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Posted on September 23 at 10:58 a.m.
And the Geek shall inherit the Earth!
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Posted on September 18 at 8:16 a.m.
I lived in Canada for over 25 years, most of it in Victoria. I had a good friend who required heart surgery and was given the same eight week wait. In his case however, urgent symptoms did present, and he was bumped up to the next day. The surgery was successful, and he lived another six years, before he died playing softball.
All this talk of 'rationing' in Canada is galling. In Canada they ration by waiting. Here we ration by who does and who does not get care at all.
Keep in mind that Canada pays HALF as much per capita in health as the US. And they have lower infant mortality and higher life expectancy. The US, for all our fantastic cutting edge health care, only rates #12 in health care preventable deaths. Great health care is only great if you can get it.
Posted on September 2 at 9:28 a.m.
"we must also focus on how our society glorifies the alcohol culture"
And the driving culture.
Bad combination.
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Posted on August 28 at 10:14 a.m.
I think I've got it. "Gay" is an adjective, not a noun. "My Gay" is very different from "My gay friend".
Just try "African American"...
I have no doubt that Starshine meant no offense. And she usually writes 'cute'. And I'm sure Starshine's 'Gay' isn't offended.
But it comes across as very 'token', like 'having a gay' is some kind of status symbol.
At least to this straight guy it does.
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Posted on August 26 at 12:31 a.m.
"My gay"? Are we referring to people or pets here?
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Posted on August 23 at 7:58 p.m.
hermasceifus, how do you know there wasn't a gas leak?
Maybe there's a reason they actually investigate such things, rather than jumping to conclusions.
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Posted on July 13 at 11:09 a.m.
"And we should all quit walking and driving, right?"
Well Holly, you're the one who wrote to another paper asking all cyclists to go away. I've never asked anyone to stop driving or walking.
We've argued on here before, and I've come to the conclusion that you have your blinders on. A cyclist yelled at your father and threw a water bottle at him, and you will never see another cyclist differently again. I would never argue that there aren't ignorant cyclists out there, but I'd also never argue that all car and even SUV drivers are ignorant either. In terms of real numbers, the vast majority of drivers are kind courteous decent human beings. It just takes one ignorant person to really ruin your day.
I try hard not to ruin other peoples' days, whether I'm walking, riding, or driving.
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Posted on July 12 at 10:15 p.m.
DarNel,
a) just because someone rides a bike doesn't mean they don't also drive a car and pay gas taxes. Most cyclists are also drivers.
b) the majority of municipal road construction and maintenance is paid for by general tax funds (Measure A). People who don't drive actually subsidize the road for people who do.
c) the streets I ride my bike on were built for vehicles. According to CA law, my bike is a 'vehicle'.
If you really think a bike tax is a good idea, than how about a pedestrian tax to pay for those sidewalks?
I won't go into dedicated bike paths. They have their place, but they are not a complete solution.
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Posted on July 11 at 10:38 p.m.
I'd like to see a count of how many drivers exceed the speed limit, or drive while talking on their cell phone.
There's running a stop sign, and there's blowing a stop sign. I rarely see cyclists take someone else's turn or endanger anyone. When I'm on a bike, cars quite often try to waive me through the intersection when they clearly have the right of way. I end up having to put both feet down before they'll finally take their rightful turn.
Bottom line, most people break the letter of the law every day. So why does that group breaking that law cause you so much more angst than any other group breaking any other law?
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