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Old May 22, 2007, 11:40 PM
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Re: "Sicko" an incisive diagnosis of U.S. health care

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There was a significan boycott of Taco Bell by students and others. We did not buy food there until they were willing to pay one cent a pound more for tomatoes and that money had to go toward pay for the workers who worked in the fields. - http://www.ciw-online.org/index.html

Facts & figures regarding Florida farm workers - http://www.ciw-online.org/images/Fac...Figures_07.pdf

I didn't know statistics on executions.
Being pro life I cannot serve on a jury if it may be a death penalty case.
That reminded me of a case in Redding years ago where an employee defecated in the refried beans . . . . seriously.

It has been very difficult for me to eat there ever since.

steph

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Old May 22, 2007, 11:51 PM
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Re: "Sicko" an incisive diagnosis of U.S. health care

it is funny that those who speak of the right to speak their mind have no rspect for those who disagree with them...
i have not seen this particular piece but i have seen other stuff by mm and it was not factual, don't believe it takes courage to make a 'documentary' and purport it as fact when it is not

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Old May 22, 2007, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CHATSDALE View Post
it is funny that those who speak of the right to speak their mind have no rspect for those who disagree with them...
i have not seen this particular piece but i have seen other stuff by mm and it was not factual, don't believe it takes courage to make a 'documentary' and purport it as fact when it is not
See, that is the reason he has no credibility - so many holes in his other work. I don't trust him.

I like and trust some people on the left . . . . I just don't agree with them.

But MM is just a liar and a pot-stirrer.

steph

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Old May 22, 2007, 11:57 PM
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That reminded me of a case in Redding years ago where an employee defecated in the refried beans . . . . seriously.

It has been very difficult for me to eat there ever since.

steph
And I worry that food workers may not wash their hands!
YUCK!

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Old May 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Re: "Sicko" an incisive diagnosis of U.S. health care

Originally Posted by spacenurse View Post
There was a significan boycott of Taco Bell by students and others. We did not buy food there until they were willing to pay one cent a pound more for tomatoes and that money had to go toward pay for the workers who worked in the fields. - http://www.ciw-online.org/index.html

Facts & figures regarding Florida farm workers - http://www.ciw-online.org/images/Fac...Figures_07.pdf

I didn't know statistics on executions.
Being pro life I cannot serve on a jury if it may be a death penalty case.
I guess I don't remember because I refuse to eat at Taco Bell. Way too many sanitary problems at our local one. Thanks for the links.

Those statistics are pretty sad, aren't they? That we could be in the same league as Iran, who held our embassy there captive in 1979. All together I think the six countries I mentioned comprise 91% of the world's executions. This was in a political science book I had. I'll see if I can find a website for you.

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Old May 23, 2007, 12:15 AM
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Really sad.
I met two nurses who work at a state hospital for the criminally insane.
The medical director will not agree that any child molester has become sane so they are never released (from that facility).
Patients work in the garden, kitchen and laundry. Much of the cleaning is done by patients. They have art, music, crafts, books and exercise.
Some are too sick for such freedom. I was told they live a decent life without the opportunity to harm others.
I know some patients are discharged.

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Old May 23, 2007, 12:16 AM
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Re: "Sicko" an incisive diagnosis of U.S. health care

Originally Posted by stevielynn View Post
Hey hey! You edited it after I read it . . . .

Thank you kind sir . . .

Hey, again . . . .edited to add I was going to ask you about your girlfriend . . . . great name!

steph
We're taking a few days and going to San Antonio and Carlsbad Caverns starting tomorrow.

You know what Bridget Jones says about that: a mini-break must means true love.

~faith,
Timothy.

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Old May 23, 2007, 12:27 AM
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Re: "Sicko" an incisive diagnosis of U.S. health care

Originally Posted by CraigB-RN View Post
Hmm now we're into politics.
How ever did a thread about a MM film stray so far afield?

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Old May 23, 2007, 12:36 AM
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How ever did a thread about a MM film stray so far afield?
The title though, you have to admit, is quite apt for a MM propaganda piece.

Sicko.

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Timothy.

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Old May 23, 2007, 07:13 AM
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art..._sickness.html

"Is all that ails the U.S. health-care system that it's not run by a Communist dictatorship? That has long been a premise of apologists for Fidel Castro who extol the virtues of medical care on his totalitarian island nation."

"The only reason to fantasize about Cuban health care is to stick a finger in the eye of the Yanquis. For the likes of Michael Moore, the true glory of Cuba is less its health care than the fact that it is an enemy of the United States. That's why romanticizing Cuban medicine isn't just folly, but itself qualifies as a kind of sickness."


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Timothy.

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