Canadian Premier Coming to USA for Heart Surgery

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by PETER

As a Newfoundlander and a Canadian, I am amazed at so many comments made by pundits who claim to know everything, without knowing anything about the situation at hand.
Danny Williams required immediate surgery and treatment to save his life that is not available in Newfoundland. It has nothing to do with our system, but all to do with urgency.

PETER, those of us on the southern side of the border, think that urgency=system...

You see it works like this.

Person is sick
person needs surgery
Person gets really sick
Person needs surgery NOW
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People start looking for a doctor.
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In America, they find him.
In Canada there is a shortage.

Canadian PM goes to America because that is where the Drs. are.

THAT is not about urgency. THAT is about availability and availability is System

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by PETER

Naw you can keep Obama. My reaction was strong because there actually was so much negativity toward it, many of us from Newfoundland defended him, it's not often an actual honest politician comes along, expecially one who won't take a paycheque, perks and a pension. He was attacked for this, even in Canada by folks who talk without knowing what they are talking about, so we get defensive over our Danny Boy.
Anyway, keep Obama, we have the Prime Minister Steven Harper to dis, maybe we can get together and convince some other country to take the both of them!

[ChTatum]

Hey, we paid some country to take the Ouiger (sp?) terrorist, maybe they are also interested in a president and a PM.

Works for me....

[Praxeas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU