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The Downward Spiral of America

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BandieBoy
Posts: 245 - Karma: 363
It is absolutely disgusting observing everything that is happening to this once great country.  Obama and his socialist cronies devising a trillion dollar budget that we can only hope to recover from in several decades time.

Iowa approving gay marriage by the COURTS, and not by the peoples vote.  Just goes to show that the PEOPLE know that homosexuality is not a legitimate institution that will be recognized by this country.  Sickening.

Several proposals across states for the legalization of marijuana.  I know people on here are into smoking, and some of my friends are, and I completely disagree with it but i can't change your mind.  However, this shouldn't be imposed upon the people as a will.  It is a choice, and if you want to smoke, then congrats, but do it on your own time, don't force it on everyone around here.

/Rant
Apr 27 2009 2:35AM
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OhMyBosh
Posts: 5056 - Karma: 170
you dont want to have to pay for other people's free healthcare... which is exactly the same as not wanting to pay for any other thing that taxes pay for because you think you wont use it.
May 2 2009 8:26AM
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PhaedeD
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what are you even talking about..... i have no problem helping people that REALLY need it, do you realize how many people collect money from the government because they are lazy? what do you want me to pay for next, the tissue you are using to wipe up your tears?

those other things you mentioned are far from healthcare and what we are talking about, pretty much irrelevant points. stop trying to act like you know what you are talking about..you sound half retarded man.
May 2 2009 11:54AM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
do you bother looking at the details you ask for or do you like just asking stupid questions thinking it makes your point stronger?

what happens when the current system is flooded?
May 2 2009 12:25PM
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PhaedeD
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you are canadian why do canadians come to america for treatment ask yourself that...
May 2 2009 12:46PM
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*Fujative*
Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
what is wrong with NS and gays, what do you have against them?
fuck, polotics do not belong on NS, it spirals out of controll.
May 2 2009 12:54PM
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OhMyBosh
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faster treatment... not all Canadians can afford to come to America for treatment, a select few do come over though, not everyone...

you need to look at this problem from the perspective of the millions of people who can barely afford health insurance, or cant afford it at all...
sure having private healthcare works for the rich people who can afford it, but for everyone else it doesnt work...

making taking care of peoples lives into a business is not the way to go. private healthcare is always going to be about making the most money. despite what all the companies say, they dont give 2 shits about the people, they want to make the most money, and providing as little care as possible and trying to avoid paying for treatments at all costs is the best way to go in order to make a profit.
Saving lives is too important to put into the hands of a privately owned company... just like all the other essential services that taxes provide.

the best option would be a 2-tiered system like in the UK, where private healthcare is availiable for the people who can afford it, but a public system is free for everyone.
May 2 2009 1:11PM
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pmills
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why am i canadian?
May 2 2009 1:21PM
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PhaedeD
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you can get healthcare for pretty cheap if you have a job.
May 2 2009 4:10PM
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pmills
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so when a guy's put in 30 hard years of work, having part of his paycheck go towards his company health care plan, he's got 10 years to go till retirement, and then all of a sudden he get's laid-of you think it's cool he loses his health care?

I don't think so
May 2 2009 4:18PM
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PhaedeD
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so now we are talking about people that got laid of or are we talking about people that dont have jobs because they choose not to have one?
May 2 2009 4:20PM
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SpeakTruth
Posts: 103 - Karma: -20

come on man get with the program, obama is a visionary with change.

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HAHAH

FUCK that P.O.S. obama

IMPEACH obama.

May 2 2009 4:25PM
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pmills
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as we've discussed in the end it doesn't matter, either way the uninsured are still getting their health expenses paid by you, might as well have them use the money in the most efficient way possible

with preventative care
May 2 2009 4:27PM
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PhaedeD
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i would rather not pay for something that in the end is going to put us into further debt.
May 2 2009 4:31PM
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hank.
Posts: 227 - Karma: 38
you my friend are stupid... What makes you think you have the right to judge how other people live their lives...Im no gay but how is it gonna hurt you does it hurt your morals that you know right now two guys are fucking?
May 2 2009 4:41PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
what are you talking about? its not like you have the option to get rid of medicare/caide all together, it's as it stands now, or the option to provide care for everyone

in the current model you pay for the uninsured medical expenses when it's an emergency. Emergency care is costly, especially when it leads to chronic conditions that continually rack up cost.

What this model results in is a majority of the poor/disadvantaged citizens, some who might be lazy, but a majority who're just as honest as you or I, all waiting to the last minute to seek medical care.

 Serious issues like heart attack or diabetes are things that are easily preventable with early detection, and simple interventions, but  if we are late to respond, say till after someone has a heart attack, the initial cost to patch them up is just the tip of the iceberg.

By default, in rejecting health care reform, you opt for this model. This model isn't working, it's not providing care and it is costing us more.



May 2 2009 4:59PM
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slimbruddah
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OBAMA = PUPPET

This isn't hard to realize.

Everyone needs to stop arguing about stupid useless shit, which we all know, accomplishes nothing except to get high off of ones own opinion.

That's the only thing these forms and the internet do, they give everyone an opportunity to voice an opinion.

Everyone loovvveesss to hear there own voice and call someone out saying their "opinion" is incorrect.

Blah blah blah yattah yattah yattah.

Think for yourself, don't listen to the bullshit media. Don't listen to any of it.

It's alll BULL SHIT. Newspapers, TV, commercials, television shows, magazines, digg.com.

It's all just a bunch of extra baggage to put in your mind, waste thought about, then debate with others about your opinion resulting in... guess what, NOTHING. Nothing but tricking you into wasting your own time.

Fuck the right, fuck the left, democrats, republicans, they aren't opposing parties, their all in it for the same purpose.

Yet I ALWAYS see people saying fuck democrats go republicans!!!! (or vise versa) or Mc Cain can do this, he can do that, blah blah blah.

Everyone has to understand that the government doesnt give a fuck about public interest. The government gives a fuck about money, and who pays.

OBAMA isn't running any fucking show. He's on the stage while the producer, with all the production money is behind the curtains, telling him to act out his script.

And guess what, everyone's buying it.

YAY OBAMA! He's so smart and talented and going to fix everything!!!

You and I all know that supporting OBAMA has become "cool". HAHAHAHAHAA. Come on people. Think for yourselves.

Look at yourself in the mirror America. How oblivious have you become? Hmm?
May 2 2009 6:01PM
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OhMyBosh
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youre not being smart by posting this, this is old news, everyone knows the president is a puppet, go tell some more people to watch zeitgeist or something...

we are discussing healthcare. if you would like to find a way to destroy the american government then go ahead i'll be right behind you, but seeing as thats impossible, its pointless to discuss it.
so unless you have something useful to contribute to this discussion, GTFO.
May 2 2009 6:57PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
is this useful?

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May 2 2009 7:02PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
your coolness is overwhelming.
May 2 2009 10:24PM
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JaphyRyder
Posts: 1766 - Karma: 113
do people who smoke pot affect you if you don't smoke? do gay people affect you if you're not gay?
cmon man, at least back it up if you're gonna make a bullshit rant like this
May 3 2009 3:57PM
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slimbruddah
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Yeah. I see what you mean. I have thought about that already. It is pretty pointless to discuss.

My bad for jumping in.
May 3 2009 8:47PM
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slimbruddah
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I clearly don't give a fuck about cool.

You clearly do.

Do what's cool, or do what's right?

I think you and I have chosen different paths.
May 3 2009 8:49PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
lol wut?


im just sick of kids saying "fuck it it doesnt matter, hes a puppet" thats not the fucking point. its a cop out line when you want to sound smart, but really dont have anything to say.
May 3 2009 8:53PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
oy vey
May 3 2009 8:53PM
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Mr.Panda
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im a conservative but goddamnit shut the fuck up.
May 3 2009 8:59PM
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Ben.
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word. IMPEACH HIM BECAUSE I DONT AGREE WITH HIM.

ah, yes, because that would get shit done in this country.
May 3 2009 9:03PM
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casual
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The epitome of the too cool for school mentality. Soooo counter culture bro....you're like totally outside of the box man.

Funny how all that awareness around other people's motivations stops well short of you being able to reflect on your own.

If this post doesn't scream self-indulgence and "loooooooving to hear their own voice", nothing does.

Just go away, you've contributed nothing.
May 4 2009 12:11AM
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slimbruddah
Posts: 2611 - Karma: 25
guess im crazy
May 4 2009 5:20AM
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casual
Posts: 6712 - Karma: 6,746
Well, that would certainly fit your "terminally unique" persona...
May 4 2009 10:19AM
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Big5hifty
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where did you think you were going with this when you posted it
May 4 2009 10:47AM
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Ben.
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where have you been?
May 6 2009 10:33PM
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neutralzombie
Posts: 8629 - Karma: 606
bush spent all the money you people need to keep your economy afloat.

you think war is free?
May 6 2009 10:55PM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
swine flu?
May 6 2009 10:58PM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
watch where you spew that shit drew. you bleeding heart came right out of my screen and got blood ALL over my keyboard.

ill be sending the bill to you. hahaha
May 6 2009 11:00PM
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neutralzombie
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there was a psychological study conducted over several years that covered how people thought of themselves, something about a diamond.
anyways, point is, the people who blindly thought they could get whatever they wanted did and those who thought their outcome would be weighed by their knowledge, in other words, somewhat doubted themselves, barely ever passed the tests everyone underwent.

May 6 2009 11:03PM
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skiminnesota
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May 6 2009 11:25PM
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Mr.Panda
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i think im gonna go hide now.
May 6 2009 11:27PM
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Mr.Panda
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especially with you in these threads i feel like such a fucking douchebag.
May 6 2009 11:48PM
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casual
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  How could you forget that?  A quick scan of his pics pretty much sums it up for you.  He literally lives in a bubble, granted, an ornately luxurious bubble.  You can't honestly expect someone that rich (coupled with the fact that he himself had no part in acquiring the wealth) to have anything even approaching a normal/balanced/valid perspective.

  The very idea of having to worry about finances, let alone basic needs like healthcare, are literally abstract concepts to him.
May 6 2009 11:53PM
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casual
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I find such over the top celebration of material things disgusting, and generally indicative of a particular mindset. 
May 7 2009 12:01AM
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casual
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preaching to the choir, my man.
May 7 2009 1:01AM
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Mr.Panda
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they may not be the BEST but they are pretty damn close sometimes...  like my skis, my dog (does that count as a "thing"?), my parents, and my gf....  oh and my truck...  but i guess honestly out of those 5 things only two are really things and not people...
May 7 2009 1:03AM
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Ben.
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and is it really the skis? cuz i know for me i wouldnt give a shit about the skis i was on, just skiing.
May 7 2009 1:05AM
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Mr.Panda
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being a baker guy...  to get the good stuff, powder, the steeps...  you need the skis...  i mean, when i raced i tried going down big old waist deep powder runs on my Dynastar Skiercross or Atomic Beta 9s and i would just sink like a fucking piece of lead in water.....  the skiing is good but in order for me to truly ski what i want the way i want i need fatty skis.
May 7 2009 1:07AM
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Mr.Panda
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i decided to treat my dog like family because, well, he is family.
May 7 2009 1:34AM
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OhMyBosh
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so you'd give up all your friends for a pair of skis?

surely you can make do on some shitty skis... people managed to shred without rockered 120 underfoot twin tips for a long time...
May 7 2009 8:44AM
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Mr.Panda
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i never said that............

what i was trying to say was "things" may not be the most important things to worry about but they come in a close second.  and for me they come behind my dog, parents, and my gf....  i really dont have many friends to be honest..
May 7 2009 12:00PM
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pmills
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just so we're clear, when we say  material things come in at a close second, behind immaterial pleasures... we're talking about a two man race here right?
May 7 2009 12:03PM
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PagesHouse
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You know what depresses me? The fact that no one will ever agree. Not even going that far, virtually everyone refuses to listen to opposing arguments purely because they are ignorant. For this reason, nothing will EVER be accomplished because there will always be someone trying to discredit and humiliate you.
May 7 2009 2:46PM
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Delphi
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do you realize what would happen if everybody agreed on everything? Terrible things, when there is no opposing voice nothing is questioned, like say, an enormous spending bill. I live in MA where the house is dominated by dems and a dem governor. Everyone agrees on everything and the state suffers because of it. Quit being so idealistic, the world doesn't work that way.
May 7 2009 3:07PM
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