Re: Stop giving ex-wives these undeserved millions, says Baroness Deech

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<3460aa54-47b8-41c1-9862-661506b44223@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Andre Lieven <andrelieven@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 27, 2:10 pm, PolishKnight <marek1...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <MPG.2528918132334642989...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Mark Borgerson <mborger...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You may not consider Southern California to be representative of all
the
West coast, but considering it's sheer size and economy and
demographics, it clearly is.  You ought to go hang out with Andre who
likes to think of Canada as a world power.  :-)

Please provide a citation of my having said any such thing.

Sorry Andre. I was joking. Perhaps you should watch one of the many
American comedies watched around the world to develop a sense of humor.
:-)

Now, I will say that Canada IS a good model for many areas of national
policy and governance, and, after having been in the US for a 6 month
stretch last winter, I am more appreciative of being in Canada than
ever
before. Sorry, but much of the US these days is nucking futs.

We may not have nuclear powered aircraft carriers, but 100% of our
citizens and landed immigrants have health care, and we do that for
5% less of GDP than the US has to expend on a poorer "system".

http://www.gallup.com/poll/8056/healthcare-system-ratings-us-great-britain-can
ada.aspx

Er, I noticed you said "landed immigrants." I'm wondering... why don't
you have all the illegal immigrants you do if your system is so
superior? I'm just wondering. Same thing with the socialist republics
of Europe that tend to be white...

Healthcare System Ratings: U.S., Great Britain, Canada

"One-fourth of American respondents are either "very" or "somewhat"
satisfied with "the availability of affordable healthcare in the
nation,"
(6% very satisfied and 19% somewhat satisfied). This level of
satisfaction is significantly lower than in Canada, where 57% are
satisfied with the availability of affordable healthcare, including
16%
who are very satisfied."

Apparently, American pharmaceuticals aren't that bad considering that
Canada seems to buy so many of them... :-)

I guess they ask the victims of the death panels in Britain and Canada
afterwards. "If you don't like the quality of your care, knock on the
casket three times." :-)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6156076/Daughter-claims-fath
er-wrongly-placed-on-controversial-NHS-end-of-life-scheme.html

"It is a testament to national health systems that people in Canada
and Great Britain are significantly more satisfied with availability
of
affordable healthcare than their American counterparts are."

I'll be the first to say that we need a lot of reform in the USA but,
unfortunately, commiecare doesn't seem to provide it.

1) No tort reform.
2) Healthcare for free for millions of illegals that Canada doesn't seem
in the mood to take in.
3) Guaranteed care for seniors at the same standard of medicaid (better
than Canada) but also cutting costs.

Those three are real political deal breakers.

Another change from the late 60s/early 70s to now, is that now there
is a lot of fairly good SF on TV and in some movies. Neither point was
something that a reader of SF could count on occuring in any year back
then. Now, we have more good such media SF in one year than we saw
in a decade in the 60s or 70s. Babylon 5. Stargate SG-1 & Atlantis.
The Battlestar Galactica remake series. The new Dr. Who. Torchwood.

Interesting that only one of those was made in the US of A... :-)

And, Watchmen this past spring was amazingly fab.

Andre

You won't hear me disagree that Hollywood puts out a lot of trash. :-)

That said, SG-1 started out pretty interesting but got soap opery fast.
Dr. Who Torchwood. Bleah. At least the old Doctor Who assistants were
sexy! Dr. Who has also gotten incredibly PC. I liked the old Doctors
for being sexist and fun. I especially liked what they did to the
American assistant. :-)

regards,
PolishKnight
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