Showing posts with label boycotts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boycotts. Show all posts
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Monday, December 11, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
John Lewis' boycott of the inaugural isn't unprecedented, nor the reason for it: He also boycotted G. W. Bush
WaPo reported this Sunday, Jan. 21, 2001, here:
Some members of the Black Caucus decided to boycott Inauguration Day; John Lewis, for instance, spent the day in his Atlanta district. He thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush's swearing-in because he doesn't believe Bush is the true elected president.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Friday, February 21, 2014
Why You Should Boycott ObamaCare If You're Under Age 44
Because at your age you are most likely to die of violence, not disease, and you'll get better care for violence without insurance.
Story here:
Researchers from the Stanford University of Medicine found that patients with insurance are less likely to get the best care than those who do not have insurance. They found that insured patients taken to non-trauma hospitals were 13 to 15 percent less likely to be transferred to trauma centers than uninsured ones. ...
Shootings and traffic accidents are the most common causes of death in this county among people under 44-years-old. Previous research has shown that severely injured patients are 2 percent less likely to die if treated at a top-ranked trauma center than at a non-trauma center.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Actually, Just 10% Of Arizonans Defeated The Speed Cameras
Before Gov. Brewer pulled Janet Napolitano's speed cameras, 676,668 violators simply ignored their $181 or greater speeding tickets, about 10% of the 2012 population.
Imagine 31 million Americans not paying the $95 fine for not having insurance: that's only $3 billion. But 31 million Americans each not buying a $5,000 policy is $155 billion.
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