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Jack in Wi.| 1.31.12 @ 9:46PM
Gingrich gave Obama enough ammunition against Romney to bury him. Obama just has to put up adds with all Newt said against Romney. Well at least Newt is very pro-life. He only had oral sex with his girl friends,, so that there was no chance that they could get pregnant.
Occam's Tool| 2.1.12 @ 12:03AM
Well, James, I once had a fascinating story told to me from a friend of mine, about a guy he met who repossesed wheelchairs.
I thought it was a joke, but here's a quotation from an article on the Medicare regs:
"Medicare and power wheelchairs
By Jennie L. Phipps · Bankrate.com
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Posted: 10 am ET
Calculating the cost of health care is an important part of retirement planning. If you think that's easy, you haven't looked at Medicare regulations recently.
Many people living in retirement love their motorized wheelchairs because they provide so much freedom of movement, but since Jan. 1, getting a new electric-powered wheelchair has been a lot more difficult.
Previously, users of these wheelchairs got them free of charge; after they paid Medicare a small copay, they owned them outright. But beginning this month, Medicare requires equipment providers to essentially rent the wheelchairs to patients over a 13-month period. At the end of that time, if a patient still meets the requirements for needing and using the chair, he can keep the equipment with Medicare paying most of the maintenance costs. But if sometime during that 13-month period, the Medicare recipient is confined to a nursing home or moves in with a relative or otherwise switches residences, he will probably lose the chair because the provider is required to repossess it. If the chair is repossessed, the user must reapply -- an arduous process -- to get another chair
Read more: Medicare and power wheelchairs | Bankrate.com http://www.bankrate.com/financ.....z1l6T83O1F"
by the way, Medicare did make us Balance Bill our indigent patients when in private practice, too....
George S| 1.31.12 @ 10:25PM
And let's throw in demonizing capitalism and how being forced to buy health insurance by law is an expression of freedom our founders wrote into the 10th Amendment.
Reid Smith| 1.31.12 @ 10:45PM
Thank you. I'm confused as to whether I should vote for the guy who supported TARP or the guy who was all in for individual mandate. Oh, wait...ugh.
Occam's Tool| 2.1.12 @ 12:13AM
Reid: if you remember the African explorers and the Cannibal tribe joke (no racism in this joke, promise):
A group of explorers, 3 in all, were captured by an African Cannibal tribe. The chief of the tribe told the first explorer that he had the choice of Death or Kimche. The explorer, figuring that he might avoid death, chose Kimche. Unfortunately he was frail, and after 10 minutes of whippings, etc. his heart gave out.
The next explorer was given the same choice, and made the same decision, figuring that he might be able to last. Indeed, he was stronger, but Kimche was to last 30 minutes and the 2nd explorer expired in 20.
The third explorer was given the same choice, and told the chief that if it was all the same to him, he'd just prefer to be killed. The chief responded, "You are a very Brave Man to choose death, and your wish shall be granted. But first, Kimche!"
(I believe there is a reason the torture is spelled the same way as the Korean dish, but I haven't been able to find it out.)
Clint| 2.1.12 @ 12:35AM
Top RINO-CINO Romney Campaign Donors List:
Goldman Sachs $367,200
Credit Suisse Group $203,750
Morgan Stanley $199,800
HIG Capital $186,500
Barclays $157,750
Kirkland & Ellis $132,100
Bank of America $126,500
PriceWaterhouseCoopers $118,250
EMC Corp $117,300
JPMorgan Chase & Co $112,250
The Villages $97,500
Vivint Inc $80,750
Marriott International $79,837
Sullivan & Cromwell $79,250
Bain Capital $74,500
UBS AG $73,750
Wells Fargo $61,500
Blackstone Group $59,800
Citigroup Inc $57,050
Bain & Co $52,500
Follow The Money Trail.
Drek| 1.31.12 @ 10:59PM
How about we imitate Hillyer, and get all worked up over the fact that the guy who donated money to Democrats was hit back.
Or let us all get worked up over the fact that Gingrich is supposedly giving obama material to work with, as if they don't have teams of their own.
Romney will go down in a general, like all the many moderates before him, from Wilkie on.
I can hardly wait for a replay of those exciting Ford and Dole campaigns!
Clint| 1.31.12 @ 11:49PM
We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.
These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....
Rise Up GOP Insurgency.
David W| 2.1.12 @ 8:27AM
When Romney fails against Obama, then maybe we conservatives will finally decide to remove the GOP establishment once and for all. Though, after watching a video by Bill Whittle it probably won't matter because Obama will be successful in destroying the country he and Michelle hate (maybe they'll be on vacation when it happens).