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On Thu, 04 Dec 03 10:21:16 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
wrote:
>In article <jitssv8suj0cd099p9hi10snvtjud3sfg9@4ax.com>,
> Bill Funk <bfunk33@pipping.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, 03 Dec 03 10:53:28 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>Explain then Lloyd why bus loads of Canadians with life threating health
>>>>problems are forced to come to the USA for treatment at their own expense.
>>>>Sure they can get free care in Canada, IF they can wait 6 months to a year
>>>>for treatment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Like asking why people travel to Mexico for Christmas trees. It simply does
>>>not happen.
>>>
>>>Read, for example,
>>>http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrig...da-health.html
>>
>>Um, Lloyd...
>>Remember how you complain when we quote conservative sources?
>>
>
>Because CR is a consumer advocate group. Not liberal or conservative. Now I
>know to you Taliban anybody to the left of Atilla the Hun is a liberal if not
>a socialist, but the rest of us aren't stupid like that.
I see.
Because CR is a "consumer advocate group", that means they are somehow
above having any sort of agenda.
Thanks for explaining that to me.
Um, how does Nader fit in there?
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wrote:
>In article <jitssv8suj0cd099p9hi10snvtjud3sfg9@4ax.com>,
> Bill Funk <bfunk33@pipping.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, 03 Dec 03 10:53:28 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>Explain then Lloyd why bus loads of Canadians with life threating health
>>>>problems are forced to come to the USA for treatment at their own expense.
>>>>Sure they can get free care in Canada, IF they can wait 6 months to a year
>>>>for treatment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Like asking why people travel to Mexico for Christmas trees. It simply does
>>>not happen.
>>>
>>>Read, for example,
>>>http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrig...da-health.html
>>
>>Um, Lloyd...
>>Remember how you complain when we quote conservative sources?
>>
>
>Because CR is a consumer advocate group. Not liberal or conservative. Now I
>know to you Taliban anybody to the left of Atilla the Hun is a liberal if not
>a socialist, but the rest of us aren't stupid like that.
I see.
Because CR is a "consumer advocate group", that means they are somehow
above having any sort of agenda.
Thanks for explaining that to me.
Um, how does Nader fit in there?
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Lloyd Parker wrote:
>
> In article <3FCE7CC4.EC8B0498@kinez.net>,
> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Lloyd Parker wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <3FCD297E.ACDFBAB3@kinez.net>,
> >> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >> ...The gross malpractice that
> >> >we witnessed on children in Canada due to its metered out healthcare was
> >> >atrocious. The U.S. was the mecca of successful treatment.
> >>
> >> If you're rich.
> >
> >Uh - excuse me, but my daughter's medical bills in one year were more
> >than I gross in ten years. You still skirted the issue, which was that
> >Canada's healthcare system sucks.
>
> You've still provided no objective source for that, whereas I have.
You made a statement, I proved it wrong. Still skirting (no pun
intended).
> Canada's a democracy; if their health care system is so bad, why haven't the
> people gotten rid of it? England's is even more socialized, but even the
> conservative Thatcher realized it was so popular she didn't dare touch it.
Not sure what your point is, but, whatever.
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Lloyd Parker wrote:
>
> In article <3FCE7CC4.EC8B0498@kinez.net>,
> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Lloyd Parker wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <3FCD297E.ACDFBAB3@kinez.net>,
> >> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >> ...The gross malpractice that
> >> >we witnessed on children in Canada due to its metered out healthcare was
> >> >atrocious. The U.S. was the mecca of successful treatment.
> >>
> >> If you're rich.
> >
> >Uh - excuse me, but my daughter's medical bills in one year were more
> >than I gross in ten years. You still skirted the issue, which was that
> >Canada's healthcare system sucks.
>
> You've still provided no objective source for that, whereas I have.
You made a statement, I proved it wrong. Still skirting (no pun
intended).
> Canada's a democracy; if their health care system is so bad, why haven't the
> people gotten rid of it? England's is even more socialized, but even the
> conservative Thatcher realized it was so popular she didn't dare touch it.
Not sure what your point is, but, whatever.
Bill Putney
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Lloyd Parker wrote:
>
> In article <3FCE7CC4.EC8B0498@kinez.net>,
> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >Lloyd Parker wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <3FCD297E.ACDFBAB3@kinez.net>,
> >> Bill Putney <bputney@kinez.net> wrote:
> >> ...The gross malpractice that
> >> >we witnessed on children in Canada due to its metered out healthcare was
> >> >atrocious. The U.S. was the mecca of successful treatment.
> >>
> >> If you're rich.
> >
> >Uh - excuse me, but my daughter's medical bills in one year were more
> >than I gross in ten years. You still skirted the issue, which was that
> >Canada's healthcare system sucks.
>
> You've still provided no objective source for that, whereas I have.
You made a statement, I proved it wrong. Still skirting (no pun
intended).
> Canada's a democracy; if their health care system is so bad, why haven't the
> people gotten rid of it? England's is even more socialized, but even the
> conservative Thatcher realized it was so popular she didn't dare touch it.
Not sure what your point is, but, whatever.
Bill Putney
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:06:23 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
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<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:06:23 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
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Bill Funk
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<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 17:06:23 -0500, "Daniel J. Stern"
<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
--
Bill Funk
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<dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> The issue is not discrimination.
>
>That's exactly what's at issue. When one group of people is systematically
>denied specific civil rights others have, that's invidious discrimination.
Damn right!
I want the right to use womens' restrooms!
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Bill Funk
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On Thu, 04 Dec 03 10:19:03 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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Bill Funk
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wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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On Thu, 04 Dec 03 10:19:03 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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Bill Funk
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wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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Bill Funk
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On Thu, 04 Dec 03 10:19:03 GMT, lparker@NOSPAMemory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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Bill Funk
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wrote:
>But there are no tax benefits to "civil unions", no inheritance benefits, no
>insurance benefits, etc.
You've never heard of common law marriage?
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Bill Funk
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