The thread moves so fast

Boy does it! I'm still surprised the wiki link/reference made it through on the last page!

I don't know all there is to know on this, don't pretend I do.

But semantics aside, if this were to continue just because someone didn't like the wording, I don't care what party they are in, they wouldn't get my vote. I tend to hover fairly conservative, but I've never been a party ballot robot. Atleast not knowingly.

Is that regarding Obama's BAIPA vote? It was discussed several pages back. The thread moves so fast, I'm not sure what page it is on.

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24070 &PN=1&TPN=255

It starts with Valeries post

I will again voice my frustration at people being unable to differentiate between opposing or supporting an issue and opposing or supporting a specific piece of legislation that tries to address an issue.

Michael receives my standing ovation of the day.

Were any of the claims of babies being left to die in soiled linen closets proven true?

I searched but found nothing.

it's the subtle wordings that allow loopholes in laws

And very often those loopholes are intentional.

<<But if Sarah Palin makes the same mistake, I guarantee you that folks in the media would be playing this up as a big deal and saying, "See? She doesn't even know when the Great Depression started! She's too dumb to be vice-president!">>

If that happened--if the media responded that way-- it would come from not being able to tell what it is she does know. I too believe it is unfair when the media picks up, and blows out of proportion, the gaffs of these men and women who are constantly in front of camera. We all make mistakes. Granted one can say, "That's part of the job, so they should know better." But crap happens. Bush, McCain, Obama, Biden, they all make mistakes.

Palin has no such lengthy track record of saying ANYTHING, so when she makes a mistake... or stands by living in Alaska being foreing policy experience, or "thanks, but no thanks" it is hard to take anything she says as serious.

Howard

William - if it did happen, it's not supposed to.  It would be like saying "This one bus station had a hooker in it, so we must close all bus-stations!"

I call bullshit.

I work in and around medical organizations, and I've never heard of leaving half-born babies to die in a closet. It's unheard of.

You deal with the bad doctor that did that one thing, not end the whole thing... unless that was your whole intention..

Then why was the wording not changed to mirror that of the national bill? He stated himself he would have supported it had that occurred? Is it true he blocked this? He was certainly in a position to block it or facilitate the change? What was the end result?

And as a side note, why do we have humane laws regarding pets but this is such a brushfire issue?

I agree with Jodi that the government shouldn't intervene and force the care and cost. I disagree with the way they say this situation was handled. Was it only the one hospital mentioned? I don't have a lot of trust in the paper above that stated a inquiry found nothing of substance to warrant further investigation. That can go either way after the fact. many things can disappear or be swept under the rug.

I think, and Jodi correct me if I'm wrong, that we both feel the comfort and dignity of the child, and the child's family, is what's at issue here, in that order. I wouldn't treat my neighbors cat that way, and I hate cats.

Was there truly a national investigation over something that never happened?