tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post6346436512134861452..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Who da bomb?Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-21048297229359424062009-06-19T08:32:38.047-04:002009-06-19T08:32:38.047-04:00I got an e-mail yesterday from something called Th...<i>I got an e-mail yesterday from something called The Israel Project, claiming that Israel has the world's best health care. I won't take their word for it -- among other reasons because they appear to be big boosters of Netanyahu, of whom I am not, as you might imagine, a big admirer -- but you never know, there are reasons why that might be true.</i><br /><br />Is war considered a preventable cause of death?<br /><br />As for 76% wanting single payer, there are folks out there who honestly don't know what "single payer" means (my mother and my brother both said people asked them what it meant), so once those folks are enlightened, we can add them to that number.<br /><br />We can have it if we insist on it. If Bolivia's poor can send Bechtel fleeing with its tail tucked between its legs, we can get single payer. We just have to stop being so pathetically passive.C. Coraxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-55403965207867257792009-06-18T17:18:58.100-04:002009-06-18T17:18:58.100-04:00roger, don't hold back!
but seriously, there ...roger, don't hold back!<br /><br />but seriously, there is a gap between what people want on the ground and what might be politically possible.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-41759016171445287782009-06-18T15:39:42.749-04:002009-06-18T15:39:42.749-04:00today's news...76 effing % of us want single p...today's news...76 effing % of us want single payer, public option health care. what percent of our 535 elected fools want it? maybe 5? less than 1%!!<br /> <br />too irate to comment any more calmly or rationally.<br /> <br />and f you tom daschle (he lost his last election!), you too max baucus. you too ron wyden.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-84734082086501782772009-06-18T14:52:55.774-04:002009-06-18T14:52:55.774-04:00and everyone's covered by national health care...and everyone's covered by national health care, you left that part out. when my sister was visiting the UK and had a grand mal seizure, that was totally covered.<br /><br />so, reading between the lines, the critical question seems to be, is anyone expecting to get fabulously wealthy off of their country's health system? and if the answer is yes, go to the end of the line.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com