The dems win... health care passes.

Hurray for tyranny!

What's that sound? The pitter-patter of a couple hundered angry Tea-Rards stomping their little feet?

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Dems will be voted out in November no matter how they voted. They are exempt from the healthcare they voted for. This nonsense must be repealed.

What's that sound? The pitter-patter of a couple hundered angry Tea-Rards stomping their little feet?


I don't know what you think just passed... but enjoy your blissful ignorance for the time being.

comment from here (http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/03/21/come-what-may/#comment-61255):
Historically Socialism...is executed when the wealth of a state is collected and fed to the masses as if it were corn feed to the pigs. The entire country eats well for 2-3 years, as of which time no one notices until it is the bread lines-in which case no one has time to imagine anything past their own stomachs-let alone such matters as putting a person on Mars or if there’re any additional flavors of the atom.

In this case, it doesn’t even start until what? 2012-2014? You have until 2012-2016 to start seeing crime and REAL poverty increase exponentially. Take that time to renew your passport, and definitely remember to sell your stocks this year. :)

I’m guessing the dow will be down on Monday and will be lower in Jan. 2011 than it is today. Only a guess (alot of the people who invest are smart cookies and this is already ‘baked’ into the market)-pun intended.

Real suffering and real pain are a comin’. Not today, not tomorrow, and they are definately calculating that it’ll be past your memory and beyond our CONTROL, but it’s a comin”-if this allowed to stand.

The dems win... health care passes....she gleefully banged out on her keyboard.

Time for me to start looking for another job. My company won't last long now thanks to this bill.

9. "The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."



Now for better or worse Americans will have experience of universal healthcare to see for themselves with their own eyes.

What if this doesn’t actually destroy America? That would be a tragedy for Republicans. A lot of political coin has been spent by the Dems here - but an even larger amount of political coin has been spent by the Republicans.

What if this doesn’t actually destroy America? That would be a tragedy for Republicans. A lot of political coin has been spent by the Dems here - but an even larger amount of political coin has been spent by the Republicans.Are you going to sit there and say that the Democrats aren't going to lose seats over this?

Bottom line is this - both parties can't be right about this. Somebody's wrong. You, foxpaws, appear to be having difficulty restraining your glee over this, despite your numerous protestations that you were not in favor of this bill.

Take your lying, hypocritical, race baiting opinions elsewhere.

Nope, Dems will lose seats - probably lots of them, this election cycle. However, in the long run, say in the bigger picture election, 2012, will this trend continue? If we haven't fallen into a great abyss because of this bill by then, the Republicans can come out looking like fools.

Oh, Foss, I read (http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/109134/winners-and-losers-in-the-affected-industries?mod=insurance-health&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=) that the WSJ believes that pharmaceuticals will benefit the most from this bill - your company should do fine.

Nope, Dems will lose seats - probably lots of them, this election cycle. However, in the long run, say in the bigger picture election, 2012, will this trend continue? If we haven't fallen into a great abyss because of this bill by then, the Republicans can come out looking like fools.

Oh, Foss, I read (http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/109134/winners-and-losers-in-the-affected-industries?mod=insurance-health&sec=topStories&pos=2&asset=&ccode=) that the WSJ believes that pharmaceuticals will benefit the most from this bill - your company should do fine.Well, that might be true if I worked for a pharma company. But I don't. So go pound sand.

The passage of this bill was an assault on freedom and liberty. America has already been destroyed. Just wait until people start getting fined for not purchasing insurance, and IRS agents start knocking on people's doors demanding proof of compliance with the UNCONSTITUTIONAL purchasing mandate.

Any battle worth fighting has casualties.
Maybe it will only destroy fossten's (idea of) america.
The consevatives got their revisionist Texas textbooks last week but the liberals scored a much bigger prize.

Any battle worth fighting has casualties.
Maybe it will only destroy fossten's (idea of) america.What's this, the 'That's your opinion' argument?

I guarantee I've read far more of the bill than you have. I know what's in it. I know what freedoms it takes away. You don't know jack. So shut up until you have something meaningful to say. Keep your childish taunts to yourself.

But hey, maybe foxpaws has a point. Maybe my premiums really will go down 3,000% like Obama said. :rolleyes:

Any battle worth fighting has casualties.
Maybe it will only destroy fossten's (idea of) america.
The consevatives got their revisionist Texas textbooks last week but the liberals scored a much bigger prize.

It is no excuse for presumptuous ignorance that it is directed by insolent passion
-Edmund Burke

Know what you are talking about...

I guarantee I've read far more of the bill than you have. I know what's in it. I know what freedoms it takes away. You don't know jack. So shut up until you have something meaningful to say. Keep your childish taunts to yourself.



So you think they're going to live up to their own rules?
It would be ironic if evolution (of government) obsoletes old guard conservative policies.
Once this is in effect there's no going back unless conservatives want to campaign scrooge like on not paying for babies and sick people to see doctors because they're not worthy.
Good luck with that.
Is Rush going to follow through on leaving the country like he promised?
You listen to him every day...

So you think they're going to live up to their own rules?
It would be ironic if evolution (of government) obsoletes old guard conservative policies.
Once this is in effect there's no going back unless conservatives want to campaign scrooge like on not paying for babies and sick people to see doctors because they're not worthy.
Good luck with that.
Is Rush going to follow through on leaving the country like he promised?
You listen to him every day...You're just babbling. You aren't even coherent.

Come back when you sober up.

No really
Don't you think this could be the beginning of the end of political conservatism?
It's not exactly popular in the rest of the world and with the US moving forward with Obamacare people may decide they like not worrying about individually paying for healthcare and facing potential catastrophic medical bills bankrupting them among other things.

Once the people get a taste of universal healthcare they may decide their fears were much greater than the reality.

No really
Don't you think this could be the beginning of the end of political conservatism?
It's not exactly popular in the rest of the world and with the US moving forward with Obamacare people may decide they like not worrying about individually paying for healthcare and facing potential catastrophic medical bills bankrupting them among other things.

Once the people get a taste of universal healthcare they may decide their fears were much greater than the reality.In a vacuum your thought might be something to consider.

However, Obama and his fellow communists haven't even begun to ramp up their takeover. Up next is amnesty, and after that Crap and Trade. Jobs isn't even on the horizon. The healthcare bill and reconciliation package together will jack up capital gains taxes to 25%. Obama is determined to destroy the private sector and make America pay for its capitalist greed, eh comrade? Perpetual 10% unemployment and huge debt and inflation will highlight the folly of the Communists now in control.

How did Carter do in 1980?

Once this is in effect there's no going back unless conservatives want to campaign scrooge like on not paying for babies and sick people to see doctors because they're not worthy.
Good luck with that.
Is Rush going to follow through on leaving the country like he promised?
You listen to him every day...


You really should know what you are talking about.

Limbaugh NEVER promised to leave the country like you claim.

If you understood conservatism and the political dynamics in the country you would know that conservatism is in the ascendancy and this country is and has been a center-right to conservative nation.

If you actually applied any critical thought to the Texas textbook issue you would find that they are inherently not giving a one sided view of history but are attempting to move away from a one sided view of history.

If you understood the economic realities and trade-offs both in this health care bill and single payer health care generally you would know that peoples fears of universal health care are not unfounded and the reality will likely be worse then thought.

You need to educate yourself and apply a little critical thought here instead of accepting leftist propaganda. You are embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.

In a vacuum your thought might be something to consider.

However, Obama and his fellow communists haven't even begun to ramp up their takeover. Up next is amnesty, and after that Crap and Trade. Jobs isn't even on the horizon. The healthcare bill and reconciliation package together will jack up capital gains taxes to 25%. Obama is determined to destroy the private sector and make America pay for its capitalist greed, eh comrade? Perpetual 10% unemployment and huge debt and inflation will highlight the folly of the Communists now in control.

How did Carter do in 1980?

None of these things are horrifying or as horrifying as you make them out to be.

Canada has high taxes to pay for healthcare and social programs and it has the best balance sheet of all the G8 countries.
10% unemployment is a bit of a silver lining for business in that it's high enough to keep down wages but not so high as to significantly hurt the customer base.
A capital gains tax of 25% is still much less than the 45% state and federal income tax I'm paying now.
My bleeding heart has dried up considerably since I had to pay a huge tax bill for last year.
Unlike you, I don't think Obama is full of evil schemes to punish America.

Carter told Americans to shape up, conserve (ironic no) and live within their means.
That didn't go over well so we got Reagan with his tax cuts and deficit spending to pay for our lifestyles.

You really should know what you are talking about.

Limbaugh NEVER promised to leave the country like you claim.

If you understood conservatism and the political dynamics in the country you would know that conservatism is in the ascendancy and this country is and has been a center-right to conservative nation.

If you actually applied any critical thought to the Texas textbook issue you would find that they are inherently not giving a one sided view of history but are attempting to move away from a one sided view of history.

If you understood the economic realities and trade-offs both in this health care bill and single payer health care generally you would know that peoples fears of universal health care are not unfounded and the reality will likely be worse then thought.

You need to educate yourself and apply a little critical thought here instead of accepting leftist propaganda. You are embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.

Limbaugh only said (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030910/content/01125107.guest.html) he would leave the country for his health care needs, if certain things happen here in the US - I believe he is to head for Costa Rica...

If I have to get thrown into this massive government health care insurance business and end up going to the driver's license office every day when I need to go to the doctor, yeah, I'll go to Costa Rica for treatment, not move there.

However, since Costa Rica has universal health care - it seems like an odd place for him to go. However, it is one of the best places in Latin America as far as the quality of their health care.

If he is looking for a 'developed' country, without universal health care - maybe Turkey might be a better fit, they don't have universal health care.

And shag - although you may argue we are on the road to universal health care - we are a long ways from it at this point. People might like this health insurance reform, within it are a lot of the things the republicans wanted. The Reps might want to start to embrace those good things, so they aren't left sitting in a boat without oars...

You really should know what you are talking about.

Limbaugh NEVER promised to leave the country like you claim.

If you understood conservatism and the political dynamics in the country you would know that conservatism is in the ascendancy and this country is and has been a center-right to conservative nation.

If you actually applied any critical thought to the Texas textbook issue you would find that they are inherently not giving a one sided view of history but are attempting to move away from a one sided view of history.

If you understood the economic realities and trade-offs both in this health care bill and single payer health care generally you would know that peoples fears of universal health care are not unfounded and the reality will likely be worse then thought.

You need to educate yourself and apply a little critical thought here instead of accepting leftist propaganda. You are embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.


These are your conservative opinions backed up with some selective "facts" that you gained from books and such.
My real education didn't begin until after I finished with school 30 years ago.
I grew up under universal healthcare and am aware of the trade offs involved.
I was happy with the service I got when I needed it.
You go to a doctor, any doctor or hospital, show the clerk your photo health card and that's it.
No co pays or bills or paperwork.
You have to pay for prescriptions out of pocket but prices for established drugs are controled and new drugs are negotiable.

Some people may have died waiting for service but that number pales in comparison to the uninsured or worse thought was insured american experience.

'04, when you don't understand the opposing worldviews involved here and how they have developed and been enacted throughout history you only make yourself look like a fool.

I would recommend reading Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. It gives a balanced account of the various worldviews in play without taking one side over the other.

If you don't understand those worldviews then you have no hope of distinguishing the truth from propaganda; you become a dupe.

Some people may have died waiting for service but that number pales in comparison to the uninsured or worse thought was insured american experience.
Yes, comrade, we know you don't value human life like we do. :rolleyes:

My bleeding heart has dried up considerably since I had to pay a huge tax bill for last year.
You love to tout your high income don't you. It must be tied to your self esteem. I sincerely hope you don't lose your high income or else you might be in trouble emotionally.

These are your conservative opinions backed up with some selective "facts" that you gained from books and such.

The only one citing selective "facts" here is you.

My views are based in a thorough understanding of the worldviews in play here, as well as applying critical thought to the facts and how they are interpreted.

Your view is dominated not by critical thought but by ignorance and whatever seems plausible and/or appealing to you.

You are embarrassing yourself.

Again:
It is no excuse for presumptuous ignorance that it is directed by insolent passion
-Edmund Burke

Yes, comrade, we know you don't value human life like we do. :rolleyes:

No I more equally value life than you do.
For you certain circumstances mean someone's out of luck and it's tough sh.t.

Since you brought it up in this little dig of yours how do you value life the way I allegedly don't?

No I more equally value life than you do.
For you certain circumstances mean someone's out of luck and it's tough sh.t.

Since you brought it up in this little dig of yours how do you value life the way I allegedly don't?Aren't you 'pro choice?'

'04, when you don't understand the opposing worldviews involved here and how they have developed and been enacted throughout history you only make yourself look like a fool.

I would recommend reading Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles. It gives a balanced account of the various worldviews in play without taking one side over the other.

If you don't understand those worldviews then you have no hope of distinguishing the truth from propaganda; you become a dupe.

'04 - you might want to also read "The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It"

Sowell is pretty good at not taking one side over the other, however his book is rather repetitive, as well as being very much 'either - or'. You are either totally left (socialist/communist/fascist) or you are totally right (classic liberal). There isn't any middle grown with Sowell. However, in real life, there is plenty wiggle in the middle...

The only one citing selective "facts" here is you.

My views are based in a thorough understanding of the worldviews in play here, as well as applying critical thought to the facts and how they are interpreted.

Your view is dominated not by critical thought but by ignorance and whatever seems plausible and/or appealing to you.

You are embarrassing yourself.

Again:
It is no excuse for presumptuous ignorance that it is directed by insolent passion
-Edmund Burke



Hopefully one day you can put your education to further use than bringing up confusing quotes.
This almost looks like some words I may string together that come across as either too clever or cryptic.
Ah the angst of genius, too smart to be understood and appreciated by the common folks.
When I was in school people used to hide their own lack of informity and call me the bottomless pit of useless information.
Conservatism is not on the rise in the rest of the world and here in America I am positing that the passing of healthcare will make it less attractive to regular folks who may find they like a little more socialism in their lives.

Conservatism is not on the rise in the rest of the world and here in America I am positing that the passing of healthcare will make it less attractive to regular folks who may find they like a little socialism in their lives.

...yet you really don't understand Conservatism or socialism. So your postulation is not based in reality and is not worth the time it took for you to type it.

If you understood conservatism and how it is unique to each country you would know that pointing out that conservatism is not on the rise in the rest of the world is absolutely meaningless; like pointing out that the sky is blue because my car is running. It is a red herring.

You don't understand liberalism, you have made that abundantly clear. You don't understand socialism and how and why it is ultimately incompatible with many other ideas like the rule of law or individual liberty. Ideas who's benefits you take for granted.

In short you are utterly clueless when it comes to worldviews and political philosophy, yet you seem to think you know enough to pass judgment on them. That would be fine, in and of itself, but you actually vote and we have to suffer for your foolishness.

That is like someone who thinks they need to rotate the air in their tires arguing with a automotive mechanic with 40 years of experience about how to overhaul an engine.

You are not only utterly ignorant, but presumptuously ignorant and petulant about it. You should be embarrassed but are too clueless to even grasp why.

If you actually were interested in overcoming your ignorance, I would be happy to assist, but you revel in your ignorance and lash out at people who shine a light on it. You are a fool who prefers his own clueless delusions to the truth and reality.

...but he is a rich man, so he can say anything he wants.

I am positing that the passing of healthcare will make it less attractive to regular folks who may find they like a little more socialism in their lives.
And what happens when the US Government runs out of money?

...but he is a rich man, so he can say anything he wants.

Rewards do have their priviledges, like an almost 50% tax rate and an over million dollar tax bill for last year :mad:
My bleeding heart has hardened somewhat now.
But, Rich man, Poor man
all can say whatever they want on the internet.

And what happens when the US Government runs out of money?

From death comes life.
A new life.

From death comes life.
A new life.You are such an idiot.

From death comes life.
A new life.

This almost looks like some words I may string together that come across as either too clever or cryptic.


;)

;)

I like you guys too :D

You are such an idiot.

Better being an idiot than living in serfdom.

Better being an idiot than living in serfdom.

When it comes to politics, the former usually leads to the latter.

And what happens when the US Government runs out of money?


Your question is a supposition.
You're supposing the US Government will run out of money.
That in itself is a simplification.
The government may run down on money but it won't run out.
If the government runs down on money and no one will lend it more it will have to cut spending elsewhere in the budget.
Of course this has never happened yet on the federal level but school boards are shutting down schools and sending staff home due to running out of money as you would put it.
Even if the money was to become worthless for whatever reason there's all the assets of the country in people materials and real estate.
All the stuff has value for what it's used for beyond it's monetary value and absent money can be traded and bartered as things are restructured and revalued.
A country may run out of money at some point but it won't run out of value.

You are trying to argue an "if"; if these programs become insolvent. However, you need to show that is a viable possibility and history does not support it.

Every welfare program is insolvent or on it's way there and this bill is simply speeding up the process. You can look at other countries and see this as well. And it is not a surprise because it is simple economics that these programs are ultimately ponzi-schemes on a massive level.

If you can't show that your "if" argument is anything more then a supposition, then the issue becomes "when" and "how". When will these programs become insolvent and how will the government deal with them?

With medicare and medicaid they simply start setting arbitrary reimbursement rates; price controls. That is probably the biggest factor in the increase of health services because it shifts those costs to people not covered under medicare and medicaid. This setting of reimbursement rates is an example of what Milton Friedman famously said:Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.


Your argument also takes quite a bit for granted when it comes to money and wealth. You seem to assume that we will never run out of wealth. However, the more restrictive an economy, the less wealth is created. The more entitlements you have the more wealth is needed. That is the fatal economic flaw with entitlement; wealth input and output.

You stifle the wealth creating mechanisms in an economy while creating more dependents on that wealth. When the wealth stops flowing you start getting rationing, etc. History has shown this to be true. In fact, a few different analogies have been used to demonstrate this. Choking the goose laying the golden eggs. More people in the cart then pulling it.

This ties back to the basic difference in world views I keep harping on and you seem to have no interest in; should poverty or prosperity in society be viewed as the norm with the other treated as the exception to the rule? Why? There are a lot of basic questions that have to be answered before that can be answered. You cannot simply gloss over that and expect to be able to accurately distinguish between propaganda and legitimate points.

You are trying to argue an "if"; if these programs become insolvent. However, you need to show that is a viable option and history does not support it.

Every welfare program is insolvent or on it's way there and this bill is simply speeding up the process. You can look at other countries and see this as well. And it is not a suprise because it is simple economics that these programs are ultimately ponzi-schemes on a massive level.

If you can't show that your "if" argument is anything more then a supposition, then the issue becomes "when" and "how". When will these programs become insolvent and how will the government deal with them?

With medicare and medicaid they simply start setting arbitrary reimbursement rates; price controls. That is probably the biggest factor in the increase of health services because it shifts those costs to people not covered under medicare and medicaid.

Your argument also takes quite a bit for granted when it comes to money and wealth. You seem to assume that we will never run out of wealth. However, the more restrictive an economy, the less wealth is created. The more entitlements you have the more wealth is needed. That is the fatal economic flaw with entitlement; wealth input and output.

You stifle the wealth creating mechanisms in an economy while creating more dependents on that wealth. When the wealth stops flowing you start getting rationing, etc. History has shown this to be true. In fact, a few different analogies have been used to demonstrate this. Choking the goose laying the golden eggs. More people in the cart then pulling it...

Canada has been able to sustain it's expensive imperfect social and healthcare programs for 45 years and currently has the best balance sheet of the G8 countries.

Healthcare should not be lumped in as a general welfare program but also thought of in terms of the value it returns in the quality of life of the population and the value that ads to the GDP.
There's a respending factor to investment in some healthcare that isn't readily apparent.

Staving off childhood obesity so people don't become diabetics in their 20's come to mind as an example.

Canada has been able to sustain it's expensive imperfect social and healthcare programs for 45 years and currently has the best balance sheet of the G8 countries.

Canada has been discussed on this forum quite a bit and it is not what you are characterizing it as. It is already having the economic crunch being talked about. Simply because they have the "best balance sheet" doesn't negate that. It simply means they refuse to pay for it and/or find other ways around it that don't show up on their balance sheets. Those ways have been documented ad nausseum on this forum and I am not going to go through them again. You can look them up. Hint; waiting lines.

Healthcare should not be lumped in as a general welfare program but also thought of in terms of the value it returns in the quality of life of the population and the value that ads to the GDP.

Yet that is precisely what socialized medicine does!

Ultimately it has to view human life as simply a means to an end of fiscal solvency. That is why rationing is prevalent in single-payer systems.

There's a respending factor to investment in some healthcare that isn't readily apparent.

Staving off childhood obesity so people don't become diabetics in their 20's come to mind as an example.

Are you talking about preventative care?

The empirical evidence supporting that is questionable at best and even the most optimistic estimates on that don't show enough to make a long term difference. At best, it is simply a way to kick the can down the road to serfdom.

It comes back to basic economics. Socialized medicine is not economically sustainable; your suppositions asside. Free Market healthcare is economically sustainable. The problem with the system we had until last night was that nearly 50% of medical expenses came through the government in some way; resulting in a shifting of the actual cost burden to the non-government entities paying for medical expenses.

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Are you talking about preventative care?

If people can go to the doctor without having to pay as a consideration they're more likely to go if they think they need to especially if they have school age children.

So this can vaguely be called preventative care of sorts.

If people can go to the doctor without having to pay as a consideration they're more likely to go if they think they need to especially if they have school age children.

So this can vaguely be called preventative care of sorts.

We already have this problem with insurance provided by an employer. People don't pay the cost of the care directly. So the price mechanism loses it's essential function of conveying information to the consumer. Therefore the market is distorted because people use more health care then needed or is reasonable given the actual costs. Costs do not go down, they go up.

The basic problem distribution of scarce resources. Health care is a commodity. Costs are a reflection of the demand and the supply of that commodity. Costs are lowest when the most efficient allocation of that commodity is achieved.

So the question is; what is the best way to allocate that resource?

Is the free market better at allocating it or are the best economic minds with the best technology and techniques at their disposal able to better allocate those resources?

Limbaugh only said (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030910/content/01125107.guest.html) he would leave the country for his health care needs, if certain things happen here in the US - I believe he is to head for Costa Rica...

If I have to get thrown into this massive government health care insurance business and end up going to the driver's license office every day when I need to go to the doctor, yeah, I'll go to Costa Rica for treatment, not move there.

However, since Costa Rica has universal health care - it seems like an odd place for him to go. However, it is one of the best places in Latin America as far as the quality of their health care.

If he is looking for a 'developed' country, without universal health care - maybe Turkey might be a better fit, they don't have universal health care. This just shows what an idiot you are - quote mining and never listening to Rush's show, you totally missed the context of his statement. I'll give you a hint - not that it will help your obtuse, doddering intellect - his statement was in response to a woman who called and said her medical center was going to set up operations in Costa Rica.

This just shows what an idiot you are - quote mining and never listening to Rush's show, you totally missed the context of his statement. I'll give you a hint - not that it will help your obtuse, doddering intellect - his statement was in response to a woman who called and said her medical center was going to set up operations in Costa Rica.

here is the whole transcript (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030910/content/01125107.guest.html) - from Rush's site....

You notice - Rush says that it is a guy (Whose name is Richard Naples - from Florida - not a woman who called) and it was in regards to the 'mandate' part of the bill, and how doctors might get around the mandate - to opt out of the government programs, not a medical center that was going to set up operations in Costa Rica.

RUSH: The Huffington Post, you remember we had a call here from a guy, we're talking about health care and what's going to happen after Obama puts private insurance out of business, how all the fines that businesses and individuals pay are much cheaper than having to go out and buy health insurance itself, and that people will naturally pay the fine. If they don't have to go to jail they'll pay the fine rather than incur costs, especially if the Senate bill says, which it does, that the day you have the auto accident, you get covered. You don't have to have any coverage before that, but the day you're in the crash you go to the hospital the insurance company has to pay for your treatment. Well, that's not insurance, that's private sector welfare and nobody could afford it and they'll go out of business, which is the purpose. So a guy calls up and says, "If all this happens, what are you going to do?" And I said, "Well, if doctors are not permitted to opt out of the government insurance pool and so forth, Medicare, Medicaid, whatever it is, and if they're not allowed to establish a private practice with private sector patients paying their own way, then I'll go to Costa Rica."

Well, that has been turned into I'm going to leave the country for Costa Rica and move there if Obamacare passes. I've had all kinds of reporters: "Are you serious? Do you really mean this?" So I've had to patiently explain today to people who do not bother to stay informed on this stuff what the genesis and the primary context of my comment was. I said, "Look, there are insurance companies who don't want to be put out of business." We've talked to them on the program. I've talked to them privately. They are establishing health care clinics with quality doctors in places like Costa Rica. They're going to continue to sell policies to people who have the ability to fly down there and get treatment. If I have to get thrown into this massive government health care insurance business and end up going to the driver's license office every day when I need to go to the doctor, yeah, I'll go to Costa Rica for treatment, not move there. So they're just in a tizzy out there, between Costa Rica and Eric Massa. So -- (laughing) -- it's going to be a fun day. Heck, it already is a fun day.
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RUSH: You know, I am in such hot water now. People in New Zealand are sending me e-mails: "How come you're not coming here? You've been telling everybody you're moving to New Zealand and now you're saying you're going to Costa Rica." I did not say I'm going to Costa Rica. The stupid people in the media who cannot trouble themselves to read my transcripts or listen to this program, listen to out of context stuff. I was asked yesterday where will I go for health care if Obama's health care passes, and I said if doctors here are not permitted to form private practice little clinics with individuals paying a fee, a retainer, and for services, then I'll go to Costa Rica to get major medical health care. I didn't say I would move there. They're all over these websites: "Limbaugh says he'd move to Costa Rica. Why, what more incentive do we have to pass health care to get Limbaugh to move to Costa Rica?" Now, New Zealand is reading about this and they're all bent out of shape that I'm somehow not coming there, all because of the stupid media. They are not competing for me because Costa Rica doesn't think I'm going to move there, which I wouldn't. Gosh.

typical foxpaws ignorant crap
You missed the original caller, a woman, who called before that show. She called back today as well.

So once again, you missed the context. Be sure and go to his site after 5:30 today and read the transcript. I'm sure it's saved into your favorites.

Welcome to irrelevancy as usual, fox.

You missed the original caller, a woman, who called before that show. She called back today as well.

So once again, you missed the context. Be sure and go to his site after 5:30 today and read the transcript. I'm sure it's saved into your favorites.

Welcome to irrelevancy as usual, fox.

I did no such thing foss - exact context - exact words - he said he would go to Costa Rica for health care... It was even from the show where he was defending himself against the very misconception that '04 had stated that apparently was at the very least on Huffington's site.

Or maybe it is irrelevant because 6 days ago a dog called about the flea problem in Honduras...

Get real...

I was defending Rush. He never said he was moving to Costa Rica as '04 stated - but he did say he would go there for health care if certain things happen...

Got anything that would disprove that foss? Or, since you have some sort of special connect with Rush, perhaps you know something beyond the realm of his exact words, denying the very thing that '04 was saying.

here is the whole transcript (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030910/content/01125107.guest.html) - from Rush's site....

Not that is not the transcript of the original statement. not this line:

Well, that has been turned into I'm going to leave the country for Costa Rica and move there if Obamacare passes.

It is the transcript of him responding to the media's response of the original statement.

Once again, you don't listen to Limbaugh and have no clue what he is talking about yet you see fit to pass judgment.

Yet you try and chastise Cal for talking about you with your legs in the air after you talk about your sex life numerous times on this forum...

Not that is not the transcript of the original statement. not this line:

Well, that has been turned into I'm going to leave the country for Costa Rica and move there if Obamacare passes.

It is the transcript of him responding to the media's response of the original statement.

Once again, you don't listen to Limbaugh and have no clue what he is talking about yet you see fit to pass judgment.

Yet you try and chastise Cal for talking about you with your legs in the air after you talk about your sex life numerous times on this forum...

Did I? How would you know the 'cal' thing - talk among yourselves much? Maybe even share pms... how... quaint... Sort of the 'boys club'? :rolleyes:

If you haven't quite got it shag-I was defending Rush - I posted the whole transcript where he was clarifying to the media (i.e. Huffington) about what he really said - I know he never stated he would leave the country (much to my chagrin) if health care passed. Once again - defending, not chastising...

He really said that he would just travel to Costa Rica for health care (not move) if certain things happened to our health care system here in the US...

So, what part don't you understand... I will be glad to draw diagrams with little arrows if you need it shag...

Did I? How would you know the 'cal' thing - talk among yourselves much? Maybe even share pms... how... quaint... Sort of the 'boys club'? :rolleyes:


Couldn't be because it happened in this thread (http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=63153), could it.

How cute - fox is jealous. She so badly wants to be one of the guys, and she's so close too - I can vouch for that.

Couldn't be because it happened in this thread (http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=63153), could it.

What I said (http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showpost.php?p=649192&postcount=27)...

And you can edit that, please.

Exact phrase, I deliberately said as little as I could... with no 'chastising' or any other retribution included within the public forum. I didn't even refer to what I wanted edited. I only did that in the PM.

I did chastise him in a PM - where I asked very directly to remove the statement, and why.

Not on the forum.

And it was removed within 30 minutes.

However, the only way anyone else would know that I 'chastised him" would be if they read the pm that I sent to Cal, or he divulged the contents in some manner.

How disgusting.

What I said (http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showpost.php?p=649192&postcount=27)...

And you can edit that, please.

Exact phrase, I deliberately said as little as I could... with no 'chastising' or any other retribution included within the public forum. I didn't even refer to what I wanted edited. I only did that in the PM.

I did chastise him in a PM - where I asked very directly to remove the statement, and why.

Not on the forum.

And it was removed within 30 minutes.

However, the only way anyone else would know that I 'chastised him" would be if they read the pm that I sent to Cal, or he divulged the contents in some manner.

How disgusting.

HA!

You are jumping at shadows.

I saw his original post with your quoting it minus the offending lines and your demand that he remove it.

I also know how you work.

He never mentioned anything to me privately about it, despite your suspicions.

Now we have to put up with your disingenuous outrage over something that never happened.:rolleyes:

At least it will be worth a laugh.;)

Hey foxpaws...your outrage is disingenuous. You have repeatedly and proudly proclaimed having a loose set of morals. You even tried to pick me up - on the internet. Hell, look at your sig. You really are a big faux.

Want some cheese with that whine?

http://doogs.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/whambulance.jpg?w=600

What's the matter, fox, cat got your tongue? :rolleyes: