Comments on: Cuba unveils new lung cancer vaccine

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:27:11 +0000

RR – Who said anything about communism?

By: RR

RR — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:16:28 +0000

The Soviets had superior rocket technology therefore communism must be the answer to all our problems!

By: SB

SB — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:43:47 +0000

The terms “uncritically,” and “truism,” and “automatically” in your post are strawman thinking.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:49:01 +0000

SB – When a strawman characterization is indeed made, then yes I am.

By: SB

SB — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:33:21 +0000

Oh, so you ARE sensitive to a strawman characterization of someone’s position.

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:01:41 +0000

Who said anything about “emulating” Cuba? Who suggested that Cuba’s system is beyond critique?

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:17:50 +0000

The primary criticism that I have towards Cuba’s health care system is that it’s incredibly uneven, even by our standards. There are world-class clinics for the Party elites and for Western tourists, while regular people are stuck in roach infested hovels. Surgeons often lack the most basic supplies (e.g., aspirin, latex gloves, antibiotics) to treat their patients. Our health care system is certainly broken, but I don’t think the answer lies in emulating Cuba.

By: Mark DeFrancisis

Mark DeFrancisis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:16:27 +0000

Michael,

They do so as the put on the Beatles’ White Album and all wait for that special song of theirs, for their warm consummation-blisses.

Happpp-i-ness…is…

By: Michael J. Iafrate

Michael J. Iafrate — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:55:46 +0000

No more gun fondling in this thread. If you guys (and I mean “guys”) want to pet each other pieces, do it somewhere else.

By: SB

SB — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:49:06 +0000

The superior potential for innovation is one of the foundational assumptions of capitalism in general, as well as the argument in favor of capitalist medicine.

It is unintelligent to suppose that an anecdote even counts as a counterexample to the above belief, let alone refutes it.

By: JH

JH — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:42:56 +0000

Zippy that is true. Also as I pointed out on that other thread there are lesson Pro-lifers can learn from the 2nd Amendment folks. Of course the 2nd Amendment victory also is the result from help of good democrats too

By: M.Z. Forrest

M.Z. Forrest — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:41:28 +0000

I believe Mornings Minion might address it, but he has to get back from the firing range first.