Help Homeless Animals
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011Fashion designer Eva Danielle impresses us with her clothing, and also with the fact that a portion of her sales go to a charitable organization that helps homeless animals. Read about it here
Right to life means right to healthcare
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010The constitution says you have a right to life. Right wing politicians say this concept applies to unborn potential humans the same as to humans. Oddly, the Right To Life Party is one of those fighting against health care reform.
If a man is going to die without a heart transplant, then he has a constitutional right to receive a new heart, right? Don’t we all have a constitutional right to receive any sort of medical treatment that would save our lives? Universal healthcare paid for by taxes, just like education, is the first and foremost responsibility of our government. Right up there with defending us from attack.
But in this country life is a privilege not a right. Like driving is a privilege. If you have enough money you can get a heart transplant or a Mercedes. But if you’re an actual human, breathing air, the “right-to-lifers” have no regard for you whatsoever.
Socialized Education
Friday, July 31st, 2009Confused about the current 2o year long debate over health-care? Don’t be. Sure there are lots of congressmen trying to protect their lucrative lobbyist income by blowing smoke, but there’s an easy way to see who is just trying to scare you.
This country has always had mandatory education, and public education, paid for by taxes. Why? Because education of children is one of the moral responsibilities of every society and it benefits us all.
Most congressmen and women probably attended public schools and are proud of it, but they could have gone to private school, or parochial school, or even home-school. Bottom line is that education is available to everyone, regardless of their socioeconomic status, OK, the quality varies and some might argue that private school is better than the public option. Nobody forces you to pick the public option, but you are required to pick an option.
That’s not socialism, it’s just common sense.
People who don’t get an education cost society dearly in terms of crime, poverty and just plain ignorance. The jingoistic statement “America has the best healthcare in the world” is apparently aimed at these folks. We’re number 37 and most of the countries ahead of us have “socialized medicine”. Canada is number 30, UK come in at number 18, and France has the best healthcare in the world.
So when you hear bully proclamations by politicians trying to confuse you, just try substituting the word “education” in their rant instead of “healthcare”. You’ll quickly see who’s lying.
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