Comments on: YES WE CAN … DENY CARE TO THE INDIGENT http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:11:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Joe C. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-159116 Joe C. Wed, 28 May 2008 14:46:07 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-159116 "an eccentric genius" You throw the word genius around too freely. Writing some fairly insignificant software while spouting some recycled communist dribble hardly qualifies a person as a genius. "would insist on correcting you: “his” movement is the Free Software movement (”free as in speech, not free as in beer”), while the more pragmatic “open source” movement is led by the (politically VERY different) Eric S. Raymond:" This distinction only holds significance to the smallest minority of computer nerds and is far more blurry than you suggest. Linux, the centerpiece and driving force of the open sores movement, is still bound by RMS's anti-capitalist GNU public license agreement Eric Raymond is every bit the freak show that RMS is, and is nobody a serious politician would want to associate with in any fashion. “an eccentric genius”

You throw the word genius around too freely. Writing some fairly insignificant software while spouting some recycled communist dribble hardly qualifies a person as a genius.

“would insist on correcting you: “his” movement is the Free Software movement (”free as in speech, not free as in beer”), while the more pragmatic “open source” movement is led by the (politically VERY different) Eric S. Raymond:”

This distinction only holds significance to the smallest minority of computer nerds and is far more blurry than you suggest. Linux, the centerpiece and driving force of the open sores movement, is still bound by RMS’s anti-capitalist GNU public license agreement Eric Raymond is every bit the freak show that RMS is, and is nobody a serious politician would want to associate with in any fashion.

]]> By: Goodtimepolitics http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-158378 Goodtimepolitics Wed, 28 May 2008 05:50:22 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-158378 We seem to be on the same page with these friends of Obama's! http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/05/25/david-axelrod-obamas-political-strategist-his-firm-axelrod-and-associates/ This chairwomen of Obama's is the one that gets to me! :) http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/05/25/obamas-chairwomen-penny-sue-pritzker-28-billion-ceo/ We seem to be on the same page with these friends of Obama’s!

http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/05/25/david-axelrod-obamas-political-strategist-his-firm-axelrod-and-associates/

This chairwomen of Obama’s is the one that gets to me! :)
http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/05/25/obamas-chairwomen-penny-sue-pritzker-28-billion-ceo/

]]> By: Former Belgian http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-158108 Former Belgian Wed, 28 May 2008 03:20:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-158108 Actually, RMS (an eccentric genius, as well as a textbook case of Asperger's syndrome) would insist on correcting you: "his" movement is the Free Software movement ("free as in speech, not free as in beer"), while the more pragmatic "open source" movement is led by the (politically VERY different) Eric S. Raymond: http://catb.org/~esr/ See also his essay on how Free Software differs from Open Source: http://catb.org/~esr/open-source.html Actually, RMS (an eccentric genius, as well as a textbook case of Asperger’s syndrome) would insist on correcting you: “his” movement is the Free Software movement (”free as in speech, not free as in beer”), while the more pragmatic “open source” movement is led by the (politically VERY different) Eric S. Raymond:

http://catb.org/~esr/

See also his essay on how Free Software differs from Open Source:

http://catb.org/~esr/open-source.html

]]> By: Joe C. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-156755 Joe C. Tue, 27 May 2008 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-156755 The so-called open source movement is led by Richard M Stallman (RMS), a creepy communist. If Obama's people were wise, they'd want to distance themselves from the likes of RMS. Exhibit A: http://www.stallman.org/ The so-called open source movement is led by Richard M Stallman (RMS), a creepy communist. If Obama’s people were wise, they’d want to distance themselves from the likes of RMS.

Exhibit A: http://www.stallman.org/

]]> By: groetzinger http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-156745 groetzinger Tue, 27 May 2008 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/26/yes-we-can-deny-care-to-the-indigent/#comment-156745 Pot calling the kettle black!This type of stuf happens on both sides.To point out the faults of one side shows the divisiveness of yourself.To pick on the indigent is elitist. Pot calling the kettle black!This type of stuf happens on both sides.To point out the faults of one side shows the divisiveness of yourself.To pick on the indigent is elitist.

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