Stossel's Healthcare Distortions FAIR

I'm sorry, I did not realize that you needed me to help you make-up your mind. You have one, right? I will comment on it when I feel like it.
Nice tantrum.

[lookout123]

so did the wheelchair turn you into an asshole or have you always been one?

my initial comment was directed at what i perceive to be lazy posting. this is what i get out of your threads when you don't bother to put any effort into it. "here's a story guys. i don't have the time or energy to tell you what i think about it or why i think you should care, but it has words and stuff, so here you go."

Originally Posted by lookout123

so did the wheelchair turn you into an asshole or have you always been one?

my initial comment was directed at what i perceive to be lazy posting. this is what i get out of your threads when you don't bother to put any effort into it. "here's a story guys. i don't have the time or energy to tell you what i think about it or why i think you should care, but it has words and stuff, so here you go."

What does the chair have to do with anything bigot?
No effort? I put all the links into it manually.
Why do you care what I think? Do you need me to interpret it for you? If you do then it is above you to begin with.
Yes, I have an opinion and plan on discussing it, but sometimes like to see a discussion develop that is not slanted or based on an argument from the statements made by myself or who posted the article.
If you can't make your own assessment and comment on an article without someone holding your hand then you should just move-on.
Why are you even in this thread, other than to make bigoted statements about the disabled?

[lookout123]

bigot? no, not really. I don't consider assholes a protected class. but, hey thanks for dropping that card so quickly.

as for my question about the chair, you didn't answer. were you such a jumpy asshole before you were confined to it, or is this attitude a side effect of having your health leave you?

Why do you care what I think? Do you need me to interpret it for you? If you do then it is above you to begin with.

yep, you got me. expecting the person who finds an article compelling enough to quote in its entirety to actually post their thoughts or persective on the subject certainly is a sign of my mental defect. good comeback.

Why are you even in this thread, other than to make bigoted statements about the disabled?

I tend to check out most threads and comment in the ones i feel i have something useful (or not so useful) to say. and, for the record, I didn't make a bigoted statement about the disabled. I asked you, a person, if you were an asshole before you, regrettably, were confined to a chair.

[lookout123]

but back to the intent of my original post (that i see now i could have phrased differently).

I (and I don't think I'm alone) come to the cellar for the thoughts and perspective of the cellarites. we have a pretty broad spectrum of life experiences and world views in here, that is what I value. I don't come here just to find current news articles reposted. I read the news. What I can't get from the news is the how and why of the issue as it appears to other people.

the way you post whole articles without comment, seems pointless to me. I'd rather you start your very own thread titled This is what I read today, and just quote the articles you read that day. I'd probably check it out - but without any expectation of finding added value. As it is, I find the posts with no comment just pointless diversions from the real value of the cellar.

although I usually don't agree with you on things I value your perspective. I'm sure you've got an opinion rattling around in your skull. Let's hear it.