Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A Side Note: Let's Put Govt in Charge
CNN reports that the rotovirus vaccine is contaminated with a pig virus. Boy, if govt did it things would work so much better.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Here we go again (treadmill video)
Last night's new legislation, discussed by George Will here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032201528.html
Yeah, what he said. (That piece is a really good example of why Will is considered one of the best writers in the country. Writing, it seems, has gone the way of the dial telephone.)
Reminds me of that treadmill video from OK, Go. It was a YouTube phenom (now that song's a part of Rock Band 2 I think.)
OK, go find it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
In any case, we're now all on the treadmill that is one more entitlement program. Those of you who have insurance now, cherish it. We'll be talking about the good old days soon enough.
I cannot fathom the level of disdain for the working class* in this country that it takes to chain them to a new set of entitlements. What system of morals must one have to bind one's constituents, and their children and grandchildren, to the treadmill of lifetime working to pay for the habits and conveniences of others?
Where is it in "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" that taking from me to give to others is OK? (I didn't bring that up -- that's Speaker Pelosi's quote).
Which begs the question: If healthcare is a basic human right, what LEVEL of healthcare is a basic human right? Actually, I'm not willing to concede the first part.
Where does it stop?
Speaker Pelosi said last night that we would now insure 32 million more Americans.
I ask: where does that money come from? Simple question, right? The government answer is "cost efficiencies."
So I'll ask another question: When was the last time government involvement resulted in cost efficiencies? Just name one thing.
If you've ever had to deal with Medicare, you know what's coming down the pike. We're all in for a shock, and the pundits that say it can't be reversed may be right -- once we get an entitlement in place, it's really hard for people to vote against it, no matter what they say to pollsters publicly. After all, we vote behind a curtain.
That, it seems, may be part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
* By working class, I don't mean "unions" but instead those who actually work. There seem to be fewer and fewer of us all the time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/22/AR2010032201528.html
Yeah, what he said. (That piece is a really good example of why Will is considered one of the best writers in the country. Writing, it seems, has gone the way of the dial telephone.)
Reminds me of that treadmill video from OK, Go. It was a YouTube phenom (now that song's a part of Rock Band 2 I think.)
OK, go find it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA
In any case, we're now all on the treadmill that is one more entitlement program. Those of you who have insurance now, cherish it. We'll be talking about the good old days soon enough.
I cannot fathom the level of disdain for the working class* in this country that it takes to chain them to a new set of entitlements. What system of morals must one have to bind one's constituents, and their children and grandchildren, to the treadmill of lifetime working to pay for the habits and conveniences of others?
Where is it in "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" that taking from me to give to others is OK? (I didn't bring that up -- that's Speaker Pelosi's quote).
Which begs the question: If healthcare is a basic human right, what LEVEL of healthcare is a basic human right? Actually, I'm not willing to concede the first part.
Where does it stop?
Speaker Pelosi said last night that we would now insure 32 million more Americans.
I ask: where does that money come from? Simple question, right? The government answer is "cost efficiencies."
So I'll ask another question: When was the last time government involvement resulted in cost efficiencies? Just name one thing.
If you've ever had to deal with Medicare, you know what's coming down the pike. We're all in for a shock, and the pundits that say it can't be reversed may be right -- once we get an entitlement in place, it's really hard for people to vote against it, no matter what they say to pollsters publicly. After all, we vote behind a curtain.
That, it seems, may be part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
* By working class, I don't mean "unions" but instead those who actually work. There seem to be fewer and fewer of us all the time.
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