Final Fantasy Hacktics

I wonder if I could save money by buying a bus ticket to Mexico.

Last year I was sent to the emergency room when a newb (but hot) bartender freaked and called the cops when I started barfing all over the bathroom.  For some reason, they decided to give me a CAT scan.  I owe that hospital about $3000.

$3000 dollars.

$600 for ambulance ride.
$1200 for CAT scan and various tests.
$1000 for emergency treatment.
$200 for an IV and a barf bucket.

Of course, I'm not paying it, so I don't know why I'm still pissed off.  Oh yeah, because that $3000 dollars ruined my credit score, so I can't get a payment plan for getting a shattered tooth pulled.

Anybody who thinks I'm a piece of shit for not attempting to pay never worked for minimum wage.

So, as it stands, I now have:

1.  A bunch of suspect looking moles on my body which I can't afford to get biopsied,

2.  A shattered tooth (now I know the meaning of Raging Ache),

3.  A botched 8 year old hiatial (misspelled?) hernia repair which feels like it's going to give whenever I rake sand traps, and

4. Absolutely no way of getting any of this fixed, or even half-assed fixed so I can neglect it for a few more years.


Does anyone else get the feeling that all the poor people are being pushed out of the U.S.?  No, fuck that, all the poor and middle class?  'Cause the middle class are the ones being fucked hardest by this.  I don't care if I Non-Pay the fucking hospital, because I have nothing to lose, being poor as hell already; but if a guy with one of those mortgages with the rates that change (fluctuating rates?) Non-Pays the hospital, his credit rating drops and, if I'm not mistaken, his interest rate goes up.

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God damn you Candians and your soshulized health care!
*jealousy*

Let's hope and pray that Obama steps up to the plate and gets something passed... And let's hope the Republicans all fall off the face of the Earth! Worthless whores to the corporations... they've corrupted the minds of the American people with fear for far too long! Unfortunately the Democrats aren't really defending themselves...

Obama's reform is identical to the UK's National Health Service's scheme.

Good on paper until you consider health service expenditure outweighs the taxes put into healthcare.

My dad was told by a dentist he had to redo the old treatement he had, but then he ''accidently'' destroyed the tooth out, and my dad now has to pay about 3000$ for a NERVE AND TOOTH REPAIR. Meanwhile, he suffers like fuck.

Quote from: "LastingDawn"Let's hope and pray that Obama steps up to the plate and gets something passed... And let's hope the Republicans all fall off the face of the Earth! Worthless whores to the corporations... they've corrupted the minds of the American people with fear for far too long! Unfortunately the Democrats aren't really defending themselves...

Wow, I never thought I'd see you make such a black and white statement.  There's both good and bad in both parties, and anyone who fails to admit that is either a liar or a fool.

Do you have to pull a tooth or a root? How shattered is it? I ask because most dentists in Miami will pull a root and sew up the hole for like $50 - $60.

Just strap it to a door and have someone slam it.

It worked for your grandparents, it'll work for you.

I lol'd.

I live in Australia. Once, I had a CT Scan, Chest X-ray and Ultrasound done and it cost me a grand total of 180 dollars. Why would you get a mole biospied? Can't you just get it cut right out?

Quote3. A botched 8 year old hiatial (misspelled?) hernia repair which feels like it's going to give whenever I rake sand traps, and

Hiatal, and ouch just went into detail on those today in class.

QuoteLet's hope and pray that Obama steps up to the plate and gets something passed... And let's hope the Republicans all fall off the face of the Earth! Worthless whores to the corporations... they've corrupted the minds of the American people with fear for far too long! Unfortunately the Democrats aren't really defending themselves...

Way to go LD. I think it is nice that Republucans have morals and beliefs. The problem is those morals and beliefs are fucked up. If their ideas and jibber jabber made any since at all, I would have no problem with them. I am an outspoken Democrat(very liberal), my best friend however is a mid ranged Republican. He is very religious yet his political ideas are at least respectable. The party seems to be shuffling towards the right turning most Elephants into Donkeys. A daunting change I know, but it is happening. That is also why the Democrats majority is split. Once upon a time a good few of them where not Democratic at all.

EDIT: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200909 ... tico/26970

This is a good article for looking at Republican political antics.

Just shout "You lie!" and hope people agree.

QuoteI live in Australia. Once, I had a CT Scan, Chest X-ray and Ultrasound done and it cost me a grand total of 180 dollars. Why would you get a mole biospied? Can't you just get it cut right out?

The biopsy would be to see if it is malignant or not. Even if you cut out a malignant mole the underlying problem is still there.


Hope you can work things out DitRtA.

What i mean is, if you show up at the doctor here and ask about a mole, they'll probably just whip the thing off regardless. Then they look at it to see if there was any malignancy.

I'm not sure how the procedure goes. Either way you get the same result. I like your method better though.

Bush totally fucked over America.

On topic, it's crazy for a country like America to not have free health care.

I'm not sure I could ever take a knife and cut something like a mole out of me :X

Then again, I did remove one of my own warts... burned it out with a paper-clip thin rod of metal and a flame to heat it with. That didn't really hurt though.

Unless they're really big, moles and skin tabs don't really hurt much when removed either by fire or ice. Using a blade stings a bit.

I tried to cut a mole off that was growing on the side of my... torso?  Hip?  Anyways, I ended up just getting a pair of pliers and ripping it off.

I'm not particularly bothered by the sight of my own blood, but being both the cutter and the cutee is not something I can do.

Something that always bothered me...
Has anyone noticed that the Republican party seemingly has the same platform as other conservative religious political groups, even though their goal is the destruction of those supposedly opposing groups?

There's the conservative Christian Republicans here in the USA,
The Taleban and it's cousins throughout the Muslim and Arab world,
There's some party in India terrorizing animists, who aren't even Hindu to begin with, who convert to Christianity,
There's the Neo-Confucian movement in ancient China I think Lasting Dawn mentioned once,

All these groups want to get and keep power, supposedly for the good of their consituents, by any means they can get away with.

Every last one of these groups opposes education.  Here, and throughout the Muslim world, it's the anti-evolution schtick.  I don't know what they oppose in India, but I do know they're more interested in what young people, especially young women, are doing, saying, and wearing, than they are in getting these kids an education or a career.

They are all opposed to any sort of women's liberation.  Say what you will about the abortion debate, but unless you adobt a kid yourself or you are a women, you have no right to an opinion.  (getting off topic...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
The mathematician who developed codebreaking tools to defeat the Nazi's Enigma, was persecuted by his own country for being gay.

Anyways, the same image/idea keeps popping up.  In FFT, it was the Glabodos Church, which made a deal with the devil and committed every crime we have a name for to sieze power.

Archetype!  That's what I was looking for.

Rush Limbaugh said something like, "maybe we (the republican party) should fight the Democrats like insurgents" a few months ago.  Mayb the best response is to consider this a counter-insurgency...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-insurgency
1. Identify the enemy and its reasons for existence.
2. Co-ordinate the resources and personnel of all sections of the establishment against it.
3. Contain the enemy and wear it down tactically.
4. Isolate and frustrate it in every way, politically and militarily.
5. Destroy it.


1. Identify the enemy and the reasons for it's existence?
Who is fighting health care reform in the United States of America and why are they doing this?  Who and what is supporting them?

Help me answer these questions.  Even if this is just a thought exercise, it will make me feel better, at least.

Also, I bet my left testicle that guy from South Carolina who said, "You lie!", to Obama when he was giving that speech is getting campaign funds from lobbyists for HMO's.  I think they are the enemy, and they are using the Republican Party to frustrate Obama and to muddy the issue.

BTW, I'm not trying to be Obama's or the Democrat's personal army here.  I just wanna do something besides sit here and bitch about my life.

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lol, I just keep making these fucking speeches...

Quote from: "death is the road to awe"Also, I bet my left testicle that guy from South Carolina who said, "You lie!", to Obama when he was giving that speech is getting campaign funds from lobbyists for HMO's.

Actually his political future is in question. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that what he did was not only completely stupid, but that is was also political suicide.

I don't care whether he is white or black. The President is the President dammit. If your gonna stand behind something at least stand behind your leader, or you make the whole country look like a bunch of fucktards.

Even in the worst parts of his Presidency I was willing to support George W. Bush as our leader even if I didn't agree with his agenda. No if I, a Democrat, can support Bush throughout that entire mess why can't people except Obama. It's 9 fucking months into his term and people still question his birth status. Give it a break, this is the U.S. government we're talking about. I'm sure they did a very thorough investigation of his past, and if there was even a shadow of a doubt he would not have made it to the campaigning process.

EDIT: Sorry, bit of an off topic rant.

You ripped off your own mole? Shit dude. You know, if it's really that bad over there perhaps getting the fuck out of the country would be a good move

I'd hold off a bit on jumping ship to see how the health care bill goes.
After the bitch slap the Prez gave everyone in his address to congress I'm a bit more confident shit might get a bit better.

QuoteSomething that always bothered me...
Has anyone noticed that the Republican party seemingly has the same platform as other conservative religious political groups, even though their goal is the destruction of those supposedly opposing groups?

There's the conservative Christian Republicans here in the USA,
The Taleban and it's cousins throughout the Muslim and Arab world,
There's some party in India terrorizing animists, who aren't even Hindu to begin with, who convert to Christianity,
There's the Neo-Confucian movement in ancient China I think Lasting Dawn mentioned once,

All these groups want to get and keep power, supposedly for the good of their consituents, by any means they can get away with.

Hmm, well the Neo Confucianists aren't really trying to get any power, they aren't a religious institution, the times of Empire is long past, they're only teachings, there's no God, or gods, not even dieties, just the simple respect one owes to the their family. Due to time these lessons have been watered down, especially in the dealings with women and the discrimination of foreigners. In that respect Confucianism runs the opposite of Taoism, you know, the more I think about it, perhaps the two, Taoism and Confucianism, can be likened to Democrats and Republicans. The Taoist teachings are very loose and free, it is as simple as living with the earth, and doing good because it is good (nothing objective, just simple common sense such as feeding a starving person, sheltering the poor, the basics of human civility), no promise of heaven, Confucianism actually stresses the importance of education fully, it's flaws are mere points of outdated jibber-jabber that no longer exists in it's current form. So it's difficult to say what the Neo Confucianism brings to the table that is bad, really. As it has indoctrinated it's first female leader, it's obvious things are changing on that front.

QuoteEvery last one of these groups opposes education.  Here, and throughout the Muslim world, it's the anti-evolution schtick.  I don't know what they oppose in India, but I do know they're more interested in what young people, especially young women, are doing, saying, and wearing, than they are in getting these kids an education or a career.

They are all opposed to any sort of women's liberation.  Say what you will about the abortion debate, but unless you adobt a kid yourself or you are a women, you have no right to an opinion.  (getting off topic...)

Excluding the Confucianists (that can be more ascertained to a political party more so then a "religion"), that all seems pretty spot on Except the part on India, I knew a girl from India once, grew up there, had her full education there, she said the schooling was Worse over here then it is there, so they've made a lot of progress with that. I fully agree with you on a womans right to choose. People who oppose that simply can't see the truth that we have too many people on this planet as it is! We don't need more!

Quotehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

The mathematician who developed codebreaking tools to defeat the Nazi's Enigma, was persecuted by his own country for being gay.

Anyways, the same image/idea keeps popping up.  In FFT, it was the Glabodos Church, which made a deal with the devil and committed every crime we have a name for to sieze power.

Archetype!  That's what I was looking for.

Rush Limbaugh said something like, "maybe we (the republican party) should fight the Democrats like insurgents" a few months ago.  Mayb the best response is to consider this a counter-insurgency...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-insurgency
1. Identify the enemy and its reasons for existence.
2. Co-ordinate the resources and personnel of all sections of the establishment against it.
3. Contain the enemy and wear it down tactically.
4. Isolate and frustrate it in every way, politically and militarily.
5. Destroy it.

1. Identify the enemy and the reasons for it's existence?
Who is fighting health care reform in the United States of America and why are they doing this?  Who and what is supporting them?

Very astute questions.

1a. The people fighting Health Care is ironically the Health Care lobbyists themselves, they have bought off a Large number of Republicans and a portion of Democrats with funds to their election campaigns, as the saying goes, follow the money and you'll find the root. They have prevented true reform in this country for decades now, and they won't stop now.
The reason is obvious, they fear that any Health Care Reform will stop them from exploiting the very people who use their service, Especially if mandates are formed on allowing pre-existing conditions.

1b. The support is coming from within, at the top of all of these scare tactics at the end of the day it's the every day working man against the big pharmacueticals that want to keep everything the same, ripping off the nation as they go.

Quote2. Co-ordinate the resources and personnel of all sections of the establishment against it.

2. The current goal of the Republican Party, playing the puppets to the companies that have held dominion over us for decades now. This is what the month of August was about, they wanted to scare everyone into believing Death Panels, and many other absurd rhetoric that is Plainly not true.  I must question the President's reason for choosing those six for the "Gang of Six" I can see why he chose Snowe, she's been a very good rallying point so far to show an extent of bi-partisan attempts.

Max Baucus (Leader of the Gang of Six on the Democrats side) has received more then any other Democrat from the big companies, apparently on Capitol Hill he's known as the "Senator from K-Street", saying that his campaign contributions barely come from Montana.

Chuck Grassley, a "moderate" Republican who was a wolf in sheep's clothing. (He was a close friend of Ted Kennedy) He is the official leader of the Gang of Six. He celebrated with his constituents when end of life advising, being covered was taken out.  I suppose Obama was just fooled by his act...

They are using their Republican tools to their highest extent, they want this bill Killed, this will not only save their hides, but cause political suicide for Obama. Obama has taken a step up now though, so maybe there is some hope on the horizon.

Quote3. Contain the enemy and wear it down tactically.

Welcome to Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and Glenn Beck's role. They confuse and toy with the psyche of America with the lies and propaganda that they shout out, the misinformation they spread is just Enormous. They take one small thing and Explode it to the highest extreme, it has unfortunately gained traction... but Obama is back in full swing and has already denounced Death Panels, threats to Senior Citizens, etc.

Quote4. Isolate and frustrate it in every way, politically and militarily.

This has not occured, Obama and the Majority of the Democratic party has retained their cool, as long as they hold the moral high ground step 4 is impossible. Now if the Public Option debacle gets out of hand...

Quote5. Destroy it.

This will either be truly a second American Civil War, with (in reality this All comes down to race) White bigots against the rest of the Us.

Or it will be a weakening of power to an extent that the Republican puppets will have puppets of their own called the Democrats... Unfortunately we can see this starting to fulminate already... let's hope Obama's stance is strong enough.

QuoteHelp me answer these questions.  Even if this is just a thought exercise, it will make me feel better, at least.

Also, I bet my left testicle that guy from South Carolina who said, "You lie!", to Obama when he was giving that speech is getting campaign funds from lobbyists for HMO's.  I think they are the enemy, and they are using the Republican Party to frustrate Obama and to muddy the issue.

BTW, I'm not trying to be Obama's or the Democrat's personal army here.  I just wanna do something besides sit here and bitch about my life.

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lol, I just keep making these fucking speeches...

Oh but I am, haha! I am a raging Liberal, and will jump to their defense as much as I am able to. This was very enjoyable! It's great to see some thought invoking posts like this.