tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post2611013570209265741..comments2023-04-13T06:10:36.815-05:00Comments on The Car Whisperer: I've stopped (health) caring...brianfmorrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11808001803846402606noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post-60134362031211243912009-08-11T13:01:03.543-05:002009-08-11T13:01:03.543-05:00Ha! Yes, that's the term NPR used on Sunday!Ha! Yes, that's the term NPR used on Sunday!brianfmorrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808001803846402606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post-66993765438081528392009-08-11T12:51:24.440-05:002009-08-11T12:51:24.440-05:00I believe artificially created "not grass-roo...I believe artificially created "not grass-roots" inititaves are referred to as "astroturfing".<br /><br />The real issue at hand here is that we're a bunch of entitled assholes in this country. People expect to get more out of insurance than they pay in - they feel like they need to "cash in" when they have an opportunity. It just doesn't work that way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07460873096344560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post-35568008871251167392009-08-11T09:24:53.990-05:002009-08-11T09:24:53.990-05:00How in the hell would you ever think that I buy in...How in the hell would you ever think that I buy into one iota of the garbage that Fox is spewing these days from what I write in this space?<br /><br />Just because someone doesn't parrot the Obama or Moveon.org party line doesn't make them Right-wing-Fox-viewing-Dittoheads.brianfmorrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808001803846402606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post-50677547040079602872009-08-11T09:19:13.807-05:002009-08-11T09:19:13.807-05:00Yeah, I know what a union is, and I'm probably...Yeah, I know what a union is, and I'm probably the most pro-union person I know.<br /><br />Until they start staging "protests" (not-grass roots) to counter act the staged "protests" (also not grass-roots) the Fox news crowd is buying into. <br /><br />I think you're the one drinking the Kool-aid (just a different flavor) if you think this "reform" that is just being retrofitted to our country's abysmal state of health is going to do ANY good.brianfmorrisseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808001803846402606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364313704748404381.post-70837578355464418812009-08-11T08:53:14.853-05:002009-08-11T08:53:14.853-05:00Do you even know what a union is? If an organizat...Do you even know what a union is? If an organization that's funded 100% by working people with no corporate/outside funding and democratically elected leadership isn't grassroots, what is? Way to drink their "fair and balanced" kool-aid.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12444939635679442199noreply@blogger.com