"When a friend of mine, at the age of 20 developed Lukemia, put his Computer Science course on hold, checked in to the local hospital and began his treatment straight away. He was cured and back in education the following year. I fear that had he born in the United States, he would not have been able to continue with his studies, in fact, he probably would have been bankrupt. Socialised healthcare not only save his life, but his future."
Back in 2000, a Brit friend of mine's father needed heart surgery. He was told by national health that he was too old. He went to North Carolina and had the surgery done there. If he had stayed in the UK he would be dead now.
"Someday 40 years after this, plenty of documents on this subject will be declassified and the people then will look back and realize how needlessly paranoid the government was back in 2007... Like we do when looking at CIA documents from 40 years ago."
Right. Now we know the Soviet Union was simply misunderstood.
In the early 1990s, I met a former Chinese army officer who readily admitted to me that he had worked as an espionage agent while studying in graduate school in the US.
Australins haven't had 3,000 people murdered by terrorists on their own soil yet. Maybe you should go to Bali and see Australian paranoia first hand. I've lived there off and on since 2000 and the fear is there. Trust me.
"Army Sergeant Sumariyanto, who is in charge of granting permits for rituals, says firstly it was gruesome and many animals were running amok trying to escape their fate.
It didn't work either, he adds drily, saying that in some cases the mud got worse immediately after a sacrificial ceremony."
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,2 0987236-5003416,00.html
Sorry but you're wrong. US citizen Gary Lauck was arrested in Denmark and imprisoned in Germany in 1995 for breaking German anti-nazi laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lauck
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What about all the nude photos of the wife?
I've been reading Jerry Pournelle since around 1995.
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/
So why do so many Australians go to Bali, Singapore, India and Thailand for their medical and dental care?
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s130
"When a friend of mine, at the age of 20 developed Lukemia, put his Computer Science course on hold, checked in to the local hospital and began his treatment straight away. He was cured and back in education the following year. I fear that had he born in the United States, he would not have been able to continue with his studies, in fact, he probably would have been bankrupt. Socialised healthcare not only save his life, but his future."
Back in 2000, a Brit friend of mine's father needed heart surgery. He was told by national health that he was too old. He went to North Carolina and had the surgery done there. If he had stayed in the UK he would be dead now.
"Those who fall below the federal poverty line may be eligible for health care at no cost."
Wow! I guess there *is* a such thing as a free lunch.
Sir Fred Hoyle had problems with the British scientific establishment also.
"Someday 40 years after this, plenty of documents on this subject will be declassified and the people then will look back and realize how needlessly paranoid the government was back in 2007... Like we do when looking at CIA documents from 40 years ago."
Right. Now we know the Soviet Union was simply misunderstood.
In the early 1990s, I met a former Chinese army officer who readily admitted to me that he had worked as an espionage agent while studying in graduate school in the US.
Will they be checking that European search engine the French were pushing? The Google killer?
I guess the Chinese Communists are simply instituting Flickr's own policies.
They've been under cyber attack from China for years.
"Why is winning wars important to you?"
You mean you'd rather lose?
The UK is the only country that has repaid it's WWII loans (they finished paying December 29, 2006)......the WWI loans have NOT been repaid. http://www.domain-b.com/economy/general/2006/20061 229_debts.htm
Why don't you get *your* facts straight?
"If you subsidize an industry in your country, due to the rules of the WTO other countries are ALLOWED to impose trade tariffs." You mean like Airbus?
Yawn. The US subsidized Europe after both world wars.
In China.
God, I hate corporate English.
The owner sounds like a real toad.
The Indonesians are pissed off with the Australians *not* the Americans. Read this article from The Jakarta Post: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp? fileid=20070208.A03&irec=2
Australins haven't had 3,000 people murdered by terrorists on their own soil yet. Maybe you should go to Bali and see Australian paranoia first hand. I've lived there off and on since 2000 and the fear is there. Trust me.
"Army Sergeant Sumariyanto, who is in charge of granting permits for rituals, says firstly it was gruesome and many animals were running amok trying to escape their fate. It didn't work either, he adds drily, saying that in some cases the mud got worse immediately after a sacrificial ceremony." http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,2 0987236-5003416,00.html
Last November they were tossing in live chickens and goats......
Didn't work out so well the last time somebody tried it.
Sorry but you're wrong. US citizen Gary Lauck was arrested in Denmark and imprisoned in Germany in 1995 for breaking German anti-nazi laws. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lauck
European countries (Germany, for example) have done the same to Americans.