It is the right thing to do -to get health care available to those with pre-existing conditions, to avoid the situation of modern indentured servitude for the sake of healthcare, to avoid bankruptcies in the name of healthcare, to bring order to what is a patchwork of coverage, to bring science to bear. Health care is like clean public tap water -we chose to offer the clean water to all, and those who wish to, can pay for bottled. A nation is held together by its institutions, and healthcare has always been absent as a force compared to defense, agriculture, and commerce. The promise of a healthy life is part of the bounty that we are compelled to share if we are to call ourselves a United States of America.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care
Ironic that Mrs. Palin fails to understand the irony in blathering about this. Why is she opposed now?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
The Rock Star
Okay. So I’m off key -I was suppose to sing Proud Mary which is my song, but the crowd at Universal Studios responded.
America’s LARGEST Tuition Increases in PUBLIC Schools (PHOTOS)
The end of prosperity means a return to the economics of the 19th century with college reserved for those who can pay and subsistence agriculture or manufacturing for the rest. This collapse of the middle class will have repercussions beyond just tea parties which will swell with more disaffected former middle class types who now can’t afford the plastic luxuries of Walmart. Perhaps the stresses will bring about needed change in our education system (education reform anyone?). The gap between public schools in poor areas and richer areas is too great. The gap between private prep schools and public schools is too great. Most colleges waste a lot of time teaching students how to read and write. The concept of college level work is lost when said college level textbooks have to be dumbed down to a 7th grade reading level for freshmen to understand. Nope, the muggles are not going to be happy in the coming years and they will mistakenly blame the most handy scapegoats -black president, minorities, Jews, and people who still own homes. Any effort to cushion the blow with wealth redistribution -fuhgeddaboudit. The people forming militias are just following an instinct to gather round the fire to ward off an oncoming night. Get to know your neighbors well, be kind to them, and take care of them, because they are your tribe.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
my life, my shoes, my style. docpark style.
the docpark OR shoe
As the winter drags on, I find myself now dabbling in fashion design. I have decided to release a line of lifestyle related sneakers. Actually, you too can launch your own blingy shoe line at http://www.zazzle.com.
And why not. Why is it that celebrity athletes get to get on cereal boxes. Why do they get the shoes? Why aren’t we supporting the mail carrier, the school teacher, the soccer mom, and the hospital nurse in the same way? Where are our priorities?
This guy will no longer wear other people’s labels. You are welcome to buy mine.
The Circle of Certitude
The circle of certitude is the area defined by the radius within which you have a 90% chance of making it into the cup within 2 shots. For the average bogey golfer, this is about 10 feet. For the single handicapper, this is anywhere near the fringe. For a tournament pro, this circle is out at the wedges. To win major tournaments, this circle spans the 150 yard marker.
In daily life, we have many such circles of certitude where results are likely to occur. It may be only as far as the arm’s reach, or the driveway. Careful cultivation of friends and communication skills brings this circle out to across town, state, nation, and globe.
Cast your circle of certitude wide. Live with no doubt.
Golfism -life is a metaphor for golf 