One of the biggest compliments in the history of little sisters is when your much cooler, much wiser older sister acknowledges your contributions to society. Not to mention your coolness factor. And better yet, when her friends acknowledge all you are doing.
That makes me smile a little bit.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
life liberty and the pursuit of health
In response to the to a fella I know that thinks universal healthcare is a crock o' shit, his response was to my question to anyone against universal healthcare i'm curious if you 1. ever been without insurance 2. ever had to actually USE their insurance for a catastrophic illness or injury 3. even really know what their policy covers 4. thinks their life is worth more than their neighbors....just curious...
he thought it is just a competitive business to which another responded about how much is misunderstood....i liked my little rant here so I share with you :)
that’s part of my point, most people are very naive about the whole healthcare crisis to begin with, they think just because they have health insurance they are fine. Yea, if you are young, healthy and don't get in an accident you're fine I suppose. We are all one catastrophic, or in the case of some plans less than catastrophic illness or injury away from homelessness and bankruptcy due to health insurance coverage. We have politicians and high paid CEOs determining how healthcare dollars are spent, sorry but that’s pretty asinine. Would you want me fixing your car or defending you in a legal battle? No...Many administrators don't have a clue, they are just worried about the bottom line and making a profit. http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/tags/healthcare-denial-healthcare-protest-donna-smith-sicko-cnannoc Healthcare should not be a for profit business...hell it shouldn't be a 'business' at all.
Universal healthcare may actually have little to no detrimental effect of doctors at all, in fact their will benefit from the reduced administrative costs...for profit insurance companies spend an astronomical amount of time and money to make a profit...at the expense of LIVES. For example the average physician’s office in a single payer system spends 2 hours per week on administrative tasks, we here in the US just shy of 40 hours…now tell me that’s not wasteful. Health insurance plans cause physicians and hospitals nothing but headache.
One system that treats EVERYONE equally would actually help control costs. Isn’t what this country is supposed to be about? Equality…” that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. “Healthcare needs to live within a budget, lines need to be drawn and algorithms need to be set. We need a government funded (which sorry to tell ya a lot of private insurance IS indeed government subsidized already) privately delivered healthcare. Before you even ask do I agree with Obama’s plan? NO. Do I believe that your life is just as valuble as mine and that my child should receive the same health care as yours? YES. http://hr676.org/
he thought it is just a competitive business to which another responded about how much is misunderstood....i liked my little rant here so I share with you :)
that’s part of my point, most people are very naive about the whole healthcare crisis to begin with, they think just because they have health insurance they are fine. Yea, if you are young, healthy and don't get in an accident you're fine I suppose. We are all one catastrophic, or in the case of some plans less than catastrophic illness or injury away from homelessness and bankruptcy due to health insurance coverage. We have politicians and high paid CEOs determining how healthcare dollars are spent, sorry but that’s pretty asinine. Would you want me fixing your car or defending you in a legal battle? No...Many administrators don't have a clue, they are just worried about the bottom line and making a profit. http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/tags/healthcare-denial-healthcare-protest-donna-smith-sicko-cnannoc Healthcare should not be a for profit business...hell it shouldn't be a 'business' at all.
Universal healthcare may actually have little to no detrimental effect of doctors at all, in fact their will benefit from the reduced administrative costs...for profit insurance companies spend an astronomical amount of time and money to make a profit...at the expense of LIVES. For example the average physician’s office in a single payer system spends 2 hours per week on administrative tasks, we here in the US just shy of 40 hours…now tell me that’s not wasteful. Health insurance plans cause physicians and hospitals nothing but headache.
One system that treats EVERYONE equally would actually help control costs. Isn’t what this country is supposed to be about? Equality…” that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. “Healthcare needs to live within a budget, lines need to be drawn and algorithms need to be set. We need a government funded (which sorry to tell ya a lot of private insurance IS indeed government subsidized already) privately delivered healthcare. Before you even ask do I agree with Obama’s plan? NO. Do I believe that your life is just as valuble as mine and that my child should receive the same health care as yours? YES. http://hr676.org/
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
stronger than yesterday
If you could go back and live your life over, would you change anything? I was once asked this question in a bible study group. My gut reaction was a very loud internal, "HEll YEA!!"
I've made my fair share of mistakes and poor choices throughout the years. I'd say then 10-12 years following my 14th year I was a complete and total idiot. More so than the normal teenager. In fact I'm suprised sometimes I ever made it out of teenhood alive.
As I thought more about this topic I wasn't so sure as my initial gut reaction. Sure, I made some terrible choices but...I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't made those choices, if I hadn't lived through what I've lived though. I think our pasts make us who we are, whether good or bad, we wouldn't be ourselves as we know us without our past.
Experience builds character. Whether rocky or smooth the paths we take shape who we are, what we become, who we infulence and who we know. Some days I would give anything to go back and choose different paths. Other days I realize if I had taken the easy path, would I have the courage and strength that I have today? Would I be who I am today? I wouldn't be.
Now, not being who I am today could be good or bad. Maybe I would be a better person, maybe I would be doing more with my life. Maybe I wouldn't. Maybe taking a better path earlier would lead to a worse path later. Who knows. Who knows where life leads us and why we choose the paths we do. Why do we do what we do?
I've made my fair share of mistakes and poor choices throughout the years. I'd say then 10-12 years following my 14th year I was a complete and total idiot. More so than the normal teenager. In fact I'm suprised sometimes I ever made it out of teenhood alive.
As I thought more about this topic I wasn't so sure as my initial gut reaction. Sure, I made some terrible choices but...I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't made those choices, if I hadn't lived through what I've lived though. I think our pasts make us who we are, whether good or bad, we wouldn't be ourselves as we know us without our past.
Experience builds character. Whether rocky or smooth the paths we take shape who we are, what we become, who we infulence and who we know. Some days I would give anything to go back and choose different paths. Other days I realize if I had taken the easy path, would I have the courage and strength that I have today? Would I be who I am today? I wouldn't be.
Now, not being who I am today could be good or bad. Maybe I would be a better person, maybe I would be doing more with my life. Maybe I wouldn't. Maybe taking a better path earlier would lead to a worse path later. Who knows. Who knows where life leads us and why we choose the paths we do. Why do we do what we do?
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Drive-in Drive-out
I took Morgan to her very first Drive-in movie at Skyview, our local drive-in. Now, mind you, Morgan has never been to a regualr movie theater let a lone a drive-in. We went with my friend Dana and her daughter Olivia. Well Morgan just loved it. It was the theater's 60th anniversary celebration so there was a DJ which little miss enjoyed dancing to.
They also had a miniture train Morgs got to ride, unfortuantely we were hitting the bathroom and she saw the train on the way back so I did not have my camera, but believe me....it was a cool little train!
Ice Age 3 was the first movie, they really enjoyed it, although gabbed through the whole thing, it was pretty cute. There was a 20% chance of rain, so of course it started pouring right before the secone movie started, so we left. Oh well maybe next time we'll make it through both.
They also had a miniture train Morgs got to ride, unfortuantely we were hitting the bathroom and she saw the train on the way back so I did not have my camera, but believe me....it was a cool little train!
Ice Age 3 was the first movie, they really enjoyed it, although gabbed through the whole thing, it was pretty cute. There was a 20% chance of rain, so of course it started pouring right before the secone movie started, so we left. Oh well maybe next time we'll make it through both.
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