Maybe you have a well-trained dog and if so you are a very fortunate person. Unfortunately a lot of the people "Think" their dog is well-trained but is not. Just like a lot of people think their kids are perfect when they are whiny, spoiled brats.

You have more confidence in the kindness of the people in Boulder than I do. I have traveled a lot in the past 20 years and can honestly say that the general attitude and behaviour of this population is the most self centered and uncaring of ANY in any other country or state of this union. Many times I visit Boulder and encounter the rude drivers, pushy pedestrians and general hatefulness that permeates most every aspect of life there. Going only a few miles out of the city changes the atmosphere immensely. It is very strange that such a "liberal" supposedly openminded city can have so many obnoxious people.

Are they completely dropping Medicare or just no longer accepting Medicare assignmen?. I believe the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL accepts Medicare patients but does not accept Medicare assignment, leaving the patients responsible for paying the difference between Medicare allowable payments and the charges. That way if you want the extra care from Mayo you will pay the difference or you will take your chances with providers who accept only Medicare allowable expenses. It's the patient's choice. My mother refused to go to Mayo even though I offered to pay the difference because she did not like the fact there would be additional charges. I'd rather get top of the line care than risk my health to someone trying to eke out a living by accepting obviously low ball payments. You can't lose money forever and still stay in business. We will soon learn that with Obamacare.

Maybe the world is as sick of listening to his drivel as we are in the US. Overexposure is catching up with him. Now maybe he can find the time to talk to the military in Afghanistan and come up with a viable way to win this war. I think that's a tiny bit more important than the Olympics in Chicago