Cluuuuck, cluck, cluuuuk

On Mar 31, 7:04*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-03-31 19:41:07 -0400, MajorOz said:


Bottom line:

1. Tricare is not a right, and nobody but the whiners said it is. *It
is an earned benefit. *Emphasis on EARNED. *If it takes more taxes, so
be it.

2. The rest of the largess under discussion is unearned, simply doled
out by Uncle as he sees fit.
If they take more taxes, dump them.

...thass all, folks...

cheers

oz

buzzer sound

"We have a winner in the mezzanine, Doctor!"

Exactly.

And many of you people STILL think these ****stains are worth debating
with!

g.
"hilarious".....to borrow a potent phrase.

On Mar 31, 9:34*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-03-31 20:46:12 -0400, "Mark Bowen" said:







"David LaCourse" wrote in message
news:2010033117423075249-dplacourse@aolcom...
On 2010-03-31 17:13:02 -0400, "Tom Littleton"
said:

"DaveS" wrote in message
....
So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

and, it sure is a lucky thing that the government has nothing to do with
ol'
David's healthcare, huh?
Tom

Tom, read my reply to David. *I *PLANNED* my future. *You should probably
try to do the same, although I think it too late for you. *I have worked
HARD all my ****in' life, Tom, and for you to make light of it is not
appreciated. *I *sacrificed* in my youth for my old age, and now I am
reaping the benifits that were promised to me in 1956. *You could have
done the same.

I wish someone would tell me how, how in the hell, did we become such a
successful, powerful, wonderful country that everyone wants to immigrate
to, and we did it without the "right" of healthcare. *All of my rights are
God given and are contained in the Bill of Rights. *They're FREE!

What a ****in' mess we have gotten ourselves into. *God help us.

Louie

Don't you worry you drama queen, Allah will protect you.

This is truly a hoot!
Op

Yeah, it is. *Your future looks like a hoot too. *You haven't planned,
Mark. *I told you several years ago what to do, but I doubt you took my
advice.

You lose! *Again! *Too bad. *You had your chance.

Davie

He's right, Mark.....ya could'a been just like his "nephew."

g.

On Mar 31, 7:01*pm, Steve M wrote:
On 3/31/2010 10:57 AM, DaveS wrote:





On Mar 29, 3:32 pm, David *wrote:
'Tis the sound of the chickens coming home to roost:

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/...ty-in-the-red/

And now our *health care* is in charge of these people. *God save us..

Louie

Dave, how can this be true? When you say "our" healthcare, that is not
really accurate is it? You're covered by "Tricare" as are most
retirees and military.
And you know that TRICARE . . .
1. Already EXCEEDS the standards of the new health reform law, and
2. TRICARE WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED to the new reform set up
3. That TRICARE operates and under a separate administration and legal
framework.

You probably didn't read any of the more than a dozen notices, emails
etc going back 2-3 months that quite clearly made this point to
everybody with the possible exception of Messrs Beck and Limbesmerch.
So here is the citation that will catch you up. (Because why else
would you pass on bad info intentionally? Certainly not for reasons of
blind ideological radicalism.)

http://www.tricare.mil/

So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

I don't know if I'll get this right from memory, but maybe I'll be close
enough....

Rules for political debate when you're on shaky ground:

1. Make up facts to support your arguments (lie)
2. Try to re-frame the argument on better terms for your side.
3. Change the subject so you can frame the terms of a new argument.
4. Change a fact based argument to an emotional one where logic loses.
5. In all cases, belittle your opponent's intelligence, beliefs,
and morals. (shoot the messenger)

Based on the above criteria... hmmmm... let's see.....

Well, you definitely nailed #3 since bringing up Tricare in this
context is clearly a red herring and does not address the subject
of the OP's link.

And you sort of used #4, though in an elusive manner.

On #5, you clearly failed to stomp on the OP's morals, though you
were able to question his literacy and get a dig in at his religious
beliefs (if any).

Sorry, I have give your efforts at proper political posturing a
dismal 3.5 score. (out of 10).

Tsk. Please do better.

\s

--
"There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend
on being just as unsuccessful near home." M. Twain- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you are going to get involved in these things you should at least
read the first post. Be that as it may. . .

Mostly you are full of ****. But the religious comment takes the cake.
The pirate, not me brought up his "God given rights." You remind me
of today's news in which the militia groups still on the loose say the
Michigan crazies just arrested by the FBI are getting a bad rap
because they are really "not Christian" or militia for that matter.
What nonsense.

Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip, no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works. See, much of what he thinks is Tricare, is actually paid for by
Medicare, and probably the spousal insurance. And not all Tricare is
"free," nor are all covered by Tricare service personnel, nor was
Tricare around in 1956, and that many wounded are not covered, that
most war widows are not covered etc etc. You know who tries to cover
the healthcare needs of the aforementioned? Guess.

And who runs Tricare? Why it is the same Government that Dave says
can't run anything, the same Govt that runs the best military in the
world, the best postal service in the world, the most extensive
National Parks system in the world, the best weather service, coast
and geodetic service etc etc.

Here's a fact for you at no charge. In over 35 years of consulting,
much of it in fixing human service programs I learned that most MEN,
know diddle squat about health insurance or how the schools for their
kids work. Your average man for the most part is FULL OF **** AND
IGNORANCE about both healthcare and education. But that doesn't stop
men from saying and thinking all kinds of nonsense and being big
babies and whiners, or angry assholes, when they need something from
the healthcare system. I only need to point to the pictures of the
"Teabaggers" waving signs saying "Keep the Governments Hands off my
Medicare" to demo my point.

Women, on average, understand this stuff much better, and they and
their kids have to suffer the consequences of this incredible
aggressive ignorance. Work for a week in a public hospital and you
will be changed.

Dave

On Mar 31, 7:01*pm, Steve M wrote:
On 3/31/2010 10:57 AM, DaveS wrote:





On Mar 29, 3:32 pm, David *wrote:
'Tis the sound of the chickens coming home to roost:

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/...ty-in-the-red/

And now our *health care* is in charge of these people. *God save us..

Louie

Dave, how can this be true? When you say "our" healthcare, that is not
really accurate is it? You're covered by "Tricare" as are most
retirees and military.
And you know that TRICARE . . .
1. Already EXCEEDS the standards of the new health reform law, and
2. TRICARE WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED to the new reform set up
3. That TRICARE operates and under a separate administration and legal
framework.

You probably didn't read any of the more than a dozen notices, emails
etc going back 2-3 months that quite clearly made this point to
everybody with the possible exception of Messrs Beck and Limbesmerch.
So here is the citation that will catch you up. (Because why else
would you pass on bad info intentionally? Certainly not for reasons of
blind ideological radicalism.)

http://www.tricare.mil/

So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

I don't know if I'll get this right from memory, but maybe I'll be close
enough....

Rules for political debate when you're on shaky ground:

1. Make up facts to support your arguments (lie)
2. Try to re-frame the argument on better terms for your side.
3. Change the subject so you can frame the terms of a new argument.
4. Change a fact based argument to an emotional one where logic loses.
5. In all cases, belittle your opponent's intelligence, beliefs,
and morals. (shoot the messenger)

Based on the above criteria... hmmmm... let's see.....

Well, you definitely nailed #3 since bringing up Tricare in this
context is clearly a red herring and does not address the subject
of the OP's link.

And you sort of used #4, though in an elusive manner.

On #5, you clearly failed to stomp on the OP's morals, though you
were able to question his literacy and get a dig in at his religious
beliefs (if any).

Sorry, I have give your efforts at proper political posturing a
dismal 3.5 score. (out of 10).

Tsk. Please do better.

\s

--
"There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend
on being just as unsuccessful near home." M. Twain- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you are going to get involved in these things you should at least
read the first post. Be that as it may. . .

Mostly you are full of ****. But the religious comment takes the
cake.
The pirate, not me brought up his "God given rights." You remind me
of today's news in which the militia groups still on the loose say
the
Michigan crazies just arrested by the FBI are getting a bad rap
because they are really "not Christian" or militia for that matter.
What nonsense.


Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip,
no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works. See, much of what he thinks is Tricare, is actually paid for
by
Medicare, and probably the spousal insurance. And not all Tricare is
"free," nor are all covered by Tricare service personnel, nor was
Tricare around in 1956, and that many wounded are not covered, that
some war widows are not fully covered etc etc. You know who tries to
cover
the healthcare needs of the aforementioned? Guess. Medicare/Medicaide


And who runs Tricare? Why it is the same Government that Dave says
can't run anything, the same Govt that runs the best military in the
world, the best postal service in the world, the most extensive
National Parks system in the world, the best weather service, coast
and geodetic service etc etc.


Here's a fact for you at no charge. In over 35 years of consulting,
much of it in fixing human service programs I learned that most MEN,
know diddle squat about health insurance or how the schools for their
kids work. Your average man for the most part is FULL OF **** AND
IGNORANCE about both healthcare and education. But that doesn't stop
men from saying and thinking all kinds of nonsense and being big
babies and whiners, or angry assholes, when they need something from
the healthcare system. I only need to point to the pictures of the
"Teabaggers" waving signs saying "Keep the Governments Hands off my
Medicare" to demo my point.


Women, on average, understand this stuff much better, and they and
their kids have to suffer the consequences of this incredible
aggressive ignorance. Work for a week in a public hospital and you
will be changed.

As for your scoring system . . . you scored 1.63 on a scale of
wizzenfrap.


Dave

On 3/31/2010 9:55 PM, DaveS wrote:
On Mar 31, 7:01 pm, Steve wrote:
On 3/31/2010 10:57 AM, DaveS wrote:





On Mar 29, 3:32 pm, David wrote:
'Tis the sound of the chickens coming home to roost:

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/...ty-in-the-red/

And now our *health care* is in charge of these people. God save us.

Louie

Dave, how can this be true? When you say "our" healthcare, that is not
really accurate is it? You're covered by "Tricare" as are most
retirees and military.
And you know that TRICARE . . .
1. Already EXCEEDS the standards of the new health reform law, and
2. TRICARE WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED to the new reform set up
3. That TRICARE operates and under a separate administration and legal
framework.

You probably didn't read any of the more than a dozen notices, emails
etc going back 2-3 months that quite clearly made this point to
everybody with the possible exception of Messrs Beck and Limbesmerch.
So here is the citation that will catch you up. (Because why else
would you pass on bad info intentionally? Certainly not for reasons of
blind ideological radicalism.)

http://www.tricare.mil/

So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

I don't know if I'll get this right from memory, but maybe I'll be close
enough....

Rules for political debate when you're on shaky ground:

1. Make up facts to support your arguments (lie)
2. Try to re-frame the argument on better terms for your side.
3. Change the subject so you can frame the terms of a new argument.
4. Change a fact based argument to an emotional one where logic loses.
5. In all cases, belittle your opponent's intelligence, beliefs,
and morals. (shoot the messenger)

Based on the above criteria... hmmmm... let's see.....

Well, you definitely nailed #3 since bringing up Tricare in this
context is clearly a red herring and does not address the subject
of the OP's link.

And you sort of used #4, though in an elusive manner.

On #5, you clearly failed to stomp on the OP's morals, though you
were able to question his literacy and get a dig in at his religious
beliefs (if any).

Sorry, I have give your efforts at proper political posturing a
dismal 3.5 score. (out of 10).

Tsk. Please do better.

\s

--
"There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend
on being just as unsuccessful near home." M. Twain- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you are going to get involved in these things you should at least
read the first post. Be that as it may. . .

Mostly you are full of ****. But the religious comment takes the cake.
The pirate, not me brought up his "God given rights." You remind me
of today's news in which the militia groups still on the loose say the
Michigan crazies just arrested by the FBI are getting a bad rap
because they are really "not Christian" or militia for that matter.
What nonsense.

Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip, no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works. See, much of what he thinks is Tricare, is actually paid for by
Medicare, and probably the spousal insurance. And not all Tricare is
"free," nor are all covered by Tricare service personnel, nor was
Tricare around in 1956, and that many wounded are not covered, that
most war widows are not covered etc etc. You know who tries to cover
the healthcare needs of the aforementioned? Guess.

And who runs Tricare? Why it is the same Government that Dave says
can't run anything, the same Govt that runs the best military in the
world, the best postal service in the world, the most extensive
National Parks system in the world, the best weather service, coast
and geodetic service etc etc.

Here's a fact for you at no charge. In over 35 years of consulting,
much of it in fixing human service programs I learned that most MEN,
know diddle squat about health insurance or how the schools for their
kids work. Your average man for the most part is FULL OF **** AND
IGNORANCE about both healthcare and education. But that doesn't stop
men from saying and thinking all kinds of nonsense and being big
babies and whiners, or angry assholes, when they need something from
the healthcare system. I only need to point to the pictures of the
"Teabaggers" waving signs saying "Keep the Governments Hands off my
Medicare" to demo my point.

Women, on average, understand this stuff much better, and they and
their kids have to suffer the consequences of this incredible
aggressive ignorance. Work for a week in a public hospital and you
will be changed.

Dave


Well, THAT is a reasoned and intelligent response. :-)

Scores much higher too, though the deductions apply for the crude language.

-- It was a joke, for crying out loud! --

Perhaps poorly made, but still.....

I take no offense at your ludicrous characterization(s) since you are
simply venting.

And if you were truly offended, I apologize for causing you distress.

One point I simply must address however: of all those 'best' government
services you mentioned, which run in the black?

I'm honestly curious.


\s
--
no quote for now, it will take some time to come up with something new
for Giles....

On Mar 31, 11:12*pm, Steve M wrote:
On 3/31/2010 9:55 PM, DaveS wrote:





On Mar 31, 7:01 pm, Steve *wrote:
On 3/31/2010 10:57 AM, DaveS wrote:

On Mar 29, 3:32 pm, David * *wrote:
'Tis the sound of the chickens coming home to roost:

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/...ty-in-the-red/

And now our *health care* is in charge of these people. *God save us.

Louie

Dave, how can this be true? When you say "our" healthcare, that is not
really accurate is it? You're covered by "Tricare" as are most
retirees and military.
And you know that TRICARE . . .
1. Already EXCEEDS the standards of the new health reform law, and
2. TRICARE WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED to the new reform set up
3. That TRICARE operates and under a separate administration and legal
framework.

You probably didn't read any of the more than a dozen notices, emails
etc going back 2-3 months that quite clearly made this point to
everybody with the possible exception of Messrs Beck and Limbesmerch.
So here is the citation that will catch you up. (Because why else
would you pass on bad info intentionally? Certainly not for reasons of
blind ideological radicalism.)

http://www.tricare.mil/

So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

I don't know if I'll get this right from memory, but maybe I'll be close
enough....

Rules for political debate when you're on shaky ground:

1. Make up facts to support your arguments (lie)
2. Try to re-frame the argument on better terms for your side.
3. Change the subject so you can frame the terms of a new argument.
4. Change a fact based argument to an emotional one where logic loses.
5. In all cases, belittle your opponent's intelligence, beliefs,
and morals. (shoot the messenger)

Based on the above criteria... hmmmm... let's see.....

Well, you definitely nailed #3 since bringing up Tricare in this
context is clearly a red herring and does not address the subject
of the OP's link.

And you sort of used #4, though in an elusive manner.

On #5, you clearly failed to stomp on the OP's morals, though you
were able to question his literacy and get a dig in at his religious
beliefs (if any).

Sorry, I have give your efforts at proper political posturing a
dismal 3.5 score. (out of 10).

Tsk. Please do better.

\s

--
"There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend
on being just as unsuccessful near home." M. Twain- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you are going to get involved in these things you should at least
read the first post. Be that as it may. . .

Mostly you are full of ****. But the religious comment takes the cake.
The pirate, not me brought up his "God given rights." *You remind me
of today's news in which the militia groups still on the loose say the
Michigan crazies just arrested by the FBI are getting a bad rap
because they are really "not Christian" or militia for that matter.
What nonsense.

Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip, no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works. See, much of what he thinks is Tricare, is actually paid for by
Medicare, and probably the spousal insurance. And not all Tricare is
"free," nor are all covered by Tricare service personnel, nor was
Tricare around in 1956, and that many wounded are not covered, that
most war widows are not covered etc etc. You know who tries to cover
the healthcare needs of the aforementioned? Guess.

And who runs Tricare? Why it is the same Government that Dave says
can't run anything, the same Govt that runs the best military in the
world, the best postal service in the world, the most extensive
National Parks system in the world, the best weather service, coast
and geodetic service etc etc.

Here's a fact for you at no charge. In over 35 years of consulting,
much of it in fixing human service programs I learned that most MEN,
know diddle squat about health insurance or how the schools for their
kids work. Your average man for the most part is FULL OF **** AND
IGNORANCE about both healthcare and education. But that doesn't stop
men from saying and thinking all kinds of nonsense and being big
babies and whiners, or angry assholes, when they need something from
the healthcare system. *I only need to point to the pictures of the
"Teabaggers" waving signs saying "Keep the Governments Hands off my
Medicare" to demo my point.

Women, on average, understand this stuff much better, and they and
their kids have to suffer the consequences of this incredible
aggressive ignorance. Work for a week in a public hospital and you
will be changed.

Dave

Well, THAT is a reasoned and intelligent response. :-)

Scores much higher too, though the deductions apply for the crude language.

-- It was a joke, for crying out loud! --

Perhaps poorly made, but still.....

I take no offense at your ludicrous characterization(s) since you are
simply venting.

And if you were truly offended, I apologize for causing you distress.

One point I simply must address however: of all those 'best' government
services you mentioned, which run in the black?

I'm honestly curious.


You lie. End of thread for me. You are not serious and your question
is not honest. Not if you are a high school graduate and over 30.

FYI Raising a family, government, the military, education, real
religions, most scholarship and basic science and many other human
endeavors essential to human progress and well being do not usually
earn a profit. In most of the developed world, the idea that health-
care should be a profit seeking business is considered bizarre.

Dave

On 3/31/2010 11:59 PM, DaveS wrote:
On Mar 31, 11:12 pm, Steve wrote:
On 3/31/2010 9:55 PM, DaveS wrote:





On Mar 31, 7:01 pm, Steve wrote:
On 3/31/2010 10:57 AM, DaveS wrote:

On Mar 29, 3:32 pm, David wrote:
'Tis the sound of the chickens coming home to roost:

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/...ty-in-the-red/

And now our *health care* is in charge of these people. God save us.

Louie

Dave, how can this be true? When you say "our" healthcare, that is not
really accurate is it? You're covered by "Tricare" as are most
retirees and military.
And you know that TRICARE . . .
1. Already EXCEEDS the standards of the new health reform law, and
2. TRICARE WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED to the new reform set up
3. That TRICARE operates and under a separate administration and legal
framework.

You probably didn't read any of the more than a dozen notices, emails
etc going back 2-3 months that quite clearly made this point to
everybody with the possible exception of Messrs Beck and Limbesmerch.
So here is the citation that will catch you up. (Because why else
would you pass on bad info intentionally? Certainly not for reasons of
blind ideological radicalism.)

http://www.tricare.mil/

So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

I don't know if I'll get this right from memory, but maybe I'll be close
enough....

Rules for political debate when you're on shaky ground:

1. Make up facts to support your arguments (lie)
2. Try to re-frame the argument on better terms for your side.
3. Change the subject so you can frame the terms of a new argument.
4. Change a fact based argument to an emotional one where logic loses.
5. In all cases, belittle your opponent's intelligence, beliefs,
and morals. (shoot the messenger)

Based on the above criteria... hmmmm... let's see.....

Well, you definitely nailed #3 since bringing up Tricare in this
context is clearly a red herring and does not address the subject
of the OP's link.

And you sort of used #4, though in an elusive manner.

On #5, you clearly failed to stomp on the OP's morals, though you
were able to question his literacy and get a dig in at his religious
beliefs (if any).

Sorry, I have give your efforts at proper political posturing a
dismal 3.5 score. (out of 10).

Tsk. Please do better.

\s

--
"There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend
on being just as unsuccessful near home." M. Twain- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

If you are going to get involved in these things you should at least
read the first post. Be that as it may. . .

Mostly you are full of ****. But the religious comment takes the cake.
The pirate, not me brought up his "God given rights." You remind me
of today's news in which the militia groups still on the loose say the
Michigan crazies just arrested by the FBI are getting a bad rap
because they are really "not Christian" or militia for that matter.
What nonsense.

Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip, no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works. See, much of what he thinks is Tricare, is actually paid for by
Medicare, and probably the spousal insurance. And not all Tricare is
"free," nor are all covered by Tricare service personnel, nor was
Tricare around in 1956, and that many wounded are not covered, that
most war widows are not covered etc etc. You know who tries to cover
the healthcare needs of the aforementioned? Guess.

And who runs Tricare? Why it is the same Government that Dave says
can't run anything, the same Govt that runs the best military in the
world, the best postal service in the world, the most extensive
National Parks system in the world, the best weather service, coast
and geodetic service etc etc.

Here's a fact for you at no charge. In over 35 years of consulting,
much of it in fixing human service programs I learned that most MEN,
know diddle squat about health insurance or how the schools for their
kids work. Your average man for the most part is FULL OF **** AND
IGNORANCE about both healthcare and education. But that doesn't stop
men from saying and thinking all kinds of nonsense and being big
babies and whiners, or angry assholes, when they need something from
the healthcare system. I only need to point to the pictures of the
"Teabaggers" waving signs saying "Keep the Governments Hands off my
Medicare" to demo my point.

Women, on average, understand this stuff much better, and they and
their kids have to suffer the consequences of this incredible
aggressive ignorance. Work for a week in a public hospital and you
will be changed.

Dave

Well, THAT is a reasoned and intelligent response. :-)

Scores much higher too, though the deductions apply for the crude language.

-- It was a joke, for crying out loud!--

Perhaps poorly made, but still.....

I take no offense at your ludicrous characterization(s) since you are
simply venting.

And if you were truly offended, I apologize for causing you distress.

One point I simply must address however: of all those 'best' government
services you mentioned, which run in the black?

I'm honestly curious.


You lie. End of thread for me. You are not serious and your question
is not honest. Not if you are a high school graduate and over 30.

FYI Raising a family, government, the military, education, real
religions, most scholarship and basic science and many other human
endeavors essential to human progress and well being do not usually
earn a profit. In most of the developed world, the idea that health-
care should be a profit seeking business is considered bizarre.

Dave


Come on now. You can't really be that self-righteous, intolerant, and
narrow minded.... can you?

Hard to believe.

Though you were 'sort of right' about my hidden agenda with the question.

From about.com:
*******
Under federal law, only the Postal Service can handle or charge postage
for handling letters. Despite this virtual monopoly worth some $45
billion a year, the law does not require that the Postal Service make a
profit -- only break even. Still, the US Postal Service has averaged a
profit of over $1 billion per year in each of the last five years.
*****

I was just testing to see if you actually knew anything about the
government programs you touted or were just blowing smoke.

I have my answer.

B. Bunny said it best, so I won't.


\s
--
"Still thinking, Giles. Sorry"

On Apr 1, 1:12*am, Steve M wrote:


One point I simply must address however: of all those 'best' government
services you mentioned, which run in the black?

I'm honestly curious.

I must have been napping. When did profit become an essential aspect
of good governance? How many of the governmental agencies you approve
of, at whatever level, run in the black?

\s
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no quote for now, it will take some time to come up with something new
for Giles....

Quote me. I won't necessarily approve.....but it will at least
demonstrate that you didn't stop reading somewhere around the end of
the nineteenth century.

g.
who, a great believer in taking things one step at a time will, for
the moment, resist the temptation to suggest actually thinking and
speaking for oneself.

On 2010-03-31 22:44:13 -0400, Giles said:

On Mar 31, 4:42*pm, David LaCourse wrote:
On 2010-03-31 17:13:02 -0400, "Tom Littleton" s
aid:



"DaveS" wrote in message
..
.
So at least you personally will not need God to save you from the
Democrat/Communist plot to make sure that the next generation of
working people will be healthy enough to fight this Nation's battles,
raise this Nation's food, and build this Nation's economy,

Dave

and, it sure is a lucky thing that the government has nothing to do wit
h ol'
David's healthcare, huh?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * *Tom

Tom, read my reply to David. *I *PLANNED* my future. *You should
probably try to do the same, although I think it too late for you. *I
have worked HARD all my ****in' life, Tom, and for you to make light of
it is not appreciated. *I *sacrificed* in my youth for my old age, and
now I am reaping the benifits that were promised to me in 1956. *You
could have done the same.

I wish someone would tell me how, how in the hell, did we become such a
successful, powerful, wonderful country that everyone wants to
immigrate to, and we did it without the "right" of healthcare. *All of
my rights are God given and are contained in the Bill of Rights. *
They're FREE!

What a ****in' mess we have gotten ourselves into. *God help us.

Louie

Moron.

Liar.

Welfare pig.

g.

Hey Frank and Frank, Jr. Wolfgang is calling you a welfare pig because
you served your country and retired.

It's ok, Wolfgang. At this point in my life you are a non-entity. You
and your butt buddy are of no consequent to me. So, this will be the
last post to you.

Hope you get better, and remember, I forgive you.

Dave

On 2010-04-01 02:12:52 -0400, Steve M said:

Fact based? I guess it works for you that the Pirate presented zip, no
facts. Fact is the Pirate is mostly ignorant of even how Tricare
works.

David, David, David. The OP said that Social Security is bankrupt, in
the red, giving out more than it has coming in. That is FACT BASED.
What more do you want? You're the one that brought up Tricare, not me.
Tricare is also broke, as is all the healthcare goodies the government
has touched. You've admitted it yourself.

Of course Tricare is not the same as Medicare. You can call it
whatever the hell you want, but it was promised to me in 1956 and was
one of the reasons I shipped over (the first reason was my love for the
work I was doing, but I doubt any libs or progressives could understand
that). Just think; someone in the military actually loving the work
they do. I never used Tricare or Medicare when I retired because I was
covered under my civilian jobs. Ditto when I retired from industry
because I was covered under Joanne's insurance. I want nothing from my
government except that which I earned and was promised. Period.

Get off your high moral horse and admit that Social Security is in the
red (THE OP).

Louie