Mary, hon--
Pervert your nice quiet forum?
**Maniacal laughter**
You betcha, sweetie! Isn't that my job?
Use of irony and sarcasm is bad in a forum, I suppose. It's hard to explain. However, I'll try to do so and hopefully won't irritate too many folks in the process.
We have a new form of Socialism coming--hence terms like Comrade Obama. In a true free market society, GM, Citi, AIG etc. all would have collapsed and the pieces picked up by private business, not propped up by fake bailouts that will cost your grandchildren. I do not believe in or support communism or socialism, personally believing them both to have failed.
I have Canadian and British friends and family who have all wondered why we want universal coverage, as it isn't working too well there. (Or maybe it works too well. Dunno.) BTW, Healthcare is some 17% of our GNP. Why do you think the feds even care otherwise? There's money there, and a new bureaucracy to build. Got friends in Massachusetts? Check with them, and see what they think. They are paying through the nose for statewide universal care.
They are being taxed to death, luv!
Honey, we all have faults. That includes me, as exhibit "A." (Hey...does that make me an exhibitionist?
) Nobody, no organization, is perfect. That includes my president and my government.
You see, dear, I can pick on my government because I live here and voted in the last election. Therefore, I have the right to b*tch, just as I have done with every President since Nixon, when I was a little girl (and before I could vote). BTW, if you voted last round, you have that right too. Something about the right of free speech, at least for now. (The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers where I live, has not yet determined the Constitution to be unconstitutional.) And, if you didn't vote, you cannot complain.
Finally, hon, I am a Navy vet, and the child of a Navy vet, and have a long family line of Navy vets. (Except for one uncle, a bit of a black sheep. He went Army.) Don't talk to
me about military healthcare; it's a joke and a shame. Our men and women of the US Armed Forces deserve better, and so do our vets. You should see what they make The Momma go through for a basic exam. This is a woman that for Daddy's 26 years of active duty and 7 years of reserve time took care of us kids and ran the house, essentially never knowing if she'd ever get her husband back, and if so what shape would he be in.
Yes, I'm opinionated. It's a good thing I'm American or I'd be in jail by now, I am sure.
Luv 'n hugs to you, my dear!
Mina
Living as the woman I am!