What Every American Service Member’s Child Should Cry Over

My wish is that each and every little girl whose parent is away from home right now soon cries exactly the same kind of tears as this little girl cries:

more about “The Return from Iraq – Video“, posted with vodpod

As I shared with Lynda a bit ago:

I have experienced that very same emotion, back in ‘69 when my dad returned from VN unexpectedly. It is a feeling that I will never forget the rest of my life. It was likely one of the most joyful moments in my life… but totally mind-blowing, just like it blew her mind.

I want all our men and women to come home from these bogus wars and occupations only set forth to enrich the mongers who put us there.

I want every child to experience this moment of relief from fear and awestruck love of knowing they are back from harm.

Put Down The Shit Spoon, Ron Paul

You are way too full of it when it comes to health care:

Ron Paul is full of shit on this particular subject. Sure, anyone can go to the ER, but what about those who cannot afford to go to their general practitioner for that ache in their side. Put it off until that ache makes them go to the ER in writhing pain, only to find out that it is colon cancer (that COULD have been taken care of had the person been insured or more wealthy). Oops, now you’re dead.

Paul, again, is allowing his “free market” ideology trump his Hippocratic oath or is really uninformed or stupid regarding the truth of why and how so many people lose their lives due to the lack of health insurance/health care. For those two are intertwined. To say that people don’t die because they cannot afford health insurance is a pitiful moral failure on Paul’s part.

His point about Corporatism versus Capitalism is valid (to an extent). But it will not be the “free market” system that fixes what is a moral quandary. And hence lies the basis of his bogus rationale. It is all about competitive “services” rendered with this immoral mindset, not about ensuring that everyone is well and healthy and doesn’t have to worry about dying or losing everything they own if they get sick). In my opinion, one must be able to balance their conservative, free marketism and a moral, social attitude to embrace and help care for the lesser of Thee. His first example, at the 2:20 mark, is skewered right off the bat (regarding the person who went to Singapore to get the $100K surgery for $25K). Where I am from, most people don’t make $25K/year, much less $100K.

He went on to say just seconds later “all the mischiefs of government”, as if the Corporatism doesn’t involve corporations, but just the government officials. Is the point to privatize and “free market”-ize everything (just like the way our security is handled in Iraq and Afghanistan)? As if this doesn’t create even MORE abuse for profit. How about admitting that health insurance companies provide ZERO added value. What the hell does protecting those that say of themselves to be “free marketeers”, whom provide no benefit or value, yet suck off a cool 25-30% off the top.

Is being anti-government the answer? Or could there be a moral imperative that creates a system where anyone and everyone is covered via taxes after cutting off the value deducting parasite called health insurance. Maybe then, we can have a system that mimics all the other industrialized “progressive” countries in the world that have longer, healthier lives at a fraction of the cost we do. OR, we can take the route that Paul wants to take which is exactly what got us where we are today (it morphed and grew into what we have now from the original “free market” foolology Paul is discussing).

You see, what Paul would prefer is that we turn back the hands of time for all medical security (like Medicare and Medicaid). Not improve what the lackeys he leads with have torn asunder. He would rather blame “government” (which he is a key part of). Funny how he starts with Corptocracy and ends up with how government is bad. Look in the mirror old man to see why. Then grab any number of your fellow thieves and sing us a song about how it will be you (members of the government) who will fix this moral imperative by making the poorest of the poor pay what cannot be afforded to begin with.

With so many good points to his credit, it is this lack of moral understanding and dedication that makes me believe he is NOT POTUS material. He could be in some cabinet level post (maybe even Sec of State), but POTUS, he is not.

This reminds me of someone close to me that told me they didn’t agree with my views on healthcare, yet he has been in the hospital countless times with no insurance or money and simply just “writes it off”. There is a disconnect that these people don’t seem to be able to reconnect.

h/t DeProgram