Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
This is wrong. Competition only needs a winner and looser at the end of the game. However during it both sides should stay competitive. And yes, I'll worry, along with you, when the game is over. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
I don't question who did it. While I sound like a liberal most of the time, I blame the democrats as much as the conservatives most of the time. Stupid ideas see no political bias. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

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2009-09-11 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check? Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is here:

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive care unit

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
That was kind of my point. Not really happy about the thought of paying for a house that burned to the ground 5 years earlier. But the option of not buying insurance should be there. That's tort reform for you. Hard to sue an insurance company if you never paid for it in the first place.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:59 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: This is wrong. Competition only needs a winner and looser at the end of the game. However during it both sides should stay competitive. And yes, I'll worry, along with you, when the game is over. Eventually the Sun will go super nova and the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
And people are just figuring this out. You'd figure not being able to make a house payment on a house they couldn't afford in the first place would have been a big clue. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On

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2009-09-11 Thread mike
Socialism is a word like any other, a construct of humans and governments. Neither good nor bad, Tom is being mighty ignorant here since both the nazi and soviets called themselves and acted in great part in a socialistic way. Then of course you can discuss the merits of the pseudo socialism of

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Chris Dunford
*. . . a socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom. Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the object worship of the state. It will prescribe for every one where they are to work, what they are to work at, where they may go and what they may say.

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2009-09-11 Thread mike
Then the socialists should pick a better word. I'm speaking in broader terms keeping in mind the people the big O has surrounded himself with over his lifetime. I'm also talking about keeping the federal government from gaining even more control, keep these things within the states where it

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
I was replying to the complaints about how horrible flying was today and how much better it was when it used to be federally regulated. I was just pointing out who did the deregulation. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: If you are referring to the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check? Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is

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2009-09-11 Thread Steve at Verizon
Actually, I am a liberal concerning airline deregulation. It opened inexpensive air travel to the masses. Competition brought us Peoples Express (remember them?) and then SW and Jet Blue. Granted, flying in coach today is much like taking the bus as far as amenities. I remember flying before

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2009-09-11 Thread mike
It's all ok, Geithner and O are asking congress to raise the debt ceiling to 12t. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Steve at Verizon stevet...@verizon.netwrote: t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread b_s-wilk
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:56 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check? Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is here:

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
This makes no sense to me. Control is control, regardless of who's doing it. So it's ok for your neighbor to tell you what you can or can't do, but not for that sap from Maine directing what you can or can't do? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread Jeff Miles
I used to fly mostly out of Seattle and mainly to places on the west coast. However, I have been to Florida and Hawaii quite a few times over the past 20 or so years. I haven't noticed prices changing that drastically. With the exception of flying first class to Hawaii this last time. No

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread TPiwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:15 AM Sep 11, mike wrote: Socialism is a word like any other, a construct of humans and governments. Neither good nor bad, Tom is being mighty ignorant here since both the nazi and soviets called themselves and acted in great part in a socialistic way. Another

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-11 Thread TPiwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 11:44 AM Sep 11, Steve at Verizon wrote: t.piwowar wrote: Nonesense. What are you comparing that number to? Your pay check? Properly you look at it as percent of GDP. A proper analysis is here: http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L.gif This was the Bush

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: The only thing I'm not seeing here is a point. Precisely the point. You don't see much through your ideological haze and trying to provoke thought is quite impossible. *

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: You can't compete with the govt. Choice with the state is a bug, not a feature. This has no basis in fact. You just keep chanting that wingnut mantra. Keep your eyes shut real tight while you do.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Nah, it's pretty much socialism when the Stupid Party does it too. Socialism is simply opposition to the untrammeled workings of the economic market. Most of the world embraces socialism. Socialism is a good and virtuous thing. Anyone who

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:19 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: What the hell came of creating the database/intranet of health care? Who was against it? What happened to the waste cutting? Where did it go? The company still exists, so.? People were rightly nervous over such an operation being run by M$.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 2:04 PM, mike wrote: Brilliant! Socialism is great till you run out of everyone elses money. But one doesn't. That is just a bogeyman invented by wing nuts who are bad at math. * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was as affordable as it is today. Very true,except that today we have more information about fares. You only get less for your $ today. Today they can abuse their customers with

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Jordan wrote: _Oh, and by the way, these wingers who are against government involvement in health care because it's not in the constitution? I guess they are against Medicare too. Good luck with that. I recall Trent Lott lecturing us while people were dying from

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: How about if they break even? That would be a hoot. What does that mean? You could try to make sense from time to time. That would really be a hoot. Profit and break even are not useful concepts for thinking about how governments work. Any

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:33 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: By expanding Medicare and returning to private nonprofits instead of taking customers' premiums for shareholders, the costs of both Medicare and private health care will go down, as it has in many other countries with similar plans. Medicare

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2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry, the wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress. See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 9, 2009, at 2:28 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years

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2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
No one could compete with Freddy and Fanny because they had the implied (turns out real) backing of the US Treasury and they could borrow at rates lower than other financial institutions. That's how they made those gobs of money (before the fun ran out). And Franklin Raines made his 90 mil

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2009-09-10 Thread Steve at Verizon
Profit, no, but break even has a certain appeal. An 11.4 Trillion National Debt represents government living wayy beyond its means. t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: How about if they break even? That would be a hoot. What does that mean? You could try

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Miles wrote: I'm an ignorant ass because I don't agree with you and don't see why you keep refusing to understand the word option? Same thing happens with these folks when the topic is computers. They simply refuse to acknowledge key facts and will argue

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Every year we work longer and longer to pay the guvmint our tax burden and every year we become less free as more laws are passed that restrict our freedom just a little bit more than last year. False. What planet do you live on?

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:59 PM, mike wrote: I heard someone saying on the radio or television, I don't recall where, that we should require when any new law goes on the books they should have to remove one also. Probably Fox. Most of the utterly stupid commentary comes from there. Only an

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive care unit

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 8, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: As for letting the free market work for insurance companies, I'm all for that. Let's stop requiring insurance for damn near everything. Let's make it an option. Do you want to buy a house? You don't have to buy fire insurance. You want to drive

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: It is called universal or one payer healthcare. Nothing socialistic about it. Nope. It is socialism through and through. It is the right thing to do. * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive care unit

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jeff Morris wrote: For you to say that the health care in Cuba is better than the United States may be the dumbest statement I have ever heard. Given the choice...you mean to tell me that you would fly to Cuba to have open heart surgery instead of having it done by

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:44 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: No one could compete with Freddy and Fanny because they had the implied (turns out real) backing of the US Treasury and they could borrow at rates lower than other financial institutions. That's how they made those gobs of money (before

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive care unit

2009-09-10 Thread C Ballinger
Hello kettle? I love that line! g cb _ On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:26, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Jeff Morris wrote: For you to say that the health care in Cuba is better than the United States may be the dumbest statement I have ever heard.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 11, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Steve at Verizon wrote: If you are referring to the deregulation of the airline industry, the wingnuts who did it were Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Congress. See the 1978 Airline Deregulation Act. Are we talking policy or are you starting a Jimmy Carter fan

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2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
We ain't govmuent then whats be we? I don't work in a labor camp. I'm not forced into an army. Hell I'm not even made to feed the chickens. Damn, how did this govment I'm not a part of get so out of control? By the way, next time you feel we aren't all the government, lets see what

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
And that's why you're against health care reform and/or the public option, you have the blinders on? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: If you encounter someone

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
Yes and no. Why are the both on the stock exchange as two separate entities? But that's not what I really asked. What the hell came of creating the database/intranet of health care? Who was against it? What happened to the waste cutting? Where did it go? The company still exists, so.?

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
You obviously don't pay any attention. Flying 20 years ago was as affordable as it is today. You only get less for your $ today. I search flight prices on a weekly, if not daily schedule. Prices go up and down depending on when you search. But they haven't changed much in the last 20

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
Where are you getting this nonsense? What part of option won't flow through your head? I'd recommend using a hammer, but then you'd have to use your insurance. That is if you have insurance. Option means optional. Wham, wham, wham. Bang your head against the wall a few more times and it

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
Ok, how about socialized health care if we call it the Republican Healthcare Initiative? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 8, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: I find it funny that when

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2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Once again I have to point out government programs aren't created and meant to make a profit. Ya think? How about if they break even? That would be a hoot. * ** List info, subscription management, list

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2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Where are you getting this nonsense? What part of option won't flow through your head? I'd recommend using a hammer, but then you'd have to use your insurance. That is if you have insurance. Option means optional. Wham, wham, wham. Bang your head against the wall a few more times

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jordan
t.piwowar wrote: On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: That food, which uses a mixed but largely free market system, is so cheap and plentiful that even the poor can easily afford it, is lost on the socialized medicine proponents. Did you see the Time cover story about cheap food?

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2009-09-09 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
One side of it is that Doctors did not need to purchase it and did not. Professionals are notorious (I mean Doctors etc.) in keeping up with the latest technology. With all the doctors I get to see with my wife We have only seen one clinic (Othopods) who used tablets and kept all their

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2009-09-09 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
IT IS NEITHER! It is called universal or one payer healthcare. Nothing socialistic about it. Stewart At 01:42 AM 9/9/2009, you wrote: Ok, how about socialized health care if we call it the Republican Healthcare Initiative? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

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2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Wright
IT IS NEITHER! It is called universal or one payer healthcare. Nothing socialistic about it. Then that word does not mean what you think it means. I'm out of this discussion at this point. It has devolved into the usual partisan nonsense. If leftists have any sense, they'll read and

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2009-09-09 Thread b_s-wilk
As one with family from Cuba and some friends remaining, I can assure you that Jeff W. has no idea about Cuba, considering his comments. It's their health care insurance system and outcomes that are better than ours, not the high tech gadgets and expensive doctors. The Cuban government,

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2009-09-09 Thread b_s-wilk
Actually, you will find the banks that survived were the ones who were more diversified in their holdings. The one that went tits up were the old investment houses that only recently started banking businesses. And why does the federal government have Medicaid administered by the states? You

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread phartz...@gmail.com
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:33 PM, b_s-wilkb1sun...@yahoo.es wrote: You have the corporate talking points well-memorized. Medicare has an overhead of 2-4%. For-profit companies have overhead of 15-30% or more with the top crooks being paid huge salaries/bonuses with the money made from not

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread b_s-wilk
One side of it is that Doctors did not need to purchase it and did not. Professionals are notorious (I mean Doctors etc.) in keeping up with the latest technology. With all the doctors I get to see with my wife We have only seen one clinic (Othopods) who used tablets and kept all their

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Good for her. I applaud professionals like that and if I were close I would use her. Stewart At 12:23 PM 9/9/2009, you wrote: My country doctor runs her practice like a clinic. When I first started going there many years ago, she charged $5 for those without insurance. I think it's $35 or

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
When I worked for the Vet Company as hardware support, we were often chided for what we charged for support and equipment by those who had no support contracts. It was explained to us this way. You are giving them a service., They have no compunction charging you for a service when you go

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
That would be nice, but far from a requirement. We buy goods and services because we want them. How many things do you own that actually make you money? And be honest here. Do most things you own supply you with a check at the end of the month you can take to the bank? I realize anything

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm an ignorant ass because I don't agree with you and don't see why you keep refusing to understand the word option? If that's the case I guess I'm an ignorant ass most of the time. It's worked for me for 47 years, why quit now? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
Now here I totally agree with you. But we, the government, is mostly the problem. We make new laws on knee jerk reactions. We rarely take old laws off the books. Corporations constantly want more and more for their work force $, and we seem to feel it's our responsibility to give it to

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Jeff Miles
So we have things in place that could lower all our costs but we aren't using them. To me this sounds like a very good reason for government/us to get involved. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 9,

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread mike
I heard someone saying on the radio or television, I don't recall where, that we should require when any new law goes on the books they should have to remove one also. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net wrote: Now here I totally agree with you. But we, the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread katan
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:57:52 -0400, Jeff Wright wrote: I'm out of this discussion at this point. It has devolved into the usual partisan nonsense. Sa-weet! Anybody else care to drop it so's we can get more on topic, like Steve Job's health? Oh wait . . . -- R:\katan

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Did you ever read on how he got his transplant? It is an interesting story and shows you the disparity we have at present in the Medical Insurance system. Stewart At 06:27 PM 9/9/2009, you wrote: Sa-weet! Anybody else care to drop it so's we can get more on topic, like Steve Job's health?

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-09 Thread katan
On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:35:59 -0500, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: Did you ever read on how he got his transplant? It is an interesting story and shows you the disparity we have at present in the Medical Insurance system. At 06:27 PM 9/9/2009, you wrote: Sa-weet! Anybody else care to drop it

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
When was the last time you were in Cuba, and does the US know about your visit? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:59 AM, John Emmerling wrote: Although it would be nice to cite a

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
And I thought this public option health care system was just going to cost us $. What was I thinking? If we pass the health care plan will we all have to convert to satanism as well? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Finally a breath of fresh air and common sense. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 7, 2009, at 10:38 AM, b_s-wilk wrote: I am also losing faith in Obama... he is not standing up for what he

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
She said we, she didn't say you. We aren't including you. So don't bother voting next election. It won't be counted. You're not included. Oh, we'll still be taking SS out of your paycheck. Probably LI as well, but you aren't part of our government. Wow, how freeing that must feel. A man

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
This is a terrible comparison. But if you must, the airline travel industry has also gone to hell. I don't know how much you fly, but it's miserable today as compared to 20 years ago. A couple of weeks ago Alaska airlines started charging for even my first checked bag. And they don't

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
The title says what? 89 people were polled and those who were interested in whoever was doing the polling were against healthcare? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 7, 2009, at 1:38 PM, mike wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
in order to work. Marcio -Original Message- From: Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 7, 2009 3:50 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... For what it is worth, Cuba has one of the best, if not the overall best health care system

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... This is one subspecialty that is also elective surgery. Now say the same thing about cardiac stints, hernia surgery etc. Yes, I understand that. It's one of the better analogs for demonstrating that the medical

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Just a thought, but if we stopped calling it the US and just called it us maybe people would remember. Then maybe healthcare for us might sound more attractive. Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 On Sep 7,

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Where do you come up with these figures? Have they been fed to you or are they just off the top of your head? You did get to the meat of the problem however. We might have great medical care here in us. But getting it and being able to have access to it is a totally different story. And

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2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
] Intensive Care Unit... Sorry to say, but you sound like the guy who sits on his porch and yells at the kids for being on his lawn. I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing the mail carriers aren't allowed to actually put something in your home. So using the mail slot probably isn't

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
and perceptions Jeff. Marcio -Original Message- From: Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Sent: Sep 7, 2009 7:39 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... Sorry to say, but you sound like the guy who sits on his porch and yells at the kids

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:54 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: Rev, now you miss his point. If you allow companies to compete over state lines, removing their captive audience, you won't *need* mandates. That's what competition is best at providing: choice. You mean like when we got rid of the laws

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2009-09-08 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Not only do you have to pay but their scales in many cases are not regulated. (Paid a $50 penalty on a flight recently for an overweight bag. One between the two of us. ) Read a story about an airport where they went through and calibrated the scales. Many were off by a few pounds.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Marcio
. Live life to the fullest. It goes lasts such a short time... Marcio -Original Message- From: Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Sent: Sep 8, 2009 8:59 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... ? where you been Marcio? I Thought that what I've been

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: That food, which uses a mixed but largely free market system, is so cheap and plentiful that even the poor can easily afford it, is lost on the socialized medicine proponents. Did you see the Time cover story about cheap food? This is another

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2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Fred Holmes wrote: But liberals proclaim that you should never defend yourself against an attacker. You should run away and call the police. Why did this individual not follow the liberal doctrine? When _you_ are being attacked, you all of a sudden become a

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2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 7, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Jordan wrote: http://brightcove.newscientist.com/services/player/bcpid2227271001?bctid=30583310001 Thank you. Very well thought out and rational. * ** List info, subscription management, list

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2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 4:33 PM, mike wrote: You don't seem to have a full grasp on capitalism. If your letters didn't arrive you'd switch carriers and get them to arrive. It's called Fedex and UPS and DHL etc. Would one pizza shop across the nation be good? There was a time when you had to

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 4:34 PM, mike wrote: The UK and Canada are moving away from socialized medicine, not towards it. While this is definitely off topic, it is still very useful in the general context of the List's discussions about computers and technology. It gets us away from tainted

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: We are being told that health care is a right. I disagree. Health care is paramount, no doubt, but it is no more a right than food or a place to live. If you encounter someone who is hungry and you don't feed them you are not being nice.

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote: And the ones who will choose choice will be the employers, dumping their health care, and then you, the employee, will have only one choice, the public option. That is what is happening in Massachusetts; the employers would rather pay the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
Ok, this is on both topics, health care and computers. Jim Clark started Healtheon. MS bought it. It was supposed to be a system of putting healthcare history of patients online to cut out waste. Whatever happened with that? Jeff Miles jmile...@charter.net Join my Mafia

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
Sounds like paradise.  Why aren't you living there? I was just waiting for the old love it or leave it bullshit to start. Why can't an intelligent and respectful conversation take place without descending into the pit of old worn out saws such as that? Really? You saw love or leave it

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
I did find it interesting someone would equate violence with either being liberal or conservative. I personally know some pretty passive conservatives and also some pretty violent liberals. I don't think how you feel about Sarah Palin and her views makes you one or the other. I won't go

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
As one with family from Cuba and some friends remaining, I can assure you that Jeff W. has no idea about Cuba, considering his comments. It's their health care insurance system and outcomes that are better than ours, not the high tech gadgets and expensive doctors. The Cuban government,

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
Did you see the Time cover story about cheap food? This is another issue that Americans will have to face up to. Corporate farmers are polluting our world and serving up food from diseased animals. Our food is so strongly laced with antibiotics that they are breeding new strains of

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
You mean like when we got rid of the laws that required local banking? That worked very well. Didn't it? If you look for banks that did not get caught in the sub-prime fiasco you will find that these were banks run by local bankers who knew who and what was getting the loan. You will also

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Jeff Miles wrote: Ok, this is on both topics, health care and computers. Jim Clark started Healtheon. MS bought it. It was supposed to be a system of putting healthcare history of patients online to cut out waste. Whatever happened with that? Healtheon merged

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
If you encounter someone who is hungry and you don't feed them you are not being nice. If you encounter someone who is homeless and you don't shelter them you are not being nice. If you encounter someone who is bleeding to death and you don't help them you are a criminal. Tell us again

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
She said we, she didn't say you. We aren't including you. So don't bother voting next election. It won't be counted. You're not included. Oh, we'll still be taking SS out of your paycheck. Probably LI as well, but you aren't part of our government. Wow, how freeing that must feel. A man

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
I'm amazed that those against health care options don't see the insurance companies as death panels. Because Sarah says it they're quick to jump on the idea when it comes to a federal health option, but seeing their own insurance companies as doing the same? Hand over the head motion

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
This is a terrible comparison. But if you must, the airline travel industry has also gone to hell. I don't know how much you fly, but it's miserable today as compared to 20 years ago I fly a couple of times a year. It's OK. What I do know is that it's no longer only a tool for the

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Miles
I agree with the idea that if you love it so much why don't you move there is a BS argument. How about, if it works, lets bring it here? We import just about everything else, why not healthcare ideas? Oh, no money in it. Can we export our insurance companies to China with the proviso they

Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit...

2009-09-08 Thread Jeff Wright
Hmmm, coach healthcare and then first class healthcare if I'm willing to pay for it. What a concept. Sounds like you're describing the UK's DHS or Canada's Medicare to a T. * ** List info, subscription management,

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