IT'S TIME FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE

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Only about 38.1 percent of uninsured women aged 40 to 64 have had a mammogram in the past two years...

There's no reason for this, as most States give free mammograms to women without health insurance.
If a woman wants to detect early stage breast cancer, it's her responsibility to have a mammogram and saying she doesn't have health insurance is no excuse... Crying or Very sad

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Brawley noted that while some of the uninsured qualify for Medicaid, coverage doesn't begin until the cancer has been diagnosed.

Having breast cancer is NOT a pre-requisite for obtaining medicaid. Millions of individuals qualify for medicaid because of their economic status, not their health status.

Anyone not on medicaid, but still without health insurance because of cost may qualify for a free mammogram in most if not all States of the USA.
There is no economic reason for any woman not to have a mammogram.

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cicerone imposter wrote:

Doesn't Bush have a heart-to-heart with god anymore?

I'm not sure who replaced Ted Haggard after he was arrested for doing meth with that gay male prostitute. Ted and George used to talk on a weekly basis about taking our country in a biblical direction.

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A sudden change of heart for Bush?

Bush OKs child health program extension

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They overwhelmingly supported use of a tobacco tax increase to pay for the expansion.

Now that's a dumb idea, if I ever heard of one considering Altria is in the process of closing it's NYCity office and splitting off the International Unit this coming year.

Maybe they're thinking of taxing smokers in China...

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having recently watched a travelogue on china on the major changes that have and are taking place , i found this pretty interesting item :

CHINA : WHAT - NO SPITTING , NO SMOKING ?
is china going to the dogs ?

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One of the biggest changes we noticed was on the railroads. Having spent years traveling China by rail, knee deep in litter and spit on the floor,

there is now a no-litter-no-spitting-no-smoking policy on Chinese trains, and people are reprimanded for doing any of these. No smoking? No spitting?

read an interesting travel report on china :
CHINA : NO SMOKING , NO SPITTING ?

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hbg, That's all a facade; China is going down in a hand basket to hell; most of their rivers and cities are polluted, and their phenomenal growth is killing off their environment.

Water and fuel shortages become more acute every year, and some experts are saying China will be without fresh drinking water in two decades. Many villages now get their water trucked in.

I'm not sure why the Chinese government continues to ignore all these very important issues while killihng off their own people.

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c.i. :
i wouldn't write china off . they've been around for a long , long time already - and so far "survived" just about anything .

the latest trend seems to be for poor chinese farmers to go to AFRICA ! one source claimed that there are already well over one million chinese farmers that have gone to africa within the last few years .
apparently it's all done rather quietly , but the article claimed that just about everybody was happy :
china is able to reduce the pressure of a growing population ,
the african countries are getting experienced farmers that can teach africans better farming practices ,
the chinese farmers can apparently make three to four times as much money as in china - mainly because of better soil .
hbg

here is an article from the IHT :
LET'S GO TO AFRICA !

and another one from the BBC :
TO AFRICA WE GO !

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Talk about going back to their roots, this is a whole new concept of immigration.

Thanks for sharing those articles; it's the very first time I'm learning about this new trend of Chinese immigration to South Africa.

It's not surprising; most of the farmland next to the Yangtze River is now under water or will be by 2009. Many of the farmers moved to new homes on higher ground don't know how to make a living; many are too old to learn new skills.

Africa has fertile land, but they also suffer from draught. Time will tell.

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At first, this new Chinese exodus was driven largely by word of mouth, as pioneers like Yang relayed news back home of abundant opportunities in a part of the world where many economies lay undeveloped or in ruins, and where even in the richer countries many things taken for granted in the developed world awaited builders and investors.

Conditions like these often deter Western investors, but for many budding Chinese entrepreneurs, Africa's emerging economies are inviting precisely because they seem small and accessible. Competition is often weak or nonexistent, and for African customers, the low price of many Chinese goods and services make them more affordable than their Western counterparts.

Two things jump out for me.

1. The Chinese see the opportunity in Africa in somewhat the same manner the first Americans did. Today rich Westerners don't see opportunity in poor possibly unstable countries, a sharp contrast to what the Chinese see.

2. How many Chinese will have to be in Africa before there are cultural clashes. If the Chinese are a efficient as they are reputed to be over time more of the wealth will be accumulated in their hands. This will not set well with the natives.

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hamburger wrote:

having recently watched a travelogue on china on the major changes that have and are taking place , i found this pretty interesting item :

CHINA : WHAT - NO SPITTING , NO SMOKING ?
is china going to the dogs ?

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One of the biggest changes we noticed was on the railroads. Having spent years traveling China by rail, knee deep in litter and spit on the floor,

there is now a no-litter-no-spitting-no-smoking policy on Chinese trains, and people are reprimanded for doing any of these. No smoking? No spitting?

read an interesting travel report on china :
CHINA : NO SMOKING , NO SPITTING ?

China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

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There's a big flux of babies from china to the US for adoption.

Are the Chinese still burying their female babies alive to drive up the male to female ratio in their population?

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Miller wrote:

China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

Miller wrote:

There's a big flux of babies from china to the US for adoption.

Are the Chinese still burying their female babies alive to drive up the male to female ratio in their population?

All the fault of universal health care?

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Miller: China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

I brought back two cartons of Marlboros from China last month for our son at $6 a carton.

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

Miller wrote:

China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

Miller wrote:
There's a big flux of babies from china to the US for adoption.

Are the Chinese still burying their female babies alive to drive up the male to female ratio in their population?

All the fault of universal health care?

second.

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miller wrote :

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China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

considering the size of the population that's certainly not surprising .
after WWII germans were big consumers of american cigarettes . before the german currency reform in 1948 both american and british cigs really replaced the currency . goods and services were often priced as "twenty cigs for the job" or "twenty cigs for a half pound of butter" - i should know , i did a brisk trade with some british soldiers Shocked

i don't think many american cigs are still being sold in germany .
similarly the chinese may some day decide to reduce their consumption of american cigs . well , they can always be sold in africa ; after all : a buck is a buck , is a buck !
hbg

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c.i. wrote :

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I brought back two cartons of Marlboros from China last month for our son at $6 a carton.

made in CHINA i hope !
hbg

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want to stop smoking but are having trouble going cold turkey ?
just look what china has to offer .

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HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette but it isn't bad for your health.

A Chinese company marketing the world's first "electronic" cigarette hopes to double sales this year as it expands overseas and as some of China's legions of smokers try to quit.

Golden Dragon Group Ltd's Ruyan cigarettes are battery-powered, cigarette-shaped devices that deliver nicotine to inhalers in a bid to emulate actual smoking.

"The nicotine is delivered to the lungs within 7 to 10 seconds," said Scott Fraser, Vice President of SBT Co. Ltd., the Beijing-based firm that first developed the electronic cigarette technology in 2003 and which is now controlled by Golden Dragon.

"It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette, it even emits vapor. In many ways, it is like an actual smoking experience, and that's what makes us different," he told Reuters.

The cigarettes sell for around 1,600 yuan ($208) apiece and are already available in China, Israel, Turkey, and a number of European countries, but not yet the United States.

no stupid patch or chewing nicotine gum . just try THE "E" CIGARETTE ! !

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hamburger wrote:

miller wrote :

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China is one of the largest consumers of American-made cigs. Just ask Altria and Altria's stock holders. $$$$!

considering the size of the population that's certainly not surprising .
after WWII germans were big consumers of american cigarettes . before the german currency reform in 1948 both american and british cigs really replaced the currency . goods and services were often priced as "twenty cigs for the job" or "twenty cigs for a half pound of butter" - i should know , i did a brisk trade with some british soldiers

i don't think many american cigs are still being sold in germany .
similarly the chinese may some day decide to reduce their consumption of american cigs . well , they can always be sold in africa ; after all : a buck is a buck , is a buck !
hbg

hbg, As a matter of fact, there is a transition going on in China from American to Chinese cigarettes. Although many of the cigarette kiosks still carries the American brand cigarettes, they represent less than fifty percent of what's displayed. I think in a few more years, American cigarettes will be very small of the total.

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hamburger wrote:

c.i. wrote :

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I brought back two cartons of Marlboros from China last month for our son at $6 a carton.

made in CHINA i hope !
hbg

If the cigs were made in China, how much lead did they contain?

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