Blogging

So its been a while since I've posted, and Jay is ragging on me to post now in AP Lit. I should be working on a paper but honestly I could care less. It'll get done; its senior year damnit!

Anyway, I read that Dixon has been charged on 1 count of theft so far! VICTORY FOR THE JUSTICE SYSTEM! I honestly thought she would be acquitted or it would end in a hung jury, but for once the justice system worked and the real problem was solved. A person who stole gift cards from the needy will pay the consequences.

I've honestly been running out of ideas to talk about. I'll think of some more hot topic stuff and try to post at least on a weekly basis. Cya later for now.

Public Health Care - Part 1

In my AP Government class and frequently the entire time in Social Justice we have talked about the public health care debate. A lot of fog surrounds this left-wing experiment to give the entire nation a public health care system. But why? What constitutes this change, isn’t he US functioning just fine in health care. I understand the uninsured issue, but at the same time, why does the rest of the United States need to suffer for the incapability of those uninsured. It is simply not fair. Call me a Republican, call me a right wing nut job—I don’t care. But someone has got to voice an opinion about this.

Let’s take into account the other things the government runs or has taken over. Social Security is reaching an impasse. It is estimated that around 2016, expenses will exceed income, and the program will add to the nation’s already growing $11 trillion dollar debt. The Social Security Trust Fund, set up to assist the program when expenses went up, is depleted. The government “borrowed” the money for other purposes, stimulus-es, pork-barrel spending, and bribes…the usual.

The military is an example of a successful program. But that is due to an almost separate entity running the military. While the Commander-in-chief is in total control of the military, generals and advisors that have been in for well over 20 years run the military, not the typical outsider depiction of white collar advisors from the White House and Congress. Other failing programs of the government include Medicaid, Welfare…I could go on and on.

This 2,000 page bill, passed by Congress last weekend, and now in the Senate must not be passed. It is $1,000,000,000,000 experiment by the government. Will it work? Will it fail? Another trillion to the deficit is not worth the risk. And honestly who will benefit. Illegal immigrants that already take advantage the faithful American taxpayer, or the people that don’t pursue health insurance and use the emergency room as the family doctor. I come from a lower-medium class household, yet my family still has health insurance. There is no excuse not to! An amendment added even puts those delinquent uninsured at risk of going to jail.

What incentive is there for this bill to the healthcare community. Government payscales will take over the sector, and doctors will get a stock salary no matter what they do, as the government would now control payroll and funding. The government starts running short on funds…oh well there goes a hospital! There’s goes a medical clinic! Now more are at a disadvantage. Doctors will have no incentive to spend the years they do in medical school and residency, with no high paying rewards, why waste time on a career as a doctor. Medical clinics will shut down, private practices will close. Your family doctor will now become your city doctor, and personal care will all but disappear.

A large problem with doctors now is malpractice. People sue when they are wronged by the medical community. But now an already struggling government will take on that too. What can’t they do? This will open the government’s giant funds up to lawsuits, with people no longer suing those doctors but the hospitals and the doctors. And where does the money come from?...the government, meaning you.

I will stop here for tonight. Look for health care part 2 tomorrow, where I will go into the giant gaps in coverage and the real concern with the health care issue. I hope this so far convinces you that this health care reform must be stopped, as it only dooms us further into debt and despair, creating more problems than it would solve.

Go Navy!

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Notre Dame Football

Another year of college football, closing to an end. And yet another year where an overrated Notre Dame team has been praised game after game for their stellar team and all-knowing coach, only to finish in mediocrity and be guaranteed a high profile bowl game because of their namesake--the Fighting Irish.

Let's examine the preseason first, shall we. According to ESPN.com, Notre Dame's combined ranking from all major polls put them at 23rd. Take into account Notre Dame's 2008 season record of 6-6, with loses to all ranked opponents (USC, North Caroline, Mich St), and there absolute horrible performace against a horrible Syracuse team, the first time Notre Dame lost to a team with (I can't remember the exact amount of losses, I believe it was 9) losses in their history. It was a rather mediocore season hyped up by Notre Dame's fanfare and prestige as being one of the most overrated teams in college football.

Let's examine the current season, which has the Irish losing to every ranked opponent thus far, and a huge upset loss to the NAVAL ACADEMY MIDSHIPMEN!!!! (No bias there at all) Notre Dame went into that game ranked 22nd, but we will talk about that later. The Irish's schedule was considerable watered down in the hopes of advaning to a BCS game this year, which will definitely not be happening now. But I ask you, any other team is any other conference (basically any team that is not Notre Dame) would they be considered for a BCS game with loses to USC, Michigan, and now Navy, and scrimpy overtime win against Michigan state.

Notre Dame is not the Knute Rockne team they were decades ago. Any other team will not get the same favoritism and help that Notre Dame year in and year out does. They are 3-16 against teams with winning records in the past 4 years!!!! Any other team would be considered one of the worst in college football. Notre Dame's defense is currently ranked an astounding 83rd, and in my honest and humble opinion the only reason Jimmy Clausen has the stats and ND has the offensive stats they do, is because those TDs and yardages have been accumulated against unranked, noncompetitive, cupcake teams!

The majority of teams ND plays are in the WAC and Mountain West conference. Any team in those conferences with more than one or two losses would never, ever be considered in the Top 25, and if ranked would be at the very bottom. The ludacris favortism and outright love of ND in college ranking and media perceivement is downright ridiculous. The only thing bigger than Charlie Weis' belt is the overrated-ness of Notre Dame.

Go Navy!