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From: Phineas T Puddleduck on 25 Nov 2006 19:30 In article <4568DF91.6C1322EE(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I regularly read and quote items from Wikipedia. > > As for 'Marxist socialist' it's clear you don't know the meaning of the > terms. > > I'm very much to the centre of British politics, leaning slightly to the left > on > social issues and slightly to the right on business issues. I plonked Unsettled as it is blatantly obvious he engages his mouth before putting his brain cell in gear. I'm probably further to the left then most people here, but calling me a Marxist socialist is somewhat like accusing Garfield of being a dangerous big cat. -- Just \int_0^\infty du it! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
From: Eeyore on 25 Nov 2006 19:34 unsettled wrote: > Ken Smith wrote: > > > > Notice that they [the Chinese 'communists] have added the protection of > private > property. A communists head would explode if they did that. > > Not true. As I mentioned someplace above, the FSU and Warsaw > pact had a practice of turning over really badly running > businesses to individuals to get them running well, Then they > used to nationalize them again. You have made this assertion yet provided no evidence of it. Oh of course, you're not listening to me are you ? Do you shut your ears ( mind ) to everything you don't like to hear ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 25 Nov 2006 19:38 T Wake wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > > > >>> You still have a private system in place. So the NHS > >>> does not work to the exclusion of other methods. > >> > >>So ? I'm not sure what your point is. Private health care > >>in the UK is for the > >>most part a 'luxury' service for those who can afford it. > > > > What is a luxury service? Timely treatment? Treatment > > when needed? No public waiting lines? > > Not at all. They are provided free of cost at the point of delivery on the > NHS. Private patients get things like nicer hospital rooms, _faster_ access > to elective treatment, and little luxuries like better cutlery in hospital. A bit like flying first class instead of coach / economy. Everyone still gets to the same place. Graham
From: Michael A. Terrell on 25 Nov 2006 19:39 Don Bowey wrote: > > Oregon has it's own medical plan. And a fine job they do, letting their mental patients run free to make threatening phone calls to people. One has lost multiple ISP accounts for threatening people online, been bared from the local Wal-Mart, and arrested for trying to run over someone, as well. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Eeyore on 25 Nov 2006 19:40
unsettled wrote: > Ken Smith wrote: > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >>>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: > >>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>>The money spent on paying people to push needless paper > >>>>> > >>>>>The paper is needed. > >>>> > >>>>No, *some* paper may be needed. > >>> > >>>You are not understanding what I'm talking about. Each piece of > >>>paper was created to solve a problem. Each step and check of that > >>>step was created to solve a problem. All processes, bit flows, > >>>work flows, and knowledge flows change over time. Most of > >>>processes that change require a piece of paper to make sure > >>>the step was accomplished. Over time, the reason for some > >>>these steps may disappear. However, the step and its paper > >>>will never disappear until somebody vigourously weeds it out. > >> > >>Over here my GP now types his notes straight into a PC. No paper is needed. > > > > > > Mine does a bit of each. He marks up printouts of my last interaction > > with him. I don't think their computer system gives enough freedom to > > insert notes. > > Mayo Clinic is internally paperless. They write notes of all > sorts into the computer. Physicians don't type their own > reports, the dictate them into a network file which is later > typed by a typist someplace. X-rays are mostly digital as > well. All, including film, are scanned in. > > Paper, well that's for the patients. So in this respect the NHS and the Mayo Clinic are on par. Graham |