Alaska Darin Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Do you wear a tiara when you go full drama queen like that? C'mon, the squirrel finally found a nut and you're going to smack him for it? Regardless of your politics, that's pretty funny.
3rdnlng Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 yall really need to consider listening to npr on your morning commute. Did you see my subsequent post #34 in this thread?
Smears Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Wonder how many people with alot of life left were passed up so Dick Cheney can live another 5 years?? Does anyone else find this disturbing?? Ive read that there is no favoritism in the process for donor recipients. Yet, this sure looks that way.
birdog1960 Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 LOL.........you really need to investigate several sources. Not just NPR. . i do. i listen to the fascist radio guys when i need a good laugh or just need to get fired up. but i've yet to hear them interview a transplant medical director from a major national program, a transplant surgeon from wash u, a cardiologist from northwestern and a bioethicist from georgetown separately or together in any show. rarely do they interview anyone with these types of credentials in any field. and who else does besides pbs and npr? maybe if they could get over their envy and outright hostility to academics and intellectuals, they might learn something. but i won't hold my breath. they'll just keep interviewing other "experts" on conservative philosophy. Wonder how many people with alot of life left were passed up so Dick Cheney can live another 5 years?? Does anyone else find this disturbing?? Ive read that there is no favoritism in the process for donor recipients. Yet, this sure looks that way. this pales in comparison to the flu pandemic threat a couple years ago when goldman sachs execs got vaccine while pregnant women and babies couldn't. it helped then to have some ties to the vaccine manufacturers. think that could happen again?
3rdnlng Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 i do. i listen to the fascist radio guys when i need a good laugh or just need to get fired up. but i've yet to hear them interview a transplant medical director from a major national program, a transplant surgeon from wash u, a cardiologist from northwestern and a bioethicist from georgetown separately or together in any show. rarely do they interview anyone with these types of credentials in any field. and who else does besides pbs and npr? maybe if they could get over their envy and outright hostility to academics and intellectuals, they might learn something. but i won't hold my breath. they'll just keep interviewing other "experts" on conservative philosophy. Again, did you see my post #34 of this thread and did you read the article?
IDBillzFan Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 maybe if they could get over their envy and outright hostility to academics and intellectuals, they might learn something. That'll happen right after academics and intellectuals stop trying to convince the world it must heed their voices simply and exclusively because they're "academics" and "intellectuals." I'm reminded of the Scarecrow, who learned that he could never have a brain until he had the one thing that all smart people had: a diploma. And that, of course, made him instantly smart. Academics and intellectuals. Jesus.
GG Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Academics and intellectuals. Jesus. The only time I've seen academics and intellectuals accomplish something tangible was opening a wine bottle at a party.
birdog1960 Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 Again, did you see my post #34 of this thread and did you read the article? um, yes? he was older than the usual cutoff. he was on the waiting list longer than usual. the usual cutoff is 65. he's had multiple cardiac procedures and diagnoses at age 71 including diffuse coronary artery disease...and the conclusion that the surgeon made was "he must of taken good care of himself"? that all other organ systems functioned at a normal level? another conclusion might be that he didn't and they don't but he's dick cheney. none of us know but we are told that 65 is the usual cutoff in 2 separate article (reuters ). i don't see the conflict in the 2 articles except that there is more than 1 hypothesis to explain cheney getting a heart. given his age and history, i'll take the odds on him being dick cheney as the reason. Academics and intellectuals. Jesus. if you need a transplant and you don't want to associate with them, than he's the only one who would be able to help.
....lybob Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 I do find it ironic that Liberals like to think of themselves as compassionate, egalitarian, tolerant... as opposed to Conservatives.... until it is time to be compassionate, egalitarian and intolerant... As people typed those comments, did they think for one iota "uh oh, I am becoming the very person I like to think I rally against?" Empathy and Compassion does not require an accpetable name on the donor list.... Oh great, the guy who wept for Sauron is on our side.
birdog1960 Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 the very picture of health! didn't really need the link to diagnose obesity, did we?
Alaska Darin Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 if you need a transplant and you don't want to associate with them, than he's the only one who would be able to help. I'm sure academics and intellectuals know the difference between "than" and "then".
GG Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 if you need a transplant and you don't want to associate with them, than he's the only one who would be able to help. If that's your definition of academics & intellectuals, say hi to the Goldman Sachs bankers too then.
birdog1960 Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 If that's your definition of academics & intellectuals, say hi to the Goldman Sachs bankers too then. really? how many of them are based at university centers or carry professor titles? I'm sure academics and intellectuals know the difference between "than" and "then". one of the attributes is seeing the forest from the trees.
DC Tom Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 maybe if they could get over their envy and outright hostility to academics and intellectuals They hate your priesthood, you hate theirs. So it goes.
GG Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 really? how many of them are based at university centers or carry professor titles? So an intellectual has to be based in a university & have a professor title? Any other qualifiers?
birdog1960 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 They hate your priesthood, you hate theirs. So it goes. fair enough...and where would civilization be if their priests never existed? mine?
Alaska Darin Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 So an intellectual has to be based in a university & have a professor title? Any other qualifiers? Community organizer, probably.
birdog1960 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) So an intellectual has to be based in a university & have a professor title? Any other qualifiers? you equated transplant surgeons to traders. i illuminated some differences. Edited March 27, 2012 by birdog1960
Alaska Darin Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 one of the attributes is seeing the forest from the trees. I love when you self avowed intellectuals step all over your dicks in public. you equated transplant surgeons to traders. i illuminated some differences. Just like the 3 watt lightbulb on the perfectly sunny day that you are.
DC Tom Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 fair enough...and where would civilization be if their priests never existed? mine? I'm guessing that without your respective priesthoods, you'd each have to create one to validate your own incapacity for original thought.
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