Why We Don't Want "Free" Medical Care

Mike....... wrote:
Following up to S Viemeister wrote:

- meantime, here's one a friend took, from the top of our drive.

http://fizzypop.v.servelocity.net/ian/nw_scot.htm

The hedge in the foreground has been tidied up a bit since then.

thats a seriously good view. You must get to actually see those
perfect days you get once or twice a winter.

What's magic about the view, is that it's constantly changing, as the
tides shift and the rain/snow/mist plays around on the hills.

I like the caption "the aptly named Forcan ridge!

Ian had quite a way with words.

Following up to S Viemeister wrote:

What's magic about the view, is that it's constantly changing, as the
tides shift and the rain/snow/mist plays around on the hills.

turns green well, i can see dog walkers in the park!
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Following up to Mike....... wrote:

perhaps we have a different idea of what dumb means
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talking of dumb and people not knowing about Europe:-
"http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/is-europe-a-country-p1.php"
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:00:39 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

A. we rarely have the opportunity to vote for specific programs here.
We vote for candidates that advocate all kinds of things at once

same everywhere.

D. Hillary is again proposing universal healthcare right now.

good!

Meaningless really. First, she would have to get elected which seems
pretty dubious at this stage and second, she has no power to legislate
anything, She would have to get Congress to do that and it didn't
work very well the last time she tried.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:02:45 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

no. Statistics are more honest than right wing newspaper editors (it
should have been "Murdoch" above, no idea what an auroch is but my
spellcheck liked it!

I have no idea what one is either.

I Googled it, its an extinct form of cattle, there must be a Murdoch
joke there.

I guess.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:11:27 +0100, UC wrote:

John Kulp wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:22:38 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

whats amusing us is the way you look at it from whichever way makes
the US seem good to you.
Well, be amused and then tell me the error of this analysis if you
can. That's just your xenophobic interpretation, btw. It applies to
every country and its currency equally. There is nothing unique to
the US about it.
Ah, but there is. The US is far more patriotic than the UK. You wont
find Union flags outside private houses here. If you said "God bless
the UK" you would be carted off to see the shrink.

Certainly not true in Scaninavia where you see more flags than you do
here. So it's hardly just a US phenomena.

Do the Scandinavians sell proud-US-kit-like for $19.99 as well?

I have no idea how they sell their flags.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:04:43 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

perhaps we have a different idea of what dumb means

Apparently, but tell me what was intelligent about this decision then.

I think it was the end of a process, with various considerations, at
which the wrong conclusion was probably reached, I dont characterise
that sort of process as dumb. Just mistaken.

Sounds completely dumb to me. What possible problem could they have
with someone trying to treat themselves with their own money other
than some loss of power. I have had exactly the same kind of
situation here with the VA and they roundly encouraged me to do it.
Saved them money.

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:59:21 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

I like playing one. I think some PC stuff is obviously a bit silly, but
most hanges in language in recent years are welcome IMO.

As long as being sensitive to some of these issues does not mean
having them dictated to you.

using hange for change has been the silliest.

Some type bothers you? Or do you have some other issue with him?

On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:05:32 +0000, Mike.......
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Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

because sahe was inpressed by american ways of doing things.

Like what?

Small govt, healthcare!

Small govt I understand. She didn't want universal healthcare? I
find that hard to believe.

Following up to (John Kulp) wrote:

What possible problem could they have
with someone trying to treat themselves

as I have said a few times, queue jumping, creeping privatisation and
how to deal with ever rising drug costs are the sort of matters they
are struggling with.
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