FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Insurance companies need to pay for Caribbean junkets somehow.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

I knew somebody had the answer.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Can we make fun of soccer here?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Chicago Tribune editorial:

Chuck Hagel served this country honorably in Vietnam. But his troubling position on key defense issues and his disastrous performance at his hearing last week should prompt the Senate to turn down the nomination.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-hagel-20130206,0,7340112.story

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

I'm for making fun of soccer anywhere.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Speaking of mocking soccer, how about a hand for Team USA today?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

And the lowest of the low hanging fruit

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

No, that would be the CFL.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

and no doubt you eat dick.
oh, that's not really all that funny, is it?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

So who's right here, Ben Swann or Danny Glover?

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

You tell me then. Why would they? They're in business to make money. If they can charge a certain price, why would they accept less?

O_T pointed out that insurance should be used for major health events, not minor ones like colds and earaches. If insurance companies don't cover those, then the patient must. There's no guarantee that prices for the colds and earache visits will come down. If too many people can't afford a $100 visit to the doctor for their cold, they won't go. Then the doctors offices, to make up the loss of income, will charge more for the major visits.

And it's not like many people can shop around for different insurance companies. They take what their employer offers them. So companies don't have a very big incentive to offer lower prices because of competition.

 

Re: THE 2012 POLITICS THREAD

Someone talked about all of us coming together and mocking soccer...so, damnit, MOCK SOCCER!!! I KNEW this outstanding idea would get derailed. One of the best suggestions in the history of SportsJournalists.com, all of us united to make fun of "futbol," and the ship just sails away. Color me depressed.

Just for that I am going to go up to the next person I see, hold up a red tile sample and write his/her name in a little pocket notebook. That'll show 'em.