State-Run Media Red-Faced Over Palin's Canadian Doctor Visits
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 5:55 AM
The state-run media was sooooo desperate to find something to attack Sarah Palin on yesterday that they forgot to factcheck their latest smear.
On Monday, the leftist media was thrilled to report that Sarah Palin used the Canadian health care system when she was a child. The Huffington Post, the Washington Post and Matthew Yglesias were happy to report this line this line from her speech this past weekend in Calgary:
“We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn’t that ironic? ”
This, they suggested, proved she endorsed the Canadian and US democrat’s socialist health care system.
But, unfortunately they didn’t have all the facts.
Ben Smith later in the day posted the corrections:
CORRECTION: Whitehorse is in Yukon, not Saskatchewan, and Palin, as a young child, lived closer to itthan earlier reported.
UPDATE: Here’s some more context: “My first five years of life we spent in Skagway, Alaska, right there by Whitehorse. Believe it or not – this was in the ’60s – we used to hustle on over the border for health care that we would receive in Whitehorse. I remember my brother, he burned his ankle in some little kid accident thing and my parents had to put him on a train and rush him over to Whitehorse and I think, isn’t that kind of ironic now. Zooming over the border, getting health care from Canada.”
ALSO: Socialized medicine apparently only kicked in in Yukon in 1972, post-Palin.
Another attack on Palin falls flat.
Bummer.
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Seansie commented:
The “file” the State-Run Media has on Palin is filled with blank paper.
Aitch748 commented:
And you can bet that this will not be the last time the haters trip themselves up in their mad rush to prove to the rest of us that Palin is a hypocrite or something.
lyle commented:
Why do the folks who insist on Palin’s stupidity always turn out to be blithering halfwits?
bg commented:
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the most TRANSPARENT president
in history needs to show US his BC..
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Slappy commented:
Of course, I don’t expect any corrections or clarifications from the mainstream media. After all, it would get in the way of their ongoing irrational, visceral attacks on Palin.
idesign commented:
Sarah Palin, the most dangerous conservative woman in America.
Cool………
Chris R commented:
It was so laughable that I went to other forums I post to which contain Palin bashers and made pre-emptive posts telling these folks not to bother. The debunking is ALMOST as fast as the bunk these days.
Old One commented:
The left-wing media loonies soil themselves again but…. The lefturds know nothing of history in the US or Canada and again
leave themselves soiled but do not that care.
The left employing the Frankfurt School playback are using the marxist methodology of throwing smears and lies at their opposition hoping even knowing the stench of their debunked lies repeated often enough will defile their opponents.
gus commented:
Yes, I believe OPIE the really groovy fake Prezitard used the INDONESIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
Discuss.
down with dems commented:
It is truly a SICKNESS, this rush to defend socialized, government run medicine, and the frantic push to foist it on us in the face of opposition is disturbing.
The last few days the news has been full of sycophantic stories about Obama pushing health care across the finish line, how he’s doing it with style and flair… the dissenting, oppositional viewpoint is NEVER presented or represented, other than to mock and deride it.
Discussion and debate are dead in the MSM, and soon hopefully the MSM will be dead too. The rise of new media can’t come fast enough.
sliderblaze commented:
par
BigJ commented:
Hmm….I see the LameStream Media isn’t correcting their mistake, in which they forgot to include the entire quote from Palin. I won’t hold my breath, though…
gus commented:
I saw this story on Yahoo’s home page. I didn’t even have to read it. I understood exactly what it would be without reading it.
Sarah Palin lived in a sparsely populated area of Alaska. Her families choice of health care location was only a function of exactly where her families home was. The inference was that Palin is a hypocrite. What sickens me is that dishonest media hacks would make that inference about anyone. They are completely bought and paid for.
IOpian commented:
Hit em first, ask questions later. It’s cowboy journalism.
Don Rodrigo commented:
gus at #13 is ahead of me. I assumed from the headline the same things he did. Making such assumptions is what people do when they pay attention to the world around them and know what’s what. It also demontrates that we know something about geography.
daryl commented:
As the famous little bandito said : “Facts? We don’t need no steeenkin’ facts!”
MSM motto, Chunk it! Print it!, whether it sticks or not! And our work is done.
Not much money in it but who needs money when you own the government that owns the presses (and printing & engraving).
serfer62 commented:
Would this be considered a media IED?
Glen commented:
Why did she find it ‘ironic’?
Paul_In_Houston commented:
lyle
March 9th, 2010 | 11:28 am | #3
Why do the folks who insist on Palin’s stupidity always turn out to be blithering halfwits?
As someone on Powerline (posting abour her writing on her palm) noted…
“It’s Palin’s secret weapon: she brings out the stupidity in her political opponents.”
Personally, I think it’s an inevitable result when someone with a sense of humor is attacked by people who haven’t a trace.
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JWF commented:
I see the semi-literate bigot from LGF fell for this latest hoax. What a schmuck.
Major Kong commented:
Liberal: Never having to admit you’re wrong nor ask for forgiveness. BTW, you can only be red-faced if you have a sense of shame to begin with.
BigJ commented:
Major Kong #21: You can also be red-faced if you have a sense of anger or hatred, both of which the Liberal Puke Media has toward Sarah Palin.
Here’s a thought: if opposition to Obama is considered racist, by that same logic, wouldn’t opposition to Sarah Palin be considered sexist?
USMC Thomas commented:
Yea, but you can bet this misinformation received more attention in the MSM than the Rather watermelon comment, if at all.
reg commented:
of course this was bait to get the superior intellects to step on it again, and they did.Palin is getting better but her opponents aren’t.
#18 Glen
what’s ironic is that the limosine liberals in Canada drone on and on about the virtues of single payer healthcare but as soon as they are diagnosed with a serious the skip the waiting lists and race to a private hospital in the US. If the US adopts single payer healthcare, where will the limosine liberals go then?(yours and ours)
reg commented:
oops should read “as soon as they are diagnosed with a serious the skip the waiting lists and race to a private hospital in the US”
Solaratov commented:
Glen
March 9th, 2010 | 12:20 pm | #18
Why did she find it ‘ironic’?
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Possibly because, nowadays the Canadians who can all rush to the USA for medical care.
Major Kong commented:
BigJ @22
Touche! Point well taken. They do exude hatred and anger.
drjohn commented:
Even today, there’s one road out of Skagway and it leads right to Whitehorse. There is no resident physician in Skagway today either.
Glen commented:
I believe Palin also thought that medicine was ‘socialized’ when she went to Whitehorse for treatment… And the irony, at least for her, is that now she’s speaking out against what she thinks is happening…
Opaobie commented:
A quick of Bing Maps shows 108.7 miles, 2 hr 35 min by road…probably faster by train back in those days. We LifeWatch folks by helicopter farther than that almost every day nowadays.
silverpie commented:
#29: According to Health Canada, hospitals in the Yukon were under a government plan in the 1960s; 1972 was when it expanded to the rest of the medical field.
Glen commented:
#31… I’m not saying it was ‘socialized’ then… I’m saying that she thought it was….
lyle commented:
‘I believe Palin also thought that medicine was ’socialized’ when she went to Whitehorse for treatment… And the irony, at least for her, is that now she’s speaking out against what she thinks is happening…’
‘#31… I’m not saying it was ’socialized’ then… I’m saying that she thought it was….’
Glen,
To state the obvious: If you think that’s what she thought, you should back it up with quotes. Otherwise, I think you think you’re an idiot.
marc in calgary commented:
Glen #29 and others…
If someone appears at a canadian hospital needing care, the triage nurse firstly assesses the condition of the “client”, then asks for any form of canadian healthcare card (they vary from province to province). Without a canadian healthcare card or a promise to return a copy of your canadian card within 30 days, forms will be completed noting who will be paying for the services, with the usual payment methods being accepted.
This is the situation as it has applied to me in a past visit to a canadian hospital.
Unless the Palin family had false canadian healthcare cards, they would have paid, and they would have waited and waited and waited, in the hospital emerg. along with the rest of us.
The irony is that they had to travel to Canada for medical care, not that they had to depend on socialized medical care, because with the exception of long hospital wait times, that didn’t apply to them.
Opaobie commented:
When you read Sarah Palin’s quote in context, clearly she is pointing out the irony in that, back then, her family went to Canada because it was the nearest place to get treatment for her brother, not because it was socialized medicine, and now, Canadians are coming here to get treatment because it has become so socialized. Consider an AMERICAN family crossing the border under the same circumstances today; do you suppose they would even receive treatment? Would they be put on a waiting list? …seems there was an accident last year involving the daughter of a prominent person, a fall while skiiing, and how did THAT situation turn out?
Glen commented:
That’s right… the old ‘Canadians come here for healthcare because their own system is bad’…. Name some.
Opaobie commented:
I just did.
Opaobie commented:
Natasha Richardson Dies After Ski Accident
British Actress, 45, Suffered Brain Injury At Montreal Resort; Dies In NYC Hospital With Family
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/entertainment/main4875136.shtml
That took all of 12 seconds on a search, and it was just the first hit. Do some research, please…..would you like AMERICAN or CANADIAN cheese with that WHINE?
USMC Thomas commented:
Recently, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams came to the USA for heart surgery.
Glen commented:
Did you know?… Fewer Canadians (11.3%) than Americans (14.4%) admit unmet healthcare needs…
Glen commented:
#38…. How is Richardson’s skiing accident relevant to your claim that Canadians come to the US to find treatment? Do explain?
lyle commented:
‘Did you know?… Fewer Canadians (11.3%) than Americans (14.4%) admit unmet healthcare needs…’
Glen,
Link, please.
Do you know how to punctuate?
Glen commented:
#39…. And… Why?
Glen commented:
http://community.fox4kc.com/_The-facts-about-Canadian-health-care/blog/1955253/96364.html
Glen commented:
#42 “Do you know how to punctuate?”
Why? Do you pass out extra credit?…
Opaobie commented:
Glen, it’s relevant because Canadians don’t want to DIE because of FAILURE to receive proper care for a treatable injury or illness — neither do Americans, for that matter. If you like Canadian Socialized wait-to-be-seen medicine so much, move to Canada, or have you already done us that favor?
lyle commented:
Glen,
I meant a link to the study that shows ‘Fewer Canadians (11.3%) than Americans (14.4%) admit unmet healthcare needs…’’
Those exact words are repeated in dozens of articles, including the one you linked. Strangely, none of them link or even source the quote. Can you link to the survey that provided those original numbers?
Even if those numbers are verifiable, and are not from an advocacy group, a 3% difference would almost certainly fall within the margin of error. Hardly a strong argument for a massive change that the public clearly doesn’t want.
Glen commented:
#46… You’ve based your whole Canadian healthcare thought process on bad information… You link availability of care to ‘socializing medicine’ without anything to support such a link… If you understood the facts about the care in Canada (instead of just parroting talking points) you’d see just how clueless you are on the topic.
Opaobie commented:
What “bad information”?….most folks call those FACTS, or is CBS LYING?
‘Did you know?… Fewer Canadians (11.3%) than Americans (14.4%) admit unmet healthcare needs…’
One could also interpret that statement as saying that 88.7% of Canadians LIE about “unmet healthcare needs”…whatever that is supposed to mean. What percent LIE about “met“ healthcare needs?
Glen commented:
#47… http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/jcush_analyticalreport.pdf
Now, even if the margin of error of 3% is exercised… Canadians feel that their healthcare needs are unmet no more or less than Americans do….
Glen commented:
#49…. “One could also interpret that statement as saying that 88.7% of Canadians LIE about “unmet healthcare needs”…”
Sure, if you want your conclusion to be free of any evidence whatsoever…
lyle commented:
#42 “Do you know how to punctuate?”
Why? Do you pass out extra credit?…
Glen,
Since you asked nicely, I’ll answer. People who use multiple exclamation points and question marks, or excessive capitalizations and ellipses, reveal more than they realize. They show the reader where they doubt their own thinking and writing skills.
Opaobie commented:
Hey, if you can post a meaningless statistic, I can reinterpret it any way I want….and I use all sorts of figures of speech and punctuation gimicks just to create emphasis or get a laugh….
Glen, do you think the New York Times is a Conservative shill blog for “the party of NO”? Read the entire series if you want, this is just one part.
How Canadians Feel About Their Health Care: Wait Times and Spending
Speaking in the United States Senate in early June, Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, cited wait times for procedures at a hospital in Kingston, Ontario, to show the failings of Canada’s publicly funded health care system.
He said that patients in that college town (and prison center) east of Toronto wait nearly a year for knee replacement surgery, six months for hip replacements, and three months for brain, prostate and breast cancer surgeries. And when it comes to cardiac bypasses, Mr. McConnell warned that “patients in Ontario are told they have to wait six months for surgery Americans often get right away.”
Those proved to be fighting words for Hugh Segal, a Conservative member of Canada’s Senate who lives in Kingston. Speaking to his Senate, Mr. Segal charged that Mr. McConnell had “distorted, misrepresented and misstated” the performance of Kingston General Hospital and cited wait times which, while considerably shorter than the American senator’s, were nevertheless arguably long by American standards.
Although they might dispute the precision of Mr. McConnell’s statistics, even leading advocates of publicly funded health care in Canada readily acknowledge that wait times are one of its biggest problems….
Opaobie commented:
I love this quote:
“Liberals have managed to eliminate the idea of manly honor.
Instead, all they have is womanly indignation.” ~Ann Coulter
Glen commented:
#42 “Since you asked nicely, I’ll answer. People who use multiple exclamation points and question marks, or excessive capitalizations and ellipses, reveal more than they realize. They show the reader where they doubt their own thinking and writing skills.”
Hmmmm… I don’t use multiple exclamation points or question marks… And, I don’t excessively use capitalization… I like ellipses, though…
Does this really matter?
Glen commented:
#54…
“Liberals have managed to eliminate the idea of manly honor.
Instead, all they have is womanly indignation.” ~Ann Coulter
And this…
“I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, but it turns out you have to go into rehab if you use the word ‘faggot,’ so I – so kind of an impasse, can’t really talk about Edwards.”
Yeah, she’s classy…
Glen commented:
#53… “Although they might dispute the precision of Mr. McConnell’s statistics, even leading advocates of publicly funded health care in Canada readily acknowledge that wait times are one of its biggest problems….”
Why?
Opaobie commented:
Glen, are you too lazy to read the article? Then go ask a Canadian Socialized Medicine advocate. The answer is obvious to all us Americans, the ones who love LIBERTY and have no problem with PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Maybe it’s a problem for cradle-to-grave nanny-state residents.
Nobody said Ann Coulter was classy, but nobody can deny she’s brilliant, and she certainly has Liberals pegged. Wanna list all the “classy” LIBERAL female pundits and talking heads? Start with Rachel Maddow, Janeane Garofalo, and oh, yeah, the “standup commediene” who recently claimed that Sarah Palin gave John McCain a BJ….tick, toc, tick, toc,….still waiting…..
Glen, the man who taught me to fly primary jet trainers in the USAF was a Canadian on an exchange program; the USAF also sent instructors to instruct Canadian students. He had flown with the Royal Canadian Air Force precision flying “Snow Birds”. Not long after he retired from the RCAF, he died of a very treatable heart condition much younger than he should have. Had he come to the USA for treatment, he would probably still be alive. You want to know why I DON’T want Socialized Medicine imposed on me and the takeover of 1/6 th of the private sector by the Statists in Washington, D.C.? Besides all the obvious reasons, it’s sorta “personal” with me.
…gotta run, while I’ve been posting, I decided I needed to see my doctor because my left knee is sore. They have an opening in about 45 minutes, and they can X-ray it and run an MRI if the doctor thinks it is serious. Can Canadians do THAT on the fly? Yep, I have PRIVATE HEALTH Insurance, and I will cheerfully pay the co-pay.
Cya….
Militant Conservative commented:
Glen, your just not going to convert anyone nor can you argue very well. I have been to many socialized countries AND am currently in the Medical field on the service side 20 plus years. (That means I go to hundreds of hospitals). We have the best healthcare in the world. We have the newest and latest and greatest versions of equipment. VA hospitals are one and sometimes two generations of equipment behind the latest advancements. The main problem is with government regulation of everthing under the sun. Trust me HIPPA is an 800lb pain in the butt and slows down innovation and productivity.
lyle commented:
Glen,
Thanks for the link. Interesting survey. You might want to read it, if you have time.
Bear in mind that it was done on behalf of government-run medical services on both sides of the border. You can detect a thumb on the scale here and there, most blatantly in the mammography statistics. See for yourself. If you can find one thumb in plain sight, there are bound to be many more out of sight.
Even so, the difference between satisfaction levels was minimal, with essentially all the American dissatisfaction coming from the lowest income group – the group that is eligible for government-run Medicare and Medicaid.
Not a strong pro-Canadian argument. And as anyone who understands socialism knows, all socialist systems degrade over time.
BurmaShave commented:
The Liberal media did not fact check their story attempting to smear Sarah Palin, because their sizable stable of fact checkers are overworked uncovering thousands of heretofore unreported details about Obama’s youth. NOT!
Militant Conservative commented:
lyle
March 9th, 2010 | 4:31 pm | #60
One tiny correction, all socialised systems fail.
History is clear on this fact. We on the other hand are the only capitalistic republic ever devised and put into action. So how did we skunk every civilization known in just 230 years????? FREEDOM is the answer, not slavery/socialism.
Dell commented:
AP assigns eleven employees to fact-check Palin’s book….and not a soul fact checked the latest statement. That’s just toooo freakin’ funny.
Joanne commented:
If anyone has ever seen Skagway, especially way back then, you would realize that the City of Whitehorse would be the logical place to receive healthcare, since they had and continue to have a hospita,l and Whitehorse is in close proximity to Skagway….and nothing much else is, except bears and moose.
kato commented:
Palin’s family hustled across the Canadian border for some basic care right around the time a lot of SoCal babes were hustling across the Mexican border for their abortions.
What next? Palin’s great-grandfather once killed a buffalo?
Glen commented:
#59… Militant Conservative
I can’t argue very well? Everything you offer has nothing to do with what we’re discussing… Canadian healthcare is ‘socialized’ and all of the myths you people pass around are designed to show Americans that a ‘socialized’ system of medicine is not the best choice for America. The problem is that they are, in fact, myths… Healthcare isn’t ‘rationed’… it’s just not as available as it is in the USA. A ‘socialized’ system or not–the same level of service would exist in Canada.
Glen commented:
#60 lyle
“Bear in mind that it was done on behalf of government-run medical services on both sides of the border.”… Says who?
Explain the blatantly compromised nature of the ‘mamography statistics’…?
And, yes, the difference in satisfaction levels is minimal… that was my point. Both Canada and the USA have roughly the same level of people claiming their needs aren’t being met… yet, only one of the two countries’ healthcare systems are ‘socialized’. So much for long waits and rationed care, huh?
Militant Conservative commented:
As I have said before, Glen your too ignorant to have a conversation with. good day.
Glen commented:
#68 Militant Conservative
Perhaps learning the contraction of the words ‘you’ and ‘are’ would be a better use of your time?
Glen commented:
#68 MC…
I do the same thing, at times. But, you did ask for it…. You really did.
marc in calgary commented:
Health care in Canada, is rationed, it’s government policy.
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Tough+questions+health+care+rationing/2520939/story.html
as for “long waits” it’s not too difficult to find how long you’ll wait will be for typical surgeries, here it is from Canada’s second most wealthy province.
http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/cpa/mediasite/waitlist/median.html
Militant Conservative commented:
Snarky coments on a serious issue gets you no points. This is a serious matter not left to socalists or progressives. Reform yes, goverment control, no. Tort reform, Competition via across states. None of this is being talked about due to the common sense nature. Remember congress is infested with lawyers. Number one contributor to democrats (trial lawyers). This is about power, not healthcare.
wake the F up and get a clue. Repubs not without guilt. Both trying to get a strangle hold on the populace. A fight is looming, some are ready. Most are not. I have the desire and the capacity. Most reading this do not. good luck to ya. dog eat dog.
Pontoon commented:
last but not least, the consensus of the people is that your to be ignored Glen. Your irrellivant and a non seqitur. An irrelivant result of ignorant thinking. MC cut you down with facts, what do you have? Drivil, ad hominum attacts.
We care not. This is a republic not a democracy. learn this well. we also have a second amendment right to correct the ignorant
lyle commented:
“Bear in mind that it was done on behalf of government-run medical services on both sides of the border.”… Says who?
Glen,
Says the front page of the survey that you linked. Didn’t you bother to read it?
lyle commented:
Explain the blatantly compromised nature of the ‘mamography statistics’…?
Glen,
Go to your own link and read the section that compares mammography statistics. Then if you still need to have it explained, I’ll do so.
OLd One commented:
My Canadian grad school roomate has for 10 years paid for a US health care policy and who two years ago developed a rare form of skin cancer is elated he had the policy and now drive the 45 miles to to the US from Montreal to the US and not have to wait days to get an appointment for a routine problem and months so he can get treatment.
I sugggest Glen the orc troll go to any town on the US side of the Canadian border and go to a doctors office or a hospital clinicwaiting room and chat with the Canadians getting tratment there,
Florida in winter has large numbers of Canadians who come there for treatment and pay out of their pockets rather than wait months for care in Canada.
lyle commented:
And, yes, the difference in satisfaction levels is minimal… that was my point. Both Canada and the USA have roughly the same level of people claiming their needs aren’t being met… yet, only one of the two countries’ healthcare systems are ’socialized’. So much for long waits and rationed care, huh?
Glen,
If both systems are approximately equal in satisfaction, why should we reorganize America’s health care system? The burden of proof is on those who advocate massive – and massively expensive – change.
Further, the world has plenty of experience with socialism. All socialized systems are anti-innovation by their nature, and all become decreasingly efficient over time, until they collapse. It’s foolish to go down that road when we can improve our own system via market-oriented adjustments.
UpChuck.Liberals commented:
Why would the HuffPo worry about little things like facts? Arianne never bothered with them before in California. I wonder, is she still wearing her Alum Foil hat and talking to aliens (the UFO type)?
Glen commented:
lyle…
“If both systems are approximately equal in satisfaction, why should we reorganize America’s health care system? ”
Perhaps because ours costs a zillion times more?…
Glen commented:
lyle…
“Says the front page of the survey that you linked. Didn’t you bother to read it?”
You think our CDC is a ‘government run medical service’? I understand your need to immediately try to discredit whatever doesn’t go your way, but exactly what do you find questionable in a survey conducted by a Canadian Health Statistics firm and our own CDC?
Glen commented:
lyle…
“Go to your own link and read the section that compares mammography statistics. Then if you still need to have it explained, I’ll do so”
It seems I do… proceed…
lyle commented:
#81 Glen,
‘Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada.’ You could have done ten seconds’ research.
The Center for Disease Control is a US federal agency. That’s why it has ‘DOT gov’ in its internet address. You could have done two seconds’ research.
lyle commented:
The survey is a PDF, which means that I would have to retype the mammography section. It’s too late in this thread for that.
Basically, all mammography statistics for Canada versus US disfavor Canada by a significant margin, even though the survey accepts Canadian standards. For example, Canada recommends mammograms for ages 50-69 while the US recommends them for 40-74. The survey uses the Canadian standard exclusively. If it didn’t, the numbers would skew even more dramatically in favor of the US.
And finally, if you think nationalized health care would be cheaper, you’ve chosen to be economically illiterate. I can’t repair your bad education.
Mike commented:
I just can’t understand why you rightwing nuts can’t just give up the responsibility for your wretched lives to Barak and Nancy. You will be so much happier. It will all be taken care of for you. No anxiety, no worries, no problems. True Utopia directed by the God on Earth Barak, the reducer of sea levels. ( It’s sad that I even have to mention this is sarcasm)
Militant Conservative commented:
Glen, I used to work on the injectors for the MRI and CT departments (Cardiac cath labs too). Due to the number of slices per inch in a CT (this is used for catching cancerous tumors) the higher the number of slices the smaller tumors can be caught. We here in the U.S. buy these units in larger numbers than the oppressed chunks of the world. We are over 120 slices per inch. As I said, your ignorance of the real world is your problem.
Joanne commented:
Bottomline – America can’t afford socialist healthcare. It is like reaching the bottom of a bucket, and then putting a hole in it with a shovel and keep digging….it is utter madness.
Opaobie commented:
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Palin’s account validated by ESQUIRE Magazine writer and Whitehorse resident!
“Palin’s parents, Chuck and Sally Heath, were the ones who let the story slip. Chuck had met me at the front door of their home in Wasilla, and I’d been in their living room less than three minutes, still gawking at their taxidermied menagerie of wolves, foxes, beavers, goats and wolverines, when Sally came in from the garage.
“Luke’s a Whitehorse Indian,” Chuck joked to Sally when he introduced us.
“Whitehorse!” she said, smiling.
“We lived in Skagway for five years,” Chuck said. “And at that time the railroad went from Skagway to Whitehorse, and that was our lifeline. There was no road out of Skagway when we lived there.”
“We appreciated it so much,” Sally said. “Anytime there was something serious, we’d get on the train and go to the hospital there, and they’d be so kind to take care of us.”
…added bonus, Trig IS Palin’s son
“Yesterday morning, re-listening to the tape of my conversation with Chuck and Sally, I found another unreported tidbit, one concerning the first of the many Internet controversies that have swirled in Sarah Palin’s wake since her emergence eighteen short months ago. I might as well throw it in here.
Chuck had just told me that he usually didn’t talk with reporters — that, in fact, he’d just hung up on one fifteen minutes before I’d arrived.
“The Anchorage Daily News is doing a story,” he said. “Is Trig Really Sarah’s Son?”
“I am so disgusted,” Sally said.
Chuck shook his head.
“I was in the room when he was born, for Chrissakes!”
Elaine commented:
If the foxxy Sarah Palin can spin the heads of these “intellectual” media elites put some fear on Obama and his Obamacare by merely using two simple words “Death Panels”, then she also has the strong force to spin the heads of Putin, Chavez, Kim of North Korea and the rest of Iran religious leaders. This is amazing and just enough qualification to be POTUS on 2012. Who know, perhaps, if Palin becomes POTUS, she may have the force to persuade Osama Bin Laden to get converted to Christianity and renounce terrorism that will pave the way to a true world peace.
USMC Thomas commented:
Millionaire Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams could afford to receive medical care anyplace in the world and he didn’t choose Canada.
Money talks, bull$hit walks.
Glen commented:
#83 lyle…
Oh, so you have a problem with these two sources because of their ‘realtionship’ to their respective governments… and not because of anything you can actually point to… other than your not liking what they came up with, of course…