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| Canadian Prime Minister Goes to US For Healthcare: Refuses Canada's Socialist Healthcare |
| 2010-02-24 |
| Why is it that Socialist Politicians refuse to Practice What They Preach??? An unapologetic Danny Williams says he was aware his trip to the United States for heart surgery earlier this month would spark outcry, but he concluded his personal health trumped any public fallout over the controversial decision. Eh, screw youze, ya hosers! I'm important, eh! What would you do without me, eh? In an interview with The Canadian Press, Williams said he went to Miami to have a "minimally invasive" surgery for an ailment first detected nearly a year ago, based on the advice of his doctors. "This was my heart, my choice and my health," Williams said late Monday from his condominium in Sarasota, Fla. "I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics." You did that when you were born in Canada ... The 60-year-old Williams said doctors detected a heart murmur last spring and told him that one of his heart valves wasn't closing properly, creating a leakage. He said he was told at the time that the problem was "moderate" and that he should come back for a checkup in six months. Eight months later, in December, his doctors told him the problem had become severe and urged him to get his valve repaired immediately or risk heart failure, he said. His doctors in Canada presented him with two options - a full or partial sternotomy, both of which would've required breaking bones, he said. He said he spoke with and provided his medical information to a leading cardiac surgeon in New Jersey who is also from Newfoundland and Labrador. He advised him to seek treatment at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Eh, what da hell, Danny? Florida in February, eh? Want me to twist your arm, eh? That's where he was treated by Dr. Joseph Lamelas, a cardiac surgeon who has performed more than 8,000 open-heart surgeries. Williams said Lamelas made an incision under his arm that didn't require any bone breakage. |
| Posted by:Thiper Ulavins5985 |
| #7 I was in Newfoundland as a child, I remember one day in mid summer the temperature got all the way up to 70 Fahrenheit, and people were falling out with heatstroke. Cold as hell. they had a wood plank aqueduct feeding water to St Johns that watered like a lawn sorinkler in summer, but froze over in winter and didn't leak then, the water inside didn;t freeze because it was moving swiftly, so it worke fine year 'round. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-02-24 13:57 |
| #6 Idiotic title. NOT Prime Minister but Premier of a politically dysfunctional province. SHEESH!! Lesson follows: Prime Minister is the Chief Dude of the whole Shambala, sorta like the Godfather. Premier is like a capo, capiche? |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2010-02-24 13:16 |
| #5 And a very good prime minister he is, too, by all accounts. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-24 12:19 |
| #4 2x4 got there hours ago, but Stephen Harper is still the PM of Canada. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2010-02-24 10:52 |
| #3 And BTW, Williams is not exactly socialist. Though Progressive Conservative party seems like an oxymoron, it is ever so slightly right of center. Also, he's got balls: Williams attracted considerable national attention on December 23, 2004, when he ordered all Canadian flags removed from provincial buildings in reply to a dispute with then Prime Minister Paul Martin over his desire to shield Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore oil revenues from the calculation of its fiscal capacity, the basis for calculating equalization payments which redistribute wealth to poorer provinces. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-02-24 01:15 |
| #2 Who wrote that article? Williams is Newfoundland Premier. Not a PM, which title is reserved for the top Canuckian honcho. Article does not say whether Williams returned to The Canadian National Igloo in Ottawa. /s |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-02-24 01:08 |
| #1 Admiral Sestak refuses Secretary of the Navy job? Did the math I suppose. As a Senator he'd get three more years to work his progressive political criminal class magic. Seedy? Oh yeah. http://spectator.org/archives/2010/02/22/specter-race-scandal-sestak-ac |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2010-02-24 00:25 |