My original point was. You can't run a fire dept. on only people who pay get coverage. You must get tax money.
But on the part I posted. I just posted it on the fact they just stood there. The guy didn't expect to pay the $75 then. He told them he would pay any amount to stop the fire and they didn't. Which is odd. But in any case...
Tax Money = People paying to get coverage.
Allstate wouldn't sell me a policy at any price once my house was burning.
It takes a special kind of asshole to watch a guys house burn down without offering to help, fireman or not.
The original point was off this comment.
"everyone paying for shit they use, what a terrible idea!!!"
I have zero problem paying taxes towards fire protection for all. Paying taxes = services provided. Even if you never use them (I've never personally needed the fire dept. for anything).
So you have no problem paying taxes for fire for everyone rock? But not health care?
i got a free copy of that in the mail from the ayn rand institute and was invited to study there. thoughts?
I hope you told them to fuck off.
The idea that you only take care of yourself and your needs works if you live on an island alone, with the ability to feed, etc. yourself all on your own.
If you don't think the physical, economic, educational health of those around you don't impact your quality of life, then I guess you haven't been watching your own national news or looked at what is happening all over the world.
Please check back in a few years (or, goodness forbid, if you become sick/hurt, have a severely disabled child, etc. at an economically vulnerable point in your life) and see how easy it is to live life independently without the shackles of contributing to a caring society as a whole.
Ayn Rand was not good enough to flush my toilet. I'll repeat myself, the virtue of selfisness can go fuck itself. (how fitting!)
Yeah, so let's get this thing back on track. I want to pimp slap all of your misbehaved children. How can get the ball rolling on this? I'm flexible, and willing to travel.
So you have no problem paying taxes for fire for everyone rock? But not health care?
Don't know why you think I'm against national health care?
I've stated my position here more than once but for your benefit I'll do it again.
I pay $8K a year for Health Care.....I couldn't care less if that money goes to an Insurance Company or the Government as long as 1) My family receives the same level of care/service they do now...and...2) I don't have to pay any more than I currently do. I've been assured that neither will be the case so count me as 100% for it.
I especially like the idea of forcing people to purchase their own Health Care wherever it may be coming from.
I think fat people should have to buy two seats on an airplane.
i've realized every single thought i have on the subway fits in this topic... people taking up two seats, people not letting u out b4 they get on, people panhandling on the train, people having loudass phone convos right next to you, people whacking u w/ their bag and not saying excuse me, people who take up too much seat leaning against your thigh, people singing along w/ their ipod way too loud, people listening to their ipod/phone w/o headphones, people playing video games w/ the sound way up, people going thru every ringer on their phone in the station, etc etc etc
I think fat people should have to buy two seats on an airplane.
i've realized every single thought i have on the subway fits in this topic... people taking up two seats, people not letting u out b4 they get on, people panhandling on the train, people having loudass phone convos right next to you, people whacking u w/ their bag and not saying excuse me, people who take up too much seat leaning against your thigh, people singing along w/ their ipod way too loud, people listening to their ipod/phone w/o headphones, people playing video games w/ the sound way up, people going thru every ringer on their phone in the station, etc etc etc
all need to be shipped to the gulags...
(clap) (clap) SHOWTIME! (clap) (clap)
(shoot me, if I have a hangover)
This isn't a right wing thought, more of a elite liberal godless intellectual one: the lady who got on my train car yesterday and spent the entire ride YELLING and SINGING about Jesus, I wish that shit would get teh ban. She started with, "now now, I'm not asking you for money..." and ended with "I'm just worshiping Jesus." I wish she would go worship Jesus somewhere else and let me get back to my reading. It's hard to tell the elder church lady to STFU though without looking like the biggest asshole in all the 5 boroughs.
I don't mind preaching in the station, on the platform, wherever... but inside the train car, that kind of shit (along with panhandling, breakdancing, conga drumming, rapping or singing while pushing your mix-CD, dubious change-collection-for-the-homeless schemes, mariachi bands... actually wait the mariachi bands can get a pass. Them and the quick, silent DVD ladies) should be an arrestable offense.
This isn't a right wing thought, more of a elite liberal godless intellectual one: the lady who got on my train car yesterday and spent the entire ride YELLING and SINGING about Jesus, I wish that shit would get teh ban. She started with, "now now, I'm not asking you for money..." and ended with "I'm just worshiping Jesus." I wish she would go worship Jesus somewhere else and let me get back to my reading. It's hard to tell the elder church lady to STFU though without looking like the biggest asshole in all the 5 boroughs.
I don't mind preaching in the station, on the platform, wherever... but inside the train car, that kind of shit (along with panhandling, breakdancing, conga drumming, rapping or singing while pushing your mix-CD, dubious change-collection-for-the-homeless schemes, mariachi bands... actually wait the mariachi bands can get a pass. Them and the quick, silent DVD ladies) should be an arrestable offense.
One of my favorite NYC street characters was a short little chubby dude with bright red cheeks that used to stand on a wooden milk box in the Port Authority every Friday afternoon and "preach". He would yell about how "The Jews are going to Hell" or "The Blacks are going to Hell" ....basically anything to get a crowd around him and engage in a shouting match. It never got violent and was always entertaining.....I just wonder in hindsight how many people went to the Port Authority and tried to get him banned?
This morning, a guy got on at Astoria-Ditmars and spent the entire ride to 59th and Lex rambling to another guy in a low shout about being a new father, his kid's toys, work, TV shows, and anything else that came to mind. Half the car was talking quietly to each other about what an ass he was, and I finally ended up giving him the ice grilling of a lifetime that left him trailing off and looking awkwardly at the ground once he realized that I'd been trying to kill him with my mind for the last two minutes. It pissed me off so badly I shoved and almost got into a fight with a Russian dude who jostled me on the way out of the train.
This morning, a guy got on at Astoria-Ditmars and spent the entire ride to 59th and Lex rambling to another guy in a low shout about being a new father, his kid's toys, work, TV shows, and anything else that came to mind. Half the car was talking quietly to each other about what an ass he was, and I finally ended up giving him the ice grilling of a lifetime that left him trailing off and looking awkwardly at the ground once he realized that I'd been trying to kill him with my mind for the last two minutes. It pissed me off so badly I shoved and almost got into a fight with a Russian dude who jostled me on the way out of the train.
This morning, a guy got on at Astoria-Ditmars and spent the entire ride to 59th and Lex rambling to another guy in a low shout about being a new father, his kid's toys, work, TV shows, and anything else that came to mind. Half the car was talking quietly to each other about what an ass he was, and I finally ended up giving him the ice grilling of a lifetime that left him trailing off and looking awkwardly at the ground once he realized that I'd been trying to kill him with my mind for the last two minutes. It pissed me off so badly I shoved and almost got into a fight with a Russian dude who jostled me on the way out of the train.
Today might end in bloodshed.
you showed him.
I know, I know. I should have just pimp slapped him like a misbehaving child.
People who "pretend" "not to notice" that wierd formation of human beings standing one behind the other and snaking it's way back from the counter, popularly referred to as a "QUEUE"
There are 3 types that really piss me off:
1. The "Innocent" (What queue? - oh that queue, the one that leads all the way up to the counter? )
2. The "Baby Killer" (Only two people waiting doesn't qualify as a queue - it's just an orderless gathering obstructing the counter, so I'm fucked it I'll start queuing either)
3. Worst of all the "Edger" (reluctant queuer who so can't digest the injustice of being at the back of the queue that he prefers to stand adjacent to you, "sharing" last place as if you are in a couple. He then tries to slowly overtake you with each step by feigning an limitless fascination in the sandwiches on offer whilst suffering from chronic short sightedness)
I want to have constructed a new carpool / commuter lane, which overpasses the freeway completely) that is exclusively for:
1.) Cars newer than 10 years old
2.) Drivers with no major traffic violations (each new violation gets you banned from this *special* lane for 6 months)
I am sick of commuting 1.5 hours a day, in each direction! This would be more like 2 hours if I didn't drive like a fierce lunatic swerving in between cars and getting my blood boiling. And no, I will not commute with the dregs of humanity on Craigslist that smell bad and ask me to drive them totally out of my way.
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Cool. That means I don't have to pay for shit I don't want. I'm sure I can come up with a list that negates taxation. Yay!!!!!
The original point was off this comment.
"everyone paying for shit they use, what a terrible idea!!!"
I have zero problem paying taxes towards fire protection for all. Paying taxes = services provided. Even if you never use them (I've never personally needed the fire dept. for anything).
So you have no problem paying taxes for fire for everyone rock? But not health care?
http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-national/after-cutting-funding-for-local-fire-departments-rick-perry-demands-fema-help
I hope you told them to fuck off.
The idea that you only take care of yourself and your needs works if you live on an island alone, with the ability to feed, etc. yourself all on your own.
If you don't think the physical, economic, educational health of those around you don't impact your quality of life, then I guess you haven't been watching your own national news or looked at what is happening all over the world.
Please check back in a few years (or, goodness forbid, if you become sick/hurt, have a severely disabled child, etc. at an economically vulnerable point in your life) and see how easy it is to live life independently without the shackles of contributing to a caring society as a whole.
Ayn Rand was not good enough to flush my toilet. I'll repeat myself, the virtue of selfisness can go fuck itself. (how fitting!)
Good point. THINK GLOBALLY. SLAP LOCALLY.
Don't know why you think I'm against national health care?
I've stated my position here more than once but for your benefit I'll do it again.
I pay $8K a year for Health Care.....I couldn't care less if that money goes to an Insurance Company or the Government as long as 1) My family receives the same level of care/service they do now...and...2) I don't have to pay any more than I currently do. I've been assured that neither will be the case so count me as 100% for it.
I especially like the idea of forcing people to purchase their own Health Care wherever it may be coming from.
I'm almost positive I know this kid.
Didn't you once say "If the government wants me to subsidize someone else's poor choices...count me out."
Right. You want everyone to pay. How much should poor people pay?
Like say a single mother making $18,000 a year. How much should she pay to cover her and her child? What % to what you pay would be acceptable to you?
i've realized every single thought i have on the subway fits in this topic... people taking up two seats, people not letting u out b4 they get on, people panhandling on the train, people having loudass phone convos right next to you, people whacking u w/ their bag and not saying excuse me, people who take up too much seat leaning against your thigh, people singing along w/ their ipod way too loud, people listening to their ipod/phone w/o headphones, people playing video games w/ the sound way up, people going thru every ringer on their phone in the station, etc etc etc
all need to be shipped to the gulags...
(clap) (clap) SHOWTIME! (clap) (clap)
(shoot me, if I have a hangover)
This isn't a right wing thought, more of a elite liberal godless intellectual one: the lady who got on my train car yesterday and spent the entire ride YELLING and SINGING about Jesus, I wish that shit would get teh ban. She started with, "now now, I'm not asking you for money..." and ended with "I'm just worshiping Jesus." I wish she would go worship Jesus somewhere else and let me get back to my reading. It's hard to tell the elder church lady to STFU though without looking like the biggest asshole in all the 5 boroughs.
I don't mind preaching in the station, on the platform, wherever... but inside the train car, that kind of shit (along with panhandling, breakdancing, conga drumming, rapping or singing while pushing your mix-CD, dubious change-collection-for-the-homeless schemes, mariachi bands... actually wait the mariachi bands can get a pass. Them and the quick, silent DVD ladies) should be an arrestable offense.
ICE COLD BRO, WTF.
One of my favorite NYC street characters was a short little chubby dude with bright red cheeks that used to stand on a wooden milk box in the Port Authority every Friday afternoon and "preach". He would yell about how "The Jews are going to Hell" or "The Blacks are going to Hell" ....basically anything to get a crowd around him and engage in a shouting match. It never got violent and was always entertaining.....I just wonder in hindsight how many people went to the Port Authority and tried to get him banned?
Today might end in bloodshed.
you showed him.
I know, I know. I should have just pimp slapped him like a misbehaving child.
There are 3 types that really piss me off:
1. The "Innocent" (What queue? - oh that queue, the one that leads all the way up to the counter? )
2. The "Baby Killer" (Only two people waiting doesn't qualify as a queue - it's just an orderless gathering obstructing the counter, so I'm fucked it I'll start queuing either)
3. Worst of all the "Edger" (reluctant queuer who so can't digest the injustice of being at the back of the queue that he prefers to stand adjacent to you, "sharing" last place as if you are in a couple. He then tries to slowly overtake you with each step by feigning an limitless fascination in the sandwiches on offer whilst suffering from chronic short sightedness)
1.) Cars newer than 10 years old
2.) Drivers with no major traffic violations (each new violation gets you banned from this *special* lane for 6 months)
I am sick of commuting 1.5 hours a day, in each direction! This would be more like 2 hours if I didn't drive like a fierce lunatic swerving in between cars and getting my blood boiling. And no, I will not commute with the dregs of humanity on Craigslist that smell bad and ask me to drive them totally out of my way.
Socialist!