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[ChairmanPoo]

"Laws are like women: they're there to be raped"

Oh well, at least this gigantic piece of manure has resigned from his post. But really, how he got there in the first place is a question in itself.

[kaijyuu]

wat

[ChairmanPoo]

Yeah, it's one of those quotes that can't be taken out of context.

Or rather, it can. Out of context you might think it's a particularily tasteless joke. But in context it''s worse: it's a particularily tasteless joke in reference to something he was proposed, that is, tamper with official records of their activities).

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm not even mad, I'm just confused. I have no idea how this even could have taken place.

[Leafsnail]

Yeah the mind boggles at how you could decide it's a good idea to simultaneously make a very tasteless joke and perform a corrupt action.

[Wrex]

Wha- huh?

I cannot even begin to understand.

[Descan]

Not to mention saying that in front of a majority woman audience.

I mean, most sexist assholes know enough not to say sexist 'jokes' in front of women. Sexist meant-to-be-insults, that's another matter.

[Reelya]

GreatJustice, you realize that the AMA is a private organization? What method of getting rid of them do you propose which doesn't involve a government crackdown?

Also yelling "AMA" is a total non-sequiter to my point that in a completely private university set-up, only those already wealthy can do those $300,000 courses. Private banks won't loan that kind of money to students because they can't repossess a degree, like they can with a house. High fees excludes many people who would make excellent doctors, but their parents weren't rich.

Ever thought that the massive costs of medical education is why America has to import doctors from everywhere from Canada to India (which have affordable public universities), and what keeps medical bills so high. Apparently those "socialist" trained doctors are good enough for America after all. Canadian doctors can make more in the USA for the same reason selling products in a market with shortages and inflation is highly profitable. A bubble in prices isn't necessarily a sign of great market health.

Getting rid of the AMA fixes this problem exactly how?

[ChairmanPoo]

I have some doubts about his "border crossing" Canadian doctors. Unless there is some special treaty with Canada, the US doesn't accept specialist titles from abroad. Plus there are the issues of boards and insurance.

[Reelya]

Regardless, people flocking to sell a product in a particular market doesn't necessarily mean it's due to a healthy economy, it could be supply shortages.

[Descan]

I've never seen any proof of it, but if the border-crossing-Canuck-doctor is mythical, it's a very wide-spread myth. I was taught it in school when I was around 13.

[scriver]

Canadian doctors has always been at war with Eurasia!

[MetalSlimeHunt]

All of North America was part of Oceania.

[Truean]

Finally saw taped presidential debate.... (First one).

PBS was the clear loser. Fox News was the clear winner. The people at Fox News must've looked at each other and finally said, "We can report this one pretty much exactly as it happened." It's entirely possible Obama may have been asleep.

Also this, apparently:


Big bird? Really? The guy took a swipe at Big Bird.... I mean there's low hanging fruit and then there's whatever the hell that was....

No more subsidy to PBS... really? I mean, people actually voluntarily donate to PBS (those telethon things), so is it really that much of a drain?

[scriver]

All of North America was part of Oceania.

I would link you to CompletelyMissingThePoint, but it's bad manners to expose people to tvTropes