Comments on: The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir – …and the Horse You Rode in On http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/ Independent and alternative music in Scotland - with a shitload of gin. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:49:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Big Paws - The Big Paws 24/10/09 – Stuff we talked about http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-33029 The Big Paws - The Big Paws 24/10/09 – Stuff we talked about Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:26:12 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-33029 [...] Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, donate to their medical fund [...] [...] Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, donate to their medical fund [...]

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32933 Matthew Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:17 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32933 I CAN'T HELP IT THEY LOOK BRILLIANT DON'T HATE ME! I CAN’T HELP IT THEY LOOK BRILLIANT DON’T HATE ME!

]]> By: trips and falls http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32925 trips and falls Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:01:02 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32925 Yeah I know Mr. ampersand, that's what makes it even more distressing and downright unbelievable. Yeah I know Mr. ampersand, that’s what makes it even more distressing and downright unbelievable.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32924 Matthew Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:46:13 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32924 T&F - and those delays are one of the reasons it ends up costing more: because people wait until things are <i>really</i> serious, in which case the costs can be huge. Never mind the actualy health consequences. Peej - thanks for rubbing it in, mate. T&F – and those delays are one of the reasons it ends up costing more: because people wait until things are really serious, in which case the costs can be huge. Never mind the actualy health consequences.

Peej – thanks for rubbing it in, mate.

]]> By: peej http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32923 peej Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:39:26 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32923 Toad favourites FOUND and Mumford & Sons are both playing in Brooklyn tonight. Lets hope they break a leg, metaphorically. Toad favourites FOUND and Mumford & Sons are both playing in Brooklyn tonight. Lets hope they break a leg, metaphorically.

]]> By: trips and falls http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32922 trips and falls Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:30:47 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32922 It is deplorable. One of the reasons why I left the United States and why I will always hesitate to go back there. No one should have to think about whether they should go to the doctor because they are worried about the cost. My family does it all the time. It is deplorable. One of the reasons why I left the United States and why I will always hesitate to go back there. No one should have to think about whether they should go to the doctor because they are worried about the cost. My family does it all the time.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32911 Matthew Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:50:48 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32911 Daniel - agreed. It's why I break out into a big fucking grin every time I play this album. Daniel – agreed. It’s why I break out into a big fucking grin every time I play this album.

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32910 Matthew Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:49:48 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32910 Well it's great, I am sure, for the large class of people who can get insurance. But how anyone can think that simply denying a huge chunk of the population access to healthcare - and once you get anything near this level of care, the cost is so great that 'denying' is exactly the right word - is anything other than morally disgusting is beyond me. How that whole debate even happened is a bit of a mystery. The most ridiculous part is that the Socialist nanny state countries of Europe all spend less per capita on healthcare than the States, despite having nationalised health, as far as I am aware. So erm, fairer <i>and</i> cheaper you say? COMMUNISTS! I can see arguing over the details but I don't understand, not even slightly, how anyone can argue that the situation where the poor and the less stably employed can be utterly ruined by something as unpredictable and amoral as illness or injury does not have to change instantly. Never mind not understanding how people can disagree, I can't conceive of how it even requires a conversation. Arguing over the implementation is one thing, but arguing against socialised medicine (or mandatory insurance, which amounts to the same thing) is just morally abhorrent. It makes me just a little bit sick. It's not like terminal illness, or permanent disability don't fucking ruin your life enough as it is. Well it’s great, I am sure, for the large class of people who can get insurance. But how anyone can think that simply denying a huge chunk of the population access to healthcare – and once you get anything near this level of care, the cost is so great that ‘denying’ is exactly the right word – is anything other than morally disgusting is beyond me. How that whole debate even happened is a bit of a mystery.

The most ridiculous part is that the Socialist nanny state countries of Europe all spend less per capita on healthcare than the States, despite having nationalised health, as far as I am aware. So erm, fairer and cheaper you say? COMMUNISTS!

I can see arguing over the details but I don’t understand, not even slightly, how anyone can argue that the situation where the poor and the less stably employed can be utterly ruined by something as unpredictable and amoral as illness or injury does not have to change instantly. Never mind not understanding how people can disagree, I can’t conceive of how it even requires a conversation. Arguing over the implementation is one thing, but arguing against socialised medicine (or mandatory insurance, which amounts to the same thing) is just morally abhorrent. It makes me just a little bit sick.

It’s not like terminal illness, or permanent disability don’t fucking ruin your life enough as it is.

]]> By: Linda http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32907 Linda Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:42:12 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32907 The U.S. health care system is barbaric and inhumane and exists to serve only itself. I spent an hour on the phone this very morning trying to track down the source of a claim for $10,000 billed to my insurance in relation to my husband's surgery in August, allegedly for the services of a private nurse--which we have no knowledge of and which the insurance does not cover. I am told this was probably a billing error on someone's part, but I wonder if they'll cover the heart attack I had upon opening the statement. Anyway, I made a donation to poor SYGC and wish for their swift recovery. I find "Stop!" Morrissey-like in a good way. The U.S. health care system is barbaric and inhumane and exists to serve only itself. I spent an hour on the phone this very morning trying to track down the source of a claim for $10,000 billed to my insurance in relation to my husband’s surgery in August, allegedly for the services of a private nurse–which we have no knowledge of and which the insurance does not cover. I am told this was probably a billing error on someone’s part, but I wonder if they’ll cover the heart attack I had upon opening the statement. Anyway, I made a donation to poor SYGC and wish for their swift recovery. I find “Stop!” Morrissey-like in a good way.

]]> By: Daniel http://songbytoad.com/2009/10/the-scotland-yard-gospel-choir-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on/#comment-32906 Daniel Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:40:14 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/?p=7488#comment-32906 Quite easily the best first line of a song, of all time, ever. Quite easily the best first line of a song, of all time, ever.

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