Am I the only one who thought a couple of the soldiers presenting from the Iraq must certainly not be telling (and not being asked!)?

The short documentary winner was about gay marriage.  Brava!

We both enjoyed "La Vie en Rose," and Cotillard was definitely our hands-down favorite; right next to Cate Blanchett for "Elizabeth – the Golden Age."

The minute James Whittaker called out her name – correctly – we both whooped and hollered.  She definitely deserved her Oscar, and I loved her speech – "this city really is full of angels."

Salut pour vous, Marion!

PS – Just as a side note for you Oscar trivia buffs, check out the following:

1.  This is the first time since 1965 that all of the top 4 acting Oscars went to non-American actors.
2.  Marion Cotillard is only the second woman in Oscar history to win a Best Actress award appearing in a foreign-language film – the first was Sophia Loren for "Two Women" in 1964.
3.  In all of Oscar history, only one man ever won Best Actor appearing in a foreign language film – Roberto Begnini for "Life is Beautiful."  (He also won for Best Foreign Film that same night since he produced his own film.)

Regards,
Peter H.

"Soaking the rich" which means taxing EVERYBODY with income. Also, it would require adding on the thousands of poor families which were excluded from taxes due to Bush’s "tax cuts for the rich". Hillary’s bold enough to tell oil companies that she’ll take their profits "for the common good", but why won’t she come out and directly tell the poor that they’ll have to pay taxes again?

BTW, Dan, I haven’t seen a movie since Saw IV that I remotely liked. Although, 3:10 to Yuma was kinda cool. I think I’d rather have a sigmoidoscopy again than watch Juno. The video of that was at least pretty interesting and kept my attention diverted from what was going on.

people come from Canada to the US seeking treatment, not the other way round

This is a brilliant observation, that I will be using in future health care discussions.

Here are a few more; not as brilliant – but still true and germane.

- Most Americans who don’t have insurance, don’t have it because they actually don’t want it. Think "single young people".

My brother-in-law helped institute Health Savings Accounts at his company – a way where people may opt for minimal or "no" coverage, and the company deposits the cost difference in private medical savings accounts for them.  The young, single, poor / hourly-wage guys came up and thanked him for it.  It was a big net plus for them.

- Americans who don’t have insurance and who would want it, simply avail themselves of emergency rooms (what TGC is talking about). Rather than, again, going to Canada.

- So-called "free" medical care is actually *slave* medical care. Doctors and patients alike are slaves to the government. "Free" medical care should refer to a totally private-enterprise system, where everyone acts as voluntary agents.

- Care is "universal" in slave-medical societies because it is lowest-common-denominator – and because people must endure inhumane waits for it. Do you admire Canada much?  Well, in 2005, a top court in Quebec found that Canada’s system is a basic human rights violation!

Um, I was under the impression that the whole point of socialized medicine is that the poor, downtrodden proletarians aren’t paying insurance premiums… because they can’t afford it…

If TGC isn’t paying insurance premiums, it seems like it would be a step up if he got sick and experienced what people actually paying those premiums experience…

Don’t you just love how liberals love to ASSume? Besides, Kevbo, I’ve been working emergency medicine in and around hospitals for years. I’ve heard it all. It’s safe to say that liberals, as usual, are full of shit.