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• Whose book recommendation would you most trust?

  Thu Nov 5, 2009
  • Neither has had an extensive education and both express layman's points of view which are no better or no worse than any other layman's opinion. Beck is especially bad, he must be in a trance or something because he's having delusions of grandeur.

• Should insurance companies be allowed to deny coverage based on weight?

  Mon Oct 12, 2009
  • sl29. That's not what insurance is all about. The idea is to have as many insured as possible. The more people insured, the larger the pool and the lower the premium which spreads the risk so no one is gouged by high premiums.

• Should insurance companies be allowed to deny coverage based on weight?

  Mon Oct 12, 2009
  • Victoria; It isn't quite that simple. If you have diebetes it's very hard to loose weight if you have to take insulin every day. I burn more calories that I eat and still slowly gain weight.

• Is President Obama deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize?

  Fri Oct 9, 2009
  • Obama and the Nobel committee is looking forward for a change while most of the world looks backward

• Is plasma starting to fade out?

  Mon Sep 28, 2009
  • It was a poorly written article, very confusing about an already confusing topic. I would bet that most readers would know as much about the difference between LCDs and Plasmas as they did before they read the piece.

• Which health care story do you want msnbc.com to tell?

  Wed Sep 9, 2009
  • The very BASIC premise of insurance is to have the pool of insured as large as possible so that the premiums are as low as possible. Spread the risk, the larger the pool, the smaller the premium.

• Watermelon could be source of ethanol fuel

  Wed Aug 26, 2009
  • Why doesn't anyone consider white potatoes for making ethanol? White potatoes are composed of starch which in this case is a polymer of GLUCOSE. This polymer is very easy to break down to a solution of pure glucose from which you can make ethanol directly.

• Should law-enforcement agencies curtail high-speed chases?

  Tue Aug 11, 2009
  • The police know their territory, they all have radios, so why bother to chase? You can tail them or follow them for a while but if you lose them, use the radio! It's a no-brainer. Those who want to chase are immature and are still living in the 1930s.

• Pelosi, Hoyer criticize health care protests

  Mon Aug 10, 2009
  • Regarding the "Town Meetings" where the speaker is shouted down brings up the Constitutional right to free speech. Too many people don't understand that this right is not unlimited. Your right to free speech STOPS when it inhibits my right to speak.

• 'Harry Potter' stars felt pressure to 'ace' kiss

  Thu Jul 9, 2009
  • Anticipating a kiss with a girl produces a "strange" feeling in a 20 year old guy!!  Wow!  Is he gay or something?