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They most certainly do exist.

Commented: Friday, December 13th, 2024 @ 5:36 am By: Big Bob

Isn't it "funny" how they glorify a serial killer like Dahmer in modern Pop Culture but label Kaczynski as a raging lunatic? These handlers are becoming very predictable.

Did they honestly think anyone would have sympathy towards a greedy "top o' the pyramid" character like Thompson?

Again, this is like something out of a comic book. People need to start thinking past the 4th wall here.

Commented: Friday, December 13th, 2024 @ 2:02 am By: John Valley

I have always said that Insurance Companies are just like Gambling
Casinos. The House always wins. It's designed that way.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 11:04 pm By: Washingtonian

What broke our health care system was Obamacare which destroyed competition and forced a massive consolidation in health care. It reduced the number of insurers and raised insurance rates significantly for many while also reducing coverage for many. In many of the Obamacare "makerplaces" there is now only one choice of insurance companies for consumers to "choose" from. These monopolistic or oligopolistic conditions breed poor customer service. At the same time, many medical practices that had been private were pushed by Obamacare to sell to large medical conglomerates, like Vidant in our area. Again, the destruction of competition was devastating for consumer choice.

Can the mess that Obamacare has created be unscrambled? It will be difficult because of all the consolidation that has happened. Some insurance companies that had offered medical insurance got out of the market due to Obamacare, and it would take massive changes to get them back in.

There are a few good options out there like the Christian-based Medishare.

It could be worse, Many Democrats push "single payer" otherwise known as socialized medicine, where "death by waiting list" is all too common as in Canada and the UK. At least the UK does have a paralel medical system with private hospitals, doctors, and insurance. Most doctors in the socialized National Health System buy private medical insurance becaue they know from first hand experience that the care is better and more timely in the private system.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 7:39 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

There is no such thing as a “trans-person” therefore they cannot be discriminated against

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 6:42 pm By: Will Simmons

I wish we could never talk about it again.

I see it more as speaking against hate. I dont really understand trans gender and frankly find the topic uncomfortable.
However when a twit runs their mouth with rhetoric that could harm another human being...I'm not gonna stay silent. I will not be complicit.

Tell an N-word joke around me...I will call you out to your face.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 3:39 pm By: Big Bob

That would be a very narrow interpretation. Rome fell because it rotted from the inside. Emperors became Gods, and the corruption was of a magnitude we see today.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 2:35 pm By: Big Bob

The concept of "birthright citizenship" comes from a misinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. The discussion and writings of those who pushed that amendment through Congress show that this was not their intent. Even after its adoption, American Indians were not considered citizens and Congress had to pass a new statute to specifically award them citizenship. Almost no developed countries in the world award citizenship merely on the place of birth. It is the nationality of the parents that determines citizenship. America needs to get with the rest of the developed world on this.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 2:31 pm By: borderhawk

Rome fell from an invasion of illegal alien barbarians. Biden-Harris has tried to do that to America, but Trump will reverse it.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 2:06 pm By: borderhawk

In the only poll that counts:

Check the final results. The legislative branch did go R, but not by much. Not much at all. After 2 years of the lunatic fringe, my hope is that it will change back.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 12:10 pm By: Big Bob

Really?
Apply your logic to mass shooters. Oh wait, they are likely heterosexual white men. Sorry, bad example. I should know never to paint white men with the broad brush you just used on trans people.

Wait ,,,what... why is that wrong? Help me out.

Commented: Thursday, December 12th, 2024 @ 12:04 pm By: Big Bob