The Real Crisis
As I huffed, puffed, and struggled through a short run at what should be a comfortable pace in cool weather this morning, I had a little bit of an epiphany: We don’t have a health care problem. We have a health problem.
Divided We Fail — Scary
I saw this commercial for dividedwefail.org twice last night, and I find it pretty disturbing. Now the AARP (it’s actually an ad by them promoting their agenda) is using kids to scare us with health care and social security. I’m sure the AARP’s big concern is kids. After all, there is nothing to be gained [...]
We Don’t Need No Stinking Insurance!
Becky has the right idea…we need less insurance, not more. But coverage of mundane and everyday medical care makes as much sense as having food insurance. We would go to the grocery store and show the checker our food insurance card, and the public or private carrier would take care of the tab. I think [...]
Two More Things I Love About This Country
1. We still produce men as tough as Randy Couture, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Couture, 44, who defeated contender Gabriel Gonzaga by technical knockout in the third round, broke an ulna bone in his left forearm during the third round, said his assistant Valerie Haney. “It happened on [Gonzaga's] high leg kick at Randy’s head,” [...]
I’m Looking for Some Yaz…You Holding?
I meant to write about this a couple of weeks ago the first time I saw the commercial for Yaz birth control pills. “Yaz” doesn’t sound like a reputable birth control product to me. It sounds like the street name for some highly addictive substance made from processing kerosene, roach killer, and cotton candy. These [...]
Bueller? Bueller?
FladaBlog has an excellent post on public school socialism: Let’s consider an island with one family with children and one childless couple. Does the family have a right to force the autonomous couple to contribute to the education of their children? Most rational people will agree that they do not have such a right. Additionally, [...]
Blogging The Iowa Debate Part II
Getting a new post going here since they’ve decided to move to domestic issues. Huckabee is now in favor of nationalized health care. Why can’t this just be left up to the individual states? Huckabee buddy, I hate to tell you this, but there is way more money in illness than there is in health [...]
So Just What is Government Health Care?
Mitt Romney isn’t in favor of government health care. He doesn’t want the government to pay for people’s health care. He wants you to choose your own private insurance plan (from a select few approved by the government), and the government can then subsidize it. You see the difference? Through subsidies, he will be able [...]
This Says it All
I had a pretty lively discussion yesterday with some locals about nationalized health care. Now I don’t have any illusions about my abilities to explain rational ideas to irrational people, but it’s fun to stir that pot every now and then. Today I saw this first-hand account of nationalized health care that I believe makes [...]
Overheard at the Hospital
I just returned to the hospital from running a couple of errands, and I came in through the cafeteria entrance, which has a nice outdoor dining area. There was a group of people unpacking their cooler (white bread, baloney, mayonnaise, and Lay’s potato chips) and I overhead the following statement: “He’s got four warrants out, [...]
