[quote author="no_vaseline" date=1246884123][quote author="4walls4me" date=1246864993]*raises hand*
I like Sarah Palin. I'd buy her book.
I don't know why she resigned yet so I don't know how I feel about that yet, but in general I like her.
I'd trade her for Obama and his Stimulus Bill, Cap-n-Trade, health care plan, etc any day of the week.
There's is a visciousness people on the left have for her that makes me like her even more than I otherwise would.</blockquote>
trrrenter:
This is the Luddite, Flat Earther I was speaking of. If you were offeneded by my earlier comments and disagree with the above poster, I apologize to you as well.
The facts are self evident:
- the stimilus wasn't big enough (although disttasteful),
- global warming is a reality (I'm in the automotive business, GW is warming is bad for me),
- I can't retain insurance for my wife at any cost outside of her working (preexisting conditions) so they are already rationing health care and making a private profit on it (what's the difference?),
- ect? What? Gay people getting married isn't going to interfere with my marriage to my wife one bit.</blockquote>
I don't know that the statements are proof of being a flat earther.
I will make myself perfeclty clear. Of the candidates on the ballon for POTUS and VP this last election we had two candates with Vast experience, Biden and McCain, and two candidates with Very little experience, Obama and Palin.
To be honest I would have prefered McCain over Obama sheerly because of his experience. I may have chosen Biden over McCain depending on his platform. Heck I think Hillary was more prepared for office then Obama.
I don't think that the POTUS is a learn as you go about how DC works. That is what both Obama and Palin would have been forced to do.
-The stimulus was a joke, the administration said they misjudged the severity of the situation but don't worry we have barely started spending money. When we do it will help. If not let's throw more money at it. They are trying to create a false bottom.
Global warming is a reality- I don't disagree. What I disagree with is the hypocracy of the American politicians and people when it comes to global warming and polution. It is clearly a NIMBY policy. We will import junk from China that burns dirty coal and grossly polutes and add's to Global Warming but we want to cut emissions here. If the entire rest of the world were green but China we would still have huge problems. Same with Oil, we won't drill in certain area's because it is bad for the environment but we will buy it from countries that could care less about the environmental impact of their drilling. Why not have environmental import credits. If a country like China doesn't have to follow the same epa standards as the US in production of a product we tax the product coming in.
I am sorry you can't retain insurance for your wife. My concern with government health care is so far in my life I have not seen many programs the government runs work effectively. I couldn't imagine a DMV type wait to get a physical. What happens when an illegal crosses the boarder for healthcare? In Canada people with money that don't feel like waiting 6 months for a non life threatening procedure can go to private clinics and pay cash.
Show me a universal healtcare package that works so well that if you are in pain and need a procedure you can get it as quickly as you can today. My son needed non life threatening surgery and in 2 weeks he had it. I spoke to a friend that actually lives in Canada and he said that could have taken months. A parent with money would usually just pay.
I am not a big proponent of doing something just to do it. I research my options and tread carefully. Do I think our healthcare system is broken, sure I do, but before I jump in and decide to change it I would like to see the actual PLAN with research around it that shows that the likely hood or probablility it works is pretty high. Like in the 90 precentile.
You play poker. Good poker players play the probability not the possibility. Right now I am seeing possibilities with very low probabilities. Sure there is a possibility that I hit the inside straight draw on the river but the probability is 17%. Do I go all in when I know my oponent has 2 pair and has the same probability of hitting a boat, or if I neither of us hits I lose. No.
I am tired of hearing about what is possible I want to know what is probable.