tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post8811475833330351487..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: Hearse of a Different ColorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-41749503284669066742012-07-17T14:48:20.619-05:002012-07-17T14:48:20.619-05:00@Anonymous- There is no racism on this site, there...@Anonymous- There is no racism on this site, therefore any <i>perceived</i> racism is in your heart. And when it comes to things you "don't understand," I'm sure the Internet isn't big enough to list them all.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-23979907957796638872012-07-17T14:41:29.216-05:002012-07-17T14:41:29.216-05:00I don't understand why everything on this site...I don't understand why everything on this site is so racist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-11147587551039200562012-07-12T19:37:08.083-05:002012-07-12T19:37:08.083-05:00@John the Econ- I hope that a Romney Presidency ca...@John the Econ- I hope that a Romney Presidency can revitalize the economy and force <i>all</i> identity groups to notice that they're doing better. It's way past time for the Democrats to lose their stranglehold on black voters.<br /><br />@PRY- Can we get an amen?<br /><br />@Suzy- I read a release from the Obama administration today claiming that every $5 people spend in food stamps turns into $10 of economic activity in the community. According to that logic, no taxpayers are needed - just keep giving people Obamamoney to spend, and let it magically multiply. Skim a little off the top and give it away to grow again. Perpetual financial growth.<br /><br />By the way, the same release said that food stamp money is <i>so beneficial</i> for local economies that people should apply for food stamps <i>even if they don't think they need the benefits.</i> Statements like that just leave me slack-jawed.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-68318452781466235462012-07-12T19:03:40.504-05:002012-07-12T19:03:40.504-05:00Of course we already have the public schools in pl...Of course we already have the public schools in place, giving out breakfast, lunch, and dinner, (and free diapers in daycare) when all the kids end up orphans.<br /><br />Of course keeping taxpayers around might become a problem....Suzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-74740105452306493132012-07-12T16:07:49.398-05:002012-07-12T16:07:49.398-05:00A SOCIALIST TRUTH...
■The role of government is t...A SOCIALIST TRUTH...<br /><br />■The role of government is to protect all its citizens from everything—except government.PRYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-4539539958573809952012-07-12T12:46:47.937-05:002012-07-12T12:46:47.937-05:00Since the Great Society, Democrats have assumed th...Since the Great Society, Democrats have assumed they owned "Black America", and to a large degree they did. But since the end of the Reagan era with the emergence of the black middle class, that reality has been eroding. And each year, the NAACP has been becoming less and less relevant. Better educated and affluent middle class blacks are getting just as screwed by the Obama depression as the white middle class is.<br /><br />The reality is that relatively few people need what these identity groups are selling anymore. They need a vibrant economy, which definitely is not what they offer.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-49913730771303687662012-07-12T12:39:17.991-05:002012-07-12T12:39:17.991-05:00@JustaJeepGuy- Romney got plenty of applause for v...@JustaJeepGuy- Romney got plenty of applause for various talking points, but the way the MSM is replaying the one time he got booed (for saying Obamacare had to be replaced with something which <i>wouldn't</i> kill jobs and raise costs), you'd think he was tarred and feathered. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Obama sent a taped message to the NAACP saying "I stand on your shoulders." Not quite, Barry - you just have your boot on their throats.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-52787041397962525922012-07-12T12:34:08.349-05:002012-07-12T12:34:08.349-05:00From what I heard, when Mitt addressed the NAACP y...From what I heard, when Mitt addressed the NAACP yesterday, he only got booed when he panned Obamacare. He got much applause for saying that if someone expects someone's votes, he should at least show up and ask for them. Or something like that, but of course the press couldn't possibly show Mitt getting applause from Barack Hussein's presumed voters. That would reflect badly on Duh Won, wouldn't it?JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-67596226155419665932012-07-12T10:23:24.861-05:002012-07-12T10:23:24.861-05:00@PRY- Romney has access to plenty of rhetorical na...@PRY- Romney has access to plenty of rhetorical nails if he's willing to wield the hammer. Per the top story on DrudgeReport at the moment, Romney's campaign is now running a powerful ad <a href="http://tunneltotowers.org/donate.aspxhttp://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/new-romney-ad-calls-obama-liar-dishonest_648448.html" rel="nofollow">calling Obama a liar.</a> That's a good start.<br /><br />@John the Econ- I'd like to see Idiocracy's hospital scene edited into a campaign commercial because I'm sure it's exactly what's coming. I particularly liked the idiot admittance staffer looking at "picture keys" with simplified body parts to enter information about the victim. And of course, the classic line regarding the diagnostic probes after they fail to produce results: "Oh wait. <i>This</i> one goes in your mouth, and <i>this</i> one goes in your butt."<br /><br />@Sarah Rolph- I'm not often called a gem. I think I like it! Regarding debates, I can't wait to see them. Obama is a slick orator, but facts are troublesome things. Of course, you can bet that the media will be doing everything possible to stage any debates in a way favorable to the president.<br /><br />@John the Econ- Obama sent Joe Biden to the NAACP saying his own schedule wouldn't allow it. But now Obama's daily schedule has been published and - oops! - <i>he doesn't have anything going on except his regular morning briefing.</i> I guess he felt that there was no need to waste his time talking to a group he already believes he owns.<br /><br />And Holder's speech to the NAACP claiming that voter ID is the new "poll tax" was unbelievable - even for <i>that</i> racist lowlife.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-58533223916948279142012-07-12T08:35:54.328-05:002012-07-12T08:35:54.328-05:00@Sarah Rolph, notice that he's dispatched Bide...@Sarah Rolph, notice that he's dispatched Biden to address the NAACP, as friendly an audience as you'd think he'd be able to find.<br /><br />A side note: The NAACP is vehemently opposed to "Voter ID" laws, arguing that they exclusionary and are really a "poll tax".<br /><br />What do you think you have to show in order to get into the NAACP convention?John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-87061794369748844642012-07-12T06:06:16.281-05:002012-07-12T06:06:16.281-05:00Stilton, you are a gem.
Angry, I agree with you...Stilton, you are a gem. <br /><br />Angry, I agree with you; I'll be surprised if our child president actually debates Romney.Sarah Rolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669736522880904119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-72253471658775183032012-07-11T18:10:23.401-05:002012-07-11T18:10:23.401-05:00Ever see the hospital scene from Idiocracy? It...Ever see the hospital scene from <i>Idiocracy</i>? It's our future.<br /><br />Over half of doctors employed by Britain's NHS are foreign-born. Why is this? It's not like Britain is a educational backwater and lacks the infrastructure to produce them. It's because few native Brits see becoming a doctor as a worthwhile endevour anymore.John the Econnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-20592070410279746822012-07-11T14:57:58.455-05:002012-07-11T14:57:58.455-05:00Romney MUST hammer Obama on all his sins...the pre...Romney MUST hammer Obama on all his sins...the presidential debate would be the perfect time; it will be the first time many many people even hear of what the current adminstration has in store and the ramifications of his policies! But he needs to start NOW so it becomes second nature to refute everything obama says with facts, figures and make sure we don't repeat tragic mistakes of the past!PRYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-66941096915127375152012-07-11T14:32:12.639-05:002012-07-11T14:32:12.639-05:00@Red- Ironically, Obamacare is trying to make actu...@Red- Ironically, Obamacare is trying to make actual doctors who WANT to treat patients into the equivalent of the back-alley "doctors" with coathangers who used to do abortions.<br /><br />@SeaDog- I recently got a prepaid envelope from Obama's reelection campaign, and was impressed how much trash I was able to wedge inside before mailing it back at their expense. <br /><br />@mlester101- Glad you enjoyed the cartoon du jour!<br /><br />@Colby- Interesting about ol' Debbie, ain't it? And Nancy Pelosi just made about $5 million investing in Asia. And I'd be delighted piss on either of them <i>unless</i> they were on fire.<br /><br />@JustaJeepGuy- That information is ALREADY out and no one seems to care. Obama has issued WAIVERS to every political crony group. But when Kathleen Sibelius was questioned about those waivers, she <i>claimed to know nothing about them.</i> And the MSM just lets this torrent of BS go unchallenged.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-5249795824667290972012-07-11T13:06:40.732-05:002012-07-11T13:06:40.732-05:00No matter what Barack Hussein says, we all KNOW th...No matter what Barack Hussein says, we all KNOW that there will be unequal care for the wealthy and connected Friends Of Obama. The Demo_Rats will never willingly let that info out, of course...JustaJeepGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-36411167703476839392012-07-11T12:32:35.780-05:002012-07-11T12:32:35.780-05:00SeaDog,
I love your use of those prepaid envelope...SeaDog,<br /><br />I love your use of those prepaid envelopes! I have been entirely missing the opportunity and thought I was being really clever just sending them back empty. And this made me think of many "sand substitutes" I could be sending, too.<br /><br />@everybody,<br /><br />Totally unrelated subject, but have to share...<br /><br />It has been revealed that Debbie Blabbermouth-Stuntz ALSO had money in offshore accounts AND!... also refuses to release more than one year's tax returns. She must have taken a different kind of Hypocratic oath. What a piece of dog crap she is! I wouldn't piss on her if she caught fire.Colbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-60990414762220912822012-07-11T10:19:18.898-05:002012-07-11T10:19:18.898-05:00Christmas morning every time H&C updates. &qu...Christmas morning every time H&C updates. "cinnamints" cartoon hilarious and only eclipsed by it's incredibly accuracy. THAT scenario WILL happen.mlester101https://www.blogger.com/profile/16005762921058945089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-37792222979436570022012-07-11T10:15:42.836-05:002012-07-11T10:15:42.836-05:00Emm said "...of course you're going to ac...Emm said "...of course you're going to accept this preprinted AARP membership card with the note "Not on your life, you socialist sell-outs!". Doing so made my vindictive side feel better, anyway..."<br /><br />I started filling a ziploc bag full of sand with a note "Pound This", putting it in a spare envelope, taping the return postage paid envelope to it and mailing it back to them - after five years, they finally got the hint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922968943374559199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-83138017901632537392012-07-11T10:04:42.877-05:002012-07-11T10:04:42.877-05:00Red said "...I would go rogue and make actual...Red said "...I would go rogue and make actual house calls". The 'Medical Boutique' business plan is where you pay a 'member fee' (cash/credit/debit - no insurance - if you have insurance, you have to file your own paperwork) and you are guaranteed ON TIME office visits, priority handling of unscheduled visits, and home visits as necessary. God...what a concept!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922968943374559199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-31513548376125332532012-07-11T09:31:29.691-05:002012-07-11T09:31:29.691-05:00This "healthcare' plan is just turning Wa...This "healthcare' plan is just turning WalMart workers into 'script pushers with all the medical knowledge of what the Rx ads on t.v. impart. I would love to be a doctor in this day and age. I would go rogue and make actual house calls, paperwork be damned!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00995981511802074871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-5296018525875612892012-07-11T09:29:55.238-05:002012-07-11T09:29:55.238-05:00@REM1875- The longer I watch what this government ...@REM1875- The longer I watch what this government is doing to our country, the better Edward G. Robinson's final IMAX experience in "Soylent Green" looks...<br /><br />@Earl- Soon "the best and brightest" will look to any career <i>other</i> than medicine. In the near future, I predict there will be the same prestige (and rigorous schooling) attached to a medical degree and a degree in "Phys Ed." In fact, the two may be indistiguishable.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-89054988854089555732012-07-11T09:25:38.669-05:002012-07-11T09:25:38.669-05:00@SeaDog- Thanks for the detailed story. This shoul...@SeaDog- Thanks for the detailed story. This should <i>scare the living hell out of everyone</i> - but the MSM isn't reporting the story. <br /><br />@Pete(Detroit)- I hadn't heard the Canadian Abortion joke before - thanks for my first smile of the day! (I can update later if it turns out to be my <i>only</i> smile of the day).<br /><br />I think it's safe to say that there won't long be any pay disparity between Canada and the United States (or Mexico and the United States) when it comes to healthcare workers. And neither will there be any difference in quality.<br /><br />@SeaDog- I'm sure there are nuggets of goodness in Obamacare; after all, there's plenty about the healthcare and insurance industries which NEED reform. But the bulk of the law isn't about doing anything good. And as you suggest, the end game is to drive private insurance out of business. <br /><br />Case in point: I believe Obamacare is telling insurance companies that they have to spend 85% of their premiums on actual medical care, leaving 15% for their own operating costs, salaries, etc. Any money left over from that 85% needs to be returned to the customers. But...what happens in the event of a catastrophic event in which a LOT of people need a LOT of expensive care? Well, the insurance companies will just have to spend the money they've been banking and...oh? What's that? They weren't <i>allowed to put any money away for a rainy day?</i> Well then, they go bankrupt and the government forces more people into the exchanges. It's all so simple. So evil.<br /><br />@CenTexTim- The law of supply and demand does not give a fart in the wind about government mandates, and we're seeing the results. There will soon be much longer waits to see a doctor (or doctor substitute), which will send people flooding back into the emergency rooms - exacerbating the very situation Obamacare claimed to be fixing.<br /><br />And as you point out TORT REFORM (ie, muzzling predatory malpractice lawyers) has worked extremely well in Texas, and <i>could</i> be the biggest gift to medical consumers in history if enacted nationally. But the trial lawyers <i>own the Democrats</i>, so it won't happen until true conservatives get a supermajority in Washington.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-2214397494031430702012-07-11T09:07:02.243-05:002012-07-11T09:07:02.243-05:00@John Robert Mallernee- Thank you for the shares. ...@John Robert Mallernee- Thank you for the shares. This is such an important issue...and far too few voters are aware of what's really at stake.<br /><br />@Angry Hoosier Dad- Not only MUST Mitt Romney hammer away on stats like this, but he should also point to states like Hawaii which already suffer a critical shortage of doctors because Medicaid (in large part) has driven them out of business.<br /><br />@Emmentaler- <i>Happy 50th Birthday!</i> According to the Government Bureau of Potential Usefulness to the State, you may yet have some tread on your tires!<br /><br />The scenario you describe is a certainty; the government will "control" (enslave?) doctors to the point that they'll quit being doctors and go into the septic-tank cleaning business just to enjoy the fresher air. And what we WILL see are government functionaries like the one in my illustration who have no medical training, but do have access to the computer terminal which will be routed to Washington. <br /><br />Note that Obamacare mandates that all of our medical records be computerized and turned over to Washington, for the sake of "efficiency and cost effectiveness." In reality, it allows a computer to make a quick assessment of your medical needs, your worth to The State, and the <i>treatment which most closely matches that worth</i>...including no treatment other than painkillers.<br /><br />@Pete(Detroit)- I wouldn't mind "health centers" available for those who are currently cluttering the emergency rooms - but it's not going to happen. The government won't allow a two-tiered system because it would be "unfair" for anyone to get better care just because they're able to pay for it. Which is why it's so important to make sure that <i>nobody</i> will be able to pay for it.<br /><br />@Colby- The examples you cite are easy to find. Ask a doctor - ANY doctor - and you'll get a laundry list of such stories.<br /><br />And Colby, because of your age (which is darn close to mine) I think we'll be experiencing the odd transitional period as American medicine essentially falls apart. And it isn't going to be pretty.<br /><br />Regarding AARP, I <i>detest</i> that loathesome organization, although I still get (but don't pay for) their wretched glossy magazine each month. I throw it away, but I like the idea that they're wasting money on me. The rat bastard thieves.<br /><br />@Anonymous- It's already common to see a new doctor and discover his/her name looks like it was assembled from random Scrabble tiles. But I don't think it will be long until we're recalling wistfully the days when we saw any human doctor at all.<br /><br />@Emmentaler- I don't currently belong to one of the conservative senior groups, but maybe I'll sign up just to bolster their numbers.<br /><br />@Flyboy- I'm not sure what the government can do to compel service from doctors, but I'm sure they'll try to do something (and it will fail).<br /><br />But in the end, Obama not only doesn't <i>care</i> if he drives doctors out of business, <i>it's what he wants most</i>. Because then the peons - oops, I mean voters - will <i>insist the government do something</i> to fill the gap. In other words, the best way to get people to accept substandard treatment from minimum-wage morons with computer terminals is to <i>make the voters demand it</i> when there is nothing else to turn to.<br /><br />And as I've always said, the end result has nothing to do with medicine, and everything to do with wealth redistribution and absolute government control.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-88334368928684958672012-07-11T09:06:00.180-05:002012-07-11T09:06:00.180-05:00A letter to the editor in yesterday's WSJ. &qu...A letter to the editor in yesterday's WSJ. "As an attorney whose practice largely involved advising physicians, I sadly now advise young folks who ask me about a medical career: If you're smart enough to become a doctor, you should be smart enough not to become a doctor."Earlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-28841355220348532812012-07-11T08:43:05.925-05:002012-07-11T08:43:05.925-05:00No doctors no problems. The good news is we will h...No doctors no problems. The good news is we will have plenty more unionized government administrators making us wish our life was shorter and helping attain those wishes. See? It all will work out just FINE.REM1875https://www.blogger.com/profile/04847984055699795355noreply@blogger.com