Recall that Canada’s premiere Danny Williams headed to the U.S. for his own life saving heart surgery.
Staunch defender of Canada’s single payer system, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier, Danny Williams needs heart surgery. Evidently, single payer is just fine for the peasants, but when a high ranking politician has to have life saving surgery, Canada’s magnificent health care system loses some of its luster.
Canada’s socialized medicine scheme is working so smoothly that Canadian health agencies have had to negotiate contracts with hospitals in the United States to provide the care Canada’s system can’t offer. The Detroit Free Press reports that these lucrative agreements “provide more immediate services for patients whose health is at risk.”
Full On Anti-Tea Party Assault-Brace for Impact
Never before has attending CPAC been considered wildly controversial. This year, too many are taking sides and drawing lines. The presence of a gay rights group or a few Birchers is catastrophic. Boycott CPAC! Yeah, that’ll show ‘em. The crowd ended up being a measly 10,000.
Then we are treated to Huckabee’s hissy .
“Huckabee said the rise of the tea party movement had ‘taken all of the oxygen out of the room,’ rendering the venerable conference far less relevant than it had been in previous years. Read more...