A Canadian experience with Canadian health-care

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Thursday July 16, 2009 · 6:41 AM PDT

2009/07/16 · 06:41

Watching the debate in the US over health-care from a Canadian point of view, is probably another diary all together, but I would like to share a typical Canadian experience with our good but not-perfect health-care system.

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Wednesday April 23, 2008 · 8:15 AM PDT

2008/04/23 · 08:15

It's not a perfect analogy, but since it's been used by the Clinton camp frequently, it's fair game.

Rocky Balboa is introduced as a small-time boxer and collector for a loan shark. The World Heavyweight Championship bout is scheduled for New Year's Day, 1976, the year of the United States Bicentennial. When the opponent of undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed is injured, Creed comes up with the idea of fighting a local Philadelphia underdog and, because he likes Rocky's nickname, "The Italian Stallion," he selects the unknown fighter.

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Tuesday November 07, 2006 · 1:21 PM PST

2006/11/07 · 13:21

Right now at 4:19PM EST, I can't seem to get through to Freerepublc.com (don't ask me why, I'm a glutton for punishment. Read More

When in Trouble - Blame Canada

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Wednesday June 08, 2005 · 8:32 AM PDT

2005/06/08 · 08:32

On CNN's Lou "I hate Mexicans" Dobbs Tonight yesterday, he had on Texas State Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa. to discuss a resolution that would have blocked the Minuteman Project from expanding into Texas, brought forward by said Senator.

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A PSA from Paris Hilton

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Wednesday April 13, 2005 · 7:53 AM PDT

2005/04/13 · 07:53

Hi!

I want to thank Mr Bush for his awesome tax cut, it's really hot. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to afford anymore trips to Monaco, or be able to buy crystal collars for my dog Tinkerbell, but now I can thanks to Mr Bush. Read More

Help tobacco farmers - make tobacco a banned substance

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 8:30 AM PST

2005/03/07 · 08:30

With cigarettes still a legal drug, and less people smoking in North America, tobacco farmers are finding it hard to make ends meet.

With pending budget cuts in the US, and Canadian farmers looking for buyouts, tobacco isn't the "cash crop" it used to be. Read More

Whitehouse "outs" gay reporter

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Sunday February 20, 2005 · 8:41 PM PST

2005/02/20 · 20:41

Guckert is complaining that since we didn't like the tone of his reporting, we "outed" him for being gay, and that's hypocrisy coming from the left.

Really?

So I guess we should pay no attention to what happened in July of 2003 to ABCNEWS reporter Jeffrey Kofman. Read More

Same sex Marriage - the Canadian way

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Thursday February 17, 2005 · 4:52 PM PST

2005/02/17 · 16:52

Greetings from the Great White North! Nothing much going on over here in Canada today, unless you call a nation right next door to you about to vote on same sex marriage become law a big thing.

The full speech of the PM is relevant to the discussion at hand, but really outlines what makes us up here just a little different. Read More

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A Canadian experience with Canadian health-care

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Freerepublic down?

When in Trouble - Blame Canada

A PSA from Paris Hilton

Help tobacco farmers - make tobacco a banned substance

Whitehouse "outs" gay reporter

Same sex Marriage - the Canadian way