SARAH-- DOBSON--PRAYER and POLITICS

At last Fridays press announcement something that struck me was Sarah’s pronouncement of faith then family in her order of what is important. Much has already been made of just what in Gods name she is doing. Speculation ranges from impending criminal charges to tell all books by Levi Johnston and the parenthood of Trig.

It is now time for my take on what Sarah is doing .Sarah is a prayer warrior and part of the New Apostolic Reformation. This movement is attempting to overtake government, and increase membership by recruiting from the more orthodox forms of Christianity. To say the least this movement is on the fringe of absurdity. But that doesn’t stop it from growing. Prayer warriors take credit for expelling the witches among us, the death Mother Theresa, and removal of the blockage on mount Everest that kept Catholic and Muslim prayer from reaching heaven.

Last October Sarah was on James Dobson’s radio show where she thanked prayer warriors for their help. And now Dobson wants to step down from his Focus on the Family. Is Sarah going to step up to the plate? Will she try to bring together the ten million Christian voters into the circle of her political ambition? This certainly would be a higher calling.

Am I way out of line here or more importantly what do you think?

A TRUE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE STORY

As America wrestles with Health Care reform and the mind boggling assortment of lies distortions half truths, promises denials and lobbying efforts by big business interests. Let me be clear America deserves nothing less than a Public Option health care system. America does not need insurance it needs a Government that cares about the health of its citizens

In Feb 1972 our first child was born. A boy healthy at first but when he was six weeks old he started projectile vomiting and unable to keep down milk. Diagnoses and emergency surgery indication pyloric stenosis a muscle surrounding the bowel is cutting off the flow. He is as healthy as a horse and 37 years old. After having received emergency surgery.

July 1973 boy number two was born. No problems till he started experiencing ear aches and specialist treatments were required. He grew out of the problems he had and except from a broken arm at gym class and multiple road rashes from skate boarding. Look at him now.

December 1976 darling daughter made it here kicking and screaming and changing lives forever. All was well until she was two and a half and got meningitis. Because our system works as well as it does she was diagnosed and on treatment within two hours of seeing a Dr. She was twenty one days in hospital and recovered fully

The total cost to my family for all the above birth, surgery, and critical care eighty dollars for ambulance service getting daughter to children’s hospital.
I can’t even begin to describe all the myriad issues around the growing years, but the cost of health care was never a real issue. The cost was contained it was affordable and universal when ever a Dr. ordered a test or procedure it was done without cost, and as much haste as emergency required

On Feb 14 1996 breast cancer demanded my wife have a radical mastectomy, chemo therapy followed along with radiation. This trilogy Wendy tagged as hack, poison, and burn. An apt description, but it did save her life. And instead of bankrupting this family it cost us nothing beyond our health care premium.

America is poised to make the most significant change it will ever make. This change will not only heal the sick it will empower the Nation. When the middle class and poorest people in the nation are no longer threatened with financial ruin by being sick or in need of critical care imagine the possibilities. When business is no longer hampered with high cost insurance and has a choice with a program that won’t cripple them then small business will flourish.

On Wednesday evening President Obama will speak to the nation on this subject listen to him and disregard the naysayer’s disregard the insurance lobby and blue dogs and republicans in the pocket of big business. Listen to the President get his back and push him in the direction he wants to go. This is the single most important reform issue in America today. Make it happen!

Not Health Insurance Reform HEALTH CARE REVOLUTION

The major corporations have run America long enough. This is the single most important issue in America today. Corporations do determine who lives and who dies. The medical insurance concept is fatally flawed. I sure hope these insurance companies had insurance for what is about to happen next.

REVOLUTION must come in some form of public option. REVOLUTION must come from the people demanding this of the politicians they elected. If a politician wishes to display corporate allegiance, over constituents needs, deal with him in a democratic manner. If a politician wishes to display allegiance to constituents need before corporate benefactors, applaud them loudly. Above all America get involved make a noise about this issue. CORPORATIONS have no conscience. The government is responsible “To We the People” Trust but verify at the polls.


I am Canadian. I have a Personal Care Card good anywhere in Canada. This card is part of my national ID good for national voting requirements, my plan is compulsory as I live in this country. No one in Canada is refused treatment or denied access to medical needs for any reason. My coverage does not include optometry or dental but I can live with that. My prescription drugs are not covered either but remember Americans were buying drugs up here online at a very much reduced rate. The Pharmaceutical companies can sell drugs for less and still make money

On Sunday morning I was not watching CNN, but it was on, I saw John King sitting in a diner interviewing some people on this issue of reform. One woman there stated she paid fifteen hundred dollars a month for insurance. That is incomprehensible to me. Eighteen thousand dollars a year involuntary whoreism, somebody getting rich someone getting screwed.

It is being reported today at www.alternet.org. That one hundred and nineteen million who have health insurance would switch to a public option if you couple that with the forty million people who don’t have insurance then half of America will welcomes this REVOLUTION.

The fallout from the HEALTH CARE Revolution will sew the seeds of social reform for years to come imagine a reduction in cost from fifteen hundred dollars a month fifty four dollars a month Canadian? You must push back against the Insurance, Pharmaceutical lobby Take off the gloves and make politicians do what is right for all the people START THE HEALH CARE REVOLUTION IN A VENUE CLOSE TO HOME AND START IT NOW.
Your life does depend on it!

I KNOW WHICH SIDE HE IS ON

Mr. Inhofe President Obama is on America’s side. That would be the side of decency, openness, common sense, diplomacy, truth. The restoration of America’s standing in the world and an outreach that extends from Europe to Asia and now the entire Arab world. You don’t understand that because you are a Republican and these truths are not self evident to those who still think George and Dick rule the word.

America is now moving forward. The past is past, the present is but a moment, the future is all there is. That future now holds promise for all Americans not just corporate friends and special interest groups of the Bush base. Not just the elite and richest one or two percent of the country. Those days are over. Yours and your party’s days are numbered as well unless the hate and vitriolic rhetoric are toned down. Your base did well during the Bush administration. It was the people your constituents that suffered.

Quit saying NO, quit trying to be significant with absurdity. Try common ground. Your party has left a great big hole in the ground financially and morally the country is not better off under the stewardship of the Republicans. The Republican day in the sun is over. Grow up move on and be a part of the solution for as it is you are the problem. Which side will you be on?

WHEN CHURCH MAKES MURDER

{I am now officially pissed off.}
When the murder of Dr. Tiller who I never heard of until today, becomes the target of domestic terrorism from the religious community and their misguided principals over an issue of settled law and common sense. I say the gloves are off for any and all that condone this form of violence. The so called religious community is more in keeping with radical extremism than any religion I know.

When did the Christians first become so militant? That murder in the name of God was necessary was the word of God flawed? What the fuck ever happened to tolerance understanding and decency is this religion so insecure that those opponents to theological dogma be murdered? Is this the pronunciation of the GOP rather than the GOD? How do we of reason allow this to happen? The hate mongers among us must be stopped dead in their tracks. This is terrorism no other word fits. Terrorism murder and religion are not and should not be compatible but they are.

Are you trying to tell me that Jesus would condone this? Who are you people that this behavior becomes acceptable? This is not the Christian enclave I grew up in!!.

MALE FEMALE BLACK HISPANIC GAY OK NO FEDERALISTS NEED APPLY

I have been rather forward in my criticisms of America of late so at this time I would like to take a page from Bill Clintons book and state “ there is more right with America than what is wrong “. I say America is not a melting pot it is a mosaic. It is a work in progress. The best is yet to come.

The next SCOTUS appointment is going to go to critical mass, with America’s ability separate the secular necessity of governance from the demands of a very vocal and narrow religious minority. America is not a Christian Nation. It is a nation of Agnostics, Atheists, Muslims, Jews, Native American, and all others that I do not slight by omission.

With these thoughts in mind ignore the Evangelicals ignore the Catholic Bishops in trying to influence settled law in America ignore their influence in all matters scientific. Religious views hold no credibility, in politics, and any political party that jumps on their bandwagon deserves to be ignored as well

The next appointment to the Supreme court will be the litmus test to what President Obama has called “empathy“. The next appointment will not be required to follow the dictates of unitary executive privilege, but conscience and common sense will be prerequisites. As well as adherence to the constitution and the rule of law.

In Canada we call it the loyal opposition in America the opposition is less loyal to the common good and much more up front its loyalty to party politics and lobbyist demands and in the case of Republicans loyalty, to the demands of the religious right. You can bet your bottom dollar they will attempt to derail any and all nominations for reasons of absurdity. Do Not Let Them.

The person President Obama puts forward will not be another Harriet Myers, no plant to extend his personal agenda, the nominee will be a qualified person able to view the nation and the people’s best interests and act on those interests with impartiality and reason.

All good legal minds welcome. No more Federalists need apply!

PAPER BALLOTS, THE WOMEN WHO INSPIRE ME, and HEALTH CARE

In British Columbia today is Election Day. We voted by marking an X beside our candidate of choice on a paper ballot. By tonight late we will know which party will form the new government. There is a paper trail and no Norm Coleman bullshit shenanigans will be allowed. This is good.

I started this web site in Oct 2008 and as you all know following is an important aspect of getting your thoughts and ideas out there. One of the first people who picked me up was Marain at Randommarainthoughts.blogspot.com and to her I would like to say You should have seen the look on my butchers face this morning when I asked for a piece of veal to follow my girlfriend in Austria’s recipe for Wiener Schnitzel. I’ll let you know how this works out.
T o Annette at just my little piece of the world thank you for stopping by as often as you do feed back is important. The honesty about yourself as outlined in your award for Honest Scrap was inspiring. A suggestion for you five word webby acceptance speech, “Annette Say’s Keep on Trucking“.
To enigma4ever at Watergate summer I haven’t seen you for a few say does that mean that 6 6,s daddy is still visiting? Most of the time I just get emotional when I play your music any way. See you soon.
Jude Cowell at Stars over Washington posts often about the astrological significance of the day and the people who are making headlines. But it is the kind of philosophical post she has up today that tweaks me the most. “better to trust the many”.
All these bloggers inspire me with their abilities and different perspectives the thing I like best is that they always flog their own agenda and not for profit but for the common good.
Last on my list of shout outs today is MadAsHellLiberal KS who wants to change the fact that countless millions of Americans are without health care. KS has urged me to speak again about Canada’s system and its ability to cover every citizen from cradle to grave. The poor will always be among us so let’s start there. I am starting to see more and more homeless and down and out all the time when these people are in distress on the street an ambulance will pick them up and they are given the same treatment as any one else. They probably aren’t paying premiums but the social issues, and medical ethics of cause no harm far outweigh the financial burden imposed
Every Canadian citizen is more or less obliged to have a Care Card, I can already hear the howls of protest from the conservative elements as to how socialist and big brother like that would be in America. It is neither it is common sense and necessary for both billing and medical history. You are already part of a very large data base for less noble reasons. The ten provinces in Canada are all funded to a degree by the Federal government in a form and format beyond this bloggers ability to understand. And YES our TAXES are higher than yours in order to pay for all we have. Now follow me here because I may be wrong but aren’t your health Insurance costs upward to one thousand dollars a month for a family? My personal cost is $54.00/mth a family of ten $540.00/ month. About half what you pay now can your taxes go up and you still be better off? Short answer yes. Don’t bank on the figures for cost as I have laid out because when I don’t know I just make it up.
This I do know our system is not perfect but it is a work in progress and you would be well advised to make your elected officials settle for nothing less than a hard look north of the border at something that does work. GOOD LUCK