Comments for Too Old To Work, Too Young To Retire http://tooldtowork.com Paramedicine, politics, guns, a little Country Western music Thu, 17 May 2012 11:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Airport Security Is In The Very Best Of Hands by Lissa http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/airport-security-is-in-the-very-best-of-hand/#comment-22830 Lissa Thu, 17 May 2012 11:06:22 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3356#comment-22830 Stay alert, look for people with smoking underwear and have the ingredients to a good weapon in your carryon. That's all you can do. Stay alert, look for people with smoking underwear and have the ingredients to a good weapon in your carryon. That’s all you can do.

]]> Comment on Is This Treason? by tooldtowork http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/is-this-treason/#comment-22686 tooldtowork Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:40 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3354#comment-22686 Was the goal merely to aggrandize the President and his role in the War on Terror? Although maybe not the intent, you can make a credible argument that this did give aid and comfort to the enemy and will harm efforts to defeat them. Was the goal merely to aggrandize the President and his role in the War on Terror? Although maybe not the intent, you can make a credible argument that this did give aid and comfort to the enemy and will harm efforts to defeat them.

]]> Comment on Is This Treason? by Sigivald http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/is-this-treason/#comment-22685 Sigivald Tue, 15 May 2012 20:25:26 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3354#comment-22685 Prosecuted... on what charge? Can't be treason, as the goal was certainly not "aid and comfort" to our enemies; and doing so as a side-effect of something else isn't treason. Can't be the same bullshit as the Plame charges, as the asset in question was <I>not even American</i>, and IIRC the statute in question deals only with American intelligence assets, and possibly only actual employees of American intelligence agencies. This is a diplomatic nightmare and evidence of being farkin' amateur incompetents, but I don't know that any law was broken - it's not illegal (or treason) to harm relations with an ally for political gain. It's unprofessional, cheap, tawdry, and amateurish. But not a crime. Prosecuted… on what charge?

Can’t be treason, as the goal was certainly not “aid and comfort” to our enemies; and doing so as a side-effect of something else isn’t treason.

Can’t be the same bullshit as the Plame charges, as the asset in question was not even American, and IIRC the statute in question deals only with American intelligence assets, and possibly only actual employees of American intelligence agencies.

This is a diplomatic nightmare and evidence of being farkin’ amateur incompetents, but I don’t know that any law was broken – it’s not illegal (or treason) to harm relations with an ally for political gain.

It’s unprofessional, cheap, tawdry, and amateurish. But not a crime.

]]> Comment on Is This Treason? by tooldtowork http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/is-this-treason/#comment-22673 tooldtowork Tue, 15 May 2012 19:02:22 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3354#comment-22673 What will come of it will be behind the scenes, as in the CIA won't be included in certain operations and information will be withheld from us. What will come of it will be behind the scenes, as in the CIA won’t be included in certain operations and information will be withheld from us.

]]> Comment on Is This Treason? by Rev. Paul http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/is-this-treason/#comment-22654 Rev. Paul Tue, 15 May 2012 15:56:58 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3354#comment-22654 I predict that nothing will come of this story, and no one will face any prosecution for this at all. The British may issue a cautiously-worded statement, though. I predict that nothing will come of this story, and no one will face any prosecution for this at all. The British may issue a cautiously-worded statement, though.

]]> Comment on Correlation Does Not Necessarily Equal Causation by Old NFO http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/correlation-does-not-necessarily-equal-causation/#comment-22621 Old NFO Tue, 15 May 2012 02:52:20 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3352#comment-22621 Meh... concur with your comment. Just because there is a correlation, I would want to know a LOT more about the situations before I actually 'assigned' blame to the distance. Meh… concur with your comment. Just because there is a correlation, I would want to know a LOT more about the situations before I actually ‘assigned’ blame to the distance.

]]> Comment on Only One Third? by tooldtowork http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/only-one-third/#comment-22571 tooldtowork Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:05 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3350#comment-22571 Especially since the beneficiaries don't have to pay for it. Especially since the beneficiaries don’t have to pay for it.

]]> Comment on Only One Third? by BH http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/only-one-third/#comment-22570 BH Mon, 14 May 2012 14:38:07 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3350#comment-22570 I've always said, Medicaid is the best insurance there is. I’ve always said, Medicaid is the best insurance there is.

]]> Comment on Only One Third? by tooldtowork http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/only-one-third/#comment-22567 tooldtowork Mon, 14 May 2012 13:58:27 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3350#comment-22567 Maybe not in your state, but I know that it will in mine. Maybe not in your state, but I know that it will in mine.

]]> Comment on Only One Third? by Draven http://tooldtowork.com/2012/05/only-one-third/#comment-22551 Draven Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:13 +0000 http://emsblogs.com/tooldtowork/?p=3350#comment-22551 MediCal in most states will not pay for any drug that can be bought over the counter. MediCal in most states will not pay for any drug that can be bought over the counter.

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