tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post2461941236118753273..comments2008-11-05T19:11:43.393-06:00scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123scalpelorsword@sbcglobal.netBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-5649088384728615592008-11-05T19:11:00.000-06:002008-11-05T19:11:00.000-06:00Gee Tina, did that church your family attends also spew pure unadulterated hatred of black people, like Obama's church did about whites?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-86801269059019859072008-11-04T21:24:00.000-06:002008-11-04T21:24:00.000-06:00Clearly her comment was taken out of context.<BR/><BR/>First Obama is an Ahaaharrab! Now every black person or minority who votes for him is on welfare. I suppose Springsteen, and the many Republicans who are voting the democratic ticket for the first time are on welfare too. Oh wait, no, they're just communists. Lets see how many more comments the right wingers will twist around and take out of context in the next 24 hours or so. Seems McCain has been operating with these same childish antics in his campaign as well. So much so, that he had to calm his own ignorant supporters when they got out of hand. Wow, Republicans don't have much brain power in their arsenal do they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-60573369152705590992008-11-04T13:23:00.000-06:002008-11-04T13:23:00.000-06:00This video makes me all sorts of angry.Jared At The Doctor Jobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05649969364178778712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-55634484888951868952008-11-03T20:27:00.000-06:002008-11-03T20:27:00.000-06:00I am absolutely possessed by de debbil.<BR/><BR/>*throws metal horns*crankylitprofhttp://crankylitprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-55360996875607925482008-11-03T18:09:00.000-06:002008-11-03T18:09:00.000-06:00my brother works 80 hours a week and is a decent upstanding conservative republican. His wife is a hard working school teacher in one of the poorer school districts in texas. They lack health insurance because for a teacher it would run her 300 per month for herself and another 800 to add her husband and child.<BR/><BR/>For my brother it would cost 1400 a month for the family since he is self employeed with a 5000 dollar deductible.<BR/><BR/>yikes what a drain on the system he is...<BR/><BR/><BR/>as for ignorance, I have heard some positively hysterical things when I go to church with my in-laws.<BR/><BR/>muslims are destined for hell, black people can't be trusted, <BR/>god created the earth in four thousand years, college professors are possesed by the devil, women should always follow the lead of thier husbands even if they disagree.<BR/><BR/>last sunday it was the fact that it is bad that so many folks are out voting as even good christians need to be directed as to who the best, most christian person is. Not like we can trust our own thoughts and judgements.<BR/><BR/>yeah, I think ignorance easily goes both ways<BR/><BR/>tinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-58087859402783488872008-11-03T15:57:00.000-06:002008-11-03T15:57:00.000-06:00"Easier said than done." <BR/><BR/>Okay, let's make things easier by having subsidized education programs for the poor. Oh, already have that. <BR/><BR/>I guess it's asking too much to ask people to provide for their own children, up to and including health care. I was wrong, THE PEOPLE should provide for you and your children because going to college or getting a better job requires effort beyond the level of "easy". <BR/><BR/>If you're going to have kids, the refrain when you get a positive pregnancy test in the ER (your "Free" pregnancy test) should not be "I juss go on welfare". It should be "oh, better get a better job". I hate people who expect us to take care of them without a second thought towards responsibility. Sadly, you're one of those people too, ERP; you're not helping these people at all by treating them like they're helpless sheep. <BR/><BR/>/rantNurse Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-18529099203251679172008-11-03T15:03:00.000-06:002008-11-03T15:03:00.000-06:00I checked Obama's platform and nowhere in it does it say he'll put free gas in my tank. Now I'm confused. Which candidate is giving free fill-ups with each vote? Please help. I need to know this before tomorrow. ;)Parlancheqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01654624164313992281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-37718526922609933662008-11-02T19:21:00.000-06:002008-11-02T19:21:00.000-06:00"Go back to college or get a good union job". Sounds great but easier said than done for many.ERPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-28945382760600944642008-11-01T21:54:00.000-05:002008-11-01T21:54:00.000-05:00Hell if I am going to be paying for her gas and mortgage let her drive her ass over here and pick me up so I can go to work. And while she is at it she can stop off at the hospital and get everyone checkups with the socialized health care that I am paying for.Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883149419204928738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-84922798281005516242008-11-01T20:52:00.000-05:002008-11-01T20:52:00.000-05:00So, lower-middle-class people should be forcibly subsidized by the upper classes to live in your area...or should they find a different, more affordable, area? I don't get your argument. Yeah, obviously, not everyone can afford to live wherever they want. This is not a newsflash and not specific to this economy. <BR/><BR/>Only 50% of adults in a family need to qualify for health insurance if you're married...another benefit of not having a bunch of kids while unmarried. This is something you should consider before spreading your legs. If you can't afford health insurance for a child and neither can your significant other, time for someone to go back to college or get into a decent union job...Nurse Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-14557982441856211162008-11-01T19:44:00.000-05:002008-11-01T19:44:00.000-05:00The region where I live 40k a year to raise a family is barely adequate to have a decent place to live, a car, and to hopefully save to send your kids to college. These people would not be on welfare - but unless their employer gets them health insurance, they are going to be screwed if they or their family gets sick. Forget finding a reasonably-priced plan. And yes, welfare should be for the poorest of the poor - and it should be tied to plans to get people working again. People that CAN afford insurance should be forced to buy it and those that claim they can't have to prove it.ERPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-67520190957124655662008-11-01T19:23:00.000-05:002008-11-01T19:23:00.000-05:00I just can't feel sorry for people who are "struggling" on $40,000/year, which is the low end of a salary of a new grad RN (I started at about $45,000 in 2003). Yawn. <BR/><BR/>If you can't afford your lifestyle, change your lifestyle. You think you have some sort of moral duty to give money away to people who are walking, talking, and chewing gum at the same time, I don't. <BR/><BR/>Welfare historically was intended for the very needy who could not support themselves usually due to death (of a husband) or serious disability such as mental retardation. Everyone else can work and stop having so many kids. Sorry. <BR/><BR/>Democrats even want programs like SCHIP which is welfare healthcare for the middle and upper classes (up to 80K/year income limit in some places). Entitlements and "tax reductions" for people who already don't pay taxes (ie handouts) need to stop and we need to be America again where you were expected to work and support your family not vote yourself a paycheck.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry you can't bring yourself to accept that his tax schemes are just redistribution of wealth.Nurse Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-80157617826597604172008-11-01T14:19:00.000-05:002008-11-01T14:19:00.000-05:00Nurse K, I have no problem paying some more in tax first of all - if it helps bolster home values and restore the bank's extension of credit (hopefully more responsibly than before), as well as to get us closer to universal health care. Second, I don't trust a single thing writtin in the WSJ opinion or editorial pages - they are unabashedly skewed to the right. You could easily find skewed articles in other publications to the left which would claim the opposite and show that McCain will raise your taxes. How it will play out will have to be seen. Finally, if you are worried about a "handout" then don't bother voting for McCain either since he said he wants to the government to buy troubled mortgages as well! In fact, the "buyout" package has gone through so the "handouts" to people who got in over their heads in their mortgages will continue regardless of who is elected. But the original problem I had with the post was the assumption that this person in the video was on welfare and just waiting for us to give her our money. Who knows, maybe she makes 40K per year and has trouble raising two kids on that income? In some parts of the country, that is not alot of money but certainly would not place them on the dole. It seems that many people would just abolish welfare all together when I think it needs revison to a more incentive-based programme. I believe Obama favours that over just blindly giving money to able-bodied people who sit around and do shit all day.ERPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-69043442399045308612008-11-01T12:25:00.000-05:002008-11-01T12:25:00.000-05:00ERP, <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html" REL="nofollow">this might convince you that she's looking for a handout </A>...<BR/><BR/>As we all know, his "tax cuts" also include checks being written (ie "handouts") to people with no tax liability and a monumental increase in taxes on those who already have the highest tax liability to pay for these handouts.<BR/><BR/>It's disgusting IMHO. So if you vote for Obama, you're voting to tax yourself quite a bit more so she can pay her mortgage and put gas in the car she can't afford. FREE MONEY!!!Nurse Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-38345081536124120732008-11-01T10:35:00.000-05:002008-11-01T10:35:00.000-05:00Steve,<BR/> She obviously would have a different opinion as to the potential success for Obama's proposals. The point is, if you believe that he will do something to help the economy,then why would you not think you would be better off? If you think he will wreck it (like most other posters here as well as the author), then obviously you be glum about your future prospects. I find it funny and sad that many people who are far to the right assume that everyone who supports Obama is a socialist, communist, or welfare recipient.ERPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-14560453806396007942008-11-01T09:21:00.000-05:002008-11-01T09:21:00.000-05:00Erp<BR/>I would like to comment on your comment..<BR/>You state that MAYBE the lady was talking about how urkels er obamas policies woud make it easier for her to pau to fill her gas tank or pay her mortgage...and I must admit I had the same thought.....But lets look at urkals er obamas policies that make it easier for Americans to make money.....<BR/>(chirp, chirp)<BR/><BR/><BR/>I don't think there are any....so yep the women WAS talking about how she is going to get free schtuff from the gubernment<BR/>The sad thing is...all of the people in her social strata have been SSOOO indoctrinated into the socialistic way of thinking....they don't even see haw bad that thinking is for America.<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-18442223688847351802008-11-01T07:27:00.000-05:002008-11-01T07:27:00.000-05:00What? It's FREE health care, right? I'm not going to have to front the cash directly. Why shouldn't I get a ride on the gravy train I have to fund with my work?<BR/><BR/>Right now, I can count on one hand the number of times in my LIFE I've gone to the ED -- and I am on the very far side of thirty. My kids? They've been slightly more often, but broken bones and seizures are appropriate reasons to go to the ED. People who are using the ED as a walk-in clinic are the reason we are where we are....and it's going to get worse when EVERYONE decides it's OK to do it.crankylitprofhttp://crankylitprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-21430766360934504292008-10-31T23:56:00.000-05:002008-10-31T23:56:00.000-05:00Ah, cranky lit prof. Do you actually have any problems?!<BR/><BR/>Everyone else abuses EMTALA. Why shouldn't you?hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13393207323508491147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-24181651130648304252008-10-31T22:34:00.000-05:002008-10-31T22:34:00.000-05:00I think in all honesty she was meaning that the changes she thinks he will make might make it easier for her to pay for her mortgage and gasoline. Why is the assumption that she is just some welfare recipient waiting for a handout? She may be but why assume that? And I am sure that as a black person, she must be very excited to see someone who is not white as a serious contender for the Presidency. I certainly did not think it would happen in my lifetime. So, I can't blame her for showing enthusiasm. I am sure if I recorded some comments at McCain-Palin rallies we could find some people who don't sound particularly...um....bright.ERPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-69567628869876025952008-10-31T20:50:00.000-05:002008-10-31T20:50:00.000-05:00I've pretty much decided that if I'm forced at gunpoint to buy in to the Great Scam of socialized medicine, I am going to use and abuse the Hell out of it, to get my money's worth.<BR/><BR/>Stools changed color a bit? Off to the ED!<BR/>Inflamed pimple? Better get that checked at the ED.<BR/>Toenails looking crooked? Ought to go to the ED and get an X-ray or scan of some sort.<BR/>Just not feeling right? Call the ambulance!<BR/><BR/>Get used to seeing my happy face, biznitches!crankylitprofhttp://crankylitprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-63962193465441136962008-10-31T20:19:00.000-05:002008-10-31T20:19:00.000-05:00Definitely a product of the Great Society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-85601756642388986312008-10-31T20:01:00.000-05:002008-10-31T20:01:00.000-05:00They can make me sammiches too.scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-32469918698881322602008-10-31T19:52:00.000-05:002008-10-31T19:52:00.000-05:00racist a-hole. where I work, the majority of the *(&amp;(*^% coming in to freeload &quot;self pay,&quot; no pay, medicaid no pay...are white trash...so how &#39;bout putting summa dat schiott up?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-87614844675020941212008-10-31T19:21:00.000-05:002008-10-31T19:21:00.000-05:00Racist!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32239569.post-60669438323694677352008-10-31T18:25:00.000-05:002008-10-31T18:25:00.000-05:00I'm a single nurse with a kid---I paid $13,000 in taxes last year, not including sales/gas-type taxes. Can't wait to pay more so the emergency rooms can be flooded with the newly-insured getting their earwax removed or their stuffy noses "checked out" along with a complimentary work note so they can get a day off to get their hair did.<BR/><BR/>Now we're going to have to pay to put gas in someone's car too? Take the damn bus or go back to college if you can't afford gas.Nurse Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.com