John Adams

Yeah but you could have a more catastrophic based policy for those occasions. I'd be willing to pay my GP that much money to be able to get a timely appointment.

I hope Obama has enough left in the tank to get some meaningful and sensible changes passed for Social Security. Though the Dems are already lining up to oppose cost reductions and increase taxes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/us/polit...3fiscal.html?hp

Well duh. How else will people take care of themselves?

Resorting to a factual analysis gives me less inner rage.

You'll be the passenger in the Waaa-mbulance when it's an issue you care about like unemployment benefits, student loan limits, etc.

Yeah, even at 2% of my income being the "penalty," I'd pay way less than I currently pay.

Mine and your last two posts should be their own thread starter. These two posts should answer a lot of questions. Removing some of your final 3 forecasts (which I agree with BTW), it's a relatively unbiased view of what the Bill means.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...2557501242.html This is a good "What the Bill means to you right now" article.

This is a nice discussion you and I could have about the various definitions of regulate. Let's be clear though: the commerce clause has nothing to do with limiting government's power and everything to do with expanding it. The precedent for the government's power grabs using the commerce clause knows almost no bounds. HEre's a couple snippets from wiki for your reading pleasure on how the Court has dealt with the Commerce Clause.

You can't sue the government except in limited circumstances. Sovereign immunity. I'm all about canceling my current insurance and saving a ton of money to be on your nickel. Thanks.

The point of the commerce clause is that the Constitution gives the power to Congress to regulate commerce between the states. Heath care certainly extends accross state lines and thus the Commerce Clause gives the power. Agreed that the Court is stupidly political. Al Gore lost. It should have been 9-0. In this case, unless the Court is ready to trump a few hundred years of commerce clause expansion (something I'd be AOK with), the health care will bill will stand. BTW, if health care went down to the 10th amendment, it would be create havoc as states opted out of a ton of federal laws.

That was not quite right--I had lumped medical, dental, and disability into one. I pay around 20K/year for Blue Cross Personal Choice (an older insanely good plan you can't buy anymore). Thanks for the tip. I have a pretty good handle on grammar rules.

That's the oddest review of the book I've ever seen. I read it too and it's 1 chapter (the first) about the importance of the left tackle and then the rest is almost entirely human interest. It is great human interest because the Oher story is really amazing but there is little "inside" football stuff after the first chapter. It's just about Oher overcoming a million obstacles and all the people who helped him. I also didn't see the movie.

Not a chance. It's not unconstitutional. The commerce clause will override any state that tries to opt out. Even if you get the right wingers on the SC to vote against it, it will be a 5-4 loss. The center won't go against all the Commerce Clause precedent.

Jeff George is a UFA and has one of the best arms in NFL history.

Wrestling threads generate so much interest that they are more at home in the consumer forum.

I paid 23,000$ last year for health insurance for me and my family for a top plan. It is well worth it but I'd be thrilled to drop that and let the gubmit pay my bills for a measly fine. I'm sure that we're the only people thinking like this. Good plan libs.

Anyone on the fence can be easily bought at this point. The pressure is so high that those people have a chance for a massive chit to call in.

Jordan changed his shot and developed a post game. It just takes courage and hard work.

I agree with what someone else said. If he passes a physical and appears to have shaken off some of his demons, throw him an incentive-laden contract. If he sucks, you cut him and no harm. The guy was a Pro Bowler 2 years ago. Unless he's completely broken (body and mind), he'd be a rare Bills lineman with an upside. Plus, he'll soothe the pain of losing Jonathon Scott.

Can we get back to basketball?

I don't see this as front loaded. We've gotten hit with a rate increase of 10-20% every year for the last 7...this year is no different. I just question the timing as idiotic. If anything, it pushed people into the Obamacare camp. It didn't do a lot to make me feel great about Blue Cross, that's for sure.

It's going to pass. Bet the farm. Two weeks ago, Blue Cross sent us our 25% premium increase. What assinine timing.

Or the hole. And stroke counting. The late-night writers can mail it in for a week.

Of all of the things that have been ignored in the Constitution (Congress to declare war is a good one), this is the least of them. How do you prevent a foreign national form being president? You enforce the rule against them. What do you do for a president whose mom was travelling abroad when she popped? You don't care. Mind you, I'm not with you lunatics who question his birth records. I'm just saying that even if you're right, the guy was raised here. He's an American. We can agree that he's a bad president but he's not some sleeper cell foreign national.