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Old 02-11-2011, 07:16 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Originally Posted by Bluefly View Post
You really need to watch the entire discourse in context. Then you'll understand why The Blaze is just manipulating its less-than-curious audience for the sake of propaganda and lies.

People having the freedom to leave their jobs because they no longer have to work for health insurance is not the same as losing jobs.
Definition of QUIT

transitive verb
1
: to make full payment of : pay up <quit a debt>
2
: to set free : relieve, release <quit oneself of fear>
3
: conduct, acquit <the youths quit themselves like men>
4
a : to depart from or out of
b : to leave the company of
c : give up 1 <quit a job>
d : give up 2 <quit smoking>
intransitive verb
1
: to cease normal, expected, or necessary action <the engine quit>
2
: to give up employment
3
: to admit defeat : give up




Definition of LOSE

transitive verb
1
a : to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction <the ship was lost on the reef>
b : damn <if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul — Matthew 16:26(Authorized Version)>
2
: to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place
3
: to suffer deprivation of : part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner
4
a : to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person)
b : to fail to keep control of or allegiance of <lose votes> <lost his temper>
5
a : to fail to use : let slip by : waste <no time to lose>
b (1) : to fail to win, gain, or obtain <lose a prize> <lose a contest> (2) : to undergo defeat in <lost every battle>
c : to fail to catch with the senses or the mind <lost what she said>
6
: to cause the loss of
7
: to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain <lost my balance>
8
a : to cause to miss one's way or bearings <lost himself in the maze of streets>
b : to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality <lost herself in daydreaming>
9
a : to wander or go astray from <lost his way>
b : to draw away from : outstrip <lost his pursuers>
10
: to fail to keep in sight or in mind
11
: to free oneself from : get rid of <dieting to lose weight>
12
slang : regurgitate, vomit —often used in such phrases as lose one's lunch
intransitive verb
1
: to undergo deprivation of something of value
2
: to undergo defeat <lose with good grace>
3
of a timepiece : to run slow
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Old 02-11-2011, 07:59 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Memphis1979 View Post
Definition of QUIT

transitive verb
1
: to make full payment of : pay up <quit a debt>
2
: to set free : relieve, release <quit oneself of fear>
3
: conduct, acquit <the youths quit themselves like men>
4
a : to depart from or out of
b : to leave the company of
c : give up 1 <quit a job>
d : give up 2 <quit smoking>
intransitive verb
1
: to cease normal, expected, or necessary action <the engine quit>
2
: to give up employment
3
: to admit defeat : give up




Definition of LOSE

transitive verb
1
a : to bring to destruction —used chiefly in passive construction <the ship was lost on the reef>
b : damn <if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul — Matthew 16:26(Authorized Version)>
2
: to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place
3
: to suffer deprivation of : part with especially in an unforeseen or accidental manner
4
a : to suffer loss through the death or removal of or final separation from (a person)
b : to fail to keep control of or allegiance of <lose votes> <lost his temper>
5
a : to fail to use : let slip by : waste <no time to lose>
b (1) : to fail to win, gain, or obtain <lose a prize> <lose a contest> (2) : to undergo defeat in <lost every battle>
c : to fail to catch with the senses or the mind <lost what she said>
6
: to cause the loss of
7
: to fail to keep, sustain, or maintain <lost my balance>
8
a : to cause to miss one's way or bearings <lost himself in the maze of streets>
b : to make (oneself) withdrawn from immediate reality <lost herself in daydreaming>
9
a : to wander or go astray from <lost his way>
b : to draw away from : outstrip <lost his pursuers>
10
: to fail to keep in sight or in mind
11
: to free oneself from : get rid of <dieting to lose weight>
12
slang : regurgitate, vomit —often used in such phrases as lose one's lunch
intransitive verb
1
: to undergo deprivation of something of value
2
: to undergo defeat <lose with good grace>
3
of a timepiece : to run slow
Exactly. Incredible how the anti-Obama crowd is trying to spin this simple concept.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:29 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Bluefly View Post
Exactly. Incredible how the anti-Obama crowd is trying to spin this simple concept.

Now you need to provide the definition of "concept"
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Out in the Badlands
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How to destroy the world's best health-care system? Answer:Obamacare.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:38 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Pretzelogik View Post
How to destroy the world's best health-care system? Answer:Obamacare.
More slogans, less facts.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:41 AM
 
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Question: Can the OP or the other Obama Basher let us all in on how 800,000 jobs available due to retirement or resignations = Layoffs or Job losses? I'm confused.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:42 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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Originally Posted by ovcatto View Post
More slogans, less facts.
Makes thinking easier.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Originally Posted by florida.bob View Post
Makes thinking easier.
I disagree. There is no thinking involved.
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:16 AM
 
Location: So Ca
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Originally Posted by Pretzelogik View Post
How to destroy the world's best health-care system?
Surely you're joking. The world's best health care system??
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Old 02-11-2011, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Originally Posted by Pretzelogik View Post
How to destroy the world's best health-care system? Answer:Obamacare.
Whats the easiest way to destroy the Union? Answer: reading headlines from biased sites without reading the entire story, then voting based on that assumption.

You know what they say about assumptions right?
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