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I laughed cuz I got the joke, not because I disagree with your disdain for the UN. Much of what the UN does is laughable. Although I must say that while I'm not morally opposed to capital punishment, the death penalty system in the U.S. needs a serious looking at. It's applied way too...

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Yes, under our current system, one could choose, like myself, to not invest in an insurance plan. However, I do not look at it as a choice between having health insurance or not; I look at it as a choice between having affordable healthcare and not. I made my choice because the cost vs. benefit...

If there is a deduction on your paycheck for healthcare, be it public or private, how does that not count toward paying the premium? That's a big dismissal right there. Furthermore, the government takes taxes out of your paycheck with a relatively clear understanding where it's going to use...

100 is a lot of fucking pushups.

What do you mean by "will not take care of himself?" Do you mean someone who participates in high-risk activities such as drinking, smoking, and eating fatty foods all the time? If so, you already are paying for these people who are insured under your health plan. Granted, they pay higher...

First of all, I don't expect you or anyone else to foot my bill for medical insurance. I recognize that I made a choice, and that choice involves both positives and negatives. Second of all, if a single-payer healthcare plan were in place, I'd be paying into it. I do work full-time, after...

I always thought that the argument that people will have to wait weeks for health care in a single-payer system was a bit off (too extreme to be completely true), but having no experience with Canadian health, I don't know. If you're uninsured, you're uninsured. You can include me in that group...

Not necessarily everyone. Many health insurance companies offer more than just health insurance. However, a lot of people would be out of a job, along with people from every aspect of healthcare. Like I said, there is too much at stake in the healthcare business for any meaningful changes to...

Well, if people actually got together and ironed out a good plan, we'd be in good shape. Personally, I think a single-payer system should be handled by a private company given a government contract which must be renewed every 5 years or so (judging by the fact that it's taking me over 6 months...

Care to expand on how I'm making wrongful assertions? My father works as a sheriff for the county, and it works pretty much like that. Hell, in my time working for the town people were covered like that. I know quite a few military guys, and I haven't heard them ever complain about their health...

I actually linked the wrong page in my post on the first page, so here is the correct one: http://www.amsa.org/uhc/ Now to address some common themes in this thread that the above link covers much more in depth: -The U.S. is not going to turn into communist Russia if we adopt a...

Some good reading. Came across this back when I was trying to get into med school: http://www.amsa.org/about/priorities.cfm

I'm only thinking about it for the run, so unless they subtract time for not running with perfect form I think I'll be ok. I can bang out around 80 situps and between 65-70 pushups. I think I got 72 once on a good day, but from what I've read on these boards, I won't be hitting that come the in-PRT.

But people are arguing over whether good low or satisfactory high is the cutoff.

I think so, too. Most degrees require a couple of math credits and a science elective, so she might have taken calculus. However, you left out calculus-based physics, which very few people take as their science elective. Hell, I didn't even need that for my bio degree, so I had to go back to...

Sorry, it's now edited. Could have been basket weaving, though, because the point is still the same: If you have a career goal that requires a specific degree, then get that specific degree (which is most often a graduate degree). For undergrad, just go for what you like and cover your core...

Read above: a business degree is not going to get you any higher pay or open up any more opportunities than an Aero Engineering degree.

When people say that a degree is "worthless," what exactly do you mean by that? Every degree has worth because you are expanding your mind through education. The value of that is incredibly important and significant. As far as which degree is going to earn you employment: Having spent the...

If an immediate family member dies while you're at OCS, do they grant you leave? A non-immediate family member?

Fair enough.

I agree there. We used to use "Indian Runs" when I played HS Lax. You line up, run around the field. Back person in the line sprints to the front. Repeat until the coach tells you to stop. Doing it alone, you could go to a football field and do the following: Start at the end zone, jog up to...

Racism is funny no matter what because it's ironic that people get worked up about claims that are so obviously untrue.

Women's hips sit higher than men's, which makes their leg/height ratio higher. Basically, on average a shorter woman would be able to reach the pedals, hence the lowered "sitting height."

Women's hips are placed differently than men's for baby carrying purposes. There are physiological differences between the sexes, you know.

No. There are no exceptions to the 1 year of calc and 1 year of calc based physics requirements. If you want to go for it, you have to go back to school. I had to do the same last spring because my major required algebra based physics rather than calc based physics. It was funny having the...

Nuke requires 1 year of calc and 1 year of physics. They prefer technical degrees, but word is that the nuke officers are in high demand these days. The schedule would vary depending on the platform you end up working on. If you want to go for Nuclear Reactors, which is a restricted line...

I wouldn't know for sure. I just have seen a lot of threads talking about getting age waivers and the fact that it's possible.

Is Radiation Health even an officer billet? If so, I'd imagine it was restricted line (you're an officer, but you don't ultimately command a ship) and you'd need some sort of a medical degree for it. I think IW is restricted-line, too. They won't sign a waiver for someone who's 28? That's...

The security check takes up to 2 years and costs upwards of $80,000 to complete.

Cate, I wrote my response quickly, and was actually going to correct myself by saying exactly what you did. I would be, too, so long as the electorates were bound by law to vote for the winner.

There used to be a lot of Native American tribes here around 300 years ago...

Only if he got re-elected. Besides, we also probably wouldn't be in Iraq right now, and that would be a very good thing.

While this sounds nice because it is well-written, most of it is 100% bullshit. Protection of the minority?! Firstly, we have that through checks and balances in our government, and it is most prominent in the Senate where the minority can invoke a filibuster. Secondly, if a candidate takes...

Random: Why do you associate any reference to God with Christianity? Deists believe in God, but reject many Christian principles. Jews believe in God and reject the New Testament. Muslims believe in God, too, but they usually refer to him by the Arabic name.

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Truuueee... I just don't particularly like it when someone makes a bunch of baseless assumptions about me and proceeds to insult me because of them, whether it be in-person or otherwise.

You have a severe problem with putting words in my mouth. I never said anything about more complex systems being better or worse than the simplest solution. I merely said that there should not be a "middle man" between the people's vote and the person elected. Instant-runoff voting is not...

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"Because it works." I like that one. Dictatorships, theocracies, and monarchies all "work" in that they are viable forms of goverment that maintain a stable and orderly society. We have a Democracy because our forefathers felt that it was a human right to have a say in the government (and if you...

Uh huh. So I'm imagining these presidents who lost the popular vote, but won the Presidency (including Bush in his first term?) http://www.news.ku.edu/2000/00N/NovNews/Nov16/kspress.html There are also a few times throughout our young history where an electorate did not vote with the...

Here's a better one: All that campaigning is pretty much for naught since the population doesn't elect the president, and the electoral college is not bound to follow the popular vote.

Congress only meets 3 days a week anyway. That leaves 4 for campaigning.

If you have trouble running, get on a bike for twice as long.

Skim, I hope you realize that some OCS DI's lurk on these forums...

Whichever is the website one I can do at my house. I originally used the one at the recruiter's office (where they allowed explanations for such things), but now I have to fill it out a second time.

I am being truthful as possible. I am merely asking because, as I said before, they don't really leave space for the particulars of the case, so being "thorough" isn't an option. I was arrested for assault 3rd/tresspassing 2nd, but at my arraignment I pled guilty to 2nd degree harassment (a...

Fair enough. So how should I answer the criminal questions? Is the way I have it ok? Sorry to be such a pain, it's just that the nonchalante answers I got from my recruiter have got me worried about whether or not it's good advice.

Thanks. Now here's another question: They don't give me the opportunity to explain why I sought therapy in that section. Am I supposed to explain the reason for this in the "Continuation Space," or do the investigators just find out why I was in therapy on their own? Likewise, the criminal...

From what I've been told, this is the first of many decisions you will have to learn to make in your career as an officer. Everything in OCS supposedly has a purpose.