'Out Of Gas'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I just got an e-mail about the happening event this weekend in San Francisco: Sneaker Pimps.
Sneaker Pimps is the world's largest sneaker exhibition - featuring over 1500 pairs of rare, limited, artist customized sneakers on display.
Turtle would go nuts.
what exactly does this mean, the "sign of the feminine"
What Frank said. I think the college was looking at phenomena like, for example, "dumb blonde" jokes that are rarely told about men.
A right versus a privilege isn't really referring to privileged people; it's more of a legal concept. For example, freedom of speech is a right granted by the Constitution. Driving a car is a privilege, i.e., something you have to be licensed for and meet certain criteria like insurance. You have no inherent right to drive.
Health care is considered a right under the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the U.S. is not exactly a shining star in meeting those.
(Please jump in any time, lawistas.)
Five Myths about Health Care in the Rest of the World: [link]
what exactly does this mean, the "sign of the feminine"
It means that the course designer has gotten too involved in stupidity.
It means that the course designer has gotten too involved in stupidity.
An unfortunate side-effect of studying stupidity....
Heh - I listened to a lecture once by a TA who was doing their thesis on boredom. I almost fell asleep...
They misspelled Beavis in there, too:
Beevis and Butthead
A right versus a privilege isn't really referring to privileged people; it's more of a legal concept. For example, freedom of speech is a right granted by the Constitution. Driving a car is a privilege, i.e., something you have to be licensed for and meet certain criteria like insurance. You have no inherent right to drive.
Ginger, thank you. I think this is the way I was interpreting it.
Five Myths about Health Care in the Rest of the World
I keep reading articles like this and keep wondering why so many people are opposed to health care reform.
Who in the US doesn't have to wait weeks or months for non-emergency care?? And hours for (non heart attack, non bleeding) emergency care???
And who in the US has more than a limited number of choices of provider (assuming they don't have unlimited funds)?????
Grrr.
DH takes aciphex. And his double dose was approved. However, with our new insurance, 3 of my drugs got a no. I wonder how long I get to go with out them.
I do not consider health care/insurance a right or a privilege. It is a practical matter. If every one has healthcare/insurance and the ability to stay home when they are sick -- CEO's don't get sick because the office cleaner is sick, less disease is spread through work places, and less productivity is lost because of the flu sweeping through an office.
Who in the US doesn't have to wait weeks or months for non-emergency care??
Well, Dick Cheney has a wing named after him in the hospital where my Mom works. I don't think he has to wait for appointments.