[sdiy] (slightly OT?) Analog vs. Analogue - opinions needed

[Donald Tillman]

   > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 23:06:51 -0500
   > From: Tom Farrand <mbedtom at gmail.com>
   >
   > On the eve of our Independence Day I wish all my fellow Americans
   > a happy and safe holiday!  And to my British friends, I remind
   > them that Americans were once the "insurgents" and "terrorists"
   > in a little tiff we have a couple of hundred years ago over some
   > taxation disagreements.

Your wish for a happy holiday is not consistent with calling us
terrorists.  That's just hateful, and it's not appropriate for this
list.

   > Think about this: Iran (declared a member of the "axis of evil"
   > by a former US president) guarantees heath care to its citizens
   > by constitutional law.  Whereas the power brokers of the
   > U.S. thinks health care is a perk reserved only for the
   > aristocracy.

Also not appropriate for this list.  

But I need to correct a point here; the US does provide health care to
all, be they insured, uninsured, citizens, noncitizens, regardless of
race, religion or political affiliation.  Americans have developed
most of the breakthrough medical innovations, procedures, equipment
and pharmaceuticals, and provided them throughout the world, often for
free or at a discount.  We train medical professionals from all over
the world.

Though I have to say, Iran's health care policies are sure
interesting.  For instance, there's the bullet fee:

   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124571865270639351.html

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don at till.com
http://www.till.com