online.wsj.com - 2/10/2009
—
NADEEM ESMAIL President Obama and Congressional Democrats are inching the U.S. toward government-run health insurance. Last week's expansion of Schip -- the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- is a first step. Before proceeding further, here's a suggestion: Look at Canada's experience. ...
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 2/14/2009
—
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
A Canadian reader writes: Drum and Zakaria are
busy applauding us Canadians for our financial foresight. While...
it is true that the relative lack of leverage in the financial system was a good thing, it is also true that the Canadian economy tends ...
(more)
Oh, Canada!
Comments
Blog Reactions
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
... of possible apathy, rain, and a 30 percent chance of rocket fire in the south.
Helen Thomas offers the Hezbollah view at prime-time press conference.
The stimulus bill creates the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, to make sure you and your doctor are operating in cost-effective and government-approved ways. That's creepier than, well, Helen Thomas.
Seriously, unless you want a 6-month wait for hangnail treatment, avoid universal health care.
The problem with shovel-ready. ...
Canada Knows What We Have to Look Forward To
Moonbattery —
... , this means we essentially already have socialized medicine. For an idea of what this means, we need look no farther than Canada: ...
Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog —
Rasmussen shows Democrats only ahead by one point on the generic congressional ballot survey.
The day the global economy almost died.
A new slogan for national health care: Don't you think you're too old to enjoy that new hip, eh?
Hillary likes to say 'you know' just like someone we never really got to know.
Key GOP senators won't oppose Labor secretary nominee Solis because of her husband's tax problems.
Feds raid lobbying firm with ties to Jack Murtha (D-Pa.).
Weds. morning links
Maggie's Farm —
Why buying these cars is "Buying American"
The new stash of mummies in Egypt
Geithner prevailed in bank bailout debate. Related: Geithner, From Indispensable to Indecipherable
Related: Skepticism about Obama's TARP
More on what the stimulus aims to do with nationalizing medical care
I am a Liberal woman. Hear me meow.
In Canada, you may be too old for hip surgery
The CIA is helping Britain with their internal ...
Health Care Is Not a Privilege … Nor Is It a Right
Pajamas Media —
... we all have the right to seek medical treatment through voluntary trade or charity. Ironically, those who claim health care is “a right and not a privilege” support policies that make it a privilege. When government enforces an alleged “right” to health care, the political class decides what health care is and when it’s appropriate for people to get it. That is, health care becomes a privilege granted by those in charge. For example, Canadian authorities deemed Bill Murray of Alberta “too old” for a hip procedure — and prohibited him from paying for it himself. Health care is ...
Related Content
The Canada Trip
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/19/2009 —
I’ve been meaning to comment on Barack Obama’s visit to Canada. Americans tend not to recognize it, but our relationship with Canada is our most important bilateral relationship. Not only is Canada very high on the list of our trade ...
Obama's Canada Trip: Can He Undo Bush's Damage?
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2009: 2/18/2009 —
OTTAWA -- When then-U.S. President George W. Bush took office in 2001, he chose Mexico instead of Canada for his first foreign visit, and relations with Canada suffered throughout his presidency. To heap the decline of Canada-U.S. relations entirely at the feet of his decision to go ...
Obama: Afghanistan 'still winnable'
swamppolitics.com 2/18/2009 — by Mark Silva
"Afghanistan is still winnable,'' President Barack Obama says, "in the sense of our ability to ensure that it is not a launching pad for attacks against North America.
"I think it's still possible for us to stamp out al Qaeda to ...
Canada
bloomberg.com 1/11/2009 — Obama to Visit Canada in First International Trip as President By Edwin Chen Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama will visit Canada in his first international trip as president, his transition office said. Obama “looks forward to his ...
Canada | Transcript: Obama-Harper press conference
thestar.com 2/20/2009 — English-language transcript of a news conference held Thursday, Feb. 19 by U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, as released by the White House press secretary's office. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, good afternoon. PRIME MINISTER ...
The MJK Universal Health Care Plan
directorblue.blogspot.com 3/9/2009 — He was a brash and affable young man. The good looking scion of a rich and powerful family. It was a mid-summer party, held in a startlingly beautiful mansion by the sea. And it was one of the hot tickets of the social season.She was a former teacher, blonde and engaging. Not yet 30, she had ...
President Obama's first foreign trip to Canada
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/29/2009 — President Obama will head to Canada on February 19.
(CNN) –- President Obama will take his first foreign trip as commander in chief to Canada next month, his press secretary announced Wednesday.
“Canada is a vitally important ally and the ...
President Obama And PM Harper On NAFTA
talkleft.com 2/20/2009 — One of the more interesting exchanges in today's press conference with President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper was the discussion of trade, NAFTA and the Buy American provisions in the stimulus. On the flip is the pertinent excerpts : Q ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
