But I could be thinking of somebody else.

Thanks, friend!

I remember my wife comparing me to “Marvin” from Sin City, saying that I would feel right at home swinging an axe in somebody’s face on the battlefield. She says “That’s you Joe.”

What I’m trying to say is: I do enjoy a good fight.

However comma, it may be more prudent to wait 4 more years until the next election for another president than to run – by yourself – through the street with your rifle screaming dixie (but for the comedy value of course).

I am probably the most conservative person that frequents these boards as of late, or at least the one that does not “post and run”, and I can assure you that being placed in a different tax bracket will not influence any of the veterans that I know to openly revolt against our government.

But if that’s what you want to do – good luck with that. And please add lemons to your tea, and a little bit of sugar.

Their real plan is to “don’t get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly”

Currently, the new GOP rallying cry is that all people should have to pay something for their health care. On the other hand they don’t like the ACA mandate making that a requirement.

Single payer here we come.

I actually broke my arm in a horse-back riding accident when I was 15, but my mother was in one of her moods, and refused to take me to the doctor because it was my fault for cutting school and going riding. Fortunately, the vet taped it up really well, so it healed more or less okay (sort of). But then I rebroke it at college (slipped on a patch of ice and fell onto the curb). I went to the University clinic and was told, after a three-hour wait, that I would have to come back next semester, because they didn’t have an orthopoedist on staff (Really — honest to God — this was how it was handled).

Fortunately, I had Blue Cross from my father’s employer, and so I was able to go to the local hospital and they set the bone.

Thinking about it, perhaps I am just karmically damned when I comes to health care. Oh well — I’m still here, and my arm functions quite well!

Reynardine, the impression I got was that the joint dissent was originally written to be a 5-4 per curium opinion striking down the law – I thought that from the beginning simply because it was a joint dissent and the tone of Ginsburg’s opinion was very much what you’d expect from a dissent. Robert’s opinion was also heavily policy based and really emphasized the reason for the policy and the need to defer to Congress on matters of policy.

Oh and between extreme heat, extreme humidity, and extremely violent stroms there was very little radiant joy to be had this weekend.

I don’t know where you live. In states with good homestead protection, they can’t take your house. For my part, before I had either Medicare or Medicaid, I had an injury that diarticulated most of the meditarsal joints on the outside of my left foot. I don’t recommend everyone engage in the regime of self-cure I did, even when there are no compound fractures or broken long bones. I do recommend that everyone get some idea of first aid and that every kit/medicine chest keep a roll of *velcro horse bandage*, which can be used for everything from stabilizing dislocations to bracing weight-bearing joints to applying pressure bandages or even (with the aid of a simple turnkey made from a sturdy stick) serving as a tournequet. It is a great deal stronger than an athletic bandage, and must be used with caution, but in some cases, it can save a life or make it possible to get to a walk-in clinic instead of the much costlier emergency room.

I learned a lot about self-doctoring, much of which I won’t pass on. It’s too bad anyone has to. But even in a sane, humane society, it’s possible to be stranded by floods and hurricanes, so it’s good to know what to use, when to use it, and how to keep it on hand.

Sorry to lean on you for info, but you are knowledgeable, so I thought I’d ask.

Also, Beverly’s point about the catastrophic possibilities that can befall people who don’t have insurance — and thus, no reasonable way to get health care — is very apt. My own health is awful, and I may keel over from a heart attack from all of the damage that was done previously by untreated rheumatic fever (if so, I hope it is a massive heart attack and I die outright, so I don’t have to deal with the healthcare system). But frankly, my biggest fear is that I will suffer some injury, such as a fall from a ladder while I am cleaning the gutters, and break my leg. Because of the inflated health costs passed on to “self-pays,” I would probably not have to worry about gutters anymore, because if I did manage to get my leg set, I would lose my house.

My plan? If I tumble off the ladder and break bones, I will crawl into the neighbor’s yard and say it happened there. THen I can sue their homeowner’s insurance so I can afford treatment and still have a roof over my head!

Roberts appears to have moved center as Kennedy moved right. Though people have predicted he could be on the Court another three decades, I wonder. As someone said…mortality is a wine like no other; even as it sharpens the moment, it clears the head.