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Comrade Grumpy

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7. It's nice to know who the authoritarians are.

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 03:13 PM

Jan 2013

And tell me how a smoker who drops dead of a heart attack, or even lung cancer, at 62 cost more in health care than a non-smoker who lives to be 85, with all the associated ailments.

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Right wing Nazis vs Left wing Nazis....a tale of consecutive posts [View all] catnhatnh Jan 2013 OP

Left wing Nazis? Right wing Nazis?... DonViejo Jan 2013 #1

Hmmm... catnhatnh Jan 2013 #2

As a very famous American said... DonViejo Jan 2013 #3

Well, in some circles, catnhatnh Jan 2013 #5

Oh really?... DonViejo Jan 2013 #6

The despised minority group is running up its healthcare costs and expecting everyone JDPriestly Jan 2013 #4

It's nice to know who the authoritarians are. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #7

It's lung cancer, bladder cancer, other smoking-related cancers and emphysema JDPriestly Jan 2013 #18

Not really catnhatnh Jan 2013 #8

the term "left wing nazis" is deeply offensive. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #9

+1 leftstreet Jan 2013 #10

All I implied was outrageous behavior. catnhatnh Jan 2013 #11

at least spell "pogrom" right. Warren Stupidity Jan 2013 #12

You should have written, "loyalty oaths and regulating a controlled substance." ieoeja Jan 2013 #15

Yikes! Now that's a strrrrrrrrrretch. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #19

You know who else believes in Left wing Nazis? Rex Jan 2013 #13

Exactly. There is no such thing as a left-wing Nazi. n/t AverageJoe90 Jan 2013 #14

Overuse of Hitler comparisons is a logical fallacy: reductio ad hitlerum Initech Jan 2013 #16

Fail Capt. Obvious Jan 2013 #17

What about Illinois Nazis? nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #20

The seldom attempted Quadruple Self Godwin OP Fumesucker Jan 2013 #21