Healthcare

Well, the Pres did a great job on the healthcare speech. I guess my main feeling is that the poorest and the richest deserve the best health care available, if indeed we are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I believe health care is a right not a privilege of those who can pay for it. I also feel that if we who have are true to the teachings of the Bible, it is our responsibility to help pay for those who don't have, so if my family has to pay higher taxes so that others who can't pay get health care, I'll gladly do it. It's not about government being in my life--they already are and that's NOT going to change, so let's do the right thing. I do not like the idea of insurance companies dictating how and who gets what kind of healthcare and I do not think they have to make such enormous profits. We live in a time of such greed. So, I do believe it is our mandate from God to take care of one another and if we can't do it without the gov't. then let's get it done WITH the gov't. There are other things involved, like how so much of health care now is defensive medicine and that is a huge issue, how we have become a nation afraid of intellect and constructive discourse. and worse than that, we are a nation of people so concerned with protecting our bank accounts that we personify greed. And that breeds meanness. And, yes, I am very biased, mostly because I believe my mission is not to accumulate things but to do for others and accumulate friends and good memories. I don't mean that to sound lofty and egotistic. I have a lot and am grateful for all that we have, but in the end that's not what satisfies. So I guess I seek satisfaction for the long term.

Knitting--whoowee. That's not too productive, still working on the sweater and a string bag. Need to be doing some Christmas stuff.

Reading---finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and am now reading light--Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen but can't remember the author right now. It's about a small town in the south where two young girls are growing up with their widowed daddy who is a preacher at a Baptist Church. They spend a lot of time at the Dairy Queen. It's cute and easy reading.

I'm not too into concentration right now as the daughter's wedding is two weeks from this coming Saturday!!

My most busy time right now is with my volunteer job--Love Caps. More about that later.

Got to go do a little reading now, so, thank you Pres for getting on that healthcare thing, and thanks to friends and family who fill my life with joy. That's the way it is.....