02.03.06

Rationing by the NHS

Posted in News at 11:16 am by seagreen65

NHS care should be rationed, say doctors

I wonder if they will deny care to people who do dangerous sports, or drive too fast.  I don’t think so somehow.  I could say more, but I’d end up ranting.

01.31.06

Sad headlines

Posted in News at 12:18 pm by seagreen65

Execution of mentally-ill slammed
I don’t want to be seen as USA-bashing by posting this.  I’m sure similar things happen in many other countries.  I sometimes despair at the treatment of mentally-ill people by many different governments and institutions.

Blast kills 100th British soldier in Iraq
That’s one hundred sons or daughters, and one hundred families mourning.  I know nothing about politics and not much more about world affairs, but what are we achieving by being there?  Are we really going to beat terror with war?