Comments on: Last-Minute Ballot Measure Rundown

By: ko

ko — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 20:04:16 +0000

And if we’re doing vocabulary, filicide would be killing one’s son. Patricide, on the other hand, would be killing one’s father.

By: Olly

Olly — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 19:01:21 +0000

If we’re doing spelling, I have to say: Tim, it’s hilarious. One “l”.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 06:22:43 +0000

Andy: You were obviously not at that party. And you misspelled “Y’all.” It’s a contraction for “you all” so the apostrophe goes after the “y,” I just thought you should know.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 00:59:46 +0000

Bah. Melissa no like reading. Especially since Melissa no have to be literate to vote. That’s a law, eh Dan?

By: Andy D

Andy D — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 01:44:07 +0000

Ya’ll love Ayn Rand so much here? Check out Mises.org Ludwig von Mises is where she solidified a lot of here ideas for her philosophy. If you are a student of capitalism, read Human Action…its only 950+ pages..

By: Andy D

Andy D — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:43:48 +0000

We all know that she wouldn’t win a state primary…this country is at about page 400….after kerry, probably more like 600.

By: Big D

Big D — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 02:00:10 +0000

AYN RAND is the shit!!!! I’d vote for her, though I don’t believe in women’s suffrage.

AYN RAND! AYN RAND! (strikes pose)

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:19:39 +0000

AYN RAND, AYN RAND!

By: Danimal

Danimal — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:23:52 +0000

Ayn Rand for President!

By: Andy D

Andy D — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:41:59 +0000

All im saying is that there is nothing bullshit with a roof over your head and a warm bed. I’ve spent months of my life without, of course semi-vollentarily, but depravity teaches so much appreciation.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:09:04 +0000

and here we come to the question of absolute versus relative poverty, but normative economics is a discussion for another day…err…post. Well, no, let’s never discuss normative economics because it is bullshit.

By: Andy D

Andy D — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:18:30 +0000

If you’ve ever read Atlas Shrugged, one of my most favorite quotes is in there, “No man can be bigger than his money.”

So lets think about the rich. Typically, they are self made, disciplined and highly educated. If you’re smart enough to get that money, would you be stupid enough not to protect it?
The lowest mc donalds worker and welfare recipiant still lives like a king to 85% of the worlds population.

That is an interesting point on 35. i’ll get back to you..

By: Danimal

Danimal — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:06:33 +0000

Dammit, Movable Type! All of the above after the colon is my Dad’s words; the quote doesn’t end after the first graf.

By: Danimal

Danimal — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:05:20 +0000

Continuing on my last comment to Sho, here’s what my dad says about tort reform in general. Now, he is a flaming liberal, but he’s also an MD, for what it’s worth:The rich have deep pockets to pay high fees for the best legal talent available. So do insurance companies and corporations.

But when little people are injured by medical malpractice, they cant afford representation by lawyers of similar competence and investigative resources. Hence the use of contingency fees.

Running tort lawyers off the playing field, through award caps or any other measure, will simply solidify the advantage of the well to do as the only people who can afford top notch legal aid.

By: Danimal

Danimal — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:57:57 +0000

Looking at the various discussions on the net concerning the ballot measures, I think the only people who are going to vote Yes on 35 are doctors, people in the medical business and children of people involved in the medical business (who will be disowned if they don’t vote Yes). I belong in that last category.

Sho, my father is a doctor and my mother a social worker. Both are voting no on 35. Just because it sounds good doesn’t mean it’ll do what supporters tell you it will. The tagline: “end frivolous lawsuits.” Balls. Look closer and be careful.

By: Danimal

Danimal — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:55:27 +0000

Houston’s an interesting case study for me because personally, I’d rather solve land use problems, as much as possible, privately, through easements and covenants, etc. And Houston is sort of that taken to its illogical extreme, for better or worse. However much I philosophically favor the private solutions, like Tim I acknowledge that they have their limits.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:26:35 +0000

Andy: Houston has been a mess forever, free-market forces have cleared some of it up. All-in-all, even as a libertarian, I’d rather deal with some mild zoning. Go to Houston, see what a pit huge parts of it are: Literally things like, “I run a petshop out of my garage.”

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:22:06 +0000

I empathize with you there, Sho. You should see what happens in my parents’ house if I tell my father that Rush Limbaugh is a blustering bag of bullshit and painkillers…

Speaking of which, anyone know what Limbaugh has to say on 35? I can’t listen to him with my father for fear of filicide.

By: Sho

Sho — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:46:47 +0000

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:52:07 +0000

Glaucoma is actually one of the afore mentioned areas of self-neglect. I have horror stories, man. Horrific ones. When people don’t take care of themselves. About little known procedure called a “trabeculectomy,” and another one called a “scleral flap.” Anything involving blades and my eyeballs, and it’s enough to keep me taking those preventative care steps.