The babyjesuschristsuperstar on Board: filling the moral void of Clinton’s legacy

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Maybe. Unless you were asking Russian Jews, who have come to the country in great numbers. Or Cubans. Or the very large number of immigrants who come because they are married to a US citizen (or the child of one) - who presumably would want an option that they came for love.

Then again, if you asked our former au pair why she's still in the country, she'd tell you it's the Malls. They don't have Malls like ours in France.

Club, should we kick her out? She's here for the Malls, and except for the Malls (and the movies), probably isn't overly excited about American culture, history, or principals.

Are you trying to entice Spanky onto your side through use of capitalization? Pretty sneaky, sis.

ETA timely thingy from catching up on my reading -- I wonder what % of the 15% are also illegal aliens . . .

From a March 29 LA Times article. I got it through a service so I don't have a link.

Challenging a common notion that uninsured patients are clogging hospital emergency rooms, a new study has found that the vast majority of adults who turn up there frequently have health insurance and regular doctors.

The finding suggests that expanding health coverage will not by itself significantly help emergency rooms cope with demands that include patients seeking care for routine problems such as colds or sinus infections, experts said.

The uninsured account for just 15% of emergency-room visits, according to the study to be published today by the American College of Emergency Physicians. The nonprofit organization advocates for the interests of emergency-room doctors and supports medical research.

Emergency rooms are crowded because they fill up with patients who cannot get in to see their own doctor or are waiting for regular hospital beds, experts said.

"We've cut hospital budgets so much, the only way they can be efficient is by operating as close to capacity as possible, like airlines," said Sandra Schneider, head of the emergency medicine department at the University of Rochester in New York.

The study confirms earlier findings that have begun to change scholarly thinking about the cause of emergency room crowding.

Healthcare providers assumed until recently that uninsured patients were the primary cause of crowding, said Diane Jacobsen, a director at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Mass., who did not participate in the study. Most doctors are free to turn away patients who cannot pay, but emergency-room doctors must see everyone.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Maybe. Unless you were asking Russian Jews, who have come to the country in great numbers. Or Cubans. Or the very large number of immigrants who come because they are married to a US citizen (or the child of one) - who presumably would want an option that they came for love.

Then again, if you asked our former au pair why she's still in the country, she'd tell you it's the Malls. They don't have Malls like ours in France.

Club, should we kick her out? She's here for the Malls, and except for the Malls (and the movies), probably isn't overly excited about American culture, history, or principals.

I thought the word "random" would imply not asking only Russian Jews or Cubans.

Though I would question whether economics was not also a significant factor even for many members of those groups.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Club, should we kick her out? She's here for the Malls, and except for the Malls (and the movies), probably isn't overly excited about American culture, history, or principals.

Is she hot?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
I thought the word "random" would imply not asking only Russian Jews or Cubans.

Though I would question whether economics was not also a significant factor even for many members of those groups.

Don't distract Club from the central question - would he kick out my Mall loving former au pair from France who couldn't care less about our beloved principals, and, indeed, is prone to making fun of some of them? She is making a reasonable living, and her parents send money, too, so she's not a drain on The System.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Is she hot?

Yes.

But, taken.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by baltassoc
There's a very entertaining article on the front page of today's WSJ outlining how the Abramoff scandal broke.

I think there is a lesson here for us all: if you are at the center of a giant scheme to barter political influence for huge sums of cash, do not dump your fiancee for a 24 year old waitress a month before the wedding.

Great story -- thanks for the tip. Since the WSJ article isn't free online, here's a link to another, slightly more partisan, version: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/Ho...nlon_0103.html

I like how she "wondered" how a lifeguard and surfer could afford the multiple million dollar mansions and month-long stays at the Ritz Carlton while working part-time as a PR flack. Please. (This is from the WSJ article, which seems a bit less lurid than the above link.)

Interesting that she's the former State Department staffer who tried to cut off the NBC interview of Colin Powell a while back.

Also, she's actually kinda cute:

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Great story -- thanks for the tip. Since the WSJ article isn't free online, here's a link to another, slightly more partisan, version: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/Ho...nlon_0103.html

I like how she "wondered" how a lifeguard and surfer could afford the multiple million dollar mansions and month-long stays at the Ritz Carlton while working part-time as a PR flack. Please. (This is from the WSJ article, which seems a bit less lurid than the above link.)

Interesting that she's the former State Department staffer who tried to cut off the NBC interview of Colin Powell a while back.

Also, she's actually kinda cute:

Indeed. The waitress (or manicurist, accoring to your link) must have been way hot.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Great story -- thanks for the tip. Since the WSJ article isn't free online, here's a link to another, slightly more partisan, version: http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/Ho...nlon_0103.html

I like how she "wondered" how a lifeguard and surfer could afford the multiple million dollar mansions and month-long stays at the Ritz Carlton while working part-time as a PR flack. Please. (This is from the WSJ article, which seems a bit less lurid than the above link.)

Interesting that she's the former State Department staffer who tried to cut off the NBC interview of Colin Powell a while back.

Also, she's actually kinda cute:

The link you provided has the best quote form the WSJ article:

In 2001, while Miller was working as press secretary to DeLay she told a reporter who was writing a profile about DeLay. "You lied! . . . You betrayed him! You twisted his words! . . . We don't know you. You don't exist. . . . You are dead to us."

How do you get engaged to the person who said this to a reporter and not anticipate her completely killing you when you dump her?

But yeah, I'm a little sceptical - as is the WSJ, given the number of times in the story they point out nobody thinks she did anything wrong - about how it didn't occur to her to wonder about how he came up with all this money until after he called off the wedding.

The other lesson for us all: if you get divorced and then come into a lot of questionable cash, start throwing a bit of the money the way of your ex/kid, or expect to answer a lot of uncomfortable question in front of a judge at a child support hearing.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
A propos of ethics reform, I think Congress should take a page from Nigeria:

Soccer refs should take bribes but remain neutral.

You have just captured the very essence of political fundraising (in theory).

S_A_M

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Yes.

But, taken.

As long as she's hot, she can stay. I may not be a racist or classist, but I am a hotist.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Did I miss all mention of this here?

Mass. says marriage (incl. gay marriage) not available to non-residents whose states don't allow it.

Or is this result not controversial, and the correct one under the principles of full faith and credit?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Did I miss all mention of this here?

Mass. says marriage (incl. gay marriage) not available to non-residents whose states don't allow it.

Or is this result not controversial, and the correct one under the principles of full faith and credit?

I'm wondering if it killed the booming wedding tourism industry in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket or if it just means there's going to be a rush on summer homes that will be named primary residences soon.

Probably a little of both.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I'm wondering if it killed the booming wedding tourism industry in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket or if it just means there's going to be a rush on summer homes that will be named primary residences soon.

Probably a little of both.

Group homes will never be more popular.

(actually, I think anyone with a summer home probably already could get married--it's just the destination weddings that are out now)

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Seems to me that this whole debate is based, in part, in the sudden horror some people have that parts of this country aren't going to be Anglo dominated in less than half a century.

They are just going to have to get over it. If you have a problem with Hispanic culture then it is time to move to New Hampshire or Norway.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Spanky
They are just going to have to get over it. If you have a problem with Hispanic culture then it is time to move to New Hampshire or Norway.

if Michigan's arab population keeps growing will you all promise to stop posting Mohammed cartoons?