tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post5353820741457096268..comments2023-10-15T05:43:59.164-04:00Comments on The Ohio Republic: Can we talk?Harold Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01126953671652930894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-49408511620066837972008-02-12T20:59:00.000-05:002008-02-12T20:59:00.000-05:00TR needs to stop taking this conversation in circl...TR needs to stop taking this conversation in circles. Let's talk about healthcare, please...<BR/><BR/>As far as healthcare goes, I want a system that's affordable and efficient, that actually puts people first rather than insurance and pharmaceutical company profits. I want a system takes a whole-systems approach which means not just prevention but also dealing with the problems in our food Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-63065460257379800902008-02-05T10:56:00.000-05:002008-02-05T10:56:00.000-05:00Back at ya. What you say about the by now virtual...Back at ya. What you say about the by now virtually non-existent secession crowd isn't so important as whether it is properly imformed. The blog entry you pointed to suggested that there wasn't much of a discussion on healthcare. Jeezum, Harold, that's all we've been hearing about since early December when the Governor and legislative leadership first started discussing legislative priorities Thomas Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304015314073050872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-11026286265972282082008-02-04T12:39:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:39:00.000-05:00Please reread what I have written. My point is tha...Please reread what I have written. <I>My</I> point is that I did not express <I>any</I> opinion about the healthcare debate in Vermont, other than that having such a debate was a good idea.<BR/><BR/>As to the alleged "smartass remark," my concern is that you appear to automatically object to any favorable or even <I>neutral</I> reference to <I>Vermont Commons</I>. <BR/><BR/>In principle, I have Harold Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126953671652930894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-8695678904176675942008-02-04T11:32:00.000-05:002008-02-04T11:32:00.000-05:00And my point would be that VTCommons has no role i...And my point would be that <I>VTCommons</I> has no role in it, and that's because they've marginalized themselves via the looniness. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps you might educate yourself a little more about the facts on the ground here before giving us the benefit of your insights and counsel on how we might best go about improving healthcare. Relying solely on the posters, some of whom don't even live Thomas Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304015314073050872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-8362118864770178132008-02-04T10:58:00.000-05:002008-02-04T10:58:00.000-05:00The point of my post had less to do with the conte...The point of my post had less to do with the <I>content</I> of the conversation in Vermont than it did with the <I>idea</I> that such a conversation is taking place.<BR/><BR/>I think <I>Vermont Commons</I> has <I>some</I> useful content (particularly "Energy Optimist"), and I don't think it likely that you'll see the "whacko" stuff quoted here.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you need to unwind a little...Harold Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01126953671652930894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7809554158225020247.post-25696489920354423022008-02-03T20:22:00.000-05:002008-02-03T20:22:00.000-05:00POI, Harold. There already is a statewide convers...POI, Harold. There already <STRONG><I>is</I></STRONG> a statewide conversation going in Vermont about healthcare and has been for awhile. If you rely <I>VTCommons</I> for information on the status of current issues here, you'll start out behind the curve each and everytime.<BR/><BR/>There are plenty of blogs here that you can visit to get a sense of what's going on that run the gamut of Thomas Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08304015314073050872noreply@blogger.com