Self Policing Militia Summons

[Pico and ME]

It frustrates the heck out of me that Redux is being lumped in the offending group when he certainly didn't start out that way and really did resist the urge to retaliate that way as well, until recently. The main offender, the one who was flinging poo even before Redux showed up, is Merc. AND that he DID carry that style over to other forums. (Remember the cunt calling episodes...anyone?) And Merc is still REFUSING to acknowledge that his posting style in the politics forum is distasteful and foul for the most part. If Merc didn't post in the politics forum the level of discourse would improve dramatically.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

It frustrates the heck out of me that Redux is being lumped in the offending group when he certainly didn't start out that way and really did resist the urge to retaliate that way as well, until recently.

I agree. Redux's posts are usually informative and he cites real sources to back up his arguments - NOT the op ed junk that others subject us to ad nauseum. So, he's a liberal. BFD. If he is personally attacked he gives as good as he gets. I don't blame him. But he seldom starts the shit slinging on his own.

I am weary of all this complaining and name calling - especially on the part of people who wouldn't be caught dead in the politics forum, anyhow.

Tell me how this thread is an improvement over what has gone on before.

[Spexxvet]

And the beat goes on:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

It's not "just facts".

Do you think that "Obama: You can keep the plan you have." meant that he would force insurers and employers to never change their plans?

Old plans are grandfathered in. You can keep them to the extent that you could ever keep your plan, before or after this legislation - based on the contract between your employer and insurer. This legislation did not change that.

But it did discourage the continuing worsening of the new contracts, by saying that if you want to increase employees' costs, you have to give up your grandfathering status. So some employees may be able to keep the plan they like longer than they would have been able to before.

Pretty reasonable, respectful post.

Originally Posted by classicman

Nope, not at all. I would fully expect them to change as they had in the past.


Completely false. Read again for comprehension. That is the main reason why I posted the link.


Uh, no thats not how I read that at all. Unfortunately we really do not know how this is going to play out, but it is beginning to look like things will change based upon what most reasonable people would consider to be technicalities.

Different target, same dismissive, insulting style.