this so called ‘obstacle’ that is ‘in the way’ is merely a simple modification. from the side, it appears to be a nonstrasparent ‘obstacle’, but combined with the lenses of these binoculars, the ‘obstacle’ increases the range of site by almost 26,000,000 miles!
or i stop behaving like a troll. There’s an issue there too. I don’t like the word Troll, couldn’t we use some other term to describe what you commonly call Trolls?
I think the big question is, why should Brewski change his avatar just to please you? Isn’t it his right to have whatever avatar he wants (unless it’s racist or weird)?
I don’t see anything wrong with Brewski’s normal avatar. Why is it weird? TOM, before you start demanding someone change their avatar just because you think it’s a little strange, ask yourself this: Do other people think it’s strange? Is anyone offended? Does Brewski want to keep the avatar?
that’s why i didn’t make him change his avatar, but i just asked him too. I still think the Einstein one is better, but since he’s holding onto his old avatar so much (for a reason i just don’t get, coz it doesn’t look good), i guess i’ll have to accept it. Nevertheless, from now on, noone can tell me i haven’t tried to make FB threads look prettier!
Tom, this is akin to telling somebody their clothing is butt ugly, and they are painful to look at. It’s rude. You made your point. Please drop the subject.
Ok i’ll drop it. But it’s still cheaper to switch avatars than to buy new clothes.
Finally, i didnt’t say butt ugly or painful to look at, just that the Einstein looks better!
Regardless of your political beliefs, I think one can respect the many years he devoted to public service, and tirelessly representing his constituents. Republicans should mourn his loss as well, because he was one of the most skillful Democrats in the art of compromise. His replacement is not likely to reach across the aisle as readily. His loss means a higher probability of partisan bickering and logjams in the US Senate.
But, alas, it seems that nowadays there’s almost a war within the US. Reps vs Dems, the other side is always guilty of everything, every plan leads directly to the destruction of the US, blablabla.
No, divisions have really intensified. There used to be genuine cooperation. The Republican party has drifted quite a bit to the right in the last 2 decades, which may have something to do with it. There are very few moderate Republicans left. The Democrats have drifted rightward as well, but not nearly as much. Barry Goldwater used to be the model conservative. Those days are long gone.
It seems to me that the Reps run out of ideas – they weren’t elected for what they wanted and now they bash everything Obama does. They want him to fail to improve their chances of getting elected (Rush Limbaugh said so…).
The problem with democracy, everyone, regardless of intelligence, common sense or understading of a given situation, is entitled to an opinion, and to express said opinion….not that I would actually have it any other way, but it does lead to troll like behaviour. It saddens me that those who try hard to educate others on important topics get shot down in flames so often these days.
I think it’s a mix of both. Obama’s poll ratings have dropped pretty badly, but the overall plot I think is right-wingers instigating ticked off people to disrupt the meetings. Not, that the left didn’t do similar towards Bush, but it’s not exactly gonna help much.
I am in no way defending Bush at all, as he made mockery of the US. However, I’m not sure if Obama really gets it. He has good intentions, but doesn’t have a plan for it to actually be effective. For instance, free health care will require the gov to get a bunch of money from somewhere. That somewhere is from taxes, so they’ll have to raise taxes in order to pay for the healthcare. For many, the taxes will constitute of so much of their pay, that the healthcare will actually in turn cost more for them, and for most, it’ll just go even, so nothing really gets fixed.
I’m pretty sure that number is slightly higher, but maybe that was just a different part of Germany I heard of. There was one part of Europe that pays 50% of their income in taxes, and has free healthcare. I was pretty sure it was Germany, but you being the German would probably know exactly if so.
Yes, our taxes are about 50% of the income. But our cost for our health care system is about 10,5% of our annual GDP, whereas the US about 16% of their GDP for their health care system – so your country pays much more than we do, but you have millions of uninsured and we don’t.
In other words, the money you already pay would be more than sufficent to insure every American.
But your healthcare is cheeper and more efficient because of gov spending, coming mainly from the 50% tax rate that the US doesn’t have. And why do Canadians flock to US hospitals? Because when something is free, it is taken for granted. The hospitals in Canada are overcrowded, because of this: common cold, visit hospital, its just as free as staying home (which can be just as effective). Meanwhile, I need urgent care on my back, but have to wait as these people have their turn, with their sickness easily cured at home. Free healthcare would just premote laziness in a country that sometimes needs help to get away from that.
We got universal health care here too. Works fine. What’s more, you don’t get refunded every dollar you spend on unnecessary hospital visits. There’s a list services that are insured and the rest has to be paid by oneself. The 50% Arthur Eld spoke of are not all going into health insurance. It’s mostly state taxes and that’s in my opinion, the explanation why the US govnmt is having such a hard time to get free health care, because they spend tax money in the wrong places. Arthur’s right that you shouldn’t have to pay more in order to insure every american. It’s just that loads o’money go to the secretary of defense, to the Nasa, to research etc.
It’s true that our government spends money for healthcare, but that doesn’t really matter. The point is: The USA has the most expensive health care system on this planet, but it leaves out 47 million people.
Your assumption that your system prevents laziness sounds cynical to me. More than 40 million citizens who are only one accident away from poverty? Horrible!
But that isn’t the point. My point is, to fix the problem, you need money. Just stopping Iraq wouldn’t solve it. The gov needs a lot of money, right now, to fund the healthcare, since it is supposed to be free. What is the only way to get money? Tax people to the point in which the money the people pay in taxes not only covers normal taxes, but the medical bill itself.
There’s another way: Limit the profits of the big companies that get all the money that you already spend. As I said, you already pay MORE than anyone else in the world (in percentage!), but you get less for it! The money is already there, you don’t need more.
The problem is people don’t recognize that this doesn’t actually cost more in the end. Those that do realize it, but still oppose it, do it on principle. E.g.: I don’t want any government involvement in health care. I love one sign a senior once held up at a protest rally: “Keep government out of my Medicare!” Ha!
Right now, insurance companies deny treatments because they are too expensive. Insurance companies are refusing to cover your pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies decide what they will and won’t cover. Insurance companies won’t cover any person or any condition that isn’t profitable to cover.
And we all pay for the uninsured through higher hospital costs. It ain’t free.
Isn’t this what people say they don’t want?
Using Canada as an example of universal health care is like using the worst of trolls as an example of someone who posts here on FB. There are plenty of other countries getting health care right.
But what you are talking about is not what the original conversation was about: Obama’s FREE healthcare. He wants it to be free for all. You said your solution was about healthcare that isn’t free. You said it yourself.
But anyways, it’s been a great conversation, but it’s getting late here, and I gotta get some sleep. Goodnite all!
“Obama’s free healthcare”? Excuse me? Obama has never proposed any such thing. He has proposed private insurance, with a public-insurance option for those that prefer it to private. Both cost money.
And you misunderstood my post. All US citizens pay for the healthcare shortcomings right now. We pay for the uninsured. We pay for the skyrocketing costs with reduced wages and higher insurance copays. So the real question is whether the NET cost to individual families goes up, not whether taxes go up. I’d happily pay $100 more in taxes if I saved $200 in health insurance costs and medical bills.
Scott- there’s a lot of misinformation about Canada. It’s not actually that bad. They rank well above the US in overall health care, life expectancy, wait times, quality of care, etc etc. It’s got plenty of flaws, of course, but I don’t think it’s a “disaster” as you imply.
This is a big part of the problem in America. Many don’t even know what’s being proposed. They think Obama has proposed a socialized government-run program, which is 100% FALSE.
Do some research, decide what you think, and write your representatives with your opinions. But be informed. Democracy fails when people believe propaganda and sound bites, instead of learning the facts.
Propaganda in a capitalist democracy through color-tv and other media is equally, if not more, effective than that in a totalitarian regime. It’s even appetizing and it spares us the time to research, let alone think.
@Brewski
Oh, I know the Canadian system is still much better than what we have here in the states. I’m a Canadian myself, currently living in the US. However, there are places like Switzerland and Hong Kong that have really done an even better job, and they are never brought up in the course of debate.
@Arthur:
I am very familiar with the Belgian and Dutch healthcare system (and roughly prefer the Dutch over the Belgian) and have some notions about others, but you and Brewski (and a few others) learned me a thing or two today, esp. about the US system.
Bravo Brewski and AE! You have a grasp of what is going on. Our biggest problem is numbers. Using a model from Canada (30 mil) or Germany (80 mil) and slapping it on the U.S. (300 mil) without changes would be foolhardy at best. Change is needed but I am not qualified to suggest what change.
PS. I am not a fan of government controlled health care, they still owe me for the wheat I didn’t grow last year.
I know Obama’s healthcare isn’t actually free; that’s what I’ve been saying the whole time. It’s just that he and the media try to make it seem like it’s free, which it overall isn’t. A lot of people thought it was gonna be free and all, but when they learned it wasn’t, they got mad. Then, people like Limbaug kinda pour gas on the fire because they personally hate Obama for political reasons. That’s what the town hall stuff is made of.
And interesting conversations between people with two different views can be destroyed by trolls who use bias, reverse-bias, and hypocracy as arguments.
they ran out of stones to engrave the dates, so instead of looking for new ones, they thought: what the heck, wer’re gonna get wiped out by the spanish anyway long before our calendar ends!
For a start, look at what happened to London 2012. Already over-budget, and plenty of resignations. And, we’ve got precious space in Tokyo, which could be used for other things. To put it in a nutshell, we’re not interested.
Why don’t we leave TOM alone so he can finish playing with himself??? But, then again, I do like 5 eagles thought… My thought, though, was a cat with a wounded mouse…
TOM, you’ve come on here and insulted just about everyone on here, from comments about their avatars (which, quite frankly, is funny coming from someone who doesn’t HAVE one!), comments on their comments, or just making odd comments in general (for example, the thread we’re talking on right now). If you haven’t noticed, this blog is for fun, plain and simple. Here, we can joke and kid around with people and we can be ourselves. Accept it or move on…
Legend has it that he once walked the comment threads of the internet in human form, and whenever he came across a person who dared to spell a word correctly or, worse, smile, he would insult them with vicious ferocity.
Naturally, the admins were called, but by the time they showed up, all that would remain is a gibbering wreck of a commentor… and by the time it got that far, there was little they could do… OH MY GOD THERE HE IS!
now this surprises me! You cannot just pretend what you dit without giving proper examples. Whom did i insult?
I what way are my comments odder than others?
quote “this blog is for fun, plain and simple. Here, we can joke and kid around with people and we can be ourselves”
that’s exactly what i’m doin here, joking and kidding with people, so if i get this right, you can be yourself but not me?
Yummmmm!
♪ Kidnap the Trollie Tom, chop him into bits
Mr. Bloggy Monster is sure to get his kicks
Kidnap the Trollie Tom, see what we will see
Lock him in a cage and then
(BIG FINISH)
throw away the key! ♫
Ok, you want examples? Well, I did give one…this thread. You insulted Brewski on his avatar, you made this comment, quote “i should start using bias, reverse-bias, and hypocrisy as arguments to destroy interesting conversations? Why?” in response to C.C. Halifax.
We are being ourselves and if this is your normal self, that’s pretty sad. Need I say more?
I’m not convinced at all! The only thing I see is YOU being rude and respectless, by saying I was pretty sad as a person, and what’s worse, you actually mean it! Any decent poster wouldn’t dare say something like that to someone they don’t even know.
My comment to Halifax that you used as an example, was a joke due to a confusion in his sentence above mine and i’m sure he took it as such. Read that comment again in it’s context and you’ll see that that there’s nothing offensive to be found.
The way I see it, you seem to be an angry person who just found a scapegoat to let off some steam.
I’m not offended, but others in my place would be.
Since we apparently cannot have fun together, i suggest taht we ignore ourselves from now on. That’s sad, but know that I hold nothing against you, so it’s up to you and you alone.
Contribute to what? Mostly it’s only puns and funny remarks that are posted on these threads. Concerning that, i think i’m contributing. I even noticed that a lot of people joined into my jokes, just as i enjoyed theirs.
Just peachy keen, thanks! I hope things have been going well for you too. I can’t get here in the morning anymore and I miss all of your high jinks. *BIGSQUEEZE*
doctor, “How did you get all of these cuts?”
me, “I flew through many windows”
doctor, “Why the heck would you do that for”
me, “I honestly don’t know.”
doctor, “We will have to keep you from doing that again.”
me, “I like to fly out of the windows.”
me, “You have to catch me first!”
*flies through another window*
lol, yes, I weep tar, they tried to recruit me for PennDOT to help with road work, but then I found out that thier plan for getting me to cry all day involved whips. I gracefuly declined the offer.
I hope so, that’s been my logic for years.
Besides, what’s the point of being an adult if you can’t have cookies for breakfast every now and then?
*noms cookie* Thanks!
not the greatest photoshop. if you look out the window the people are staring at, it is night, but the light filtering in around the white wall with the sign is daylight……
Not a Fail, and not a photoshop. It is night, and there is light coming from around the sign. I was there for New Years one year, and its a giant light panel. If you look up at tokyo tower from the outside, you would see what the new year is. Like I saw 2005.
Not a Fail. I was there for New Years one year, and its a giant light panel. If you look up at tokyo tower from the outside, you would see what the new year is. Like I saw 2005. If you look, you’ll see other white panels. Its just happened that the particular year this ohoto was taken, the light panel had to be put in front of the telescope to form the correct number.
♪ I can see clearly now: the pane is gone.
(♪ I can see only obstacles in my way.)
You can see Chinas most famous places from here!
Wow, that must be pretty powerful to be able to see China from TOKYO tower, in TOKYO, in JAPAN, a country off the coast of China.
Can you see China from your house? Russia maybe? There might be a career in politics for you!
In Soviet Russia, China sees you.
On Failblog that’s considered a LAME JOKE.
sorry *kicks the lame joke into the garbage*
Hey no LAME jokes around the cripple! *points to knee*
Good morning whatIKnow. Sounds like you don’t a have a leg to stand on for jokes LOL.
How about we all give a hand.
You knee-d to get a new job…
I’ll get back on that.
let’s bash cripples!
Let’s say you are getting on my nerves.
That can really hurt *touchs nerves* OOOOOHHH!!!! THE PAIN, THE PAIN!!!!!!
*passes out from too much pain*
you are definitely not of belgian origin!
Terribly Otiose Man.
LoL A.E. Or The Ostracized Man
Yes, the point is that with the sign in your way you can “see China”
Probably a reference to the sign being “made in China”
It was clearly a joke-fail not a geography-fail, your comments make you a fact-police-fail
From TOKYO, wow they must be some amazing lenses!
this so called ‘obstacle’ that is ‘in the way’ is merely a simple modification. from the side, it appears to be a nonstrasparent ‘obstacle’, but combined with the lenses of these binoculars, the ‘obstacle’ increases the range of site by almost 26,000,000 miles!
Aha…..right
*thinks another spanking may be in order*
I agree with everything Jason N said.
*Adds Czhuc to growing list of spankees*
What am I doing wrong?
:innocent:
just researched it. Its a Japnese made contraption called the “CFAR 2.8″ and now I’ve got a new #1 on my Christmas list. #2 is a spanking.
With THIS TECHNOLOGY everythings possible!
We’ll just have the 2016 OLYMPICS in CHINA, invite all the people to TOKYO and give EACH of them one of those AMAZING binoculars!
GREAT idea! You should SEND that to the MAYOR of Tokyo!
WHY are you EMPHASIZING some of the WORDS?
So you KNOW what’s IMPORTANT!
NOW I understand THAT. Even though I DON’T CARE about the MAYOR of TOKYO.
*SQUEEZE*
ALL I care about is that *SQUEEZE*
You’re all uneducated! That’s from the time when Toky still was chinese!
Tokyo
Toky? Where is this Toky?
too late, i had already corrected!
Here’s a toky of my affection…not.
I suppose you could put a picture of China on the wall, but that would be both pointless and blinking stupid!
My grandmother used to put china on the wall – never understood the appeal of that.
I tried that, but the plates kept smashing when I tried to nail them in place….so I gave up.
Always wondered why grandma seemed so smug – she had secrets to life that she didn’t share with the rest of us.
All grandmothers do, I think they get a book of secrets delivered on having a grandchild…..CONSPIRACY!
not everyone who has a grandmother is a grandchild!
I tried that also, made it a little hard to eat. The food kept slipping off. The dogs loved it.
You didn’t cook your pasta long enough.
A limp noodle?
No, that’s when it’s overdone.
♪ I see the writing on the wall. Oh yeah as far as I can see. . . ♪
clearly a rotating platform – like the Sun Dial in Atlanta.
no Fail
It’s a kaleidoscope of fail.
IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE BLIND.
Writing on sign may be closer than it appears.
The writing is on the wall….
But is it obscene?
Well it is not Scene-ry, I have no idea about the OB!
The sign said long haired freaky people need not apply.
*gets coat*
*leaves auditions*
Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the signs?
*signs*
*wishes she’d read the fine print*
*minute’s silence for Senator Edward Kennedy*
*joins*
One of the most tireless, hardest-working politicians in my lifetime, for sure.
Off topic: MRN, do you ever sleep? You’ve been posting since what, 1am?
(Good morning!)
Brewski pleaaaaase, the avatar!!!!!!
?
c.f. the jersey thread! Brewski agreed to change his avatar to make me happy!
Agreeing as in “Dad, can I have a flamethrower?”-”Yeah, sure.” ?
He was whining that Brewski should change his avatar. Another reason for Brewski to keep it (I hope), another reason to be annoyed by Tom.
no reason to be annoyed, we’re all grown-ups here, we can talk things out and find agreements, as for example Brewski changing his avatar.
…or you stop behaving like a troll.
or i stop behaving like a troll. There’s an issue there too. I don’t like the word Troll, couldn’t we use some other term to describe what you commonly call Trolls?
I do not like the word girl, doesn’t stop me being one!
‘xept that troll is originally a fairytale creature and not what bloggers of the last few years made of it.
Your a girl? LOL K@tfc
Yeeeesss! *growls*
But I prefer to be called Kat!
Somebody call me?
Always hunny!
I think the big question is, why should Brewski change his avatar just to please you? Isn’t it his right to have whatever avatar he wants (unless it’s racist or weird)?
You forgot the emphasizing: “why should Brewski change his avatar just to please YOU?”
on the other hand, what’s wrong with pleasing someone?
Just for you, Tom.
NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Keep your avatar, please!
It was a joke, but it didn’t work. Hmm. What do you see?
You.
wooooow! Merci Brewski! That really means a lot to me. Looks much better too!
Sorry. Ain’t gonna happen. Please respect other blog members.
Yay old Brewski is back! *squeeze*
i do respect other blog members, i just show them that i care when i suggest them to use good taste in avatars!
I don’t see anything wrong with Brewski’s normal avatar. Why is it weird? TOM, before you start demanding someone change their avatar just because you think it’s a little strange, ask yourself this: Do other people think it’s strange? Is anyone offended? Does Brewski want to keep the avatar?
that’s why i didn’t make him change his avatar, but i just asked him too. I still think the Einstein one is better, but since he’s holding onto his old avatar so much (for a reason i just don’t get, coz it doesn’t look good), i guess i’ll have to accept it. Nevertheless, from now on, noone can tell me i haven’t tried to make FB threads look prettier!
Tom, this is akin to telling somebody their clothing is butt ugly, and they are painful to look at. It’s rude. You made your point. Please drop the subject.
Jesus, what is your issue? And seriously, how could you possible ‘make’ him change his avatar?
oops, sorry. That was directed at TOM
Ok i’ll drop it. But it’s still cheaper to switch avatars than to buy new clothes.
Finally, i didnt’t say butt ugly or painful to look at, just that the Einstein looks better!
Than Paul Merton (I think)? Frayed knot!
I don’t know Paul Merton, i see a little camping boy with a mischievous look!
You’re absolutely right! Especially the words between brackets, which leed to my point: It’s not racist….
How about a minute of silence for Mary Jo Kopechne???
How about a minute for me to Google her?
Right.
I’m with you ClabberHead.
Regardless of your political beliefs, I think one can respect the many years he devoted to public service, and tirelessly representing his constituents. Republicans should mourn his loss as well, because he was one of the most skillful Democrats in the art of compromise. His replacement is not likely to reach across the aisle as readily. His loss means a higher probability of partisan bickering and logjams in the US Senate.
But, alas, it seems that nowadays there’s almost a war within the US. Reps vs Dems, the other side is always guilty of everything, every plan leads directly to the destruction of the US, blablabla.
Was it always that intense?
No, divisions have really intensified. There used to be genuine cooperation. The Republican party has drifted quite a bit to the right in the last 2 decades, which may have something to do with it. There are very few moderate Republicans left. The Democrats have drifted rightward as well, but not nearly as much. Barry Goldwater used to be the model conservative. Those days are long gone.
It seems to me that the Reps run out of ideas – they weren’t elected for what they wanted and now they bash everything Obama does. They want him to fail to improve their chances of getting elected (Rush Limbaugh said so…).
Not very patriotic, is it?
you have to do 10 Reps of that biceps exercise and you’ll grow really strong!
The problem with democracy, everyone, regardless of intelligence, common sense or understading of a given situation, is entitled to an opinion, and to express said opinion….not that I would actually have it any other way, but it does lead to troll like behaviour. It saddens me that those who try hard to educate others on important topics get shot down in flames so often these days.
At least these town hall aggressions seem to be orchestrated; not so much an uprise of public opinion, but a propaganda campaign.
I think it’s a mix of both. Obama’s poll ratings have dropped pretty badly, but the overall plot I think is right-wingers instigating ticked off people to disrupt the meetings. Not, that the left didn’t do similar towards Bush, but it’s not exactly gonna help much.
Well, Bush started an unjustified war, Obama wants everyone to have a health insurance…
I am in no way defending Bush at all, as he made mockery of the US. However, I’m not sure if Obama really gets it. He has good intentions, but doesn’t have a plan for it to actually be effective. For instance, free health care will require the gov to get a bunch of money from somewhere. That somewhere is from taxes, so they’ll have to raise taxes in order to pay for the healthcare. For many, the taxes will constitute of so much of their pay, that the healthcare will actually in turn cost more for them, and for most, it’ll just go even, so nothing really gets fixed.
Dunno… In Germany we have universal health care and that costs about 10,5 % of our GDP. The US pays around 16%, but 47 million are uninsured…
I’m pretty sure that number is slightly higher, but maybe that was just a different part of Germany I heard of. There was one part of Europe that pays 50% of their income in taxes, and has free healthcare. I was pretty sure it was Germany, but you being the German would probably know exactly if so.
Yes, our taxes are about 50% of the income. But our cost for our health care system is about 10,5% of our annual GDP, whereas the US about 16% of their GDP for their health care system – so your country pays much more than we do, but you have millions of uninsured and we don’t.
In other words, the money you already pay would be more than sufficent to insure every American.
I didn’t SPEND enough time proofreading.
But your healthcare is cheeper and more efficient because of gov spending, coming mainly from the 50% tax rate that the US doesn’t have. And why do Canadians flock to US hospitals? Because when something is free, it is taken for granted. The hospitals in Canada are overcrowded, because of this: common cold, visit hospital, its just as free as staying home (which can be just as effective). Meanwhile, I need urgent care on my back, but have to wait as these people have their turn, with their sickness easily cured at home. Free healthcare would just premote laziness in a country that sometimes needs help to get away from that.
We got universal health care here too. Works fine. What’s more, you don’t get refunded every dollar you spend on unnecessary hospital visits. There’s a list services that are insured and the rest has to be paid by oneself. The 50% Arthur Eld spoke of are not all going into health insurance. It’s mostly state taxes and that’s in my opinion, the explanation why the US govnmt is having such a hard time to get free health care, because they spend tax money in the wrong places. Arthur’s right that you shouldn’t have to pay more in order to insure every american. It’s just that loads o’money go to the secretary of defense, to the Nasa, to research etc.
It’s true that our government spends money for healthcare, but that doesn’t really matter. The point is: The USA has the most expensive health care system on this planet, but it leaves out 47 million people.
Your assumption that your system prevents laziness sounds cynical to me. More than 40 million citizens who are only one accident away from poverty? Horrible!
…and Tom is right, the biggest part of our taxes are spend for social security and pensions.
But that isn’t the point. My point is, to fix the problem, you need money. Just stopping Iraq wouldn’t solve it. The gov needs a lot of money, right now, to fund the healthcare, since it is supposed to be free. What is the only way to get money? Tax people to the point in which the money the people pay in taxes not only covers normal taxes, but the medical bill itself.
There’s another way: Limit the profits of the big companies that get all the money that you already spend. As I said, you already pay MORE than anyone else in the world (in percentage!), but you get less for it! The money is already there, you don’t need more.
The problem is people don’t recognize that this doesn’t actually cost more in the end. Those that do realize it, but still oppose it, do it on principle. E.g.: I don’t want any government involvement in health care. I love one sign a senior once held up at a protest rally: “Keep government out of my Medicare!” Ha!
Right now, insurance companies deny treatments because they are too expensive. Insurance companies are refusing to cover your pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies decide what they will and won’t cover. Insurance companies won’t cover any person or any condition that isn’t profitable to cover.
And we all pay for the uninsured through higher hospital costs. It ain’t free.
Isn’t this what people say they don’t want?
Using Canada as an example of universal health care is like using the worst of trolls as an example of someone who posts here on FB. There are plenty of other countries getting health care right.
-Brewski
But what you are talking about is not what the original conversation was about: Obama’s FREE healthcare. He wants it to be free for all. You said your solution was about healthcare that isn’t free. You said it yourself.
But anyways, it’s been a great conversation, but it’s getting late here, and I gotta get some sleep. Goodnite all!
you wanna use me as an example of someone who posts here on FB? I’m flattered!
“Obama’s free healthcare”? Excuse me? Obama has never proposed any such thing. He has proposed private insurance, with a public-insurance option for those that prefer it to private. Both cost money.
And you misunderstood my post. All US citizens pay for the healthcare shortcomings right now. We pay for the uninsured. We pay for the skyrocketing costs with reduced wages and higher insurance copays. So the real question is whether the NET cost to individual families goes up, not whether taxes go up. I’d happily pay $100 more in taxes if I saved $200 in health insurance costs and medical bills.
Well, Brewski, Halifax doesn’t seem to understand it even though we just told him. I was feeling like a parrot or something…
Scott- there’s a lot of misinformation about Canada. It’s not actually that bad. They rank well above the US in overall health care, life expectancy, wait times, quality of care, etc etc. It’s got plenty of flaws, of course, but I don’t think it’s a “disaster” as you imply.
…but some of us HAVE been paying attention to what you -AE and Brewski – said, so it wasn’t a waste of your time. I found it very interesting.
This is a big part of the problem in America. Many don’t even know what’s being proposed. They think Obama has proposed a socialized government-run program, which is 100% FALSE.
Do some research, decide what you think, and write your representatives with your opinions. But be informed. Democracy fails when people believe propaganda and sound bites, instead of learning the facts.
Wait Brewski… But Obama IS a communist Hitler, isn’t he?
Hey captain Haddock, you intentionally forgot to mention me!
…and thanks, Czuhc, even though I’m pretty sure you know more about this issue than I do.
Propaganda in a capitalist democracy through color-tv and other media is equally, if not more, effective than that in a totalitarian regime. It’s even appetizing and it spares us the time to research, let alone think.
No, A.E., the communist Hitler is Mao Tse Thong!
@Brewski
Oh, I know the Canadian system is still much better than what we have here in the states. I’m a Canadian myself, currently living in the US. However, there are places like Switzerland and Hong Kong that have really done an even better job, and they are never brought up in the course of debate.
Hong Kong? Interesting. I’ve heard Switzerland in the debate, but not Hong Kong. I profess ignorance. (no wisecracks please
)
@Arthur:
I am very familiar with the Belgian and Dutch healthcare system (and roughly prefer the Dutch over the Belgian) and have some notions about others, but you and Brewski (and a few others) learned me a thing or two today, esp. about the US system.
lol captain Haddock, (and a few others)
Say it, say it!
I’ll confess I don’t know very much about the Hong Kong system personally. I’ve recently read 3 independent references to it being very good.
Bravo Brewski and AE! You have a grasp of what is going on. Our biggest problem is numbers. Using a model from Canada (30 mil) or Germany (80 mil) and slapping it on the U.S. (300 mil) without changes would be foolhardy at best. Change is needed but I am not qualified to suggest what change.
PS. I am not a fan of government controlled health care, they still owe me for the wheat I didn’t grow last year.
I know Obama’s healthcare isn’t actually free; that’s what I’ve been saying the whole time. It’s just that he and the media try to make it seem like it’s free, which it overall isn’t. A lot of people thought it was gonna be free and all, but when they learned it wasn’t, they got mad. Then, people like Limbaug kinda pour gas on the fire because they personally hate Obama for political reasons. That’s what the town hall stuff is made of.
And interesting conversations between people with two different views can be destroyed by trolls who use bias, reverse-bias, and hypocracy as arguments.
such as?
Well, maybe you could start off first. You might need practice.
i should start using bias, reverse-bias, and hypocrisy as arguments to destroy interesting conversations? Why?
I meant start making interesting conversations. You knew well what I meant, smart@$$!
is it possible to reach 1000 failures in communication or does the thread stop at 999?
Lens us a hand with this someone, anyone?
fine print, dude…
I can REALLY see what you did there
A magnifycent comment.
Lens not start that again!
Here I was feeling Opticmistic that we could avoid puns.
Everyone making a pun will be sent to prism!
Iris to make a complaint!
Please do not refract the comments either.
Will you stop making cornea jokes!
Dammit! V V
Cornea someone explain to me what is going on?
Too high brow for me. *shrug*
Hey swell foop I missed you LOL.
Help me! I can’t see anything through these binoculars!
did you forget to put the quarter in you always have to pay to use this things
The poster’s advertising Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, which to most Japanese people, including me, is a pretty big fail.
because…?
Well, it’s beyond the last day on the Mayan calendar, for starters (or “enders”).
And? It’s not like the end of the world or anything!
They had to stop EVENTUALLY.
they ran out of stones to engrave the dates, so instead of looking for new ones, they thought: what the heck, wer’re gonna get wiped out by the spanish anyway long before our calendar ends!
For a start, look at what happened to London 2012. Already over-budget, and plenty of resignations. And, we’ve got precious space in Tokyo, which could be used for other things. To put it in a nutshell, we’re not interested.
Tell me about it, when I go into London the train goes right past the site……it is obscene!
All the workers are naked!
Ever seen a builders bum crack…..multiply by the hundreds of workers!
Eeep! …and all drinking tea made with lukewarm water!
Bum cracks drinking tea?!
Now that’s something!
That is a hard !mage to remove from my brain..
*shudders*
*passes brain bleach*
*bleach*
*Windex*
Oxy-Clean
*cleans the brain with oxy-clean*
Do you want me to use ShamWow
Or even HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD! HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD!
MIND THE GAP !
*Spackles*
Good morning K@tcf. Why do all the workers w(h)istle at you?
’cause they have a good vantage point?
’cause everyone knows you should whistle while you work?
’cause they are in fact old fashioned kettles?
’cause whistlers’ grandmothers have a secret?
Cause they are blowing off steam?
Ssshht… they fart.
That explains the un-natural gas.
I can help with the nutshell…Need one?
not a fail! looks like they’re temporarily replacing the window and put an add over it (which is done frequently all over the place). this is stupid!
Yes! All fails should be declared permanent before being allowed here!
would that be a permanent temporary injunction?
You are clever, can I status quote you?
You have an appealing mind, do you have a steady state courting date?
Gooood Morning everyone! Free squeezes all around.
*squeezes all around*
*squeeze*
Good morning Alice! *squeeze* I can see you.
Good morning ShadowTheSniper C.C.C. *a squeeze back*. It took me a w(h)ile to find you the binoculars where blocked.
Thats ok. Its opposite of sightseeing.
I think I missed that one while I was up there…
Sorry they just had that one installed.
Good morning Halifax.*squeeze*. I spy with my little eye?
Now THAT sounds obscene…
Good morning Halifax. *squeezes after 5 eagles*
Good morning 5eags and Shadow!
Argh!
Where’s my face?
And now it’s the wrong avatar!
Serves me well for using an apple product instead of my usual:
i like that avatar Halifax.
I found this face on the floor. Does anyone recognize it?
*puts face in the “Lost and Found” box*
Heh, I think I already found it.
*looks at distorted face in l+f box*
Huh?
Must belong to one of ZA’s zombies then. They’re always losing body parts.
*skips off*
I Shudder that I’m Blind-ed by the wall.
At least you can learn Japanese close up…
Are you Curtain about that.
No I’m drape
that’s the Iron Curt Cobain doing some slightseeing!
Intimate kanji-gation
Why are people blind?
This can be a pane.
Reading the fine print WIN!!
Reading the fine comments FAIL!!
ht tp://failblog.org/2009/08/26/sightseeing-fail/#comment-580830
Go easy on him, Fuzz. I ♥ this place and I don’t read all the above comments when I’m pressed for time. *squeeze*
*press*
Hey ya’ll….*Squeeze* I was on the next fail…didn’t realize you were boycotting until I got pretty far in the comments.
foine print
wether ’tis
nobler in
or out
the mind
to suffer
the slings
and errors
of outrageous
fortune or
where’s the mistake?
You being here.
I agree.
Me too.
No stay Tom so FB ers can play with you like a cat with a string. I think its funny.
I agree to agree.
How can a blog play with someone?
*facepalm*
Notice the “ers” on the end of “FB” in 5 eagles’ comment, TOM.
true, my mistake! My apologies to 5 eagles!
I don’t understand my mistake with “FB ers” Please explain if their is any one with compassion and a education out there to answer.
look at the comment above yours: i apologized!
eagles, you didn’t make a mistake. The mistake was made my Tom in misreading your email.
Argh! “by”, not “my”. I don’t claim ownership!
you can have me for 5 grand a day though!
Why don’t we leave TOM alone so he can finish playing with himself??? But, then again, I do like 5 eagles thought… My thought, though, was a cat with a wounded mouse…
Hmmm, wasn’t there anything more useful, or at least funny, that you could’ve poste instead of this Miss SQ?
No more than what you’ve been contributing.
I agree to disagree
♪ Kidnap the trollie Tom, lock him up real tight,
throw away the key and then
turn off all the lights! ♪
Nice, Katz, I like!
TOM, you’ve come on here and insulted just about everyone on here, from comments about their avatars (which, quite frankly, is funny coming from someone who doesn’t HAVE one!), comments on their comments, or just making odd comments in general (for example, the thread we’re talking on right now). If you haven’t noticed, this blog is for fun, plain and simple. Here, we can joke and kid around with people and we can be ourselves. Accept it or move on…
Careful Katz. TheLars might getcha
*turns out lights, turns on flashlight*
Legend has it that he once walked the comment threads of the internet in human form, and whenever he came across a person who dared to spell a word correctly or, worse, smile, he would insult them with vicious ferocity.
Naturally, the admins were called, but by the time they showed up, all that would remain is a gibbering wreck of a commentor… and by the time it got that far, there was little they could do… OH MY GOD THERE HE IS!
…
Buahahaha! I can’t believe you fell for that!
now this surprises me! You cannot just pretend what you dit without giving proper examples. Whom did i insult?
I what way are my comments odder than others?
quote “this blog is for fun, plain and simple. Here, we can joke and kid around with people and we can be ourselves”
that’s exactly what i’m doin here, joking and kidding with people, so if i get this right, you can be yourself but not me?
EEEEEK! *runs to tent, jumps in sleeping bag and zips it all the way up*
♫First, we’re going to set some bait
Inside a nasty trap and wait
When he comes a-sniffing we will
Snap the trap and close the gate♪
♪ Then Mr. Bloggy Monster man
Can take the whole thing over then
He’ll be so pleased, I do declare
That he will cook him rare!
Wheeeeeeeeee! ♪
HeeHeee!
♫He’ll be so pleased by our success
That he’ll reward us too, I bet
Perhaps he’ll make a special brew
Of snake and spider stew!♪
*squeeze*
Yummmmm!
♪ Kidnap the Trollie Tom, chop him into bits
Mr. Bloggy Monster is sure to get his kicks
Kidnap the Trollie Tom, see what we will see
Lock him in a cage and then
(BIG FINISH)
throw away the key! ♫
*squeezes Great Scott*
Thanks! That was fun!
Ok, you want examples? Well, I did give one…this thread. You insulted Brewski on his avatar, you made this comment, quote “i should start using bias, reverse-bias, and hypocrisy as arguments to destroy interesting conversations? Why?” in response to C.C. Halifax.
We are being ourselves and if this is your normal self, that’s pretty sad. Need I say more?
I’m not convinced at all! The only thing I see is YOU being rude and respectless, by saying I was pretty sad as a person, and what’s worse, you actually mean it! Any decent poster wouldn’t dare say something like that to someone they don’t even know.
My comment to Halifax that you used as an example, was a joke due to a confusion in his sentence above mine and i’m sure he took it as such. Read that comment again in it’s context and you’ll see that that there’s nothing offensive to be found.
The way I see it, you seem to be an angry person who just found a scapegoat to let off some steam.
I’m not offended, but others in my place would be.
Since we apparently cannot have fun together, i suggest taht we ignore ourselves from now on. That’s sad, but know that I hold nothing against you, so it’s up to you and you alone.
Regards,
TOM
Hey, this is the building that I keep flying through the windows.
*flies through another window*
Morning.
*yawn*
What has been seen cannot be Unsinn!
‘I’ see what you did there.
Wrong. I see your comments and they are.
My comments are Unsinn? You got up on the wrong foot today my friend, but i’m ok with you using me as a punching ball till you’re better off!
I have a pretty good day so far, except for a troll on the blog who doesn’t really want to contribute.
Contribute to what? Mostly it’s only puns and funny remarks that are posted on these threads. Concerning that, i think i’m contributing. I even noticed that a lot of people joined into my jokes, just as i enjoyed theirs.
That’s just nonsense.
Are that your twocents?
who sent, you sent for me?
Hmmm? Sorry, I was abcent for a moment.
I sense you are not an Eminem fan.
I am! (I have met him, that gives him a bonus
) I was just trying to form more centences with “cents”.
That makes cents now.
*yawns* damn contagious yawns!
Good morning fellow fairy!
*yawns too wide*
*dislocates jaw*
Argh! Sawa caa a abuance! A ABUANCE!
Abundance? Advance? What are you trying to say?
*scribbles “AN AMBULANCE” in very messy writing on note pad*
*hands to AE*
*uses binoculars to read it*
*calls an ambulance*
*uses BFF’s open mouth to throw popcorn in while waiting*
Man, I really have to go! There’s no urinal here somewhere?
There are three in the FB men’s room, but none of them work.
*snickers*
Now, is that anyway to present yourself with ladies in the room?
*tries not to point and laugh*
Tongue in!
*pops jaw back in*
Hmmmmm, that may need to be wired up.
I have wire and staples
*Yawns, looks around*
If that poster wasn’t there we would’ve seen that troll coming and locked the door… I need coffee.
*squeezies for all*
*shuffles off to kitchen*
Long time no see Katz
*squeeze*
*avoids coffee spillage*
I hope you are well!
Just peachy keen, thanks! I hope things have been going well for you too. I can’t get here in the morning anymore and I miss all of your high jinks.
*BIGSQUEEZE*
*attempts a K@-Katz double squeeze*
I’ve always wanted to do that!
Woo-hoo
*mahoosive squeezes*
(FB ate my first attempt at this!)
YAY!! Brewski sandwich! *GINORMOUS SQUEEZE*
They know what they are doing. Japanese inginuity cannot be beat.
*nods in agreement*
*waves Japanese flag patriotically*
*stands next to BFF, waves IKEA flag*
*waves HUGE flag of his favorite football team in front of both*
*waves*
*surfs*
*splashes*
Hey! this isn’t a nude beach Shadow!
Sorry *kicks the sand*
*kicks the bukkit*
*morns KatzVonD♀*
*morns the bukkit*
Can I change that to *kicks the can*?
I don’t wanna visit ZA just yet!
*mourns his misspelling*
*morns the can*
*Waves white flag in surrender*
It’s one of many reasons why I’m so proud of my Japanese heritage!
The flag?
How amazing the Japanese are at enhancing technology.
The food?
The clothes?
The waves?
The Origami?
The nodding?
Mr. Miyagi?
*waxes on… waxes off*
The customs?
Three words: hi ba chi
The people?
The funny eyes?
The accents?
The ladies?
*waves Univ of TX Longhorn flag*
Sorry, just practicing for the first tail gate party of the season!!
oh they made it easier to read
Are you done?
Did you have some fun?
Do you have a gun?
Well I gotta run?
*flies through another window*
doctor, “How did you get all of these cuts?”
me, “I flew through many windows”
doctor, “Why the heck would you do that for”
me, “I honestly don’t know.”
doctor, “We will have to keep you from doing that again.”
me, “I like to fly out of the windows.”
me, “You have to catch me first!”
*flies through another window*
Very funny, but where’s my hat?
The hat flew out of the window.
*hatless drumrole*
Knock knock
Ah, the Japanese… they’ll go to such great lengths to make it easier on the disabled.
It seems to be the binoculars are well placed. It’s just the angle of the photo which makes it look wrong.
*scratches head*
These cookies have oatmeal and raisins in them so they count as proper breakfast food, right?
*munch munch yum*
Anybody else want one?
*puts large plate of cookies on FB breakroom table*
*crazed laughter*
Mine… heh heh… all mine… NO! MINE!
Thanks, Katz!
*manages to sneak one from Shadow*
nomnomnom…yummy!
Ooh! I almost missed out on a cookie!
.
*noms cookie*
.
Thanks, Katz!
.
*squeeze*
Glad you made it! *squeeze*
I think you may be 100% right lass!
*yoinks cookie*
*climbs under table*
*falls asleep*
*giggles mischievously and pinches K@ in her sleep*
*starts*
*headbutts underside of table*
wow these cookies have a kick huh!
(innocent voice) It’s the cinnamon. (halo over her head)
Thanks Katz! This will make a nice break from Roleplay Hornychat!
*noms cookie*
*nods at Shadow in greeting*
G’morning, sunshine.
*takes a cookie* Say, Brewski…Roleplay Hornychat? *raises one eyebrow*
Ahh…I see. Thought for a bit you had tried World of Warcraft and got an unexpected welcome from…certain elements…
You make Roleplay Hornychat sound like work!
No, not work, but I do work up a sweat sometimes!
I just got a very vivid mental image of Brewski as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Dunno why.
ROFL!!!! *swoons*
UM….. what did I miss? Roleplay Hornychat
Some troll said we were all stupid with our role playing and horny chat. Anybody remember what post that was on?
oh, right, I remember now. I don’t know what fail it was on, though. LOL! ahh, trolls *wipes tar of laughter form eye*
Ouch! You have tar in laughter form in your eye?!
*squeeze*
I’m just teasing!
lol, yes, I weep tar, they tried to recruit me for PennDOT to help with road work, but then I found out that thier plan for getting me to cry all day involved whips. I gracefuly declined the offer.
*giggle snork*
Can I be Barney the purple dinosaur?
%I love you, you love me…????? forgot the rest.
You don’t want to be Barney. ↓ No one likes that dinosaur.
♫ I hate you, you hate me
Let’s get together and kill Barney! ♪
um, if you want…. I’ll cower in the corner with fright. be Don Quixote, that works better for me…..
Okay… for a minute there it almost sounded like you said you get off on Don Quixote. But clearly I’m mistaken… right?
oh, I googled it, nope. That’s not him, I was thinking of the old black and white pirate movie from way back. I can’t remember the guy’s name.
Errol Flynn?
*tear
failblog.org/2009/08/17/understanding-automatic-door-fail/#comment-567638
Thanks, Aja! *squeeze*
Google roleplay hornychat also works. *squeeze*
*googles roleplay hornychat*

The FB post I was looking for and some VERY scary other stuff!
I hope so, that’s been my logic for years.
Besides, what’s the point of being an adult if you can’t have cookies for breakfast every now and then?
*noms cookie* Thanks!
Anytime!
*squeeze*
buba® understands: the pictures are so small.
The sign moves up when you put a coin. It’s just showing what can you see and how to use it.
No fail.
it’s a near-sighted telescope, very rare piece of equipment.
telescope/
microscope
When you put money in the telescope, the sign moves up.
Maybe there’s a built in translator in there
Maybe they want too see clearly those hiragana and katakana’s this year of Astronomy…
The binoculars are there to watch the almost invisible tiny Vanna White spin around those wheel of fortune looking letters below…
not the greatest photoshop. if you look out the window the people are staring at, it is night, but the light filtering in around the white wall with the sign is daylight……
Not a Fail, and not a photoshop. It is night, and there is light coming from around the sign. I was there for New Years one year, and its a giant light panel. If you look up at tokyo tower from the outside, you would see what the new year is. Like I saw 2005.
and i who thought this was just to help people with extremely bad eyesight to read the poster
Read the fine print.
Picture must be really old, I don’t recall a spot like that at Tokyo Tower.
Are they playing wheel of fortune below the sign?
surely this should be a ‘Small Print Win’ ???
*looks through lenses* Hey, where did everyone go? Guys? You still there?
would you look at that view!…..
I wonder if you’re supposed to insert a coin into some mechanism that moves the sign out of the way for a while.
I can see my house from here!!
I paid 25 cents to see what, the fine print?
Not a fail. The sign slides up to reveal the window.
That’s not a failure, it’s a BTL! LOL
♪
Not a Fail. I was there for New Years one year, and its a giant light panel. If you look up at tokyo tower from the outside, you would see what the new year is. Like I saw 2005. If you look, you’ll see other white panels. Its just happened that the particular year this ohoto was taken, the light panel had to be put in front of the telescope to form the correct number.
i think people need glasses