ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT...THE PRESIDENT HAS APPEARED QUITE CONFIDENT IN HIS WHITEHOUSE ROSE GARDEN APPEARANCES ADDRESSING HOUSE HEALTHCARE HAGGLING! EVEN THOUGH THIS BILL NOW MEETS WITH PENDING SENATORIAL HEAT, IT'S OBVIOUS THE PRESIDENT FEELS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE FINALLY PUTTING PRIORITIES IN THEIR PROPER ORDER. THE URGE TO MANDATE 'PROFIT OVER PEOPLE' WILL NOT WIN WELL IN THIS LAND OF DEMOCRACY.....INDEED, NOT WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. NOW IT'S UP TO THE SENATE TO CARRY THE REST OF THE BALL FORWARD, STOP THE GREED AND PUT 'HUMANITY' BACK IN HEALTHCARE...WHERE IT BELONGS!
LOOKING BACK ON THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THIS HEALTHCARE BATTLE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD WAGE A SURGE AGAINST PROTECTING NEEDY AMERICANS WHO DESPERATELY NEED AFFORDABLE COVERAGE. THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ROBBING AND PADDING AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT FOR DECADES. AFTER 70 YEARS OF INEQUALITY AT THE NEEDLESS EXPENSE AND LOSS OF LIVES OF THE SICK AND BROKEN, IT TAKES A PRESIDENT WHO PERSEVERES AND BRAVELY STANDS FOR WHAT IS RIGHT TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
IT'S A SAD COMMENTARY ON OUR COUNTRY WHEN WE RAISE THE QUESTION OF 'COST' ON A HUMAN LIFE. HUMAN LIFE IS A PRECIOUS AND PRICELESS COMMODITY. THOSE WHO DENY THIS FACT OBVIOUSLY IGNORE WHERE GOD STANDS ON THIS ISSUE. OF COURSE THIS TYPE OF IGNORANCE ONLY WORKS FOR EVERYONE ELSE UNLESS IT HITS HOME,YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR OWN BACK YARD. HOW QUICKLY THINGS 'CHANGE' WHEN THEY COME KNOCKING AT YOUR OWN DOOR.
YESTERDAY, I MET WITH SEVERAL COLD SHOULDERS WHO ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE PASSAGE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLEGED CHRISTIANS...HOWEVER 'THE BUCK STOPS HERE' BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CONSUMED WITH. THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO PRACTICE BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED BY MY PRESIDENT...HOLD MY HEAD UP AND WALK FORWARD. AGAIN I HEARD THE WORD...'SOCIALISM' AND THE EAGERNESS TO PORTRAY OUR PRESIDENT AS A 'CONTROLLER.' FUNNY HOW THESE PEOPLE REMAIN IN SUCH DENIAL AND REFUSE TO SEE THE MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT ARRIVED...THANK GOD...I WOULD DO IT AGAIN...AND WILL.......OUR COUNTRY WAS FINANCIALLY HEADED ON A DOWNHILL SPIRAL. CORPORATE GREED RULED THE STREETS, INCLUDING 'THE BIG ONE'...WALL ST. THIS PRESIDENT WAS LEFT WITH A CRACKED AND SOMEWHAT EMPTY PIGGYBANK WHILE THE DECEPTIVE QUICKLY PACKED THEIR OFFICE BOXES UPON DISCOVERY AND LEPT OUT THE WINDOW. OF COURSE, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE HAD TO CHALLENGE A DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SO MEDIOCRE THAT OUR KIDS BARELY ESCAPE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABET. ADD TO THAT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF MANY OF THE CLASSROOMS THEY ARE SITTING IN.
THEN WE HAVE THE INCESSANT CALL OF THE 'ENERGY GUZZLERS' WHO PAT EACH OTHERS BACKS AND LOBBY AT THE NEAREST GOLF COURSE ON YOUR NICKEL. MANY OF THEM WERE TOO HIGH CLASS FOR A VEHICLE...LET'S TAKE THE CORPORATE JET TO THE NEXT HUDDLE. IN BETWEEN, IF WE CAN SACRIFICE AMERICAN JOBS AND SEND THEM OVERSEAS TO CHEAP LABOR COSTS...LET'S DO IT. TO HELL WITH THE FAMILIES HERE...LET'S EMPTY OUT OUR FACTORIES AND TRIPLE OUR PROFITS ELSEWHERE.
THOSE WHO PREFER IGNORANCE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT BLISS, WITNESSED THE NEAR COLLAPSE OF AMERICA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THEY DARED TO CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT FOR BIRTHING STIMULUS AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUPY A DECK CHAIR ON THE TITANIC AND PERUSE THE COST OF A LIFE JACKET.
INDEED THE SENATE FACES SCRUTINY IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT WANTS A HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL ON THE TABLE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH...HE IS ASKING FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF....THAT THING THAT COMES FROM THE SOUL WITHOUT A PRICETAG ON IT. AND IT'S TRUE, IF WE DON'T FIX HEALTHCARE, THE ACCUMULATED HIGH PREMIUM COSTS,FRAUDULANT AND WASTED SPENDING WILL CHEW ON OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY SPIRAL US INTO AN IRREPARABLE SITUATION.
HERE WE ARE...AMERICANS GRIEVING OVER LIVES LOST IN WAR...BUT WE FAIL TO GRIEVE OVER THE ILL AND THE LOST HERE. OUR DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY IS A BLESSING FOR A REASON. WE ARE TO USE IT WITH RESPONSIBILITY. WE ARE TO CARE FOR EACH OTHERS NEEDS AND RESCUE THOSE WHO HAVE NEED FOR A HELPING HAND. WE ARE A MELTINGPOT OF WONDER,MULTI-ETHNICITY THAT MUST BE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED. IF WE DO NOT MAINTAIN OUR MORAL COMPASS AND OUR VALUES, WE WILL LOSE THE STATUS OF RESPECT GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICETAG ON AMERICA.....HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES MUST COME FIRST.
PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDENCE? INDEED.......................HE IS PULLING US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE! THESE ARE NOT THE RULES MAN MADE....THESE ARE GODS!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND HIS PERSISTENT WALK FORWARD TOWARD MUCH NEEDED 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE OUR VALUES ARE NEVER EXCHANGED FOR A PRICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR....WE'VE JUST BEGUN!'
