fans-go-nuts-over-jerichos-cancellation

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
i would not be surprised if this was a ploy to create buzz for a movie!~) jlm http://tvmakesyoustupid.com/2007/05/23/fans-go-nuts-over-jerichos-cancellation/ Fans of the CBS post-apocalypse drama Jericho upset about the untimely cancellation of the series this year, which ended on a cliffhanger,

Re: hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: RE: hot air polemics > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Robert Seeberger >> Se

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread Dan Minette
> SImply put, the weakest area of the American health system is > preventative care. Poorer people with chronic conditions can end up > with repeated emergency hospital treatment for conditions which are > manageable with drugs which, while not cheap, are far cheaper than > repeated hospital admi

RE: hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert Seeberger > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:04 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: hot air polemics > > - Original Message - > From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kil

American Idol Finals

2007-05-23 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
The chick won But it was Beatles night on AI with all sorts singing Beatles songs and I was once again struck by the profound impact the Beatles had on the world. Will we ever see their like again? xponent Fab Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: fans-go-nuts-over-jerichos-cancellation

2007-05-23 Thread Damon Agretto
I have this feeling people are going nuts over nothing... BTW, when does the new season of Enterprise start? Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html

fans-go-nuts-over-jerichos-cancellation

2007-05-23 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://tvmakesyoustupid.com/2007/05/23/fans-go-nuts-over-jerichos-cancellation/ Fans of the CBS post-apocalypse drama Jericho upset about the untimely cancellation of the series this year, which ended on a cliffhanger, are sending nuts to the network in order to get them to renege. Thousand

Condom Size Tester

2007-05-23 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
A man goes to buy condoms at a local drug store. "What size?" asks the clerk. "Gee, I don't know." "Go see Sara in aisle 4." He goes over to see Sara, who grabs him in the crotch, and yells, "Medium!" The guy is mortified! He hurries over to pay and leaves quickly. Another guy comes in t

hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
IAAMOAC? Does Brin-L have a FAQ, or profile section? --JLM Just to open up the discussion a bit.. I wouldn't describe Dan or Ronn! as conservatives exactly. From here they are both more centrists on the conservative side of the mid-point than staunch partisans of the right. I say this b

Re: Re Cost of conservation

2007-05-23 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:30 PM Sunday 5/20/2007, Deborah Harrell wrote: >I used to know how much flatulence we humans produced, >but I have long forgotten that!Yet another >thing to look up... --

Re: hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: RE: hot air polemics >> On Behalf Of jon louis mann > >> the lurker who introduced me to the brinlist took a couple >> years before he finally decided th

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Get Back To Work. Pat, taking care of business all day and ready to veg out by the boob tube. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ "'Earth is just a starter planet.' Stephen Colbert" >From: jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject:

U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
Ah. We here in the Southwest tend to feel we're the only ones who know anything about Native Americans (blush). Apologies. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ none necessary, i also live in the southwest. my brother-in-law was a canadian native american. i am one of those rarities, a mexican cana

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Ah. We here in the Southwest tend to feel we're the only ones who know anything about Native Americans (blush). Apologies. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ "'Earth is just a starter planet.' Stephen Colbert" >From: jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion >To: K

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 23 May 2007 at 10:21, Dan Minette wrote: > And, fixing this is not as easy as Moore might suggest. As it stands, over > 16% of GDP is spent on health care.and this is with a significant > fraction of Americans obtaining sub-standard care If everyone was given the > BMW service, this would

cost of conservation

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
has anyone been following this scenario? http://worldwithoutoil.org/ Knowledge is Power Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://

U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
You said: "even though i am a skeptic about chanting, gris gris and juju cures, i never negate the power of suggestion." Those aren't supposed to work on the body, or at least not directly. They are supposed to work on the mind, emotions, cultural background etc, which will then help the body d

hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
the lurker who introduced me to the brinlist took a couple years before he finally decided the neo-cons were an aberration. - jlm The "neo-cons" you speak of might be an aberration but I think Brin-L is poorer for their absence. There is only so long you can be interested in preaching to the c

RE: hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread Horn, John
> On Behalf Of jon louis mann > the lurker who introduced me to the brinlist took a couple > years before he finally decided the neo-cons were an > aberration. The "neo-cons" you speak of might be an aberration but I think Brin-L is poorer for their absence. There is only so long you can be in

Weekly Chat Reminder

2007-05-23 Thread William T Goodall
As Steve said, "The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread PAT MATHEWS
You said: "even though i am a skeptic about chanting, gris gris and juju cures, i never negate the power of suggestion." Those aren't supposed to work on the body, or at least not directly. They are supposed to work on the mind, emotions, cultural background etc, which will then help the body d

U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
"Why do we behave the way we behave? What has become of us? Where is our soul?" DUMPED ON SKID ROW - Hospitals drop homeless patients on the city's Skid Row. -- jlm --The first thing that comes to mind is that this is an expect-able, albeit immoral, response to the mess that hospitals find themse

hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread jon louis mann
Well, some of us have been discussing various ideas here for quite some time. I've been here >7 years, and I think I recall Ronn being here before me. One pattern I've seen here, as well as elsewhere, is that polemics almost always add more heat than light. There are exceptions to all generali

RE: Flatulence

2007-05-23 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 3:44 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Flatulence > > you are absolutely correct, ronn. one of the classic specious > arguments that bushco sycophan

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread PAT MATHEWS
One way would be to have a string of simple health clinics that could do checkups and make ordinary repairs - stitches, shots, setting broken bones, monitoring diabetics, etc - and refer people to other facilities if there were problems. They need not be staffed by doctors: they could be staffed

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-23 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:04 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: U.S. health care > > "Why do we behave the way we behave? What has become of us? Where is > our soul?" > >