life has always had tragedy. Spending time in a pediatric ward doesn't nescesarily lead one to the conclusion that, "gee, if only we had socialized medicine, like cuba, none of this would have to be." Ad as far as I can tell, children suffering such horrors are not ignored in this country. We have a system of safety nets for the poor. You are invoking compassion. A virtue society truly needs if it is to flourish and survive. My point was more about health care as a interwoven technical system of services that we are blessed to have seen develop and thrive in our free society and how readily it is threatened by the likes of socialists that believe said services are somehow owed to them. The system is under attack also by tort lawyers and greedy juries that don't have the maturity to see that there are no winners in the game (unless of course if you end up as wealthy as John Edwards, you might be under the illussion that you've come out ahead)). To the point that no doctor can afford the cost nor can afford to ignore the need to pay the extortion, oops, I mean insurance premiums. The system was good. It attracted dedicated and talented students drawn to that vocation. Major break throughs were discovered. Diseases were iradicated. Now, I know doctors that would not advise their children to go into the field. Of course we all feel compassion for the child And many may reserve a bit for the 50 year old crystal meth addict and smoker for thirty years that has learned s/he has a spot on a lung and is experiencing a slow death due to his or her lifestyle choices. Sure they both need compassion and on might pray for both and perhaps even be drawn to contribute to help help end the suffering. I give you this. Should the government, by taking money from you and I by force be the enforcer of said compassion. If it is so great in Cuba, why do people risks their very lives to cross the sea in makeshift rafts to come here? Of course we all want to to good. I suspect even Michael Moore wants to do good. I just don't understand why any one thinks the government the best choice to make it so. Michelle
Medically we are not really doing much to prevent anything. Slowly, the thought of living a healthy life-style is re emerging into our collective conciousness. Used to be called common sense.

And,I, like most thoughtful people wouldn’t tout prevention in the case of a child facing leukemia.
We call that tragedy and no amount of socialized medical insurance will prevent that. Life has always had tragedy. Spending time in a pediatric ward doesn’t nescesarily lead one to the conclusion that, “gee, if only we had socialized medicine, like cuba, none of this would have to be.”
Ad as far as I can tell, children suffering such horrors are not ignored in this country.
We have a system of safety nets for the poor.

You are invoking compassion. A virtue society truly needs if it is to flourish and survive.
My point was more about health care as a interwoven technical system of services that we are blessed to have seen develop and thrive in our free society and how readily it is threatened by the likes of socialists that believe said services are somehow owed to them.

The system is under attack also by tort lawyers and greedy juries that don’t have the maturity to see that there are no winners in the game (unless of course if you end up as wealthy as John Edwards, you might be under the illussion that you’ve come out ahead)). To the point that no doctor can afford the cost nor can afford to ignore the need to pay the extortion, oops, I mean insurance premiums.

The system was good. It attracted dedicated and talented students drawn to that vocation. Major break throughs were discovered. Diseases were iradicated.

Now, I know doctors that would not advise their children to go into the field.

Of course we all feel compassion for the child And many may reserve a bit for the 50 year old crystal meth addict and smoker for thirty years that has learned s/he has a spot on a lung and is experiencing a slow death due to his or her lifestyle choices.
Sure they both need compassion and on might pray for both and perhaps even be drawn to contribute to help help end the suffering.
I give you this. Should the government, by taking money from you and I by force be the enforcer of said compassion.
If it is so great in Cuba, why do people risks their very lives to cross the sea in makeshift rafts to come here?
Of course we all want to to good. I suspect even Michael Moore wants to do good.
I just don’t understand why any one thinks the government the best choice to make it so.

]]> By: Mark http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-88002 Mark Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-88002 #16. Geo, Well said sir! #16. Geo, Well said sir!

]]> By: djvc http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-87994 djvc Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:02:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-87994 That was a sad incident in LA last week I believe. In a nutshell, woman was puking blood on the ER floor and died despite two 911 calls from inside the ER. Preventable death for sure. Be successful and you will get what you want. If you don't have something that you need figure out how to get it. Saying 'It's just not possible' or 'It can't be done' is not acceptable. And we really don't have a problematic system: [unkawil] "There is no Health care crisis. You don? That was a sad incident in LA last week I believe. In a nutshell, woman was puking blood on the ER floor and died despite two 911 calls from inside the ER. Preventable death for sure.

Be successful and you will get what you want. If you don’t have something that you need figure out how to get it. Saying ‘It’s just not possible’ or ‘It can’t be done’ is not acceptable. And we really don’t have a problematic system: [unkawil] “There is no Health care crisis. You don?

]]> By: djvc http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-410350 djvc Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:02:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/06/19/keeping-up-with-michael/#comment-410350 That was a sad incident in LA last week I believe. In a nutshell, woman was puking blood on the ER floor and died despite two 911 calls from inside the ER. Preventable death for sure. Be successful and you will get what you want. If you don't have something that you need figure out how to get it. Saying 'It's just not possible' or 'It can't be done' is not acceptable. And we really don't have a problematic system: [unkawil] "There is no Health care crisis. You don’t see thousand’s of people die in the streets on a daily basis, do you?" Besides that, show up to the hospital with no ID and give a fake name and SSN. Tell them to put the bills on your tab. That way you can get back at all those meanies that don't want to give you free health care for your cuts, bruises, overweight, smoking, and drinking problems and make it so the rest of us can pay more for you anyways. That was a sad incident in LA last week I believe. In a nutshell, woman was puking blood on the ER floor and died despite two 911 calls from inside the ER. Preventable death for sure.

Be successful and you will get what you want. If you don’t have something that you need figure out how to get it. Saying ‘It’s just not possible’ or ‘It can’t be done’ is not acceptable. And we really don’t have a problematic system: [unkawil] “There is no Health care crisis. You don’t see thousand’s of people die in the streets on a daily basis, do you?”

Besides that, show up to the hospital with no ID and give a fake name and SSN. Tell them to put the bills on your tab. That way you can get back at all those meanies that don’t want to give you free health care for your cuts, bruises, overweight, smoking, and drinking problems and make it so the rest of us can pay more for you anyways.

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