Berkely, CA Council Votes that Marines are not Welcome

[Beirut]

Nationality is not an exchange of service - but I expect you know that.

Yes, I do. But I`m not above shamelessly using such a example to serve my purposes even if the logic is fleeting at best.

You would be shocked - Socialized Medicine at the National Level is a big waste of money.# Socialized Medicine at the State and community level - I am all for it.# It would cost less then a National System and more individuals would be able to get immediate access to it.# That is why you will find that I mention the County Health Clinics in my arguements about socialized medicine.# The Federal government should be cut back - not added onto.

Where the rights of the individual are involved, I much prefer the Federal government to be in charge of a one-size-fits-all charter, not the states or provinces, which can, and have, limited peoples rights and had to be spanked for it by the feds, both in your country and mine.

I say this with the understanding that health care is a human rights issue, which I think it is. But now we are truly off topic.

Again, at some future and convenient time, I would be delighted to engage on this issue in a more formal way. That`s not a challenge, it`s a request that you may respond to at your leisure.