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**jeff** · February 24th, 2010, 08:41 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:55:06 -0500, jeff wrote:

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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:30:59 -0500, jeff wrote:

jh wrote:
Profit
allows the hospital to build the new cardiac wing, or add the new MRI
center, or ----.
not always john...the hospital/med school here just built a huge cardiac
center...in the hope for profit i'm sure, in the hope of keeping a
particular world famous doc happy i know, and in the hope of doing some
good for those who can afford or otherwise access the offered treatment.
it's a loss-leader so far, from what i hear. it's grand architecture
and offers hope. they charge a lot for their work...but i think the tax
dollars really made it happen, and will probably support it for a long
time. the cardiac surgeon is very pleased though...he's making a "profit".

imo, health care ought to be a civil right in a civilized society...
And maybe - now I know this sounds pretty far out there, but bear with me -
equal access to the courts and reasonable representation once there ought to be
a civil right. Therefore, I'd propose that no one with a bar card be allowed to
charge more than the Federal minimum wage on any matter before any court until
April 16th of the current year PROVIDED that they have demonstrated their legal
qualifications by having prevailed for their client 60.1% of the time. And
until that rate of success is reached, they are bound by that wage. At the end
of the calendar year, the meter resets and any bar member not reaching 60.1% two
years in a row shall be deemed to be unsuited to the practice of law and
assigned to the gul...er, worker re-education...er, vocational reassignment
cen...oh, **** it, the doggeddamned prison camp located in the cosmopolitan
locale of Mosquito Haven, Florida until their "liquefied precipitation removal
system installation technician" training can be completed. If they cannot
successfully complete that, they should be turned over to Larry for, um,
close-order knot familiarization...or is what we have here a failure to
communicate...comrade...?

we
have to get away from the idea that profit should drive or even be a
part of a reasonable and available health care system. ...
And howsabout the legal system...? From what I hear tell, there's already rules
and codes and **** covering THAT...

and, yeah, i
know the slippery slope to socialism crap. but, wtf is a capitalist
government for if not to assure and provide for the health and welfare
of its citizens?

jeff (somewhere over the rainbow)
Judy Garland waits for you...?

TC,
R
you know, there is merit in some of what you say. however, it won't
affect me much assuming overhead costs are a separate item

Overhead costs...? Oh, wait...you won't have a heated and cooled office, a
paralegal, secretary, etc. You'll be issued a box of #2s, a package of legal
pads, a box of file folders and an orange crate that can serve as both a desk
and a file cabinet. Oh, by-the-by, save the pad backs and pencil stubs - in the
summer, you'll have a ready supply of fans and in winter, you'll have something
to burn for heat...keep in mind, however, if you get uppity and burn the
orang...er, ,multi-purpose office unit, legal, non-metallic, recycled, the total
cost of replacement, including shipping, handling, delivery and set-up from the
Cheney-Halliburton Office Supply Company WILL be deducted from your pay packet
and you WILL lose 1 cat food ration stamp each week for 6 weeks...and before you
go there - no, $134,324.17 for an orang...er, multi-purpose office unit, legal,
non-metallic, recycled, isn't excessive....it was 12.3% less than the bid from
Reid-Pelosi Furnishings...

i'm on board when the doctors agree to similar terms. i'll relent on
their diagnostic equipment needs though. just back from dr. visit...i
love my guy...in ayden, nc. he has put me on a low carb diet because
cholesteral is, well, extremely unhealthy apparently. i won't take Rx
for it...but when i told him i wasn't going to quit drinking beer and
other spiritous beverages while on fishing trips, he said: "hell jeff,
i'm not here to ruin your life." i liked that. i also like that he has
a king mackeral citation on the wall of his examining room...

and not dependent on my fixed wages. ...tough to meet the proficiency
requirement though. in my area of practice, there are no winners.

Uh-oh, sorry - more changes...you'll not have a divorce practice anymore as
there will be no more marriages, per se. "Marriage" has religious overtones,
and as such, it will not be officially permitted or recognized (plus, that
solves the whole "gay marriage" question). You'll be reassigned to traffic
court...snow chain infraction division...but the good news is that you'll be
allowed to draw straws for prosecution or defense...

hey...i actually like this one. i love traffic court!! do a bit of it
just to remind myself of a normal world. marriage and divorce...silly
stuff. but improper equipment, crossing yellow lines, speeding 100 in
55, no operator's license, and...uh... shudderrrr ...driving while
impaired with snow chains? oh jeezus, sign me up...but sounds eerily
similar to divorce stuff.

jeff