I haven't become a fan of 3D yet. Saw Polar Express way back when. Saw Avitar and maybe one or two others. My Theatre has a non 3D print option and that's how I plan to see Green Lantern.
Isn't it a little naive to put all the blame on the Insurance Companies? What about ever increasing medical care costs from the providers to the medical equipment manufacturers? What about frivolous litigation (some of the litigation surly is frivolous) which necessitates some of those increasing medical care costs? From where I sit there's plenty of blame to go around.
I really have no idea what the answer is. But adding a new government bureaucracy seems to me to be adding a layer of complexity to an already overly complex problem.
Also I really don't like being lied to like I was by the Obama Administration. There's no way that their plan will result in reduced per capita medical costs as they claim in their projections. Also the bandied about promise that we will all be able to keep our current coverage doesn't stand up to the reality that as businesses are penalized for keeping private coverage most will eventually give up and go with the government coverage.
Back to the insurance companies, I trust their need to compete for more customers to help manage costs then a no competition bureaucracy (and the government pensions that go with that increased bureaucracy).
In the final analysis I don't trust Our Government manage my health care dollars, especially given that they are currently borrowing 40 cents of every dollar they spend. I vote for sticking with the free enterprise system that built this country.
I agree with gcursor...nice phrasing Lucky. When I read omnipotent Daddy my thoughts, along with a chuckle, immediately went to the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. But I think in this case, more likely impotent.
I love British TV too. Who remembers Yes Minister followed by Yes Prime Minister....or Fawlty Towers. MI-5 was pretty good too. There is so much more character development in British TV and film.
I was disappointed recently though by the updated Upstairs Downstairs.