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Canadian Government to Jam Radio Signals
An anonymous reader submits: "According to this article, the Canadian government has given the military and RCMP permission to jam radio signals during the G8 summit and the Pope's visit. I suppose that the stated reason would be to prevent terrorists from communicating with each other, but I have to wonder whether it's also being done to keep those pesky protesters from effectively organizing at the G8. And if this action manages to block wireless 911 calls, and someone dies because of that, who's going to be willing to step up to the plate and take the blame?"
Many doctors in the US will not take medicare patients from what I've read because the paper work to get any money out of the system is too complicated. In many instances the system won't pay up and the doctor has to pay for it. Fix it you say? Bullshit, that's what the Socialists have been telling us for years. "We can fix it this time, honest!" "It'll be different this time, we'll make it work this time!" Same old, same old. It does not work.
Why should a private hospital be forced to treat any loser that wants to be treated? There are free clinics for that. Why don't you start giving money to a local free clinic. There's one in my town that does a good job at treating those who cannot afford healthcare. Give money since you're presumably not licensed to be a nurse or doctor. That way the poor can actually get healthcare without having to wonder if next time the doctor is going to tell them to buzz off since medicare left him standing with the bill.
Medical care is the product of a doctor's labor. You have no right to tell a doctor what he or she can charge their clients and who they can accept or refuse. If you feel so strongly, go become a doctor and treat the poor at a margin barely enough to keep you off the street yourself.
I dont see any point for the violent protestors to be out in ottawa during this.
Neither do I.
After all, it's not *my fault* that they wasted four years and $xx,000 pursuing Bachelor of Arts degrees in such top-flight useful fields as Women's Studies, English Literature and Anthropology. Of course they can't get good jobs! Of course they feel left behind by civilization! They couldn't take science degrees. How can they be expected to integrate by parts when they can't even remember to shower every day?
I mean, if I were them, I'd be pissed off too, but only at myself.
I think I'll go protest the protest, carrying a big sign: "Get a job, you unwashed hippy losers."
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
Hopefully, a stray jumbo-jet will wander in the vicinity while the big cheeses are there, and suddenly lose power and lift while flying over the hotel...
I was not discussing the legal requirements. I was discussing the actual, real-world situation. No one follows every law, and you therefore can not use the law to define what actually happens.
Not only that, it's required that it be able to dial 911 without dialing a 9 first (ie, if you're in a hotel and dial 911 on their PBX, it should dip into it's translation table and automatically dial 911 externally). 9-911 must also work.
Not every phone system allows you to dial "911" to get 911. Sometimes you must dial 9-911, regardless of what the law may say. Sometimes you even see phones labeled to this effect.