Karl,
Thanks so much for your perspective on things from up your way. I think it is so important for folks to go into something eyes wide open instead of eyes wide shut as the saying goes. You are confirming many of mine and my wife Nancy's fears about universal healthcare as much as I am very left of center on most things. One can not perform band-aid socialism while we all still live, work and have to do business with others in a capitalist economy. Worse yet, is the how to bring healthcare to the masses is to exclude the docs who worked so hard to become good docs and to devalue their work and the payment. Well it was valuable enough to pass laws and control prices, then it is valuable enough to properly compensate and professionally respect those who do the work, right?
I just did a Tourney here this weekend and there were a lot of Canadian teams and famlies here and although they were extremely loud, they were loud in a freindly way really supporting their kids and their teams. None of the really nasty, ugly garbage we get down here from our families. I really like the Canadian way to being humble and supportive in sports instead of this ugly urban attitude that has taken over here in American sports. And your coaches were such gentlemen the entire time too. Not one harsh word or tone of voice in any of the four games I skated this weekend. We could learn a lot about how to behave better at youth sports, all sports for that matter from your fellow citizens. Now if we could only reform healthcare for both countries in a way the still respects the providers of the care...
Read my thread on "She should have gone to Cornell" and let me know what you think.This thread is doing just what I hoped it would. Let's keep this going folks.
Paul
