cleared, then busted

C J Campbell wrote:

Maybe our first choice should be people of impeccable behavior, regardless
of their political leanings.

LBJ used to tell the following ....

It's a little known fact that George Washington was originally from Texas. One
day his father came home and found his favorite cherry tree lying on the lawn.
When he asked George how it happened, George said "I cannot tell a lie; I did
it with my little hatchet." George's father said "Well, if you can't tell a lie,
we're going to have to move, 'cause you won't get anywhere in *Texas* politics."

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


It sounds better in the short term. In the long term if nobody pays the
development costs of new drugs there'll be no new drugs.

You're missing that, from Canada's perspective, the development is free.
That's a given, at least under current conditions.

So their healthcare doesn't suffer from a lack of R&D funding. Clever of
them. Bad for us, but why should they care if we're willing to bend over
for them?

- Andrew

Paul Tomblin wrote:

There is nothing wrong
with the US "system" that couldn't be cured by burning a few insurance
company bean counters and their bought politicians at the stake.

We've no reason to believe that this is correct...but perhaps we should try
it as an experiment grin.

- Andrew

C J Campbell wrote:

There are no such candidates left, if there ever were any. The political
parties are so obsessed with power that only the corrupt can survive.

I don't think the parties are directly to blame. Rather, it's the people
that vote for the corruption that best lines their pockets. When it comes
down to election time, politicians advertise their pork jobs. Look at
interviews of voters: many cite such "projects" as reasons to keep senior
politicians in power.

The parties are working to stay in power, true. But it's the voters that
empower corrupt government.

- Andrew

G.R. Patterson III wrote:

It's a little known fact that George Washington was originally from Texas.
One day his father came home and found his favorite cherry tree lying on
the lawn. When he asked George how it happened, George said "I cannot tell
a lie; I did it with my little hatchet." George's father said "Well, if
you can't tell a lie, we're going to have to move, 'cause you won't get
anywhere in *Texas* politics."

Why? In Texas, it would have been called a "monster axe"?

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...

You're missing that, from Canada's perspective, the development is free.
That's a given, at least under current conditions.


I haven't missed that. If we follow Canada's lead, as many seem to want,
the US will also cease to develop new drugs.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
| In a previous article, "C J Campbell"
said:
| Maybe our first choice should be people of impeccable behavior,
regardless
| of their political leanings.
|
| My first choice would be people of impeccable principles. You got any
| candidates like that? John McCain is the closest I've sean, and even he
| tends to follow the political winds.

For all his "impeccable principles", McCain is a statist thug.

There are no such candidates left, if there ever were any. The political
parties are so obsessed with power that only the corrupt can survive.

"There can be no doubt that the old regime in Iraq was horrible. The Hussein
regime was a classic example of how the worst get on top of any system where
the government attempts to control and plan the entire economy. As FA Hayek
taught us (1945), those who are best at wielding power are the most brutal,
rather than the most humanitarian, people among us. President Bush surely
means well in his efforts to build a new Iraqi government and in supplying
billions in aid to it, but he will likely empower a new political elite with
this policy. This new elite need not be as tyrannical as the Hussein regime,
but it may not be much better, and will hardly be capable of promoting
economic efficiency."
Slaves to the Marshall Myth
by D.W. MacKenzie
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1374

C J Campbell wrote:

Maybe our first choice should be people of impeccable behavior,
regardless
of their political leanings.

People WANT the goodies that government brings.

If you could resurrect Madison, Jefferson, Mason, and those guys, they
wouldn't poll 5%.

--
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant
pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"
--Samuel Adams (1722-1803), letter to
John Pitts, January 21, 1776

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Bob Noel said:
In article , (Paul
Tomblin) wrote:
They can't do a worse job than the beancounters are doing now. Says
the
guy who had two doctor ordered treatments turned down by ****ing
insurance
companies.

I don't want to bet your health or life on it. Says the guy working
in the acquisition of systems for the government.

I bet the first 35 years of my life on the Canadian system, and it worked
pretty damn well.

You ever need dialysis? Ever wonder what you would do if medical attention
was available (for the person of your choice) and that you could afford, but
not allowed? Examples of this situation abound. Try to get a non-emergency
MRI in Toronto within a year. Try to get dialysis (even just for fun).
What did you bet on? What was your ante?

le moo

"Tom S." wrote in message
...
|
| "Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | My first choice would be people of impeccable principles. You got any
| | candidates like that? John McCain is the closest I've sean, and even
he
| | tends to follow the political winds.
|
| For all his "impeccable principles", McCain is a statist thug.
|

I have to agree there.