The Hall of Fire

I thought that was a good perspective too, Griffon. The injured person has no recourse except what they can obtain from the doctor. Another proposed system would be something analogous to worker's comp: Workers' compensation (colloquially known as workers' comp in North America or compo in Australia...

OK...according to Hal, I have "proved his point" which includes that I want to "cripple the country." I want to "enslave the populace." I want people to be "dependent on the government." I am fed up with Hal's rhetoric. N.E. Brigand, your link appears to be de...

California: Yet relative to other places, the state has historically been a pretty good bargain, with a low-cost, enviable higher education system, subsidized energy and an abundance of services for those down on their luck. »But three decades of staggering population growth combined with three high...

This is the kind of thinking that allows people who want to pull down the popularly elected government of the United States to style themselves as "patriots".....disgusting.

Yes, I have always had a manual. My new car is a manual transmission with a 6th gear for highway cruising! It's pretty sweet. Although, I find downshifting into fourth gear difficult from 5th or 6th. I'm always putting it back in 6th or finding 2nd (at 50 mph, you don't want to find 2nd gear!!!) I i...

It is funny. There is a real "hothouse" going on with Republicans and those who hate government. I was out to lunch today with my coworkers and the right-wing contingent were complaining about how the government was making a big stink about Toyota because the government now owns GM. :) The...

Yeah, celibacy is a really attractive option, particularly within marriage.

See how well it worked out for the Catholic priests?

That is a good post, Mahima. And I agree with you the reason for the abortions when they are linked to gender selection, is abhorrent. But is the solution to make abortions illegal? Will that solve the problem? Or will people obtain them illegally, and/or will the girls that are born be "thrown...

And the pro-life position seems to go along with the acceptance of going hunting for "sport," as well.

Holby, would "sweeping change" to health care include extending Medicare "buy-in" to at least the 55 and older crowd? What did you think of that idea? (Dead as a doornail, of course, now.)

Yeah, that was the original idea, but the "blue dog" Dems (read: paid by insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies) didn't want that. And then cynically argued against it because "health insurance companies couldn't compete in that environment"......afraid of the market, a...

I am personally really sorry that they didn't extend Medicare down to 55. Because the years in your 50s can be really difficult to keep yourself in health insurance through your job, because the job market just doesn't like people in their 50s. My husband found this out. Good thing he has his 44 yea...

I found this interesting article on the BBC which helps me understand why people vote against their best interests. Because, I really haven't the faintest understanding of why people like Hal are so dead set against "politicians" and would prefer status quo and insurance company rule rathe...

Prim: that is so true.

Those are good questions, regarding radicalization of young Muslim men. There does seem to be a pattern that exposure to Western ideas kind of turns them against us. I guess being in our culture kind of makes them feel alienated from their own background. Maybe there is a pride in their own culture,...

What if we just pretended that even if CO2 was harmless in terms of its potential to warm the planet, that messing around significantly with concentrations of any constituent of the atmosphere is kind of a bad idea, considering how little (you allege) we understand about it? If you're going to be ma...

'Go on, wallow in your selfishness. If you won't fix it lie in the stinking bed of your own making and let the world despise you. Fed daily hate filled crap from your billionnaire propagandists you revel in your own ignorance. I just pity the people who have to share a nation with you.' I totally g...

Corporations can't vote. They are not citizens. So apart from the fact that they are spending huge amounts of money to influence elections, which inherently disenfranchises individuals, they shouldn't even be considered proper "people" to participate in the political process and influence ...

OWN this, people. This could be what bipartisanship MEANS: rallying together for the sake of the people.

The point is that we CAN'T, Vison. The SCOTUS had decreed that the first amendment of the constitution requires this result. We can't overrule the will of the Founders.

Interesting SCOTUS turned their back on 100 years plus of Congress trying to put the brakes on corporate/union contributions, Congress recognizing the inherent conflicts of interest and problems that arise in such situations. This is a situation of conservative "activism" and ignoring Cong...