DISQUS

Who cares who whacked whom off? When Haggard starts an MCC chapter, it'll be old news.

I was going to announce my new design for a "plasma bottle" energy storage system shortly but now I think I'll wait until McCain gets elected. Then the government can pay me $300,000,000 hush money while they sell it to the oil companies. Or some scenario like that.

WWJD with a Glock

Good ole Tom; always out front with the couldas.

Good ole Tom; always out front with the couldas.

You map is a mess. It shows 6 prisons in 8 Mile Park (next to CO9) with the rafting companies! Five of them should be on US50 east of Ca?

Like a 14 yo girl can see the consequences of her actions that will affect the rest of her life.

Lamm's right from my experience on an insurance advisory committee for the Colorado Springs Utilities. One of the commonest comments was "they" (choose any allegedly high risk group: gays, obese, those with numerous offspring, or smokers) would run costs up. The misconceptions are legion.

In fact, in any large group plan, less than 10% of the covered incur 90% of the cost of claims. Usually due to catastrophic illnesses like cancer, life-threatening diabetes, accident, and other crises. A never-ending battle is the effort by other insurees to force those claimants into a "special group" to reduce costs. The statistical analysis of this measure was that individual premiums would drop maybe 5% or so but the "outcasts"'s cost would actually make it cheaper for them to pay the hundreds of thousands of medical care out of pocket than pay the disastrous premiums they would require.

Then there are the "opt outs": "I don't need no insurance 'cause I won't get sick so give me the money." Until they get a serious illness or condition. Or family. Then these lawyers mysteriously appear.

Which illustrates the [nonprofit] insurance concept "shared risk". Group medical insurance is based on this concept. The larger the group, the bigger the spread of risk. The ultimate humane solution is one-payer, universal insurance.

But forcing insurance on everyone is not the way. A plan like Medicare (which I am, incidentally, being, for all practical purposes, forced to join) with fixed and defined costs and benefits would be perfect. And if you don't join, you are on your own. No one sues Medicare for not forcing coverage if they decline.

No rights are equal rights so what's the prob? They didn't lie; they just obfuscated.

Don't like the way the white guys are running things? Be revolting, mon.

And ride on the backs of those who do.

I supported Larry when he ran for County Commissioner but thought he had better sense than to take a seat at this table! Must be for the money . . . (That's a joke; the pay for this is all the personal attacks and complaining one could want.)

Interestingly our county Dem party called my wife, a caucus attendee, asking her to attend the COUNTY assembly! At the caucus (I was a "guest".), two volunteers for delegate had to be bumped to alternate. Where'd these people go?

This sucks! I was so glad when I finally caught up with your columns again. And this. What a bummer. <sigh>

Your political analyses were insightful and knowledgeable. You'll be sorely missed and likely not just by me.

We're gonna need luck finding another source of Colorado political goings-on who has the network you had. Unfortunately, those most likely to do the job well sell out to become lobbyists!

Good luck in your new career. I hope you find it boring and give it up soon so we can have you back! :)

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The best health insurance model is Medicare. But the corporate shills like Clinton and Obama don't get it.

I saw the "knife-gun fight" thing in The Magnificent Seven. The knife won.

How soon can we Agnew this guy? OTOH, all those reporters writing snarky columns (present company excepted, of course) will have to start actually going back to attending meetings, interviewing, and boring stuff like that. Oh, the burden!

Think about this: what if McCain dies in office? President Bruce. Nice ring, eh?

Gotta go and forward this post to everywhere.

Sorry, Jim, but this is one of the few times I disagree with you (Unless you are just reporting facts without any personal opinion, in which case, I disagree with just that other bunch.). There is no proven evidence, just jingoism and innuendo, of Iran doing all these nasty things. The Iranians just pissed some people off in the White House. I recall another nation with a similar name who did the same thing; similar results, too.

Fortunately going slow will do two things: help prevent precipitating WWIII and keep my pension afloat. The former is much more important, IMO.

Video of the kick

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But Tancredo's Mexican food has be in this country legally! Illegal Mexican food will be sent back where it came from!

Did the right thing Good point. This is exactly what Jesus did in places and times of worship and advocated to his disciples: cut off the centurion's ear when being arrested, take up arms against persecution, and stone those who fall. That "turn the other cheek" stuff is just window dressing.

If we weren't meant to defend ourselves violently, God wouldn't have given us MAC-10s.

The egg and I I can't believe they didn't include giving them the vote. Of course we couldn't let women vote for them so the father, if known, would get to cast the embryo's vote.

Running for what? Growing up in Texas, this question would have elicited an immediate "for the border" response but maybe that's not the best flippant answer here!

CFV I couldn't find the link to join!

Out of the frying pan, into civilization I am proof one CAN leave Hate City. After 35 years. OK, maybe it isn't easy . . .

Cucumbers So what's their obsession with cucumbers? "If they outlaw cucumbers, only outlaws will use condoms" . . .