Weekend Open Thread

said by Jeffrey:

Thanks you too! Yeah, Bill could have been ugly here. They say we're "due". I hope when we are do, it's a Cat1 and nothing bigger.

said by Duramax08:

Glad they're all online

said by OCZ:

I'm trying to decide, I currently have t-mobile, which I haven't been very happy with (price wise), We need unlimited texting, and a decent amount of talking minutes (700+), family of 5 on the plan. I've been looking at Verizon, but I was wondering, they have the largest network, do they manage it well? Does it get congested a lot?
Any Suggestions?

ps, if it helps, I live in St.Paul, MN.

said by ropeguru

I have two phones on my plan and get 10 numbers that I can call and that can call me with no minute deductions. With this, I really do not even need the 1400 minutes but I have them just in case.
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Yup that is very true - the 1400 is the minimum plan to qualify for the Friends and Family option.

BTW - aren't you bailing hay now somewhere in rural West Virginny???

said by KrK:

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said by NY Tel:

That was priceless!

said by rawgerz:

It will hurt his portfolio! God forbid!

said by ThrowDemsOut:

if the abortion of HR 3200 comes out unchanged from Congress, I can always pay cash for premium care if it messes up the health care system too badly. Unfortunately there are a LOT of seniors that won't be able to say the same.

said by amigo_boy:

millions who can't even do that (and are prohibited by law from purchasing the level of healthcare available to others around the world).

Mark

said by mrkevin:

Funny, when people from other countries that have extreme health care issue, they always come here to AMERICA to be treated.
If these other countries have such a wonderful level of health care, let's start sending those people there.

said by amigo_boy:

[I agree that you can get "the best healthcare" here if you have the money to travel here and pay for it.

But, how can the bus boy at the local restaurant travel to another country for $5 office visits?

The fact that you're among the group who can afford $5 office visits has a lot to do with why you can't travel to those countries for those visits, right?

Mark

said by mrkevin:

These aren't millionaires, these are children for God sake...

said by mrkevin:

I guess you will have to wait for a moderator to approve my response

said by amigo_boy:

In a previous post you said Americans should travel for $5 office visits available in other countries.

Then you replied with some cases of foreign kids coming here to receive the best healthcare in the world (as charity).

I'm not understanding the point your making.

Mark

Americans should travel for $5 office visits available in other countries.

said by mrkevin:

NO, I think you are mixing me up with someone else.
I never said

said by amigo_boy:

Did they travel here on their own dime? And purchase our healthcare on their own dime? Is this available to all Iraqis and Poles?

said by amigo_boy:

Did they travel here on their own dime? And purchase our healthcare on their own dime?

said by amigo_boy:

Is this available to all Iraqis and Poles?

said by ThrowDemsOut:

And if the abortion of HR 3200 comes out unchanged from Congress, I can always pay cash for premium care if it messes up the health care system too badly.

said by ThrowDemsOut:

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said by NetAdmin1:

Lots of falsehoods in both of those videos...

»www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter···/health/

said by ThrowDemsOut:

And according to this web site, a lot of falsehoods coming from Obama and friends as well, especially about Medicare.

“I’m afraid we’ve got to think about putting a lot of that off until the economy’s out of recession,” Mr. Lieberman said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “There’s no reason we have to do it all now, but we do have to get started. And I think the place to start is cost health delivery reform and insurance market reforms.”

Mr. Lieberman’s comments could further complicate Democratic efforts to get a health care overhaul passed in Congress. They had been depending on the independent senator to support their efforts, even though he often aligns with Republicans.

In the Senate, 60 votes would be needed to overcome any Republican filibuster, and the Democrats control 60 votes, including those of two independents. However, Senators Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia have been ill. On top of that, moderate Democrats have signaled that they might not support every proposal.

Also Sunday, Senator John McCain said that one way for Democrats and Republicans to reach a compromise would be for Mr. Obama to abandon a government-run insurance program for the nation’s 49 million uninsured.

He criticized the Veterans Administration for using a booklet called “Your Life, Your Choices” to help injured veterans decide which medical treatments they would choose. On one page, he said, veterans are asked “What makes your life worth living?” and some of the choices include confinement to a wheelchair, placement in a nursing home and severely burdening a family’s finances Such questions, he said, were “kind of pushing people toward a predetermined conclusion.”

The booklet, he charged, was written by a proponent of assisted suicide during the Bush administration but he said he managed to block its use in 2007. Last month, he said, the Veterans Administration reinstated it.

said by ThrowDemsOut:

Oh! Oh! Obama has lost another vote in the Senate. Looks like he doesn't have that 60 vote majority to avoid a filibuster.

said by mdaddyrabbit:

I wish everyone a great weekend and it is an honor to spend part of my life on this forum with you guys. Thanks folks

said by cline3621:

I have found the Linksys variant of the Chupacabra.

said by Jeffrey:

...my Mom got an iPhone. I can't believe it. God bless her, but she's a lady that just figured out how to text a month ago.

This should be interesting.

said by veloslave:

Like the WSJ Yahoo article...

If the whole article is not available without having a "membership"...

Please don't bother IMHO

http://www.google.com/url?q=