Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Russ Carroll said:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/post-obamacare-preview-in-colorado-1477091912

"Democrats are already looking beyond ObamaCare’s slow-motion failure, and Colorado is showing where many want to go next: Premiums across the state are set to rise 20.4% on average next year, and some have concluded that the solution is more central planning and taxation. Voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether to try the single-payer scheme that blew up in Vermont.

Amendment 69 would alter the state’s constitution to create a single-payer health system known as ColoradoCare. The idea is to replace premiums with tax dollars, and coverage for residents will allegedly include prescription drugs, hospitalization and more. Paying for this entitlement requires a cool $25 billion tax increase, which is about equal to the state’s $27 billion budget. Colorado would introduce a 10% payroll tax and also hit investment income, and that’s for starters. California would look like the Cayman Islands by tax comparison."

Darian Rachal said:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5195319973001/?#sp=show-clips

Rod Kaufman said:

This is awful:
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2016/11/19/gold-star-family-booed-on-flight-orig-vstan-aa.cnn

Rod Kaufman said:

How bad does it have to get?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/

Rod Kaufman said:

How bad does it have to get?
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/richard-spencer-speech-npi/508379/

David Cotterell said:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/castro-death-celebration-sorrow-1.3869258?cmp=rss

A giant political figure, whether you were for him or against him. Part brutal dictator and part benevolent grandfather figure....

Dave

Rod Kaufman said:

In one breath, the recount, according to Trump, is a scam while, at the same time, we heard him claiming the election was rigged, unless, of course, he won. Now, he falsely claims, and his followers here and elsewhere, firmly believe that millions illegally voted so he lost the popular vote. The reality, of course, is Trump , as usual, is wrong. Not that it will change the beliefs of those in an alternate reality but the facts are:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-illegal-voting-clinton-231860

Rod Kaufman said:

That bogus 2 million illegal voter claim that Trump keeps tweeting...He got it from "InfoWars" the same site that has claimed 9-11 and the Boston marathon bombings were inside jobs from the US government along with the Apollo moon landing being a hoax. That where our president-elect gets his info. Oh, and he keeps missing the intelligence meetings and briefings he's supposed to be attending...

Russ Carroll said:

One of the greatest and most maligned assets we have in this country is found in the boardrooms of corporate American, particularly in their CEO's. These truly are some of the brightest and best that we have that many no nothing about, other than the sliming they receive routinely from the far left for political purposes.

I have served on a non-profit board with the former COO of IBM, and I was constantly in awe of this person. Not because of his former title and success, but because of his brilliant mind, unassuming personality, willingness to work with others, and truly caring about helping people from all walks of life, becoming a champion of science literacy and education.

A good deal of the quality of life and prosperity that we enjoy has been fueled by a myriad of companies led by these CEO's, from Apple to Zenith. I'm glad to see some make the enormous personal and financial sacrifice of stepping down to try and serve our country. I wish them well.

All have the common problem we all have - a human nature that can fail us all. Each of us are vulnerable to that. Many, if not most, are caring people willing to get their hands dirty to improve the lives of others while doing a difficult job. Few that I have met or know of are bad apples - it is just the opposite.