Michael Graham on Newstalk. -- Please get him off air.

nayorleck114

Michael Graham has flown in from Boston to present The Right Hook this week.
Well I can wait until he is flown back home, Am I the only perso who finds him irritating. I am fedup of his republican ultra right wing talk and he belittleling euroweenie digs. I think if he were Irish it would be different, but I hate the holier than you attitude that america is the best place to live and europe follow the US.

Elba101

I haven't listened to him present it, but i usually listen in when he's on with George and i really like it. They bounce off eachother well but he does tend to go on about how great America is and George always takes him down.

With no-one there to get him off his high horse i can only imagine what he's coming out with. Still, its good entertainment and thats what gets ratings!!

adamski8

i heard him presenting the show before and actually he sounded good very little of the euroweenie stuff and a nice interviewing style. he was to the point without taking ten mins to ask a question ala hook

Washout

I like him.. but only cause he shows why I would be considered american left.

dont know if you heard him on his thoughts of health care were. It was pretty much you should pay for care and if you cant well then tough sh!t....you dont deserve it.

nayorleck114

I turned into Newstalk and there was a discussion about healthcare. Graham basically said why should there be a universal right to healthcare. He also say the those in the US who don't have healthcare have choosen not have have it (43 million).

The Irish health system may not be #1 in the world, but they are excellent, my wife had complications during pregnancy and they followup each week with her. In the US without health insurance you end up paying up to 20K to have a baby.

In essence its better to put people befor Capitalism & Profit. In Grahams world all is fine and rosey as long as you have lots of green $$$.

cruizer22b

I thought he was great in the show I heard, He was having a go at the euro weenie. Id listen to him every day if he was on.

Salvelinus

Washout wrote: »

I like him.. but only cause he shows why I would be considered american left.

dont know if you heard him on his thoughts of health care were. It was pretty much you should pay for care and if you cant well then tough sh!t....you dont deserve it.

Don't you hate atheists?

irish_bob

nayorleck114 wrote: »

I turned into Newstalk and there was a discussion about healthcare. Graham basically said why should there be a universal right to healthcare. He also say the those in the US who don't have healthcare have choosen not have have it (43 million).

The Irish health system may not be #1 in the world, but they are excellent, my wife had complications during pregnancy and they followup each week with her. In the US without health insurance you end up paying up to 20K to have a baby.

In essence its better to put people befor Capitalism & Profit. In Grahams world all is fine and rosey as long as you have lots of green $$$.

the only thing wrong with the american health care system is the insurance companies are guilty of price gouging on a grand scale , providing the cost for a family of four didnt go beyond 2500 euro a year , i see no reason why we could not adopt a privatley run system, thats 50 quid a week , even those on the dole could comfortably afford that , i know many smokers who spend 50 quid a week on fags , if they choose to spend this money on ciggys instead of health insurance , why should the state bail them out with taxes , it would do away with all the politics that engulfs the present system where surplus to requirement pen pushers are not sacked due to the fact that the local td might loose a house full of votes or some union arsehole might threaten to bring everything to a standstill , i do see a role for the state but only in terms of preventing price gouging like we see in the u.s

besty

To be honest, he is an irritating, inflammatory character. But, that's his appeal.

Similar to the old Howard Stern school of presenting to an extent. Why do people listen to him, to see what he'll say next.

Salvelinus

irish_bob wrote: »

the only thing wrong with the american health care system is the insurance companies are guilty of price gouging on a grand scale , providing the cost for a family of four didnt go beyond 2500 euro a year , i see no reason why we could not adopt a privatley run system, thats 50 quid a week , even those on the dole could comfortably afford that , i know many smokers who spend 50 quid a week on fags , if they choose to spend this money on ciggys instead of health insurance , why should the state bail them out with taxes , it would do away with all the politics that engulfs the present system where surplus to requirement pen pushers are not sacked due to the fact that the local td might loose a house full of votes or some union arsehole might threaten to bring everything to a standstill , i do see a role for the state but only in terms of preventing price gouging like we see in the u.s

Don't the netherlands have a system similar to that?

irish_bob

Salvelinus wrote: »

Don't the netherlands have a system similar to that?

not sure , i will look into it