11 of 52: The Exclamation Po!nt On a Disappointing Yet Predictable First Year: Universal Healthcare

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. -- Thomas Jefferson

I’ll do something a little different from my previous notes. I’ll present facts and attempt to answer them. If you think you have an alternative by all means go ahead. It's about the Universal Health Care bill that was just passed.

“$940 billion over a decade” – Where’s it coming from?

Surely not our already increasing deficit. Nope, we can’t just print more and more money. That would be immoral... Instead let’s tax the living hell out of every American. Firstly to pay for all the money we’ve used to approve the health care. Secondly…


“The government may pay up to 75 percent of the premium” – So we only have to pay 25 percent right?

Zing….Wrong again. Sure you’ll have to pay 25% of your premium but where do you think the money from the other 75% is coming. Bam, and were back to your taxes again. Your working wages will have even more taxes taken form them and in turn that money will make up the brunt of the 75% that the “government” is being ever so helpful in providing…free of charge.


“Parents would be able to keep children up to age 26 on their family insurance plans, three years longer than is now the case” – Is this too far?

Firstly answer me this… Have you ever heard of a 26 year old child? Thank you for your silence :) You graduate at 22. You get a job within a year. You support yourself. Your parents are no longer required to hold your hand, and you’re an independent.


“Most Americans would be required to purchase insurance, and face penalties if they refused” – So we have no option anymore?

People can’t even pay for their own insurance! How in the heck are they going to pay for theirs and others? Right now you are paying a ton of money to insurance companies who you feel are unjustified in giving you adequate health care. What’s going to happen is you will be paying the government, a MEGA-INSURANCE company, that money instead. And maybe if you had a choice that if you did not have any money then you could not pay for health care, but nope it’s no option. The government needs your money to pay for others expenses.


“This agreement by congress was fair seen as we have a Bipartisan government” – As in really?

Answer is no. This health care was forced down our throats so quick that the Dems knew exactly what they were going to do, and did just that. They’ve had a 60% majority and they knew that eventually with a little pulling of the strings and a condition where ‘none of the money from the new program will be used in abortion’ to satisfy the anti-abortion party, that they could sneak it in. And not even in separate bills to make a general approach to see what works and what doesn’t. ALL AT ONCE. That’s not called capitalism folks. It’s called Socialism. Socialism is a “middle ground” between Capitalism and Communism. Any guesses on which side it leans more too?


“Medicare signed in 1965 worked though” – Can’t universal health care work too then?

Okay I have to actually pause for laughter on Medicare……… The federal government's lead actuary in 1965 projected that the hospital program (Medicare Part A, yes that’s only Part A) would grow to only $9 billion by 1990. The program ended up costing more than $66 billion that year. A single-payer health insurance program is Medicare again… but on magnified scale. You see that little (but not so little) chunk of change called Medicaid on your paycheck? That will INCREASE... drastically.


“Americans will be getting back most of their Social Security” – The money taken from our paycheck will be coming back to us right?

Another laughable moment. What has really become the issue with Social Security? Firstly, it’s kind of ironic that it’s called social security, because it rather seems to be anything but. All we do is worry if were ever going to get it back. Secondly, the word “most” in the statement above worries me. Does most imply 50% or more? World War II vets are still waiting for theirs. When’s it coming? After they’re dead? Don’t plan on seeing yours anytime soon. Thirdly, to relate it back to national health coverage. What happened to Social Security? Well they figured out that they would run out of money to fund it quicker then they thought. So what’s stopping it from happening in this new TRILLION dollar plan?


“Universal Health care works in other countries, why not the U.S, the only industrialized country to not have it.” – Sikeeeeeeeee that was the question.

And no. There are way too many optionally unemployed, welfare receiving, knocked up teens, with no income in this country that will all flood the hospitals, clinics, everything and use the resources so quickly, it will send the government reeling for money and resources to keep supporting this. So the people, who make all the money, so pay all the taxes, will pay for the health care of those that make nothing? Makes sense. Also In order for you to see a doctor you should probably start booking your appointment weeks in advance.


Okay it’s late. I'd prob be up til 8 in the morning if I kept going. 
Any input go right ahead. I’ll read it in the morning :)

5 of 52: A Shining New Era, is Tiptoeing Nearer… Be Prepared

The beginning of the end if you will. The past century has been a magnificent one. One of industrialization, social righteousness, and great magnitude. Sure the British Empire was the greatest this world has ever seen, but that was in a time of the New World. Impoverished nations and third-world countries scattered the globe. The emergence of the United States as the world’s superpower was unmatched as they had to fight all odds to overcome the Royalty of Britain, the Communism of Russia, and the Dictatorships of Germany and Italy. A century of pure power. But all good things must come to an end.

15 degrees and 800,000 people stand on Capitol Hill to witness a black man take the Presidency. The shear will of people to travel there to see a man who just two years ago was virtually unheard off. And Clap. Clap. Clap…. What a speech. People are going crazy. You’d think Mr. Obama was the new messiah, the savior. And he certainly addressed the problems of this crumbling nation. Not struggling, Crumbling.

Personally I don’t think HOPE will change the minds of most financially fucking stupid American’s to continue buying things on credit, we all know they can’t afford.

I don’t think CHANGE will facilitate a new U.S. defense that will step up to the aid of suffering nations. Forget Darfur, Rwanda, Israel/Gaza, and Senegal. Now we only invade countries we have no business occupying.

I don’t think FAITH will fix increasing domestic problems of Drugs, Teenage Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Gun Violence, and the early corruption of this nation’s children.

I don’t see 10,000 Inauguration Balls as the way to raise money for suffering families, while athletes could lose $5 million and would hardly blink.

This isn’t called being Pessimistic, this is called Stark Truth. If you actually look beyond the realm of North America you’ll see that it’s no longer filled with third word countries who have to rely on the United States to "have their back." If you pay attention then you will notice countries like China and India have been buying an obscene amount of airliners and such an outstanding number of nuclear weapons, it would make 1970's Russia cringe.

It's an internal shame that the world no longer wants to follow "The American Dream" because frankly today it's become an oxymoron. Why would the east want to follow the 'world power' when in their country technology, industrialization, and opportunity is at every block. There's no such thing as the epitome of a great nation, as the bars are always being raised. The rest of the world simply caught up.

It's a sad truth but the good years are gone. Even if the problems were minor I don't think Barack would be able to fix them. It's kind of like the longest standing game of Domino's ever. America's been going well; but once one bank crashes, the domino's all start tumbling.

Whenever I see it in my head I see the song "Be Prepared" with Scar in the Lion King, signaling a change that has been biding it's time. And now is Here.

1 of 52: 2008 in Retrospective

Music: Lil Wayne in 08' has finally reached the point of "I don't understand what the fuck you're saying." Do you remember when he was part of the HotBoyz or even his album "Tha Carter I" with GOOD songs like Go DJ or Way of Life when he would rap. Now it's more like "Wayne's World, Bitch, Pussy-Money-Weed, Sister, brother, son, daughter, father mothafuck a coppa, Got the Maserati dancin' on the bridge pussy poppin, Vernierial disease, Whodawannadodaboyanoodlechooda, muthafucka dsfhdskjfhksjdfhksdfhksd3492834^&$^&utds8f7te....... " Yeah WTF?

- Besides that it's been pretty good, Kanye, Akon, Rhianna, The renaissance of Justin, T.I, and randomly what happened to "Band-Aid Face" Nelly?

Politics: Why bother? I'm sick of it, sick of hearing that Obama's "god's gift to man" after oh 0... days in office. Antigua actually is renaming its highest mountain Mount Obama. grrrrrrr. Sick of the democratic party the republican party, MILF Sarah fucking Palin, her MILF daughter Bristol, just politics in general.
- 8 years of a shitlly ( I invented it) run country and the worst Bush gets is a Shoe thrown at him, Awesome :)

The Economy: ooooo this is always a fun one. A bank crashes and people panic and take their money out of other banks. Those banks in turn crash and more people panic. The DOW JONES drops 20,000,000 as people sell all their stocks. Bush says he's Thinking of injecting banks with money. The DOW JONES rises 20,000,000 as people try to buy all their stocks back.......... Moral of story: PEOPLE ARE FUCKING STUPID.
- Iceland only has 2 banks. And both have now filed for bankruptcy..... Yeah, i don't give a shit either :)

Movies: Not the best but decent. The Dark Night by far was the best movie. I hate to say it but Heath Ledger's death probably earned him an Oscar.... True Story.
- Indiana Jones was the third top grossing movie. And you thought Harrison Ford was finally dead :(

People: Like: Michael Phelps, Rod Blagojevich for 11 of 12 months, Hiro Nakamura. Hate and hope they DIE soon: Taylor Swift (for her slutiness), Rod Blagojevich, George Bush, Barrack Obama, SO politicians... Miley Cyrus, Her perverse mullet of a father, Rachael Ray, Mortgage Brokers, Jeremiah Wright, Jamie Lynn Spears, Billary Clinton, Celebrities who think a new fad means adopting half the Eastern Hemisphere, Media.
- I know, Pessimistic much?

Sports WOW, probably one of the greatest sports years in History. Who do you mention as the story of the year? Micheal Phelps? Usain Bolt? Rafael Nadal? David Tyrees Catch? Cristiano Ronaldo? The Celtics and their Big 3? Tiger Woods? Albert Pujols? Kansas's Miracle Comeback? The Big 12? Fernando Torres? Nastia Liukin? LeBron James? Candace Parker? ...... I could go ON and ON. Just shows how amazing sports were in 2008. Individuals, Teams, Nations.
- Sports Embarrassments: T.O. The Detroit Lions, Marion Jones, Stephon Marbury

So in general a pretty good year. It does seem like just yesterday it was the Millennium and it's already 2009. Insane :)

Note: Not all the notes are gonna be this long. Just this one :)