There is a lot on my mind at the moment, but I am so tired I cannot exert much effort into doing anything about any of them. So, with any luck, I will get a blog post done and say what I am thinking.
First, on the Healthcare Debate in the US. We need reform so everyone can have access to affordable care, not just those who can afford the care on offer now. True it may be World Class, and true it may have all the bells and whistles, but can’t the United States of America lead the world once more and find a way to make it possible? Something really good, like eliminating the Military and paying that money to care and rebuilding Social Security, and the economic recovery and education and improved infrastructure for travel and power and of source green energy. With the diverted funds, it ought to take about five years to get everything up to scruff. Not that I am against the military. I am not. But there will hopefully come a time when a country in this world will see military as outmoded and lead the world towards real peace.
I read an article last night about a 61 year old in Stone Mountain, Georgia who told a woman in a Wal-Mart to shut her screaming kid up, or he’d do it for her. Many comments followed to the effect of “Hell-No!” in total redneck drawl, and nearly half from my estimate suggested they would have killed the guy.
The friend who had posted the article on Facebook asked along with it, “what is this world coming to?” I hate to tell you, but it is already at that place you feared it coming to. After all, how many people walk around with thoughts of killing already in their heads if they really believe they would kill a man for slapping their kid. I am not saying slapping a stranger’s kid is okay. I am saying that the parent going to jail over it for ten to twenty years is not really going to do that much for the kid, is it? Perhaps a more proportionate response would be better?
Lastly, I get tired of hearing the term “Socialist” being bandied around in America like Communism was back in the 50’s. Proper healthcare reform is ONLY going to occur when it is Socialist. If healthcare is ALWAYS kept Capitalist, then there is ALWAYS going to be profit taken. Maybe it is high time to realize that there are a few fields of work that SHOULD be done for more than profiteering!