January 30, 2014

Oh, My: Pittsburg News Station Broadcasts Workers' Live Reactions to Changes to Their Insurance Policies Under Obamacare
— Ace

What a stunt. What an idea.

Let it be copied a thousand times.

Will it be? Well, dramatizing the news is generally a TV news imperative. They like moving pictures, don't they? But I don't know if too many people in the news business want to dramatize (and thereby increase interest in) the effect of Obamacare on the typical American worker.

Here's hoping, though.

This is a really amazing report.

MSNBC just tweeted that racists would "bust nut" while watching this, then they apologized and said the responsible party had been fired and also promoted to host of their new weekend show.

Posted by: Ace at 04:53 PM | Comments (385)
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1 AArgg!!!!

Posted by: oc joe at January 30, 2014 04:54 PM (hqVUe)

2 Amanda Knox canceled those policies.

Posted by: Italian Prosecutors at January 30, 2014 04:54 PM (9F2c1)

3 Paul Krugman says these stories are all lies.

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 04:55 PM (4+AaH)

4 Ah yes, this is very familiar.

I need another drink.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 04:56 PM (GrtrJ)

5 This is why a PAYCHECK PARTY would crush Democrats. But instead all we have is D-lite party. Which is anything but delightful.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 04:56 PM (g7osp)

6 BTW, Ace- normal people would spell it "Pittsburg", but that part of our state hasn't quite mastered the English language, so they spell it "Pittsburgh" with an H. 

I know, it's weird.

Posted by: The Lost Dutchman at January 30, 2014 04:57 PM (9F2c1)

7 Has the FCC revoked their licence yet over foul language violations?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 30, 2014 04:57 PM (abZxN)

8 all of this momentum is going to be squandered by GOP amnesty.

Posted by: Chamuco at January 30, 2014 04:57 PM (qQk+U)

9 Don't worry, employees!  Next year when the employer mandate kicks in, your employer will provide you with no insurance and you can sign up on the federal exchange and have your identity stolen!

Win-win, no?

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 04:58 PM (GrtrJ)

10 Shocked!  Shocked I tell you!  Round up the usual Tea Party suspects!
- so sayeth the Progressive-Socialist apparatchiks.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 04:58 PM (2JEMR)

11 >>> BTW, Ace- normal people would spell it "Pittsburg", but that part of our state hasn't quite mastered the English language, so they spell it "Pittsburgh" with an H. every time I try to spell it this is how it goes: 1. I start thinking Pittsburgh 2. I immediately think "That's wrong, every time I spell it that way it's wrong" 3. So I spell it the other way, which is actually the wrong way

Posted by: ace at January 30, 2014 04:59 PM (/FnUH)

12 So, is it wrong to bust nut over this video?

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 04:59 PM (4+AaH)

13 It's almost like it was designed to fail.

Posted by: alcoa fedora at January 30, 2014 04:59 PM (hqVUe)

14 I couldn't get past the fact that they were all fat.

Posted by: Scott M at January 30, 2014 05:00 PM (vMc5E)

15 Bitter clingers in Pittsburgh. What's nice about that video? More diverse than MSNBC.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at January 30, 2014 05:00 PM (+IZU9)

16 Biracial policies that conservatives hate.

Posted by: huerfano at January 30, 2014 05:00 PM (bAGA/)

17 Anecdotes, I tell you, just anecdotes!

Posted by: GuyfromNH at January 30, 2014 05:01 PM (kbOju)

18 So what you are trying to say is there really is a point that is too far, a bridge too far (so to speak)?

and then what?

Posted by: Reginald R (Ray) Boggelstune at January 30, 2014 05:01 PM (tc40V)

19 So here we have millions of hardworking Americans struggling to pay their bills, maybe looking for a job. And meanwhile in Washington DC we have 'immigration reform,' 'green shoots,' homosexual marriage, light bulb bans, cash awards for the wealthy Lautenberg widow, etc. The disconnect you see there is Crying Out for a political movement. A 3rd party if done right, could be successful in just one election cycle.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:01 PM (g7osp)

20 WTAE's gonna get a call from low-level Cincinnati employees of the FCC.

Posted by: HR at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (hO8IJ)

21 I still agree with the idea that repealing automatic withholding on paychecks would be the single biggest thing we could do to right the ship. Can you imagine tax day every year if that happened? "They want HOW MUCH?!?"

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (TGgNi)

22 Goodbye broadcast license!

Posted by: FCC at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (oFCZn)

23 IRS  and  FCC  audits for WTAE-TV in 5...4...3...2...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (PZ6/M)

24 WTAE will be audited by the FCC and the IRS while DHS investigates them for hiring illegal aliens.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (2JEMR)

25


This is comedy (in the operatic tragic sort of way).  They've made it where people can get insurance, they just can't get care.  So many people will have totally free coverage through Medicaid, but so many doctors don't even take Medicaid patients.  People like these, might be able to pay their premiums, but they won't be able to get sick because they won't be able to come up with the deductibles. 

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 05:02 PM (BZAd3)

26 So, supposedly Pittsburgh was named by a Scotsman, which is why there is an h on the end (like Edinburgh).

The h was removed 1890 to 1911, then restored after a public campaign.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:03 PM (GrtrJ)

27 Nuts? What are these "nuts" you speak of?

Posted by: Pajama boy (NBC news) at January 30, 2014 05:04 PM (gVkoR)

28 We should pass Amnesty to help those poor people pay for their increased healthcare costs.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 05:04 PM (wep30)

29 That's not news!  Chris Christie may or may not have known about traffic backups AND he's fat.

Posted by: your betters in the media at January 30, 2014 05:04 PM (bAGA/)

30 Good. 

Air this ad infinitum.  Show fucking everyone what Obama has wrought. 

Of course, this chink in the media armor won't last....

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 30, 2014 05:04 PM (+YFcy)

31 We told them so,nothing that Obamacare has wrought as been a surprise.

Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2014 05:04 PM (zqvg6)

32 10 >>> BTW, Ace- normal people would spell it "Pittsburg", but that part of our state hasn't quite mastered the English language, so they spell it "Pittsburgh" with an H.

every time I try to spell it this is how it goes:

1. I start thinking Pittsburgh

2. I immediately think "That's wrong, every time I spell it that way it's wrong"

3. So I spell it the other way, which is actually the wrong way


Easy way to remember it. Pittsburgh is Hell.

Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at January 30, 2014 05:05 PM (/2ciC)

33 The thing about the deductible, if you have kids, you are going to hit it. So in addition to 30% on the premium, they get another 165 a month on top. Ouch.

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 05:06 PM (4+AaH)

34 obamacare Welcome To The Donut Hole, Fools.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:06 PM (g7osp)

35 Say, was that guy running the grinder wearing safety glasses?

Posted by: OSHA at January 30, 2014 05:06 PM (bAGA/)

36 Pittsburg, NH

Posted by: fluffy at January 30, 2014 05:06 PM (Ua6T/)

37 Of course, this chink in the media armor won't last.... Great. Way to make the blog look racist. Racist.

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 05:07 PM (4+AaH)

38

Don't worry.  We're ready to work with the President to #closethegap.

Posted by: The Ever Helpful GOP

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 30, 2014 05:07 PM (kdS6q)

39 I thought I saw SuperPope fly by, but I was just seeing thing's.

Posted by: mr, magoo at January 30, 2014 05:08 PM (hqVUe)

40 There's also a Pittsburg, Texas.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:08 PM (GrtrJ)

41 Black market for medical care, all cash, it's definitely on it's way.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 30, 2014 05:09 PM (WdbF7)

42

Oooh, oooh, oooh!  I know how they can fix this!!!!!!

 

Raise the minimum wage!!!!!!

 

(C'mon - you know that's coming, right?)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at January 30, 2014 05:09 PM (PZ6/M)

43 Yeah,  I'm getting fucked as well.

My plan ends Jan 1, 2015.  I looked up plans available at Healthcare.gov.

My current deductible is $250. To get anywhere near that I would need to sign up for a plan than increases my monthly premium 200%

Posted by: Ben at January 30, 2014 05:10 PM (5WPtk)

44 First the Republicans dabbled in social engineering. Today theyre dabbling in wealth redistibution. Tell me again what the R's will run on in '14 and '16?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:10 PM (g7osp)

45 If you just raise everybody's wages, we will all do better

Posted by: junior college transfer at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (hqVUe)

46 Was it wrong to bust nut over this? I'm confused.

Posted by: Phinn at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (KOGmz)

47 Hey, that's what happens when you try to be all cool and have a job and shit. Nobody told you to get off your ass.

Posted by: Michael at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (smKbx)

48 I teach at a small private college in Alabama. Our Blue Cross preferred plan, for which I paid $700 per month for my family of 6, was cancelled and replaced with lesser Obamacare Gold Plan. Premium went up 42% to $1200 per month, 26% of my pretax pay. Couldn't make it work with our budget, now my family is uninsured. Was "affordable" intended ironically?

Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (tuH2W)

49 Pretty soon Royal Caribbean will be offering medical cruises.  Sun, swim, surgery.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (2JEMR)

50 Those poor people just looked stunned.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 30, 2014 05:11 PM (P6QsQ)

51 Does this mean we're going to get back ally black unlicensed market medical clinics operating in abandon warehouses?

If people can't afford health insurance, if companies can't afford health insurance for their employees, and the free government hospitals have an eighteen hour wait for emergency room care, and weeks or months waiting list for procedures, what will people do?

Go to quacks, crooks, and witch doctors who cast out demons?

Posted by: Reginald R (Ray) Boggelstune at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (tc40V)

52 I still need to find a new doctor.  Putting that off until I get sick, I think.  I'm not even interested in thinking about it, as it just pisses me off.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (GrtrJ)

53 The UN Affordable Children Act

Posted by: Mr. Wizard at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (MhA4j)

54

25 So, supposedly Pittsburgh was named by a Scotsman, which is why there is an h on the end (like Edinburgh).


Named after Wiliam Pitt, British PM in the late 1700s. Originally called Fort Pitt then Pittsborough. Eventually that turned into Pittsburgh.

Posted by: puddleglum at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (15w2J)

55 A smart party, a party that wants to win, would be having town hall meetings all the time on obamacare, not secret retreats for illegal alien amnesty. This is madness.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (g7osp)

56 Who did they vote for? There's the real story.

Posted by: wiserbud at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (NXg/k)

57 This is so painful to watch. Decent people struggling to make ends meet and being screwed so hard by that POS in the WH and his bastard followers.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 05:12 PM (IXrOn)

58 You deserve this white people because racism.

Posted by: The Left at January 30, 2014 05:13 PM (oFCZn)

59 Women will be forced into back alleys for their gynecological care

Posted by: Mr. Wizard at January 30, 2014 05:13 PM (MhA4j)

60 Yinz buncha whiners nthat...Saint Rooney loves obama and so do I...

Posted by: Steeler fan at January 30, 2014 05:13 PM (gVkoR)

61 47 I teach at a small private college in Alabama. Our Blue Cross preferred plan, for which I paid $700 per month for my family of 6, was cancelled and replaced with lesser Obamacare Gold Plan. Premium went up 42% to $1200 per month, 26% of my pretax pay. Couldn't make it work with our budget, now my family is uninsured. Was "affordable" intended ironically? It went up 71%. 42% is the way back down.

Posted by: Michael at January 30, 2014 05:13 PM (smKbx)

62
Christy's not so lucky. The monthly premium for the mother of two jumps $260, or 30 percent.

"$895 a month for health insurance, that's coming out of my pocket," she said. "That's a house payment for most people."





If it makes you feel better, think of the Dreamacters you're buying health insurace for as your "other" children.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 30, 2014 05:14 PM (kdS6q)

63 War on Womens Wallets

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 30, 2014 05:14 PM (WdbF7)

64 Being late is fashionable. I  wouldn't ever want to be first. That's just vain. So I support all those who agree with me and said what I said only said it sooner (Oklahoma!).


Posted by: Reginald R (Ray) Boggelstune at January 30, 2014 05:14 PM (tc40V)

65 "This is madness.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 09:12 PM"

Madness?!!!!  This is D.C.!!!!11!!!!

Posted by: 300 Congresscritters at January 30, 2014 05:16 PM (wjJGE)

66 obama is out there saying the increase in health insurance premiums are at their slowest in a decade. No shit, and he's getting away with this crap.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:16 PM (g7osp)

67 Here are some specifics from my situation. We are a mom and pop shop with an individual plan. Ma Pa and 3 young men 18 to 24 6000/yr deductible 0% copay 2013 888/mo 2014 extension 971/mo after extension runs out and we are cast down with the sodomites in Obama care then we rise to $1428/mo with 15% copy and shift from a PPO with our old doctor to an HMO. Currently this is the only plan available after November 2014 for us. We're fucked in the individual market. These are private figures but this kind of stuff needs to be talked about more and more.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 30, 2014 05:16 PM (l3vZN)

68 But, hey they didn't mention that those people now get their abortions paid for, so that was totally slanted reporting!

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 05:17 PM (4+AaH)

69 Important to note that this wasn't the business in Pittsburgh that POTUS visited yesterday. That was US Steel in West Mifflin. A USW shop, IIRC. Which no doubt got a waiver.

Posted by: Kevin In ABQ at January 30, 2014 05:17 PM (YMEWH)

70
Who did they vote for? There's the real story.
Posted by: wiserbud




The business is in PA-14, a D+19 district.

So, how's that working out for you guys?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 30, 2014 05:17 PM (kdS6q)

71 Am I wrong, or did I see a news story about a Dem Congressman who visited Cuba , and praised their medical system?Ya, lets see him go there when he has a medical problem.

Posted by: oc joe at January 30, 2014 05:17 PM (hqVUe)

72 I guess that's why I just haven't been my same old jocular self these days.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 30, 2014 05:18 PM (l3vZN)

73 But obama also gets away with saying he cut the deficit in half. obama is our Kim Jong Il. He can say anything and his media will carry his water and his wee wee.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:18 PM (g7osp)

74 Plus the guy said it was Obamacare which is racist!

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 05:19 PM (4+AaH)

75 Fuck them. They voted for Obama because he "cares about people like me". Yeah, how's that working out fuckers?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 30, 2014 05:19 PM (cVvbj)

76 Named after Wiliam Pitt, British PM in the late 1700s.  Posted by: puddleglum at January 30, 2014 09:12 PM (15w2J)


Yep, by Scotsman General John Forbes, laddie!

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (GrtrJ)

77

How long before we know everything  about this company's history,  code violations, and the voting history/contributions of its owner?

 

They're in for some  heat.

Posted by: CJ at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (jbdp1)

78 It's almost like a hard-nosed politician could roll in their, call it like it is, and ... Fuck it. Like I said - I'm done.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (6/+vz)

79 I know that if my rates rise much more than they are I will be going without.  I am sure I'm not the only one.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (jucos)

80 The ruminant flatulent just farted?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (2JEMR)

81 A 3rd party if done right, could be successful in just one election cycle.




Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 09:01 PM (g7osp)


So, get on it. Toot-sweet!!!

Posted by: tcn at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (fwcEs)

82 If the business would just pay them more, it would all work out. Plus the business should lower prices, because things are just too damn expensive.

Posted by: Michael at January 30, 2014 05:20 PM (smKbx)

83 20 I still agree with the idea that repealing automatic withholding on paychecks would be the single biggest thing we could do to right the ship.

Can you imagine tax day every year if that happened? "They want HOW MUCH?!?"

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 09:02 PM (TGgNi)

Practically speaking, given the average American's ability to manage his or her budget, this would be a terrible idea that would turn so many into criminals.

Much simpler, and probably implementable merely by an executive order or directive, would be requiring the IRS to thank you for your (involuntary) contribution, including the dollar amount, at least annually, at the squaring of your taxes.

Posted by: red sweater at January 30, 2014 05:21 PM (oATMN)

84 obama is our Kim Jong Il. He can say anything and his media will carry his water and his wee wee.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 09:18 PM (g7osp)


Yeah, and that little sucker isn't at all easy to find, either. Not without a microscope.

Posted by: tcn at January 30, 2014 05:21 PM (fwcEs)

85 They just have to suck it up and pay the premiums and never see a doctor.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 05:22 PM (E4MKN)

86 I couldn't get past the fact that they were all fat. Community Rating FTW! Thank goodness they're not going to get penalized for any weight issues or being over 40yrs. old when their boss has to dump them onto the Identity Theft Healthcare exchanges next fall. Where they will be able to pay the same monstrously inflated rates as a fit,healthy male 23 27 year old will, mostly, sorta... BTW... Just got hired today working in Customer Service for a Health Insurance Co. Yayyy! Job security! In just 6mo. I too can sign onto a crap-ass group insurance plan! (No, seriously. Yay! A permanent full-time job. Thank God.)

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 05:22 PM (D8ONs)

87 Was "affordable" intended ironically?

Posted by: Farmer Bob

No. It was meant in full contempt of the American people.

The Left operates at just above the level of insane hatred of our entire existence.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at January 30, 2014 05:22 PM (cxs6V)

88 Seriously, you just eliminate the deductible and co payments by never using it.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 05:22 PM (E4MKN)

89 >>>The business is in PA-14, a D+19 district. Some children only learn by actually touching the hot stove. I hope these people survive this nightmare, but I would still like to know for whom they cast their vote. "But... But... But... Free healthcare...." Fucking idiots

Posted by: wiserbud at January 30, 2014 05:23 PM (NXg/k)

90 Doing just a bit of mental math, the 53myo woman will be out of pocket $20 large a year before seeing dollar on of coverage. That's probably 75% of her take home. Good Lord...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:23 PM (ojnk6)

91 I think most donks work for government. So, you the tax payer is paying for their insurance.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 05:23 PM (E4MKN)

92 20 I still agree with the idea that repealing automatic withholding on paychecks would be the single biggest thing we could do to right the ship. Can you imagine tax day every year if that happened? "They want HOW MUCH?!?" Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 09:02 PM (TGgNi) ____________ Democrats would never win an election again. Which is why it will never happen.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 30, 2014 05:23 PM (cVvbj)

93 go in the parking lot and count the Obama bumper stickers. 51% voted for someone else picking up the tab. $2500 savings per family!! You can keep your Plan!!! Bahahahaha!! FORWARD to the Detroitification of America!!! Spend More, Tax More, Print More, Borrow More until there is no More!!

Posted by: airandee at January 30, 2014 05:24 PM (96/TO)

94 82 You are possibly right, but a lot of the reason things have gotten so out of control is that people do not see that the money that is being taken is THEIRS. They never see the money so it does not exist for them, so they think if they get a refund that it is "Money from the government." No, seriously. I have had this argument at work before.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:24 PM (TGgNi)

95 "The thing about the deductible, if you have kids, you are going to hit it."

Which brings up a pet question of mine:

What the holy mother of heck is going ON with kids these days that they are requiring such colossal use of the medical system?

Every parent I talk to reels off a list of doctor visits that sounds like the kid is already a retired grandparent on Medicare getting ready to kick the bucket.

Individual kids have spent more time in the pediatrician's office by age ten than my entire goddamned NEIGHBORHOOD full of kids had by that age, combined. And we were not shrinking violets in my childhood. We were "free range". Very free ranging. We got hurt. Sometimes badly. We got sick. Occasionally seriously so.

Our playgrounds alone would scare the living shit out of any modern school principal, who if transported back in time would have insisted on their instant removal. Slides! Tall slides! Really tall! With ladders! And no side guards!

Whereas these kids who seldom leave the house save for "play dates" in ultrasupervised, relentlessly safe and controlled environments where it's barely possible to even skin a knee, much less fracture a skull, seem to be at the doctor half the week. What is going on here? Adult hypochondria by proxy?

Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 05:24 PM (gqT4g)

96 Some children only learn by actually touching the hot stove. I hope these people survive this nightmare, but I would still like to know for whom they cast their vote. "But... But... But... Free healthcare...." Fucking idiots Posted by: wiserbud at January 30, 2014 09:23 PM (NXg/k) Yeah, except touching the hot stove burns down the entire fucking house.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 30, 2014 05:24 PM (GEICT)

97 I'll bet a majority of Americans do not yet know they are *mandated* to have insurance, and will pay a *fine* if they don't.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:25 PM (g7osp)

98 How much will people on welfare, unemployed, food stamps, section 8 etc, be paying and what kind of treatment can they expect to get?

Posted by: otho at January 30, 2014 05:25 PM (9gNQd)

99 Damn it I can't listen to it right now!!!! Ack!

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 05:25 PM (RJMhd)

100 How about a rousing chorus of 'We shall overcome", a group hug, and a pot luck dinner? Who's with me?

We can over come this, we're Americans! We can take care of ourselves. We'll do our own brain surgery, our own cancer treatments. We have the web, the internet, and we have experts! We have the technology, we can rebuild. What do we need Washington for anyway.

I say ignore Obama's illegitimate laws, ignore Obama and his democrat lackeys.

We'll do it ourselves, we shall endeavor to persevere. we shall fight on the beaches, in the hills, in the suburbs, in the streets, and we will never, never, never give up.

Posted by: Reginald R (Ray) Boggelstune at January 30, 2014 05:26 PM (tc40V)

101 At least they didn't blame the company for the increased premiums and less coverage, unlike the morons at my employer.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:26 PM (GrtrJ)

102 The wacko birds in that video need to shut up now. The real issue is comprehensive amnesty. We should focus on that.

Posted by: Dead GOP Walking at January 30, 2014 05:27 PM (eHIJJ)

103

And PA-14 re-elected their Democratic congressman with 77% of the vote.

So, complain to him, why dontcha?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 30, 2014 05:27 PM (kdS6q)

104 Every parent I talk to reels off a list of doctor visits that sounds like the kid is already a retired grandparent on Medicare getting ready to kick the bucket. Individual kids have spent more time in the pediatrician's office by age ten than my entire goddamned NEIGHBORHOOD full of kids had by that age, combined. And we were not shrinking violets in my childhood. We were "free range". Very free ranging. We got hurt. Sometimes badly. We got sick. Occasionally seriously so. Our playgrounds alone would scare the living shit out of any modern school principal, who if transported back in time would have insisted on their instant removal. Slides! Tall slides! Really tall! With ladders! And no side guards! Whereas these kids who seldom leave the house save for "play dates" in ultrasupervised, relentlessly safe and controlled environments where it's barely possible to even skin a knee, much less fracture a skull, seem to be at the doctor half the week. What is going on here? Adult hypochondria by proxy? Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 09:24 PM (gqT4g) ________ Part of it is because people in general don't have to pay for any of their health care. If your deductible is only $250 or $500, you don't give a shit if you take your kid to 100 specialists. Hey it doesn't cost you anything, so why not? Which is why I don't mind the high deductible plans. It forces people to think twice before going to the 17th specialist when the first 16 said nothing is wrong with you.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 30, 2014 05:27 PM (cVvbj)

105 I used to have a giant schadenvoner about Lib votersmreactions to what they voted for. However, aftermrealizing that many will quite literally die due to this clusterfuck, I can only feel sorry for them. I know, we tried to tell them. The penalty for a vote should not be death. But here we are.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:27 PM (ojnk6)

106 This is going to happen to my small business policy this year, most likely. Chances are good my oncologists won't be in the new network. The president wants me dead, and the feeling is mutual.

Posted by: stace at January 30, 2014 05:28 PM (9PXzx)

107 La pregunta es, ¿servirá de algo todos esos nuevos votantes?

Posted by: No Habla Inglés at January 30, 2014 05:28 PM (ecmD4)

108 Dumbfucks will probably still vote straight Democrat.

Posted by: logprof at January 30, 2014 05:28 PM (X3GkB)

109 Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 09:24 PM (gqT4g) I don't get it either. So many young children are sick. One of the guys we invited over for the SB on Sunday declined because he promised to stay home and cook for his kid, who has every allergy under the sun. Gluten, dairy, nut, what have you. He basically cannot eat anything. Every meal is a feat in itself to make. I guess some of us were just lucky genetically, or our food was healthier. Dunno.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 05:28 PM (IXrOn)

110 102 The schadenfreude gets sharper and sharper as time goes by, doesn't it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (TGgNi)

111 Is this Phil Hare's old district? Remember that jerk?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (g7osp)

112 I'll bet a majority of Americans do not yet know they are *mandated* to have insurance, and will pay a *fine* if they don't. I haven't paid into my new plan yet. BCBS of Mt just billed me for this new nonsense and I haven't decided if I want to use them, someone else or just go rogue. Just got a bill for the second month with a note telling me that I had until the END of Feb instead of the 1st (as is traditional) to pay my monthly premium. People aren't signing up and paying.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (CxKtk)

113 Nice little body shop you got there.


Be a shame if somebody was to tax-audit the shit out of it.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (qIFL7)

114 90% of the people under 60 could get by on catastrophic plan that pays above twenty grand. Pay the rest out of pocket. If everybody did it the cost healthcare would plummet and probably worst case scenario, the policy would cost around 150.00 a month.
That's the kind of system we should be going to. What's the point of life if you're working just for food, shelter and healthcare. It's fucking nuts.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (IV4od)

115 Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 09:24 PM (gqT4g) _______ Also every kid these days is diagnosed with all sorts of shit that didn't even exist 20 years. Every other kid has autism, every other kid is allergic to oxygen and every 3rd kid has ADD.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (cVvbj)

116 Wait, a bunch of white guys whining because they are getting better coverage and helping those with no coverage. Fucking RACIST.

Posted by: MSNBC at January 30, 2014 05:29 PM (0FSuD)

117 or is this PA's bitter clinger district?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:30 PM (g7osp)

118 torquewrench, unfortunately for us, my husband and I both have serious chronic illnesses. And our daughters have inherited several of those illnesses. That is why my kids see a doctor so often. I can't speak for anyone else. Maybe part of the issue is that there is so much more that can be diagnosed and treated nowadays. One of the things my youngest daughter has is ADHD. She is on a medication that truly helps her focus and concentrate; her friends at school can tell when she hasn't taken it. That alone requires a doctor's visit every three months. Prescribing something the equivalent of meth is still taken pretty seriously.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 30, 2014 05:30 PM (yE8uc)

119 Why didn't you come to me like a f'n man and tell me there was a nood?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:30 PM (yh0zB)

120 Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 09:24 PM (gqT4g) One of them actually said "President" {SCOAMF's name}. I've never considered him President. Could never get myself to call him that to this day. First time in my life I have such disrespect for the office.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 05:30 PM (IXrOn)

121 I think Phil Hare was Illinois or Indiana?  This is Pennsylvania.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:31 PM (GrtrJ)

122 why do people spell it yinz--when it should be-- yunes.

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 05:31 PM (RJMhd)

123 Nice little TV station you got there.


Be a shame if somebody was to tax-audit the shit out of it.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 30, 2014 05:31 PM (qIFL7)

124 Whereas these kids who seldom leave the house save for "play dates" in ultrasupervised, relentlessly safe and controlled environments where it's barely possible to even skin a knee, much less fracture a skull, seem to be at the doctor half the week. What is going on here? Adult hypochondria by proxy?

Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 09:24 PM (gqT4g)



^^^ Yes! Have you see the crazy amounts of shit young couples have now for their new babies? My son and his wife have a stroller bigger than my first car and is like a fucking Transformer.  Stupid amounts of money on shit they "think" is needed for a baby.  Marketing = guilty parents spending money on shit they don't need.


The last two times they took her to the doctor = teething. 

Posted by: johnwas at January 30, 2014 05:31 PM (2Gyqs)

125 They have also informed me that I now have Children's Dental and Increased Maternity Coverage (Which my non-existent vagina and children are excited about.) Thanks Obamacare!

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (CxKtk)

126 Tomorrow's my last day of coverage.  I have the audacity to work for a Catholic employer that wants to stay Catholic, which is apparently unaffordable. 

Posted by: ThxBarry at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (0MpoD)

127 I think you're right about Phil Hare being from IL.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (g7osp)

128 I think you're right about Phil Hare being from IL.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (g7osp)

129 F Troop is on meTV

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (vHRtU)

130

The one thing they all had in common?

Rayciss Crackers.

 

/s

 

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (KlVdw)

131 LoneStarHeeb: "They've made it where people can get insurance, they just can't get care..."

That's yet another shoe that will drop when it's all too late. I can see it now: "What's that, Mr. Smith? Sharp pains in the upper chest and some peripheral numbness? Hmm. Yes, this does sound concerning. How does late September sound to you? We have an opening on the 5th at 4:00PM. In the interim, rub a little dirt on it."

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 30, 2014 05:32 PM (eHIJJ)

132 I used to have a giant schadenvoner about Lib votersmreactions to what they voted for. However, aftermrealizing that many will quite literally die due to this clusterfuck, I can only feel sorry for them. I know, we tried to tell them. The penalty for a vote should not be death. But here we are.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:27 PM (ojnk6)



Screw them.  They're the enemy and they deserve to suffer.

Posted by: Roland at January 30, 2014 05:33 PM (lr3d7)

133 Oh, and do these kids only leave the house for playdates, or are they at daycare all week? Daycare is a giant germ factory.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at January 30, 2014 05:33 PM (yE8uc)

134
Amnestia!!!!!

Posted by: La GOP at January 30, 2014 05:33 PM (n0DEs)

135 This is madness.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 09:12 PM (g7osp)



Forget it soothsayer. It's Washington.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:33 PM (yh0zB)

136 60- Holy Carp! You're right! $500 is 42% of my new premium, it's a 71% increase over my old one of $700. Heck. Now I'm even madder.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at January 30, 2014 05:34 PM (tuH2W)

137
Nice little body shop you got there. Be a shame if somebody was to tax-audit the shit out of it.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune




My my my. Look at all these metal shavings and hazardous chemicals. And is that -- used oil?

Time for the EPA inspectors. They can carpool in with the OSHA guys.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 30, 2014 05:34 PM (kdS6q)

138 As long as the people didn't vote Democrat and didn't support this abomination, I am sympathetic. But that's my limit.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 30, 2014 05:35 PM (ODsL5)

139 (Which my non-existent vagina and children are excited about.)

Thanks Obamacare!

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 09:32 PM (CxKtk)




Why do you hate women and children, you misogynist h8r.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:35 PM (yh0zB)

140 What's going to happen to this body shop when the owner raises prices and his customers start going to the newly legalized Hispanic immigrants underground unlicensed body shops?

Posted by: Reginald R (Ray) Boggelstune at January 30, 2014 05:36 PM (tc40V)

141 I know, we tried to tell them. The penalty for a vote should not be death. But here we are.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:27 PM (ojnk6)




My giveafuck tank is dead on empty. The only regret I have is that good people who did NOT vote for this shit are gonna die, too.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:36 PM (yh0zB)

142 How do the deductible payments work ? Do you have to buck up at the hospital before being treated ? If so , that's where the new screws need to be .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 30, 2014 05:37 PM (XWw96)

143 Seems like the plan is working.

Forward comrades to our new communist republik!

Posted by: CLoward and Piven at January 30, 2014 05:37 PM (25HWz)

144 The good news is there will soon be a formerly undocumented orange vendor on every corner. So, we're bound to get healthier as a nation.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 05:37 PM (CxKtk)

145 News crews ....^

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 30, 2014 05:37 PM (XWw96)

146 131 Sorry, I used to think this same way. After looking at it objectively, I changed my opinion. They voted blindly? No question. Because it was fashionable? No doubt. I'm 51 with one daughtrr who is goijg tomgift our family with a new life in about 7 months. Changes ones perspective a little bit. Were they fucking idiots? No question. Deserving of a death penalty for this. Ummmmm, sorry, can't go there.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (ojnk6)

147 I will say this, the one good thing that may come out of TFG Care is the higher deductibles. The more people pay for their own care the better.
Maybe people will get a clue as to what medical care actually costs.

This is totally apart from all other aspects of the law, which is a monstrosity from top to bottom.

Posted by: Dandolo at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (0XBx+)

148 139 Why, that is just market forces! Does anyone realize how far off the free market highway we are? We took an off ramp a loooong time ago.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (TGgNi)

149 obamacare = obliterate the middle class and small businesses

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (IXrOn)

150 104 I used to have a giant schadenvoner about Lib votersmreactions to what they voted for. However, aftermrealizing that many will quite literally die due to this clusterfuck, I can only feel sorry for them. I know, we tried to tell them. The penalty for a vote should not be death. But here we are. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:27 PM (ojnk6) ..... Damn, I really was probably supposed to be agreeing with that last sentence, wasn't I? Goddammit I'm pissed. Fuck a whole lot of my fellow voters.

Posted by: Clown's International Union Local LOL2 at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (7aJyE)

151 How does late September sound to you? We have an opening on the 5th at 4:00PM. In the interim, rub a little dirt on it."

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 30, 2014 09:32 PM (eHIJJ)




http://youtu.be/wSReSGe200A

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (yh0zB)

152 What's the point of life if you're working just for food, shelter and healthcare. It's fucking nuts.

We like it that way, keeps you off our backs.

Posted by: Your Elite Govt Betters at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (n0DEs)

153 What's going to happen to this body shop when the owner raises prices and his customers start going to the newly legalized Hispanic immigrants underground unlicensed body shops? People won't complain about the higher prices because the minimum wage is going up, so everyone will be richer, duh.

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 05:38 PM (4+AaH)

154 149 104 I used to have a giant schadenvoner about Lib votersmreactions to what they voted for. However, aftermrealizing that many will quite literally die due to this clusterfuck, I can only feel sorry for them. I know, we tried to tell them. The penalty for a vote should not be death. But here we are. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:27 PM (ojnk6) ..... Damn, I really was probably supposed to be agreeing with that last sentence, wasn't I? Goddammit I'm pissed. Fuck a whole lot of my fellow voters. ---------- Me, off sock.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at January 30, 2014 05:39 PM (7aJyE)

155 I predict massive layoffs, 29 hour workweeks and PAIN!

Posted by: Fritz at January 30, 2014 05:39 PM (TKFmG)

156 10 >>> BTW, Ace- normal people would spell it "Pittsburg", but that part of our state hasn't quite mastered the English language, so they spell it "Pittsburgh" with an H.

every time I try to spell it this is how it goes:

1. I start thinking Pittsburgh

2. I immediately think "That's wrong, every time I spell it that way it's wrong"

3. So I spell it the other way, which is actually the wrong way

Posted by: ace at January 30, 2014 08:59 PM (/FnUH)

 

 

Don't worry ace.  Pittsburg Ohio spells it correctly.

Posted by: buzzion at January 30, 2014 05:39 PM (LI48c)

157 I am just thinking that all of DC is whistling past the fucking graveyard right now (or exiting stage left like Nostrils Waxman), they have to know this is like a time bomb that is going to happen to millions and millions of Americans in the next year. Those poor people look absolutely shellshocked. I wish they were asked who they voted for. I am still covered under my big company plan this year, but no guarantees next year. I have an elective surgery that I need, not urgent now but probably will be in a few years and I am seriously worried about putting it off if I am dumped into Obama care and my deductible, copay and out of pocket go into the stratosphere. I bet a lot of people will be frontloading any elective procedures this year as word starts to get out about this shitshow coming. And it makes me crosseyed with rage that the R's are even considering fucking immigration as priority #1 now. What the hell are they smoking? WHY?

Posted by: goldilocks at January 30, 2014 05:40 PM (vrZxx)

158 Gotta love that lady who said "I don't know how President Obama thinks we can afford this ..." News Flash, genius: He doesn't give a flying ckuf. All that 'He cares about people like me' crap was a con trick that you were too damned stupid to see through. But don't worry, lady, your birth control pills will be free - and that's what you voted for, right?

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 05:40 PM (a3DHl)

159 Actually at the time all Cities a certain size got the H on the end & smaller towns didn't, Like a town the next county over Westmoreland County The County Seat is in Greensburg

Posted by: Evilpens at January 30, 2014 05:40 PM (xxjaY)

160 My premiums steadily increased from $250 before they started talking about reform to $980 this year. So far, the people I know who voted for this are telling me that my premiums are now more affordable and I should be grateful for Obama's help.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:40 PM (mQwL2)

161 Single Payer will solve this problem of unaffordable health care!

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 30, 2014 05:41 PM (ZPrif)

162 156 Probably would be a good idea to use the plan you have, while you have it. I guess it depends on how elective it is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:41 PM (TGgNi)

163 "The penalty for a vote should not be death..."


But if it is not, Grasshopper, it will eventually become death for many others, even the ones who had clarity and voted with their minds.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 30, 2014 05:42 PM (qIFL7)

164 I did not get the impression that the people at that business had necessarily been Obama voters.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:42 PM (mQwL2)

165 "Those poor people look absolutely shellshocked. I wish they were asked who they voted for."

This. This times ten to the power of some absurdly large number.

Posted by: torquewrench at January 30, 2014 05:42 PM (gqT4g)

166 If they can't afford their Obamacare, they should just quit their job and go on Medicaid!! Medicaid for all! Problem solved!

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 30, 2014 05:42 PM (ZPrif)

167 "141 How do the deductible payments work ? Do you have to buck up at the hospital before being treated ?"

I never have, just like any other business, you get a bill in the mail.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 30, 2014 05:43 PM (IV4od)

168 My friends in Pittsburgh, you have nothing to fear with Barack Obama in the White House.

Posted by: John McCain at January 30, 2014 05:43 PM (Pr6hk)

169 160 The funny thing about it (in a gallows kind of way) is that we are seeing the costs of single payer now, without them being hidden from us. So it would be good, if anyone were paying attention.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:43 PM (TGgNi)

170
They asked for it.

They got it.

No pity.

If this was a Republican, he would have been forced out of office ages ago.

We are a banana republic.

Posted by: shibumi at January 30, 2014 05:43 PM (25HWz)

171 My friends in Pittsburgh, you have nothing to fear with Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Posted by: Juan McLame at January 30, 2014 05:43 PM (Pr6hk)

172 And it makes me crosseyed with rage that the R's are even considering fucking immigration as priority #1 now. What the hell are they smoking? WHY? Posted by: goldilocks Obama's dick. Because they like it.

Posted by: Aviator at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (DI+ja)

173
I recognize the look on that last ladies face, it was mine not long ago.

I am doubly pissed that the gop has given me no options for a vote.

Its everybody for him or herself now.  Good luck.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (n0DEs)

174 And by Single Payer, I mean the Koch Brothers, of course.

Posted by: Progtard 2000 at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (ZPrif)

175 159 And my hours were cut 20% to comply with ObamaCare.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (mQwL2)

176 Mitt Romney did a horrible job of explaining what was on the horizon because of obamacare. In fact, he hardly mentioned it. And thats why he lost.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (g7osp)

177 ObamaCare? never heard of it...

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 30, 2014 05:44 PM (vA94g)

178 173 And by Single Payer, I mean the Koch Brothers, of course. Obama's going to pay for it out of his stash!

Posted by: Insomniac at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (UAMVq)

179 153 Well, Hawkins, I'm one of those who is getting ass raped financially by this law. 51 yo single guy, smoker. Best pos bronze deal is $384/mo with a 5k deductible and a $6500 out of pocket, premiums not included. That said, pissed as I am that the LIVS who thought they wanted this. Should they hurt financially as I am? Absofreakinglutely. Die for it? Can't go there.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (ojnk6)

180

Was "affordable" intended ironically?

---

Not at all. Just call the Obamaccare hotline at 1-800-FUCK1YOU and they'll be happy to explain it.

Posted by: Mayday at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (eHc+1)

181 I listen to Rush, I listen to Sean, I listen to Mark. When I get bored I listen to Glenn and Alex. My takeaway is that I should probably stop listening to so many pundit's and just do what I think is right for me. But how would I talk to my neighbor's about how much I love the Miley. So, I read this blog instead, and nod my head too much. Hey, where's my drink?

Posted by: tinfoil baby at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (hqVUe)

182 I predict that CNN will not air a similar stunt

Posted by: Nostradamus at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (Pr6hk)

183 I did not get the impression that the people at that business had necessarily been Obama voters. Posted by: Mindy ------------- Yeah. I'm not going to take for granted that they are O voters.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 05:45 PM (aDwsi)

184 we are seeing the costs of single payer now, without them being hidden from us. So it would be good, if anyone were paying attention. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 09:43 PM (TGgNi) We will be assured that single payer will bring down the cost of health insurance.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:46 PM (mQwL2)

185 150  GGE

Cat exploded

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 05:46 PM (aUQgu)

186 Who are all these new socks that I don't recognize?

Posted by: Iasonas at January 30, 2014 05:47 PM (FHNkr)

187 People losing their insurance and going without. Doctors retiring or not taking medicare or medicade. Now we let in 20 to 30 million immigrants with questionably medical histories and diseases. What could go wrong.

Posted by: Hanoverfist at January 30, 2014 05:47 PM (ecN6u)

188 Now Pittsburgh knows what liberals do to me every day

Posted by: The Chicken at January 30, 2014 05:47 PM (Pr6hk)

189 Die for it? Can't go there.

I don't know why not.  It's what they want for you.

Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 05:47 PM (UkbKS)

190 I'll bet a majority of Americans do not yet know they are *mandated* to have insurance, and will pay a *fine* if they don't. *Fine* by me. I don't have kids, I don't have any pre-existing or chronic health conditions(yet)so... until the tax fine tax whatever the fuck it is, reaches a significant percentage of what I could expect to pay out in premiums, deductibles, and copays in one year (should Wiley Coyote ever manage to drop that anvil on my head) it makes no financial sense for me to jump on this merry-go-round. And I'm not one of the 20-something "invincibles" either. I'm a very fortunate (healthwise)gal, who signed up for an affordable and sensible CAT-HSA plan a good 5 years ago when she saw 40 yrs. old on the horizon and all it's concomitant premium hikes. The fact that I had to drop it when the economy shit the bed makes no nevermind. The plan that I had, that worked for me, is illegal now, under Obamacare.

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (D8ONs)

191 161-I know, I think I will have to but I sure don't want to. What a fucked up mess.

Posted by: goldilocks at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (vrZxx)

192 183 yeah, just with the costs to us hidden and rolled up into the massive increase in payroll taxes. Shell-game, anyone?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (TGgNi)

193 181 I predict that CNN will not air a similar stunt Not us either.

Posted by: MSNBC at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (0FSuD)

194 I would think that most of these people qualify for a federal subsidy. Maybe they could decline the company-based insurance and go to an "exchange" on their own? Don't know if that is allowed. Of course, who wants to get tangled up with this hideous federal program. Also, the subsidies deal with premium costs, but what about the huge deductibles?

Posted by: Emily at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (7Rn+/)

195 188 I'm more human than they are then, Gman.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:48 PM (ojnk6)

196 Who are all these new socks that I don't recognize?

We're hiding from the NSA. Readers of this smart military blog are on the list.

Posted by: The Man with a Thousand pseudonyms. at January 30, 2014 05:49 PM (tc40V)

197 Unpossible that the woman's insurance goes up 42% since its the GOP that's got the War on Wymmmynz.

Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at January 30, 2014 05:49 PM (6ahup)

198 Who moved my cheese?

Posted by: Hank Waxman at January 30, 2014 05:50 PM (X3GkB)

199 And my hours were cut 20% to comply with ObamaCare.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 09:44 PM (mQwL2)




So, 400% payments on 80% pay...can we at least sue them for false advertising?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:50 PM (yh0zB)

200 Off, sock.

Anyone in this day in age in this country who is ignorant is so by choice.  I've reached the point where I no longer have any compassion.  I've given up: we're all just fucking around anyway until the shooting starts.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 30, 2014 05:50 PM (lr3d7)

201 Here's the really sick thing -- those bill-sharing ministries, where the members help each other pay medical bills? They can do that on less than $200 per month. This includes people with expensive health problems in the mix (although you must have a healthy lifestyle to join).

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:50 PM (mQwL2)

202 178 153 Well, Hawkins, I'm one of those who is getting ass raped financially by this law. 51 yo single guy, smoker. Best pos bronze deal is $384/mo with a 5k deductible and a $6500 out of pocket, premiums not included. That said, pissed as I am that the LIVS who thought they wanted this. Should they hurt financially as I am? Absofreakinglutely. Die for it? Can't go there. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:45 PM (ojnk6) You're better than me. Maybe for the Obama voters who just don't know any better, who are kind-hearted but just misguided, I can't go there. I know one or two. The rest? The ones who troll us and actively root for our destruction? Yep. I'm there.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at January 30, 2014 05:51 PM (7aJyE)

203 The good news is we now have a nice 3.9% Bonus tax on Capital Gains to go along with our unaffordable healthcare.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 05:51 PM (CxKtk)

204 Was "affordable" intended ironically?

No, it's a tell.  Anytime a democrat submits a bill, the name is the exact opposite of its intent.

Posted by: no good deed at January 30, 2014 05:51 PM (vBhbc)

205 189 I am in a similar situation. Plus, even without the whole website security issues, that much personal data going to the federal level just gives me the heebie jeebies (sp?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:51 PM (TGgNi)

206 "Best pos bronze deal is $384/mo with a 5k deductible and a $6500"

Same here, there once was a time when you could take that $345 a month and buy something like a classic car or an airplane, have it paid for in couple years and have something worth value. But thanks to the fucks in Washington the economy is so bad nothing material increases in value anymore.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 30, 2014 05:51 PM (IV4od)

207 . until the tax fine tax whatever the fuck it is ---------------- I think the phrase in the law 'individual shared responsibility contribution'. Has a nice warm feel about it, no?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 05:52 PM (aDwsi)

208 So, 400% payments on 80% pay...can we at least sue them for false advertising? Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 09:50 PM (yh0zB) And if we did, it would be taxpayers on the hook for the whole thing.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:52 PM (mQwL2)

209 90% of the people under 60 could get by on catastrophic plan that pays above twenty grand. Pay the rest out of pocket. If everybody did it the cost healthcare would plummet and probably worst case scenario, the policy would cost around 150.00 a month. Yep. That's what I had and I'm a female smoker! (Though my plan/State did give me the option of forgoing Maternity Care, which can save you a bundle.)

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 05:53 PM (D8ONs)

210 Cat exploded

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 09:46 PM (aUQgu)



Rub some bacon on it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 05:53 PM (yh0zB)

211 And don't be hatin on McKeesport. These are good people and most of them voted the right way, at least in 2012, I'm sure.

Posted by: Emily at January 30, 2014 05:53 PM (7Rn+/)

212 they must be putting Soma in the water... that's the only way I can explain the lack of outrage. or maybe we are just numb, in some kind of stupor or fugue, maybe we let too much out on the internetz, expend our rage here rather than camp out in front of our local congresscritters office, I dunno, wish I had answers but I don't and it all just keeps getting worse. distressing, one might say.

Posted by: Shoey at January 30, 2014 05:53 PM (vA94g)

213 206 . until the tax fine tax whatever the fuck it is ---------------- I think the phrase in the law 'individual shared responsibility contribution'. Has a nice warm feel about it, no? Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 09:52 PM (aDwsi) Like fresh piss on your leg.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 30, 2014 05:54 PM (UAMVq)

214 Don't despair we have MyRa!!!!!!

Posted by: ET at January 30, 2014 05:54 PM (uGlk8)

215 208 See, and that makes sense. So many of these things should be a la carte, take what you want and leave the rest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:55 PM (TGgNi)

216 Not Soma in the water.... anti depressants.

Keeping us nice and fat and happy.

Posted by: shibumi at January 30, 2014 05:55 PM (25HWz)

217 211 My local congresscritter opposed ACA and held town meetings to educate his constituents.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:55 PM (mQwL2)

218 Shoey, I think a lot of people feel helpless.  They see a government, that no matter how loud they scream and protest, does what it wants anyway.  They are ignored, so they have given up.  Or they don't give a shit.  Who knows.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (GrtrJ)

219 they must be putting Soma in the water... that's the only way I can explain the lack of outrage. ---------------------------- The servant has become the master. People just accept it as the way things are.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (aDwsi)

220 In exciting news totally unrelated to "affordable" healthcare costs ass-raping America, the rates of car ownership and electricity usage keep declining! Isn't that great? Fewer carbon emissions. Americans had too many cars anyway. And were using way too much electricity to do stuff. In the future you'll be allowed to watch TV on your iPhone in the dark in your one room apartment. For several hours a day!!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (ZPrif)

221 "News Flash, genius: He doesn't give a flying ckuf."


And you want to know who actually did?  Actu-fucking-ally did?


It was the guy the media told you could not "relate" to you.  Hint: "relate" does not equal "love".  An honorable man does not have to BE you to LOVE you, you poor fool, but a con man, to the extent he can love at all, does.


You voted for the con man, didn't you?

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (qIFL7)

222 211 The internet, like everything is a double edged sword. You can organize better, but it also serves as a relief valve for pressure. So it is easier to talk about what you should do, but leaves you less will to do it maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (TGgNi)

223 This really does not matter. Until PA gets a decent grade of voter ID the Philly vote-fraud machine will control the state.

Posted by: JEM at January 30, 2014 05:56 PM (o+SC1)

224

Next Episode of King of the Nerds is about to start

 

Posted by: buzzion at January 30, 2014 05:57 PM (LI48c)

225 My son, who is very smart and conservative, is trying to figure out taxes taken out of his bonus. He lives in DC. He was taxed 48% on his bonus. OK, he makes a lot, but WTF.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 05:58 PM (0FSuD)

226 Make no mistake, we are now in a health care crisis in this country, and the R's are evidently oblivious.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 05:58 PM (g7osp)

227 Great news that so many Americans can no longer afford to own and operate a car. Progress!!!

Posted by: EcoFascist Sciencetician at January 30, 2014 05:58 PM (ZPrif)

228 Evenin' all...just back from my birfday dinner. (hiccup...burp). What'd I miss?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 30, 2014 05:58 PM (bCEmE)

229 I'm done for the night.  Have a good one.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:58 PM (GrtrJ)

230 Happy birfday Tami!

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (GrtrJ)

231 Why does Kelly have fucking O'R on her show? Just show your tits and talk about the weather.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (0FSuD)

232 Many happy returns, Tami!

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (mQwL2)

233 I think the phrase in the law 'individual shared responsibility contribution'. Has a nice warm feel about it, no? Posted by: Mike Hammer ------------ Nah. I got that wrong. It's, 'individual shared responsibility fee.' Apparently John Roberts never read that part.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (aDwsi)

234 201, Hawkins, age does help. Fact is this law will kill many on both sides of the aisle if allowed to remain. I can't justify just singling out those who chose not to be informed for a death sentence. I'm about as Ficon as they come, somewhat moderate socially. Not much. Wishing those whomfucked up and voted badly, as they're just now finding out, is a place I can't get to, regardless of whether they wish a Con like me to be taken out of their existence. You're right, mI ammbetter than that, and don't care that they're not.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (ojnk6)

235 What's this brown stuff hitting me?!?

Posted by: The Fan at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (MMC8r)

236 Ha ha ha, fucking dumbasses. I hope they lose their houses. Dumb Americans, what do you expect when you install a marxist in the White House. Twice.

Posted by: redenzo at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (WCnJW)

237 Fellow Aquarian here!  Have a great night.

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 05:59 PM (GrtrJ)

238 DG - Stay calm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 06:00 PM (aDwsi)

239 Yep, if I was the Ukrainian dictator I'd hand every rabble-rouser a free iPhone. Here, go bitch on twitter. Play some angry birds. Oooh, look, porn! Don't worry, the govt will pay for your data plan. Knock yourself out.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 30, 2014 06:00 PM (ZPrif)

240 227 Evenin' all...just back from my birfday dinner. (hiccup...burp).

What'd I miss?

Posted by: Tami at January 30, 2014 09:58 PM (bCEmE

 

Not much.  The troll ranted some more in the Amanda Knox thread.

Posted by: buzzion at January 30, 2014 06:00 PM (LI48c)

241 Oh, and ManWithNoParty? You changed your mind by looking at it subjectively, by your own account. Understandable, but changing your mind because of your own family situation is pretty much the definition of 'subjective.'

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:00 PM (a3DHl)

242 Thank you DG and Mindy! DG when's your b-day?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 30, 2014 06:00 PM (bCEmE)

243 People know what needs to be done, deep down. No one is yet willing to admit it.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:01 PM (Be2Wn)

244 Not much. The troll ranted some more in the Amanda Knox thread. Posted by: buzzion at January 30, 2014 10:00 PM (LI48c) Yeah I read that. Never gives up.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 30, 2014 06:01 PM (bCEmE)

245 or maybe we are just numb, in some kind of stupor or fugue, maybe we let too much out on the internetz, expend our rage here rather than camp out in front of our local congresscritters office, I dunno, wish I had answers but I don't and it all just keeps getting worse.

distressing, one might say.



Posted by: Shoey at January 30, 2014 09:53 PM (vA94g)




For me, it just seems like nothing I do on the federal level does a damn bit of good. I write letters to my senators and congresscritters and get nothing but form letters back assuring me that they are sympathetic with my concerns as they do whateverthefuck they wanted to anyway. Vote out that asshole Boxin' Bob Etheridge and get maybe a halfway decent congresscritter and get gerrymandered out of her district anyway. The new guy (George Holding) seems to be OK, I guess (for all you Hunger Game fans, I'm in the newly created District 13). I'm at the point where I think what f'n difference does it make anyway, I'll vote for the local guys and whatever happens on the federal level is gonna happen anyway.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:01 PM (yh0zB)

246 Next Saturday, the 8th is my birfday.  I plan on having a big yummy meal too!

Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 06:01 PM (GrtrJ)

247 221 211 The internet, like everything is a double edged sword. You can organize better, but it also serves as a relief valve for pressure. So it is easier to talk about what you should do, but leaves you less will to do it maybe. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 09:56 PM (TGgNi) food for thought...

Posted by: Shoey at January 30, 2014 06:01 PM (vA94g)

248

The lot of them are staring at this and seem so clueless.  One can almost hear them saying, "If only comrade Obama knew how much the proletariate suffer, he'd do something."

They voted for this and now the rest of us suffer for it as well.  Own it, fools!

Posted by: Warthog at January 30, 2014 06:02 PM (WDySP)

249 He lives in DC. He was taxed 48% on his bonus. OK, he makes a lot, but WTF. Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 09:58 PM (0FSuD) One time distributions, like bonuses, are taxed at the highest possible withholding.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:02 PM (Be2Wn)

250 I for one am proud to give my hard earned money to help those no good, lazy, welfare sucking neighbors of mine. It's my civic duty. I remember my Dad telling me how that was the way thing's work. How come you're not like that Dad? Because I'm an Apache he said, and we make our own way in this world.

Posted by: antenna tv at January 30, 2014 06:02 PM (hqVUe)

251 245 Next Saturday, the 8th is my birfday. I plan on having a big yummy meal too! Posted by: DangerGirl at January 30, 2014 10:01 PM (GrtrJ) Nothing better than someone else cooking you a meal!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 30, 2014 06:02 PM (bCEmE)

252 For me, it just seems like nothing I do on the federal level does a damn bit of good. I write letters to my senators and congresscritters and get nothing but form letters back assuring me that they are sympathetic with my concerns as they do whateverthefuck they wanted to anyway. Vote out that asshole Boxin' Bob Etheridge and get maybe a halfway decent congresscritter and get gerrymandered out of her district anyway. The new guy (George Holding) seems to be OK, I guess (for all you Hunger Game fans, I'm in the newly created District 13). I'm at the point where I think what f'n difference does it make anyway, I'll vote for the local guys and whatever happens on the federal level is gonna happen anyway.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 10:01 PM (yh0zB)


LIES. THERE IS NO DISTRICT 13!!!!11!!!one!!!!111!!

Posted by: NWConservative at January 30, 2014 06:03 PM (buZ/8)

253
Posted by: Emily at January 30, 2014 09:48 PM (7Rn+/)

Leaving the company plan to go govt plan may not help them even with the subsidies.  Those govt plans have huge deductibles too.

In the report they don't really talk about the employer's portion of the employees healthcare that he pays either.  So its even worse than indicated.  Eventually he will cancel and pay them more (but not enough) which is the real plan of obamacare.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 30, 2014 06:03 PM (n0DEs)

254 233 201, Hawkins, age does help. Fact is this law will kill many on both sides of the aisle if allowed to remain. I can't justify just singling out those who chose not to be informed for a death sentence. I'm about as Ficon as they come, somewhat moderate socially. Not much. Wishing those whomfucked up and voted badly, as they're just now finding out, is a place I can't get to, regardless of whether they wish a Con like me to be taken out of their existence. You're right, mI ammbetter than that, and don't care that they're not. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:59 PM (ojnk6) Here's your gold star. Good luck with everything.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at January 30, 2014 06:03 PM (7aJyE)

255 247 "the first as tragedy, then as farce."

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:04 PM (TGgNi)

256 Increase the Fluoride ration.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 06:04 PM (g5X0d)

257 Totally OT but I can't stand one more bummer story, so it's time to blow some sunshine up the collective ass. I always enjoy Gavin McInnes when he's on RedEye, so I Kindled his collection of sweet remembrances of youth entitled "The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood". It's a rap sheet of every cringe-worthy idiocy he committed and it's a good palate cleanser after constantly reading downer articles. Middle class kid from a prefab suburb in Ontario goes on a wild tear of beer bashes, acid trips, projectile vomiting, inept sex, and punk rock. It's hilarious and somehow elevating. He is, after all, still here, and somewhat the wiser for all that. Highly recommended, assuming you have a strong tolerance for blunt Anglo-Saxon terminology.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 30, 2014 06:04 PM (QBm1P)

258 LIES. THERE IS NO DISTRICT 13!!!!11!!!one!!!!111!!

Posted by: NWConservative at January 30, 2014 10:03 PM (buZ/





*ahem*

http://holding.house.gov/


Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:05 PM (yh0zB)

259 Hey Gary, what the fuck is up with this estimate. Your charging me 6,000 for a goddamn headlight.

Posted by: redenzo at January 30, 2014 06:05 PM (WCnJW)

260 Relax.  It's a tax. ---  John Roberts

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 06:06 PM (aUQgu)

261 O/T Democrat Senator's heroin addicted son, 26 arrested. He asks for privacy. Well, OK then. NY Slime runs story immediately. http://tinyurl.com/lxxktfn

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 06:06 PM (0FSuD)

262 For me, it just seems like nothing I do on the federal level does a damn bit of good. I write letters to my senators and congresscritters and get nothing but form letters back assuring me that they are sympathetic with my concerns as they do whateverthefuck they wanted to anyway. Vote out that asshole Boxin' Bob Etheridge and get maybe a halfway decent congresscritter and get gerrymandered out of her district anyway. The new guy (George Holding) seems to be OK, I guess (for all you Hunger Game fans, I'm in the newly created District 13). I'm at the point where I think what f'n difference does it make anyway, I'll vote for the local guys and whatever happens on the federal level is gonna happen anyway. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 10:01 PM (yh0zB) I know what ya mean, I've done the same, letters, phone calls, e-mails, and I will continue to but I have no faith it will do any good. the Ruling Class has gone insane and in their madness they believe its the people who are the enemy.

Posted by: Shoey at January 30, 2014 06:06 PM (vA94g)

263 Yes, as of this year I have to pay BEFORE being seen by my Ob/Gyn. I've been a patient for 12 years. She delivered all three of my kids, I've always been billed for my part. Now, they make me pay first and of course the amount they charged wasn't the correct negotiated rate. So, now I have a credit. I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE when people use the word free and medical care together because none of it is free. My yearly mammogram is NOT free, my annual physical and guy no exam is NOT free. You, I, and every taxpayer is paying for it one way or another. That's what I tell anyone who uses the F word with me. Honey, that abortion and your birth control wasn't free, you're welcome. Personally I'm pro-life but if you want to kill your own baby or spread your legs and it's still legal, then do it on your own dime, cause at this point I'm not about to stop you. I'm done with these people.

Posted by: lindafell at January 30, 2014 06:06 PM (PGO8C)

264 Am so proud of my hometown Channel 4 right now. It's been years since I've seen that WTAE in the bottom of my screen.

Posted by: Jobey at January 30, 2014 06:07 PM (LZZOx)

265 240 That event only gave me pause to blow out of the total Con sneering about consequences of ones actions. It was not the complete catalyst for the change, just the jumping off point. Respectfully, try again.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 06:07 PM (ojnk6)

266 254 Which is kind of funny since that quote was promulgated my Marx, one of the shallowest students of history and human nature.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:08 PM (TGgNi)

267 nomnomnom



I mixed Sriracha sauce with ranch dressing as a dip for pizza rolls.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:09 PM (yh0zB)

268 Democrat Senator's heroin addicted son, 26 arrested. What's with the hyphenated name? Sure sign of trouble.

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 06:09 PM (4+AaH)

269 You voted for the con man, didn't you? You talking to me? You talking to me?! You better not be talking to me, boy, because them's fightin' words!

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:09 PM (a3DHl)

270 189 I'll bet a majority of Americans do not yet know they are *mandated* to have insurance, and will pay a *fine* if they don't.

*Fine* by me.

I don't have kids, I don't have any pre-existing or chronic health conditions(yet)so... until the tax fine tax whatever the fuck it is, reaches a significant percentage of what I could expect to pay out in premiums, deductibles, and copays in one year (should Wiley Coyote ever manage to drop that anvil on my head) it makes no financial sense for me to jump on this merry-go-round.

And I'm not one of the 20-something "invincibles" either.

I'm a very fortunate (healthwise)gal, who signed up for an affordable and sensible CAT-HSA plan a good 5 years ago when she saw 40 yrs. old on the horizon and all it's concomitant premium hikes.

The fact that I had to drop it when the economy shit the bed makes no nevermind.

The plan that I had, that worked for me, is illegal now, under Obamacare.


Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 09:48 PM (D8ONs) Hide posts from (D8ONs)

Deety, take a look at Liberty Health Share.  That is where I am headed next year.

Posted by: [/i] [/b] Thag Simmons at January 30, 2014 06:09 PM (COjgg)

271 Racist White people complaining about the black president's premiere achievement.

Posted by: Timothy Capwell at January 30, 2014 06:10 PM (+QQrL)

272 If I recall correctly, the fine for noncompliance with the ACA mandate comes out of one's income tax refund.

Posted by: cynicus maximus at January 30, 2014 06:10 PM (H+j7N)

273 regardless of whether they wish a Con like me to be taken out of their existence

You misunderstand.

They don't desire you to be taken out of their existence.  They desire you to be taken out of existence.  period.  full stop.

They want you dead.

Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 06:10 PM (UkbKS)

274 257  251

Yes, Virginia, there is a 13.  I'm in it.

Holding ran as big conservative; cut spending; etc.  Voted for 800B Farm Bill with Boehner et al.  Fundraiser with Eric Cantor.  No townhalls.  Big w/ bankers.  Verdict = ???

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 06:10 PM (aUQgu)

275 266 I love sriracha (garlic is a gift from God) but the sauce is usually so hot that it washes away the flavor of the sauce. Mixed with Ranch might be pretty damn tasty.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:11 PM (TGgNi)

276 What's with the hyphenated name? Sure sign of trouble. Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 10:09 PM (4+AaH) You racist MFer's. Haters!

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at January 30, 2014 06:11 PM (0FSuD)

277 Going to try and collapse my views into one phrase here: " What makes us any different from them if we laugh at a situation that will leave people dead?". That's been my whole premise. I know, sounds like a GOPe talking point, however I believe it to be true. On the basics like life/death as the consequences for a misguided vote, I'll unapologetically remain on the side that says the ultimate penalty for political stupidity should result in physical death. Every. Fucking. Time.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 06:13 PM (ojnk6)

278 Interesting post from IntsaP on the D'Souza thing: http://tinyurl.com/m8jrjjq

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:14 PM (TGgNi)

279 They don't desire you to be taken out of their existence. They desire you to be taken out of existence. period. full stop. They want you dead. Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 10:10 PM (UkbKS) Indeed. And the only reason they haven't acted before now is that they are cowards. Just as they need the government to do their theft for them, they need the government to do their murder for them. This is why they need so desperately for the right to do something to "provoke" a government response. And that's why for the past 5 years, we've been getting poked in the chest, while halitosis ridden hipster assholes ask us what we're going to do about it.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:15 PM (Be2Wn)

280 Progressives are waging a WAR ON WOMEN WHO WORK and a WAR ON EVERYBODY ELSE who is not a member of their progressive cult. This is going to be fun to watch as Pelosi's skin tightens to the point where the seams of her face split apart.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 30, 2014 06:15 PM (hpgw1)

281 political stupidity should result in physical death. Every. Fucking. Time.

And your enemies will not afford you the same.

Enjoy the camps.  I hear they have nice showers.

Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 06:15 PM (UkbKS)

282 266 nomnomnom I mixed Sriracha sauce with ranch dressing as a dip for pizza rolls. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 10:09 PM (yh0zB) --BWW, "limited time only," has sriracha sauce wings. Tasty as hell. Will have some for the Super Bowl.

Posted by: logprof at January 30, 2014 06:16 PM (X3GkB)

283 I'll be very pleased to help our senior Senator spend more time with his family next November.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at January 30, 2014 06:16 PM (30eLQ)

284 Simply appalling. Seeing that mother, working hard for her children, saying, "I don't know" when she's asked what she's going to do--it makes me want to fucking strangle somebody.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 30, 2014 06:16 PM (JQuNB)

285 By the way, if you are hunting the mythical hockey-stick graph, just look at premium increases.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 06:16 PM (mQwL2)

286 I wonder how long the delay would have to be were my reaction broadcast live. Four minutes? Five?

Posted by: alexthechick SMODlings ho! at January 30, 2014 06:17 PM (Gk3SS)

287 This is why they need so desperately for the right to do something to "provoke" a government response.

I'm hoping that the main reason nothing has happened to provoke such a response is because we on the right are smart enough to see that.

Personally, I think it's a miracle that nothing's happened.

Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 06:18 PM (UkbKS)

288 This Affordable Care Act is clearly designed to help THE MIDDLE CLASS Â…Â….to the Soviet Union circa 1962

Posted by: ontherocks at January 30, 2014 06:18 PM (uax6M)

289 271 If I recall correctly, the fine for noncompliance with the ACA mandate comes out of one's income tax refund. Posted by: cynicus maximus at January 30, 2014 10:10 PM (H+j7N) Unless you're not due a refund. Use deductions accordingly.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 30, 2014 06:18 PM (bCEmE)

290 Holding ran as big conservative; cut spending; etc. Voted for 800B Farm Bill with Boehner et al. Fundraiser with Eric Cantor. No townhalls. Big w/ bankers. Verdict = ???

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 10:10 PM (aUQgu)



Better than Etheridge, rated at 80% by Americans for Prosperity, seems to be pissing off all the right people (Planned Parenthood, etc). Not perfect but he'll do till someone better comes along.



http://votesmart.org/candidate/136462/george-holding

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:19 PM (yh0zB)

291 276 The worst thing you can do to a person is let him suffer the consequences of his own actions. It shows that most situations are self correcting, but by the same token it is far better to keep it from happening. When you do not, you end up with things like the Soviet Union. Did some deserve what they got? Maybe. But I do not think anyone deserves to be under the boot that long with no hope. I can understand your sentiment. Even agree with it to a point. Just cannot share it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:19 PM (TGgNi)

292 If you like your devastating surprise of financial ruin, you can keep your devastating surprise of financial ruin.

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 06:20 PM (MMC8r)

293 Enjoy the camps. I hear they have nice showers. Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 10:15 PM (UkbKS) Don't forget to bring a towel. And, soap-on-the-rope.

Posted by: Butt Hurt Towlie at January 30, 2014 06:21 PM (bUmSq)

294 I'm hoping that the main reason nothing has happened to provoke such a response is because we on the right are smart enough to see that. Personally, I think it's a miracle that nothing's happened. Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 10:18 PM (UkbKS) Those capable of doing such a thing are smart enough to see that, thank God. There are PLENTY on our side who don't seem to have brain cells to rub together. Check the Blaze comment section sometime, or follow a few WND readers on Twitter. Thankfully they are generally cowards, too. The problem is that the restraint effectively disarms us just the same as if Holder's minions went door to door.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:21 PM (Be2Wn)

295 Gman, I'm better than that. I suspect you are too, but are just pissed right now for very, very good reasons. I am too, especially after the Dlite cave today. My political enemies are not my physical enemies unless thet confront me in person. Is there a portion of the Leftists that would want me dead for my views? No doubt, but a very small and seriously extreme fringe. Let's not try to use them as an example for how to behave and think. Kay?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 06:21 PM (ojnk6)

296 " What makes us any different from them if we laugh at a situation that will leave people dead?"



I'm not laughing, I just can't gen up any sort of sympathy for the rat fuckers that brought this shit down upon our heads. A pox on them all, and if they die as a result of their choices then it's not anything that I did to them, and I will sleep very well at night.


OTOH, I will weep for every single child and conservative voter who gets caught up in this and suffers because of it. They at least are deserving of sympathy.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:22 PM (yh0zB)

297 The unaffordable care act ObamaDoesn'tCare how much it costs you

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at January 30, 2014 06:22 PM (e8kgV)

298 Imagine what a whooooole bunch of newly-legalized low-income workers will do to the medical system. You're welcome.

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 06:23 PM (MMC8r)

299

I wonder how long the delay would have to be were my reaction broadcast live. Four minutes? Five?

 

The truth should never be delayed My Queen!

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2014 06:23 PM (6bvBO)

300 how bout this for a bumpersticker? /pic of a smilin obama obamacare SURPRISE, Muthafuckas!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 06:26 PM (g7osp)

301 I can't watch this. I know how many people have already suffered because of this horrible shit sandwich. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 30, 2014 06:26 PM (zDsvJ)

302 Someone is eventually going to hit rock bottom and get desperate, and when that happens, the S will HTF. Scenario I see is desperate armed man holding up a bank to pay his insurance. Or worse, a hospital. Or worse, asking for help from our self-serving politicians, being ignored, and just cracking.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:26 PM (Be2Wn)

303 ManWithNoParty, I do believe you forgot a word in your next-to-the-last sentence of 276. Just sayin' .... I do believe you're attaching too much moral import to a few folks blowing off steam on the intertubes, but, hey, if it makes you feel good to proclaim your moral superiority to those you deem less morally enlightened, then bless your little heart! I'll close with a Heinlein quote: “Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:26 PM (a3DHl)

304 The only way to fix this rats nest of political corruption is to limit the high end of wealth a politician can amass in their life after election.  Math people would have to figure out what that number would be to ensure their enrichment is no more than an average person could do without political connections.

Posted by: The Hickster at January 30, 2014 06:26 PM (TI3xG)

305 I thought it was spelled 'Pissburgh". Henry Waxman was one of the Watergate babies, elected to Congress in 1974 in the aftermath of Nixon's successful attempt to melt down the Republican party. Henry spent the next 40 years working to expand federal government power and control over our lives, particularly in health care, and left us with this mess. I hope to God that this fall we can elect to Congress a group of Obamacare babies, and that one or more of them will then retire 40 years hence having spent all their time in DC working to shrink the federal leviathan and restore freedom to us mere serfs.

Posted by: Dennis Kucinich, the original steaming pile from Cleveland at January 30, 2014 06:27 PM (lryY4)

306 Both parties claim that their policies help people just like this. Both parties are absolutely full of shit. The Democrat party, though, is a blivet. Ten pounds of shit in a one-pound bag.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 30, 2014 06:27 PM (JQuNB)

307 I'm done with this topic people. I understand the frustration and share in it, but have no wish to further witness the "Cons" act just like those they apparently despise enough to wish them dead. I want political retribution, not physical. Sad to see so many disagree. Hawkins? Shove that Gold Star comment. You don't get those for being an ordinary human. Out.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 06:27 PM (ojnk6)

308 Back alley colonoscopies

Posted by: the poster formerly known as Mr Barky at January 30, 2014 06:28 PM (H1xeq)

309 Does Bust Nut have a newsletter?

Posted by: Sandra Flook at January 30, 2014 06:28 PM (Dwehj)

310 I hope to God that this fall we can elect to Congress a group of Obamacare babies, and that one or more of them will then retire 40 years hence having spent all their time in DC working to shrink the federal leviathan and restore freedom to us mere serfs.

Posted by: Dennis Kucinich, the original steaming pile from Cleveland at January 30, 2014 10:27 PM (lryY4)




They seem to be pretty thin on the ground, at least around here.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:29 PM (yh0zB)

311 At least most of us have not had as bad a day as this guy: http://tinyurl.com/qhjl3yl

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:29 PM (TGgNi)

312 The trade-off for a higher deductible is supposed to be a lower premium. You pay less each month, but risk more. Here we have a higher deductible, higher monthly payments, mandated contracts, and undesired content in those contracts. It is servitude made law.

Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 06:29 PM (AO9UG)

313
Out


Don't let the door hit you in the ass.

Posted by: Gman at January 30, 2014 06:30 PM (UkbKS)

314 I want political retribution, not physical. Sad to see so many disagree. I don't want people dead, but you're hopelessly naive if you think this is still solvable by political means. This may not be the time for anything more yet, but there's certainly not a snowball's chance in hell that politicians are going to fix this clusterfuck. So these people are going to die, whether you want retribution or not, and clinging to the faint hope of a political solution is glossing over the fucking abyss we're all perched upon. So buckle up.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 06:30 PM (Be2Wn)

315 ...the rates of car ownership and electricity usage keep declining! Really? Especially the electricity usage rates... Really? It must be industrial or something. I just can't see that on a household level. I mean, even accounting for more energy efficient appliances and whatnot, we all just have so much more of that buzzing 24/7 in our homes nowadays. It's not like the 80's, where your Dad would yell at you for not turning the damn light out the instant you stepped from one room to another. Or making a mental map of the last time you saw the interior of the fridge before you dast open it to wide or too long and be accused of wanting to air-condition the whole house. Don't even get me started on wanting to heat the entire neighborhood! There must have been a fairly limited amount of potential electricity usages for 1980's parents to keep track of them so tightly as to have a significant impact on the ComEd bill, no? Things like 1 TV, in the family room, that would turn sooo off, you had to wait for it to "warm-up" when you turned it on.

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 06:31 PM (D8ONs)

316 I'm done with this topic people.

You tell 'em, bro. Those damned Cons!1!!

Posted by: Mr. Foo Foo at January 30, 2014 06:31 PM (Dwehj)

317 political stupidity should result in physical death. Every. Fucking. Time. Is there a "not" in the above sentence that everyone but me sees? 'Cause I can't square the quote as stands with either its original use or its quoting by Gman ....

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:31 PM (a3DHl)

318 It is servitude made law. Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 10:29 PM (AO9UG) It also violates the whole idea of contracts being invalid if coercion was involved.

Posted by: Mindy at January 30, 2014 06:32 PM (mQwL2)

319 270 Racist White people complaining about the black president's premiere achievement. Posted by: Timothy Capwell at January 30, 2014 10:10 PM (+QQrL) Cleanup on aisle 270?

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 30, 2014 06:32 PM (oLcIU)

320 So much Concern, so little time.

Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (AO9UG)

321 Release the Maetenloch! Unchain the ONT!

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (R+XDI)

322 Is Kiev in our future? Maybe it should be.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (JQuNB)

323 I'll step back into the cesspool long enough to say that, indeed, a not was omitted. Other than that, carry on. Gman, may you live in interesting times.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (ojnk6)

324 Things like 1 TV, in the family room, that would turn sooo off, you had to wait for it to "warm-up" when you turned it on.

Ahh, waiting for tubes to heat up

Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (102Hx)

325 I know I'm naive, but I still haven't gotten over the shock of John Roberts switching his vote and saving this thing from the trash heap. There should be consequences, yet there probably never will be for him. Another W. triumph.

Posted by: Kensington (@NYKensington) at January 30, 2014 06:33 PM (uaEZS)

326 Racist Southern Poverty Law Center Moby Troll.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 06:34 PM (g5X0d)

327 Well, the major part of the massive increases people are seeing are going to subsidize other people. It's probably the first, most obvious example that these people have seen of TAXATION, because that's really what it is. Taking from them to pay for other people.

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 06:34 PM (MMC8r)

328 I understand the frustration and share in it, but have no wish to further witness the "Cons" act just like those they apparently despise enough to wish them dead. I want political retribution, not physical. Sad to see so many disagree.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 10:27 PM (ojnk6)




Our disagreement with you is you want us to feel SORRY for those fucks. Nope, can't do it, not now, not on their dying day. I don't want them dead, I just won't cry when they die due to the situation that THEY CAUSED. However, I also won't be the one dancing in their blood and pissing on their graves.



If we manage to turn this around I won't be spitting in their faces, either...but I certainly won't be expecting any thanks from the ungrateful bastards.



And just as a BTW...they don't just think you are wrong. They think you are evil and must be destroyed.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:34 PM (yh0zB)

329 289 GGE

Thx for link.  Very useful info!

Posted by: NCwoof at January 30, 2014 06:35 PM (aUQgu)

330 The worst thing you can do to a person is let him suffer the consequences of his own actions.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 10:19 PM (TGgNi)


I do not share that sentiment. The worst thing you can do is shield them from such consequences, since you are distorting their perception of reality. You simply embolden them to continue on a destructive path to the point where they do shit you cannot shield them from. Then they are *really* fucked.

Posted by: [/i][/b]KG at January 30, 2014 06:35 PM (IPz9m)

331 I'm with Deety on the elec bill.  It's disgusting.

Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2014 06:35 PM (6bvBO)

332 Every. Single. Ad. In every. Single. Contested. State. This, cut to 30 second spots. Constant. Round the clock. Send mailers targeting mothers demonstrating what they will be paying. Focus on that 53-year-old mom and her reaction to the news of paying a $4000 deductable. Over, and over, and over, and over. Dems want to bring out the sick? Bring out a fucking bus, bring out your sick, your tired, your poor, all who got fucked over by this law. Drag them in front of every camera you can, just like they've done. Make them eat the disaster they've caused. But no. Our party decides now is the time for amnesty. I...

Posted by: CAC at January 30, 2014 06:36 PM (eie1R)

333 329 Actually the worst thing you can do to a person involves a wood chipper.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 06:36 PM (g5X0d)

334 Ahh, waiting for tubes to heat up>>

And being able to fix your own TV by testing the tubes at the Hardware store. Then replacing the burnt out ones. Freaking magic then. Way more macic in modern electronics.

Posted by: The Hickster at January 30, 2014 06:36 PM (TI3xG)

335 Connnnnnnnnnnnssss!!1!

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at January 30, 2014 06:36 PM (Dwehj)

336 Glad that ManWithNoParty is out as his condescending 'I'm better than that and better than you too' schtick was getting just a little bit old .... YMMV

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:37 PM (a3DHl)

337 I... Poopenstein?

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 06:37 PM (g7osp)

338 This is what used to be known as journalism.  It is very easy to go to a politician and have them feed you a story.  They tell you everything to print and all you have to do is phone it in.  You only have to make one phone call because it is all centralized for you.  It takes hard work and shoe leather to actually go out and see if the BS you have been fed is true.  You have to call lots of businesses.  You have to canvas areas.  You have to gain access.

Journalists in the US are selected for bias, laziness, low IQ and credulousness.  They are almost to a man worthless... which is why this seems so damn shocking to see.  Most reporters will not venture into a small business for the same reason Hollywood will not make a movie about how bad life was behind the Iron Curtain.  It is not the narrative they want to present.  It is instead reality.

Posted by: Thatch at January 30, 2014 06:38 PM (qYvEa)

339 But no. Our party decides now is the time for amnesty. What do you mean by our, white man?

Posted by: blaster at January 30, 2014 06:38 PM (4+AaH)

340 I always enjoy Gavin McInnes when he's on RedEye, so I Kindled his collection of sweet remembrances of youth entitled "The Death of Cool: From Teenage Rebellion to the Hangover of Adulthood"....It's hilarious and somehow elevating. He is, after all, still here, and somewhat the wiser for all that. Highly recommended, assuming you have a strong tolerance for blunt Anglo-Saxon terminology. Plus, he knows HOW TO FIGHT A BABY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTWfqi3-3qU

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 06:39 PM (D8ONs)

341 And being able to fix your own TV by testing the tubes at the Hardware store. Then replacing the burnt out ones. Freaking magic then.

Yeah, although in hindsight operating electronics as the side effect of the operation of a few dozen light bulbs wasn't the world's most efficient use of electricity.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2014 06:39 PM (102Hx)

342 I'm not laughing, I just can't gen up any sort of sympathy for the rat fuckers that brought this shit down upon our heads. A pox on them all, and if they die as a result of their choices then it's not anything that I did to them, and I will sleep very well at night. OTOH, I will weep for every single child and conservative voter who gets caught up in this and suffers because of it. They at least are deserving of sympathy. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 10:22 PM (yh0zB) --My thoughts exactly. The idea that people should be protected from the consequences of their stupidity is the antithesis of conservativism.

Posted by: logprof at January 30, 2014 06:40 PM (X3GkB)

343 Nothing goes viral like a riot.

Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 06:40 PM (AO9UG)

344 I'm taking my busted nut and going home.

Posted by: Man Without A Weenie at January 30, 2014 06:40 PM (Dwehj)

345 Glad that ManWithNoParty is out as his condescending 'I'm better than that and better than you too' schtick was getting just a little bit old ....

YMMV

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 10:37 PM (a3DHl)



Not jumping on that bandwagon. My disagreement with him was quite simply that I cannot, and will never, feel sorry for them. He seemed to think that meant I wanted them to die. Not true, I just won't feel sorry for them when they do.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:41 PM (yh0zB)

346 Those Ukrainians are a riot.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 06:41 PM (g5X0d)

347 A real life "dinner table" scenario. The look in their eyes is just heartbreaking.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 06:41 PM (DmNpO)

348 Yeah, although in hindsight operating electronics as the side effect of the operation of a few dozen light bulbs wasn't the world's most efficient use of electricity.>>

True and evidenced by "warming up". I have no interest in going back. Just reminiscing of a time my life was simpler.

Posted by: The Hickster at January 30, 2014 06:42 PM (TI3xG)

349 Wait! Morons hurt a Concern Troll's tender feelings? The devil you say!

Posted by: filbert at January 30, 2014 06:42 PM (Yo5ty)

350 306 I'm done with this topic people. I understand the frustration and share in it, but have no wish to further witness the "Cons" act just like those they apparently despise enough to wish them dead. I want political retribution, not physical. Sad to see so many disagree. Hawkins? Shove that Gold Star comment. You don't get those for being an ordinary human. Out. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 10:27 PM (ojnk6) Same to you. That was my polite answer.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at January 30, 2014 06:42 PM (7aJyE)

351 Send it to sensitivity training.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 06:42 PM (g5X0d)

352 Here we have a higher deductible, higher monthly payments, mandated contracts, and undesired content in those contracts. It is servitude made law. Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 10:29 PM (AO9UG) that is exactly what it is

Posted by: Shoey at January 30, 2014 06:43 PM (vA94g)

353 Pittsburg, California


meh

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at January 30, 2014 06:44 PM (omBWL)

354 329 No matter what you do, people will end up suffering. The point of our system was that that pain was isolated. People were free to do as the wished, even going down in a ball of flame. The point was that no one person could take us all down with them. However, we have messed with that system so extensively that most of the checks and balances no long work. Plus, you have a bunch of people who are afraid to be the check that is their job (congress.) We have concentrated more and more power in a place the founders specifically did not want that power (the executive and Judicial... or Washington D.C. if you want to go that route.) By keeping people from suffering the consequences of their own actions, we could have also kept US from suffering the consequences of their actions. The system is not supposed to work like that, but it is where we are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 06:44 PM (TGgNi)

355 And being able to fix your own TV by testing the tubes at the Hardware store. Then replacing the burnt out ones. Freaking magic then. Way more macic in modern electronics. Posted by: The Hickster at January 30, 2014 10:36 PM (TI3xG) Heh .......spent many weekends doing that with Dad. We actually used to fix things. Once.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 30, 2014 06:44 PM (oLcIU)

356 Yeah, although in hindsight operating electronics as the side effect of the operation of a few dozen light bulbs wasn't the world's most efficient use of electricity.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2014 10:39 PM (102Hx)



The Edison Effect. Still the best way to clean high power amplification, though.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:44 PM (yh0zB)

357 Is Kiev in our future? Maybe it should be. Posted by: Harrison --------------- Remarkably, a Lib friend has suggested that the Kiev situation is what will happen here if redistributive action is not taken.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 06:46 PM (aDwsi)

358 ONT is up!!!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:46 PM (yh0zB)

359 I saw Concern Troll open for Ben Dover in Boston back in '89. Not worth the money.

Posted by: eman at January 30, 2014 06:46 PM (AO9UG)

360 What bandwagon? Admittedly, I exaggerated as his actual comment was 'I'm better than that and I suspect you are too,' but even with that wording I thought it smacked of condescending to those with whom he was disagreeing. And apparently, YMD(id)V!

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 06:47 PM (a3DHl)

361 The Edison Effect. Still the best way to clean high power amplification, though. ---------------- Valves?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 06:47 PM (aDwsi)

362 I've got an oscilloscope that runs on tubes. It needs fixing.

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 06:47 PM (MMC8r)

363 You could adjust the choke on yer car with a nimble hand, and / or screwdriver.  Now get off my lawn, after you add water to the battery

Posted by: Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This at January 30, 2014 06:48 PM (omBWL)

364 "Unless you're not due a refund. Use deductions accordingly."

Again be careful about this. Just because they won't directly take the "tax" out of your paycheck or bank, they will punish you through penalties and interest on the tax you owe. And it will snowball.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 30, 2014 06:49 PM (IV4od)

365 359 What bandwagon? Admittedly, I exaggerated as his actual comment was 'I'm better than that and I suspect you are too,' but even with that wording I thought it smacked of condescending to those with whom he was disagreeing. And apparently, YMD(id)V! Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 10:47 PM (a3DHl) Dude couldn't shut the fuck up after I had already conceded the point. But whatevs. He can have two gold stars.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at January 30, 2014 06:49 PM (7aJyE)

366 but even with that wording I thought it smacked of condescending to those with whom he was disagreeing.

And apparently, YMD(id)V!

Posted by: ChicagoRefugee who still likes Sam Clovis for Senate at January 30, 2014 10:47 PM (a3DHl)



It did seem condescending, but I'm not gonna pile on him cause I disagreed with him.  Cause I'm better than that.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:49 PM (yh0zB)

367 Valves?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 10:47 PM (aDwsi)




Flemming Valves, even.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 30, 2014 06:50 PM (yh0zB)

368 Remarkably, a Lib friend has suggested that the Kiev situation is what will happen here if redistributive action is not taken. Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 10:46 PM (aDwsi) Best and brightest.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 30, 2014 06:50 PM (oLcIU)

369 >>Remarkably, a Lib friend has suggested that the Kiev situation is what will happen here if redistributive action is not taken. I might change the word "remarkably" to "idiotically", since The New Deal and The Great Society seem to have evaded his reality. Â….but then maybe we should all feel reassured somehow

Posted by: ontherocks at January 30, 2014 06:51 PM (uax6M)

370 Good. Hope it hurts you dummies.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 30, 2014 06:51 PM (g1DWB)

371 I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE when people use the word free and medical care together because none of it is free. My yearly mammogram is NOT free, my annual physical and guy no exam is NOT free. You, I, and every taxpayer is paying for it one way or another. That's what I tell anyone who uses the F word with me. I'm with ya, lindafell! I have ALWAYS paid these sorts of expenses out of pocket. (Heh,"guy no exam"!) What puzzles me, is the idea that paying a mandated monthly premium of anywhere between $150 to $1200 per month (depending on subsidies and family size) somehow makes birth control more accessible or affordable for women.

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 06:53 PM (D8ONs)

372 20 I still agree with the idea that repealing automatic withholding on paychecks would be the single biggest thing we could do to right the ship.

Can you imagine tax day every year if that happened? "They want HOW MUCH?!?"

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 30, 2014 09:02 PM (TGgNi)

Practically speaking, given the average American's ability to manage his or her budget, this would be a terrible idea that would turn so many into criminals.

Much simpler, and probably implementable merely by an executive order or directive, would be requiring the IRS to thank you for your (involuntary) contribution, including the dollar amount, at least annually, at the squaring of your taxes.
Posted by: red sweater

Bullshit.  The financial services industry would invent a hundred simple ways to manage that money for you overnight.  Certified check due at the end of the Government fiscal year - then vote on 2 Nov

Posted by: Jean at January 30, 2014 06:57 PM (4JkHl)

373 You right wing nutbags just keep bitching. These people are typical freeloaders who didn't have insurance before!

Posted by: msm obama lover at January 30, 2014 07:00 PM (1PqiV)

374 There's nothing to worry about here.  BHO will postpone this mandate until after the next election.

Posted by: Great Reagan's Ghost at January 30, 2014 07:02 PM (LsJAk)

375 @267 I know, right? Fox-Udall looks like it should be pronounced "fucks-yoodle."

Posted by: Stringer Davis at January 30, 2014 07:11 PM (xq1UY)

376 The trade-off for a higher deductible is supposed to be a lower premium. PERZACLY eman! But that assumes one is talking about insuring oneself against a financial risk. I don't know what we are supposed to be doing here but premiums, actuarial tables and deductibles have nothing to do with HEALTH CARE and this bastard monstrosity of the government dictated ACA combined with employer based "Health Plans", Medicare & Medicaid sure as hell doesn't fit any reasonable definition of INSURANCE as understood for fucking centuries.

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 07:12 PM (D8ONs)

377 I'm with Deety on the elec bill. It's disgusting. Posted by: Infidel at January 30, 2014 10:35 PM (6bvBO) I was kind of kidding about that, Infidel. Now that I see, 30 years later, the kind of WASTEFUL electricity usage my folks INDULGE in, now that they are retired... (Always on, microwaves, 4 TV's even when they are "off", coffee pots w/ timers, 2 Computers, Cable Boxes for all the TV's, DVR's, chargers for phones and pads, garden path lights, security lights, timers for the drip irrigation system...etc..) I'm thinkin' that the impact on the family's monthly Com-Ed bill of my neglecting to shut off a desk-lamp occasionally in 1985 was either being highly exaggerated by my folks or that Bill Ayers father Tom was even a bigger bastard than his son and just RAPING the poor folks of Chicago on electricity rates!

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 07:32 PM (D8ONs)

378 It takes hard work and shoe leather to actually go out and see if the BS you have been fed is true. You have to call lots of businesses. You have to canvas areas. You have to gain access. To give the most generous benefit of the doubt, it's not like News organizations have (or can) give any sort of budget to a "shoe-leather" reporter nowadays. Much cheaper to have some juice-box sipping twats like Ezra Klein or Matt Yglesias burble their Sophomoric "insights" back and forth to each other over the intarwebz in hopes of creating a new revenue stream to replace the one that Cragslist destroyed. That's why it was delicious seeing Ezra get laughed out of the room after his ludicrous demand of $10 MILLION & a staff of 30 for his vanity project. Who the fuck does he think he is? Charles Dickens?! (More than 100 years ago Ezra, Charles Dickens made more money for more newspapers and magazines, in more countries, than you could hope to lightly fondle with the internet, by serializing his "Classic Novels") At least Mark Twain knew that his job was to fill up the spaces in between ads for "Stanton & Son's Black Smithing" and H.W.B. Tellford's Patented Electric Cure for Female Hysteria" and get people to buy the paper that printed said ads. Ezra seems to think that companies exist to pay the operating costs for his Sophomoric burblings by way of ads that his devoted readers will never really see but as a mildly irritating obstacle course to be navigated on the way up the path to the Oracle. Oh, there might be a PAY-WALL? Whatever shall we do? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! (To quote James Taranto) Perhaps it should be by subscription only? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! You'd be just like Ron Paul!

Posted by: Deety at January 30, 2014 08:15 PM (D8ONs)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 31, 2014 02:40 AM (T2V/1)

380 I am sure WTAE thought it was going to be a great commercial for Obamacare. 5 years ago they ran a clip of Rooney blowing Obama right before Rooney was appointed ambassador of Ireland. FORWARD to the Detroitification of Pittsburgh!

Posted by: Airandee at January 31, 2014 02:45 AM (96/TO)

381 Normally I'd feel sorry for people like this getting screwed over by their president. And then I remember who PA voted for and I start to point and laugh at the monitor until I cry. And then I replay so that I can laugh some more.

Yeah, it's a personal failing, but votes have fucking consequences and these dullards helped inflict this two bit Marxist on us-twice. I have exactly zero sympathy for them.

Posted by: physics geek at January 31, 2014 04:02 AM (MT22W)

382 I bet they WERE all Democrats.   How do you like your Obaamacare?

Posted by: burt at January 31, 2014 05:52 AM (1+kJ5)

383 It's all okay, they're all rich, White Americans.

Posted by: PJ at January 31, 2014 07:30 AM (ZWaLo)

384 Looks like I'll be getting that thyroid nodule taken care of no matter what the biopsy says, after all. The time for watchful waiting is over. Who knows whether we will even have insurance next year.

Posted by: SarahW at January 31, 2014 06:14 PM (Lbv/k)

385 Of course, I won't be able to go out of state to the good doctor, with the tiny little scars, like I could have two years ago when we still had a ppo. Kicking myself for waiting, saving BC BS money with my choice.

Posted by: SarahW at January 31, 2014 06:15 PM (Lbv/k)

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