I’m a big believer in a government-assisted health care plan for people who can’t afford it. That being said, Nick Gillespie points out an interesting study which stated that a sizeable number of people who don’t have health care don’t have it simply because they choose not to have it and could afford it if they really want it.
This reminds me of a conversation a friend and I were having about a college education and how people want it for free or they won’t get one even if they can afford it.
Talk about a sense of entitlement!
Something tells me Mr. Brown wishes he could take this one back.
SO CUTE!!!!
pufferfish (via porkfork6)
“One of the more revealing annual surveys of this phenomenon is conducted each year by the non-partisan Ponemon Institute . The institute’s annual “Privacy Trust Study of the United States Government” probes the views of citizens across the country to gauge their level of trust regarding various federal government agencies. For the past four years, the U.S. Postal Service has received the highest score . Although that may surprise some people, what should universally shock Americans is the fact that the U.S. Department of Justice is among the least trusted of federal agencies. That’s right — the one government office tasked above all others with maintaining the standards of justice, fairness and privacy , is among the least trusted. Nearly four times more Americans found the Postal Service worthy of their trust than they did Justice.” —
This is why I voted for him. He “gets” it. Unlike our current megalomaniac President who thinks Government can cure all ills if given enough of your money to do so.
Nation of doubters has lost faith in government | The Barr Code
What is it with food-based hair products? They must smell delightful.
“Today, RSS is a shell of its former self, casually subsumed as the transport for 140+ content into the social stream. There, RSS items are fed into aggregators and husked for their behavioral signals, packaged as Tweets and sold for pennies on the whuffie dollar. The mainstream media, once cowed by the fulltexters, now masquerades as blog sites and competes for shortened URLs alongside the bloggers they deride under their breath.” —
Never in my life have I read such bullshit from someone I respect. Gillmor’s a smart guy, but this is just pure linkbaiting garbage. The idea that Twitter can replace RSS reminds me of the dopes who swore video conferencing would replace face to face meetings. Hint: they haven’t.
“CLEVELAND (AP) - Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman. Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation’s first face transplant, and her new look was a far cry from the puckered, noseless sight that made children run away in horror. Culp’s expressions are still a bit wooden, but she can talk, smile, smell and taste her food again. Her speech is at times a little tough to understand. Her face is bloated and squarish, and her skin droops in big folds that doctors plan to pare away as her circulation improves and her nerves grow, animating her new muscles.” —
That’s a very loose definition of “face” if you ask me…
Excite News - Nation’s first face transplant patient shows face