The Healthcare Mess

If you want something done right, please do not give it to the US government. If you do, prepare for idiocy on an epic scale as well as ultimate failure.  There are simply too many examples to list here...

Healthcare is the latest debacle.

In 2010, Congress passed ObamaCare, a program that stood no chance of success and had no bipartisan backing. In fact, Pelosi presented a 1200 page bill at the last second,proclaiming, "you have to pass it to see what it is in it."  What sort of stupidity is that?

 It has failed on an annual basis and its onerous, unAmerican "mandate" has turned a bad system into something even worse.  Making matters worse is the the Democratic Party has never done anything to improve the system, watching as insurers flee the exchanges, leaving more  and more states with one company insuring the entire market (violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act)  and a few may face NO coverage at all.

The Republicans have been shouting about repealing ObamaCare since 2010 and now that the time has arrived, they have no plan to offer.  And they, with a majority in both houses as well as the Presidency, cannot muster up enough votes to repeal it.

Yes, both parties really care about you......

Stupidity like this makes a single payer system more desirable but at the same time, guess who would run it--the US government.  You know how that would turn out...

Dump ObamaCare--its going to fall apart anyway--and cut Congressional salaries by half.

Then you will find out who really cares about the American people.

Why are we not on Mars yet?

On July 20, 1969, Man set foot on the Moon.

We have not gone beyond that and we were last on the Moon in 1972.

Why are we not on Mars yet?  Granted, there are some biological issues like keeping the crew alive on a 400 some odd day voyage there not to mention keeping them alive on the 400 some odd voyage back, but it does not appear that anyone has been working on this since at least the Ford Administration. 

In 1961, then President Kennedy challenged Americans to walk on the Moon by the end of the decade. We did it!  Several times.

President Bush a decade ago, told NASA that the new mission was to get back to the Moon by 2020 and actively prepare for Mars.

Since then, our shuttle fleet has been retired and we depend on Russia to get our astronauts to space.  President Obama then made some bizarre decree that NASA's mission was "Moslem outreach".  Something weird went on,but considering our dysfunctional political system, it does not come surprise anyone that much.  Of course, no one has heard anything about Mars since.

There are budget problems and huge problems here on Earth.No one denies this,but it has always been that way.  The Apollo Program's success occurred during the Vietnam War!

Exploration is in our blood.  We always want to see what is beyond the next hill or what is on the the over side of the river.  It is who we are and how we have always been. To become a myopic homebound species is beneath us.

If neccessary, start with going back to the Moon, then go to Mars. 

We should endeavor to streak between the stars even if DC wants to crawl through the sewer.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

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HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!