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- Sat May 17, 2014 9:48 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 666349
Something good is finally coming out of North Carolina, which is an incredible relief after the relentless stream of horribleness my state has been spewing out for the past two years. A group of clergy have gotten together and filed a lawsuit against the state's gay marriage ban based on the claim t...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:39 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
People will believe what they want to believe. It is just that simple. If they want to believe the president is a Muslim or a communist or that he hates America and wants it destroyed, they will believe that. If they want to believe the Democrats want the government to have complete control over eve...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:34 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: Should this be called "The Hobbit"?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 30641
Re: Should this be called "The Hobbit"?
... should this be called "The Hobbit"? Discuss. No. At the very least it should be called "Peter Jackson's Hobbit", or more accurately "Peter Jackson's Lord Of the Rings, Episodes I, II & II", after which they could remarket the LOTR films as "PJ's LOTR Episo...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:26 am
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hall of Fire DoS Review Thread
- Replies: 725
- Views: 181508
That was very considerate of you ;) . I actually surprised myself and went to see tonight with some other friends though. In fact I just got back a few minutes ago. I can proudly say that I do not completely fall asleep once, although I did start to doze off a few times, but there was always some lo...
- Fri Dec 13, 2013 7:26 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: The Hall of Fire DoS Review Thread
- Replies: 725
- Views: 181508
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:40 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
I also read somewhere that the exchange in South Carolina, of all places, has as one of its providers a truly non-profit insurance company and that it is expected to work so well that it will, effectively, put the for-profit companies out of business since they will not be able to compete with the r...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:40 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 10:55 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
My fear is that if these benchmarks, as random and irrelevant as they may actually be, are not met by the predetermined dates then Senate Democrats up for election in '14 will panic and begin jumping ship, giving Republicans the chance to repeal or at the very least eviscerate the law beyond recogni...
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:44 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
The botched roll-out does have the potential to be a serious issue. From what I have read they need to have 7 million signed up through the exchanges by March 31st. If that doesn't happen the insurance companies will start jacking up prices to cover the extra mandated coverage and those who do have ...
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:10 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:43 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
- Sat Oct 12, 2013 12:04 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
It will matter that demographic changes do not favor the republicans once the demographic changes reach the point that they can no longer stay in office. The gerrymandering is part of their last gasp. I don't think they can keep cheating their way into office forever. And I certainly do not accept w...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:36 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
It does seem kind of humorous that that what the GOP is getting is something the President wants, not to mention ending the sequester (if that really is what they are saying - I haven't caught the latest news cycle). Sounds like a win-win to me. As for the long term consequences, I agree that this i...
- Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:13 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:27 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
The consequence of that acquired cynicism is desertion of the field of battle and lack of involvement, which means that the only ones left are those who enjoy the dirty play and foster the cynicism...and then we all have to live with it. I have to agree with Cerin though that there is something els...
- Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 787929
It's very difficult for someone like me, especially given what has happened in my state (North Carolina) to not get drawn into the escalating hyperbole surrounding all of this. I'll admit, treason is one of the nicer sentiments I hold toward the Republican Party these days. The rest cannot be said h...
- Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:04 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Who are you?
- Replies: 111
- Views: 106319
My beliefs about an afterlife are fairly ambiguous, somewhat along the lines of what Anthy and Lali said - namely that if there is such a thing it is likely to be beyond my ability to comprehend at this point in my existence. I guess like others I tend to want to believe that if there is such a thin...
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:53 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: British Parliament votes against military action in Syria
- Replies: 113
- Views: 42740
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:32 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: British Parliament votes against military action in Syria
- Replies: 113
- Views: 42740