I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Blue, I trust you and I've seen enough postings elsewhere on it, no need for me to sit through the thing.  The level of paranoia and fear is amazing though.  I think that may be one of the major differences between liberals and conservatives.  In fact I recently read a study that pretty much came up with the same thing.  Conservatives are inclined to fear anything/anyone different from their experience while liberals are more apt to be tolerant and inquisitive. Now I'm wondering if that study was something someone posted here.

I am fine today. No more blood fountain episodes!

E - glad you are feeling better. Surgery leads to whacko effects. Bled through my abdomen once - wasn't sure whether to stem the bleeding or encourage it - after all, the blood looked like liquid fat - who doesn't want to get rid of that -lol! Called my doctor and told him of my dilemma.

Don't think I will waste xxxx time on a bad film - I never liked sci fi fantasy anyway....

I don't have your calm demeanor, Athena. I called 911, big liberal weenie that I am. :-)

E - I think I'd do the same if it were my neck! Glad to see that Dracula is leaving you alone.

Scoot, happy you're doing better!  Sorry you had the bleeding experience. 

Athena, that's just CRAZY that Romney is now promoting ERs for the uninsured!  Guess he wants to go down in flames! WT.....??

I'm inclined to agree.....I think the conservatives do seem to have way too much fear.  Though not all, I did see many excerpts from 2016 when it first surfaced and saw little need to watch in the entirety...sorry Blue.  I have just reached the exasperating point of telling most of those I'm around ( so many in my own family ) that I'm going to hell in a hand basket and sticking with the one who has actually made my life better these past four years....now why do you hate Medicare and Social Security so much. 

Sure as well it was more than likely said here many, many times....but if defines any ability for me to understand how people I know to be intelligent can suck up Fox News like it is the Holy Grail.  Where does a person's intellect hide when they are watching this weird double-speak.   Oh well.....I'll leave that be and go enjoy the sunshine on my way to work.

Jackie 

I see that the GOP spokesfolks are now pushing the meme that the polls are not showing the "true" intentions of the populace and that far more Dems are being polled than Repubs.

So, a couple of thoughts:   Which polling firms are using landlines only, thereby not even including most of those under-40 voters?  I know that several of my under-40 relatives up here in the Great White North are dispensing with landlines entirely and using only their cells.

And could the real reason the GOPers are pursuing this meme simply be that they are depending on lack of voter IDs, harrassment at the polling stations and hacked voting machines to produce a GOP victory so that they can say "See, we TOLD you the polls were wrong".  Now that is totally scary for you folks.

And another thing:  DH and I were talking about our TV viewing habits last night (we do not watch anything together, BTW).  I said "What do you do when a commercial comes on?"  He replied "I either mute it or switch to another channel, or, if I've recorded it (which he very frequently does) I just zip right through".

I basically do the same.  I bet many (most/all) of you do the same.  So my question is:  How effective are all the umpteen thousands of political ads?  I strongly suspect that this is the last major election where TV ads will be used to any significant extent, especially since many people are now getting their entertainment on or via the 'net.

Just my meanderings this bright, sunny but chilly autumn morn 

The biggest mistake Mitt made was walking away from the one thing he managed to accomplish when Governor. 

OK - on the ER thing.  Am I wrong or does the ER not do cancer treatments or treat for chronic diseases like diabetes?  My understanding is that the ER will stabilize you if you are in a life threatening situation and then tell you to get follow up treatment. 

waht gardengumby said....LIKE, LIKE, LIKE

AND, you will soon hear the VIDEO of Willard interviewed a few years ago, bemoaning the FACT that uninsured COULD go to Emergency rooms - cuz, get ready for it, THAT was "socialized medicine" cuz "we" ( that didn't include me, or you, or anyone I know) shouldn't HAVE to pay for it...which is what happens when someone goes to Emergency Room with no coverage.

Also, Willard is 33% BEHIND the President of the United States in Willard's HOME STATE of MA - ( or so said David Axelrod on Sunday talkies)  - AND, every, and I mean EVERY SINGLE TOWN IN MA has to raise FEES ( ythink taxes) and taxes on individuals to MAKE UP FOR what Willard took away in State taxes - ALSO, WILLARD took the HARD DRIVES of ALL STATE COMPUTERS when he left his one term in office, so no one could TRACE a thing he did.

How do you spell Skumpbagg?

On lying: it is human and nonpartisam in principle.

But when you are going through a particularly bad part in your history, you have run out of ideas and your own solutions don't work, and you are a politician, you lie.

Dems are just as capable of lying, for sure, but they are simply not needing to do so right now 1/16th as much as the GOP is. They also don't have a Karl Rove policy that says lies, told enough, will eventually get believed. There are a few misstatements (such as quoting Romney unfairly in the "I like firing people") but to compare that with GOP lying "rates" would be a false equivalency. And that's one reason why I don't like CNN. They are the kings of false equivalents. They opened with the story on Romney's 47 percent comments and immediately had Ari Fleischer's take, then the democratic take, as though it was all just a matter of party politics.

Don't try to keep track of these changing views, your head will spin - it was in 2007 that Willard used the word "socialism" to describe inviduals using emergency rooms if they had no insurance coverage.

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