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What does disability mean to you and who qualifies?

What does disability mean and who should get it?

  • who cares, it is unmanagable

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There is no "dumbing down" of US Army basic training. I'm sorry but the US army is better than it's ever been. It's a professional army with higher level of IQ and other measurements than it's ever had in it's history. There's no doubt Vietnam Era basic was harder but a lot Vietnam vets went from civilian to war.

:2rofll: When the U.S. Army came up with some weird idea that soldiers would never again engage the enemy in combat with in over 300 yards, and they ended known range marksmanship and no longer trained soldiers to hit and kill what they were aiming at. They got it wrong and still haven't got it right.

Have you ever read what the former Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Shoemaker said ? The Marine Corps has it right and the Army doesn't.

If you want to debate combat PTSD, start a thread.
 
ACA.. CLUE: a government takeover isn't.
why on gawd's green earth do any of you folks still believe that? I'll never be able to fully grasp how the left can continue to hoodwink people, guess some just wanna keep on believing no matter what facts are thrown in their faces?

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so is the sole intent of the ACA to git ever one on the insurance ?
even if they have to fine millions and cause premiums to rise to the point that millions more are forced onto government medical welfare programs like medicaid? Tell me oh wise one WTF is the REAL purpose of the ACA Bankrupt the nation, make ever one dependent on Obama? Give all of us free fentanyl lollipops instead of care? ? ?
 
why on gawd's green earth do any of you folks still believe that? I'll never be able to fully grasp how the left can continue to hoodwink people, guess some just wanna keep on believing no matter what facts are thrown in their faces?

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so is the sole intent of the ACA to git ever one on the insurance ?
even if they have to fine millions and cause premiums to rise to the point that millions more are forced onto government medical welfare programs like medicaid? Tell me oh wise one WTF is the REAL purpose of the ACA Bankrupt the nation, make ever one dependent on Obama? Give all of us free fentanyl lollipops instead of care? ? ?

How do I believe that? because I have actually researched the topic. It is something you might want to try, and from places that will tell you more than just what you want to hear.
 
They got it wrong and still haven't got it right.
if so its a good thing they've not had to face any real enemies in decades, Iraqis and Afghani's gave em a bit of trouble good thing they've not been up against anyone that can fight or has modern weapons. Lesbian Army Rangers & and lady Navy seals? I'm thinkin' there might be a problem there bud-dy
 
How do I believe that? because I have actually researched the topic. It is something you might want to try, and from places that will tell you more than just what you want to hear.
yes I need to drink the kool-aid I must realize the ACA is the greatest thing since sliced bread and all of us that know better are mis-informed So tell us all bout the socialized health care that will be better than Canada's or Britains' or Cubas' er sumthin'?
 
yes I need to drink the kool-aid I must realize the ACA is the greatest thing since sliced bread and all of us that know better are mis-informed So tell us all bout the socialized health care that will be better than Canada's or Britains' or Cubas' er sumthin'?

ACA is not solcialized health care, and I never made any of the claims you try and foist on me. Double fail. That was not even a nice try, that was sad and pathetic. Lame straw men do not a good debate tactic make.
 
ACA is not solcialized health care, and I never made any of the claims you try and foist on me. Double fail. That was not even a nice try, that was sad and pathetic. Lame straw men do not a good debate tactic make.
yes me and the half of the United States population that are against this unconstitutional monstrosity not to mention the millions upon millions that will be fined as a result of failing to comply with this silly assed thing we are all woefully misinformed

so tell me

how was your experience when you signed up at the exchange?
 
if so its a good thing they've not had to face any real enemies in decades, Iraqis and Afghani's gave em a bit of trouble good thing they've not been up against anyone that can fight or has modern weapons. Lesbian Army Rangers & and lady Navy seals? I'm thinkin' there might be a problem there bud-dy


Tell that to Army Captain Will Swenson who just received the Medal Of Honor for a battle at Ganjgal Valley in Kunar Province on Sept. 2009. Five American Soldiers were killed and 10 Afghan's, while they took heavy fire for 7 hours, with no air or artillery support. He repeatedly rescued several of his men under direct fire from an overwhelming, well armed force that at one point got within grenade throwing distance.
 
Tell that to Army Captain Will Swenson who just received the Medal Of Honor for a battle at Ganjgal Valley in Kunar Province on Sept. 2009. Five American Soldiers were killed and 10 Afghan's, while they took heavy fire for 7 hours, with no air or artillery support. He repeatedly rescued several of his men under direct fire from an overwhelming, well armed force that at one point got within grenade throwing distance.

I know all about it, and your point?

if they'd faced a real enemy there would have been no survivors?
the vietcong were more of a foe than the rag tag afghanis'?
We've not been in a real war since WWII
 
yes me and the half of the United States population that are against this unconstitutional monstrosity not to mention the millions upon millions that will be fined as a result of failing to comply with this silly assed thing we are all woefully misinformed

so tell me

how was your experience when you signed up at the exchange?

So now you are trying to claim because alot of people are against it, it is a government takeover? Are you in fact going to ever defend the comment that I pointed out was inaccurate, or are you going to continue to spew random talking points that are both not necessarily true, and unrelated to what I stated? You really are not very good at this...
 
then WHAT THE hell is it?

It expands the number of insured, and mandates certain things such as parents being able to cover their children longer and insurance companies not being able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions. That is not socialized medicine. Do you even know what socialized medicine is? Do you even know what the word socialism means?
 
I know all about it, and your point?

if they'd faced a real enemy there would have been no survivors?
the vietcong were more of a foe than the rag tag afghanis'?
We've not been in a real war since WWII


You think a bigger war is the only bad kind? And that 3rd generation Afghan, war hardened, mountain guerrillas who held off the Russians at their peak are a lesser foe or ragtag? There's been more amputee's and PTSD casualties than some of the bigger Wars because of the tactics. Anything more involved than our recent conflicts won't be limited to conventional warfare but will be asymmetric and quickly escalate to probably computer controlled infrastructure, bio, chem and tactical nukes. In the near future you won't see many soldiers being trained for service because of the automation taking over typical fighting roles. There will be drones, unmanned fighters and armored vehicles, satellite weapons, smart weapons, rail guns, laser guided missiles, etc. I don't think you're being realistic about what a real War in modern times will be like.

The next big conflict will most likely be economic in nature.
 
no I'm the one that doesn't know anything
I'm the mislead misinformed dupe that thinks it is NOT the Provence of the government to mandate my life
you'll soon see that none of what you believed about Obamacare was true but as a wise woman recently said:
"What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?"
why are you fixated on what I and millions of other Americans think about this fiasco
if you lefties are right it will be the best thing since the inception of social security medicare/medicaid and the Great Society
all rolled into one multi-trillion dollar debt sinkhole?
 
I don't think you're being realistic about what a real War in modern times will be like.
oh yes a nuclear exchange between major powers will be quite spectacular indeed and televised to boot!
 
Are you in fact going to ever defend the comment that I pointed out was inaccurate
not likely, I'm not paying that much attention to what you type. All I see is how I and every other American that opposed this thing are all wet. And you know better than everyone else what the future holds once the ACA has invaded the lives of every last single American They will never understand how they got along without it?
 
not likely, I'm not paying that much attention to what you type. All I see is how I and every other American that opposed this thing are all wet. And you know better than everyone else what the future holds once the ACA has invaded the lives of every last single American They will never understand how they got along without it?


The ACA will probably go down in history as the pivotal point that saves the American economy with the net present value of the unfunded liability of Medicare being $43 trillion. That is the single biggest, financial time bomb that this country faces in the near future without something being done about it.
 
Although I'll absolutely acknowledge fraud within the disabilities system, I don't think all of these "examples" have been cases of fraud.

Vertigo is a real disability; Seriously, some Vertigo patients just fall over every couple of minutes, it'd be a disaster in a work environment. Driving is out of the question, due to spontaneous loss of motor control. Manual labor is an industrial accident waiting to happen. Due to the mind numbing medicines they have to take, even a desk job is a problem for many patients. But, seeing them at Home Depot wouldn't be an "AH HA!" moment, since their bodies are fine. They can lift and move and things like that, but not in a consistently productive manner. That's the real qualification; it's not whether they can physically "do" the task, it's whether they could do it consistently. Maybe, some of these cases of "fraud", are really legitimate cases of disability due to mental illness or neurological issues. Just something to think about.
 
The ACA will probably go down in history as the pivotal point that saves the American economy with the net present value of the unfunded liability of Medicare being $43 trillion. That is the single biggest, financial time bomb that this country faces in the near future without something being done about it.
you guys never cease to amaze me
guess that's how this type of nutty law got passed in the first place eh?
 
financial time bomb
Obamacare is going to add trillions to the debt but it matters not because we are inevitably headed straight for a sovereign default anyway. What military outcome will result from that?
 
not likely, I'm not paying that much attention to what you type. All I see is how I and every other American that opposed this thing are all wet. And you know better than everyone else what the future holds once the ACA has invaded the lives of every last single American They will never understand how they got along without it?

Once again you are building straw men. You stated that ACA was a government takeover. It is not. You have not even made an attempt to defend your comment, and just keep making **** up and diverting. Kinda revealing.
 
Obamacare is going to add trillions to the debt but it matters not because we are inevitably headed straight for a sovereign default anyway. What military outcome will result from that?

That's just extremist assumptions combined with alarmist theories. If the medical industry hadn't been reigned in somewhat with the exploding costs by providing a new source of income, into an already strained system it would've of changed dramatically in the near future in a seriously negative way. Between the increasing aged population and medical advancements we would've had no other option than to socialize medicine like almost every other country.

If just some of the waste, fraud, tax dodging, pork barrel projects and defense spending can be addressed, then restructuring the entitlement and welfare programs will be much easier. It won't take near as much change to correct them as pundits seem to want scare everyone into believing. When steering a large ship you make little corrections to redirect it's trajectory, not big sudden turns that will flip it over. The tactics of fear mongering, emotion driven ideology of the extremes and gerrymandering as a means to a political ends is probably the worst problems we actually have.
 
Once again you are building straw men. You stated that ACA was a government takeover. It is not. You have not even made an attempt to defend your comment, and just keep making **** up and diverting. Kinda revealing.
you have already made my point time and again, guess you missed that eh

Regardless of your pitter patter your Obamacare is a slow motion trainwreck that will ruin millions all the while you'll blame the GOP?
 
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