Why is it that we have health care problems in this country? Our medical equipment is among the best in the world. Our doctors are well qualified. So what is the problem? Everything about the medical system is ridiculously expensive. So expensive that is not affordable by many, many people in this country. Of course, many doctors and hospitals DO see patients who cannot afford to pay. This raises the cost for everybody, though it does show high ethical conduct on the part of the providers.En... Read Full Story

How are you guys doing? I haven't written much at all lately as you can see. Frankly, I just burned myself out clicking and clicking to build Entrecard points. I just got tired of the whole thing. My guess is that the same thing happens to many other bloggers. To be fair to Entrecard, I'd also been using LinkReferral. Both of these systems are good, I just got sucked in to the idea of building points quickly. I'd reached the point where I was spending far more time clicking than o... Read Full Story

John McCain did a good job debating last night. Barrack Obama did better. Senator McCain was able to show how very much he cares about this country in very broad terms while Senator Obama was much more detailed in his answers. And if keeping your cool has anything to do with it, Obama wins every time. As expected, Senator McCain provided solid answers relative to the military and foreign policy questions. One of the most interesting exchanges from my point of view dealt with the prioritiz... Read Full Story

With this in mind, the presidential debate is going to provide some very interesting viewing. Senator McCain is going to have some serious work cut out for him when his judgment relative to Charles Keating and Lincoln Financial comes up. It is fairly widely known that John McCain was tied to Lincon's failure. Here is a video recently added to Senator Obama's website. Read Full Story

We've all heard the phrase, 'follow the money'. I was just made aware of some money in need of a following. Do you think that you are mad at your elected leaders now? Read this exerpt from the nonpartisan Center For Responsive Politics:"Members of the House of Representatives who supported bailing out the financial sector with $700 billion in taxpayer money have received 51 percent more in campaign contributions from the finance, insurance and real estate sector in their congressional career... Read Full Story

 I received an email this morning (from WebMD) asking for health care questions to be posed during the October 7 presidential debate. WebMD has been working with the Commission on Presidential Debates to gather questions. They have an area for submissions on their site (in blog format) and many interesting questions have already been put forward. Here are a couple that I plan to add:---First, this great quotation (which I've used before):“The market functions wonderfully when we wan... Read Full Story

If any of you have not seen this parody of Katie Couric's (Amy Poehler)  interview with Sarah Palin (Tina Fey), I strongly recommend watching it here and now. It is very, very, funny. Read Full Story

There latest proposal for the $700 billion Wall Street bailout has been agreed too, tentatively. Many economists say the deal is necessary to continue the flow of credit in this country. (blah blah) I'm pissed off and many others feel the same. We've been seriously let down by those leaders who DID (not 'should have', DID) know what was going on and made a decision not to do something about it. I'd like to smack some people in the head. This phrase, "should have k... Read Full Story

Will a dollar buy more than a piece of bubble gum this time next year? Politicians sometimes resort to fear tactics but right about now, Joe Politician is just as afraid as Joe Citizen. An inside view of the economic crisis has the president and Congress actually working together on something. But...Does their plan address the enormous amount of medical debt carried in this country?A few weeks back, Suzanne, my friend and roommate, had to go to the emergency room with severe stomach pains.... Read Full Story

I'm not sure if it was before or after I singed into Amazon a couple of weeks ago that I decided to purchase Ron Paul's 'The Revolution'. I don't know if it was due to my lack of confidence in both our current candidates or that I just wanted to gain another perspective for myself. Often, I'm a bit snobbish in the books that I read, paying only for what I think is going to improve, or at least advance, my own thought processes. As it turned out, 'The Revolution... Read Full Story