[kj] oliver / fox election spin

Brendan bq at soundgardener.co.nz
Fri Nov 7 09:50:10 EST 2008

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It is! And there's no moon, it's just the back of the sun.

Also, dog's can't look up.

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> Sadly, a considerable amount of Americans believe the earth is

> flat.

> Alex in NYC 

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> </ZZZHEAD><ZZZBODY class=hmmessage>A considerable amount of Americans

> believe Socialism is Communism :/ Cursive">" > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:06:18

> -0600 > From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net > To:

> gathering at misera.net > Subject: Re: [kj] oliver / fox election

> spin > > You're asking me? > > For the same

> reason you had a solid chunk of the GOP base stubbornly > believing

> Obama was a "SOCIALIST!" because he merely wanted to go back > to

> the Clinton tax rates. "Socialism" is such a bad smear word in the

>  > US, a frightful bogeyman, and in popular discourse it's lost any

> real > meaning. It technically means "government (or public)

> ownership of the > means of production." But to like maybe 1/4 of

> the US population it just > means "taxes I don't like to pay,"

> which is stupid. > > This 1 hour program, _Frontline: Sick

> Around the World_, is the best > comparison I have seen between the

> health care systems of the US, > England, Germany, Taiwan, Japan,

> and Switzerland. It shws how other > countries can do it and the US

> cannot. (Better than "Sicko.") The makers > of the documentary went

> out of their way to contrast the US to > _capitalist

> democracies_: > > >

> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/ >

>  > > And, yes, 14% of our GDP goes to heathcare, compared to

> the average of > 8% of countries in the West who have universal

> health care, and we get > far worse outcomes, including almost 50

> million lacking health care. > Japan spends 7% of its GDP and has

> the lngest lifespan, lower infant > mortality, and everyone is

> covered somehow. > > It makes no sense. But the private

> insurance lobby in the US would not > have it any other

> way. > > -Oliver > > > > Brendan

> wrote: > > So what exactly is up with your healthcare system, why

> do you pay so much > > over there and still get so little for

> your dollar? > > > > > > > >

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