Comments for Phil Manger http://philmanger.com Making sense of a world that doesn't Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:15:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Atlas Shrugged’s appeal by Arthgallo http://philmanger.com/2011/04/04/atlas-shruggeds-appeal/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Arthgallo Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:15:30 +0000 http://philmanger.com/?p=494#comment-717 Really need to step back slightly. Perhaps, because you decided to totally embrace everything from NBI you failed to understand why Rand broke with Nathaniel. Further, perhaps because you found it "too long and hard to read" you missed the point, even though it may have been repeated over and over again. Ever listen to Obama? Pelosi? Reid? . . . . . . . Really need to step back slightly. Perhaps, because you decided to totally embrace everything from NBI you failed to understand why Rand broke with Nathaniel. Further, perhaps because you found it “too long and hard to read” you missed the point, even though it may have been repeated over and over again. Ever listen to Obama? Pelosi? Reid? . . . . . . .

]]> Comment on The ugly truth about ‘collective’ bargaining by Fred http://philmanger.com/2011/03/09/the-ugly-truth-about-collective-bargaining/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Fred Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:08:48 +0000 http://philmanger.com/?p=477#comment-706 I disagree with the assertion that "...public employees’ unions are bankrupting the country..." Whether in the private sector or the public sector, management has always taken care of themselves first. In the private sector, the ratio of management compensation to worker compensation has grown from 40X to approximately 400X. In the public sector, well, the compensation the city council of Bell, California voted itself comes to mind. No, it's not the public employees' unions that are bankrupting this country, it's the politicians; they have a far greater impact on government expenditures than public employees' unions ever will. I disagree with the assertion that “…public employees’ unions are bankrupting the country…” Whether in the private sector or the public sector, management has always taken care of themselves first. In the private sector, the ratio of management compensation to worker compensation has grown from 40X to approximately 400X. In the public sector, well, the compensation the city council of Bell, California voted itself comes to mind. No, it’s not the public employees’ unions that are bankrupting this country, it’s the politicians; they have a far greater impact on government expenditures than public employees’ unions ever will.

]]> Comment on Big Brother gets bolder by Ron Bond http://philmanger.com/2011/02/20/big-brother-gets-bolder/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Ron Bond Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:22:27 +0000 http://philmanger.com/?p=465#comment-668 If you're not breaking any laws you have nothing to fear from automated enforcement, right? Oceania, here we come! If you’re not breaking any laws you have nothing to fear from automated enforcement, right?

Oceania, here we come!

]]> Comment on The hidden truths, the hidden lies by Phil Manger http://philmanger.com/2011/01/24/the-hidden-truths-the-hidden-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Phil Manger Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:49:03 +0000 http://philmanger.com/?p=429#comment-632 <blockquote><em>In a critical care situation, which takes precedence, the life of the mother or the life of the unborn child?</em></blockquote> I assume you're talking about a situation in which the mother will die if she continues the pregnancy. There are two possibilities: (1) The child could be in an early stage of development and unable to survive outside the womb. If the mother dies, the child dies anyway, in which case you're choosing between losing one life or two. This would be the case in an ectopic pregnancy (implantation of the zygote outside the uterus). (2) The other possibility is that the child is developed enough to survive outside the womb. In this case, the solution is immediately delivery (possibly by Caesarean section), not abortion. This way you don't lose either life.

In a critical care situation, which takes precedence, the life of the mother or the life of the unborn child?

I assume you’re talking about a situation in which the mother will die if she continues the pregnancy. There are two possibilities: (1) The child could be in an early stage of development and unable to survive outside the womb. If the mother dies, the child dies anyway, in which case you’re choosing between losing one life or two. This would be the case in an ectopic pregnancy (implantation of the zygote outside the uterus). (2) The other possibility is that the child is developed enough to survive outside the womb. In this case, the solution is immediately delivery (possibly by Caesarean section), not abortion. This way you don’t lose either life.

]]> Comment on The hidden truths, the hidden lies by fred http://philmanger.com/2011/01/24/the-hidden-truths-the-hidden-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-630 fred Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:29:08 +0000 http://philmanger.com/?p=429#comment-630 In a critical care situation, which takes precedence, the life of the mother or the life of the unborn child? In a critical care situation, which takes precedence, the life of the mother or the life of the unborn child?

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