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American Health Care 5, Canadian Health Care 3
It was thirty years ago, when the United States Olympic Hockey Team inspired by the fiery speeches of new President Ronald Reagan stunned the world and struck a blow against the iron curtain by defeating the Soviet Union and their allies the Fins to win the 1980 gold medal at Lake Placid.
This year, the great threat to our liberty comes not from Soviet style communism, but from Canadian style health care. With America’s hockey mom Sarah Palin providing the inspiration through her timely tweet, “YES!!! USA. 5-3 with 44 seconds to go… YES AMERICA!!! Sweeeeeet…” I believe they heard her twitter account all the way to the Ottawa where it sounded like the voice of liberty crying out in the night, “Prime Minister Harper tear down your health care system.”
The game itself was a grueling affair with end to end action. Though Canada tied it twice, the Americans never trailed. They never backed down from any challenges as if they knew that even if they were checked hard and injured, they would not have to wait for days in a state run hospital. Maybe they were simply healthier from the many breakthroughs in sports medicine perfected under our health care system.
The Americans have the youngest team in the Olympics while the Canadians consider to frantically look for a linemate to pair with superstars Sidney Crosby and Rick Nash. The obvious answer here is somebody named Stills. The Canadians aren’t eliminated by any stretch of the imagination, but the question remains–will they be too sickly to climb up to the podium if they do medal.
White Males of Distinction #8, #9, #10 – The RPM Line
Terry Ruskowski, Grant Mulvey and Rich Preston made up the RPM line for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1979 until 1982. They not only were a dynamic scoring line, the three of them helped usher in a new era in facial hair in the city of Chicago. Ruskowski was a physical player and an excellent passer, Preston was a tough defensive forward, and Grant Mulvey was the line’s main goal scoring threat. Though they never won the Stanley Cup their excellence in hockey and grooming make them all White Men of Distinction
