This Was Done By Design And Didn't Have To Happen

Why you will never have universal health care in the US

"Most people, when they arrive in Washington, D.C., see it for what it is - a cesspool of corruption.
Two reasonable reactions to the cesspool.
One, run away screaming in fear.
Two, stay and fight back and bring to justice those who have corrupted our democracy.
Unfortunately, many choose a third way - stay and be transformed.
Instead of seeing a cesspool, they begin seeing a hot tub."

China plans to subsidize health care nationwide

"BEIJING — China announced Wednesday that it intended to spend $123 billion by 2011 to establish universal health care for the country's 1.3 billion people."

Fed to mass transit: Drop dead

"Although national mass-transit ridership is at a 50-year high, a recent survey by the American Public Transportation Association found that 90 percent of transit agencies have cut service or raised fares."

All aboard China's new bullet train

"When China's $300 billion high-speed train system is completed, it will be the world's largest, fastest, and most technologically sophisticated."

Report: Katrina response a 'failure of leadership'

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congressional report to be released this week slams the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, calling it a "failure of leadership" that left people stranded when they were most in need."

Red Cross praises China's disaster relief efforts

"GENEVA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Friday praised China's "rapid" and "effective" relief efforts after a powerful earthquake hit the country's southwestern Sichuan province on Monday.
"I think the government's response has been massive, rapid, and to my understanding, very effective," said Matthew Cochrane, a spokesman and disaster relief expert of the Geneva-based humanitarian organization."