Comments for The Schrug http://davidschrag.com/schrug David Schrag examines his navel and the world around it Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on How the government takeover of health care affects me by Michael Pahre http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/03/04/how-the-government-takeover-of-health-care-affects-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Michael Pahre Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:07:24 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/03/04/how-the-government-takeover-of-health-care-affects-me/#comment-2795 Smug socialist. Smug socialist.

]]> Comment on Difficult choices for health insurance by The Schrug » How the government takeover of health care affects me http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2009/03/14/difficult-choices-for-health-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-2793 The Schrug » How the government takeover of health care affects me Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:52:26 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2009/03/14/difficult-choices-for-health-insurance/#comment-2793 [...] thought things were complicated last year when I had to renew my small business’s health insurance plan. Back then, I was choosing between 25 different plans offered by the same insurer: Harvard Pilgrim [...] [...] thought things were complicated last year when I had to renew my small business’s health insurance plan. Back then, I was choosing between 25 different plans offered by the same insurer: Harvard Pilgrim [...]

]]> Comment on My take on the health care summit, part 1 by david http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 david Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/#comment-2749 You'd be surprised at the number of people who DO want to get rid of them, or at least who hold them up as examples of big-government failures. "They're full of waste, fraud, and abuse," they'll say. "They're going broke! Medicare costs too much, and it doesn't pay doctors and hospitals enough!" [These folks are not bothered by making self-contradictory claims.] Has anyone polled Medicare enrollees and asked "would you want your children and grandchildren to have the exact same kind of health insurance that you do?" I'd love to see that number. You’d be surprised at the number of people who DO want to get rid of them, or at least who hold them up as examples of big-government failures. “They’re full of waste, fraud, and abuse,” they’ll say. “They’re going broke! Medicare costs too much, and it doesn’t pay doctors and hospitals enough!” [These folks are not bothered by making self-contradictory claims.]

Has anyone polled Medicare enrollees and asked “would you want your children and grandchildren to have the exact same kind of health insurance that you do?” I’d love to see that number.

]]> Comment on My take on the health care summit, part 1 by Michael Pahre http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Michael Pahre Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:59:34 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/#comment-2748 We "don't do comprehensive well"? How many months did it take to roll out Medicare and Social Security? Eleven and sixteen. That's pretty fast. And nobody wants to get rid of them, either. We “don’t do comprehensive well”? How many months did it take to roll out Medicare and Social Security? Eleven and sixteen. That’s pretty fast. And nobody wants to get rid of them, either.

]]> Comment on My take on the health care summit, part 1 by The Schrug » My take on the health care summit, part 2 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 The Schrug » My take on the health care summit, part 2 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:18:18 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/02/25/my-take-on-the-health-care-summit-part-1/#comment-2740 [...] my observations from the previous post [...] [...] my observations from the previous post [...]

]]> Comment on More lies from lying Jay Severin, the liar by david http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2008/10/16/more-lies-from-lying-jay-severin-the-liar/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 david Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:50:50 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2008/10/16/more-lies-from-lying-jay-severin-the-liar/#comment-2707 Dino, I hesitated to respond at all, given that your comment was so late and lame, and not even posted to the right blog. (All Severin-related material has been moved to www.severinwatch.com.) However, I must briefly point out that (a) you still don't understand the difference between small business gross income and personal income; and (b) the birther thing is a non-issue. You could probably come up with "evidence" suggesting that the sun orbits the earth, but that doesn't mean it's worth revisiting the question. Dino, I hesitated to respond at all, given that your comment was so late and lame, and not even posted to the right blog. (All Severin-related material has been moved to http://www.severinwatch.com.) However, I must briefly point out that (a) you still don’t understand the difference between small business gross income and personal income; and (b) the birther thing is a non-issue. You could probably come up with “evidence” suggesting that the sun orbits the earth, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth revisiting the question.

]]> Comment on More lies from lying Jay Severin, the liar by Dino http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2008/10/16/more-lies-from-lying-jay-severin-the-liar/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 Dino Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:40:57 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2008/10/16/more-lies-from-lying-jay-severin-the-liar/#comment-2696 Jay may have been technically wrong then but appears to be correct today. Of course no politician would ever stick to a lunatic promise like a $250,000 limit to taxing so ... today Obama is "agnostic" to limiting taxes to those earning $250,000 or more. The birth certificate has the appearance of a fake: no seal, no crease marks indicating that the two documents pro-offered are different documents, registered on same day issued (unusual if not a clear indicator, and the image, when viewed at the "image code" level shows a recording of alteration by photoshop in 2008. Jay may have been technically wrong then but appears to be correct today. Of course no politician would ever stick to a lunatic promise like a $250,000 limit to taxing so … today Obama is “agnostic” to limiting taxes to those earning $250,000 or more.

The birth certificate has the appearance of a fake: no seal, no crease marks indicating that the two documents pro-offered are different documents, registered on same day issued (unusual if not a clear indicator, and the image, when viewed at the “image code” level shows a recording of alteration by photoshop in 2008.

]]> Comment on Whose lines are they, anyway? by GCB http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 GCB Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:03:12 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/#comment-2469 And I'm fairly certain you retain the copyright to your subtitles as does the writer of the alternative version. (Although the filmmaker could argue they are an unauthorized derivative work, copyright law provides fairly wide berth for parody and political speech, both of which principles apply to your subtitles.) And I’m fairly certain you retain the copyright to your subtitles as does the writer of the alternative version. (Although the filmmaker could argue they are an unauthorized derivative work, copyright law provides fairly wide berth for parody and political speech, both of which principles apply to your subtitles.)

]]> Comment on Whose lines are they, anyway? by GCB http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-2468 GCB Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:57:40 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/#comment-2468 The other thing to be aware of is that video titles and descriptions are important. You want to be sure to include the right keywords in each. DrPaul uses Brown's name his title, you didn't. (I have some experience with this and find this tip very useful.) The other thing to be aware of is that video titles and descriptions are important. You want to be sure to include the right keywords in each. DrPaul uses Brown’s name his title, you didn’t.

(I have some experience with this and find this tip very useful.)

]]> Comment on Whose lines are they, anyway? by GCB http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 GCB Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:54:43 +0000 http://davidschrag.com/schrug/2010/01/22/whose-lines-are-they-anyway/#comment-2467 I agree yours is better. Curious about what makes viral growth happen. I suspect it's a matter of someone having a number of social media accounts with a large enough number of aggregate followers that they start a thread like you did by posting to facebook 10x over (or y times over where y is just big enough to tip over the viral threshold). The Ron Paul related account is probably operated by someone who spends a lot of time maintaining and promoting Ron Paul / libertarian related websites. For instance, you can see a number of sites linked to his video description. (Interestingly, he only created his youtube account a few days ago.) Why don't you youtube message the handful of other folks who have uploaded video and ask if they know the original author/source. I'd also recommend listing your video as a post yours as a video response to the others (by clicking 'post video response' on their youtube page as in http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=c4aQCiRjvZY). Curious to hear what more you learn. I agree yours is better.

Curious about what makes viral growth happen. I suspect it’s a matter of someone having a number of social media accounts with a large enough number of aggregate followers that they start a thread like you did by posting to facebook 10x over (or y times over where y is just big enough to tip over the viral threshold).

The Ron Paul related account is probably operated by someone who spends a lot of time maintaining and promoting Ron Paul / libertarian related websites. For instance, you can see a number of sites linked to his video description. (Interestingly, he only created his youtube account a few days ago.)

Why don’t you youtube message the handful of other folks who have uploaded video and ask if they know the original author/source.

I’d also recommend listing your video as a post yours as a video response to the others (by clicking ‘post video response’ on their youtube page as in http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=c4aQCiRjvZY).

Curious to hear what more you learn.

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