kwall

Wilson 2012

i was just thinking that we were overdue for a david foster wallace quote . . .

what do you take issue with in this article? it sounds pretty scary to me. but then, i'm just a crazy.

i'm not really interested in debating the intellectual honesty of sarah palin. i don't like her and i never did. my intent was to defend the fear that some people have about the government making these kind of calls. i understand that it's a subtle distinction between that and having a private insurer do it. subtle, but worthy of debate. too often, anyone that shares this fear is labeled as mindlessly taking their marching orders from sarah palin. it's just not true.

"death panels" aren't really implausible. we already have them in the insurance companies. any group of people (panel) who can deny coverage for some life-saving procedure (hence, resulting in death) could be called a death panel. as i understand the whole "death panel" issue as raised by palin, it is a caution against assuming that the proposed government insurance agency will never deny coverage. of course, it must, and will. seems to me that, here, as with most issues, the point of contention is that liberals are afraid of this power residing with businesses, while conservatives are

the fountainhead > atlas shrugged

it's not a problem. it's progress.

that's why they're starting to call it "climate change". warming, cooling, whatever. it's a crisis, ok?

yeah. it works the same with obama. http://www.gallup.com/poll/122255/Amid-Debate-Obama-Approval-Rating-Healthcare-Steady.aspx i fancy myself pretty rational and i believe we're halfway there already. i love you.

no, i'm just going by the reported poll numbers. ahhh. smells like freedom. i can't imagine why people are afraid of their country being taken away. you guys control all levels of government and, still, it's everyone else's fault.

not evil twin - alter ego. big difference.

it might seem like they're bowing to the pressure of a small mob, but they're actually bowing to the pressure of a majority of their constituents, which is how it's supposed to work. it means moving farther away from capitalism and moving ever closer to socialism.

it's not so much that he made a "mistake". it's that he was notified of the "mistake" several months ago, but only decided to address it when he was nominated.

being irresponsible with other people's money is much better.