en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/656471 Comments by Darkeye http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2009/09/the-morning-whip-up-1.html#IDComment35834800 If you are only going to post comments that you like, why bother having comments at all? Just more evidence that when you are pinned down you just cut and run. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:59:49 +0000 http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2009/09/the-morning-whip-up-1.html#IDComment35834800 http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2009/09/the-morning-whip-up-1.html#IDComment35834585 Censorship is propaganda. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:56:38 +0000 http://republicanwhip.house.gov/blog/2009/09/the-morning-whip-up-1.html#IDComment35834585 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/17/once-upon-an-acorn-why-acorns-internal-audit-is-a-sham/#IDComment35047100 You'll make a fine prosecutor one day, Victor. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:09:58 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/17/once-upon-an-acorn-why-acorns-internal-audit-is-a-sham/#IDComment35047100 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/17/once-upon-an-acorn-why-acorns-internal-audit-is-a-sham/#IDComment34986289 This post is crap. There is no credibility to any of the allegations and accusations that Matthew Vadum presents here as self-evident fact. For all of the high-fives and self-aggrandizing in this quasi-republican echo-chamber, most of the posting is re-tread swill by mental inbreeds that drank too much of their own koolaid. It's a shame, for all of the time and effort wasted on spinning themselves into narcissistic frenzy, most of the commentators here could devote their efforts to solving real problems. Instead of obsessing over this ACORN game, why not take on the corruption and special interest slag that is the true curse of big government. Your asses have been collectively sold down the river by Big Energy, Big Bankers, and now Big Medicine. The Blagoyeviches and Madoffs of the world are the real enemy, and surprisingly enough, the MSMS you are so fond of bashing because they don't worship the ground you walk on picked up those stories because they have some IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE AND COUNTRY OF AMERICA. You don't. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:34:58 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2009/09/17/once-upon-an-acorn-why-acorns-internal-audit-is-a-sham/#IDComment34986289 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34953330 The FBI investigates crime. The media provides information and entertainment. I think you got them confused. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:54:48 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34953330 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34951608 You're wrong on both counts. And if you are such a good reader yourself, go look up "defamation". Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:29:41 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34951608 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2009/09/17/greatest-threat-to-american-health-care-beltway-fever/#IDComment34943007 They do it because they can usually get away with it. The customer is not the patient. The customer is the insurance company that brokers the best deal for themselves as buyers and agents. Were it not for the influence they have with policymakers they wouldn't get away with it, given that killing people by bad medical service is not a crime but a vaguely regulated civil affair. The power of Big Medicine is the power of Big Government. Cut the crap out of the system and you get customer=patient and doctor=provider. When someone screws up it should be a crime, not a cash cow for courthouse sluts. You think Fortis is going to jail? lotflmfao :D Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:24:17 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2009/09/17/greatest-threat-to-american-health-care-beltway-fever/#IDComment34943007 http://www.whitehouseseo.com/white-house/beltway-fever-is-the-greatest-threat-to-american-health-care/#IDComment34938840 Yup. It's about restructuring the revenue stream to make the fat pigs fatter and protect those great election contributions. By fining people who do not sign up, as well as create a new market of previously uninsured folks, the money will ultimately vanish into the black hole of big medicine. It's not just the insurance companies, it's also Big Pharma, Big BioMed and Big Medical Appliance that cash in, pulling even more revenue into the synergistic gyre of monopoly abetted by corrupt government. Aside from that, though, the advantage of employer-based health care is that it offers some protection in the workplace environment, i.e. if the employer is responsible for paying premiums, it has some incentive not to overwork or mistreat the employees and make them sick, or the costs go up. The option I see is to cut all group policy mechanisms and instead of paying insurance premiums on everything, we pay the doctor directly as individuals for most routine or minor care and use insurance basically as a savings plan for major stuff like maternity and cancer. Then let the competition kick in. The best performers get the business and the screw-ups flip burgers. If you cut out lobbying, consumer advertising and frivolous lawsuits, that would probably leave us a better system. Bottom line, though, is don't get sick. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:03:35 +0000 http://www.whitehouseseo.com/white-house/beltway-fever-is-the-greatest-threat-to-american-health-care/#IDComment34938840 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2009/09/17/greatest-threat-to-american-health-care-beltway-fever/#IDComment34936684 Yup. It's about restructuring the revenue stream to make the fat pigs fatter and protect those great election contributions. You're right on target -- by fining people who do not sign up, as well as create a new market of previously uninsured folks, the money will ultimately vanish into the black hole of big medicine. It's not just the insurance companies, it's also Big Pharma, Big BioMed and Big Medical Appliance that cashes in, pulling even more revenue into the synergistic gyre of monopoly abetted by corrupt government. Aside from that, though, the advantage of employer-based health care is that it offers some protection in the workplace environment, i.e. if the employer is responsible for paying premiums, it has some incentive not to overwork or mistreat the employees and make them sick, or the costs go up. The option I see is to cut all group policy mechanisms and instead of paying insurance premiums on everything, we pay the doctor directly as individuals for most routine or minor care and use insurance basically as a savings plan for major stuff like maternity and cancer. Then let the competition kick in. The best performers get the business and the screw-ups flip burgers. If you cut out lobbying, consumer advertising and frivolous lawsuits, that would probably leave us a better system. Bottom line, though, is don't get sick. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:52:53 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2009/09/17/greatest-threat-to-american-health-care-beltway-fever/#IDComment34936684 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34611444 Gonzo's got a good point about extremes. The beauty of two parties hashing things out to keep each other honest is a great mechanism, but there has to be some sort of rationality and pragmatism to keep the country upright. Passion definitely has a place, but some of the rant and rave going on just promotes irrationality and opens the door for the rabble-rousers to target the mob at their enemies. Kadaka's point is good, as a single-minded government will, unopposed, pull everything off-balance. But just because some progressives in the USA try to solve the health-care problem by going after Big Medicine by trimming the profits in order to achieve a healthier nation, doesn't mean they're taking us down the road to communism. After decades of the health industry running pretty much unchecked in its quest to satisfy shareholders, regardless of how many patients end up in poverty or dead due to denial of care, when do the people get some help from the government they elected? The smoothly running cold machine is Big Medicine, and the Hill is a nest of bumbling bureaucrats and industry puppets. I'll tell you, whichever party gets off their butt first and gets health care done wins the race. Are we ready for PalinCare? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:46:14 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34611444 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34608345 Right on! You don't think for a minute that C&T and even the Obama health plan don't have some built-in revenue structures to benefit big money, do you? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:07:27 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34608345 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34607770 Sure, but it opens the door to systematic discrimination against anyone that has elevated risk for expensive treatments. This is why the denial of coverage for prexisting conditions has to be eliminated. By "gaming the system" do you mean that you are in favor of catching people that omit declaring prior medical conditions for fear of being denied coverage? People that have been sick are not criminals. Insurance companies that use any pretext to avoid paying on claims should be. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:00:32 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/mkirk/2009/09/15/health-care-reform-the-right-way2/#IDComment34607770 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/charlie-gibson-on-acorn-scandal-i-dont-even-know-about-it/#IDComment34606797 Um, who is Charlie Gibson? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/15/charlie-gibson-on-acorn-scandal-i-dont-even-know-about-it/#IDComment34606797 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34606491 I thought it was about freedom and financial independence. What's making me numb is the hostility and rage that's directed at anyone that disagrees with you. I repeat, what exactly do you see as the future if all goes the way you want? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:45:34 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34606491 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34495427 Um, Capone went down for not paying taxes. Wouldn't that make him a patriot? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:24:54 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34495427 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34495246 I'm with you lacleg -- it's hard to be a member of either party nowadays because it seems that there is plenty of corruption at all levels of government, but that is also true of the private sector. The problem with fixing it is that the educational system has been gutted and is no longer capable of producing true leaders. The American people can be very forgiving in some ways. Maybe it's time to hold our government to a higher standard, but that means we have to hold the highest standards for our own and set a good example. This is why a lot of the hateful and distorted speech that pervades so many of the comments on this site is troubling, because to most rational people it comes across as rabid and hysterical. Look at how Obama was elected, how persuasive and smooth his delivery is. Same with Clinton, or even George Bush for that matter. Maybe it's time to look for some serious leaders and start building. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:22:21 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34495246 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34494409 This is great. So exactly what are folks going to do when we reach the freedom at the end of the road? The only way you are going to achieve financial independence is to bankrupt the country, default on all public debt, and basically fight of the rest of the world when they come to repossess America, because America is collateral on the debt, baby. What exactly do you see as the future if all goes the way you want? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:10:47 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34494409 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34493799 If you are preparing a legal proceeding then I suggest you learn a little grammar. I don't question your patriotism, but if you are not a republican then what are you? Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:02:08 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34493799 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/12/american-spectator-big-media-ignores-acorn-scandal/#IDComment34323274 Um, to fire the government, you vote the clowns out of office. To fire the MSM, you get a lot of people to stop buying products from their sponsors. Kicking to the curb is a nice but probably unachievable idea. What has likely worked against the story getting anywhere into the mass media may actually be the success it has enjoyed on the right-wing slopaganda machine. It can't be taken seriously if it takes the form of another COPS-type sleazefest. Which it does. That's why all the effort to bake ACORN in the spotlight is a bit off-target. Remember the millions of dollars spent trying to bring down Prez Clinton? All of that effort and essentially the country backsliding while everyone was looking the other way. If you win and get the democrats out of power, please tell me there's more to the conservative right than trying to go after small crooks while the big sharks raid the country's coffers. If you want to get power you have to look like a better choice than the other guy, and bringing down ACORN is pretty much squeezing a dry sponge at this point. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:01:29 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2009/09/12/american-spectator-big-media-ignores-acorn-scandal/#IDComment34323274 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34090283 Then instead of hiding under a rock you stand up and stare Satan straight in the eye and proclaim your belief in God. Right? Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:12:36 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/hgiles/2009/09/10/in-the-bowels-of-baltimores-acorn/#IDComment34090283