tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.comments2023-10-30T01:38:05.641-07:00The Answer PhoneJoel Byron Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01576647182668374457noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-91162441835281502312009-08-19T14:14:29.344-07:002009-08-19T14:14:29.344-07:00You've got something going on here, answer pho...You've got something going on here, answer phone. Especially in the rationing rationale (if you will). <br /><br />Since insurance means access, the whole scheme being propped up represents an artificially scarce marketplace, and everything insurance companies do to the medical marketplace keeps it that way. From telling you which doctors you can see to denying coverage on certain procedures to lifetime limits and pre-existing conditions, every step creates more artificial scarcity and drives up demand and prices. It's simple supply and demand. <br /><br />But I don't want to hear it. I, for one, am glad to be insulated from any rational debate, and especially from anyone who would take my side.<br />As long as the media brokers the discussion while they take amazing amounts of money from the for-profit health insurance cartel, I'm not going to be hearing from anyone that advocates for me, and that's the way I like it!MKUltrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116010613077039625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-71523638162857976042009-08-19T13:47:19.294-07:002009-08-19T13:47:19.294-07:00Bingo. If you knew who the shouters at the Town Ha...Bingo. If you knew who the shouters at the Town Hall were going to be, and you said, "The rules are, you can't yell and scream unless you have a Medicare Card," would we get any yelling and screaming?Barkerbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815264689458312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-26310997610620284922009-07-07T08:24:52.380-07:002009-07-07T08:24:52.380-07:00its placeits placeToddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-65721713188087748942009-07-07T08:24:24.125-07:002009-07-07T08:24:24.125-07:00Coffee.
I have become bored with drinking alcohol....Coffee.<br />I have become bored with drinking alcohol. My wife has bought a juicer. I wonder if this can take it's place? Until, of course, I become bored with juice.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-51990118733699250792009-04-10T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:19:00.000-07:00All your Mutant Computar are belong to us!All your Mutant Computar are belong to us!Barkerbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815264689458312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-19444929157307898422009-03-30T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:57:00.000-07:00brillinatbrillinatkelvin freelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400466130105427988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-30898383357691184062009-03-30T09:47:00.000-07:002009-03-30T09:47:00.000-07:00theanswerphone is not moot.theanswerphone is not moot.M. Cubernethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849777970598381356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-24052140384781752412009-03-29T14:28:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:28:00.000-07:00Ah.Ah.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-32015863928394712532009-03-23T16:43:00.000-07:002009-03-23T16:43:00.000-07:00I'm only guessing, but I'll head to first base and...I'm only guessing, but I'll head to first base and hope the manager puts in a pinch runner.<BR/><BR/>"...large rodent" refers to "ratified." That is all I know. I'm adjusting the brim of my running hat in case a PR doesn't show up.Barkerbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815264689458312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-20162573490789438172009-03-19T10:34:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:34:00.000-07:00I have a bean loosener myself. Of Italian origin....I have a bean loosener myself. Of Italian origin. It cost me plenty and it makes me pay attention. <BR/>Cool beans actually derives from the American colloquial habit of referring to aunts via marriage as "Auntie Beans."Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-6851383900413503692009-03-14T23:44:00.000-07:002009-03-14T23:44:00.000-07:00That is awesome.That is awesome.Joel Byron Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01576647182668374457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-59491247542979302212009-03-13T15:29:00.000-07:002009-03-13T15:29:00.000-07:00FOX: Local residents are shocked by the story of ...FOX: Local residents are shocked by the story of a Phoenix lawyer who murdered his family and then took his own life.<BR/><BR/>CNN: Police have identified the remains of Albert Renyolds, a Phoenix lawyer who took his own life after murdering his wife and two kids.<BR/><BR/>FOX: Phoenix coroner Larry Holden reported that sharp blades and blunt objects were the cause of death for the two children . . . <BR/><BR/>CNN: . . . Holden, The Sheriff of Phoenix's Coroner, held a bag of blood up over his head . . . <BR/><BR/>FOX: . . . tufts of hair and cereal . . . <BR/><BR/>CNN: . . . skin particles under the fingernails of both children . . .<BR/><BR/>FOX: . . . bits of brain in this gory scene . . . <BR/><BR/>CNN: . . . traces of semen . . .<BR/><BR/>FOX: . . . family values . . . <BR/><BR/>CNN: . . . family values . . .kelvin freelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16400466130105427988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-78089456693213468102009-03-09T09:31:00.000-07:002009-03-09T09:31:00.000-07:00Fine, I'll go. So what do you want on your sandwi...Fine, I'll go. So what do you want on your sandwich?Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-52566181680458743652009-02-27T11:42:00.000-08:002009-02-27T11:42:00.000-08:00Hey, this is the only blog I publicly "follow."You...Hey, this is the only blog I publicly "follow."<BR/>You are hurting my cred here.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-58341210599070353542009-02-04T14:25:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:25:00.000-08:00i am beginning to feel that getting a heady respon...i am beginning to feel that getting a heady response from answer phone is akin to receiving access to Obama's new blackberry, it means you have arrived - you are inside the beltway -<BR/>this is great news for me, as i love arriving.kpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212533823670252929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-39217234286189620122009-02-04T14:13:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:13:00.000-08:00wow - if that answer phone response was a meal, it...wow - if that answer phone response was a meal, it would have been a red snapper baked in coconut oil and served on a dock at sunset with an 18 ounce pilsner.<BR/><BR/>i have consumed that meal and now I will take a nap in my seaside cabana and allow the answer to permeate both sides of the brain.kpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212533823670252929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-3515463643271852672009-02-03T08:40:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:40:00.000-08:00Special key word lock thing for that last comment:...Special key word lock thing for that last comment: "stymed"<BR/><BR/>No joke.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-72179701387605472272009-02-03T08:39:00.000-08:002009-02-03T08:39:00.000-08:00A Hall of Fame, Jersey in the rafters sort of answ...A Hall of Fame, Jersey in the rafters sort of answer. Thanks for making me feel smarter. Or dumber. I can't tell. It feels great either way.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-79614941214236387602009-01-26T08:46:00.000-08:002009-01-26T08:46:00.000-08:00And I'll point out that the password dealio on tha...And I'll point out that the password dealio on that last comment was "colog."<BR/><BR/>No joke.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-31517117277551849332009-01-26T08:45:00.000-08:002009-01-26T08:45:00.000-08:00I don't know if there are any affects on the stool...I don't know if there are any affects on the stool itself, rather on the physical processes of making said stool. A fine point to be sure, but a point nonetheless. Not that magnesium makes stool pointy. However, my wife is particularly fond of the brand Calm. It is some sort of powder dissolving stuff that operates in warm water to be consumed for purposes of over all tranquility. I have not figured out whether regularity comes on the side, or as a product of said tranquilizing.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-73774547493808781282009-01-22T09:19:00.000-08:002009-01-22T09:19:00.000-08:00In the Rosencrantz et all reference, this phrase j...In the Rosencrantz et all reference, this phrase jumped out at me:<BR/><BR/>...comic treatment of philosophical issues in often bizarre theatrical contexts...<BR/><BR/>Is this some kind of prescience around the impending visit to Portland of Philosophy Talk?<BR/>http://www.philosophytalk.org/Barkerbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03815264689458312360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-7817542427825313942009-01-21T13:03:00.000-08:002009-01-21T13:03:00.000-08:00Ok. I'll admit my question was shit. But, Andre B...Ok. I'll admit my question was shit. But, Andre Breton? Come on! At least give me Marcel Duchamp to look up to.Handyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098669840762704208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-49823343161520983762009-01-18T08:49:00.000-08:002009-01-18T08:49:00.000-08:00Deeply good answer. Em, evasion.Deeply good answer. Em, evasion.Toddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762677349163186250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-36263127324075870052009-01-14T06:56:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:56:00.000-08:00http://www.sweetandbitter.com/inside/archives/2008...http://www.sweetandbitter.com/inside/archives/2008/12/its_how_it_goes.htmlHandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098669840762704208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425807539737939797.post-77602054309886466092009-01-14T06:37:00.000-08:002009-01-14T06:37:00.000-08:00love it - honest, dry wit -i still like my dad - b...love it - honest, dry wit -<BR/>i still like my dad - but yours is pretty damn cool<BR/><BR/>the Yanni thing is a real feather in the cap -<BR/>no jokekpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212533823670252929noreply@blogger.com