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Earthquake in Japan
Posted on September 16, 2011 by ScottC
Joke of The Day
Posted on September 16, 2011 by ScottC
A man dies and goes to hell. There he discovers that he has a choice: he can go to capitalist hell or to communist hell. Naturally, he wants to compare the two, so he goes over to capitalist hell. There outside the door is the devil, who looks a bit like Ronald Reagan. “What’s it like in there?” asks the visitor. “Well,” the devil replies, “in capitalist hell, they flay you alive, then they boil you in oil and then they cut you up into small pieces with sharp knives.”
“That’s terrible!” he gasps. “I’m going to check out communist hell!” He goes over to communist hell, where he discovers a huge queue of people waiting to get in. He waits in line. Eventually he gets to the front and there at the door to communist hell is a little old man who looks a bit like Karl Marx. “I’m still in the free world, Karl,” he says, “and before I come in, I want to know what it’s like in there.”
“In communist hell,” says Marx impatiently, “they flay you alive, then they boil you in oil, and then they cut you up into small pieces with sharp knives.”
“But… but that’s the same as capitalist hell!” protests the visitor, “Why such a long queue?”
“Well,” sighs Marx, “Sometimes we’re out of oil, sometimes we don’t have knives, sometimes no hot water.”
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Comments format
Posted on September 15, 2011 by ScottC
Does everyone like the way the comments section works? Another option is to have the comments come up in a separate pop up window. I actually prefer that, because you can still see the front page in the main window, which can be refreshed for new posts without losing the comments that you might be looking at for a particular post. Not sure if/how it might effect mobile devices, though. Food for thought.
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Sites To Visit In Moderation
Posted on September 15, 2011 by ScottC
All….I added a new list in the sidebar, below the news links, called Sites To Visit In Moderation. It is just meant to be a list of links to sites that you often visit or link to, to make it easier to navigate to them. The first entry I’ve put in is to The Plum Line. (I’ve also added National Review, since I know how much you all visit there.)You can add a new entry easily by simply clicking on the wrench/screwdriver graphic to the right of it. A window will pop up, and you can just enter the site URL in the URL box, label it with a name, and then save.
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False Narrative
Posted on September 13, 2011 by ScottC
Well, the liberal talking point of the day seems to be the cheering that took place last night during the Republican debate. According to the liberal narrative, the crowd erupted in applause when it was suggested that a poor planning 30-something might be left to die for want of insurance. The liberal outrage was summed up by 12Bar earlier:
The implications of letting uninsured people die is broad. Why even get the fire department out there to pry them out their wrecked cars if they’re uninsured. Just tow the whole thing, wreck and victims to the wrecking yard where we don’t have to hear them scream. And people applaud for this?
Well no, they don’t. You guys should really watch that portion of the debate again. There was no audience cheer in support of the idea of letting the uninsured die This is just an invented talking point. In fact, the notion was explicitly rejected by Paul, to the sound of applause.
The initial cheer came when Blitzer asked “Who pays?” and Paul responded “That’s what freedom is all about, taking your own risks. This whole idea that you have to prepare and take care of everybody…” (Applause)
Note that at this point the notion that anyone might die had not yet been raised. The question had to do with who pays the bill for medical treatment. Only after the applauding had susided did Blitzer ask “But Congressman, are you saying that society should just let him die?”
Paul then explicitly rejected this notion, saying “No. I practiced medicine before we had Medicaid, in the early 1960s, when I got out of medical school. I practiced at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio, and the churches took care of them. We never turned anybody away from the hospitals.” The corwd then erupted into applause again.
Watch the exchange and see if this isn’t so. Today’s liberal talking point is based on a complete misrepresentation of what happened. The applause was not for the idea of letting someone die. It was for the notion that people ought to be responsible for themselves.
The horror!
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All Things in Moderation 