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"If you don't get too greedy" is what prompted my reply to the poster who negotiates on every load. IMO, that is more about greed than need. Unless it's a need to 'win' every time, but that makes it adversarial, which I don't think is terribly productive. I believe that cooperative is a better...

Koch bros are not "an oft used talking point" for me - I cite their involvement when it is a known fact. In an article in Florida's Palm Beach Post, [Feb, 2012] David Koch said of Walker: " We're helping him, as we should. We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We are going to spend more." If...

The federal government is entrusted [sometimes foolishly, lol] with using tax monies to benefit the entire citizenry, including health and education. Aside from being the morally correct thing to do, it's also the fiscally smart thing to do: well educated people are self sufficient, and healthy...

It's also an example of why teenagers are so afraid to let their parents/guardians know they're pregnant. Contrary to the opinions & beliefs of some, parents aren't always understanding. Or even rational. Some are more concerned with how it affects them, than the welfare of the pregnant teen...

http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/02/map-texas-abortion-facilities/ According to this [from the Texas Tribune], the current total in Dallas is just one [and one maybe]. The requirement that doctors have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles put more than half the clinics out of...

But haven't many others done the same thing, [using private email]?

The people of Wi were pretty mad when he began attacking the unions after his election, something he'd not mentioned during the campaign. They wanted to recall him immediately, but were forced to wait a year, during which they kept their resolve. In this day & age, that takes real dedication...

In the example you gave, you're requesting more money for DH ["no matter how long or short"], but dispatch is aware of long DH, and will offer to cover some of it, usually without needing to ask. You also ask for tolls, but at Load 1, they're always covered. You ask for money to move from the...

Sure, they're supposed to have insurance. They're also supposed to have car insurance, and drivers licenses, and only drive to & from work after a DUI conviction..... Even if they want to have insurance, what the decision makers call 'affordable' and what poor people can actually afford to pay...

The Walker question is whether the Koch wealth will save him again, when all the voters get as excited as the Wisconsin ones did. :rolleyes:

Throughout his entire history of publicly disrespecting people, he's never been aware that he is in front of a televised audience of millions, with 9 other candidates running for POTUS, while the potential voters watch the performance for clues. He never needed to giveadam about what people...

That's where the Tx experience is relevant: researchers at George Washington University have said that existing clinics would need to expand by 2-5X current capacity to cover the demand created by closing PP [and other women's health] clinics. It's not happening, of course, and women are...

Why worry about obeying the law, when you can be appointed to a city commission in Ca despite being in the US illegally? If our elected leaders don't respect our own laws, why should anyone? PS Lots of people have tried not breaking the law, but the police didn't treat them any better -...

I don't 'stand with Megyn' - anyone who faces off with Trump knows what the risks are. But it's difficult to believe he meant anything else, given his history of publicly disrespecting people, and it's not just O'Donnell. It's everyone who annoys him. His many, MANY tweets afterward, all some...

What happened when Texas defunded PP shows why it is in the taxpayers' best interests to keep PP going: there simply aren't enough clinics to handle the demand. Half of PP's clinics are in 'underserved' areas - lose them, and women have zero options. Even in the places where there are clinics...

If he'd said there was blood coming from her eyes, and stopped right there, no problemo. However, in the immortal words of Alice Cooper: "Only women bleed" from their 'wherever', and that put it so far out of bounds it's in another galaxy. I don't believe anyone is coming to the aid of Megyn...

When Trump said "bleeding from her eyes and her whatever", it sounded to me like "whatever" was an anatomical feature he couldn't think of an acceptable term for, right off the top of his head.

It makes no difference how many "vile and contemptuous" remarks O'Donnell made - she isn't running for POTUS, and the guy who is proved by his responses to her [and by his Twittering after the debate, in case it wasn't clear enough] that he is unfit to be elected dogcatcher. Does it not occur...

There are probably several reasons for the low number of prenatal visits, considering much of their clientele is very low income. Many women living in poverty tend to be uneducated, don't subscribe to conventional medical ideas about prenatal visits, can't get there as often as required, or...

First: not everyone has insurance, Obamacare or not. Second: poor people who have Medicaid insurance can't get appts at many private doctors, which is their only option, because they live in an area that's "underservrd" by traditional providers. It doesn't seem likely that a bare bones insurance...