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In reply to the discussion: You Go, JK! "I didn't build this on my own." [View all]SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)16. Yup. The Aussies, Brits and Canadians I've talk to are equally dumbfounded.
They just can't understand why the richest country on earth lets their sick people die without healthcare. Me neither.
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Sounds like if she had that pneumonia in this country, there'd be no Harry Potter. nt
SunSeeker
Sep 2012
#1
Now imagine the sheer amount of dreams and potential lost because of how our system operates.
Selatius
Sep 2012
#9
Chances are, if she had pneumonia in this country, there'd be know JK Rowling.
smokey nj
Sep 2012
#11
Yes. It's ironic that a former penal colony like Aus. is more humane to its people. nt
SunSeeker
Sep 2012
#21
The books are so much better. The Chris Columbus films were pretty good,
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2012
#40
Republicans *hate* when people who have clearly worked hard and succeeded espouse liberal ideas!
reformist2
Sep 2012
#36