tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post5635914385588211217..comments2023-07-06T08:47:49.421-05:00Comments on Leavenworth Street - the talk of Nebraska politics: MJ on EBNStreet Sweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04829434036913451764noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-67806771022274542492009-12-15T21:46:09.480-06:002009-12-15T21:46:09.480-06:00Ben Nelson is not going to get re-elected in 2012 ...Ben Nelson is not going to get re-elected in 2012 anyway. After this Dem controlled congress has behaved like a drunken sailor with a check book all year Nebraskans wont elect another Dem for a long time. Trust me... I live there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-63562287652281118992009-12-15T00:55:00.430-06:002009-12-15T00:55:00.430-06:00The Dems won because it was shortly after all the ...The Dems won because it was shortly after all the hard work for the 2008 elections. You can thank the Obama campaign and the coordinated campaign they were part of with the NDP, including those involved at the party at the time. If you hadn't had that, you would have lost the city elections. <br /><br />With that, if the NDP was in such great shape, why are they broke all the sudden and can&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-64007986012038753102009-12-14T22:06:42.753-06:002009-12-14T22:06:42.753-06:00Anyone who doesn't think that Vic Covalt and J...Anyone who doesn't think that Vic Covalt and Jim Rogers have put together a winning NDP must be completely oblivious to the spring city elections. The Democrats made a clean sweep and now control the city council and mayor's office in the two largest cities. Instead of Mark Fahleson admitting that he misjudged the races he said the losses were "candidate specific" and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-40395480407870918242009-12-14T12:51:19.534-06:002009-12-14T12:51:19.534-06:00Anon 11:27--thanks for the FEC info. I wonder if ...Anon 11:27--thanks for the FEC info. I wonder if the $4,000/mnth is only part of Rogers' salary atributable to federal activities. If so, is Rogers making $6k or $7k/mnth? For what...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-21313649058118419842009-12-14T11:27:25.651-06:002009-12-14T11:27:25.651-06:00@10:25PM - Ben Nelson is so bad he's got a 60%...@10:25PM - Ben Nelson is so bad he's got a 60% approval rating, same level as the governor, in a liberal-ran poll. And there are a lot of people who have walked away from the party and stopped contributing, including a lot of big dollar donors, and it had everything to do with the current leadership and their incompetence. Where is the candidate for Governor? Nobody wants to run in a party Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-34611737884184959892009-12-14T10:38:26.654-06:002009-12-14T10:38:26.654-06:00BTO:
The paper is "Cancer survival in five c...BTO:<br /><br />The paper is "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study (CONCORD)", authors Coleman et al, Lancet Oncol 2008; 9: 730–56.<br /><br />When I retrieved it, it was open source. <br /><br />The US scored higher than almost every other country in the developed world on all four kinds of cancer studied. Canada was below the US on all four, but neverRight Wing Professorhttp://homepage.mac.com/gerardharbison/blog/RWP_blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-72379305387067327202009-12-14T07:30:44.908-06:002009-12-14T07:30:44.908-06:00Maybe the front office at NDP will get the message...Maybe the front office at NDP will get the message if people withhold contributions for a while. Just a thought--they need a reality check of how angry people in the field are at NDP operations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-82370385370945905462009-12-14T07:14:56.562-06:002009-12-14T07:14:56.562-06:00Anon 10:16--thanks for the info. It seems to me t...Anon 10:16--thanks for the info. It seems to me that even $4k/month is too much for what the NDP is getting from Rogers. I mean, jeez, they can't even scrounge up one no-name candidate? Embarassing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-91333363529277814442009-12-13T22:25:43.447-06:002009-12-13T22:25:43.447-06:00As long as Ben Nelson is running the show the Nebr...As long as Ben Nelson is running the show the Nebraska Democratic Party will always be broke. No one will contribute to it if they think a dime of their donation might help him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-63248024614695172582009-12-13T22:16:20.817-06:002009-12-13T22:16:20.817-06:00A study a few months ago showed the US has good ca...A study a few months ago showed the US has good cancer survival rates.....if you have insurance. If you don't, it's down to around 40-50%. So only if you can pay for it can you get treatment. Otherwise, they want you to die quickly. <br /><br />As for the Dems, Jim Rogers is paid over $4000 a month and the party is broke. Go figure. <br /><br />I hate both Republicans and Democrats, by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-3484166648177489232009-12-13T18:59:44.500-06:002009-12-13T18:59:44.500-06:00It's laughable for some to think that giving h...It's laughable for some to think that giving health care away for free will do anything but escalate the total cost. The only way to control the cost of health care in this country is to control demand. The only way to control demand is to make everyone pay something for each service received.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-44807279515019953702009-12-13T17:15:00.502-06:002009-12-13T17:15:00.502-06:00Rats jumping from the ship
Maybe that's what ...Rats jumping from the ship<br /><br />Maybe that's what will start to happen w/the D's if the CBO ###s on the latest Senate idea are as bad as some think. <br /><br />We'll know more Mon/Tues <br /><br />Throw 'em a liferaft BTO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-59599872851706343572009-12-13T16:19:31.195-06:002009-12-13T16:19:31.195-06:00the only thing I hear Julie Schmidt Albin talking ...the only thing I hear Julie Schmidt Albin talking about as "PRO" life is my uterus and the fetus that may or may not come out of it. I never hear about the man's contribution to this life or for that fact do I ever hear her advocate for seniors as part of the life cycle. Nursing homes are <br />corporately owned that are full of abuse, neglect and negligence. How PRO is that life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-65745339697501710832009-12-13T09:37:10.985-06:002009-12-13T09:37:10.985-06:00Too bad, Too Bad, but just asserting that "it...Too bad, Too Bad, but just asserting that "it works" doesn't make it so. I asked specifically how this whole "health care is a right" thing works in real life and no one is either willing or able to give me an answer beyond something that they saw on a bumper sticker. It doesn't work in other countries without rationing as evidenced by what's going on in Canada, macdaddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-35179877413906073762009-12-12T22:05:07.386-06:002009-12-12T22:05:07.386-06:00@ Uncle Wiggily 6:02: Really?
Why not treat medi...@ Uncle Wiggily 6:02: Really?<br /><br />Why not treat medicine as a professional service. . . You don't have to produce a valid credit card when you call the fire department, for instance. It works in the real world, macdaddy. Cancer mortality rates notwithstanding, there is no way citizens of nations w/national health care would switch to the United States' system of disease care. Too Badnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-58465075974366098482009-12-12T21:43:13.428-06:002009-12-12T21:43:13.428-06:00RWP,
I'll look 'em up, as I always do (da...RWP,<br /><br />I'll look 'em up, as I always do (damn, this politics stuff is taking up too much of my life). While you're at it, see if you've got anything on France.<br /><br />By the way, my cousins that live in Canada disagree with all those that say their health care system sucks. But then, what do they know? They don't listen to Limpballs and Beck.Brian T. Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384414832064812064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-41567824577742428922009-12-12T21:30:19.920-06:002009-12-12T21:30:19.920-06:00BTO:
Eurocare has consistently shown far lower ca...BTO:<br /><br />Eurocare has consistently shown far lower cancer survival rates for the UK than for the rest of the developed world. The British are acutely aware of and concerned about it. When I get to my office on Monday, I can post peer reviewed studies on it. But if I post the references, will you look them up?<br /><br />If you want to take a stand on socialized medicine, use Canada, which Right Wing Professorhttp://homepage.mac.com/gerardharbison/blog/RWP_blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-28413920120343703342009-12-12T17:36:06.151-06:002009-12-12T17:36:06.151-06:00Did anyone hear Vic Covalt retired?Did anyone hear Vic Covalt retired?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-59875988524412520222009-12-12T16:03:54.746-06:002009-12-12T16:03:54.746-06:00A4:03,
How much do YOU make? And for what?A4:03,<br />How much do YOU make? And for what?Brian T. Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384414832064812064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-59324977284800637702009-12-12T16:03:07.041-06:002009-12-12T16:03:07.041-06:00How much does NDP pay Jim Rogers... and the questi...How much does NDP pay Jim Rogers... and the question is, for what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-4727254313022497392009-12-12T15:45:07.660-06:002009-12-12T15:45:07.660-06:00Anony 3;10/3:12,
You need to get some new material...Anony 3;10/3:12,<br />You need to get some new material. Telling the punch line the same tired joke over and over and over and over and ... gets old.<br />We got it the first time.Brian T. Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384414832064812064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-8549398911399991862009-12-12T15:12:23.269-06:002009-12-12T15:12:23.269-06:00Question...
Does anyone here know if either polit...Question...<br /><br />Does anyone here know if either political party entered an election year w/out an announced candidate for Gov, LT Gov, Treas., AG or Auditor? <br /><br />Has this ever happened before--or has the NDP just cratered? Nice to see all of the residual effects of Obamamania...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-91608748471270548182009-12-12T15:10:03.575-06:002009-12-12T15:10:03.575-06:00BTO--glad to see you are posting on this fine Satu...BTO--glad to see you are posting on this fine Saturday!<br /><br />How'd you guys do this week in recruting a Dem candidate for Gov?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-41019911932986457182009-12-12T15:08:36.575-06:002009-12-12T15:08:36.575-06:00Anon 6:46--pls check the facts.
The CSMS report o...Anon 6:46--pls check the facts.<br /><br />The CSMS report on the Sen. bill concludes it would spend $234 bil. more than current law over 10 years.<br /><br />Your Dem. plan doesn't bend the cost curve--it actually increases costs above current policies. <br /><br />Medicare is cut $500 billion to fund a portion of it. $400 bil. in taxes are also raised.<br /><br />I'm glad Tom White Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21100730.post-89333280162693935052009-12-12T14:59:56.471-06:002009-12-12T14:59:56.471-06:00Ah, yes, the U K Telegraph. Isn't that the pap...Ah, yes, the U K Telegraph. Isn't that the paper that recently published the unbelievably wrong information about global warming? And Dick Morris, go back to sucking toes and quit polluting the news media.Brian T. Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384414832064812064noreply@blogger.com