Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:05 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

He's that biased he's telling the truth?

Apart from when he announces on Twitter that the UK is invading the Ecuadorean embassy.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Sun Sep 02, 2012 4:35 pm  

Mintball wrote:

Apart from when he announces on Twitter that the UK is invading the Ecuadorean embassy.

Do Ecuador possess WMD?

We best get in there sharpish, we might only have 45 minutes.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:12 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

Do Ecuador possess WMD?

We best get in there sharpish, we might only have 45 minutes.

You know perfectly well, my dear WIZEB, that I agree with Desmond Tutu on the issue of Blair and friends over Iraq, and have been saying so for some years.

Doesn't make Moore's comments re the embassy any less stupid, however. Which is a shame, because he's so absolutely spot on on a number of things.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:10 am  

WIZEB wrote:

He's that biased he's telling the truth?

He puts his own spin on things.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:17 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

He puts his own spin on things.

He's a political activist mate.

That's what they tend to do.

Have an opinion like.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:39 pm  

Hull White Star wrote:

My American father died alone, in a motel room, of bowel cancer. He was a truck driver therefore self employed. For some reason none of us can fathom, (other than affordability) he didn't have health insurance. I had seen him, suffereing, a few months before he died but because he was a very private man I didn't know the extent of his illness. He was 55 years old.

I do believe, caught early enough, bowel cancer is one of the most treatable cancers. Had he lived here in the UK, I would still have my dad. He died not because his cancer was untreatable but because he didn't have the means to pay for treatment. In a country like America, this is despicable.

My own dad is just recovering from bowel cancer, he is 60. It was caught fairly early a year ago and is now well on his way to recovery.
While his treatment and care were by no means perfect he did have access to a very good standard of care for which I am very grateful.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:02 pm  

Scarrie;
we may be divided by colours, but all the best to your dad, hope he gets down to the KC next season. some stories on here that show how special/important the NHS is, lets keep it that way. To me, it's very strange how Americans see a NHS style thing can be so bad.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:27 pm  

the most fecked up thing about Americans I've spoken to is that they all expected Obama to have fixed everything by now

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:19 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

He's a political activist mate.

That's what they tend to do.

Have an opinion like.

I haven't a problem with opinions as long as they're based on facts.

Re: OBAMA v ROMNEY : Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:41 pm  

Live Wired wrote:

To me, it's very strange how Americans see a NHS style thing can be so bad.

It's because they have not known any different and prior to 1948, neither did we.

Before the NHS people died simply because they couldn't afford a doctor, in fact many never even got to become people, simply because there were no trained midwives available, unless you could afford them.

As others have already stated, the seemingly invincibility of youth comes into play: "I'm fine, why should I pay for others?" They conveninetly ignore the fact that they will not always be young, fit and active