October 07, 2013

CNN Tries To Enroll in ObamaCare Again; System Still Won't Work
— Ace

Via WeaselZippers.

DHHS claims there are legends of myths of people who have been able to sign up successfully. And yet no one seems to be able to locate such persons.

Three and a half years.

The Party of Government and Bureaucracy also fails at Government and Bureaucracy.

Noah C. Rothman wonders if the disastrous roll-out of ObamaCare will wind up saving the GOP from backlash for the shutdown.

Republicans have done a rather spectacular job of mismanaging the communications effort over this shutdown. The GOP appeared to hope that by refusing to prosecute the conflict they started, it would simply resolve itself. Indeed, reports indicate that the GOP in Congress has spent more time attempting to position their particular faction as bearing the least responsibility for the shutdown than seeking an advantageous position in negotiations with Congressional Democrats and the president.

But events might just be conspiring to redeem the GOP in the eyes of voters. This shutdown will be inextricably linked to the roll-out of the ACA. And, if ObamcareÂ’s public debut does not improve, voters may look back on the shutdown as being partially justified.

Which might be while Peter King, the laughable leader of the Clean CR Caucus, now says he actually won't support Nancy Pelosi in her attempt to file a discharge petition to end the shutdown.

Oh My God: I see commenters talking about "waiting rooms." I don't know what they mean, and they're all so cryptic. So I look it up.

Oh dear Lord, even the website is going to have long lines for waiting.

This is a cosmic joke. This is a cosmic joke.


Posted by: Ace at 02:11 PM | Comments (308)
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1 Coverage is out? Coverage is out???

Posted by: CNN at October 07, 2013 02:12 PM (Z6QA7)

2 You know what's going to happen. The Spite House will create a tunnel for the MSM to show off the site. Only for them. All working as planned, folks.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:12 PM (IXrOn)

3 First?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 07, 2013 02:12 PM (JawqV)

4 They could sign up if they had one of Fox News's Maxi-Pads

Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2013 02:12 PM (tiOTz)

5 If the internet was a community that needed to be organized, it would be running like clockwork by now.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 07, 2013 02:12 PM (8ZskC)

6 I knew I shouldn't have read the post.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 07, 2013 02:13 PM (JawqV)

7 This giant monitor craze has got to be stopped.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:13 PM (8ZskC)

8 Color me surprised! Actually, the surprise here is that CNN would air this segment highlighting this colossal failure. Although, I suppose we are all to assume that it's due to the popularity of the pogram (that is not a typo!)

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 02:13 PM (PLOz8)

9 Desperately Seeking O-Care

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:14 PM (IXrOn)

10 The website has been investigated by administration experts and it turns out that the problem is racism.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:14 PM (8ZskC)

11 May it continue to fail.  Hard.

Posted by: kathysaysso at October 07, 2013 02:14 PM (6H6o8)

12 Just "glitches".....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:14 PM (HDgX3)

13 Love the twist on the story:  *some* users having problems.  Sure, and *some* of Lord Zero's supporters are rabid nit-wits.  

Posted by: Exceptionally Mediocre at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (ZKGJl)

14 YOU HAD ONE JOB BARACK, ONE JOB!~

Posted by: Sven10077 at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (9jfyN)

15 And guns.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (8ZskC)

16 These would be the first people complaining if there was to much cinnamon in their crappucino, but there is literally nothing that will cause them to lose their faith in Barry and the wonders of big government. 

Posted by: pep at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (6TB1Z)

17 They so desperately want this site to work so they can show everyone how Whiz Bang it will be.  They won't need death panels in OVomitcare.... we will all die of old age just waiting for the website to get up and running.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (jucos)

18 Why do all the ObamaCare phone lines have a number that starts with Nigeria's country code?

Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (tiOTz)

19

I work in the SW Quality Assurance and one of the most basic system tests is for volume.  I'd love to read the SW implementers test plan... Err.... max volume = 2 users?  Test for 3 end users?

And, testing outside of limits is sorta important too.  You know, so the end user doesnt experience sys crashes?

Posted by: odd at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (kduZC)

20 Well at least I have full confidence that my healthcare will be timely and efficient when ObamaCare's web portal becomes operational.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (eHIJJ)

21 well ... after electricity prices skyrocket, you won't be able to use a computer anyway ...

Posted by: Adriane... at October 07, 2013 02:15 PM (KoFMU)

22 just bumps in the roads and glitches you know - like Apple has http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZV7PDt8Lw just another brick in the wall

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (IXrOn)

23 Down goes Coverage! Down goes Coverage! --shit Howard Cosell would say...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (FNtJ6)

24 You know, it's not "glitches". The damn thing doesn't work!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (DmNpO)

25 On F Chuck Todd's show today they were saying , it's no big deal since they have months until Jan 1 and they'll get things right in a the next few weeks.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (HDgX3)

26 4 They could sign up if they had one of Fox News's Maxi-Pads

Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2013 06:12 PM (tiOTz)


Dammit! I was going to say (and am now saying):
I bet red-shirted Shemp could enroll, no prob.

Posted by: Ian Galt at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (QdOC1)

27 But Obama really means for it to work, and that's all that matters. He truly loves us and we love him back. /idiot off Btw, how are they going to be able to convince the non-commie portion of the public to embrace single payer afepter this fiasco? I'm sure the MBM will do their best, though.

Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (r+7wo)

28 It is not just a "glitch" when the failure is absolute.

Posted by: Beagle at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (sOtz/)

29 How many women and children will die waiting for the site to come up?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:16 PM (IXrOn)

30 If you have less than 30 days to live, click "1"

Posted by: Obamacare.com at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (8ZskC)

31 >>Color me surprised! Actually, the surprise here is that CNN would air this segment highlighting this colossal failure. Although, I suppose we are all to assume that it's due to the popularity of the pogram (that is not a typo!) Been saying this for weeks. The msm will turn on Obama over this. It is too big to hide and the fallout will affect everyone, including them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (g1DWB)

32 "Peter King, the laughable leader of the Clean CR Caucus"

I have a quiet betting pool running on the side, about how long it will be before King's absolutely enormous jowls fall completely off of his face.

Will it be before, or after, King switches to the Democratic Party which he so clearly prefers?

Posted by: torquewrench at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (gqT4g)

33 Who cares  if it works?

It's MY Signature legislation!

Posted by: anonymous narcissistic kenyan at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (5ikDv)

34 BLAME CANADA!

No, seriously. http://ow.ly/pAxIM

Posted by: w3bgrrl at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (4dLm4)

35 The fact that you can't sign up and that the technology sucks even after a 4 year run up is fine and dandy, HOWEVER, the bigger problem is that: 1) the numbers don't add up 2) It's not what it was sold as 3) it is run not by law. legislation, or mandate but by faceless unelected bureaurocrats 4) the numbers don't and can't add up in any rational world

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (1RQeV)

36 President Reverse King Midas still batting a thousand.

Posted by: Bosk at October 07, 2013 02:17 PM (n2K+4)

37 By Thursday of last week I was able to successfully set up an account on the Maryland exchange... Friday I was able to actually review the plans.  The cheapest, $140, seemed like one of those shit, you pay everything, plans... but like all insurance its hard to figure it all out.

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (UypUQ)

38 I guess Alinsky had no rules on making a website work.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (8ZskC)

39 The JEF's legacy: 404Care

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (IXrOn)

40 They still haven't told the LIVs about the deductibles. Wait until that shit hits the fan.

Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (tiOTz)

41 Pelosi can't get enough signatures for her discharge petition? Well, that's just not...just not.....just not fair. The democrats should have a fair and free chance to vote, and if they don't have enough votes, they can blame the republicans. That would be fair.

Posted by: Local News Reporter at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (/zPhO)

42 The msm will turn on Obama over this. It is too big to hide and the fallout will affect everyone, including them.

And communism will work, it just hasn't been tried yet. 

Posted by: pep at October 07, 2013 02:18 PM (6TB1Z)

43 Peter King (Crapweasel, NY)? I want you to be the first to get the Taxpaying Citizen Version of ObamaCare, you crapweasel.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (eHIJJ)

44 My schadenboner is going to last more than four hours.

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (Hx2XA)

45 If only Comrade Obama knew, he'd fix it!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (FNtJ6)

46 34 BLAME CANADA! No, seriously. http://ow.ly/pAxIM Posted by: w3bgrrl at October 07, 2013 06:17 PM (4dLm4) _________ That's a bit misleading. CGI is Canadian, but CGI also has a huge US operation, which has received tons of govt work from Obama. And besides all the work got sent to India. You can tell by the shitty code. And I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (HDgX3)

47 They still haven't told the LIVs about the deductibles. Wait until that shit hits the fan.


My new plan is, don't get sick.

Posted by: Cindy Vinson at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (8ZskC)

48 If only there were some method to test how a web application responds under a heavy load...

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (/OUqZ)

49 Which might be while Peter King, the laughable leader of the Clean CR Caucus, now says he actually won't support Nancy Pelosi in her attempt to file a discharge petition to end the shutdown. Any way the wind blows.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (IXrOn)

50 wow, when we used to mock obama for his Smoke 'n Mirrors policies, I had no idea it was literal

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (g3/1j)

51 The shutdown is also linked to harassing veterans, evicting elderly people out of their homes, stopping clinical trials for children, and closing private businesses.

Posted by: Jesse at October 07, 2013 02:19 PM (A/ga/)

52 Surrender now, GOP, or it will be too late!

Posted by: Karl Rove, Super Genius at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (eHIJJ)

53 Did the CNN info babe even try to confirm whether the HHS claim of only seconds long waits and that loads of others have signed up is even true?

Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (r+7wo)

54 37 By Thursday of last week I was able to successfully set up an account on the Maryland exchange... Friday I was able to actually review the plans. The cheapest, $140, seemed like one of those shit, you pay everything, plans... but like all insurance its hard to figure it all out. Posted by: Serious Cat at October 07, 2013 06:18 PM (UypUQ) _____________ You should count yourself lucky. The same version for me in WA state is about $300.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (HDgX3)

55 "the MSM will turn on Obama" Some, but not significantly. The Progs will spend decades lying about and making excuses for his failures.

Posted by: Beagle at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (sOtz/)

56 Cue the woodie to claim a "vast right-wing conspiracy"

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (/OUqZ)

57 Peter King: the GOP counterpart to Hank Johnson.

Posted by: Shoey at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (jdOk/)

58 the numbers don't and can't add up in any rational world

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 06:17 PM (1RQeV)

Ignoring the political flaw of an authoritarian government dictating to us.....The only way this could possibly work is if the feds broke down all interstate barriers and allowed a free flow of insurance money.

But that embraces capitalism, and we can't have that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (/kU/5)

59 They need to call in Chuckles Johnson, stat.  He knows how to make a website work.  Plus, updings!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:20 PM (8ZskC)

60 "Wookie". Damn iOS spell checker

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (/OUqZ)

61 Been saying this for weeks. The msm will turn on Obama over this. It is too big to hide and the fallout will affect everyone, including them. Your lips to God's ear...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (FNtJ6)

62 You should count yourself lucky. The same version for me in WA state is about $300.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 06:20 PM (HDgX3)


Ditto for MI.

Posted by: Ian Galt at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (QdOC1)

63 And thanks again, Chief Justice Roberts!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (8ZskC)

64 53 Did the CNN info babe even try to confirm whether the HHS claim of only seconds long waits and that loads of others have signed up is even true? Posted by: chique d'afrique


pfffft.   Racist.

Posted by: CNN info babe at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (6TB1Z)

65 Nothing says "we're incompetent fucks" better than rolling out an app that is useless.

On the bright side, "we" can always bomb somebody tomorrow if we're feeling low.

Posted by: Fritz at October 07, 2013 02:21 PM (UzPAd)

66 Fuck Intellivision!  Where do I get one of those big ass TVs ya rub your hands all over?

Posted by: George Plimpton at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (Hx2XA)

67 Gulf States Developing Medical Test to Detect Gay Travelers... How are they going to do this? Have a good looking man pat you down and if you get a boner, you're denied entry?

Posted by: Jesse at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (A/ga/)

68 Hahahahahaha.  Yes the deductables.  I think to get a policy that will cost a family of 4 about $15000 a year the deductible is 10 to 12 thousand busks.  So the insurance doesn't even kick in until you have spent about 25 grand.  Good times..... good times. 

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (jucos)

69 Which might be while Peter King, the laughable leader of the Clean CR Caucus, now says he actually won't support Nancy Pelosi in her attempt to file a discharge petition to end the shutdown. *** I will give him that one. The Dems attempted several times last week to force the bill on to the floor for a vote and every single Republican voted against it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (DmNpO)

70 ...against the measure

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (DmNpO)

71 Actually I am surprised this part of it is so screwed up because the best tech companies are Obama lovers.

Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (9XBK2)

72 It isn't really a deductible if the odds of seeing any money back are astronomical until you hit your 40s.

It's a punitive tax based on age.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 07, 2013 02:22 PM (/kU/5)

73 We morons-ettes would be intellectual giants if only we could comprehend the genius of the messiah's bureaucracy and his profound love for all puppies and butterflies.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (hpgw1)

74 Ignoring the political flaw of an authoritarian government dictating to us.....The only way this could possibly work is if the feds broke down all interstate barriers and allowed a free flow of insurance money. But that embraces capitalism, and we can't have that. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 07, 2013 06:20 PM (/kU/5) _____________ Even if that somehow were to happen, it wouldn't make a dent in O-Care's failure. The entire premise cannot work....you can't have everyone paying the same rate regardless of risk. That's the fundamental reason O-care cannot work. When someone who weighs 300 lbs and smokes 3 packs a day pays the same as someone who weighs 175 lbs and doesn't smoke, the system cannot work.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (HDgX3)

75 They need to call in Chuckles Johnson, stat. He knows how to make a website work. Plus, updings!
Posted by: Cicero

Needs more lonely bicycle photos.

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (Hx2XA)

76 62 You should count yourself lucky. The same version for me in WA state is about $300.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 06:20 PM (HDgX3)

Ditto for MI.

CORRECTION. Ditto for a version of a "Bronze" Blue Cross plan in MI,
Don't know about the exchanges.

Posted by: Ian Galt at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (QdOC1)

77 It can't work because it was never meant to work. Think about it.

Posted by: kreplach at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (0hIQR)

78 Morons need CBD to run against Peter fucking King

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (HVff2)

79 They should just sell the coverage on Ebay.

Posted by: manometer at October 07, 2013 02:23 PM (vjrgd)

80
Give me some money, govt or anybody else, and I will have a website this time next week that will let millions of people volunteer their most personal information to me.

I need money for server space.  The website should look pretty in about 30 minutes.

One Billllllllyon Dolllllars  should do it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (sj9LN)

81 By Thursday of last week I was able to successfully set up an account on the Maryland exchange... Friday I was able to actually review the plans. The cheapest, $140, seemed like one of those shit, you pay everything, plans... but like all insurance its hard to figure it all out. Posted by: Serious Cat at October 07, 2013 06:18 PM (UypUQ) I was able to do a similar thing BEFORE it went live in NJ. The premium was higher but you right it had such a large deductable and co-pays it was absurd and NONE of my wife's DRs was on it NONE

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (1RQeV)

82 All but Members of Congress... eat shit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (+5ahd)

83 >>Some, but not significantly. The Progs will spend decades lying about and making excuses for his failures. Some sure. But it is easier and safer for liberals to blame Obama for doing it wrong. As pep said, communists have been saying for decades that communism hasn't worked yet because it hasn't been implemented properly. Tossing Obama over the side as someone who did it wrong is a lot easier than admitting the truth, big government socialist policies never work.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (g1DWB)

84 What's laughable is that the only benefit to having a system like this was to verify a person's income/identity so that they can get subsidies... but that portion has been delayed until Fall 2014... otherwise, why not just have a series of PDF's from insurance companies you fill out and than email directly to the insurance company?

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (UypUQ)

85 Waiting rooms are analogs of purgatory, except in this case, you're waiting to get into hell.

Posted by: pep at October 07, 2013 02:24 PM (6TB1Z)

86 The MSM will never turn on Obama. He could be marching people to the re-education camps and they would say, "It's only a temporary measure. It's for their own good."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (a4Omg)

87 They should just sell the coverage on Ebay.
Posted by: manometer

Least touched "Buy It Now" button ever.

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (Hx2XA)

88 CORRECTION. Ditto for a version of a "Bronze" Blue Cross plan in MI, Don't know about the exchanges. Posted by: Ian Galt at October 07, 2013 06:23 PM (QdOC1) _________ They're all the same plan now. Buy it on the exchange or direct from the insurance company....same plan, same price.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (HDgX3)

89 Does anyone know how the government calculates the TAX you have to pay to get health insurance through the government? Is it based on income? If you make more do you pay more for the same coverage another tax payer with less income would pay?


Posted by: Local News Reporter at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (/zPhO)

90 RE: online waiting rooms

I think that is a lie.  The website doesn't save your place, but just keeps refreshing itself until you are lucky to get a connection.

Posted by: Serious Cat at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (UypUQ)

91 It's almost as if the system were designed to fail to facilitate that single payer thing.

Posted by: meh at October 07, 2013 02:25 PM (W2qJe)

92 Inquiring minds want to know - does Vice-President Joey Choo-Choo still think this is a big effin' deal?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (+5ahd)

93 I know, I know.  Cyber waiting rooms for brick and mortar waiting rooms where doctors and nurses never appear.

No Exit, anyone?

Posted by: wyntre at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (xhCXk)

94

@71 Actually I am surprised this part of it is so screwed up because the best tech companies are Obama lovers.

-------------

 

I saw mention earlier today that when they were setting everything up, they used the volume from the Medicare website.

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (UWFpX)

95

This colossal fail isn't so surprising.  It's not like our government has had experience enrolling and managing entitlements for millions of people before....

 

/sarc

Posted by: desertgardens at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (7PXPH)

96 89 Does anyone know how the government calculates the TAX you have to pay to get health insurance through the government? Is it based on income? If you make more do you pay more for the same coverage another tax payer with less income would pay? Posted by: Local News Reporter at October 07, 2013 06:25 PM ____________- 1% of gross income for 2014. 2015 it's 2% Still cheaper than the insane prices for insurance

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (HDgX3)

97 We're witnessing the evolution of the Soviet bread line!

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:26 PM (Hx2XA)

98 Does anyone know how the government calculates the TAX you have to pay to get health insurance through the government? Is it based on income? If you make more do you pay more for the same coverage another tax payer with less income would pay?

***

Depends. Are you Democrat or Republican?

Posted by: B at October 07, 2013 02:27 PM (6iEQd)

99 The Lexington Kentucky newspaper had a big story about Obamacare on Sunday and said over 5,000 people have been enrolled and have gotten health insurance through the KY care connect site.  I suspect they are not telling the truth, but they rarely do.

Posted by: Registered Voter at October 07, 2013 02:27 PM (nUbHY)

100 @22 Can you imagine Apple running a commercial like that now? Not a chance, they are 1984. I had forgotten how nice the girl's tits were.

Posted by: John Smith at October 07, 2013 02:27 PM (wR+pz)

101 Didn't they drop a Billion Dollars on this?

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2013 02:28 PM (Ryamf)

102
They still haven't told the LIVs about the deductibles. Wait until that shit hits the fan.

Once these healthcare systems actually start working, (The feds are taking theirs down again tonight for some more fixing), they'll get an idea just how fucked they are. 12+ k per year deductibles, with coverage that only pays sixty percent, and at only three times the price of their dropped/cancelled policies.

We're going to need a bigger popcorn popper.

Posted by: Preezy Camacho at October 07, 2013 02:28 PM (0IhFx)

103 For those who are in love with Obamacare they could buy it on eHarmony

Posted by: manometer at October 07, 2013 02:28 PM (vjrgd)

104 RE: online waiting rooms I think that is a lie. The website doesn't save your place, Beetlejuice waiting room. "Now serving #3. You are 14,674,892. Thank you."

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:28 PM (FNtJ6)

105 Things I've learned from trolls 101: Please send a letter to your CongressCritter (sample letter); 'I've been a Democrat all my life. My father, on his death bed, made me swear that I would vote for nothing but Democrat candidates my entire life. But, and a very big 'but', I find that I need to make the choice between having three meals per day, and having none. I can no longer be expected to have to make the choice between eating, paying for insurance, and voting for the Democrat candidate. Please, please, save yourself the postage of sending me solicitations for donations. I'd prefer to put some food on the table.' Signed, Former Democrat for life, now ready to vote your ass out of office

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at October 07, 2013 02:28 PM (U2UQk)

106 As others have noted, were Obamacare a private enterprise, Attys General would be moving furniture and ordering flower service into the ACA's colon.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (WxDmr)

107 OT: Twitter has suspended the @T2SDA ("Truckers to Shut Down America") account for some reason.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (/lWM8)

108 Democrats/ Media: Of course it doesn't work! Just look at what the Shutdown has done to all our parks and other federal websites! Why it's a miracle that the site is up at all, what with those defunding, government shutting teabaggers and all! If is wasn't for the Shutdown and all the REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTION for the past three years, the site would be even more AMAZING! Just look at all the overwhelming demand! Enough to shut down the internet, buy gosh! Tell your Republican representatives to get back to work on the business of supporting the MIDDLE CLASS and give WOMEN, CHILDREN and MINORITIES access to the ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES they need! If they won't do it, vote them out in 2014! We tried to do it last time, but they wouldn't let us go far enough! LIVs: Yay! Why do Republicans hate minorities/ women/ children/ grandma? Democrats care about MEEE!!!

Posted by: Damiano at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (j0wOO)

109 77 It can't work because it was never meant to work. O care is indeed the stalking horse for single payer District of Criminals control of health care - lack of care. Though I don't think it was supposed to fail until after 2016. But because nearly everything DC touches ends up FUBAR its already a disaster before its scheduled due date.

Posted by: angel with a sword at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (hpgw1)

110 I had forgotten how nice the girl's tits were. Posted by: John Smith

Yeah,  one of them gave me a lift.

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (Hx2XA)

111 101 Didn't they drop a Billion Dollars on this? Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2013 06:28 PM (Ryamf) _______ Try a trillion. That's the cost of O-Care through 2018

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (HDgX3)

112 Why didn't they call Cindy and Tom and ask for some help?

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2013 02:29 PM (wAQA5)

113 Try a trillion. That's the cost of O-Care through 2018

***
Hold on to that dream....

Posted by: B at October 07, 2013 02:30 PM (6iEQd)

114 My gay cousin from SanFran was in town this weekend. He lispectured us that even if Obamacare is a disaster, at least we've maybe insured 30 million people whio didn't have it and that's the good thing we should focus on. At least we tried. So what if the entire medical industry is ruined by it because at least we tried and that's what's really important here.


He's an Ivy Leaguer, so obviously he's right and my disagreements are laughed off because I'm not as educated. Smarty pants is a standup comic you've never heard of, so he's on all sorts of public assistance, he really knows his shit.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 07, 2013 02:31 PM (hpYnL)

115 Try a trillion. That's the cost of O-Care through 2018 I think he just means the exchanges web site. Healthcare.gov.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:31 PM (yETln)

116

The discharge petition failing would completely gank an entire dem talking point of "just bring up the bill it'll pass."

If you can't get the petition up, you can't get it to pass.

Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at October 07, 2013 02:31 PM (a8eFL)

117 Would have been tough to have scripted a bigger fail.  YugoCare, NewCokeCare etc. do not do justice to this freaking mess.  Unlike Syria, however, down low Preezy Golfalot can't hand off his namesake to Putin. 

Further, although I am not a tech guy, I would imagine that the problem lies in the entire infrastructure of the program, i.e., there is not a simple, single roadblock in the intertubes process.  There are so many such that it essentially must be started over from scratch. Otherwise, it would have been fixed by now.  Just guessing.

Posted by: eureka! at October 07, 2013 02:31 PM (hmMJD)

118 @83 First we have to withstand their push for single payer, again. As you seem to be suggesting, their rationale is always counterrevolutionaries screwed it up, and the next charismatic strongwoman will fix things. IOW, most media will attack Obama from the Left if they do it at all.

Posted by: Beagle at October 07, 2013 02:32 PM (sOtz/)

119 Posted by: mugiwara at October 07, 2013 06:31 PM (hpYnL) __________ Sounds like my idiot brother in law. He admits O-Care is a unworkable and will most likely end up hurting the country. But he's still glad Obama tried to do something.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:32 PM (HDgX3)

120 over 5,000 people have been enrolled and have gotten health insurance through the KY care connect site. I suspect they are not telling the truth, but they rarely do. In your state you get KY *before*? We get no KY, just an @ss fuggin without lube.

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at October 07, 2013 02:33 PM (U2UQk)

121 It's almost as if Obamacare were written by a bunch of lawyers with no knowledge of economics, IT, insurance, medicine or basic human nature.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 07, 2013 02:33 PM (T0NGe)

122 My gay cousin from SanFran was in town this weekend. He lispectured us that even if Obamacare is a disaster, at least we've maybe insured 30 million people whio didn't have it and that's the good thing we should focus on. At least we tried. So what if the entire medical industry is ruined by it because at least we tried and that's what's really important here.


He's an Ivy Leaguer, so obviously he's right and my disagreements are laughed off because I'm not as educated. Smarty pants is a standup comic you've never heard of, so he's on all sorts of public assistance, he really knows his shit.
Posted by: mugiwara

And what,  pray tell,  does said gay cousin do for a living?

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:34 PM (Hx2XA)

123 Just wait until one of those Jumbo-tron screens falls on someone in a newsroom.  That person will then really need Obamacare.  Assuming they live long enough to register.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 07, 2013 02:34 PM (A2SA7)

124 He's an Ivy Leaguer, so obviously he's right and my disagreements are laughed off because I'm not as educated. Smarty pants is a standup comic you've never heard of, so he's on all sorts of public assistance, he really knows his shit. I've read that life for even the tippy-top comics is not what it once was. It used to be if you did well enough you'd get a Sit Com. That's not the case anymore. There are still Sit Coms on TV, but they're not as plentiful as when reality TV wasn't out there. These old comics are now having to go back on the road and build their names up from the ground. So now they're in their forties and fifties playing nowhere towns in the Southwest, living the life that was hard when they were twenty.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:34 PM (yETln)

125 1% of gross income for 2014. 2015 it's 2% Still cheaper than the insane prices for insurance *** Then will skyrocket after the election.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:35 PM (DmNpO)

126 Why do you think obama will be blamed for this? The Dumb People didnt hold high unemployment or high gas prices against obama. The Dumb People shrugged when they heard about Solyndra and Benghazi. The Dumb People didn't care when Cash For Clunkers and The Stimulus was shown to be a massive fraudulent failures.

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 02:35 PM (g3/1j)

127 remember... ignore it

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:35 PM (DmNpO)

128 If you can't get the petition up, Is that what we're calling it now?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:36 PM (FNtJ6)

129
I think it is funny they were blaming volume.  Think about, as someone mentioned, Ebay.  They have zillions of interactions everyday withlisting and buying and selling and paying and shipping and yet it works with that volume.

Let this be a reminder that the healthcare website will reflect exactly the kind of health care you will get.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 02:36 PM (sj9LN)

130 He's an Ivy Leaguer, so obviously he's right and my disagreements are laughed off because I'm not as educated. Smarty pants is a standup comic you've never heard of, so he's on all sorts of public assistance, he really knows his shit. Posted by: mugiwara at October 07, 2013 06:31 PM (hpYnL) Ask him what his major was and then laugh in his face.

Posted by: AmishDude at October 07, 2013 02:36 PM (T0NGe)

131 It's like here in MA. Everyone knows about the massive EBT fraud, but MA Democrats keep getting reelected.

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 02:36 PM (g3/1j)

132 The oldest trick in the book is for politicians to kick the actual cost of a program down the road until they are out of office. see also; Bill Clinton, China, Permanent Most Favored Trade Partner, El Camino

Posted by: Name Withheld Upon Request [/i] at October 07, 2013 02:37 PM (U2UQk)

133 Why do you think obama will be blamed for this? The Dumb People didnt hold high unemployment or high gas prices against obama. The Dumb People shrugged when they heard about Solyndra and Benghazi. The Dumb People didn't care when Cash For Clunkers and The Stimulus was shown to be a massive fraudulent failures. Maybe he won't, but unlike unemployment EVERYONE has health insurance. This bill has his name on it. It's his signature accomplishment. I think it'll mar the image.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:37 PM (yETln)

134 Why do you think obama will be blamed for this? The Dumb People didnt hold high unemployment or high gas prices against obama. The Dumb People shrugged when they heard about Solyndra and Benghazi. The Dumb People didn't care when Cash For Clunkers and The Stimulus was shown to be a massive fraudulent failures. Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 06:35 PM (g3/1j) ___________ You have a point. But all 3 of your examples were stories that didn't impact people personally. 8% employment means 92% employment. Benghazi, was an MSM cover up, people didn't blame him because they still have no clue what really happened. But EVERYONE will experience the joys of Obamacare. Every single American will be impacted. He can't rely on the MSM to whitewash this away. Nice try though.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:38 PM (HDgX3)

135 Searched for vid on cnn. Can't find it. Wanted to read retarded comments. Can't seem to find it.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 07, 2013 02:38 PM (WaCPR)

136 My cousin earned $450 a day writing code for Obamacare website from home in Canada!  You can too.....     heh

Posted by: Yip at October 07, 2013 02:38 PM (/jHWN)

137 >>>It's like here in MA. Everyone knows about the massive EBT fraud, but MA Democrats keep getting reelected.

Those are just anecdotes.

Posted by: Coupe Deval at October 07, 2013 02:38 PM (Z6QA7)

138 I think it is funny they were blaming volume. Think about, as someone mentioned, Ebay. They have zillions of interactions everyday withlisting and buying and selling and paying and shipping and yet it works with that volume. They could have put the freaking thing on Amazon's cloud service or Microsoft's cloud service. Volume would NOT have been a problem. But they wanted a shiny new data center they could walk Senators through.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:39 PM (yETln)

139
Heather Howard, director of the State Health Reform Assistance Network, which is providing technical assistance to 11 state exchanges. "This was a massive undertaking."

Comparisons to the error-ridden launch of the Medicare Part D website launch in January 2006 can only go so far, says Howard, who was New Jersey's commissioner of health at the time. Back then, consumers had already enrolled in the plan and website issues sometimes kept them from getting their medications.

That's a far bigger deal than causing people to delay signing up for something they have three to six months to complete, depending on when they want coverage to start. After all, she says, it's not like shoe shopping: "They're not going to go somewhere else."

USAToday



"They're not going to go somewhere else."

Ah, customer service in a monopoly.   Takes ya back to the good ol days of Ma Bell....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2013 02:39 PM (kdS6q)

140 English is such a delightful language, let me try this again.

Does anyone know how the government calculates the TAX price you have to pay to get health insurance through the government? Is it based on income? If you make more do you pay more for the same coverage another tax payer with less income would pay?

Price isn't exactly the correct word because you are not buying a product from the government. You are paying a fee (tax) to the government to get a service the government requires a third party to provide. The government gives a portion of that fee to yet another party to administer something something payment to the party providing the service as directed by the government. That is, the service provided and how it will be provided is regulated by the government, and the party paying the provider for the service something something does so under strict government regulations

hhmmm, I think I see a problem here.

but the question is does everyone pay the same 'premium' for the same level of coverage, or is that 'premium' determined by ones ability to pay a higher 'premium'? .

Posted by: Local News Reporter at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (/zPhO)

141 It's like here in MA. Everyone knows about the massive EBT fraud, but MA Democrats keep getting reelected. Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (g3/1j) ______________ Obama won 51% of the vote. It only takes 1.5% to switch sides next time. It's not like you need every Democrat to abandon the party. You need a few indies here and there and it will be enough.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (HDgX3)

142 I went to panels not that long ago with comic book writers and artists from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc. In two of them they were like "woohoo Obamacare! We'll finally have good coverage!" *eyeroll* Kinda annoying. Will artists/writers who do freelance get sticker shock like the other artist hipster Obamabots, or will they be one of those lucky few that Obamacare actually benefits?

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (8wqqE)

143 Why do you think obama will be blamed for this? Posted by: slippery when soothsayer

This baloney has a first name,  it's "O-b-a-m-a".

This baloney has a second name,  it's "C-a-r-e...  yay?".

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (Hx2XA)

144 Why do you think obama will be blamed for this?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/obamacare-three-words-saving-people-money

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (9MLX+)

145 just bumps in the roads and glitches you know - like Apple has If Apple rolled out its iPod the way Barky has rolled out 404care, we'd all be listening to Zunes.

Posted by: WalrusRex at October 07, 2013 02:40 PM (r1LRl)

146 Don't know if it has been mentioned before? They had three years to build this side. They call these "glitches" because supposedly so "many many" people logged on. And yet, that doofus Bieber releases a new song and withing hours iTunes sells and downloads 30 million copies. Are you telling me our "enlightened" gubmint is way dumber than a commercial site?

Posted by: Ma Bell at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (RLdcX)

147 There is a reason they are called 'Useful Idiots'

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (XvrTA)

148

18

Why do all the ObamaCare phone lines have a number that starts with Nigeria's country code?

Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2013 06:15 PM (tiOTz)

 

Dude.   Ssssssh.

Posted by: United Identity Thieves of America at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (wAQA5)

149 Why     does    Harry    Reid    hate     me?

Posted by: One Child with Cancer at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (/1ATA)

150 >>n F Chuck Todd's show today they were saying , it's no big deal since they have months until Jan 1 and they'll get things right in a the next few weeks.

So people have to sign up by the end of the year and the website is hosed.

Gee, you don't think that the IRS will wave the penalty, er, tax, no wait - "shared responsibility fee" if peopla are unable to sign up due to HHS's incompetence?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (JRmiD)

151 There's also the issue (not disclosed, of course) of what applies to the deductible. Certain things (that the gov't doesn't like) don't apply at all. More commonly, though, only percentages of treatments or procedures apply. They usually decide what something SHOULD cost and then that's what applies to your deductible. Then there's a whole in-network, out-of-network treatment and how that applies to the deductible.

In other words, what we're seeing is only the tip, baby, just the tip.

Posted by: jeannebodine at October 07, 2013 02:41 PM (2LJqa)

152 I went to panels not that long ago with comic book writers and artists from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, etc. In two of them they were like "woohoo Obamacare! We'll finally have good coverage!" *eyeroll* Kinda annoying. Marvel and DC comics don't give their employees coverage? *assumes dying superhero pose* Bastages!

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:42 PM (yETln)

153 Top men, Ace. TOP. MEN.

Posted by: ATLDiver at October 07, 2013 02:43 PM (4N7Kq)

154 Why are artists almost always left wing assholes?

Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 02:44 PM (9XBK2)

155 "Glitches" is CNNese for "clusterf88ks"

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at October 07, 2013 02:44 PM (TWrD6)

156 So what kind of out of date magazines do they have in the waiting room?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2013 02:45 PM (a4Omg)

157 Oh dear Lord, even the website is going to have long lines for waiting. This is a cosmic joke. This is a cosmic joke. Just wait until even the Web site has its own Death Panel. "Our servers have detected that your online habits reveal you are a conservative or libertarian. Please still still for the next three seconds." ZAP!!! a bolt of electricity comes out of the screen and electrocutes your heart.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 02:45 PM (+cx5n)

158 >>>>ndeed, reports indicate that the GOP in Congress has spent more time attempting to position their particular faction as bearing the least responsibility for the shutdown than seeking an advantageous position in negotiations with Congressional Democrats and the president. What negotiations? The democrats have repeatedly shown they will not negotiate.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 07, 2013 02:45 PM (ydiro)

159 So what kind of out of date magazines do they have in the waiting room?

Old Giant Sloth porn from about 100,000 years ago

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 02:46 PM (9MLX+)

160 If you have a pre-existing, please enter you home address and a representative will come to your door and assist your journey to Carousel

Posted by: IPAB at October 07, 2013 02:46 PM (Pr6hk)

161

The Dumb People didn't care when Cash For Clunkers and The Stimulus was shown to be a massive fraudulent failures.

No one from the gov showed up at their door demanding that they pay their fair share for those failures. Obamacare is different.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 07, 2013 02:46 PM (0IhFx)

162 It's almost like Obama has no real world experience... at all.  *staring blankly at Obama's 1/3 page resume*

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 02:46 PM (Hx2XA)

163 156 So what kind of out of date magazines do they have in the waiting room? Posted by: FenelonSpoke NAMBLA Times, the New Party Gazette, and Alinskids!

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 02:47 PM (+cx5n)

164 Isn't it revealing that it took the federal government to invent a waiting room for a website.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:47 PM (8ZskC)

165 Waiting lines for a website? What won't they think of next?!?! Next up: enforcing planned outages on *private* websites because FAIRNESS!!! SOMEBODY GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY ROCK!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 02:48 PM (qyfb5)

166
So people have to sign up by the end of the year and the website is hosed.
Posted by: Lizzy




By Dec 15th if they want coverage to start Jan 1st, which is of course what everyone would want.

So a 75 day window. First 14+ days are disappearing in glitch hell, which just increases the probability of a big user surge in December that collapses the system again.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2013 02:48 PM (kdS6q)

167 So what kind of out of date magazines do they have in the waiting room? Lycos search engines.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:48 PM (FNtJ6)

168 If you want your not found, you can keep your not found!

Posted by: Prez'nit FourOhFour at October 07, 2013 02:48 PM (Dwehj)

169 Al Gore gave us the Information Super Highway. Barack Obama gave us the Turnpike to Nowhere.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 02:49 PM (+cx5n)

170 No one from the gov showed up at their door demanding that they pay their fair share for those failures. Obamacare is different.

^^^THIS

Generic clusterfucks funded with general funds aren't nearly as personal as realizing you're NOT getting that new car this year or the kids ain't gonna be able to get that fancy private school, or you'll be doing Staycations  from now on.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 02:49 PM (9MLX+)

171

Generic clusterfucks funded with general funds aren't nearly as personal as realizing you're NOT getting that new car this year or the kids ain't gonna be able to get that fancy private school, or you'll be doing Staycations from now on.

-----------------

 

Or that you won't be able to afford the arugula at your local Whole Foods.

/snicker

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 02:50 PM (UWFpX)

172 I can see it now. Welcome to eBay, please take a number and wait for your number to come up one the screen. *C37* *Now serving A943 at window 2* ... I *TOLD* you this would be like putting the DMV in charge of insurance!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 02:50 PM (qyfb5)

173 So a 75 day window. First 14+ days are disappearing in glitch hell, which just increases the probability of a big user surge in December that collapses the system again. #twoweeks. Because once November hits, you have the holidays thru Christmas.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:50 PM (FNtJ6)

174 Lycos was my favorite.

Posted by: Zombie Guglielmo Marconi at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (Dwehj)

175 I this were Apple, Zombie Steve Jobs would be eating the brains of entire divisions, not just departments.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (Gk3SS)

176 FORECAST: More shock and disappointment for Cindy Vinson and Tom Waschur.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (8ZskC)

177 you'll be doing Staycations from now on. Posted by: Purp Obama has just invented the waitcation.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (+cx5n)

178 Glitches man, Glitches.......

Posted by: Ktgreat: at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (Bl4dy)

179 Or that you won't be able to afford the arugula at your local Whole Foods. If Kroeger's workers Union strikes, that's where I'm going to be shopping. Freaking Whole Paycheck.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:51 PM (yETln)

180 wait, are you telling me a guy who doesn't understand how auto liability insurance works is incompetent at health insurance too?

Posted by: X at October 07, 2013 02:52 PM (KHo8t)

181 People are getting mugged by the reality of this horrible law, and it's not going to be pretty. I went to brunch with a dear friend and former co-worker. While she's not super verbal about politics, she is a dyed in the wool Democrat (comes from a Union family, thinks SEIU does a great job representing us at work, sends charitable donations to NARAL and PP). She is not, however a rabid lefty (she's in Jim McDermott's district and votes against him in the Primary and the General Elections). Her sister works for a home health company, and this bill is killing them, plus she knows that our hospitals are getting dinged (she's working at another campus) as well because of the fines that are imposed that do not lay any accountability on patients to comply. She was mad about this, and she said "This is effing B.S. Things are only going to get worse from herein out!" I let her rant for a while.

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 02:52 PM (PLOz8)

182
Among the technical problems thwarting consumers, according to some of those people, is the system to confirm the identities of enrollees. Troubles in the system are causing crashes as users try to create accounts, the first step before they can apply for coverage.

Experian PLC, an information-services firm, holds a federal subcontract to support that system. The company declined to comment.




Experian? Oh Lord, the credit check people....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2013 02:52 PM (kdS6q)

183 Obama For America's new motto: Glitch Happens.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 02:52 PM (+cx5n)

184 Then they'll add entertaining videos to the waiting room, like "how to sign up for welfare" in 47 different languages, and Michelle leaning forward and yelling "What's that you're eating?! It's bad for you! Put that down! Shame on you!" I bet OFA gets to make the videos.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 02:53 PM (qyfb5)

185 Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 06:42 PM (yETln) Behold, a sampling of the stupidity, from back in 2012 at Bleedingcool.com: "Ryan Kelly, artist on DC VertigoÂ’s Saucer Country, and part-time Minneapolis College of Art and Design tutor, has been tweeting about an issue that rather affects comic book freelance creators; YouÂ’re now looking at a guy with no health insurance #imfucked Rich, healthy people who donÂ’t need health insurance get health insurance, yet I have chronic pain and I need it more. #trigeminalneuralgia My depleting medical condition just means I have to sell off more of my fucking artwork for peanuts so I can see doctors and not die. IÂ’m always pulling myself up by my boot straps but Please vote Obama so I can get me some health care exchanges and not be in pain. end rant" https://twitter.com/funrama

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 02:53 PM (8wqqE)

186 wait, are you telling me a guy who doesn't understand how auto liability insurance works is incompetent at health insurance too? I like the snark, but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 02:53 PM (yETln)

187 Please excuse the technical difficulties.  If you are dissatisfied with your service, click below to reach your local IRS agent who can set up a convenient time for your audit. 

Posted by: #404Care at October 07, 2013 02:54 PM (Pr6hk)

188 wait, are you telling me a guy who doesn't understand how auto liability insurance works is incompetent at health insurance too?


Ask me about profit to earnings ratios.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 07, 2013 02:54 PM (8ZskC)

189 How does the waiting room even work?

Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 02:54 PM (LpbKr)

190 You'll notice that Hillary Clinton is a Turtle, lately...poking her stupid little head in and out her shell when she feels it's safe. obama isn't running in 2016, but Hillary is. So she pokes her head out a little and says something about Syria... and then pokes her head out again and says something about the 'shutdown.'

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 02:54 PM (g3/1j)

191 The Tyranny of Incompetence. We are stuck with this. As Government gets bigger and becomes Leviathan, the competence of the government regresses to LESS than the mean, because the key to winning these bids to doing government work is political reliability and cronyism, not competence. Three years they've had to get this ready, and from what I have read, stupidity and incompetence riddle the system. Badly written software, badly prepared, probably not de-bugged at all.

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at October 07, 2013 02:54 PM (RFeQD)

192 Good Lord,had to go to the Social Security office and they run these awful videos with George Takei and Lt.Uhura(Nichelle Nicholls?)

Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 02:55 PM (9XBK2)

193 How does the waiting room even work? Posted by: RWC at October 07, 2013 06:54 PM (LpbKr) It doesn't.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 02:55 PM (qyfb5)

194 Glitchez, bitchez. The illegals I see buying their shit with their foodstamp cards, letting their 12-year-olds do the cardswipe and PIN entry, they'll have their kids sign them up. No glitchez for them, bitchez!

Posted by: the littl shyning man at October 07, 2013 02:56 PM (tmFlQ)

195 Healthcare.gov, the primary website to enroll in health insurance through ObamaCare, will be taken offline again Monday night for improvements, following weekend work designed to fix major technical problems. The site will be offline beginning at 1 a.m. in order to improve its capacity and make software changes, the Health and Human Services Department said. HHS said the site had improved as a result of work done over the weekend. The site was taken offline during nonpeak hours to address widespread technical errors that prevented users from creating accounts, a step required before they can compare insurance plans. And the hits just keep on coming!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 02:56 PM (1RQeV)

196 Point Laugh "We tried to warn ya...."

Posted by: backhoe at October 07, 2013 02:56 PM (ULH4o)

197 164 Isn't it revealing that it took the federal government to invent a waiting room for a website. We need a name for these! Did you see "barrycades" made it into the Urban Dictionary?

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 02:56 PM (PLOz8)

198 Gaylord Focker is still the Captain of the SS Obamacare.  So its foundering in the IT seas is still his responsibility.  Even as he tries to pass the buck.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 07, 2013 02:56 PM (A2SA7)

199 Why doesHarry Reid hate me? Posted by: One Child with Cancer Kid, he hates all of us, unless we buy some of his real estate at elevated prices. Tough luck with the cancer.

Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at October 07, 2013 02:57 PM (RFeQD)

200 So you get sent to a virtual waiting room and  then what? Are they taking people in order, like they do when you're on hold on the phone? I've got a picture of lots of poor schmucks falling asleep over their keyboards only to miss the message flashing on the screen that gives them 10 seconds to click enter before bumping them out of the waiting room and telling them to start over.

404Care may turn out to be a big boost to the computer monitor industry.

Posted by: Retread at October 07, 2013 02:57 PM (Oz+LZ)

201 Posted by: Ktgreat: at October 07, 2013 06:51 PM (Bl4dy) I don't have the strike through thingy available. Glitches, bitches

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 07, 2013 02:57 PM (WaCPR)

202 Yay! It's 5 til 7:00 and no Shep this evening. Greta launches her new show with Allen West as her first guest.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 07, 2013 02:57 PM (DmNpO)

203 I like the snark, but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate.

He signed it, he owns it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 07, 2013 02:58 PM (JawqV)

204 "It's a punitive tax based on age."

You rang?

Posted by: Social Security at October 07, 2013 02:59 PM (6WVi+)

205 my conspiracy theory is that the website doesn't work on purpose because Obamacare is a shitty deal as far as coverage and premiums go and focus groups show people won't sign up.

Posted by: X at October 07, 2013 02:59 PM (KHo8t)

206 I like the snark, but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate. He took credit. It's his "Signature" legislation.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 02:59 PM (FNtJ6)

207 Hello sweetheart

Posted by: burmatar at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (q+BUG)

208 These waiting rooms, why do I have this image from the Woody Allen movie with all the sperms lined up...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (A2SA7)

209 Gaylord Focker is still the Captain of the SS Obamacare.

Meet the Focked.

Posted by: Zombie Guglielmo Marconi at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (Dwehj)

210 Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 06:55 PM (9XBK2) I still have a soft spot for Nichelle. George Takei has sadly gone off into left wing loony land, never to return, sigh. Speaking of celeb soaked propaganda: the #getcovered PSAs? Unless the celeb has themselves signed onto the exchanges, they can bite me. Any celebs signing up for Obamacare step forward, you are allowed to actually open your trap about this. *crickets* Helooooo, celebs? Anyone there? Bueller? Yeah. that's what I thought.

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (8wqqE)

211 They could have put the freaking thing on Amazon's cloud service or Microsoft's cloud service. Volume would NOT have been a problem. But they wanted a shiny new data center they could walk Senators through mine for data on political opponents.

Posted by: Actually... at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (6WVi+)

212 And the hits just keep on coming Anyone who thought these mother effers could do a good job with this gets what they deserve. The rest of us, are sadly screwed as well. The thing is, this crap is happening just with trying to get people enrolled into a healthcare plan. Wait until people try to use this shit to actually see a doctor! And if the Dems get their way, wait until all the healthcare providers are gubamint employees? Like I said, it would be funny is we weren't being sucked into the abyss along with these idiots!

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 03:00 PM (PLOz8)

213 So you get sent to a virtual waiting room and then what?


You encounter the remarkably realistic virtual odor of depressed people who have been sitting around for a long time without a shower.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (8ZskC)

214
#twoweeks. Because once November hits, you have the holidays
Posted by: rickb223



Not to mention that anyone working has to try during the evening hours, before they shut down the system overnight for maintenance.

Also there's this, "About 30 million uninsured people live in the states the federal marketplace will serve." So that's the number of peas trying to fit through that narrow straw. And that doesn't count the millions of people with insurance looking to see if the exchange can offer a better deal.


Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (kdS6q)

215 Work the shaft

Posted by: burmatar at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (q+BUG)

216 The bigger government gets the less effective it becomes. Looks like Zerocare might have tipped the balance.

Posted by: maddogg at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (i5IoF)

217 The medical care will work much better than the website.  At least, we're hoping it will.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (8ZskC)

218 These waiting rooms, why do I have this image from the Woody Allen movie with all the sperms lined up...

Raise the crane! Raise the crane?

Posted by: Zombie Guglielmo Marconi at October 07, 2013 03:01 PM (Dwehj)

219 He took credit. It's his "Signature" legislation. Remember during the election when Republicans were being called racists for calling The ACA, "Obamacare"? Good times!

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 03:02 PM (PLOz8)

220 I can't watch the pre-game show on ESPN- Olberman and that killer Ray Lewis.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 03:02 PM (1RQeV)

221 We need a name for these! Did you see "barrycades" made it into the Urban Dictionary?

Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 06:56 PM (PLOz


I nominate Burakatory.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (8ZskC)

222 This IT / legal complexity cluster sounds like it is going to require patch after patch to put it terms I understand.

Posted by: Beagle at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (sOtz/)

223 In      Lincoln     Bedroom.    Waiting   for  BF   Barry.

Posted by: Reggie Love at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (/1ATA)

224 The medical care will work much better than the website. At least, we're hoping it will. Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 07, 2013 07:01 PM (8ZskC) Well it doesn't take much skill to bury a body

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (1RQeV)

225 >>I like the snark, but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate.

He may not have dirtied his hands with the details, but I recall a year plus campaign led by Obama, crisscrossing the country holding rallies and spewing random lies, such as "If you like your healthcare, you can keep it!" and stuff about greedy doctors overcharging for tonsillectomies. Seems he made a lot of TV appearancies - speeches and interviews - pitching for this colossal failure. Oh, and OFA was shilling "I [heart] Obamacare" swag, too.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (JRmiD)

226 205 my conspiracy theory is that the website doesn't work on purpose because Obamacare is a shitty deal as far as coverage and premiums go and focus groups show people won't sign up. And people have been told forever to be careful with personal info. Imma post all my health history and personal info on a site that has a history of being broken. For the phishes ya know. I know. Feature not a bug.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (WaCPR)

227 220 Although if Ray were to knife Keith on the air.....

Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (9XBK2)

228 We need a name for these! Did you see "barrycades" made it into the Urban Dictionary? Posted by: runningrn at October 07, 2013 06:56 PM (PLOz Federally-Delayed Exchange Sites? Will-Be-Back-In-One-Hour Enrollment? DeNavigators?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 03:03 PM (qyfb5)

229

Sugar and Spice

I'm gonna fuck those bichez

Posted by: burmatar at October 07, 2013 03:04 PM (q+BUG)

230 but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate.

Remember when it was racist to call it Obamacare rather than ACA back when its clustfucktasticness wasn't so apparent?

Now that the shit stinks, you ain't hearing Dem politicians run that so much anymore.  They're just fine with Obama taking the blame, and calling it Obamacare is back in vogue.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 03:04 PM (9MLX+)

231 I can't watch the pre-game show on ESPN- Olberman and that killer Ray Lewis.

It's a true slice of America!

Posted by: Commissioner Roger Goodhead at October 07, 2013 03:05 PM (Dwehj)

232 It's almost enough to make you think maybe Senator Cruz is not the worst person in the world.

Posted by: blaster at October 07, 2013 03:05 PM (4+AaH)

233

Remember during the election when Republicans were being called racists for calling The ACA, "Obamacare"? Good times!

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Nope.  But I do remember Obama proclaiming during the first debate that he was proud to have it named after him.

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:05 PM (UWFpX)

234 You know, Julia would have had the time needed to design an Obamacare website that actually worked, but the h8rs in the GOP wouldn't pay for her free abortion.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 07, 2013 03:05 PM (hpYnL)

235 I read somewhere today that "hundreds" have been able to sign up in the first week.  Let's be generous and say it's 500.  That would mean only  29,999,500 uninsured  need to sign up before the deadline in 12 weeks. 

They better be able to do better than 500 per week.

Posted by: Marmo from Iowa, the only state that elects our presidents at October 07, 2013 03:05 PM (pcgW1)

236

So when will da Zero throw Pelosi and co. under the bus for this monumental FUBAR? Because you know his ass ain't gonna take ownership for this galactic piece of shit.

Posted by: maddogg at October 07, 2013 03:06 PM (i5IoF)

237 The thing is, this crap is happening just with trying to get people enrolled into a healthcare plan. Wait until people try to use this shit to actually see a doctor!

Imagine the claims process. Bet that's gonna be a wonder to behold. OTOH, maybe that's where Barky planned to save a bunch of money. People will give up long before they manage to get a claim submitted. So voila! Costs cut!

Posted by: Retread at October 07, 2013 03:06 PM (Oz+LZ)

238 Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 07:02 PM (1RQeV) They'll give a MUCH longer rope to Olbermann than Rush had but the result will be the same. Ray Lewis? He just sucks.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 07, 2013 03:06 PM (WaCPR)

239 Besides, it's a Cloward and Piven scheme. Create dependency, crash it, use the "crisis" to get more power. Over and over and over. Notice how desperate they've been to sign even more people up for benefits.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 07, 2013 03:07 PM (qyfb5)

240 I love how obama and the D's and their media suddenly propose putting this off for another 6 weeks! 6 weeks? Why, that's just *after* the '13 elections!! Funny, that.

Posted by: slippery when soothsayer at October 07, 2013 03:07 PM (g3/1j)

241

Here ya' go, Ace

 

WAITING ROOM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOAXm94VWo

Posted by: FUGAZI at October 07, 2013 03:07 PM (t57/N)

242 A name for these virtual holding areas?

Barryrooms.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 07, 2013 03:09 PM (A2SA7)

243

They'll give a MUCH longer rope to Olbermann than Rush had but the result will be the same.

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What I think would be awesome - and what I'm convinced they'd never allow - is to have Olberman and Rush do a game together.  It'd probably do wonders for the ratings as well.  Even if both of them managed to avoid doing anything outrageous on the air, tons of people would tune in to watch just in case something did happen.

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:09 PM (UWFpX)

244 Who floated the "'Obamacare' is racism" meme? Sounds like Toure or that Tyson or Dyson guy, not the physicist, on tha TV. Doh.

Posted by: Beagle at October 07, 2013 03:09 PM (sOtz/)

245 I can't watch the pre-game show on ESPN- Olberman and that killer Ray Lewis.

It's a true slice of America!


Is OJ doing a cameo?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 03:09 PM (d0Dmj)

246 Red Sox gonna SHUTDOWN the Rays tonight!

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 07, 2013 03:10 PM (ZshNr)

247 404Care may turn out to be a big boost to the computer monitor industry. Posted by: Retread at October 07, 2013 06:57 PM (Oz+LZ) I assume because people will be stabbing them, then throwing them out the window in frustration, and thus need a new one?

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 03:10 PM (8wqqE)

248 Who floated the "'Obamacare' is racism" meme?

Sounds like Toure or that Tyson or Dyson guy, not the physicist, on tha TV. Doh.


Tyson's a chicken & Dyson just sucks.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 03:11 PM (d0Dmj)

249 Violence Troll @ 396 http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=343974#c21262133

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 07, 2013 03:11 PM (MhA4j)

250 Conservatives are icky but double murderers(alleged) are totally cool. Roger Goodell

Posted by: steevy at October 07, 2013 03:11 PM (9XBK2)

251 Which might be while Peter King, the laughable leader of the Clean CR Caucus, now says he actually won't support Nancy Pelosi in her attempt to file a discharge petition to end the shutdown.


The shutdown has been such a disaster for the GOP that the sensible Republicans are being forced into our extremist positions!

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 07, 2013 03:12 PM (uhAkr)

252 "Republicans have done a rather spectacular job of mismanaging the communications effort over this shutdown. " Once again, the media speaks for us because THEY control communications with the American People. Anything Liberal asswhipes report is destined to make Republicans look foolish or stupid or hateful.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:12 PM (bb5+k)

253 239 Besides, it's a Cloward and Piven scheme. Create dependency, crash it, use the "crisis" to get more power. Over and over and over. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith I know that. You know that. Everyone here knows that. Most Tea Partiers know that. And it's the one key fact that defines our current situation. Our only problem is how to get more of the country knowing that. And that's why the media progressive monopoly is our MAIN problem. We have the facts, the catchy memes, the narratives, the truth. What we don't have is the microphone. And the totalitarian left will let go of the mike right around the same time Charlton Heston lets go of his musket.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 03:13 PM (+cx5n)

254 252 They disagree and say that's not provable.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 07, 2013 03:13 PM (MhA4j)

255 >> I like the snark, but Obama didn't do squat with this bill. He passed it off to his flunkies in the Senate.

Yeah.  I sometimes call it PelosiCare, for accuracy's sake.  Nobody forced the President to strap his reputation to this pork-laden piece of junk, but he did it anyhow.

As for the website problems, I for one blame Pixy Misa.

Posted by: sandy burger at October 07, 2013 03:13 PM (4dy3y)

256 249 Violence Troll @ 396 http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=343974#c21262133 Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 07, 2013 07:11 PM (MhA4j) Saw another similar but more incoherent example of that same comment somewhere, earlier.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:13 PM (bb5+k)

257 If ObamaCare were an MMO, it would already be headed for the crap heap.  A bug-free launch is critical.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 07, 2013 03:14 PM (uhAkr)

258 The Obamacare term was "racist" back in July 2012...not even two years ago.

http://tinyurl.com/6rxagy5

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 07, 2013 03:14 PM (9MLX+)

259 http://tinyurl.com/lst7lqk

Gobble tov! American Jews ready for Thanksgivukkah

There's the number crunching: The last time it happened was 1888, or at least the last time since Thanksgiving was declared a federal holiday by President Lincoln, and the next time may have Jews lighting their candles from spaceships 79,043 years from now, by one calculation.


Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 03:14 PM (d0Dmj)

260 We need a name for these! Did you see "barrycades" made it into the Urban Dictionary?

Gloryholes is already taken, right?

Posted by: jeannebodine at October 07, 2013 03:15 PM (2LJqa)

261
DHHS claims there are legends of myths of people who have been able to sign up successfully. And yet no one seems to be able to locate such persons.








They've learned something since the last shill. No last names that sarcastic right-wingers can look up. But two of the three live in DC, and all three are obvious political hack/volunteers, based on the descriptions of their "work".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 07, 2013 03:15 PM (TIIx5)

262

257 If ObamaCare were an MMO, it would already be headed for the crap heap. A bug-free launch is critical.
------------

 

Blizzzard would disagree with you *most* strenuously...

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:16 PM (UWFpX)

263 That would mean only 29,999,500 uninsured need to sign up before the deadline in 12 weeks. They better be able to do better than 500 per week. Posted by: Marmo from Iowa, the only state that elects our presidents at October 07, 2013 07:05 PM (pcgW1) Look at you, you actually made me do math. I calculate they need to enroll a little over 357K people a day to make that deadline. Yeah, not gonna happen.

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 03:16 PM (8wqqE)

264 Tech dude on Fox this afternoon with Cavato said it was crap code thrown together in six months. His company tests websites to find problems. He went on to say that it is a bunch of problems and none of it works. He looked like he was trying not to laugh.

Posted by: Bob at October 07, 2013 03:16 PM (qTsuK)

265

>>They still haven't told the LIVs about the deductibles. Wait until that shit hits the fan.
.

.That should be hitting in January when people go to their Doctor the first time after Obamacare launches for real.  Should be a treat in the comments sections on HuffPo and others.

Posted by: Registered Voter at October 07, 2013 03:16 PM (BGFPo)

266 The pussyfying of America continues apace:


PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Worries about injuries at a Long Island school have led to a surprising ban.

As CBS 2Â’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday, officials at Weber Middle School in Port Washington are worried that students are getting hurt during recess. Thus, they have instituted a ban on footballs, baseballs, lacrosse balls, or anything that might hurt someone on school grounds.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 03:17 PM (sj9LN)

267 And that's why the media progressive monopoly is our MAIN problem. We have the facts, the catchy memes, the narratives, the truth. What we don't have is the microphone. And the totalitarian left will let go of the mike right around the same time Charlton Heston lets go of his musket. Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (+cx5n) Amen. Been preaching this since I got here. OUR PROBLEM IS THAT THEY HAVE THE MICROPHONE. Are you the guy that has the Zombietime Blog? Love your work. Top Shelf.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (bb5+k)

268 zombie:
>> We have the facts,

Yeah.

>> the catchy memes, the narratives,

This is what we should have, but our dufus representatives are worse than useless on this front.

That "War on Women" crap worked.  Where's the GOP version, linking Obamacare to generational theft, linking the teacher's union to black poverty, etc.?  They don't even bother.

>> the truth.

Yeah.

Posted by: sandy burger at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (4dy3y)

269 Tech dude on Fox this afternoon with Cavato said it was crap code thrown together in six months. His company tests websites to find problems. He went on to say that it is a bunch of problems and none of it works. He looked like he was trying not to laugh. Do you remember a name? I'd like to see if he's written any articles. I'm very interested in this topic.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (yETln)

270

@226

 

Anything that might hurt someone?  Are they removing all of the asphalt?

 

*confused*

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (UWFpX)

271 I assume because people will be stabbing them, then throwing them out the window in frustration, and thus need a new one?

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 07:10 PM (8wqqE)


Well, I had 'smashed to pieces with a baseball bat' in mind, but, yeah, frustration destruction in one form or another.

Posted by: Retread at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (Oz+LZ)

272 LIVs who just went into hock to buy Christmas/Hanukkah stuff getting hammered in January with a massive deductible.  Why it will sound Torquemada's dungeon when the hot pokers are used.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (A2SA7)

273
Now that the shit stinks, you ain't hearing Dem politicians run that so much anymore. They're just fine with Obama taking the blame, and calling it Obamacare is back in vogue.

The media, which has so far been comfortable with calling it Obamacare, are starting to walk that back. I think poor ol' Harry has been passed a bag full of shit, what with the Leader of our country, our President, excusing himself from the mundane tasks of actually leading.

Because there's no way for him to win.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (0IhFx)

274 Blizzzard would disagree with you *most* strenuously...

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 07:16 PM (UWFpX)


Wah?  The Launch of World of Warcraft was, up to that date, one of the most bug-free launches an MMO ever had.  I would know - I played nonstop that entire week.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 07, 2013 03:18 PM (uhAkr)

275 I love how quiet all my moon bat relatives have been recently. No way they can defend this bullshit. Although one dickhead relative had been very active on a different site, just glib talking points about how easy it would be for all those folks "headed to the exchanges" as he liked to say. Oh and they all call is Affordable Care Act. Had a family event and just crickets. I did my rant on the veterans bring kept off the mall and they were all farklempt. And no one had heard of Chad Henderson of course.

Posted by: Puttanesca, the sauce at October 07, 2013 03:19 PM (1ThpN)

276

There seems to be a common trait among the modern Leftist to let specialists do the deep thinking and accept what they say at face value.  Now they're learning that those that they trust to think for them might not, in fact, have their best interests at heart.

Does anybody know how to cure a case of the giggles?  I can't keep a straight face here.

Posted by: Cato at October 07, 2013 03:19 PM (DQP0I)

277 Tech dude on Fox this afternoon with Cavato said it was crap code thrown together in six months. His company tests websites to find problems. He went on to say that it is a bunch of problems and none of it works. He looked like he was trying not to laugh.

Hey, I pumped that code out like an Alpo deuce. It was some of my best work.

Posted by: Bo the White House Webmaster at October 07, 2013 03:20 PM (Dwehj)

278 Well, at least somebody was able to enroll today.

Posted by: Thatch at October 07, 2013 03:20 PM (qYvEa)

279 254 252 They disagree and say that's not provable. Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (MhA4j) They can say anything they want. What the public hears is what the Liberal Democrat Employees of the Liberal Democrat Media tell them. They are defacto denying our Freedom of speech by their monopoly of control on all means of addressing the public.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:20 PM (bb5+k)

280 So if da Zero just drops all pretense and spends each and every day on the golf course, is there a down side?

Posted by: maddogg at October 07, 2013 03:20 PM (i5IoF)

281

Wah? The Launch of World of Warcraft was, up to that date, one of the most bug-free launches an MMO ever had. I would know - I played nonstop that entire week.

 

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I played.  But it was *NOT* bug free.  Lag in particular was so bad that I could kill a mob, open its corpse to loot it, and get stuck there (what I referred to as "loot lag") unable to leave.  The mob would then respawn several minutes later while I was *still* stuck attempting to loot the corpse, and kill me (since I was unable to fight back).

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:20 PM (UWFpX)

282 Nevermind... I couldn't get the hyperlink to work.  Try this... http://helms-deep.us/obamacare-success-story/

Posted by: Thatch at October 07, 2013 03:21 PM (qYvEa)

283 It's painful to know there is so much stupidity in the country: http://www.vice.com/read/lets-just-allow-the-tea-party-to-take-over-america

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2013 03:21 PM (a4Omg)

284 As CBS 2Â’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday, officials at Weber
Middle School in Port Washington are worried that students are getting
hurt during recess. Thus, they have instituted a ban on footballs,
baseballs, lacrosse balls, or anything that might hurt someone on school
grounds.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk


Look out!  DESK!  PENCIL!  BOOKS!!!

Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2013 03:21 PM (Hx2XA)

285 Nood up! Someone grab willow!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 07, 2013 03:21 PM (d0Dmj)

286 Doctor: Take all your medication and I'll see you in ten days. That'll be $200. Nimrod: But I pay $400 a month for Affordable HCA Insurance?!? Doctor: Good. Once you've paid me $15,000 they'll pick up $120 of that.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at October 07, 2013 03:22 PM (MhA4j)

287 What we don't have is the microphone. And the totalitarian left will let go of the mike right around the same time Charlton Heston lets go of his musket. Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 07:13 PM (+cx5n) Part of the problem is the GOP still thinks it needs access to that microphone, as if it wasn't a live snake about to bite them. And they keep treating reporters like they're a neutral third party instead of just On The Other Side. This is all going to be a big, long, drawn-out struggle and we're not used to that. We lived in a rare period in history that let us get away it, and that may be coming to a close. I hope not, because that sucks. But it sure looks like it. I have posted a list over and over including having an office that *just* prepares opposition research on journalists and hands cheat-sheets to pols going on interviews so they can call out the reporter/institution on their behavior. I've sent it to the GOP and politicians. Seems no one is doing any of it - or anything else for that matter.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 07, 2013 03:23 PM (qyfb5)

288 I played. But it was *NOT* bug free. Lag in particular was so bad that I could kill a mob, open its corpse to loot it, and get stuck there (what I referred to as "loot lag") unable to leave. The mob would then respawn several minutes later while I was *still* stuck attempting to loot the corpse, and kill me (since I was unable to fight back).

I remember the 'loot bug.'  That wasn't *that* common of an occurrence.  It was something you'd see probably once in three or four hours of playing.  Compare it to the launch of some of the earlier MMOs when servers were exploding and couldn't handle the load.  WoW was on another level of quality.

Any code is going to release with some level of bugs.  WoW did a good job.


Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 07, 2013 03:24 PM (uhAkr)

289 Are you the [person] that has the Zombietime Blog? Love your work. Top Shelf. Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp Yep. That's me. Except my blog is nowadays so infrequently undated that it's borderline comatose.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 03:24 PM (+cx5n)

290 "The Hindenburg suffered a glitch today during its landing attempt at Lakehurst, NJ." What CNN, MSNBC, etc would have said,

Posted by: Alf767 at October 07, 2013 03:24 PM (kf9WN)

291 One of the founders of Mcafee anti-virus software said the obamadeath site is ripe for crooks trying to steal all your private data and it is a joke

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 03:24 PM (1RQeV)

292

So if da Zero just drops all pretense and spends each and every day on the golf course, is there a down side?

 

for the golf industry

Posted by: kj at October 07, 2013 03:26 PM (kw7uo)

293 Being CNN they'll probably try again next week.  With the same result.  And the week after that ... after a while it's no longer amusing and people stop watching.

Posted by: Laughin' Observer at October 07, 2013 03:27 PM (9csZ/)

294 I have posted a list over and over including having an office that *just* prepares opposition research on journalists and hands cheat-sheets to pols going on interviews so they can call out the reporter/institution on their behavior. I've sent it to the GOP and politicians. Seems no one is doing any of it - or anything else for that matter. Posted by: Merovign Brilliant idea. Muchos kudos. And the GOP's failure to realie or act upon that brilliancy is par for the course. They're so lame, it hurts.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 03:27 PM (+cx5n)

295 Oh freaking night of the living dead threads.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 07, 2013 03:28 PM (qyfb5)

296 Yep. That's me. Except my blog is nowadays so infrequently undated that it's borderline comatose. Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (+cx5n) Loved that article you did where you explored Barry's doings in New York. Interestingly enough, the only place where he doesn't claim to have hung out with all the local radicals.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:28 PM (bb5+k)

297 Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2013 07:18 PM (yETln)
Nope. Very young and healthy looking. Turned it on for market update at work. He was in a remote studio with a very fake skyline behind him. Looked like Denver or something.

Posted by: Bob at October 07, 2013 03:28 PM (qTsuK)

298 291 One of the founders of Mcafee anti-virus software said the obamadeath site is ripe for crooks trying to steal all your private data and it is a joke Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 07, 2013 07:24 PM (1RQeV) If anyone deserves it, it is these fools. Too many of them have apparently been shielded from bad consequences, or learning life's lessons about free lunches.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at October 07, 2013 03:29 PM (bb5+k)

299 http://youtu.be/aPwGvzhUkB0 #healthcare.gov.hell

Posted by: gb at October 07, 2013 03:30 PM (ngG8W)

300

I remember the 'loot bug.' That wasn't *that* common of an occurrence. It was something you'd see probably once in three or four hours of playing. Compare it to the launch of some of the earlier MMOs when servers were exploding and couldn't handle the load. WoW was on another level of quality.

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Nope.  I got it all the time.  The difference is that you probably ended up on one of the servers where it wasn't a serious issue.  Different servers got hit by it to varying degrees, and by whatever mischance, I ended up on one of the servers where it was literally crippling.

 

I also used to start dancing whenever lag hit while casting a spell.  I'd get 30 seconds to a minute of dancing with glowing hands before the effect finally went off (or cancelled - can't remember which).

 

Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 03:35 PM (UWFpX)

301 #263  LizLem

LOL!

I thought about that after I made that comment.  The easy math is 500 a week X 12 weeks = 6,000.  That's a long way from 29,999,500.

They need to do 2,500,000 a week.  Or, as you say 357,000+ per day.

Posted by: Marmo from Iowa, the only state that elects our presidents at October 07, 2013 03:37 PM (pcgW1)

302 Anything that might hurt someone? Are they removing all of the asphalt? *confused* Posted by: junior at October 07, 2013 07:18 PM (UWFpX) Take the pedo teachers out of the rubber rooms and put the kids in there instead? (Yeah I know I know, not really made of rubber)

Posted by: LizLem, giving Obamabots the eyeroll at October 07, 2013 03:42 PM (8wqqE)

303 Very strange.  I went online and was able to sign up for the new BroncoBamaCare Platinum Death Panel coverage just fine.  Well, I didn't, actually.  Mrs Bronco Bama had one of her furloughed interns do it under the table like.  And they had to walk over and do it in person, not online at all.  But signed up just fine, no problems, only took six days and a little re-hydration therapy afterwards.  Too bad the intern couldn't give coverage for that -- but there's plenty more where she came from.

Posted by: Bronco Bama at October 07, 2013 03:43 PM (1I4sj)

304

Those here thinking these current technical problems will be a lasting wound to the abomination of the ACA, I think, are not being very serious.  There are footprints on the moon.  This sort of system can - and will - be made to work.  At least to some level.  And is there is no real press in the country, even a significant level of enduring suckage will be hidden, pooh-poohed, or distorted.

 

In any case, the significance of "taking back the Senate" relies - almostentirely - on what, exactly the then-GOP Senate would actually DO.  And the broader dumbing-down of the populace, and the public square, the systematic distortion of facts and frameworks, will have to be attacked with result, or any gains made in legislation will be short-lived.

 

For this disaster to be a learning experience, in the end, there needs to be a public that knows why it was a disaster, not just that it WAS a disaster.

 

Posted by: non-purist at October 07, 2013 03:46 PM (afQnV)

305 Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 07, 2013 07:17 PM (sj9LN) Late. But teachers hardest hit.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at October 07, 2013 04:04 PM (WaCPR)

306 Shit Midas strikes again!

Posted by: acethepug at October 07, 2013 04:04 PM (HJe4f)

307 So how come Obama can attract world class tech talent to his re-election campaign, but nobody has his back when it comes to his signature piece of legislation that's going to drastically effect hundreds of millions of lives?

Posted by: reform highlander at October 07, 2013 06:26 PM (BCYnA)

308 I don't see how this clusterfark is going to convince Americans to give even more control to the government.

O-care just blew it, big time.

And the GOP should LET IT BURN.

Posted by: PJ at October 07, 2013 06:36 PM (ZWaLo)

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