FEMA Stages Fake News Conference on Wildfires...

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  1. Xerafin

    Xerafin Unmoderated & off-center

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    Wag the Dog anyone? :jayzus:
  2. Elwood

    Elwood I know what I'm about, son.

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    No one, anywhere in the decision making process, thought this might be a bad idea? This is the same sort of people you want managing your health care?

    Oh lawd. :lol:
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  3. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    :shock: JTDC -! :jayzus:
  4. Xerafin

    Xerafin Unmoderated & off-center

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    Because accountants determining whether you should be eligible for a procedure or medicine is a better way? :marathon:
  5. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    I dunno. I can't think of anyone who wants FEMA in charge of their healthcare. :shrug:
  6. Dan Leach

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    What Elwood said. :rotfl:
  8. Forbin

    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    I'm not so sure I want them in charge of ANYthing!
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  9. Ramen

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  10. Tex

    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    Where is this happening?
  11. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Do you have health insurance?
  12. Tex

    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    Yes. Because of my superior genetics I haven't had to use it though.
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  13. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    In the event you ever need anything other than the occasional check-up, you'll learn just how much the accountants and the actuaries think you're worth, no matter how much you pay in premiums.
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  14. evenflow

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    And government accountants would be different how?
  15. Tex

    Tex Forge or die. Administrator Formerly Important

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    Well you don't have to convince me to hate insurance companies. I started hating all of them equally when my car got hit by an illegal alien, I had full coverage and it still took me over 3 months for them to finally pay for the damages. They knew it wasn't my fault and even though the illegal had no insurance they still wanted his insurance company to pay for it. So I had never had any incident at all and had always paid my premiums in full and on time, but when it came down to it, they didn't want to do their part.
  16. garamet

    garamet "The whole world is watching."

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    Health insurance is not all that different. Except when it's even more arbitrary.
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    What an incredibly stupid thing to do.
  18. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    I mean really...who runs this shit? Who pulls the strings to even attempt something like this? FEMA has to be trying to fuck things up. FEMA must be some fake organization just to deduct off someone's taxes or something. It's amazing.
  19. Chuck

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    Only the Bush administration is stupid enough to not learn its lesson from Hurricane Katrina. :jayzus:
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    Spaceturkey i can see my house

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    Not concerned with saving money so much as growing budgets?
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    Is this one of those things you have to see to get? Because I'm not feeling 'give a fuck'. Seeing how everyone thinks it's bad, I know I should, but...
  23. Marso

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    Even more disconcerting is the way we all take this news in stride. It doesn't even make us bat an eyelash- what does that say about our government?
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  24. CaptainChewbacca

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    Did you miss how it was the White House that called FEMA on this crap?
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    Who knew that FEMA were call letters? :huh:
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    It was a really dumb move by appointees. These are people who serve at the President pleasure much like the appointees in the US Attorney's office. Does anyone think that if these people are fired the Congress will put on the same tap dance they did with other appointees who have been released?
  27. Harmon Bokai

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    I blame Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and Harry Reid.

    Hey, we might as wel get it out of the way.:lol:
  28. Bobcat

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    Just because you chose a lousy insurance company doesn't mean they're all bad. When someone ran into my wife's car at 5:30 PM on a Friday, the car was at the bodyshop the next business day, and was completely fixed in about 7 business days. No insurance adjuster ever looked at it, I only had to write a check for the deducible, and, in the end, it didn't cost us a penny, since the insurance company recovered the entire deductible from the other guy. Towing was also covered.
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    That's the thing about private insurance, you have choice. Numerous options and the power to go elsewhere if you have a bad experience.
  30. K.

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    Just like here then. :techman: