xboxlive Joliet residents want to Know why?
Health care is not Dollar for Dollar.
What we, the American people, are going to get is a watered down version of health care reform that will do nothing to stop the current problems with the system and will likely make things worse for all of us.
What we will get is a very bad compromise that helps few, as American people we need to stop it before it hurts the majority of us who already have insurance.
“low quality health care is not the answer just to say to the world we insure our people”
What references does the federal government have for providing health care? Two: The Veterans Administration health care system and the Indian Health Service, which have been operating for decades.
Within the week, veterans organizations and congressmen have said the veterans health care system is in shambles. Within the last year, we read of incorrect radiation doses for up to 100 vets being treated for prostate cancer; thousands were exposed to HIV and hepatitis because certain VA hospitals failed to sanitize colonoscopy equipment before reusing it; and wounded Middle East war veterans were provided deficient care in substandard facilities. The Indian Health Service is routinely criticized for inadequate care of Native Americans. Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, has often pointed out the deficient care Indians receive from the government health service.
So what could we hope to expect from a federal government run health care system for all, if two relatively small segments of society can’t get adequate care through a long-established federal care systems? The federal government obviously hasn’t fulfilled its responsibilities for the two health care service systems it now operates
I have a suggestion: Let’s give the federal government 10 years to bring the veterans and Indian health services up to par with the private sector, then we might consider whether to give it additional responsibilities for providing health care.
A letter to my Mom, I wish for one more Day.
Dear mom,
In a few days it will be the anniversary of the day you passed away from cancer, it’s been 3 years since god called you home and every day I find my self missing you more and more.
Cancer If only I could have fought you,
my anger alone could win the bout,
I would crush you
until you “surrendered!”
I would like to have one more day mom:
A day to hold your hand.
A day to tell you how much I miss you.
24 hours to look at your beautiful face without daring to close my eyes, yet knowing, I again would lose sight of you when the day was over……Mom I think of all the things you were and still are to me, you were my strength when I was weak, you was my defender when I was young, you were the one that let me make mistakes so that I would become strong as a man….your were all these things to me and so much more, the day is fast approaching that is the day you left this world, but Mom I love you and Merry Christmas.
On that day the day of your passing, I wish for one more Day.
CN signs voluntary mitigation agreement
Company now has VMAs with 21 of 33 communities along former EJ&E
CHICAGO, IL, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) announced today it has reached a voluntary mitigation agreement (VMA) with the Village of Plainfield, Ill., located 35 miles southwest of Chicago, addressing the municipality’s environmental issues with CN’s acquisition of the principal lines of the former Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E). With this agreement, CN has VMAs with 21 municipalities of the 33 communities situated on the EJ&E in Illinois and Indiana.
CN’s latest VMA will provide funding for environmental measures including maintenance of an existing quiet zone, operations mitigation, emergency response training, safety initiatives, and improved communication.
CN completed its EJ&E acquisition on Jan. 31, 2009, and, while traffic volumes overall remain down owing to general economic conditions, CN has rerouted a limited number of its trains over the rail line.
CN has been very transparent in its implementation of this transaction. In compliance with the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Dec. 24, 2008, decision approving the EJ&E transaction, CN files monthly operational and quarterly environmental reports at the Board with updates on the status of implementation of the environmental mitigation measures imposed by the agency.
CN is also working closely with communities along the EJ&E that do not have agreements with CN to ensure implementation of safety and environmental conditions in accordance with the requirements of the STB.
Integration of the CN and EJ&E networks is well underway, and, as contemplated in the original plan, the Company continues to expect it will be completed within three years of its acquisition of control.
More information on the acquisition, including a map of the areas served by the EJ&E and CN, is available on CN’s website, www.cn.ca.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements. CN cautions that, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk, uncertainties and assumptions. Implicit in these statements, particularly in respect of long-term growth opportunities, is the Company’s assumption that such growth opportunities are less affected by the current situation in the North American and global economies. The Company cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that the current economic conditions render such assumptions, although reasonable at the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty. The Company cautions that its results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the effects of adverse general economic and business conditions, including the recession in the North American economy and the global economic contraction in 2009, industry competition, inflation, currency and interest rate fluctuations, changes in fuel prices, legislative and/or regulatory developments, compliance with environmental laws and regulations, actions by regulators, various events which could disrupt operations, including natural events such as severe weather, droughts, floods and earthquakes, labor negotiations and disruptions, environmental claims, uncertainties of investigations, proceedings or other types of claims and litigation, risks and liabilities arising from derailments, and other risks detailed from time to time in reports filed by CN with securities regulators in Canada and the United States. Reference should be made to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” in CN’s annual and interim reports, Annual Information Form and Form 40-F filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators, available on CN’s website, for a summary of major risks.
CN assumes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs, unless required by applicable laws. In the event CN does update any forward-looking statement, no inference should be made that CN will make additional updates with respect to that statement, related matters, or any other forward-looking statement.
CN – Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries – spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca.
