These days - the title of this blog "Sadness and Politics" seem to go hand in hand. But, for the purpose of this blog - they are two separate entities.
Sadness - As many of you know, I grew up in many different small towns in Texas. One of those places was a small town called Iowa Park. It is north Texas and about 30 minutes from a town called Wichita Falls. On Tuesday night, a man went into the Wichita Falls Hasting and started shooting. He shot four women. One of those women was a friend of mine in junior high and high school. In fact, over on the right hand side of my blog is a list of blogs I read and hers is one of them (LeAnn). LeAnn was shot in left arm and leg. From what I understand she went into surgery yesterday and is doing okay - well physically at least - as well as you can be after being shot. After leaving Hastings, then man went to a local bar and shot and killed the doorman, and then ran off into a house and killed himself. You can view the story on timesrecordnews.com This thing is so surreal and just tragic. It really hit home with me, probably because I knew someone involved. I pray for LeAnn and Aaron(her brother) and all of her family. I know that she has a very close relationship with God and that will help her recover from this insane violence.
Politics - For those of you that are living under a rock and haven't heard about the whole health care plan....olease get you head out of your ass! Anyway, whether you agree with the healthcare plan or not, o would like to encourage you to go to revereamerica.org Maybe you really like the health care plan that was passed, but have just a few issues with it, or maybe you hate the plan and want something different. Please go to the website. For those of you who agree with Obama's plan, you probably wont think anything of this website, but those of you who disagree, I encourage you to sign the petition. One thing I think we can all agree on, is that our healthcare system sucks. It needs improvement....but what kind of improvement depends on us. I personally have great health insurance as well as my children...but I want the choiced, I dont want my government to mandate what I need.
That's all for today....please check it out, and say a prayer for all the victims of the Wichita Falls shooting - if you dont pray, just think good thoughts and wish them well!
2 comments:
You still get to keep the insurance you have right? The problem I see is if you don't have insurance, and can't afford insurance. Then they are forcing you to pay an annual fine unless you get the government insurance. I understand they want everyone to have insurance so the hospitals don't all go under, but I feel bad for the people who can't afford it. I don't know what the answer is!
I have no idea if you keep the insurance you have...from what I have heard, I think you do but it wont be the same...but that is just hearsay.
I dont particularly think that the government should be allowed to say that you MUST buy insurance or get fined..obviously if people can't pay for insurance, they can't pay the fine...So what are we just going to start arresting people and filling already full jails because people can't afford health insurance. It is crazy.
I dont know the answer either, but I dont think the government has found the correct answer either.
Its kind of a contradiction for me - because I am actually an Obama supprter, and I do believe that the healthcare system needs to be fixed, just not like this
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