1 in 5 Americans are also liberal extremists. Probably the same group.
Lightwizard wrote:1 in 5 Americans still believe the Earth revolves around the Sun.
A few of us still have some intelligence.
4 in 5 Americans are extremist conservatives.
Those 4 are the ones that believe the earth revolves around the sun, imposter. Lightwizard had it all wrong. You would think a "light wizard" would know something about the celestial lights?
P. S. Being right doesn't make you extreme.
Wrong premise; who makes you think you're always right? God?
Ah, picky, picky. I wrote the sentence in a hurry and made an error, not in astronomy but in quoted statistics, which I corrected. Leave it to a pinhead to criticize. May the sun revolve right up your...well, where the sun doesn't shine.
Conservatives never make mistakes; they wallow in it like George Bush; that's 10 out of 10.
okie wrote:Those 4 are the ones that [sic] believe the earth revolves around the sun, imposter. Lightwizard had it all wrong. You would think a "light wizard" would know something about the celestial lights?
P. S. Being right doesn't make you extreme.
I am not normally a word-police officer, but should one correct others, he or she should use correct grammar. Try "who."
Is the US health care system really the best?
Quote:Patients with passports
Whether they're looking for a good deal on hip surgery or eager to try out a new treatment, America's medical tourists save thousands of dollars by heading overseas for their health care.
BY CHRISTOPHER SNOWBECK
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 07/11/2007 11:12:17 PM CDT
When Roger Wertanen sought relief from back pain by way of a medical device from Fridley-based Medtronic, the southeast Minnesota resident flew to India to get it.
That's because the device is an artificial disk that isn't approved for use in the U.S., but it is available in India, Germany and some other countries.
Wertanen, 67, said he has no regrets about the trip he took in February for the treatment, although India wasn't his first choice.
"I would have gone to Germany if I could have afforded the $40,000," said Wertanen, a retired registered nurse who lives in Peterson, Minn. "In India, the total for the surgery - all hospital costs including tests, meals and the room - was just under $15,000. Altogether, the trip for me and my wife was about $18,000 for the two weeks or so."
Medical tourism is alive and well, experts say, with health care consumers scanning the globe for the best deals in everything from back surgery to angioplasty.
Cost is the primary motive for many Americans who travel abroad for care, usually because they lack health insurance coverage for their chosen procedure. Wertanen belongs to a subset of medical travelers who are motivated both by cost and by gaining earlier access to technology.
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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_6352534?source=rv&nclick_check=1
Advocate wrote:okie wrote:Those 4 are the ones that [sic] believe the earth revolves around the sun, imposter. Lightwizard had it all wrong. You would think a "light wizard" would know something about the celestial lights?
P. S. Being right doesn't make you extreme.
I am not normally a word-police officer, but should one correct others, he or she should use correct grammar. Try "who."
"Those 4 are the ones" is poor style as well.
Don't worry about it, just a little humor. Anyone expecting perfection here is a bit overly optimistic.
You might think about composing your humor in the King's English.
(On second thought, skip the "thou" and "thee.")
Actually, chatting lingo is not taboo here. It's only the dramatical grammatical errors when "making a joke."
http://www.ece.msstate.edu/academics/writing_resource/grammatical_errors.html
Are you really going to make this much of a production out of this? I find that odd considering it was your screw up that began it.
The "screw up" didn't require correction after being corrected. Now if we could just edit you out.
Lightwizard wrote:The "screw up" didn't require correction after being corrected. Now if we could just edit you out.
Nice.
Are you threatened by opinions that differ from yours? Are you afraid you might find out that you don't actually know everything already and that exposure to me might break your fragile world view?
Are you threatened by a goose with an AK-47? You mean your world view has the strength of Gibraltar? Oh, sorry, that's an old insurance company slogan.
parados wrote:Is the US health care system really the best?
Cost is the primary motive for many Americans who travel abroad for care, usually because they lack health insurance coverage for their chosen procedure.
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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_6352534?source=rv&nclick_
check=1[/quote]
So this patient lacked funds for US health insurance, but he had $18,000 for a procedure in India??
The same procedure in the US would have cost upwards of $50,000. $18,000 is a bargain.
I was wondering what the swooshing sound was, turns out it was just another point flying over c.i.'s head.
