The Goat Pen

You don't have to wait that long. November 4, 2014 will be the referendum on no economic calamities.

"To sum up: climate research doesn't pay well, the amount of money dedicated to it has been shrinking, and if the researchers were successful in convincing the public that climate change was a serious threat, the response would be to give money to someone else. If you come across someone arguing that scientists are in it for the money, then you can probably assume they are willing to make arguments without getting their facts straight."

That's a total bogus argument. If the researchers are successful, and in some circles they are, they make themselves to appear relevant as the "watchdogs" of our very existence. Money would keep coming because they become a priority expenditure.

Tick, you caught me. For every post that doubts MMGW, I get a check from the World Wide Anti-Man Made Global Warming Conspiracy. I'm making a fortune over here. But Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone. I don't want to split the take with Sardis.

Relax, prof...nobody is coming to take away your coal stove or your El Camino.

Or your pesos

Professor Tiger wrote:Tick, you caught me. For every post that doubts MMGW, I get a check from the World Wide Anti-Man Made Global Warming Conspiracy. I'm making a fortune over here. But Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone. I don't want to split the take with Sardis.

Yeah, gyp JD instead.

All my checks are signed by the Koch brothers. I'm having them framed.

What crime are you going to frame the Koch brothers for?

hedge wrote:What crime are you going to frame the Koch brothers for?

Impersonating human beings.

I won't celebrate victory until you're in the grave...

There will be Cheetos and ice cold PBR served graveside.

I've been selling health insurance for 30 years. Network/out-of-network brouhahas have been going on longer than that. I bet some of you can tell some stories. What oprama should have said was "if you like your doctor and he stays in your plan's network you can keep him."

lol and btw... obviously the first thing you do before switching to a new plan and network is call your doctor and ask if they're in the network. Oprama didn't trick her into leaving her doctor. The old gal saw the opportunity to cut her monthly premium by more than half - even with all of her pre-existings - and she took it. Boo hoo.

Things to always keep in mind about obamacare:

GOP-approved Insurance companies make up it's administration, and GOP-approved private doctors and hospitals deliver the care. The individual mandate was a GOP concoction, and Massachussetts' romneycare was the defacto model for the national program.

Sam Nunn's daughter will get the dem nomination for the open Senate seat in GA, and she will lose in the general election.......fyi, she's NOT running on Obammercare. She mentions individuality, business and Bush I. Pls feel free to post all the dem candidates you can find running on Obammercare.


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opramacare is the law, so why would anyone "be running on it?" You see anybody running on the Civil Rights Act of 1965?

Because it's soooooooooooooo damn good for us........according to you and Nancy. Look what's it's done for unemployment!!!1111

Obamacare's $3 Billion Windfall to Customers

The Affordable Care Act required insurers to rein in overhead costs, and consumers saved big
by Money Staff 5/13/2014

http://money.msn.com/health-and-life-in ... 89bc87e9bb

"The medical loss ratio of the Affordable Care Act creates a higher-value insurance product for consumers," said Dr. David Blumenthal, president of the Commonwealth Fund. He said the rule addresses the possibility that in the past some insurers "may not have been providing the full benefit that the consumer expected in their premium dollars."

"The idea of the regulation is to make sure the plans are paying out more of those dollars for medical care...and not higher compensation for the CEO of the health plan," he said.

Pretty sure you didn't hear about the 3 bil on Faux News. Glad to help out..