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Reconciliation

February 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics

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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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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Says Who?

December 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics

I saw thousands of sheep on my recent trip to the Highlands of Scotland. Most were just grazing on the hillsides. A few were being herded, by border collies, men or both.

If I had more time I would have stopped and asked them if they really wanted to be herded to the slaughterhouse. They, [...]

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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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Do You Want A Democracy?

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · My Seat, Politics

Do you REALLY want a democracy? The healthcare reform farce we see in Congress is proof positive that we do not actually enjoy a democracy in the United States.
Who is to blame? You and me. Who can bring back democracy? Only you and me. How, you ask. Well, that’s what I’m here for. I have [...]

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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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Drip, Redux

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Health, Politics

A few of us are unfortunate enough to be able to remember the decade of the 1950s. I’ll refrain from naming names. But, I will if I have to.

There was a major scare back in that strange, misbegotten decade. The “Bomb,” of course. No. Even scarier. The Communists had an even more devious plot [...]

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Mourning For America

August 10th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Politics

America is the greatest country in the world. I grew up hearing that and I used to believe it. I still hear people saying it.
Is it true? What did people mean when they made that claim? What does it mean now? Are people now just saying it out of habit? What criteria are they using? [...]

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At The Head Of The Table

August 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Health, Politics

Who’s in charge? Here is an article from the New York Times illuminating the real role that al-PhARMA is playing and how the administration is prostituting itself, unnecessarily.
Be prepared to be sickened. Understanding what they are doing and how they are doing it spotlights just who is in control and why the final result of [...]

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Luke 16:13

August 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Health, Politics

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.
The Biblical citation is also found, excepting one word, in Matthew 6:24. Matthew substitutes man for servant. Since the subject is public servants, I lean toward [...]

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