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by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

For those hollering "due dilligence", check the source links at the bottom of the aritcle. The whole article SANE Vax Inc. Letter to FDA Requesting Investigation into Gardasil Contamination Policy on the use of Bio-hazardous Agents and Recombinant DNA in Research and Teaching Laboratories...
by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:46 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

No family is perfect. so that's not an excuse for not taking care of each other. Perhaps, but you can't force a family to take care of one another when they don't get along for some reason or another. I've always been civil and nice to my step father. I've always helped out when he needed it and ha...
by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

CUDA wrote:Robertson is wrong, that is not what the Bible teaches.
You know that and even I know that, but how many of his "followers" know that? Cripes! Ol' Pat is supposed to be teaching from the Bible.

Yes flip, Robertson really needs to just fade away.
by Tunnelcat
Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Pass this Bill!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 688

Re: Pass this Bill!!!!!!!!!!!

That what happens when you promise everyone the moon and then don't deliver on that promise, or really even try to fight for it in the first place. :roll:
by Tunnelcat
Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:15 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

Not everything that happens to us is a "choice" CUDA. Sometimes, things just don't work out the way we want them to and sometimes fate deals us a bad deck of cards. Sometimes we have family members that don't give a sh*t, sometimes we are blessed with those who love unconditionally. Someti...
by Tunnelcat
Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

Holy crap! Is there some kind of disease spreading around our country that causes people to lose all their compassion? http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AlzheimersCommunity/pat-robertson-alzheimers-makes-divorce/story?id=14526660 What ever happened to the "Till death do us part" section of the ...
by Tunnelcat
Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Spidey wrote:The analogy was actually about some being better than others. :roll:
Oh I know that. I was trying to defend mechanics. But come to think of it, I've met a few mechanics that were ten times smarter than a few of the doctors that I've had the pleasure of dealing with.
by Tunnelcat
Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

unfortunately many Families don't even attempt to take care of each other. makes them the lowest of the low IMHO Well, not every family's perfect and not every person or couple has children or an extended family. Sometimes things don't work out or personal choices are made that affect things later ...
by Tunnelcat
Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Ferno wrote:car mechanics are nowhere near doctors. For starters, the two careers are diametrically opposed, and doctors need almost ten years of training to BECOME doctors. not so much with mechanics.
I don't know. Cars are getting so complex now, it almost takes an engineering degree to fix one. :mrgreen:
by Tunnelcat
Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: A Quick Rant, if I may.....
Replies: 12
Views: 791

Re: A Quick Rant, if I may.....

Spidey wrote:I haven’t watched a commercial since I got my DVR.
Same here. Best damn button on the remote.
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:16 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Saviors
Replies: 4
Views: 387

Re: Saviors

Holy crap. I wonder if all that fire was from the bike's gas tank leaking. The car's gas tank probably disconnected from the engine and closed on impact . It looked like the motorcycle's gas tank was ruptured and burning, jetting gas under pressure from all the heat buildup. Dangerous situation to ...
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:07 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Repudiation
Replies: 15
Views: 1265

Re: Repudiation

Muslims, BOO! Vote for me (insert candidate's name here) and I'll make the Muslim boogey man go away for ya if you just elect me over the other wussy guy. :wink:
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

You 2 comedians better pray that you don't get sick with something expensive or terminal and then go broke just trying to survive. You may think you're covered, but.............you never know. :wink: Quit rubbing Obamacare in my face CUDA. I haven't agreed with it from the start and I've never cheer...
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:45 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

Then that would qualify you as “truly needy”. (assuming you aren't rich, or something) Too many 'truly needy" that aren't "rich" and not enough family help to go around in this country now, because even the rest of the family is poor. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/does-mean-poo...
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Repudiation
Replies: 15
Views: 1265

Re: Repudiation

He got elected because of Islamophobia, fear-mongering and liberal disillusionment with Obama, not because he's the better candidate. Fear and apathy, weapons of choice that Republicans like wielding to win elections. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/09/11/316339/new-york-gop-exploits-911-anni...
by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:29 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Saviors
Replies: 4
Views: 387

Saviors

Amazing video of everyday people lifting up a car so they could rescue a pinned motorcycle rider from burning to death.

by Tunnelcat
Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:21 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Horrific airshow accident (humor)
Replies: 7
Views: 539

Re: Horrific airshow accident

Oooooooooooooh! Outhouse dominoes! Can be messy and stinky though. :D
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Spidey wrote:To attend public school in Philadelphia, I was required to get vaccinations.
So was I. What stinks nowadays is the money kickbacks from the drug companies. It's gone from the altruism of protecting the children to a money making scheme for politicians, lobbyists and drug companies.
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

No, I’m not “implying” it…I’m stating it straight out. For one thing, the great “safety nets” are why grandma is living out her lonely existence in some inner city. And don’t deny it…I can point out dozens of them! Without "safety nets" a society could not behave this way. I don’t know…bu...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Well, the Dems weren't debating the issue, so I couldn't use them as a example. It was the Republicans who were going after it, and they couldn't agree on the subject either. If you want hear my beef, Perry far underestimated the amount of money he got from Merck during the tea party debate. Which h...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:30 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

Another goodie. What the heck is wrong with these people. http://youtu.be/meX1EwDXLp4 Even better, cheer that same executioner who may have been responsible for the death of an innocent man. http://gawker.com/5827428/rick-perrys-killing-of-an-innocent-man-is-somehow-a-political-asset All from the pa...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

I'm harder to clean off though. There's always a residue left. :wink:
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Yeah, but some people don't even want the state to require it in any case.
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

Let's go stand in front of that hospital and raise hell till they listen! I havce noticed, a VERY VOCAL and intelligent assault tends to wear others thin to the point of submission. Well, either you have compassion, or you're a sociopath. That particular movie scene is a real good test to see if a ...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

What, all sticky and sweet? :mrgreen:
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

aaaand this thread just took a right turn straight into a brick wall. I wasn't dissing Bachmann or Perry. I was only asking if vaccinations should be required by the state. Perry just happens to say yes, and Bachmann just happens to vehemently disagree. Both from the same party. They were just exam...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:15 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

Well, my parents divorced back in those "good old days" of the 1960's when I was young. I only have one sister from that marriage and a step brother from a subsequent remarriage. My real father died later on when he was 39, my sister has her own problems and doesn't make a lot of money, my...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

Spidey wrote:Well it was all of the government “safety nets”* that destroyed the extended family in the first place.

*Traps
How the hell is that? Are you implying that "safety nets" destroyed extended families? That's a stretch. :roll:
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:28 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

How about Bachmann and her ragging on Perry for his requirement that young girls have to get the HPV vaccine? By the way, they're even thinking that men should have it too. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/63329.html She accused him of doing it for money and that the government shouldn't be...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:16 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

Honestly TC, I'm gonna be subjective here and consent to the fact I don't know everything. I can say that in all my years, I've only heard one person say that the sick should go ahead and die and he was a bitter SOB. I will say i think this, especially after watching Hells Kitchen and Survivor, tha...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Re: Let Them Die!

Yeah, when I first heard the audience's reaction, on the radio no less, it took me back a little. Ron Paul at least sounded human. What's wrong with some of the people of this nation? Are people so greedy, self-centered and conceited now that they don't care if others die, all because they can't aff...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

So how do you take care of only those that don't have a family and need help? Won't that create resentment? Wouldn't that put a lot of excessive burden on charities? Last I heard, a lot of churches were a little short of cash.
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let Them Die!
Replies: 24
Views: 1834

Let Them Die!

Do tea partiers and conservatives in general have NO humanity? I will give Ron Paul a pass however, he obviously has some compassion in his soul, but those in the audience are downright sick!

Let the uninsured die!
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:56 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

What if you don't have an "extended family"? Not everyone has a "family" to take care of them in a time of need. I sure don't anymore.
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:52 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?
Replies: 80
Views: 7340

Re: Contaminated HPV4 vaccine?

Scientists and researchers DO make mistakes, especially if they're in a rush to develop a vaccine. There are how many unknown people, mostly baby boomers, potentially infected with SV40, a virus that contaminated the polio vaccine because of the method of manufacture from 1954 to 1962, and up to the...
by Tunnelcat
Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:40 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Sand Art
Replies: 60
Views: 6793

Re: Sand Art

The problem with SS is that the government raided the fund, it was doomed from the moment congress got their hands on it. No matter what they do now, they can't make up for the lost investment returns potential that the original fund had. Yep. And it's not going to help in the long run either if Ob...
by Tunnelcat
Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:45 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Once Again
Replies: 32
Views: 2012

Re: Once Again

Well, all your points are valid CUDA, Spidey and dissent. I can't argue against them. But Bush got an unquestioned free ride during his first term and wasn't really put into the hot seat until all the crap he was doing finally "came to the light of day" during his second term and the obscu...
by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: is he hiding or trying to steal the thunder??
Replies: 82
Views: 4294

Re: is he hiding or trying to steal the thunder??

I notice you didn't say that you watched either the ABC or the FOX broadcasts so I'll take that as a NO. so it appears I was right. it appears that you made a judgement against someone based on the incomplete or the intentionally false information reported by Olbermann. Funny how the meaning change...
by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Once Again
Replies: 32
Views: 2012

Re: Once Again

the President of the United States does not have to play second fiddle to anyone, that doesn't give him the right to run roughshod on the person who is #3 in line of succession. he owes the same amount of respect to the Speaker ESPECIALLY in his house that he expects to get in return I'm afraid I d...
by Tunnelcat
Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:21 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: favorite toys from your child hood
Replies: 19
Views: 1793

Re: favorite toys from your child hood

Ooooh, you reminded me of Mattel. I loved The Thing Maker! Especially Creepy Crawlers and the Mini-Dragons versions. Burned myself a couple of times, probably why it disappeared, kids can be klutzy, but it was fun to play with. Damn lawyers. :mrgreen: