The Goat Pen

I worked at the worst of the worst, the VA and even after working there and it taking 9 HOURS to get a STAT CT scan (5 minutes in a private hospital) I still don't believe for one second that all 7 computers crashed. They crashed after they got the orders to crash them intentionally after they wiped...

Heck voting for the weakest candidate in the opposing primary is nothing new. I been doing that for years here in Tennessee. It's just part of it. I just came back to say HI and to see if our local liberals were gullible enough to believe that all 7 of the IRS computers just happened to crash at the...

Tick, you ready to admit that you could have been wrong about me losing my insurance because of Obamacare? There has certainly been enough publicity about it. I was one of those that lost a great plan because I didn't have it before that magic date in 2011, even though the plan hasn't changed since ...

Here's a nice dose of reality from Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/25/double-down-obamacare-will-increase-avg-individual-market-insurance-premiums-by-99-for-men-62-for-women/ "Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying...

I will freely admit I could have misunderstood him because we covered lots of topics that lunch meeting last Friday. I was going to purchase health insurance for my employees as well and we covered that first. Needless to say he advised against purchasing employee coverage with this looming. His li...

"Kinda pissed that I have to go through that again" Maybe if you lost some weight you could get a cheaper policy... True, but you are missing the point. I HAVE a policy that I like. I have already qualified for it. I have a good relationship with my agent, and I like BCBS as a carrier. No...

BOJ, you must be leaving something out. Unless your insurance carrier ceased to exist, you should be getting a non-grandfathered option to replace your current coverage. We have several hundreds of insureds and noone is "being forced into the gubment exchange." Nope, it's blue cross blue ...

So guess who is losing their health insurance as a direct result of Obamacare? This guy. I was just informed last week that I have to give up the policy that I have had since I purchased it back in 2011. It's a family policy that I really like, it's a 5000 dollar deductable plan. It has served mysel...

Crash, the WWF/NA$CAR folks only want races fixed the way THEY want it. That's why they came down on those guys. The intentional spin is no different than all the phantom "debris" cautions they used to throw "to make it interesting". Allowing your cars to get passed is no differe...

Well I for one support the president in attacking whoever used the gas. I say whoever because I think there is just as good a chance that the rebels did it as Assad. Whoever it is, I agree he should do something about it. Why? Because he has already made the threat and we can't make empty threats a...

Well I for one support the president in attacking whoever used the gas. I say whoever because I think there is just as good a chance that the rebels did it as Assad. Whoever it is, I agree he should do something about it. Why? Because he has already made the threat and we can't make empty threats an...

The R conservative base is not nearly as large as conservatives want to think it is. The idea that the R's odds of winning increase greatly by electing as far to the right a candidate as possible is delusional. By all means, nominate a candidate who will scream about banning nearly all abortion, de...

Hmmmmmm. You do realize I was essentially agreeing with you on your answer right?? And no, I wasn't trying to imply anything about your friend and his choice of residencies. I was saying out-right! His research about a 4 woman practice where each takes 9 months off a year was bullshit![/quote] Ok I ...

On a related note: what areas do the top students in medical school attend (the hardest residencies to get)? It changes so much that I don't know now. In 2006 (the year I graduated) the hardest one was Radiation Oncology, some rediculously low number of programs in the entire US. Then that year Der...

hedge wrote:You are a suspicious individual as far as I'm concerned...

And I expect if you saw me cutting going through different yards in your neighborhood at night you might want to see what I was up to as well......nothing wrong with that.

Well, both were treated the same by the state. Both were prosecuted by the same prosecutor. The difference is a jury's decision so you must be inferring the jury in the Zimmerman case was either racist, stupid, or IBs opinion that women cant think rationally. BTW, where was Al Sharpton when that ca...

Those numbers don't work out unless there are extremely good leave times granted. As a retired OB/GYN with women in his residency, he may have been smart, but he ain't too bright in the timing of his research. On a related note: what areas do the top students in medical school attend (the hardest r...

Dr. Strangelove wrote:Another moribund Val season is on the horizon! Get pumped!

I don't expect much this year, but I do expect improvement within three years. Our talent is not SEC level. Hopefully it will be in the future.

LOL, I MAR most but saw the discussion about women professionals. I am reminded of a guy that as an OB intern presented the new literature showing it took on average 4 women OB/GYN's to equal one male OB/GYN due to them wanting "motherhood" and joining 4 women groups and only practicing 3 ...

The Liberal Tick shows up again, defending the Humane Society. Tick, have you ever researched how much of their income actually goes to help animals? How about if they help the local shelters? If you said almost NONE you would be absolutely correct. 1% of their money to be exact goes to animal shelt...