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Don't Be A Jerk To Horses
TDS: The 11/3 Project
3/11... the day we all will remember.
How dare you use your elitist, liberal, European, Fascist, Nazi, Communist date format on our great American website!
Congressman Alan Grayson Lists Number Of Dead Per District
My brother lives in a rural area, is a self-employed small business owner, and cannot afford health insurance. A few years ago, he had a cyst in his throat that required surgery, otherwise he would suffocate and die within a day. The local hospital did not have the facilities to do the surgery so he had to be taken to the city. 100-mile ambulance ride was > $10,000. (the helicopter ride would have been triple that, so he opted for ambulance). The surgery (not that complicated, probably took the actual surgeon 15 minutes, 2 hour total with setup/prep by the techs in the OR) was > $70,000. You can buy a house for that.
So, with some bad luck, you can get sick and get yourself into a lot of debt, or you can choose the republican plan - TO DIE QUICKLY.
If he had health insurance, he could have gone earlier (at the point where it wasn't an emergency situation), or if not preventable with earlier treatment, at least the insurance would cover most of that $80k of expense.
And people also seem to think that "the public option" would be free - it wouldn't. you still have to pay for it. It's simply cheaper than private insurance for the same coverage. I don't think it would ever be as efficient as a single-payer system (such as in Canada), but it would help millions of people financially.
Honeestly, I don't think congress is doing enough. Just put in the public option, but don't make it mandatory to have health insurance, and all the naysayers (people like QM and WP) will have the FREEDOM to choose the plan they want. If they want to spend $500/month instead of $100, that's entirely up to them. Or they can spend $0, cross their fingers, and if there is a major problem go to the ER and get in debt.
(I just hope I never see a 1-800-SAFE-BODY commercial, starring Justin Case.)
Björk - Atlantic (live)
Bumped from 1st Class for Wearing a Jump Suit
>> ^Sarzy:
>> ^rychan:
I thought that "jump suit" meant some type of skydiving outfit, which would indeed be awkward on a commercial flight.
Yeah. I believe his outfit was a track suit, not a jump suit.
I was curious so I just looked this up. 'Jumpsuit' originally referred to sky diving attire but later came to refer to any one-piece. It's pretty common to hear track suits referred to as jumpsuits, though.
Sex addict: "It was exhausting!"
If you get the joke in this, it probably means you are old
Middle School Wide Receiver checks in at 7'4"
and here: http://www.videosift.com/video/Shaquille-O-Neal-Brendan-Adams-7-4-feet-tall-12-yrs-old
Everything is everything
World whistling champion whistles All Aboard!
American Version Of Soccer Looks More Like Hockey
But yeah, she did cross the line, thank you Captain Obvious reporter.
Turns out that violent ponytail yank got her suspended indefinitely.
Little Girl Wants Her Pepsi, Capisce?
Demolition of a Skyscraper (38 seconds)