Xennady: I'd like to congratulate John Yoo not only for beating a baseless lawsuit but also for that time he went on the John Stewart show and made Stewart look foolish.
That was a stellar accomplishment, and I don't think it has quite received the renown it deserves. · 4 minutes ago
It's funny, I watched this the other day just for giggles. I think I'll do it again now...
Hang On: And what exactly is it you would do if you could do something about it? Something destructive? Something expensive? Kill people to keep people from being killed?
Uhh... yeah.
Hang On:
Not all problems have solutions. And there are those who are closer and could supposedly do something about it themselves (South Korea), but they either don't want to or don't have a clue as to what to do. Pretty presumptuous of us to think we can, isn't it? · 4 hours ago
It's not presumptuous at all. Most countries in the world are full of losers and softies. South Korea is no exception.
Guess what: prescriptions are not terribly complicated. I can't stand calling up my doc, making an appointment, going in, getting charged $30 (and lord knows how much more my insurance is paying him) so that he can sign off on a prescription for whatever it is I already know I need.
I see no reason why a well informed person with a Physician's Desk Reference and access to the internet shouldn't be able to self-prescribe anything save antibiotics.
This is a step in the right direction, which is why it will never happen. The AMA still has too much money to throw around Washington.
I would guess (since there aren't readily available statistics on this) that the number of abortions that are performed when the the very life of a mother is in jeopardy would number in the hundreds, not the thousands. · 14 hours ago
Because the Europeans don't have any money, and if they did, they wouldn't spend it on developing their military, and if they did, they wouldn't feel the need to develop a new fighter plane. Who would they attack with it? The Soviets?
Re: Russian Immigrants Lean Republican--and They Would Know, Wouldn't They?
Yet Chinese immigrants lean Democrat. What's up with that?