The New Road Comments

Medicare And Socialized Medicine

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:13:19 -0800

Author: eigga49
Date: Jun 30, 2008 7:33 AM

Your dad must live in a medicare friendly area. Around here, there are only a select few doctors that accept medicare/medicaid/chips program dollars and even then, they only allow for so many appts per day. most doctors don't want to accept the medicare/caid program because of the paperwork required and the time for reimbursal from the government. Hospitals are just as bad.

so much nutiness...

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:30:17 -0800

Author: Eric
Date: Jun 18, 2008 9:19 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christological_argument

Half Ass Libertarianism

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:23:14 -0800

Author: jherr
Date: Jun 13, 2008 6:23 AM

I read the link you provided. I'm not sure I would call that nutritious, especially the part about eating ramen or mac-n-cheese. Basically this guy is giving you the plan for $20/week, which is just about what you would need to do to stay within foodstamps. And it's not really a plan, I saw a bunch of tips, but not a real plan. To assess the health benefits of staying on a $20/week diet for 52 weeks I would need to see the details. My guess is that it would be difficult to do this for most folks in some of the cheaper areas of the country, and impossible to do it in the expensive regions like the Bay Area.

Half Ass Libertarianism

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:23:14 -0800

Author: hatsix
Date: Jun 12, 2008 12:41 PM

While I love the rest of your posts, you're off-base on the foodstamps issue. You can easily eat three square meals on foodstamps. Sure, it's not interesting food, but $86/month (the average allotment, per: http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/faqs.htm) can buy quite a bit, and a single person that is in abject poverty gets even more, $162. My wife and I spend $400 combined, without worrying about generic brands, or sales. The government gives up to $162 per month to spend on food... We spend $40 on coffee alone, so a poverty-stricken person could buy everything we buy (except that they'd get more, as they'd have to get the generic versions of what we buy, which costs less) Of course, it's a sliding scale, so the more means you have, the less foodstamps. But to say that it's impossible to live off foodstamps is absurd. Sure, they won't be eating steak every night, but in reality, beef and pork are the least cost-efficient ways of eating. (However delicious they might be) Some resources for people eating on a budget can be found on Get Rich Slowly: http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2007/09/08/how-to-feed-yourself-for-15-a-week/ (I am not affiliated in any way, just a subscriber to his RSS feed)

25%

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:22:34 -0800

Author: jherr
Date: Jun 10, 2008 1:06 PM

The south.

25%

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:22:34 -0800

Author: Lori Herrington
Date: Jun 6, 2008 10:54 AM

The scary thing is that there are 25% who still think he's doing a good job- where the hell are they living?

HD Camcorder

Fri, 23 May 2008 06:08:54 -0800

Author: eigga49
Date: May 23, 2008 7:29 AM

I like Megan's tattoo!:) Can't wait to see this dance she and her partner are doing.

Cover Art - First animal

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:11:48 -0800

Author: WCutherell
Date: May 22, 2008 8:30 AM

stylelized for sure but starfish it is

Hillary And The Popular Vote

Wed, 21 May 2008 06:33:01 -0800

Author: Mike
Date: May 21, 2008 8:00 AM

What about Texas? I was able caucus and vote in the primary. I arguably get twice the representation as voters in other states. WooHoo!!!

Why are we here?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:17:41 -0800

Author: eigga49
Date: Apr 25, 2008 6:50 AM

I think it's more of an existential question, "why are we here", not literal. Many people look to the bible as a reference as to how they should live their lives..parables and such. Many people take it WAY too literally. Many people don't give a rat's ass about it. In the end, I think it's about what matters to you, what you feel moved to do to try and make the world a better place for yourself and those around you. And I think on your April 22 entry, you mean affect, not effect.

Why are we here?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:17:41 -0800

Author: Eric
Date: Apr 24, 2008 6:28 PM

Job 38

Gott Mit Uns

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:57:11 -0800

Author: nj
Date: Mar 26, 2008 11:33 AM

Hilarious ironic story about Expelled: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php

Faux News Is Going Beyond Ridiculous

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:33:04 -0800

Author: Mike
Date: Mar 20, 2008 1:09 PM

Unfortunately, you are only one vote and Fox News has a reach that is very powerful. They are part of the burden of free speech that we cherish as a society. The fear I have is that honest discourse and contemplative thought is belittled to a point, by the likes of the Fox News pundits, where it is a small voice in a large raucous wilderness. We need more sensible speech and discourse to counteract the mess that is our national media. I wish you luck in your cause, but I think my fears are already realized.

Baby Bible Bashers

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:41:47 -0800

Author: Eric
Date: Mar 6, 2008 8:52 AM

Check out the movie 'Marjoe'. It's available from netflix. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjoe

Karl Rove on Hussein

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:47:06 -0800

Author: nj
Date: Feb 28, 2008 3:07 PM

The more conspiracy-minded might suggest that by making a big deal out of not using "Hussein", the RNC is actually manipulating the media into saying it over and over again while the RNC gets to pretend like it's backing away from it.

Starship Troopers 3

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:01:18 -0800

Author: Lori Herrington
Date: Feb 27, 2008 10:41 AM

i'm glad they got back some of the original cast from the first one, i just wish doogie houser needed a paycheck - can't wait - i'll book a sitter!

Hell's Best Kept Secret

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:42:57 -0800

Author: Lori Herrington
Date: Feb 26, 2008 6:42 PM

Its been my experience that they don't realize they are bashing your faith. I get that they feel just because they are fighting for your very soul. It really just proves to push me away and tick me off. It is extremely rude and hurtful - but they don't care about that. The trouble comes because they think they are in the right. You can't change them but they are determined to try to change you - you should take it as a compliment - at least they like you well enough to care (in there own demented way). But in truth, its why I tend to shy away from these people. If they can't accept me for being a non-believer and not try to change me, then i'm done with them - period.

Cletus The Slack Jawed Yokel

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:29 -0800

Author: jherr
Date: Feb 19, 2008 3:06 PM

BTW, to your point about teachers and parents. The better the teachers and homes, the better than worker and the entrepreneur. And thus the more vibrant the economy and the better for the state. We need to start looking at this country as a business or else we are going to lose our status as the number one economy in the world very soon. We need to educate our kids properly. We need to give our scientists access to all the tools they need. We need to stop playing partisan politics and start working on solutions for the country as a whole.

Cletus The Slack Jawed Yokel

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:29 -0800

Author: jherr
Date: Feb 19, 2008 3:02 PM

Your point is well taken. Though to a certain degree because of the electoral system the way it is now your vote may be worth more or less than one vote. While a popular vote system would be the only way to ensure "1 person 1 vote". The question I have for you is; Is the government a business? And if it is a business then just like a business you would expect that the units within the company that are performing their best would have more say in the direction of the company than those performing poorly. Texas, I'm happy to say, would be doing well. As would California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington. The other states would need to raise their games. That seems like a good thing to me. How are the roads around you? Are they good? Mine are crap. And that pisses me off. It especially pisses me off when I go to South Carolina and drive on four lane highways in the middle of nowhere that are as smooth as glass. You want to know why those highways are nice? Because your and my tax dollars paid, through pork, for those roads, that nobody uses. There is no industry in SC. So to have an economy they have bargain for pork with federal government with the one thing they have, votes they really shouldn't have. Does it make any sense at all that California. The eighth largest economy in the world should have just two votes in the Senate? The same two votes that Montana has? Or South Dakota? How does that make any sense at all. South Dakota has one Senator for every 350,000 people. California has one for every 18 million. Texas, one for every 12 million. And yet every Senate vote counts the same.

Cletus The Slack Jawed Yokel

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:00:29 -0800

Author: eigga49
Date: Feb 18, 2008 6:35 PM

Although, I feel that the people in the clip are as ignorant as can be, I must say that I disagree with your representation by economic power theory. For one, who is to say that the almighty dollar is the main gauge of worth for a section of society. What about teachers, or those in higher education, or even those that choose to stay home with children, those that have a relatively small direct economic impact. Moreover, at what representation should we count those that have lesser economic impact? 2/3 of a person was tried by the South over a century and a half ago to represent those that took up space but were not supposedly worthy of being counted as equals.