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geodude I am sorry but that was not a wholly appropriate use of the word "aptitude"


put the pointed pencil in the pepper po

post=130422
Isn't school "free" until you leave high-school in America?

public schools are free to attend yes but they still require money to run (I know you know this, just clarifying what I meant :p) also I was more referring to the state of higher education, K-12 education is a whole other can of worms that shares some of the same problems but is pretty uniquely fucked up thanks to new phenomena in standardized testing and years of counterproductive tradition (this was at least the case in my home state). I mentioned both because I'm not really sure which Free School Reform specifically refers to :x

5) Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (Amiga version or NONE AT ALL)
4) Lemmings (same)
3) Half-Life 2
2) Fallout 2
1) Blaster Master

I'm no bible expert and don't even really identify myself as a Christian but I think that story (if we are indeed thinking of the same one) is not about capitalism being evil so much Jesus being pissed off that people were taking up office in a temple and using it to exchange foreign currency with the aim of making it easier for the state to capitalize on worshippers for financial gain

For me following the whole process from Obama's inauguration leading up to this bill was somewhat of a rollercoaster. On one hand you'd have to be clinically retarded to not identify the need for healthcare reform in the USA, on the other hand it's not hard to see the potential for disaster either. I am pretty relieved re: the resulting bill and I think more people would be too if they took the time to actually read the fucking thing and assess how little damage it's going to do. For the record I lean far to the right on issues with such big fiscal ramifications and if it were a case of "dem liberalz ruining 'mericuh" I would be soapboxing right at this very moment in this very thread, but anyone who thinks that about this particular issue is an honest-to-god retard.

That said I think it is inadequate in some many ways, i.e. the stopgaps they've put in place while they continue to actively work on patching up the holes in Medicare coverage are pretty laughable and, just like the existing schedule of TrOOP/coverage, don't appear to be rooted in either common sense OR the actual cost of drugs. On the other hand, as someone who has spent most of his working career self-insured, I'm optimistically hoping that government subsidies will result in less variation in cost vs quality of coverage and alleviate some of the bullshit that comes with dealing with an insurer as a private individual. Also, several of my closest friends are in a group that could benefit greatly from the Medicaid changes. It's all speculation until we actually see the whole implementation years from now, but in general this seems like a pretty good thing dudes. Is it enough? No. Should we have expected more given the huge clusterfuck leading up to it? Hell yeah, but we ARE talking about Congress here :p

tl;dr: People are bound to be disappointed with the short-term benefits and it's pretty weak on its own but this isn't the end of either potential US healthcare reform or the world. The fact that our federal legislature actually overcame the inertia to pass this bill is a good sign.

post=130218
hahahaha when was this, he always seemed like a safe guy

The way I look at it, a person threatening to kill someone else over the internet is a 100% clear indication that they are completely harmless. If anything we should be threatening each other as terms of endearment

I'm gonna cut each and every one of your goddamn throats while you sleep! :D