why that was nice

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

"yo mang, this is da verizon dude...lemme in yo' trap house"

i chuckled //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Shit, if i could post up at political events with an AR-15 **** right i would. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

you can you racist.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I,ll let him in.. he probably can hook me up with some exclusive phones on the cheap before they come out!!

he probably hook you up wif some chron weed too dawg

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the national aeronautics and space administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US department of agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the food and drug administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US congress and kept accurate by the national institute of standards and technology and the US naval observatory, I get into my national highway traffic safety administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the environmental protection agency, using legal tender issed by the federal reserve bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US postal service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the department of labor and the occupational safety and health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it's valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log on to the internet which was developed by the defense advanced research projects administration and post here on the forums about how SOCIALISM and REGULATION in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

TROLL ALERT!

The Lefty Faulky Troll

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

TROLL ALERT!

The Lefty Faulky Troll

 

[WHATJUSTHAPPENd 10+ year member]

this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the national aeronautics and space administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US department of agriculture inspected food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the food and drug administration.
At the appropriate time as regulated by the US congress and kept accurate by the national institute of standards and technology and the US naval observatory, I get into my national highway traffic safety administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads build by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the environmental protection agency, using legal tender issed by the federal reserve bank. On the way out the door I deposit any mail I have to be sent out via the US postal service and drop the kids off at the public school.

After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the department of labor and the occupational safety and health administration, enjoying another two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it's valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log on to the internet which was developed by the defense advanced research projects administration and post here on the forums about how SOCIALISM and REGULATION in medicine is BAD because the government can't do anything right.

While i'm sure that this is just a borrowed statment made with the attempt to troll, i'll bite.

Thats not socialism. Thats regulation. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif the 2 are not the same. Medicine is regulated by the government too but its not "Socialized."

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

that's what i'm talkin' bout willis.

 

[WHATJUSTHAPPENd 10+ year member]

that's what i'm talkin' bout willis.

then whats the point? everyone knows regulation is neccesary.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

then whats the point? everyone knows regulation is neccesary.

Unfortunately, I think you give "everyone" more credit than they're due //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[SomeGuyDude 10+ year member]

While i'm sure that this is just a borrowed statment made with the attempt to troll, i'll bite.
Thats not socialism. Thats regulation. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif the 2 are not the same. Medicine is regulated by the government too but its not "Socialized."

A lot of what's in that IS socialized though. Infrastructure, police, fire, post, education, all socialized. Those satellites that your cell phone and possibly TV use are government made, owned, and operated. That's not even touching upon medicaid/medicare. Or tax-exempt churches.

The problem is that people (mainly hardline conservatives, but not all) want to separate the idea into black and white. Capitalism and socialism, mutually exclusive as though the United States were a 100% free market nation which ain't even close, for one simple reason: the free market would obliterate prosperity if left unchecked just in the same way that pure and true socialism would flatten it.

Medicine isn't part of the market. It's not a commodity, not a nicety, not the kind of thing that poor people can just do without until they get a better job in the way that televisions and cars are. No one's ever suggested that the government should be controlling the actual market out there, clamping on means of production and whatnot, just that certain things fall into the category of "public good" and should be enveloped by the government. We've already agreed that so many things are, medicine would just complete the package.

This is just idle musing so forgive me: I find it hilarious that so many people want to force the poor to have babies they can't afford to take care of, but don't want to spend a penny to keep the kid alive once he's popped out.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Is the government paying for and insuring your home? Your car? Is the government buying food for you? Is the government barring entry to the markets with their regulations in the mentioned agencies?

Regulation =/= Socialism //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Those satellites that your cell phone and possibly TV use are government made, owned, and operated.

Just a minor nit to pick, but most communication satellites are privately built, owned & operated...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Most aren't even launched in this country anymore //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

It's not a commodity, not a nicety, not the kind of thing that poor people can just do without until they get a better job in the way that televisions and cars are.

You're saying it is a commodity, then?

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Faulkton is a socialist.

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

That's a joke right? Is that the comedy section of Fox news?