Balancing the bad actors (was Re: Health Care (the same topic all week!~))

2008-11-01 Thread Lance A. Brown
Ronn! Blankenship said the following on 11/1/2008 12:24 AM: At 11:05 AM Friday 10/31/2008, John Williams wrote: Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instead, we are faced with actors who will collude with each other to manipulate markets, subvert systems, and for the short term gain without

Re: Obama and the 'Drug Killer'

2008-11-01 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 31 Oct 2008 at 12:48, John Williams wrote: http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/obama-drug-medicine-oped-cx_ch_1031hooper.html Obama And The 'Drug Killer' Charles Hooper 10.31.08, 12:00 AM ET No, that's just a good argument for compulsory publishing of all drug studies (a very good

Re: Balancing the bad actors (was Re: Health Care (the same topic all week!~))

2008-11-01 Thread John Williams
Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] If not government, then what can be brought to bear to counteract the tendency of human beings to be bad actors? I think there is a greater chance that God will make us better people than that the government will. The health system we have today is broken

Mission to fix Hubble Telescope postponed

2008-11-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.delayed/index.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

'King of the Hill' cancelled

2008-11-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/01/king.hill.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Balancing the bad actors (was Re: Health Care (the same topic all week!~))

2008-11-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:55 AM Saturday 11/1/2008, John Williams wrote: Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] If not government, then what can be brought to bear to counteract the tendency of human beings to be bad actors? I think there is a greater chance that God will make us better people than that the

How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?

2008-11-01 Thread John Williams
How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122480790550265061.html?mod=article-outset-box The most troublesome tax increases in Barack Obama's plan are not those we can already see but those sure to be announced later, after the election is over and budget

Re: How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?

2008-11-01 Thread John Williams
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122541237504586451.html Only Economic Growth Can Provide Positive Change I think the answer to Alan Reynolds's excellent question and article (How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?, op-ed, Oct. 24) is that Barack Obama is not going to raise $4.3 trillion, and

Re: Health Care (the same topic all week!~)

2008-11-01 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which is a big reason why some (including some who do not get health insurance through their employers and cannot afford to purchase it themselves) are so leery of putting the government in charge (either directly

Re: How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion?

2008-11-01 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
How's Obama Going to Raise $4.3 Trillion? Who fscking cares? AFAIK, in the past 100 years, only _two_ elected politicians proceeded according to what they promised. The other one is bolivian Evo Morales. Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: Health Care (the same topic all week!~)

2008-11-01 Thread John Williams
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Insurers routinely deny claims for no good reason except that they know a certain percentage of people won't fight them. Sounds like you need to switch to another provider with better service. Although that might be difficult, since all the government

Re: Obama and the 'Drug Killer'

2008-11-01 Thread Bryon Daly
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:48 PM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/obama-drug-medicine-oped-cx_ch_1031hooper.html As I wrote in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: What complicates the picture is socialized medicine, which exists in almost

Re: Obama and the 'Drug Killer'

2008-11-01 Thread John Williams
Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] So the claim here is that Americans are almost solely subsidizing the drug development costs for the entire rest of the world? That is an odd way to phrase it. I would have paraphrased part of the article as, Americans are subsidizing drug development costs for

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Dave Land
On Oct 31, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: As the trick-or-treater came by tonight, I found myself tonight remembering going to the Isaly's house on Halloween and getting Klondike bars with pumpkin pie flavored centers... Mmmm. The Isaly's company invented the Klondike bar... and

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: As the trick-or-treater came by tonight, I found myself tonight remembering going to the Isaly's house on Halloween and getting Klondike bars with pumpkin pie flavored centers... Mmmm. The Isaly's

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Nov 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: As the trick-or-treater came by tonight, I found myself tonight remembering going to the Isaly's house on Halloween and getting Klondike bars with

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Bruce Bostwick
Given that the first time I heard of Necco wafers was as competition . 22 rifle targets and only much later that they were in fact edible, I've always wondered if more of them have been shot or eaten .. :) On Nov 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: The only invention in either of the

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Nov 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: As the trick-or-treater came by tonight, I found myself tonight remembering going to the Isaly's house on

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Given that the first time I heard of Necco wafers was as competition . 22 rifle targets and only much later that they were in fact edible, I've always wondered if more of them have been shot or eaten .. :) On Nov 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Julia Thompson

Re: Happy Halloween

2008-11-01 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Nov 1, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Given that the first time I heard of Necco wafers was as competition . 22 rifle targets and only much later that they were in fact edible, I've always wondered if more of them have been shot or eaten .. :) On Nov 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Julia

Government regulation

2008-11-01 Thread Jon Louis Mann
I'm done with this conversation since you ducked my question about what should replace government regulation. our resident troll does that a lot. i suspect he is an ayn rand libertarian wannabe, or he just likes to agitate. one would think that the current collapse would wake these people

Government regulation

2008-11-01 Thread Jon Louis Mann
tired of the repetition of one answer to every problem, because some things are just not nails. Government regulations are definitely not nails. Ticking time bombs would be a better metaphor. the economic boom due to unregulated greed has turned into an exploded bomb - no longer

Re: Government regulation

2008-11-01 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 1, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: I'm done with this conversation since you ducked my question about what should replace government regulation. our resident troll does that a lot. i suspect he is an ayn rand libertarian wannabe, or he just likes to agitate. one would

Re: Government regulation

2008-11-01 Thread David Land
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the economic boom due to unregulated greed has turned into an exploded bomb - no longer ticking... I like what Tom Evslin had to say about this at http://budurl.com/ejfz: This correction from excess has been violent

Re: Government regulation

2008-11-01 Thread David Land
To give credit where it is due: Tim O'Reilly posted a reply on Twitter (@timoreilly) to Tom Evslin's (@tevslin) piece. On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 3:52 PM, David Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the economic boom due to

Humor: Wall Street Bailout 409-Scam eMail

2008-11-01 Thread David Land
Subject: Please to Help To; John Q. Public Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2008 22:22:22 Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My