benny Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Well I know you don't want to count the "non-whites", but even then, the USA still "boasts" a larger population, and that includes Alaska. Reluctantly counting on illegal immigrants is more a US than a Canadian problem though. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Reluctantly counting on illegal immigrants is more a US than a Canadian problem though. More illegals too....must be the weather, huh? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
benny Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 More illegals too....must be the weather, huh? Tax heavens are located in sunny places. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Tax heavens are located in sunny places. Alaska is not so sunny in winter. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
benny Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Alaska is not so sunny in winter. http://www.zyra.org.uk/taxhaven.htm Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Obama: Canadian system wouldn/'t work in USA......no kidding ! http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-Canadi...ml?x=0&.v=1 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
benny Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Obama: Canadian system wouldn/'t work in USA......no kidding ! http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-Canadi...ml?x=0&.v=1 "Obama said he didn't find Canadians scary but that they were proving a bogeyman for others." Quote
Smallc Posted August 10, 2009 Report Posted August 10, 2009 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canadians support their own system but the debate should be left to Americans. I find this to be the best quote. That's what I needed to hear. Quote
benny Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) I find this to be the best quote. That's what I needed to hear. Debates need a quality of media that Americans don't have. Edited August 11, 2009 by benny Quote
Argus Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 Obama: Canadian system wouldn/'t work in USA......no kidding ! http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-Canadi...ml?x=0&.v=1 Translation: I know I can't impliment it because there are so many wackos who think national health care is a communist plot so I'll try to disarm a few of the sane ones. I've got a lot of problems with our system, but it's still head and shoulders above the ludicrously ineffecient, overpriced monstrosity you champion. Quote "A liberal is someone who claims to be open to all points of view — and then is surprised and offended to find there are other points of view.” William F Buckley
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 ....I've got a lot of problems with our system, but it's still head and shoulders above the ludicrously ineffecient, overpriced monstrosity you champion. No, your "system" is the best in the world. Everybody knows that. It even has a back door to my overpriced "system". Today it seems there are not enough sperm donors to go around in Canada either. Good thing Michael Jackson didn't live there, huh? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
benny Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 No, your "system" is the best in the world. Everybody knows that. It even has a back door to my overpriced "system".Today it seems there are not enough sperm donors to go around in Canada either. Good thing Michael Jackson didn't live there, huh? Get serious now! Quote
Oleg Bach Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 Get serious now! Do what you are told there BC - could end up in Canada doing time - thirty days in the hole..looks like I am a bad influence around here - everyone just starts having fun----- love the term biological father...and the idea of designer babies - Jackson went shopping - for human beings - and to see his poor "daughter" crying and duped was a great injustice - BC is serious - perhaps not following the flow but serious none the less...I come to his defence...some Americans can't stand up for themselves - besides BC was once a professional comedian... Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 - besides BC was once a professional comedian... True...but so is the shortage of sperm donors in Canada. Seems that waiting in line for health care includes sperm. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...0810?hub=Health ...now what was the name of that Woody Allen movie...... Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Oleg Bach Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 True...but so is the shortage of sperm donors in Canada. Seems that waiting in line for health care includes sperm. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...0810?hub=Health ...now what was the name of that Woody Allen movie...... I have come to do my duty - bring me the vessel! No not that...the real one...It's bizarre - abortion - sperm donation - gayification..will the modern wonders never cease.. The Woody Allen bit was funny....personally - all I am is a walking sperm cell - and a supporter lost in consumerism ...every start to feel like bacteria? Human diginity - where did it go...BC - getting bored and tired - and have some duties to perform - have to baby sit a dog named baby girl - seem my X wife is having the empty nest thing ....God - what planet did I land on? Isn't life interesting? ......as for the old school feminists out there - I am more of a mother than you..in fact I am a real mother...f Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 .... Isn't life interesting? ......as for the old school feminists out there - I am more of a mother than you..in fact I am a real mother...f Just amazing....dependenceon government funding leads to a shortage of sperm? You gotta be kiddin' me! But now that I think about it, Canada got itself in a real pickle several years back because of blood products imported from US prisons.....even Arkansas! Canada doesn't have enough blood donors or facilities by itself. Gives new meaning to the term..."Blood for oil". Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
waldo Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 Just amazing....dependence on government funding leads to a shortage of sperm? You gotta be kiddin' me! bc... who needs those U.S. food stamps you keep touting when any ole U.S. wanker can "pull" an easy $50-to-$100 per... uhhh... specimen. Puts a whole new spin on working one's way through college. Apparently, the land of the free & the home of the brave has no shortage of willing wankers - go figure! Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 bc... who needs those U.S. food stamps you keep touting when any ole U.S. wanker can "pull" an easy $50-to-$100 per... uhhh... specimen. Puts a whole new spin on working one's way through college. Apparently, the land of the free & the home of the brave has no shortage of willing wankers - go figure! ...just another reason.....300,000,000 vs. 34,000,000. Must be the weather...LOL! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
benny Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 Do what you are told there BC - could end up in Canada doing time - thirty days in the hole..looks like I am a bad influence around here - everyone just starts having fun----- love the term biological father...and the idea of designer babies - Jackson went shopping - for human beings - and to see his poor "daughter" crying and duped was a great injustice - BC is serious - perhaps not following the flow but serious none the less...I come to his defence...some Americans can't stand up for themselves - besides BC was once a professional comedian... Laughing has not enough healing power to cure the American star system's victims. Quote
Guest elizabethjones Posted August 11, 2009 Report Posted August 11, 2009 All I know for sure is I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Canadian health care. When I realized something was wrong I was very near death and went immediately to the ER. I spent 7 days in ICU after the surgery, and 3 more days in a regular room. Wait? None, when a life is in immediate danger believe me there is no wait! I think if I had been in the US I would have said lets wait another day and see if I feel better, another day and I would have died , I nearly bled out internally as it was. Earlier I had the exact same surgeries in Canada and in the US. When I had the first half of my thyroid removed it cost me nothing here in Canada, I spent 2 days in hospital, and had a nurse come for a week after I was home to check that all was going well. When the second half was removed in the US we actually had insurance , I spent less than 24 hours in the hospital, no home care nurse, and our share of the bill was over $12,000.00 ! We got bills from people we never even heard of. I'd call and ask just what did this dr do for me? Mostly it sounded like they walked through the operating room and took a look and called it a consultation! Having experienced both systems I am so glad to be Canadian! Quote
benny Posted August 12, 2009 Report Posted August 12, 2009 All I know for sure is I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Canadian health care. When I realized something was wrong I was very near death and went immediately to the ER. I spent 7 days in ICU after the surgery, and 3 more days in a regular room. Wait? None, when a life is in immediate danger believe me there is no wait! I think if I had been in the US I would have said lets wait another day and see if I feel better, another day and I would have died , I nearly bled out internally as it was. Waiting in an emergency room can even be a cause of death in the US: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brookl...yn_hospita.html Quote
jbg Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 I think if I had been in the US I would have said lets wait another day and see if I feel better, another day and I would have died , I nearly bled out internally as it was.Absolutely positively not.Your'e making that up. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
tango Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 Absolutely positively not.Your'e making that up. I agree. Elizabeth is way off base. 'You pay' facilities are happy to take your money. That is a more common occurrence in Canada, though. However I've discovered that if you persist they'll do what you want, as they don't want to be sued for malpractice. I went to emerge after a skating fall and was told nothing was broken. I thought they were wrong, (pain, lump of swelling) and insisted on a cast. Sure enough, a few weeks later they did another xray and found the fracture, by then healed. They even admitted it! Quote My Canada includes rights of Indigenous Peoples. Love it or leave it, eh! Peace.
benny Posted August 13, 2009 Report Posted August 13, 2009 I agree. Elizabeth is way off base. 'You pay' facilities are happy to take your money. In the US, private insurers pay rather and only if they cannot eschew their contractual obligations. Quote
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