Should Math be taught in schools? Lets ask the "Miss USA pageant contestants"

Airheads first, morons second, ZERO schooling third.

That page contains a link to the video that was the inspiration for the parody. Several real misses are asked about evolution vs. creationism. Although it is spectacularly boring, it is also strangely fascinating. I did not stomach the whole video, but my conclusion is that these young ladies are NOT stupid.

You have to consider the setting in which the video is made.

They are taking part in a contest. They will say whatever they think is strategically correct in order to have the best possible chance to win the contest. Since they do not know the religious standpoint of the jury members that are going to vote for or against them, they must try to give an answer that makes all jury members feel good about the answer. Giving an answer that gives both outcomes a positive angle, even though it is a yes/no question, is the strategically correct choice. Most of the contestants do exactly that.

Jim Thompson wrote on 7/18/2017 4:56 PM:

You don't actually know anything about the ACA do you? The rates *do* vary with age.

What other misconceptions do you have?

Then he just gets a bigger subsidy.

I kinda felt sorry for some of them, they are really put on the spot being asked about a topic they never real thought about and with the whole world watching.

Katy Perry asks Neil de Grasse Tyson: "Is math related to science?"

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He was refering to the idea that people can buy insurance after they get sick. If the analogy was upgrading car insurance to comprehensive after an accident I'm not sure you'd have gotten that either.

I think Trump should knock off any attempts to repeal/replace/whatever the ACA... let it run its own course pointing out (frequently) that this is what you get when you're dumb enough to vote Democrat.

When average premiums reach $1K/month and deductible skyrocket _maybe_ the village idiots will get the message.

(Actually I think there will just be more screaming to tax the rich ;-) ...Jim Thompson

They'll scream for completely socialized medicine because "insurance doesn't work" which was the plan all along. ACA was only intended to destroy the insurance industry.

It's pretty clear that MANY of the posters here have NO IDEA how insurance is supposed to work. ...Jim Thompson

You could always get medical insurance after you were sick. Before you had to get a job with insurance and after a year pre-existing conditions are covered. Now you have to wait for open enrollment which could be up to nearly a year. The idea that you get sick and can immediately get medical insurance is pure applesauce.

His comments were about paying the same regardless of age which no insurance has, life or medical. He's not very good at creating analogies. A better analogy would be buying life insurance after you were dead. But if you aren't alive you aren't likely to be buying anything.

What many people don't appreciate is that the existing medical system isn't good for providing care for everyone. It is good for providing care for those who can afford it. If you have insurance, you get good care. If you have no insurance and no money to pay for the care, you get very poor care or in many situations, no care. So those who don't see these failings in the present healthcare system think any change is for the worse. In spite of the many discussions here and elsewhere that have clearly shown these failings because presently the system is changing to improve the system for those without at the expense of those who have the idea persists that we are headed for a destruction of healthcare in the US.

Personally I feel a healthcare system that is based on having insurance is doomed to failure. It was failing previously for the 15% without insurance. Now it is failing in the literal sense for a lot fewer people, but others don't like the consequences, the expenses. That too is a result of the system be dominated by insurance. When insurance is removed from the equation, the system will right itself and be able to function properly.

Do you believe socialized medicine will not be an improvement?

That's what medicaid was supposed to be for, so obviously it failed and the government can't solve people's problems.

Socialized nothing is an improvement.

He's said that's the next step. This set the lefties off howling about how the *Republicans* own it. They really are stupid.

So if the government ever does something and doesn't get it perfect the first time, it is because government shouldn't be doing that in the first place? So we should never fight a war because we can win all of them like in Vietnam? Should we stop trying to save lives on the highways because we can't protect everyone? Should we stop trying to fight house fires because we don't save everyone?

So there you go. For you it's not about the healthcare. It's about your personal political beliefs. End of discussion.

If you replace medicaid you should repeal it, but no social program is ever repealed.

Those beliefs are based on facts that have been demonstrated for a century and ignored by those with your beliefs.

And your claim that this was the first failure of socialism is typical of your absurd arguments.

And I might add that if the ASA is for the poor then it shouldn't change everyone else's lives, but socialism has always turned everyone's lives upside down.

This makes no sense whatsoever.

What are my beliefs? I've given facts and you start spouting dogma. Medical insurance has not worked because it only provides care for those with more resources. For those who aren't as well off medical care is simply not available.

Ok, then let's abolish all government medical programs, medicaid, medicare and the ACA. How do you propose to provide medical care for those without insurance? Keep in mind that if you get really sick, you will lose your job and lose your insurance. I know people this has happened to.

Your reading comprehension is pretty poor. I didn't say anything like that.

You mean the ACA? So what part of paying taxes has *not* affected everyone?