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   HUMPHRIES said, 2 months ago

   Yes, let Lisa guide us all. Come along fine so far she has (sniker)

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   tpenna said, 2 months ago

   Thank you, ANandy. I had almost missed Lisa Benson’s subtle point until you explained it so clearly.

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   LibrarianInTraining said, 2 months ago

   Snake oil? More like repackaged poison. shudder I work in health care. The proposed bill sucks eggs.

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   BOB HASTY said, 2 months ago

   ANandy is a hateful, spiteful and shameless TERRORIST!!!
   Lost your lawn mower again?

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   senorbullwinkle said, 2 months ago

   Liebrarian, Your Claim is Denied !

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   charlie555 said, 2 months ago

   Succcinct!

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   1GoComics said, 2 months ago

   What a great use of symbolism !

   In the 1800’s, Hucksters sold Snake Oil as a cure for all things that ailed you - today the Democratic party is pushing the supposed Health Bill in the same way - claiming that it is the perfect “cure” for Health Reform !

   Those Huckster showmen of the 1800’s were succeeded in short order by the makers of proprietary medicines, many of whom adopted quack-style promotional methods while introducing new ones of their own.
   These vendors advertised widely—often with celebrity testimonials—publishing broadsides, posters, pamphlets, and manifestos to amplify their claims.

   Hence - now calling on the posthumous celebrity of Ted Kennedy as their new Label to mask the old claims and give it a sense of sentimental legitimacy.

   Nice try - but Snake Oil is still Snake Oil no matter how you repackage it.

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   Magnaut said, 2 months ago

   Good one …right on! Especially since ted put the Chappaquiddick clause in the Senate bill. Congress is exempt and on the surface. The bill only applies to us and Mary Jo whom we’ll meet under water.

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   HOWGOZIT said, 2 months ago

   How big is that rock you live under Hasty?

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    ReasonsVentriloquist said, 2 months ago

    1GoComics,

    What is funny about that to me is that under the Bush administration (I don’t know if it was due to legislation from the BAdmin of earlier but I do know we saw a huge jump in the participants) we saw the return of the snake pill salesman. (I just made that up.)

    Enzyte and all those “Male enhancement” pills are the new breed of snake oil hucksters. Snake oil salesmen were put out of business by regulation of the patent medicine business. They were put out of business by regulation of the “truth in advertising” (which Enzyte cleverly sidesteps by pretending to avoid saying what they mean so as to conform with decency laws).

    Of course the fact is that it isn’t an order they want from you, they aren’t interested in your money (but they’ll take 20 or 30 for a S&H fee) it’s your credit card number.

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    curiosity1 said, 2 months ago

    Heheheheh - the funny thing is that could just as easily be referring to private health insurance. The making of profit off the sale of goods that don’t cure you. Private health insurance doesn’t address illness. Hospitals and clinics address illness. All the insurance does is spread the cost - at an additional price.

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    fennec said, 2 months ago

    Magnaut, there is no “Chappaquiddick clause”. Look around the web at the check sites (e.g., fact check.org and snopes.com) and find out the real facts.

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    nospam4me said, 2 months ago

    If this was true, the snake oil bottle would really be Chivas Regal to honor His Drunkeness.

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    believecommonsense said, 2 months ago

    Librarian in Training, what provisions of the various bills floating around “suck eggs” in your opinion?

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    dtriedel said, 2 months ago

    Amazing.