Archive for September 12th, 2007
Many reports claim that countries with socialized health care do a better job than the United States. Cuba is one of the countries often cited in these reports.
For ordinary Cubans, health care is different. A YouTube.com video, posted by a woman from Venezuela, purports to show the two forms of health care, one for the privileged who pay in dollars and a far inferior one for regular Cubans.
Moore claims Cubans live longer than Americans. It’s true that a U.N. report claims that. But the United Nations didn’t gather any data. “The United Nations simply reports whatever the government in Cuba reports, so we have no objective way to know what the real statistics are,” Carro says.
Michael Moore relents on Cuba but claims Canada and Britain really do have better health care. Tune in to 20/20 on Friday to learn the truth.
When I pressed Moore, he backed away from the claims his movie makes about Cuba. “Let’s stick to Canada and Britain,” he said, “because I think these are legitimate arguments that are made against the film and against the so-called idea of socialized medicine. And I think you should challenge me on these things, and I’ll give you my answer.”
Next week in this column, and this Friday on “20/20,” I’ll take him up on that challenge.
Townhall.com::Cuba Has Better Health Care than the United States?::By John Stossel
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And there’s no better time to fire up the oven and make a homemade pizza.
The first thing you need to do is make some good dough. It is not hard and only takes about 10 minutes. I used this dough recipe from Emeril. It makes a nice thin, tender, to-the tooth base for your pizza with a bit of character. After I made the dough I divided it in half and let one piece rise, according to the recipe. I oiled the other piece, wrapped it in plastic wrap and saved it for tomorrow. After the dough had risen, I spread it on a lightly floured surface to the desired size. I sprayed a pizza pan with non-stick spray and dusted it with cornmeal. Place the dough on the pan and resize it as necessary. I prefer pizza pans with holes in the bottom. I’ve had good results with the dough cooking through, and the bottom browning perfectly, without having to deck the pizza directly to the oven rack. A 500 degree oven is a must!
Once you have the dough stretched and placed on the pan, use your imagination for toppings. I mixed some ricotta cheese with a bit of extra-virgin olive oil and spread it on the dough. Next, I placed some thinly sliced fresh mozzarella on it. Then, I grated some good parmesan cheese, using the large side holes on a stand-up, 4 sided grater and added that to the pizza. Do not used pre-grated cheese, that is just laziness. A generous grinding of pepper was added next.
I purchases some roasted tomatoes and roasted mildly hot red peppers with garlic from the olive bar in Wegmans and added them to the pizza. I shaved 2 cloves of the garlic very thin before adding to the pizza. I plucked about 12 leaves from my basil plant, rolled them up and made a chiffonade to top off the pizza. The last step before baking is to drizze some extra-virgin olive on the pizza.
Pop it into a 500 degree oven and bake for about 12 minutes. Rotate the pizza occasionally to ensure even cooking and check the bottom when the top looks nearly done. If the bottom doesn’t look nearly golden brown, slide the pizza off the pan and let it finish directly on the oven rack. I use the rack on the second notch from the bottom. Be careful not to overcook the pizza dough.
While the pizza is baking, uncork a nice red wine and let it breathe a bit. I washed the pizza down with a full-bodied Napa Valley Cabernet, a 2005 Rooftop Red from C&T Cellars, purchased from wine.woot.com. Woot has a different wine deal each week featuring good quality, moderately priced wines.
ENJOY! (click any pic for a large version)
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Or, is this a carefully orchestrated plan?
Several alternative news sites have reported that a nuclear device seems to have “disappeared.” See story and link, below, followed by previous reports, including initial FMNN Feedbacker speculation. These come on the heels of speculation that previous reports - that the recent nuclear mix-up was a warning to Iran - are disinformation. The military standown apparently continues on course for September 14 …
Read it all: Standown: Did US Military Lose a Nuke? (4) - Free Market News Network
The moratorium, passed by Congress, to ban Internet and e-mail taxes by State and Local Governments is set to expire this November. If the moratorium is allowed to expire, it could result in taxes of $150 per year for Internet use.
S. 156 is currently pending in Congress to make the moratorium permanent. Click on the picture to let your representartives know that you say NO to Internet and e-mail taxes.
I am sick of all the talk about Bass Pro. Now the politicians are all speculating that Bass Pro might build on the Aud site, once the building is demolished.
Bass Pro is nothing but an oversized toy store for adult males. There is no reason that they, or any other private retailer, should receive taxpayer support to establish another profit center. The City of Buffalo has real needs and doesn’t need local politicians spending a ridiculous amount of time wooing Bass Pro, just so they can save face. They tried and they failed. For that I say “thank you”! It is probably the best failure in the history of Buffalo.
Taking down the Aud and the Donovan State Office Building nearby will cost about $11 million, but could pave the way for a new Bass Pro store on the Aud site.
After the Aud is torn down, turn it into a shovel ready site and sell it to the highest bidder. If Bass Pro thinks they can make money selling fishing lures here, let them put their money on the line to build a store.
