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Obamacare

In 1999, what American would have dreamed the country’s president a decade later would promote government controlled health care that may mandate defunding access to doctors and hospitals for those approaching life’s end, if such action is deemed appropriate by a panel of impersonal, bureaucratic, well-paid, so-called experts?

The release from prison of convicted terrorist Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

The release from prison of convicted terrorist Abdel Baset al-Megrahi by a Scottish judge might have more to do with Libya's vast oil reserves than the judge's compassion for the terrorist or his family. William Bedford Toronto

Where have all the salmon gone?

Where have all the salmon gone? Gone to Alaska everyone. The stores in Toronto are chock-full of Alaskan salmon.

Cuban blogger the voice of youth-oriented counterculture

Yoani Sánchez, the blogger who has gained an international following detailing the absurdities of daily life in Cuba, is on the phone from her 14th-floor apartment in Havana, where the elevators rarely work. She speaks plainly, boldly, with none of the hemming and hawing common among folks on the island who fear their phones are tapped.

You at CFP are doing America a great service

Please share this note with Judi and all at CFP.

Swine Flu Campaign Waits on Vaccine

Government health officials are mobilizing to launch a massive swine flu vaccination campaign this fall that is unprecedented in its scope -- and in the potential for complications

No Health Care Reform without Legal Reform

President Obama's health care "reform" plan has met with significant criticism across the country. Many Americans want change and reform in our current health care system. We recognize that while we have the greatest medical care in the world, there are major problems that we must face, especially in terms of reining in costs and allowing care to be affordable for all.

Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Congressman Brian Baird

I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy.

Thank-You, Fox News

Thank-you, Fox News. Thank you for reporting the news other networks ignore. Thanks for not condescending to the great unwashed by informing us how we should think on a given subject.

Why Obama is losing on health

- Don Surber, Charleston Daily Mail AS the debate goes on in the town halls of America, I offer readers a glimpse into the health insurance business through the eyes of Dany Mercado, now 26.

This proves Michelle really needs ‘Another’ Holiday

Election Day in Afghanistan: American taxpayers fund terrorism and corruption

August 20 is election day in Afghanistan. The Obama Administration has deployed 21,000 U.S. troops to safeguard the country for the momentous event, and an additional 4,000 military personnel to train Afghan security forces to squelch any problems at the polling places.

Obama’s health care plan

Let me get this straight. Obama's health care plan will be:

Breaking news - New disease finally confirmed in Canada

After 40 years of studies, cross Canada meetings, Royal commissions, consultations…etc, it has been confirmed that Canada is in serious trouble. Bureaucrats and politicians were not sure what to call this mysterious disease but after hiring the Quebec consulting firm (Swastika fleur de lees) to confirm 40 years of findings, it could not be kept hidden from the general public any longer.

How very important your online editions of the Canada Free Press is to so many Americans

I have no idea if YOU have any idea of how very important your online editions of the Canada Free Press is to so many American people are so news deprived- it is hard to think of the USA as no longer a republic of freedom!

Obamacare

One proposal in the opprobrious Obamacare bill would allow government bureaucrats to enter private homes “…to provide parents with knowledge of age-appropriate child development in cognitive, language, social, emotional, and motor domains ... and coaching on parenting practices….”

Dutch bracing for the worst when top two isotope reactors are shut down next year

OTTAWA - The Netherlands is bracing for the worst if the world is without its two top sources of medical isotopes next year, a scenario that became more likely last week after Canada's nuclear agency said it will take longer than planned to repair a leaky reactor at Chalk River, Ont.

100-year-old father still cheers on son, 62, at softball games

NORCROSS - The lone fan in the bleachers wears a plaid shirt, striped britches hiked up high and polished penny loafers - the quintessential grandpa suit. Louis Herrig came to this Norcross ballfield to watch his son play, an activity that dates back to the Eisenhower Administration. It comforts his son, Bruce Herrig, 62, to know dad, now a century old, can not only make the game, but can drive himself here. Lucky is the sexagenarian who looks over his shoulder in the on-deck circle and sees what's always been there, his father.

So why did Madeleine McCann detectives ask so few questions after major breakthrough?

Private detectives leading the hunt for Madeleine McCann faced questions last night after a Mail on Sunday investigation revealed apparent shortcomings in chasing a ‘strong lead’.

A Solution to the Obama policies

Solution: Put all energy, all cap and trade, all health reform, all health insurance, all educations, all education loan bills on the 2010 ballot and let the American citizens decide what they want. Mindy Chattanooga TN