tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post5499845779063537501..comments2023-11-05T03:47:33.710-05:00Comments on Arcane Matters: I Can't Stop Thinking About All ThisJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01233972102418274980noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-44259601219089447902008-11-29T04:56:00.000-05:002008-11-29T04:56:00.000-05:00We have universal health care in Australia, and I ...We have universal health care in Australia, and I gotta say, the US health system looks pretty horrifying from the outside. I suppose we only get the sensational stories here, people turned away from emergency departments dying and teeth rotting out of their heads and so on. It does seem odd that the world's richest country can't afford something as basic as health. <BR/><BR/>Not implying it's perfect here. Log out of my own eye before mote in yours, and so forth.Stegetroniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881823966680751798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-30869866309510435432008-11-21T21:56:00.000-05:002008-11-21T21:56:00.000-05:00I couldn't have said it better myself!I couldn't have said it better myself!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318588491228591056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-37345660878244372232008-11-21T18:18:00.000-05:002008-11-21T18:18:00.000-05:00Hi- We used various jogger strollers this summer-...Hi- We used various jogger strollers this summer- depending on where we were. We never bought one. This thanksgiving moira's sister is bringing us one (don't know which type) from some closeout sale in Ohio. It's free...so will work.<BR/><BR/>I will say, the joggers we liked best were with the ones with a wheel that pivots. (---- not sure on spelling. <BR/><BR/>Getting out of the apartment, for me- is key. Jogger, non-jogger, I feel so much better going to central park, or on the river whenever possible. If I don't go out- we all go nuts. <BR/><BR/>Be happy to arrange a playdate for my partner AND children.EGGS IN THE APPLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273882799927573425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-34881819621863479682008-11-20T11:41:00.000-05:002008-11-20T11:41:00.000-05:00Hola. I believe in personal responsibility, AND f...Hola. I believe in personal responsibility, AND firmly believe corporate america pretty much sucks. There is soooo much blame to go around. And it's the schmucks like me who see their 401k go down the drain. Greed. Good old fashion greed (on all sides- wall street, auto types, and people who thought they could borrow 600k for a house while making 30k). I see it all day long.<BR/><BR/>I will teach our kids to get a great education, then run like hell to Vermont and make beaded jewelry or cheese or something for a living.<BR/><BR/>Like the Valco, but LOVE the fact my lovely partner after a year finally decided on a stroller. Love to have a meet up- i think she posted somewhere on your blog that she will be a stay at home mom starting January and is afraid of winter months in our jail like apartment. She is just another victim of our economy.EGGS IN THE APPLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273882799927573425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-14600557709227088712008-11-20T11:37:00.000-05:002008-11-20T11:37:00.000-05:00just had to respond to the "i'm a sinner in almost...just had to respond to the "i'm a sinner in almost every religion" comment... ya know, we're ALL sinners in almost every religion. heterosexuals who have sex before marriage (which is, like, um, almost all of us) are "sinners" in almost every religion. just for some effed up reason, society has decided to judge your "sin" (and i put sin in quote marks for what i hope is an obvious reason!) as worse. i'm sorry you have to deal with that (and yes, i know that my saying that means effectively nothing, but please take the sentiment for what it is).<BR/><BR/>i hope that that paragraph made sense.<BR/><BR/>also, about the economic situation, my 2 cents: socialist principles got us into this economic mess and the powers that be have somehow forgotten this and have decided that an economically socialist strategy (the bailout) is going to get us out of it. craziness. it's like taking a medication that makes you sick and switching to a new and slightly different medication that makes you sick as well. <BR/><BR/>i have gotten to the point where i think that "left", "right", "conservative" and "liberal" have lost ALL meaning. (the republicans the last eight years have certainly not governed in a hands-off, small-government sort of way, that is for sure.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988962265617663341.post-44329953695242203692008-11-20T09:51:00.000-05:002008-11-20T09:51:00.000-05:00See as I understand it, the taxes line up more lik...See as I understand it, the taxes line up more like when Clinton was in office. He had this country running like a well oiled machine.<BR/>I think it's the only way to bring us out of this financial HELL we've got ourselves in to.<BR/>Problem is greed all the way around. <BR/><BR/>Cute girls.<BR/><BR/>I caught the show. Wasn't it fantastic :) That Karen was a super star and had like 5 camera's on her. (you know, the camera adds 10 lbs)K J and the kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11768311213861195548noreply@blogger.com