Get Well Danny Williams

[Boom_70]

Danny Williams, premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is having heart by-pass surgery today -- in
the United States

 

[The Big Ragu]

This guy is the poster child for your other pet cause, Boom. He was one of the most vocal supporters of the seal hunt.

 

[Boom_70]

This guy is the poster child for your other pet cause, Boom. He was one of the most vocal supporters of the seal hunt.

He must have eaten too much seal blubber and clogged his arteries.

 

[TwoGloves]

I thought you were talking about McGarrett's sidekick.

 

[Jack_Kerouac]

Canada probably determined that it was an elective surgery and put him on a two-year-long waiting list.

 

[Double J]

First of all, Canada wouldn't make any such decision. Health care is a provincial responsibility. Second, I don't exactly know what the procedure in question is, but I would have a very hard time believing that anyone, much less the premier, would have to wait two years for it to be done. This is simply a case of a person who can afford it (his nickname is "Danny Millions") choosing to pay for a procedure to be done immediately in a cash-for-care facility that just happens to be in the United States. There is nothing to see here if you're looking at this as an indictment of health care in Canada. (Although I am well aware the right-wing blogosphere south of the border has, predictably, been whipped into a frenzy by this news.)

 

[dooley_womack1]

Anyone from a place that has such good retrievers deserves our best wishes

 

[Football_Bat]

Did they start the operation at 7:00 or 7:30?

 

[Double J]

Did they start the operation at 7:00 or 7:30?

Quality.

 

[Football_Bat]

Did they start the operation at 7:00 or 7:30?

Quality.

Thank you, thank you.

 

[Iron_chet]

Did they start the operation at 7:00 or 7:30?

Took me a second to get this but well done!

 

[JR]

SOCILISM!!!

 

[fishhack2009]

First of all, Canada wouldn't make any such decision. Health care is a provincial responsibility. Second, I don't exactly know what the procedure in question is, but I would have a very hard time believing that anyone, much less the premier, would have to wait two years for it to be done. This is simply a case of a person who can afford it (his nickname is "Danny Millions") choosing to pay for a procedure to be done immediately in a cash-for-care facility that just happens to be in the United States. There is nothing to see here if you're looking at this as an indictment of health care in Canada. (Although I am well aware the right-wing blogosphere south of the border has, predictably, been whipped into a frenzy by this news.)

You mean our righty friends are twisting the facts to support their anti-health care crusade?

Gee, imagine that.

 

[Boom_70]

First of all, Canada wouldn't make any such decision. Health care is a provincial responsibility. Second, I don't exactly know what the procedure in question is, but I would have a very hard time believing that anyone, much less the premier, would have to wait two years for it to be done. This is simply a case of a person who can afford it (his nickname is "Danny Millions") choosing to pay for a procedure to be done immediately in a cash-for-care facility that just happens to be in the United States. There is nothing to see here if you're looking at this as an indictment of health care in Canada. (Although I am well aware the right-wing blogosphere south of the border has, predictably, been whipped into a frenzy by this news.)

You mean our righty friends are twisting the facts to support their anti-health care crusade?

Gee, imagine that.

Only Christian Scientists are against health care.

 

[The Big Ragu]

First of all, Canada wouldn't make any such decision. Health care is a provincial responsibility. Second, I don't exactly know what the procedure in question is, but I would have a very hard time believing that anyone, much less the premier, would have to wait two years for it to be done. This is simply a case of a person who can afford it (his nickname is "Danny Millions") choosing to pay for a procedure to be done immediately in a cash-for-care facility that just happens to be in the United States. There is nothing to see here if you're looking at this as an indictment of health care in Canada. (Although I am well aware the right-wing blogosphere south of the border has, predictably, been whipped into a frenzy by this news.)

You mean our righty friends are twisting the facts to support their anti-health care crusade?

Gee, imagine that.

Only Christian Scientists are against health care.

Nope. Canadians too. They don't do heart operations.

 

[Boom_70]

Danny Williams - "My heart my choice":

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h0QC7bditrEb3wYz_6_b-gsGGDxA

Interesting that he plans on applying for reimbursement from Canadian Health Care system.

 

[Double J]

If he's entitled to any reimbursement, he'll apply.

If he's not, he won't.

Here's hoping he's not.

 

[The Big Ragu]

That whole country is entitled to reimbursement.

 

[JC]

That whole country is entitled to reimbursement.

your hatred of Canada is amusing.

 

[The Big Ragu]

That whole country is entitled to reimbursement.

your hatred of Canada is amusing.

I don't hate Canada. Just Canadians.