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Title: Budget Cuts Force Calif. Police And Firemen To Watch Man Drown
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URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2 ... -man-drown-due-to-budget-cuts/
Published: Jun 1, 2011
Author: Stephen C. Webster
Post Date: 2011-06-01 15:54:24 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 150825
Comments: 179
Police and firemen in Alameda, California watched a man drown on Monday after realizing they did not have proper certifications for water rescue, leaving them open to possible lawsuits if they attempted to save him. The drowning victim, 53-year-old Raymond Zack, was apparently suicidal, according to a report from the scene. He waded out about 150 yards into cold waters off Crown Beach in Alameda and took about an hour to drown himself. A crowd of about 75 gathered to watch the bizarre scene, which saw police and firemen just standing at shoreline watching helplessly. After the man had drowned, authorities couldn’t even go into the surf to retrieve the body. They instead recruited a passer-by for the job. City officials reportedly blamed the incident on budget cuts and said they would have a discussion about why Alameda, an island city, does not have proper authorization to rescue people from the waters surrounding it. This video is from ABC 7 in San Francisco, Calif., broadcast May 30, 2011.
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#109. To: mininggold (#108)
It is a limbic brain response that only knows flight or fight without thought or reason.
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that child’s born too. When we start debating a budget, let’s make sure we don’t cut 100,000 vaccines. Let’s make sure we’ve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that baby’s born, oh no, we don’t want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a women’s uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Yet most profess to having served in the military which specifically teaches recruits how to deal with that response.
Oh my, are you suggesting...?
It is our responsibility to protect that child once that child’s born too. When we start debating a budget, let’s make sure we don’t cut 100,000 vaccines. Let’s make sure we’ve got health insurance. We seem to worship what we cannot see, but as soon as that baby’s born, oh no, we don’t want to be intrusive. Texas is going to shrink government until it fits inside a women’s uterus. Senator Leticia Van de Putte
I swear that whenever you two fat azzed gibbering morons get together the world actually gets DUMBER. You two gibbering libTURDS are incapable of even a semblance independent thought. You NEED the herd. YOU can't live without it. You certainly never have, have you?
Spoiled, stupid and ignorant, brain dead phuckwads, libTURD fools, tools, and idiots, are the real sickness; the messiah "king" obammy and his regime are only the symptoms.
So you think a system where the poor and the retired have no health care is a better one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Singapore -------- So mandates are a good idea? Government forcing citizens to save and providing subsidies along with price regulation are good approaches? I thought you were a free market conservative, not a socialist?
"Thats because your basically and idiot." (war)Easy there...she's a very nice l;ady who likes ghost stories. The screen name lucysmom is a shill, and most likely male.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
A cunt's a cunt. I call em how I see em. lucysmom ran to you to get me banned. Not because of my language, but because she got bested and outed in our argument. She's a cunt. That's the truth. You are looking for the truth here, right?
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
Know why they call that section between a woman's breasts and her hips a waist? Because you could easily fit another pair of tits in there! Who the fuck do you think you're intimidating? You sound like one of those dykes from NOW.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
I am telling you, she's a very nice lady,,,
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." So who's fault is that other than their own????
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
I've told you by detailed opinion on this dozens of times before. You have some kind of severe memory loss. Is it Alzheimer's or just too many drugs from the 1960s???
Bingo, you win the prize.
Because you could easily fit another pair of tits in there! Who the fuck do you think you're intimidating? You sound like one of those dykes from NOW. Thanks for proving my point.
Not everyone is going to get into or stay in the middle class o. There are innumerable factors many of which are beyond their control that could put them in that position. One possible scenario is that someone has a car accident that disables them temporarily (or permanantly) they lose their job and lose their coverage and then can no longer afford insurance. In regards to the elderly most people live from pay check to pay check and couldn't possibly save enough money to pay for health insurance in their retirement years. Not that in a "free" market an insurance company would want to cover the elderly. But if health care were like any other "service" it wouldn't matter if it were affordable or not. But unfortunately lacking it can mean life or death.
That's the chance you take from the day you're born, life sucks sometimes....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
And so they don't have access to Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security????
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
So..... A lot of people don't have any supplementary insurance and don't seem to mind or care.....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
In amends, I'd like to state that I'm sure you have small and dainty feet. Women love to hear that. You do realize that small and dainty feet are an evolutionary development allowing women to stand closer to the kitchen sink, right? Know the difference between you and a battery? The battery has a positive side. If you were screaming at my front door and my dog were barking at my back door, I'd let the dog in first. At least he'd shut up once I let him in.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
Women love to hear that. You do realize that small and dainty feet are an evolutionary development allowing women to stand closer to the kitchen sink, right? Know the difference between you and a battery? The battery has a positive side. If you were screaming at my front door and my dog were barking at my back door, I'd let the dog in first. At least he'd shut up once I let him in. You are too funny.
Yeah, wadda peach she is. Much like the southern woman who "complements" another by saying, "I'm amazed at how many seasons you can get out of a dress!"
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
Well, you finally snapped to what I was doing. When you falsely accuse someone of being a certain way, don't be surprised when they act that way toward you, instead of shrinking back on the defensive. You and lucysmom had a pretty good time fingering each other upthread ascribing attributes to me which I don't possess. Both of you need to grow up. When you lose an argument, you two turn to a gang-on personal attack, falsely accusing you opponent of things of which you expect him to shrink back, and go into defense mode. Ain't gonna work, sister.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
Right, you have repeatedly proclaimed your support for a system that "uses a combination of compulsory savings from payroll deductions (funded by both employers and workers) a nationalized catastrophic health insurance plan, and government subsidies, as well as "actively regulating the supply and prices of healthcare services in the country" to keep costs in check;"
"Thats because your basically and idiot." When you falsely accuse someone of being a certain way, don't be surprised when they act that way toward you, instead of shrinking back on the defensive. You lose it all the time, you just don't like being reminded.
Blow me.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
Know why men die sooner than their wives? Because they want to. Know why women don't fart? Because they can't shut their mouths long enough to build up the required pressure. Know what makes a woman have an orgasm? Who cares! Lemme know when you want to discuss topics and not hurl bullshit. Otherwise, go sit in the corner with that cunt lucysmom.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
If you follow the thread you would see he was talking about getting the government out of health care.
Yep it does suck sometimes but if there is something we can do about it we should. I betcha if it was you in that situation you wouldn't be whining and complaining we don't need universal health care. "No no I would rather not see a doctor wouldn't want anyone else to help pay for it."
I've also repeatedly told your that your characterization of the Singapore system is completely incorrect. I've been to Singapore many times. The American leftist interpretation is completely wrong. There are more than two answers to any question and they found one that works really well. Their solution has NOTHING to do with whatever you and other brain dead leftist could even conceive. Who invented Singapore's health care system? A professor at Texas A&M university, in the 1970s. Who invented the Japanese manufacturing method? An American who was rejected by the status quo, after WWII in the 1940s. America has the smartest people on the entire earth. America also has the very dumbest government on the entire earth. The government cannot be trusted to do anything.
Hey DICK! You are FREE to give as much money of YOURS as you want to to help others. You are NOT FREE to STEAL the money of others for your wishes. You are a common, ordinary thief. Nothing less. I'll bet you have a big screen TV at home, when a smaller TV would have done just as well, and you could have given the difference to help some poor unfortunate soul with his health care, you hypocritical bastard! I'll bet you drive a nice car, when you could have taken the bus and spent the difference to aid someone else, you selfish, self-serving PRICK!! I'll bet you could do with a lot less food, or eat strictly rice and beans, and give the rest to others for their comfort, you greedy, self serving, not-give-a-shit-about-others, you heartless, uncaring, self-indulgent asshole!! It's about time the producers of this country gave you a message: Go fuck yourself. And if you come for my money for your purposes, bring a gun. You'll need it, ya fucking thief.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
You gonna read Atlas Shrugged or not.
Tag line: I wuz HACKED, cuz I SAY so!
I made sure I'm not in that situation... I took life by the horns and did what I needed to do to be responsible for myself and my family. If others can't do the same than oh well.... There is an old saying "You make your own bed and you sleep in it".....
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
The name of the thread----- "Budget Cuts Force Calif. Police And Firemen To Watch Man Drown"
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
Some people have integrity and some don't...... People that want something for nothing don't have any!!!!!!!!!!!
"I love the 45 caliber M1911, I respect the 9MM M9 Beretta but I only carry a CZ for my own personal protection". Quote courtesy of Lt Col John Dean Cooper, recognized as the Father of Modern Handgunning
This is a debate forum. There is some name calling that happens. But you need to quit calling her that name. No she didn't pm and tell on you again. I happened across it. When lurkers find this place here and they see people using language like that repeatedly. Many of them will hit the back button and never come back again. I know I've called people names before too. That is why I'm not threatening to ban anyone. She manages to get under your skin quite well without resorting to calling you a name like that. You can do the same thing.
A government run system created by an academic with no experience in Business? Sounds like Obamacare, right?
"Thats because your basically and idiot." The Singapore government MANDATES that everyone have health care coverage AND it guarantees that a payment, private, public or a combination of both, will be made to ALL providers. All "private" health care providers cannot reject an applicant and it cannot deny a treatment. Peggy always glosses over those facts.
America...My Kind Of Place... "I truly am not that concerned about [bin Laden]..." All "private" health care providers cannot reject an applicant and it cannot deny a treatment. Peggy always glosses over those facts. Yep
"Thats because your basically and idiot." Singapore mandates that everyone save for their own healthcare. You get to SHOP for your own insurance out of your savings. Government doesn't own you insurance. Employers don't own your insurance. YOU own your own insurance. THIS IS THE KEY to their success. They provide a tiny savings subsidy for low income people, who also get to SHOP for their own insurance. Philosophically, I would prefer no government mandates at all, but given where we are I would support the Singapore system in the U.S. 100%. Let me inform you about Singapore and the rest of Asia. You are expected to take care of yourself. If you can't take care of yourself, your family is expected to take care of you. If don't have a family, then the government might provide you a tiny subsidy, depending on the specific country. In Asia, "family" means extended family and close friends of the family, just like southern Europe. We've lost this entire idea of family in America and Europe. That is precisely the problem. It wasn't by accident. The government has purposefully taken over more and more family responsibilities over the last 100 years. This is why things are so screwed up in Europe and America. It has to change.
No, I don't have time. Libertysflame, my blog, and my daily Google / Bing (on a dozen or so subjects) are my only distractions from my business and family. I used to read 3 to 4 books a months. Now I Google and Bing to get the information I need.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestSeeing big grown 'men' quivering like a bowl of jello every time they hear a little difference of opinion is a little disconcerting and more a tell on the future of this country than their constant rehashing of doomsday scenarios.
#110. To: lucysmom (#109)
It is a limbic brain response that only knows flight or fight without thought or reason.
#111. To: mininggold (#110)
Yet most profess to having served in the military which specifically teaches recruits how to deal with that response.
#112. To: lucysmom, mininggold (#111)
#113. To: jwpegler (#104)
There is no magic about it. The overwhelming majority of people do whatever is needed to take care of themselves and their families.
#114. To: jwpegler (#58)
Singapore's health care system promotes individual choice and responsibility. The U.S. system promotes dependency on one's employer and/or the government. This is the problem.
Singapore has a universal healthcare system where government ensures affordability, largely through compulsory savings and price controls, while the private sector provides most care.
Singapore's system uses a combination of compulsory savings from payroll deductions (funded by both employers and workers) a nationalized catastrophic health insurance plan, and government subsidies, as well as "actively regulating the supply and prices of healthcare services in the country" to keep costs in check;
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#115. To: war (#102)
(me) She's a cunt, and evidently is into degradation.
#116. To: A K A Stone (#100)
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No need to cally LM the C word.
#117. To: mininggold (#106)
He sounds like another one of those Good Conservatives™ who hate the first amendment and 'think' women should give up the vote and not be able to own property.
#118. To: Wood_Chopper (#115)
--GW Bush
#119. To: NewsJunky (#113)
So you think a system where the poor and the retired have no health care is a better one?
#120. To: go65 (#114)
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#121. To: CZ82 (#119)
So who's fault is that other than their own????
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#122. To: Wood_Chopper (#117)
Know why they call that section between a woman's breasts and her hips a waist?
#123. To: CZ82 (#119)
So who's fault is that other than their own????
#124. To: NewsJunky (#123)
Not everyone is going to get into or stay in the middle class. There are innumerable factors many of which are beyond their control that could put them in that position. One possible scenario is that someone has a car accident that disables them temporarily (or permanantly) they lose their job and lose their coverage and then can no longer afford insurance.
#125. To: NewsJunky (#123)
In regards to the elderly most people live from pay check to pay check and couldn't possibly save enough money to pay for health insurance in their retirement years. Not that in a "free" market an insurance company would want to cover the elderly.
#126. To: NewsJunky (#123)
But if health care were like any other "service" it wouldn't matter if it were affordable or not. But unfortunately lacking it can mean life or death.
#127. To: mininggold (#122)
Thanks for proving my point.
#128. To: Wood_Chopper (#127)
In amends, I'd like to state that I'm sure you have small and dainty feet.
#129. To: war (#118)
I am telling you, she's a very nice lady,,,
#130. To: mininggold (#128)
You are too funny.
#131. To: jwpegler (#120)
I've told you by detailed opinion on this dozens of times before.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#132. To: Wood_Chopper (#130)
Well, you finally snapped to what I was doing.
#133. To: mininggold (#132)
(Edited)
You lose it all the time, you just don't like being reminded.
#134. To: Wood_Chopper (#133)
Thanks for proving my point.
#135. To: mininggold (#134)
Thanks for proving my point.
#136. To: CZ82 (#125)
And so they don't have access to Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security????
#137. To: CZ82 (#124)
(Edited)
hat's the chance you take from the day you're born, life sucks sometimes....
#138. To: go65 (#131)
(Edited)
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#139. To: NewsJunky (#137)
(Edited)
Yep it does suck sometimes but if there is something we can do about it we should.
#140. To: jwpegler (#138)
#141. To: NewsJunky (#137)
Yep it does suck sometimes but if there is something we can do about it we should. I betcha if it was you in that situation you wouldn't be whining and complaining we don't need universal health care.
#142. To: NewsJunky (#136)
If you follow the thread you would see he was talking about getting the government out of health care.
#143. To: NewsJunky (#137)
"No no I would rather not see a doctor wouldn't want anyone else to help pay for it."
#144. To: Wood_Chopper (#116)
#145. To: jwpegler (#138)
Who invented Singapore's health care system? A professor at Texas A&M university, in the 1970s.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#146. To: go65, jwpegler (#131)
--GW Bush
#147. To: war, jwpegler (#146)
The Singapore government MANDATES that everyone have health care coverage AND it guarantees that a payment, private, public or a combination of both, will be made to ALL providers.
Badeye posted on 2011-04-29 10:30:22 ET
#148. To: war, go65, capitalist eric (#146)
(Edited)
The Singapore government MANDATES that everyone have health care coverage AND it guarantees that a payment, private, public or a combination of both, will be made to ALL providers.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
#149. To: Wood_Chopper (#140)
You gonna read Atlas Shrugged or not.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."-- Charles Duell, Commissioner of US Patent Office, 1899
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