to turn the page?

yay

Whats with everyone? I thought that if I started a new page it would invigorate intermelectual discussion? (My contribution being turning the page!)Anyway have any of the Americans any thoughts on the new Michael Moore doco 'Sicko'?

I refuse to recognize that person's credibility. I will fight to the death for his or anyone else's right to say what they believe and my right to disdain their point of view. I have relagated him to the same catagory as Hanoi Jane. Total contempt.

I was just asking? Being from Oz I have little idea of the state or condition of the US health system and wondered if he made any valid points.

Mary, please don't feel that was an attack on you or your question. I hope someone else will step in and give you another point of view. Its just that name, its on my hot button list so the problem is here and not with your question.

Is there is a name for the following:

A word that when you lose one letter reverses the meaning. eg. friend - fiend

mmmmmm good question Linda .... will ponder and return when not so busy, in a couple of days ...
cheers

Mary...the U.S health system is beyond repair as far as I'm concerned, and I feel Michael Moore scored many important points and facts. Slanted? Sure! True? Sure! Fair? More fair than what the drug companies give to the U.S populance! The health care system here is broken and needs help that goes More...

Just leave it up to me. And I promise, none of my campaign contributors, stock market shills, or real estate partners will have any say in it. Just ask Vince Foster.

Thanx Mamacita, I know MM has an agenda but wondered how true his findings were. We have problems with funding the system but the principals behind free universal health care should be an essential part of any country. As for Hilary, I was stunned to hear details about her backflip. I had thought she was a 'good guy'.

Are you the chef's pastry assistant Hillary or the third shift gate guard Hillary?
See, Mamacita used words beyond your ken, id est 'common sense'.

Linda, I have driven myself nuts trying to find a
name for a word/words that you describe
I have been to word play sites, Wikopedia, etc.
Can't find anything relating to dropping one letter to reverse the meaning of the word.
I hope someone can come up with an answer!
My neck hurts and my posterior is numb. I need a walkabout

I doubt that there are enough examples of that phenomenon to warrant a special word to describe it.

Linda, I have sought an academic authority of words and their variations. I don't know how long it will take to get a response back considering summer break. Your question will not go unavenged.

Has anyone here actually seen the Michael Moore film, or are we all just going from other sources? I've seen a couple of reports on CNBC (the financial news channel), and they say that the docujunkery pretty much confines its criticism to the health insurance industry, not the health care system More...

Thanks for all the research, I couldn't find anything either. Just thought I would throw it out there and see if anyone knew.

Thanx Ian, as I said before I know little of the US system and the impression I got was that the HMO system IS the US health system. I realise he made it for the US but an explanation would have helped those of us from o/s fully understand it.

The docudrama(?) is due in our theaters this week-end. I've only based my comments from interviews and clips..but I agree it seems to focus on the insurance angle. Michael Moore has said he wasn't playing politics this time, but was seeking help in seeing that all folks were covered by some form More...

What effect has a litigious society had on the cost of health care? Liability insurance premiums to cover doctors, hospitals and manufacturers has to be figured into the equation. The cost to CYB is passed on to the consumer. Anecdotally speaking, the huge awards given as a result of the suits More...

Jeb
great point, I think a litigious society has added mega costs to all facets of our lives.
the cost of all forms of insurance has added a small fortune to all the goods and services we want to use or purchase.
I think accepting that some things that happen to you us are an accident or More...

The classic example of 'it's not my fault, I'm the victim here' is the lady that spilled Mcdonalds coffee in her lap as she drove away. she sued the company AND WON. The fact that she's holding a fresh cup of (she ordered it hot, it is hot coffee afterall) hot coffee and trying to maneuver an More...

what about the judge who wanted millions of dollars for a lost pair of trousers? He lost thank goodness

A simple case of abuse of 'perceived' power. Who did he think he was, the first ever person to get his britches mangled by a mangle?

Let's see if I understand how America works lately
If a woman burns her thighs on the hot coffee she was holding in her lap while driving, she blames the restaurant.
ok lets extend things logically in that sameline.....
If you smoke three packs a day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, More...

Probably pretty good, ap. I think you have the concept firmly in mind. There is an ambulance chasing shyster lawyer on every streetcorner looking for the easy cash cow. Just think of all the missed opportunities to retire early during your last visit over here.

Things are never quite so simple as they might seem...

It turns out that McDonald's became aware that many of their coffee sales were in large take-out purchases for places like construction sites. Trouble is, those sites might be fifteen minutes away, and the coffee would not be as hot as More...

Ian, those are the facts of the matter. But what goes completely unsaid is that those few people that still have their mind between their ears will treat a fresh cup of coffee as being hot and take appropriate precautions. I have a hard time believing it was third degree burns, that almost always More...

The assertions of third degree burns and skin grafts seem to be undisputed. And the jury didn't pick a number out of the air; the $2.7 million was 2 days' worth of coffee sales, chosen to make a point to McDonald's. The jury further agreed with you to the extent of finding the woman's negligence to More...

With all that said and the political arena we are currently blessed with, I vote for John Galt for president. That aside, I don't have a clue. I grew up at a time when it was acceptable to hang horse thieves and if you fell out of a tree you picked yourself up and moved on. There was no such a More...

Now that, I agree with....nannification. And yes, I know, there are terrible accidents. But I still think that one of the saddest things I've ever seen is a 12-year-old boy wearing a bicycle helmet.

And....

Leash laws
No smoking
seat belts
internal More...

ha!i liked the punch line..

Now that we've gotten that settled, Ian, there shouldn't be any more problems.......right?

so what next?

coffee anyone?

Sounds good Mary, cowboy coffee, boiled till it will float a horseshoe.

yes Jeb its done.either you shall skim it from the top with a shallow spoon(if you happen to have one)or you can use the one that i have strained it thru your shirt pocket!!the effect is good...and if you wanna have a secs well i have left in the pot as it is..enjoy

Skim? Strain? What's cowboy coffee without floaties?

jeb, let me know if Bean Around forgets to remove your shirt before straining hot coffee through the pocket. And take a temperature reading, too. My attorneys at the firm of Win, Place and Showcause are interested.

It's worse than that, Ian. That's the pocket I keep my Durham and papers in. He's got more problems from me now than a brief case full of attourneys.