If you stay to the end of this post, you will see an offer you can’t refuse – no strings attached.
My last post was about a health issue, not healthcare reform. Writing so frequently on healthcare reform and the economy has built up a tremendous reserve of frustration.
I wanted to take a psychic break by [...]
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Reconciliation
February 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics
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You’re Sweet
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Health
This post touches on a few important issues but all revolve around corn.
The bulk of this post is a reprint of a article by Joseph Mercola, M.D. Following his remarks, I have just a couple of comments on the other issues about corn.
I’m guessing that you have seen some ads on television lately that are [...]
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Insurance
January 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics
I‘m afraid we need to get back to basics. One would think that people understood insurance.
There are many valid complaints concerning “healthcare reform.” Those focused on insurance are not among them.
That doesn’t stop them from complaining. Some complain for political reasons. Others complain because they don’t understand what insurance is, how it works and what [...]
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Quack, Quack
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics
You have been sold down the river. So have we all.
We need to differentiate between healthcare reform and tinkering with health insurance. Yes, there is a difference. The entire burlesque these past few months has revolved around the tinkering.
A handful of congressmen offered HR 676, Medicare-For-All. That represents reform. All of the rest of our [...]
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One Possible Scenario
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Health, Politics
This is not a prediction. It is only what I see as an optimistic scenario.
What’s going to happen with healthcare reform in Congress? Your guess is as good as mine. Because there is no leadership, no one knows what the outcome will be.
We do know a few things, however. Since it was given away before [...]
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Who Loves You More?
September 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Health, Politics
There are stupid people. There are very stupid people. And, then there are Congressmen.
Someway, somehow, the good people of Livonia, Michigan found it in the goodness of their hearts to send their village idiot to Congress. Thaddeus McCotter loves dumb animals. He just doesn’t give a fart for human beings.
Here we have someone who opposes [...]
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Clean The House
September 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Economics, Health, Politics
President Obama is a politician. He is a Constitutional expert but, by and large, he is a generalist.
Being a Constitutional scholar comes in handy in the Congress and on the Supreme Court. It’s not necessarily a bad thing in the Oval Office but being a generalist can be a positive. It can also bring disaster.
A [...]
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We’re Number 37
September 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics
Why isn’t Congress embarrassed that even a country such as Costa Rica outranks us in healthcare? Are we, as a country, really that incompetent? Though our politicians obviously are, I prefer to think that we, the people, are not.
The statistics come from a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) done in the year 2000. [...]
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Stupid And Useless
September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Health
I finally received a response from Bart Gordon, my Congressman. He totally ignored my request for a debate. Now I know why.
I had challenged him before the August recess. As September has arrived, that means it took him a month to respond. It is obvious from his email that he would have had to come [...]
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A Closer Look
September 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics
Aren’t you somewhat bewildered when you hear the story of Esau selling his birthright for a bowl of porridge? How could he be so stupid? How could he trade away his inheritance, his special place, for a bowl of soup?
He isn’t the first one. He won’t be the last. Former Senator Bill Bradley caught my [...]
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