U.S. health care

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
michael moore was on bill maher tonight talking about how the richest country in the world is 37th in health care, because the system is being looted by the health care providers and pharmaceutical companies. they toss enough crumbs to the doctors to keep them happy, but their bottom line is profi

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-26 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 25 May 2007 at 16:10, Dan Minette wrote: > > If I need to see a doctor, I inform my workplace and go. I make up > > the hours. That's pretty standard for non-shift workers here. As > > opposed to being told to take holiday.. > > That's pretty standard here too...at least as far as I've seen.

An iPod for every student, courtesy of Michigan Taxpayers

2007-05-26 Thread Gary Nunn
I love the Citizens Against Government Waste website: http://www.cagw.org I don't always agree with them (they are against net neutrality), but I love reading about the taxpayer money that our government wastes on crap, instead of investing in things like medical research on (AIDS, cancer, Parkin

Re: U.S. health care

2007-05-26 Thread Doug
jon louis mann wrote: > michael moore was on bill maher tonight talking about how the richest > country in the world is 37th in health care, because the system is > being looted by the health care providers and pharmaceutical companies. > they toss enough crumbs to the doctors to keep them happy,

Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
Moore also noted that his film had been praised by Fox News and that he had been complimented by tearful Republicans at Cannes. Maybe a person should see a movie before comparing it to The Birth of a Nation? Doug "sicko" is not yet out for general release, but based on his past films, to compa

RE: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:23 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Michael Moore > > Moore also noted that his film had been praised by Fox News and that he > > had been comp

Big Thaw

2007-05-26 Thread Doug
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0706/feature2/index.html "Right now Greenland is no threat to beachfront property. Steven Nerem of the University of Colorado at Boulder, who monitors sea level by satellite, says the oceans have been rising an eighth of an inch (0.3 centimeter) a year.

Re: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread Doug
Dan wrote: > I'll be happy to agree that Moore is not at the level of "Birth of a > Nation." But, he's not telling the Rosa Parks story as a straight > documentary either. It's advocacy journalism...the truth is known a > priori and the facts that fit it are assembled as needed. I don't care

Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
Well, if you look at what I wrote, I said: "I would place Moore's story telling with the 'young buck buying steak with food stamps story.' This example of the misuse of food stamps was factually based. But, I didn't consider it helpful in a discussion of whether food stamps should be eliminate

Big Thaw

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0706/feature2/index.html "Right now Greenland is no threat to beachfront property. Steven Nerem of the University of Colorado at Boulder, who monitors sea level by satellite, says the oceans have been rising an eighth of an inch (0.3 centimeter) a year.

RE: U.S. health care

2007-05-26 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert Seeberger > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 11:32 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: U.S. health care > > Ackkk!!! > That isn't the way one fairly compares such things Dan. My company > ch

Big pigs

2007-05-26 Thread Gary Nunn
very big pig (and no, I'm not talking about GW Bush!) http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/features/7691922.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread Dan Minette
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jon louis mann > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:49 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Michael Moore > > Well, if you look at what I wrote, I said: > > "I would place Moore's story telling with

Re: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread Charlie Bell
On 27/05/2007, at 6:49 AM, jon louis mann wrote: > workers. i much prefer moore's fact checking say to that of bill > o'reilley or anne coulter. Anne Coulter checks facts? I thought she just pulled them out of her arse. Charlie. ___ http://www.mcc

Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
if you look at what i said dan, moore's latest film "is not yet out for general release", so all of us are basing our comments on the reviews. jlm Well, I'm basing my comments on a "review" (actually an interview) with Moore. He clearly pointed at corporate greed as _the_ cause for the problem in

Re: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread jon louis mann
Anne Coulter checks facts? I thought she just pulled them out of her arse. Charlie. exactly, and o'reilley just makes them up... jon. Knowledge is Power Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gif

Re: Michael Moore

2007-05-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:25 PM Saturday 5/26/2007, jon louis mann wrote: >Anne Coulter checks facts? I thought she just pulled them out of her >arse. >Charlie. > >exactly, and o'reilley just makes them up... >jon. Given the choice between those two, whose arse would you rather have to look at? Bottoms Up Maru