Lost Boy

My dad's new truck is 3 inches too long to close the garage door. Apparently there are going to be some modifications to the garage to rectify this.

I can see why this would be frustrating. But here is the thing. We are all children of God. That doesn't mean we are all going to be on the same page. Our Heavenly Father did not make us all the same. We are on the journey together, but we are all at different places in the journey. Some of us wander and and some of us don't. And some of us don't appear to wander, but in our hearts we are. And some may appear to wander, but really aren't and you are not perceiving them correctly. Be happy you have found the path and others that will walk it with you. Be slow to judge. We all have our unique demons in life and some are easy to see and some are not, but we all have them. And just because a poster here appears to be rock solid, doesn't mean they don't have an issue with porn or anger or any number of things. And yes, some of us have a hard time with things like Noah. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it. If you don't talk about them, how do you you ever resolve them?

perhaps. I just am not a fan of how apple tries to control stuff on the phone.

Most of us are either incapable of modifying it or just not interested in putting in the additional work. I prefer something that just works. Windows has been that. But it also allows for the freedom of updating your hardware with many different options.. I personally think the iphone is great hardware, but I hate using them. I feel road blocked with many different aspects of it. I can't just transfer music to it.. have to go through itunes.. android... can put music on it from any source and any computer. Same with videos. I love the UI I have on my android. Then the apps. IOS probably has a bit better apps, but so many of the free ones are extremely heavy on the ads. Most of my free android apps have little or no ads. But my wife loves her phone so that is what she gets.

I don't really care about telemetry much as long as they don't steal passwords and personal data I have never had an app need to be reinstalled. No complaints, nothing. Have no idea what a metro app is I have no group policy settings and tweaks. I see zero ads coming through the OS. Zero. My computer is 10 years old. runs a core 2 duo processor. I upgraded to an SSD and a newer graphics card. And with that, the computer runs just as snappy as my work computer with an I7 processor. It can't do video editing as fast, but for internet browsing, office type stuff, etc.. it is smooth as butter. I have tried linux and didn't have an issue with it, but it can be a pain in the butt to get some programs loaded and running when compared to windows.

I finally got mine cleared to the point that I can fit two cars in. Have not done that for over a decade.

Of course I am not going to say healthcare.gov was completely overly spent. Obamacare sucks and is a complete waste of money including the website. But to get it up and running and running smoothly would have taken at least a year and many people working on it. I don't think it could have been done for a million. Probably closer to a hundred million after you included all that was included included in the 2.1 billion dollars. And yes, government has a hard time governing itself. That doesn't mean a single payer system wouldn't work. Government isn't the only thing that doesn't manage itself well... GM, Chrysler, Big banks, etc. All needed bail outs. I would much rather see a good market solution for health care, but that is not being considered as far as I know. As such the only solution on the table right now for Obama care is single payer. Anybody with half a brain can see what direction we are headed. So unless the Republicans pull their heads out, we are going to get a leftist version of Single payer that you nor I want. It would be far better for the republicans to set it up, but there opportunity has been squandered.

She said it cost 2.1 billion to make it and she could have done it for less than a million by herself. I know the 2.1 billion was for much more than programming. But she said she could have done it for less than a million. But whatever.

So here you are saying that you.. not your company.... you... have built websites far more complex than healthcare.org.... Not only that, you have built hundreds of them that are more complex than healthcare.org. Not your company... you. And this is what I am calling you out on. Total rubbish. It took a team of programs two year to program and test it. I don't believe for a second that you could do it by yourself. And you said you have done hundreds. So I figure you have probably been doing this for 15-20 years... 200 project / 20 years... means 10 per year... means you are claiming it would take you a little over a month to build healthcare.org, have it all tested and working... connecting up to all the government agencies, insurance companies etc. Provide all the training. And do it all for less than a million dollars. And then you basically call me a liar when I call you out on it.. Whatever.. At least what you wrote is out there for all to see.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwikyJGkofreAhXJyVMKHeTGDhgQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fcorner%2Fhow-much-did-healthcaregov-really-cost-more-administration-tells-us-veronique-de-rugy%2F&psig=AOvVaw25rA1UOKSgCtq1D33bWJaY&ust=1543603501132862&cshid=1543517100798 Yeah, the government didn't pay 2.1 billion for programming the website. And I never said I was in a position to decide where your tax money goes. Why you brought that up is beyond me. Do you have a habit of putting words in other people's mouths? And it was you that made it sound that you could do Healthcare. Gov by yourself. I know quite well what goes into websites and that is why I called you out on your boasting.

The way you put it, you claimed to be able to do it yourself. And again the government didn't spend 2.1 billion on the website itself. I couldn't care less about obamacare. it sucks. but at least I am willing to dig into what is being spent on what and not just taking numbers off of some right wing website.

I fully agree with you that obama care is not the answer. My premium also went up. On this we certainly agree. I had high hopes the Republicans would actually get off their full of hot air butts and do something about the situation. They didn't. My health care costs are higher than ever and the current Republican party sucks and deserved to lose the house. That said, I am not happy the Democrats have it either.

For all you decrying socialism.... Universal health care is no more socialism than the military is. No more than public education is. No more than your public roads are. Socialism -- a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. Universal healthcare is not a production of healthcare. it would be a distribution of funds, but not services nor of an exchange of goods. That would all be still in the private sector. It isn't socialized medicine, it is socialized insurance... which we already have anyway.. medicare... and by most measures it is run well as it only does one thing... distribute money. Entities such as the VA are aimed at far more... providing products, distribution, etc. The VA is true social medicine. Should we get rid of the VA? And for those who are opposed to universal health care. What do you do for those out of no fault of their own not be able to pay for health care? Do you just let them die? What is your plan?

Really? you want me to believe your statement above? Not happening. While I'll agree that the website had issues and probably cost more than it should, I don't believe for a minute that you could have done the obamacare website all by your little lonesome. And just because something is not as "data complex" doesn't mean that it was expensive to create. And nor do I believe for a second that the government spent $2.1 billion on coding the website. Perhaps you could dig a little and see where that $2.1 billion went. I personally think Obama care is awful. But at least I have some understanding of why the website cost $2.1 billion.... It wasn't for the computer programmers. There was a lot more that went into it than that and there isn't a chance on this planet that you could have done the obama care website by yourself even if you had a lifetime to do it.

They didn't take anything over. There was no private mail service to take over. It was just created. You are right, you don't need a set of identical twins, but you at least should be somewhat similar. The USPS is mandated to do much more. Did you know that the USPS does not receive tax money? If the USPS only offered the same services as UPS and FedEx, chances are they would be similarly as profitable. Also, the USPS is not a for profit institute. If you want to pay more for mail, I am sure we the people could set them up as a for profit entity. When it comes to making money our business sector has not outperformed government across the board as the two don't compete. The only place they have really competed is in the healthcare insurance market... medicare... in in that they have performed quite well.

First, the US postal service was not a take over. It has basically been with us since day one. Second, UPS and FedEx do not provide the same service as the post office. There is some overlap, but they stick to packages and priority mail and don't offer bulk/first class type mail. So I would not consider these fair comparison.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20110920.013390/full/ Honestly, how many things has government taken over? Very few things and mostly what they did take over were things that essentially needed bailing out like rail roads, particularly amtrak. Am I wrong here? Please provide examples of things the government took over and ran more poorly.

Or maybe doing a universal health care will just get everyone covered and decrease the cost for most americans. I would love to go to a market system, but clearly the stupid republicans don't want that because in the two years they were in power they did zilch to fix health care. So either do a market driven system, or do a government managed one, but the in between sucks. That said. Even if we go market driven, I would still want everyone to have basic coverage.

I am saying that the constitution is not the word of God. It may have inspiration in it, but it is not scripture. And therefore can change. That is what I am saying.

Or it can just be amended and still I have not suggest that we get rid of the military so chill a bit.

Actually there isn't. The constitution is a man made construct. It can be abolished. It can be amended and it has been amended many times. And yes, you can vote out the military through amendment. But I never said I don't want the military. I want a smaller cheaper military.

Government related items is whatever you specify them to be whether it be military, health care, education, etc. There is no cosmic definition from on high what it is to do. It should be what the people want from it. Clearly you want it for military. I do as well, but I also believe it would be beneficial in administering health care costs. And calling me naive does not help your case. It is what people do that do have the intellectual capacity to make their case. Let's leave out the insults and stick to making an actual case or not. Or you can stick with insults. I guess it really doesn't matter.

Ok. it is king in presidential elections. The house is a bit of a different animal. As is the senate.

It amazes me that in one breath you say we can't trust government with our money "health care & education" and in the same breath you say we need to trust government with our money "military." Letting the military decide how big they need to be is ridiculous. We don't need to be world cops any more. No one is looking to invade the Philippines. The world is a very different place than it was 70 years ago. And universal health care would mean a healthier population. You are afraid of a much more expensive system. The world disagrees with you. The U.S. health care cost per capita is double that of most modern countries. And those countries cover their entire population. Also, today's system if very much not a market system. I don't just get to go out and decide what health insurance I want. I get what is given to me by my employer. And then I am limited to the doctors and hospitals in the plan. This is not a market system in the least. It is stupid and broken. A universal system would open up choice to all doctors. This would mean that doctors that want to succeed have to be the best in their field. They are not guaranteed an income. They still have to get patients and bad doctors would not get patients. Go to any country with universal health care. They are not getting free botox, face lifts, boob jobs, etc. They cover necessary treatments. That is all. The current system sucks. It is expensive and slow and gives me less choice of doctors and hospitals. As for government subsidized education... your are putting your fears in just one possibility of a system. There are many ways to set it up to ensure government doesn't coerce its population into one degree or another. And I completely disagree with the need for a high school education. Just because a plumber can turn a wrench without a high school degree does not mean he shouldn't have one. The more knowledge a population has, the better chance they have at making better choices. Maybe we wouldn't have the screwed up election that gave us choice of Hillary and Donald.

I agree. That said I certainly think it is way bigger than it needs to be and we waste more money on it that we need to. Universal basic health care does not have to be a huge entity. Yes, there would be a lot of money that flows through it, but that money goes straight to the private sector and provides a service that benefits all. I am no bleeding heart. I really don't care about the sick. What I care about is the affect the sick have on me. A healthier population is better for all. The Republicans had the chance to define what universal health care would be. They squandered that chance and the next time Democrats have a shot at it, they will define it in a way we won't like. First, High school is really a must. Can you make due without? yeah, but generally not very well. Please explain how government subsidized tuition is government dictating its labor force. As for vocation, the amount may be adjusted so that you are still responsible for a certain portion. For University, I would not have it so college is completely covered.