Well I know that we get busy and forget to do things but WOW, I haven't posted for 2 months. Well I am back....sort of. Not a daily post as I will never get the time for that. But I will try to post more. It's strange how somedays you can just find days to write and others you don't, I often think it is because I don't have anything to say. Which that in itself is truly strange. I am one of those people that can talk about just about any topic. No I am not one of those ones that will be at a party and quote lines from Shakespeare or Keets, that is just boring. I like knowing about things in the world. But when you spend so much time with kids you don't always get a chance to talk about world events. Not that I don't share the information with my kids it is just not as easy to have a discussion with them as they have not learned history well enough to know if it is repeating or to say "you know that sounds just like ....". It's not that they don't try, but as any adult you want to have conversation with other adults and that is something that people with kids don't always get. You spend so much time with them (and not saying that is a bad thing) that you need that outlet from time to time. I get mine with I invite my parents over for dinner. But we have different political views and not always the same like minds. That is not always a bad thing, makes me thing about my position on issues. And so the big topic right now is that health care bill. I hope people have really taken the time to listen and learn about this bill. It would not help anyone in the short or long run. They have reworded and moved things so much that is does not even resemble anything useable. It has totally gotten out of hand. Health care should not be this hard. It really is simple. First you have to start with tort reform. These people suing over things that it partly their fault. Yes, I understand that there is real medical malpractice but lets me honest, it is really gross negligence? Things happen and we are all humans. And did you know that there is a formula for valuing a human life, yes a formula. Is that not the craziest thing? You can not replace a life but if you give them enough money it will make up for it? That is like saying everyone has a price and let's be honest we all do. We may grieve but if you give us a million dollars we can grieve in France. I am not saying that we should give more money to them I am just saying if they died because they did not get treatment because they had to wait for a doctor or treatment for weeks would they have been able to do anything then? I have done some research in Universal Healthcare and I don't think I really care for it. Need a surgery, it could take weeks. The government already has too much say in our medical treatment now. We need a good form of health care that helps those without jobs or those that can not afford to have group insurance. But this new plan is not it. Does the politician is in congress not think that us as individual know what is best for us? Okay, so for the vast majority we are not lawyers, but do we really need to know law to know if a health care plan is right for us or not? Do we have to have an office in Washington DC to understand that health care cost continue to rise and yet patient care has decreased? Anyone that has been in the hospital, had someone they know in the hospital or even been to the hospital knows that. They are suppose to be representing "We the people" but it seem more like "Those special interest groups." We teach kids about the beginning of the constitution and the bill of rights and yet it is amazing that since we teach this we have to turn around and change it. Our founding fathers wrote "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...." read the constitution now you will find "Life, liberty and the reasonable pursuit of happiness..." Does this mean that we can only pursue happiness as long as no one else objects or does not offend people? "
Reasonable" by definition not extreme or excessive. Now to me, that says that it is unconstitutional to have too much money or even too little money. See to me "not extreme" means that if you have too much money that is one end of the extreme, to have too little money would be the other end of the extreme. Those very successful would be another extreme and those not so successful would be other. So if we dissect this whole change what does "reasonable" mean to those in congress? Because as it seems they are the only ones that matter with our thoughts. They have our best interest in mind each time they vote (and if you check your congressmen to see how they vote and if they even do) for one of the new bills, changes to the constitution, some change in something. We have the right to question what they are doing. We have the right to remove them from office. We even have the right to not vote for them at all.
But let's not put all the blame on the congressmen, we are the ones that put them there. But it is our job to make sure that they are doing their job. If each of us that seen something they were doing wrong and took the time to tell them things might change. But it takes everyone to make them accountable for their decisions.
So my challenge to anyone is to learn about the congressmen in your area, know how they are voting and don't be afraid to speak out against them.
