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Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:45 PM

WilliamPitt (54,469 posts)

54. Fair enough

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115 replies	Author	Time	Post
Watched a bagger have an epiphany yesterday [View all]	NNN0LHI	Jun 2012	OP
It's the same old story, isn't it?	Ishoutandscream2	Jun 2012	#1
When it hits them they always say, "but MY situation is different (special...whatever).	Dustlawyer	Jun 2012	#36
There's a great doc out on this	MrScorpio	Jun 2012	#44
Hot Coffee	dpibel	Jun 2012	#50
Excellent documentary.	xxqqqzme	Jun 2012	#55
That's the one	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#63
Craig T. Nelson said it best:	tclambert	Jun 2012	#62
What?	efhmc	Jun 2012	#64
LOL	drm604	Jun 2012	#89
+1 -- O. M. G.	bupkus	Jun 2012	#100
Your post should be shouted from the rooftops. Thanks.	spooky3	Jun 2012	#72
+1000 n/t	jaysunb	Jun 2012	#80
Selfishness is the great leveler.	Kablooie	Jun 2012	#43
yep + seen it in person myself	lunasun	Jun 2012	#92
Yes, I have an Aunt and Uncle living in the intermountain West.....	Swede Atlanta	Jun 2012	#88
I get so angry at people like this,	SheilaT	Jun 2012	#105
Maybe you should remind them. nt	nanabugg	Jun 2012	#112
"When it happens to you...	alterfurz	Jun 2012	#91
They only get it when they personally get hit	catbyte	Jun 2012	#2
This applies across the board.	mwb970	Jun 2012	#110
Great story but	Tanelorn	Jun 2012	#3
I guess they need to experience some kind of massive and undeniable betrayal	Jackpine Radical	Jun 2012	#5
They keep falling for a "trick" we all learned in elementary school.	TahitiNut	Jun 2012	#69
Stockholm Syndrome...	chervilant	Jun 2012	#113
Well, since most of them are older racist fucks who want to go back to 1940	snooper2	Jun 2012	#26
Maybe the Democrats can run an Ad	goclark	Jun 2012	#68
If you happen to see him again, you might also mention this.	denverbill	Jun 2012	#4
Yes, I am in HR, and that is how it has worked at each place I have worked. nt	Lisa0825	Jun 2012	#14
Serious question: Where does this guy stand in regards to "lapse of coverage"?	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#37
I would agree with reply # 21 below on that. nt	Lisa0825	Jun 2012	#60
But can he buy insurance retroactively?	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jun 2012	#20
No it won't be retroactive and he'd better hurry in case the Supreme's overtturn Obamacare.	denverbill	Jun 2012	#21
IMO	Mr Dixon	Jun 2012	#6
it boils down to "the more you know moment".	Historic NY	Jun 2012	#7
Reality strikes like a two by four up side the head.	lpbk2713	Jun 2012	#8
Can't imagine it happening to them	get the red out	Jun 2012	#9
I hope he finds a way	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2012	#10
While the Shaedenfreude is cool and all, he needs to sue the company.	WingDinger	Jun 2012	#11
Agreed	Sherman A1	Jun 2012	#25
Well, to me it sounds they should contact the State AG's office over the theft of money, start from	NotThisTime	Jun 2012	#40
my parents went through this same thing in Florida in the early 90's	millijac	Jun 2012	#47
Florida	cosmicaug	Jun 2012	#103
But, but,but ...	IggleDoer	Jun 2012	#76
Definitely. Regardless of his political stance he's been really badly wronged by them. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jun 2012	#84
When it's personal, they get it.	BlueToTheBone	Jun 2012	#12
Yup. Most of the time it's a, "That's their problem." mentality. n/t	vaberella	Jun 2012	#17
Because they worked for it. Like no one else has?	SammyWinstonJack	Jun 2012	#27
How sad his story. I knew as soon as these idiots realize how they are being screwed they would	southernyankeebelle	Jun 2012	#13
I doubt he will become liberal- just use the system there for those in need	lunasun	Jun 2012	#93
Or maybe he'll keep voting against his interest...	cosmicaug	Jun 2012	#104
Seems Like Their First Call Should Have Been to the Wife's Employer	Indykatie	Jun 2012	#15
one of the more interesting aspects	wilt the stilt	Jun 2012	#16
With pain	The Wizard	Jun 2012	#18
I accidentally ran into the bag protesters at the Capitol in 2010	wordpix	Jun 2012	#19
He paid into Medicare	LiberalCatholic	Jun 2012	#22
If his wife were in a union	EC	Jun 2012	#23
I was thinking the exact same thing.	obxhead	Jun 2012	#70
Ya know what, fuck him...	Earth_First	Jun 2012	#24
+10000!	SammyWinstonJack	Jun 2012	#29
Eggs-zact-ly ...	bayareaboy	Jun 2012	#33
I know where you are coming from, that sense of righteous anger mixed	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#39
Um	WilliamPitt	Jun 2012	#45
Will, I know...	Earth_First	Jun 2012	#51
Fair enough	WilliamPitt	Jun 2012	#54
Gotta agree	flobee1	Jun 2012	#81
You know what? I hope Jackson's office is able to help him out.	DFW	Jun 2012	#28
As soon as he gets his situation settled, he'll be back to hating those less fortunate.	Hoyt	Jun 2012	#30
I think he will hate the less fortunate from the get go that he has to wait in line	lunasun	Jun 2012	#102
Great story.....but I expect no change	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#31
With the uncovered med expenses and his wife's job on shaky ground	bigbrother05	Jun 2012	#96
their unjustified hate	barbtries	Jun 2012	#32
Great story but	Coyote_Bandit	Jun 2012	#34
The guy may have a case against the company for coverage, AND the company may be fined...	M0rpheus	Jun 2012	#74
I had a similiar incident at the last place I worked	MattBaggins	Jun 2012	#35
There's a few like that where I work too	Populist_Prole	Jun 2012	#79
He defended the company that screwed over his father?	Grins	Jun 2012	#86
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)	Henley96	Jun 2012	#38
He asked where he could sign up?	GoCubsGo	Jun 2012	#41
Great story but baggers don't have genuine epiphanies	bupkus	Jun 2012	#42
Yep...	Snarkoleptic	Jun 2012	#94
Oh, yeah	bupkus	Jun 2012	#99
2014 cant get here quick enough	iamthebandfanman	Jun 2012	#46
2014?!	chervilant	Jun 2012	#114
It's how Fox teaches them how to learn.	Turbineguy	Jun 2012	#48
The wifes employer is steeling from her, that is illegal regardless of whether or not a lawyer will	uponit7771	Jun 2012	#49
Another socialists indoctrinated - good job	lame54	Jun 2012	#52
I don't understand the lawyers...	Ron Obvious	Jun 2012	#53
My guess (having been a paralegal)	SheilaT	Jun 2012	#57
How about punitive damages?	Ron Obvious	Jun 2012	#59
Again, I'm not an attorney, but I don't think	SheilaT	Jun 2012	#106
If the laws are such that the lawyer will get paid little or nothing, then	SharonAnn	Jun 2012	#66
Let's see if he changes his tune. You'd think he'd be afraid of the Obamacare 'Death Panels...'	freshwest	Jun 2012	#56
A former boss and a big Rep did that to us.	alfredo	Jun 2012	#58
Great that you had that power and that ability.	efhmc	Jun 2012	#65
I had some inside help.	alfredo	Jun 2012	#95
Good work. Where was this victory?	efhmc	Jun 2012	#97
In Kentucky	alfredo	Jun 2012	#115
The social safety net. You're bouncing on it.	Bolo Boffin	Jun 2012	#61
Perhaps the new Consumer Protection Bureau can help him	Samantha	Jun 2012	#67
a tough Consumer Protection Bureau	marions ghost	Jun 2012	#71
He'll still vote republican, I bet.	demosincebirth	Jun 2012	#73
There is no "Obamacare" to "sign up" for	jberryhill	Jun 2012	#75
Now to drive home the point ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2012	#77
And then remind him....	Grins	Jun 2012	#87
Good ..... Fuck him. I hope he loses it all.	RagAss	Jun 2012	#78
"What do I do now?" - Vote for the Dems. At least you can sleep with one eye closed. n/t	davidwparker	Jun 2012	#82
What is this "ObamaCare" of which you speak,	bvar22	Jun 2012	#83
I love this story.	rosesaylavee	Jun 2012	#85
Well, most conservanazis like him will make excuses to blame Obama for his loss of coverage.	TxVietVet	Jun 2012	#90
But I bet he votes for RMoney in November,	Ilsa	Jun 2012	#98
I don't feel sorry for him if	Shankapotomus	Jun 2012	#101
Find the logic in this	Bigredhunk	Jun 2012	#107
Watched a bagger have an epiphany yesterday	StarrMatthieu	Jun 2012	#108
I don't suppose you could have a chat with my brother?	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2012	#109
Don, you are so laid back. I admire you. My response	tsuki	Jun 2012	#111

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