Tag: "Britain"
Me at Hot Air: Not Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting.
I’m doing some guest-blogging at Hot Air for a few days while Ed Morrissey is out of the country for a few days and my first post this afternoon involves one of the silliest and most-frustrating stories I’ve seen all week. Apparently, the Brits have just a tiny problem with the concept of free speech, [...]
Government-Run Health Care Leaves Over 13,000 Elderly Malnourished
This is monstrous. The number of patients becoming malnourished in hospital has doubled in just three years. Official figures show that a record 13,500 patients fell victim to some form of nutritional deficiency last year. Most are frail and elderly pensioners who are simply ‘left to starve’ because they are too weak to feed themselves. [...]
Attention Old British People. I Hear Al Gore’s Book Burns Very Slowly.
This story, if true, is a sign that Britain has fallen into a most pathetic state. Volunteers have reported that ‘a large number’ of elderly customers are snapping up hardbacks as cheap fuel for their fires and stoves. … Workers at one charity shop in Swansea, in south Wales, described how the most vulnerable shoppers [...]
Who Likes Our Health Care System? Almost Everyone!
Guess what’s making a huge comeback despite Democratic attempts to run it into the ground? No, not George Bush. I’m talking about the US healthcare system. I guess I shouldn’t say “despite” when “because” seems a lot more appropriate. The 20-point comeback seems to coincide rather well with the progressive full-court press to denigrate our [...]
If You Lived in Britain, Your Tonsils Might be Safe.
Remember when the President accused doctors of performing bazillions of unnecessary tonsillectomies just to get a few extra bucks? Well, Britain’s not having any of that! The tonsils of the youth of England may find a repreieve from the scalpel, mostly because the country’s government-run health care system — you know, the one like the [...]
We’re Sorry She Didn’t Like Being Told To Pound Sand
Are you really, really sure you’re ready for government-run health care? I mean, really sure? Because I don’t think you ladies are quite ready to deliver your babies on the sidewalk because the government flunky you called denied you an ambulance because you had nine months to plan for a ride. The best part of [...]
I Before E Except After Shut Up!
Death to another old mantra! LONDON – It’s a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — “i before e, except after c.” But new British government guidance tells teachers not to pass on the rule to students, because there are too many exceptions. The “Support For Spelling” document, which is being sent to [...]
Diplomacy So Clever, You Could Pin a Tail on It and Call It A Weasel
You know what we could really use right about now? We could use a revision to our tax laws so Byzantine that foreign banks would consider not letting Americans open accounts with them for fear of running afoul of our IRS. That sort of thing would instill heaping loads of confidence in our economy when [...]
That’s What You Said