1. On what basis do you believe the government will improve the medical care American receive?
   
   
2. What specific parts of the bill do you like?
   

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has declared of the health insurance companies: "They are the villains." They're bad, they're evil, they need to be punished.

This makes sense when you see the world through this way:

People should be punished not for breaking the law, but for disagreeing with me.

The new health care plan penalizes companies with an 8% payroll tax if they choose private insurance, and individuals with a 2.5% income tax if they don't have a government-approved plan.

But the idea isn't new. We have punitive taxes on things like cigarettes that are totally legal - if you want smoking to stop, outlaw it, and punish crimes.

Meanwhile, we don't punish people who break laws. Illegal immigration is just one example.

How does one justify this self-righteous idea of using the government to attack law-abiding citizens merely because they disagree with you?

It is the law that every hospital has to give the same treatment to anyone who comes in the ER, regardless of their ability to pay. It is the law that every doctor's office must treat someone if they come in needing treatment.

There's no problem with American health care. There are problems with payment for care, a totally separate issue.

Problems:

• Government programs (like medicaid) are horrible - doctors offices hate accepting Medicaid patients. The government payments for services are so low, other patients must be charged more so medical facilities can stay open.
• Some patients refuse to pay their bills.
• Insurance premiums are increasing every year.

Another government program is not the solution to any of these problems.

Given the facts, a complete overhaul of the healthcare system to put Washington politicians in control of every aspect of your health care is just obscene. It's merely a unconstitutional (10th ammendment) power-grab and an attack on our liberty.

The new government run health insurance plan:

Taxes (on junk food)
Taxes (on employer paid health insurance)
Taxes (on insurance plans better than what the government offers)

Families who pay for private schools still pay the same taxes as everyone else for public schooling.

With the new Obama/Pelosi Government run health insurance, if you buy your own health insurance, you pay more taxes to support their plan that people who don't buy their own.

I bought a 2 year membership at 24 Hour Fitness at Costco for $300, which is about $12.50/month, much cheaper than even the local rec center. The membership starts whenever you turn in the purchased pass.

I stared on Monday and committed to myself to go every day for as long as I could, one day each weekend off for a day of rest.

I'm not going to weigh myself for a while - I'd rather base things off of how I look and feel and feel about how I look. We'll see how long I can go without stepping on the scale, working out every day.

This Week: 7 days, 6 workouts

The words of the song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," always make me think of heaven:

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?

Here's one rendition of it mixed with "It's a Wonderful World":



(If you don't see the music player, view the original post.)

Google Ad displayed next to my gmail just now. (No, there was no Hebrew in my email.)

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