...it is unreasonable to require the state to guarantee the boy will be in a permanent home for at least two years, given that even children who are not in foster care can't make such guarantees. ''That is a bar a little too high,'' Caplan said.
Transplant teams routinely accept pledges from recovering alcoholics that they will never drink again after accepting a donated liver, or promises that smokers will quit smoking once they receive a new heart, Caplan said. Why should a foster child be required to do more than that? he asked.
''It is absolutely unethical to deny a transplant to a child because you don't have a home setting that is stable or parents who can help with compliance with the treatment,'' Caplan said. ``That's why you have child-caring agencies and foster care. That's what child welfare should be doing.''
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Hello Raine.
I wish i knew how to change my name...love to have that lil on my name.
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Hello Raine.
I wish i knew how to change my name...love to have that lil on my name.
When our code monkey gets here, maybe he can do something about it. it is funny.
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:kickcan:
Raine, you make me sorry to work in the healthcare industry...
Fortunately, I came to the 'light side of The Force' about 5 years ago now. I did work for the payors, and an HMO at that, for a very long time.
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Please, WHEN will it be over??
Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
After rejecting global climate-change targets, George Bush's parting shot to the G8 summit
President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit.
As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
President Bush made the private joke in the summit's closing session, senior sources said yesterday. His remarks were taken as a two-fingered salute from the President from Texas who is wedded to the oil industry. He had given some ground at the summit by saying he would "seriously consider" a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2050.
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Please, WHEN will it be over??
Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
After rejecting global climate-change targets, George Bush's parting shot to the G8 summit
President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit.
As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
President Bush made the private joke in the summit's closing session, senior sources said yesterday. His remarks were taken as a two-fingered salute from the President from Texas who is wedded to the oil industry. He had given some ground at the summit by saying he would "seriously consider" a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2050.
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OK, so I'm dealing with a tool over on Newsvine...
I asked why all right-wing humour involves killing someone, and he came back with why does all left-wing humour involve the messy death of right-wingers?
So do we do that?
(this was regarding the McCain/cigarettes/Iranians crack...)
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OK, so I'm dealing with a tool over on Newsvine...
I asked why all right-wing humour involves killing someone, and he came back with why does all left-wing humour involve the messy death of right-wingers?
So do we do that?
(this was regarding the McCain/cigarettes/Iranians crack...)
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Please, WHEN will it be over??
Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
After rejecting global climate-change targets, George Bush's parting shot to the G8 summit
President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit.
As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
President Bush made the private joke in the summit's closing session, senior sources said yesterday. His remarks were taken as a two-fingered salute from the President from Texas who is wedded to the oil industry. He had given some ground at the summit by saying he would "seriously consider" a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2050.
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Please, WHEN will it be over??
Bush to G8: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'
After rejecting global climate-change targets, George Bush's parting shot to the G8 summit
President George Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept global climate change targets at his last G8 summit.
As he prepared to fly out from Japan, he told his fellow leaders: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
President Bush made the private joke in the summit's closing session, senior sources said yesterday. His remarks were taken as a two-fingered salute from the President from Texas who is wedded to the oil industry. He had given some ground at the summit by saying he would "seriously consider" a 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2050.
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What a complete fucking, idiot. This embarrasses me as an American. Obama has a lot of work to do to restore our credibility. Never mind everything else, this is the biggest challenge the next occupant of the oval office will face. We are teetering on the brink of global irrelevancy; what happens in the next year will decide if we come back or go over.
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You know, all it would take is one of those Iranian test missiles having an "accident", and we have an excuse to attack...
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What can they go, 500 miles? That's not long range. That's hardly better than a SCUD or a V-2.
While John McCain often embodies an anything-goes attitude when talking to reporters, it doesn’t mean some subjects can’t make him sweat—say, birth control.
A female Los Angeles Times reporter inquired today about comments made earlier this week by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett Packard.
At a breakfast with reporters, Fiorina suggested that individuals–and women in particular–be given more flexibility to determine what their health insurance plans should cover. “There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she observed.
When McCain was asked for his position on the issue, he said—with a nervous laugh–“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue.”
The reporter pressed. “But apparently you’ve voted against—“
“I don’t know what I voted,” McCain said.
The reporter explained that McCain voted against a bill in 2003 that would have required health insurance companies to cover prescription birth control. “Is that still your position?” she persisted.
During the awkward exchange, with several lengthy pauses, McCain said he had no immediate knowledge of the vote. “I’ve cast thousands of votes in the Senate,” McCain said, then continued: “I will respond to—it’s a, it’s a…”
“Delicate issue,” the reporter offered, to a relieved laugh from McCain.
“I don’t usually duck an issue, but I’m—I’ll try to get back to you,” he explained.
After a pause, another reporter posed a question closer to McCain’s comfort zone: “Can I ask you about Russia?”
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Obama can't think on his feet? I don't think he's ever been caught off guard, or spouted a talking point, or stammered incoherently at any time on the campaign trail.
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McCain Squirms on Birth Control QuestionWhile John McCain often embodies an anything-goes attitude when talking to reporters, it doesn’t mean some subjects can’t make him sweat—say, birth control.
A female Los Angeles Times reporter inquired today about comments made earlier this week by McCain campaign adviser Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett Packard.
At a breakfast with reporters, Fiorina suggested that individuals–and women in particular–be given more flexibility to determine what their health insurance plans should cover. “There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won’t cover birth-control medication. Those women would like a choice,” she observed.
When McCain was asked for his position on the issue, he said—with a nervous laugh–“I certainly do not want to discuss that issue.”
The reporter pressed. “But apparently you’ve voted against—“
“I don’t know what I voted,” McCain said.
The reporter explained that McCain voted against a bill in 2003 that would have required health insurance companies to cover prescription birth control. “Is that still your position?” she persisted.
During the awkward exchange, with several lengthy pauses, McCain said he had no immediate knowledge of the vote. “I’ve cast thousands of votes in the Senate,” McCain said, then continued: “I will respond to—it’s a, it’s a…”
“Delicate issue,” the reporter offered, to a relieved laugh from McCain.
“I don’t usually duck an issue, but I’m—I’ll try to get back to you,” he explained.
After a pause, another reporter posed a question closer to McCain’s comfort zone: “Can I ask you about Russia?”
Um, maybe we should send Barack every farthing we can? Forget about FISA think "long range"
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Caller....
I want a constitutional lawyer as my president. Compare and contrast to "It's just a damn piece of paper."
Obama can't think on his feet? I don't think he's ever been caught off guard, or spouted a talking point, or stammered incoherently at any time on the campaign trail.
Other than that, that guy was an idiot.
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Caller....
I want a constitutional lawyer as my president. Compare and contrast to "It's just a damn piece of paper."
Obama can't think on his feet? I don't think he's ever been caught off guard, or spouted a talking point, or stammered incoherently at any time on the campaign trail.
Other than that, that guy was an idiot.
Yeah, Obama is pretty much human; often times, he needs a moment to think about what he's going to say. Anyone who has an answer immediately, to any question ever posed to them, isn't thinking before they speak.
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I don't think we should get into Fox's hand in this. They are sleazebags...we all know that. Jesse Jackson shouldn't have made the comments. Period.
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I don't think we should get into Fox's hand in this. They are sleazebags...we all know that. Jesse Jackson shouldn't have made the comments. Period.
So...Are we saying that Jesse Jackson are innocent of anything, because he was recorded in secret?
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I don't think we should get into Fox's hand in this. They are sleazebags...we all know that. Jesse Jackson shouldn't have made the comments. Period.
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*sigh*
So, is this whole Jesse Jackson thing another "manufactured controversy", a la Reverent Wright?
Discuss.