Obama: All the Right Things But Incomplete

 After listening to our President's "Oval Office" speech last night I was left with a feeling of disappointment.....altho he said all of the "right things" it was not complete.....he didn't mention the heavy handed approach that BP has used in the clean-up efforts that should have lead to the Coast Guard taking command. .He was quite right to call our attention to the hazards of our dependence on oil and the urgency to find more environmentally safer energy sources,but in the current climate of this country, I fear that's not going to happen in the near future..There are people out there today who are fighting the moratorium on deep sea drilling, saying that it is taking food from their tables.....this disaster is going to effect the Gulf for 10 to 20 years....another such event would, perhaps, effect them forever!

Rush and Health Care: Get Real!

Health Care at its best!!! So Rush Limbaugh says that our health care system "is just fine" and that he wasn't given any special treatment...really? Not to belittle the health care in Hawaii, which is about as good as it gets in this country, but I worked as a health care professional in hospitals for many years and know how the system works...when a wealthy celebrity is admitted, for care, you can bet your bottom dollar that no time, or effort is spared seeing to his every needs.....and the fact that Limbaugh said he didn't get special treatment shows how delusional he is.....he didn't have to worry about seeking medical attention when he felt ill, because he knew he could afford it....unlike thousands of his fellow Americans who aren"t millionaires! Get real,Rush!

Among the Myths Re: Public Option

Among the many myths that are circulating about the "Public Option" in the Health Reform Bill.....that a politician, not a doctor, would be making the medical decisions....who the hell do you think is making those decisions now in those giant, private health insurance companies....can you say "accountant"?! The bottom line takes precedent over all medical diagnosis/treatment. These are not altruistic,humanitarian outfits....they are in the business of making money.




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As for counseling terminally ill patients about options for their care (again, euphemism for euthanasia)....there are still many people who are unaware of facilities available to them,such as Hospices, Home Health care etc. during those final days. This is not advocating termination of life,rather it is to relieve the patient of worry and make their end a more peaceful one...isn't this something that everyone would want for themselves and their loved ones?

Stem Cell Opposition

I just cannot fathom the so-called logic of those who oppose stem cell research.....on one hand they proclaim that such research goes against God's will....yet they condone keeping people alive by artificial methods....who, if according to "God's will" would otherwise be dead, or by organ transplants extending the lives of those would also die,etc., etc.,...how do they suppose those life-saving measures came about? does the word RESEARCH ring any bells?? Are not intelligence and imagination and creativity gifts from the Lord to us that we may bring about the betterment of mankind?




~ Comments by Skazski