On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:27:32 -0600, boulanger wrote:

> "
>> If you think health care is expensive now,
>> wait until you see what it costs when it's free!
>>
>> - P.J. O'Rourke
>
> He's an Idiot!! Why is it that the per capita cost of healthcare in all
> other civilised countries is significantly less than in the US?

o'rourke used to be funny (his book 'modern manners: an etiquette book for
rude people' is hilarious), but now he's just another right-wing tool.
it's too bad, really.

(one of his classic lines: 'every libertarian i run into seems to be a
high-school math teacher who wants to privatize the sidewalks.')

your pal,
blake