An Opinion that doesn't Cost a Cent

How did this post slip by me? (Referring to my uncle Oscar's post about his book and his comment on health care reform.) As one wise person once said, "We already have socialized medicine in this country. It's called the Veteran's Administration." Every citizen should have the same option for their medical needs as our vets are entitled to have.

Sure, they may (or may not) have risked their lives and limbs to serve many of us citizens who the right side claim to be un-american. Good for them. Most of them chose to do so knowing the risks. I pity the ones who were forced to do so despite the risks.

I support my troops by telling our government to quit putting them in harm's way because of ego, greed, or stupidity (whichever applies).

In my opinion there were only four wars in American history which had merit to take the lives of our military. Number one-the revolution, number two-the civil war, number three-world war one, and number four-world war two.

The US is too quick to jump into battle and does it under the guise of "freedom and democracy for all" which sounds so heroic and humanitarian like. Well, it's usually bull shit to cover up the fact that we jumped into battle for either ego, greed, or stupidity. Usually greed and/or ego.

Anyway, back to health care reform. Just because I didn't fight for my country (or sign up and sit and wait for something to happen) doesn't mean my life is any less valuable than the one's who did sign up. Just because I'm not filthy rich does not make me any less valuable than those who can afford quality health care. To quote "The Declaration of Independence" or Thomas Jefferson, more appropriately, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Oh Thomas, if he were alive during the Bush administration he surely would have rallied the troops for an uprising. If our forefathers were alive today to witness how greed and corruption have destroyed this once great nation, well, I like to believe they themselves would gather together in a row to piss on capitol hill.

The citizens of this country (average, everyday citizens which make up the shrinking middle class and all classes beneath) are not being served by their government or by their employers, neighbors, families, friends, churches, or anyone but themselves these days. Sure, Obama instituted the extension of unemployment benefits and managed to get it through the house and senate so he could make it law. That's the only positive thing that has happened for the suffering, common citizen of today's america.

We continue to lose our jobs while watching them end up over-seas in a poverty-stricken country where labor is cheap. We continue to be spied on by our own government and held accountable for things which they believe we have done or will do without the benefit of legal process or representation. We continue to lose the value of our largest purchase of our lives (our homes) because of the greed that perpetuated an overinflated market and preditory lending. Our health care coverage continues to be cut while costs for the diminishing benefits increase along with the cost of health care. The cost of living continues to rise while wages go down and raises are not given to deserving employees so that profit margins can rise making the rich get richer.

Am I proud to be an american? No. Am I proud to be a part of a society that places the value of money over the value of human lives? No. Unfortunately greed is very contageous and it infects every individual who has ever gone without or had too much because too much is never enough. Was this what God intended when our great Creator created this planet and humans to inhabit it? In my opinion (which is free by the way) no way, no how, not in a million years was that the original plan. Unfortunately people do a lot of killing in the name of God and make a lot of stupid decisions that affect millions of people in the name of God yet it is their own will and ego which is the driving force - definitely not God.

I was going to post as a comment on your thread uncle Oscar, but I thought it deserved to be viewed up front and personal and "in your face" so to speak. Not in YOUR face per se, but figuratively speaking. I guess that's just how I roll. I've been a loud mouth all my life. At least now I have more than just curse words flying out of my pie hole and maybe someone somewhere will stop and think about what I'm screaming about all the time. If only one person stops feeding the beast of greed and feeds a starving human being instead then my screaming until I get hoarse was all worth it.