tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post2655872318963582682..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Death! Destruction! Totalitarianism! Meooooow!Susan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14801531267091414152010-03-24T18:55:50.556-05:002010-03-24T18:55:50.556-05:00I guess I may never understand how people like McA...I guess I may never understand how people like McArdle can look at the health-care systems in any of the European countries, or Canada, or Japan, or you name it and not say "I want that." Or even come up with the obvious solution: "We're going to cut the Defense budget by 80 percent and redirect all of that money into infrastructure and social programs--like universal health care--so you won't even notice the change on your tax bill. In fact, it may actually go down."billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143974241272608502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-2681485673354269772010-03-24T11:29:59.075-05:002010-03-24T11:29:59.075-05:00Funny how all these conservatives against governme...Funny how all these conservatives against government involvement in health care had no compunction about involving the Federal government in the Terri Schiavo case.<br /><br />Keeping a person in a permanent vegetative state on life support was a national priority for them, but expanding health insurance coverage is somehow the worst day in the history of the country for them.Tommykeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751182125861177379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-37355630835654160292010-03-23T15:02:41.645-05:002010-03-23T15:02:41.645-05:00KWillow,
That's a prototype Kindle he's ho...KWillow,<br />That's a prototype Kindle he's holding in that picture...Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-31296817591062296292010-03-23T13:22:08.299-05:002010-03-23T13:22:08.299-05:00What about the poor Gorilla? Where is his tiara, o...What about the poor Gorilla? Where is his tiara, or at least an iPod?Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14875824918117018022010-03-23T11:53:33.202-05:002010-03-23T11:53:33.202-05:00I'll correct it (soon).I'll correct it (soon).Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-28310602970249718382010-03-22T15:19:59.126-05:002010-03-22T15:19:59.126-05:00The happiest? Certainly not. Top five? Maybe. Top ...The happiest? Certainly not. Top five? Maybe. Top ten? Definitely. But that's only because I'm a, as Brad et al. so nicely put it, an obsessional critic.<br /><br />Thanks for the image, I lolled. And now all I can think of is that song people have to sing to Sheldon Cooper when he's sick...<br /><br />Oh and not to nitpick, but that map is weird and the list even weirder. For example, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are on the map in blue (as they should be), but not on the list. And as for the Baltic countries, Lithuania has had a form of public insurance since 1996, Latvia since 1998 and Estonia since independence.bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505565281151328789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-20496607606266301082010-03-22T14:54:59.715-05:002010-03-22T14:54:59.715-05:00"...these are airy-fairy considerations that ..."...these are airy-fairy considerations that should be overridden by the many "practical" considerations..."<br /><br />Defination of<br />"Practical": of or concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with theory and ideas.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-19388237153570064292010-03-22T13:56:22.162-05:002010-03-22T13:56:22.162-05:00Oh, that is just hilarious!Oh, that is just hilarious!Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-68176895004634588062010-03-22T13:31:49.154-05:002010-03-22T13:31:49.154-05:00I'm computer illiterate but I managed to give ...I'm computer illiterate but I managed to give Sad Kitty a tiara. Hee!Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-69597273454140039872010-03-22T13:10:32.720-05:002010-03-22T13:10:32.720-05:00The only way that top picture could be more classi...The only way that top picture could be more classic is if the kitten was wearing a tiara.Clever Pseudonymnoreply@blogger.com