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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:39:12 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:13:37 2010. Apology accepted. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:44:15 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:10:27 2010. " He was mocking the ridiculous American woman in the video."Yes...I agree with you on that part 100%....there is no disputing that part. The issue is that Glen Beck should have then kept his big fucking mouth shut after that....but he didn't. He went on to demean their health system by saying it was not a world class system and that the education system was less then our...even though doctors and engineers flock to other countries in the past....and then Beck goes on to make fun the name of a river in India and says it sounds like a disease....as if to say,...the place called India was disease ridden. |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:48:42 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:10:27 2010. "He wasn't mocking India"Denial is clearly not just a river in Egypt... "He was mocking the ridiculous American woman in the video." Who, while she wasn't completely on the mark, still had a point. |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:51:52 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:22:11 2010. "He was not being demeaning. He was being truthful."Being 'truthful' would be to simply calmly state that the standards in India are not as high as they are in the US. Doing a whole song and dance about it the way Beck did, is demeaning. |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:53:29 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:25:01 2010. Um, no. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:53:33 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:51:52 2010. IAWTP..... |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:56:40 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 11:04:56 2010. From Bloomberg.com:India's Economy Probably Expanded at Fastest Pace Since 2007 By Kartik Goyal - Aug 29, 2010 India’s economy probably grew at the fastest pace in 2 1/2 years, adding pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates even as the global recovery falters. Gross domestic product rose 8.8 percent in the three months ended June 30 from a year earlier, according to the median of 27 forecasts in a Bloomberg News survey. The statistics office is scheduled to release the data tomorrow at 11 a.m. in New Delhi. Exports account for less than a fifth of India’s GDP, and rising wages and consumer spending are sheltering Asia’s third- biggest economy from slowing growth in the U.S., China and Japan. The Reserve Bank of India said last week its priority is to reduce inflation, even after the most aggressive round of monetary policy tightening in the region. “India’s problem is inflation,” said Samiran Chakraborty, a Mumbai-based economist at Standard Chartered Plc. “The fragility of the recoveries in most developed economies is worrying the global markets but such fears seem to be less pronounced in India due to strong domestic growth.” India’s $1.3 trillion economy may expand 8.5 percent in the year ending March 31, the most in three years, the central bank estimated on July 27. The benchmark wholesale-price inflation rate has hovered around or above 10 percent since January. Global Slowdown By contrast, some of the world’s biggest economies are decelerating, adding to signs that the global recovery may be losing its momentum. Last quarter, economic growth in the U.S. slowed to a 1.6 percent annual rate, China’s expansion eased to 10.3 percent while Japan’s economy grew at less than a fifth of the pace economists estimated. India’s merchandise exports increased 13.2 percent in July, the slowest pace in six months. “India is relatively more domestic-demand driven, but still, this is worth noting as it could be a drag on overall growth if the ongoing weakness in global, U.S. and Chinese growth continues,” said Devika Mehndiratta, a Singapore-based economist at Credit Suisse Group AG. Indian 10-year government bond yields climbed 2 basis points to 7.99 percent at 9:04 a.m. in Mumbai today on concern central bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao may raise rates for the fifth time since mid-March to slow demand and cool prices. The central bank is scheduled to release its next monetary policy statement on Sept. 16. Monetary Tightening Subbarao has increased rates the most number of times among Asian central banks this year. The Reserve Bank’s reverse repurchase rate is 4.5 percent and the repurchase rate is 5.75 percent. Malaysia is second with three rate increases. Inflation pressures are “coming up sharply” in India while the global economy has moved to a state of “less comfort” and balancing the two risks while setting rates is the challenge, central bank Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said Aug. 25. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensitive Index has more than doubled to 18,189.68 since February 2009 as investors bet India’s economy will expand. The rupee has gained 4.2 percent to 46.78 against the dollar in the past year. The stock index gained 1.1 percent in early trading today. Companies including TVS Motor Co., India’s third-biggest motorcycle maker, are increasing their capacities on optimism sufficient monsoon rains in the June-September season will boost farm production and spur consumer demand. Last year’s rains were the least since 1972. Rural Demand About three-fifths of India’s 1.2 billion people live in the countryside and depend on agriculture for their livelihood. This year’s rains will help yield “bumper” harvests, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said last month. “We expect the monsoon rains to have a very positive effect in terms of stronger purchasing power,” Venu Srinivasan, chairman and managing director of TVS Motor, said in an interview in New Delhi on Aug. 23. TVS Motor plans to spend about 2 billion rupees ($42.6 million) to add capacity in the year ending March 31. Salaries in India may grow an average 10.6 percent in 2010, the fastest pace in the Asia-Pacific, after increasing 6.6 percent in the previous year, according to the Lincolnshire, Illinois-based human resources adviser, Hewitt Associates Inc. Car Shortage Indians’ increasing wealth is causing shortages in the automobile industry, with Volkswagen AG and Hyundai Motor Co. introducing waiting lists for the first time in more than a decade amid a lack of engine castings and batteries after local component suppliers failed to anticipate a surge of more than 30 percent in car sales in the country this year. Industrial output, which accounts for about a quarter of India’s economy, jumped 11.6 percent in the three months through June compared with 3.9 percent in the same period the previous year. “While we are proud of our economic growth, as indeed we should be, controlling price-rise remains our top priority,” Sonia Gandhi, leader of the ruling Congress party, told her lawmakers on Aug. 19, underscoring the challenge facing the South Asian nation. Inflation dominated the first two weeks of Parliament’s monsoon session that started on July 26, with opposition parties criticizing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government for failing to check prices. “Controlling inflation is the biggest test for policy makers,” said Jay Shankar, chief economist at Religare Capital Markets Ltd. in Mumbai. He expects rates to be raised by as much as a percentage point by March 31. To contact the reporter on this story: Kartik Goyal in New Delhi at kgoyal@bloomberg.net |
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Posted by SMAZ on Wed Sep 1 13:00:31 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 12:25:01 2010. BS. They have far more motor vehicle accident deaths then we do which greatly outnumbers the murder differential. If anything THEIR life expectancy rate should be lower because of this.Try again. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 1 13:14:01 2010, in response to Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 08:34:19 2010. Glenn Beck did 2.6 on Monday. Figures he'd be up a little after his rally in DC.CNN hit a 10-year prime time low in August. MSNBC is reporting that the crowd in DC on Saturday wasn't there to see Beck. There are always lots of tourists walking around there on a hot August afternoon. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 13:22:31 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck, posted by SMAZ on Wed Sep 1 12:31:14 2010. That's a documentary everyone should watch. Sign up for Netflix now and watch it on demand. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 13:26:50 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 09:35:29 2010. The irony of all ironies, that this thread should show more about Glenn Beck hatred than Glenn Beck's hatred.Desperation breeds idiocy. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 13:27:56 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 1 13:14:01 2010. The problem with that spin was that the area was sealed off by the police specifically for those attending this event. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 13:29:24 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 11:48:38 2010. Don't engage him. When you see a crazy man on the street spewing nonsense, do you stop and talk to him about it? |
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Posted by SMAZ on Wed Sep 1 13:31:11 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 13:22:31 2010. I have it. I know some of the people involved in it. Missionary types in fact. I've been ouside of that church. Ironically it was on my way back from the Truman Library (other ongoing thread).I agree that it's a must see. What's incredible is that the filmaker showed the final product to that church before releasing it and asked for any suggestions, cuts, additions, etc. Those people LOVED it and gave the movie their full stamp of approval. They are so far gone that they couldn't tell that America would be horrified with what they were going to see. It's in its entirety in 9-10 parts on YouTube too. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 13:35:21 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 11:38:35 2010.  By chance, have you beamed down to any potentially contaminated planets in the last 24 hours? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 13:47:13 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck, posted by SMAZ on Wed Sep 1 12:31:14 2010. That's nice; you found another fringe group that doesn't represent the whole. Glenn Beck is Mormon BTW. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:49:22 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:44:15 2010. He went on to demean their health system by saying it was not a world class system and that the education system was less then oursThat's not demeaning, it's the truth. even though doctors and engineers flock to other countries in the past And look at how many Indian doctors we have in this country. My personal doctor is Indian. They know that we have a superior education system, and a superior health care system, and they will make a lot more money here than at home. That's not demeaning India, that is fact. and then Beck goes on to make fun the name of a river in India and says it sounds like a disease And we also have plenty of funny sounding geographical names too. I could pick a few in just about every county in the country. Ronkonkomoma. LOL. Sounds like a rare cancer. .the place called India was disease ridden. Please, you are reading too much into it...even though, their sanitary conditions leave much to be desired. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:56:45 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:48:42 2010. Denial is clearly not just a river in Egypt...Why are you mocking Egypt? Who, while she wasn't completely on the mark, still had a point. No, actually she didn't. It was explained very well why it costs more to have a hip replacement here than in India. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:57:16 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:34:43 2010. Rant? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:04:40 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 11:38:35 2010. can't you see the fact that Glen Beck is showing his hate by the showing his viewers the superiority of AmericaI take it you have no standards. MOCKING India and ridiculing their health system and educational system and their sanitation and goes ever further to mock the name of a river because it sounds like a disease as if to say the country is disease ridden How far did you get in high school? Beck was mocking the SEIU's lies by countering with the truth. He's very sarcastic, too. No wonder why you think Hilter was a "prince." Is your goal to just get kookier with every post? Hmm, the most anti-Hitler poster on here "think(s) Hitler was a prince" . . . didn't know I resembled Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, the fellow who did the Reichskonkordat with Adolf and recognized him as the new head of the Holy Roman Empire by doing so. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:05:37 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:56:45 2010. Yeah . . . the SEIU wants us all to get superbugs. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:06:35 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:57:16 2010. Sometimes it seems that JournalSquare-K-Car was more lucid. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 14:07:19 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 11:38:35 2010. can't you see the fact that Glen Beck is showing his hate by the showing his viewers the superiority of America.NO! America IS superior. Geez, this is why so many people showed up for Beck's march. Show a little more support for the home team, asshole! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:09:25 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 14:07:19 2010. Meanwhile, you get other lefties that say that "America should lead by example" . . . can't do that by lowering the standards. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:41:43 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 12:53:29 2010. Uh yes. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:49:21 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by SMAZ on Wed Sep 1 13:00:31 2010. No, having more people murdered (young) makes our numbers average down. And aside from Japan and the Scandanavian countries, our expectancy is equal to the other Western countries, at 75. Some of them got us by a couple months.Furthermore, our murder rate is higher, so that brings down our numbers. Also, genetics has a lot to do with it too. We are multicultural, so have the genetics of many different races, whereas that is much less pronounced in Japann and the Scandanavian countries. Heritity also effects expectancy, some races fare better than others. http://www.eagle-min.com/faq/faq85.htm Rankings of developed countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Life Expectancy in 32 Countries Country Age Country Age Japan 79.1 U.S. 75.0 Switz. 77.6 Denmark 74.9 Iceland 77.4 Finland 74.8 Sweden 77.1 Malta 74.8 Spain 76.6 Belgium 74.3 W. Germ. 75.8 Czech. 71.0 Italy 75.5 Poland 71.0 Britain 75.3 Yugo. 71.0 Israel 75.2 Romania 69.9 Austria 75.1 U.S.S.R. 69.8 |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 14:52:50 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 14:07:19 2010. Glenn Beck is a nut and an asshole but America pwns all. Some liberals need to realize that. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:54:38 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:56:40 2010. That's great, but means nothing. They are still a third world country. Of COURSE their economy will increase faster than a developed country, as it's leaps and bounds.It's like saying that the ridership on a new subway line is rising faster than on an old established subway line. OF COURSE the new line's ridership will increase at a faster pace. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 14:56:28 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 14:52:50 2010. Beck is Beck, but I don't think he's nuts. He sounds like your average internet troll, only in real life. Beck and I share a lot of beliefs, but I would never behave like I do on here in a face to face personal setting. Beck does, and he's ranting all the way to the bank .... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:56:57 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 13:26:50 2010. Not to mention the obsession with Glen Beck people on the left have |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 14:59:10 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:54:38 2010. Good post. Yes, that's why these poor countries have fast growth rates. Once they approach the level of the US it levels off. People were afraid of Japan beating the US because of their high growth rate after the War (you know, when their whole economy was destroyed), but look at how that turned out. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 15:03:47 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 14:56:28 2010. I don't think he's literally insane, but he is a "nut" or acts like one. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 15:04:45 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:41:43 2010. I don't believe either of you. Someone needs to cite their sources. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 15:28:08 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 15:04:45 2010. http://reason.com/archives/2008/06/17/accidents-murders-preemies-fatAccidents, Murders, Preemies, Fat, and U.S. Life Expectancy American health care to the rescue? Ronald Bailey | June 17, 2008 Last week, the National Center for Health Statistics announced that the average life expectancy for Americans has risen to an all-time high of 78 years. In addition, record high life expectancy was recorded for both white males and black males (76 years and 70 years, respectively) as well as for white females and black females (81 years and 76.9 years). This is obviously good news. But a question nags—why are people in other countries living longer on average than Americans? After all, we are the country that spends the most money per capita on health care. For example, according to the World Health Organization, average life expectancy in Japan is 83 years; Australia, 82; Switzerland, 82; Canada, 81; Sweden, 81; Spain, 81; Italy, 81; France, 81; Germany, 80; and the United Kingdom, 79. In all, there are 29 countries whose citizens have longer life expectancies than Americans. So why do Americans die younger than people living in most other developed democracies? Well, there is the Michael Moore answer delivered in his "documentary" Sicko—it's because we lack a benevolent government funded health care system. But life expectancy is not dependent on just medical care. For example, Texas A&M health economist Robert Ohsfeldt and health economics consultant John Schneider point out that deaths from accidents and homicides in America are much higher than in any other of the developed countries. Taking accidental deaths and homicides between 1980 and 1999 into account, they calculate that instead of being at near the bottom of the list of developed countries, U.S. life expectancy would actually rank at the top. However as Carl Bialik, the invaluable Wall Street Journal "Numbers Guy" columnist, notes Ohsfeldt and Schneider's analysis does not account for the fact a better health care system would have saved more accident victims and thus would have boosted life expectancy. In fact, in 2002, Harvard researchers argued that the U.S. murder rate is much lower than it would otherwise have been because so many assault victims are being saved by improved medical care. Nevertheless, Ohsfeldt and Schneider are likely right that U.S. life expectancy is being depressed by our higher accident and homicide rates. America's relatively high infant mortality rate also lowers our life expectancy ranking. A 2007 study done by Baruch College economists June and David O"Neill sheds some light on why U.S. infant mortality rates are higher—more low weight births. In their study, U.S. infant mortality was 6.8 per 1,000 live births, and Canada's was 5.3. Low birth weight significantly increases an infant's chance of dying. Teen mothers are much more likely to bear low birth weight babies and teen motherhood is almost three times higher in the U.S. than it is in Canada. The authors calculate that if Canada had the same the distribution of low-weight births as the U.S., its infant mortality rate would rise above the U.S. rate of 6.8 per 1,000 live births to 7.06. On the other hand, if the U.S. had Canada's distribution of low-weight births, its infant mortality rate would fall to 5.4. In other words, the American health care system is much better than Canada's at saving low birth weight babies —we just have more babies who are likely to die before their first birthdays. Life expectancy rates also depend on personal habits such as smoking, diet, and physical activity. Interestingly, U.S. smoking rates are lower (17 percent of adults) than for many developed countries with higher life expectancies. For instance, 30 percent of Japanese adults smoke daily. In France, 23 percent of adults smoke; Germany, 25 percent; Switzerland, 25 percent; Spain, 28 percent, and the U.K., 25 percent. The fact that Americans tend to be a lot fatter than the citizens of other rich developed countries increases their risks of heart disease and diabetes. A recent international survey reported that 31 percent of Americans are obese (body mass index over 30), whereas only 23 percent of Britons, 21 percent of Australians and New Zealanders, 14 percent of Canadians, 13 percent of Germans, 9 percent of the French, and 3 percent of Japanese have body mass index measurements over 30. Taking all these unhealthy proclivities into consideration, the American health care system is most likely not to blame for our lower life expectancies. Instead, American health care is rescuing enough of us from the consequences of our bad health habits to keep our ranking from being even lower. Ronald Bailey is reason's science correspondent. His book Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution is now available from Prometheus Books. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 1 15:32:39 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:56:57 2010. Yup. Why do you think Sharpton went to DC on Saturday? To honor MLK? No! To appeal to people looking for a confrontation. That's why he really went. Sharpton would not have been there if Beck wasn't there.Sadly, Beck and Palin are planning an event on 9/11 where she may announce her candidacy. |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 15:36:16 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 13:56:45 2010. "Why are you mocking Egypt?"I'm not. Unlike Beck's Ganges thingy, mine has no negative connotations to Egypt, nor is it presented in an 'Egypt sucks' context. "It was explained very well why it costs more to have a hip replacement here than in India." Yes, but it was not explained why it needs to be as high as it is in the US. Which is why I said she wasn't completely on the mark, but had a point. Other western countries with lavish lifestyles manage to deliver the same first rate surgery for far less than the US, and the reason for that wasn't explained. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 15:37:44 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 1 15:32:39 2010. Wish that MLK were still around to put Sharpton in his place. |
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Posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 15:49:03 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 15:28:08 2010. That doesn't exactly say that the difference is 'mostly due to the higher murder rate, as you claimed. It paints FAR more complex picture than your sound blurb.It still doesn't explain why you're paying almost twice as much for a similar level of healthcare... |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Sep 1 15:56:37 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believe Glen Beck is a nice guy, posted by Spider-Pig on Wed Sep 1 15:03:47 2010. It's clearly working. The man is filthy rich. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 16:05:49 2010, in response to Re: Nice guys SEIU? We don't think so!, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:05:37 2010. Wow ... still doing that bad nursing, eh? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Wed Sep 1 16:07:52 2010, in response to Re: Olog-hai believez Glen(n) Beck is a nice guy?, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:04:40 2010. Is your goal to just get kookier with every post?I like to think of streetie as your official "pace car" ... and sadly, he's having one hell of a time keeping up with you. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 16:32:17 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 12:25:49 2010. Well, that's funny. Jose Manuel Barroso said the same thing as in Panel Two back in June. |
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Posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 16:58:13 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Jose Manuel Barroso? We don't think so!, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 16:32:17 2010. "Well, that's funny."So you find the racist Glen Beck funny? it is so obvious that you agree with his viewpoints. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 17:01:37 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Jose Manuel Barroso? We don't think so!, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed Sep 1 16:58:13 2010. You do know that there are two definitions for "funny", I hope?Neither you nor Beck fit definition #1, for the record. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 17:04:44 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 14:54:38 2010. Sure, since you're starting from zero. |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Wed Sep 1 17:20:27 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glenn Beck, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 10:47:48 2010. The EU has its shit together. Their future's bright as long as they can break the nationalistic spirit of the UK countries. |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Wed Sep 1 17:22:39 2010, in response to Re: Nice guys SEIU? We don't think so!, posted by Olog-hai on Wed Sep 1 14:05:37 2010. You just want us to be slaves for your whore queen. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 18:34:01 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 15:49:03 2010. False. Our system is superior. Americans that get diseases like breast cancer or prostate cancer for example are twice as like to recover from them than our European counterparts. But of course there's things that other countries survival rates are better with other diseases. So that proves that it is imperfect to try to compare the two. There is no doubt at ALL that Americans have access to health care much faster than those with universal healthcare, and the US is far advanced in many treatments.This I feel is a nice balanced article: http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/04/health_care_the.html |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 18:35:25 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by Scorpio7 on Wed Sep 1 15:36:16 2010. I'm not. Unlike Beck's Ganges thingy, mine has no negative connotations to Egypt, nor is it presented in an 'Egypt sucks' context.Neither does Beck's, as you are hypersensitive, looking to be offended. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Sep 1 18:37:56 2010, in response to Re: Nice guy Glen Beck? We don't think so!, posted by LuchAAA on Wed Sep 1 15:32:39 2010. Good God, I hope not. |
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