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I have a question that I can't get an answer to. I know that by having a 3rd party pay our health care costs we are insulated from the real price. Most people think their last physical cost $20 or whatever their co-payment was. How do we implement a system that removes that insulation from routine visits and makes patients into consumers again??

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Question. Is too much being made of this TSA pat-down issue? I have been reading a lot of stories on line that this is tantamount to sexual assault under cover of authority. Are these X-Ray scanners that bad? I just have to wonder how we ever flew prior to 9/11. I am watching a YouTube video some guy caught on his phone after refusing a groin check what is scary is the recording over the PA in a soothing voice that security is everyone’s job. Very “1984” So what do y’all think??? Me, I am against it I think the...

It has taken me a while for me to finally notice this. Approximately 2 years ago Beck was on the radio talking pitchforks and torches. About fighting back against the liberal-progressive tide. Now he is talking about what seems to be a national Kum-Byah-Ya and group hug? It seems he has become more interested in shilling for Beck Inc. rather than raising a call to action. I may be viewing it wrong but that is just how I see it.

I have a question that maybe an attorney out here can help me with. The issue of the Ground Zero mosque is being framed as a freedom of religion issue. I understand that we are guaranteed the right to exercise our religion free from gov't interference. Does this freedom extend to being able to build a house of worship wherever you demand to?

This article spells out why Mitt Romney is NOT a conservative and has no business running on a GOP ticket in 2012. Think hard before you cast a vote for this well coiffed socialist

You must see this just unearthed video of Mexican President calderon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJiYZ6QIAtY

I have been listening to Rush & Beck the past week and they are saying that the IMF is insisting that Greece privatize health care, lay off gov't employees etc for the bailout. Obviously, th exact opposiite of our current course. I am unable to find a news story that states this and I would like to be able to cite documentation when I discuss this as it relates to the U.S. Does anyone know where i can get the proof of this from the IMF

I got to thinking. Obama has called for Latinos, Blacks etc who "powered his campaign" to push the RATS to victory in November. I really get the feeling that Obama is trying to push some race envy and possibly violence over the election this year. Just my thought but I wouldn't put it past him

Here's a game my friends and I have been playing. You have to come but with a completion for "Barack Hussein Obama is Better Than...."a litter of kittens". The item has to be a good thing not something like swine flu. Have Fun with it

Ok, could someone explain to me what in the wide, wide world of sports Glenn Beck is talking about? I watched his coverage of the 9-12 march and waited to see what his "plan" was. He wants to "quarantine" DC. He wants to find 56 "re-founders" to stand up to the corruption and re-found the country. HUH? 1. How do you figuratively quarantine DC? 2. If Beck has a Diogenes fantasy that's his thing but 56 honest politicians in DC? Sorry for the cynicism but I don't see it. If I am wrong please show me how and why.

This may sound crazy but I would like to see the health care bill. I don't need a doorstop nor any fire starter. I keep hearing about all of the outrageous stuff that is in it so I would like to see them for myself and in turn show them to others. How is the best way to get a hard copy?

PSALM 2008-2012: FIRST BOOK OF DEMOCRAT OBAMA IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. HE LEADETH ME BESIDE STILL FACTORIES. HE RESTORETH MY FAITH IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. HE GUIDETH ME IN THE PATH OF UNEMPLOYMENT. YEA, THO I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE BREAD LINE, I SHALL NOT GO HUNGRY. OBAMA HAS ANOINTED MY INCOME WITH TAXES, MY EXPENSES RUNNETH OVER MY INCOME, SURELY, POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. THE DEMOCRATS AND I WILL LIVE FOREVER IN A RENTED HOME. BUT I AM GLAD I AM AN AMERICAN, I AM...

On 2/20/09 Smith and Wesson issued a safety recall for certain Walther PPK models. Go to the following link to S&W's site to see if you are affected. http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomContentDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&content=62303&sectionId=10506

Many of you may have rec'd and email about the enactment of something called " Ammunition Accountability Legislation" that will ban the sale of ammunition. Is this just more internet paranoia or is there something to it??

Watch this video. It says it all http://www.youtube.com/user/Funbobbasso

I heard the quote below and as far as I can fact check it is true, anyone know anything to the contrary?? I hate to quote something and then be found to have been duped by an urban internet hoax. I have found a number of sites but none have this quote. Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech: “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” He went on...

Well, here is liberal compassion. Don't get the homeless a job, job skills, drug rehab or a real home. Just give them a shopping cart tent!!! man is that compassion or what?

This link is cool, this is what a Reagan/Obama debate would sound like: http://www.texasrainmaker.com/2009/02/12/what-would-a-reaganobama-debate-sound-like/ God Bless you Ronnie, we need you now!

Now the GOP governors are demanding passage of the Obama Porkulus bill. So rather than actually work at balancing their budget they are now so lazy they are demanding taxpayers everywhere to do it for them.. Lazy B*stards! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_go_pr_wh/stimulus_gop_governors