Thoughts/Culture – American Food

Really?

I am so damn embarrassed to be an American right now. We just keep f*****g up with everything.

This makes me want to be a vegetarian. Seriously. No joke. I may just consider it.

Just looking at this gives me a heart attack. Makes me want to check and see if I have diabetes just from gazing at the picture.

How the hell do they expect us to get a control on the obesity issue if stuff like this is continuing to pass through the FDA?

…. I wanna go vomit right now. That’s sick.

This pretty much sums up American food for anyone.

The only thing good about this picture: Potatoes (Because I am a huge potato fiend).

Culture – American Health Care Bill

Well, something else in our wonderful country has caught my attention once again. There just always seems to be an incredible event. That’s sarcasm, in case no one caught that.

So, as of last night the health care bill, that has been debated for I don’t know how long, was finally passed, assuring about 32 million Americans who were not covered by insurance that they will have health care probably within a good 4 years. I actually applaud the congress for passing such a bill. This obviously went back a few decades, even before Clinton, supposedly.

But, the main issue that has been bothering me about this bill was not only the actual facts behind it, but also the arguments against it. I’m still having some trouble trying to find a full article that gives me all the information on it, because the only thing I’m getting is left or right views on the bill itself. So, if anyone has a solid link to the bill itself, hit me up! I’d appreciate it.

One argument was that of financial concern. The issue of long-term effects from this bill is what appears to be on the minds of the Republican Party, also known as the “Party of No” for the past couple of months. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a smart concern, but to argue that this bill will cause a deficit of $12.6 trillion dollars as a main fault for this bill is a bit of… crap.

Considering the deficit that we already had, which was about over $2 trillion, I don’t think this is a huge deal.

It is, believe me. This is indeed insane and our country needs this taken care of, but this is towards something that Americans need. 32 million Americans without health care is not acceptable and spending money to actually get it started will just have to be something that we can deal with for now. The taxing will be a big thing for most people, so I know that will hurt many people, but the health care of our country is something that we need to get a grip on. We are ranked among the lowest countries to have the poorest Infant Mortality Rate and Infant Death Rate. This is a huge concern. This is often used to describe the health care and coverage of a country. The so-called “World Leader” has horrible health care. What a wonderful example of what a country should strive to be.

OH, and by the way, that deficit we have was already there before Mr. President was already in office, people. Maybe you should’ve thought about entering ourselves into those wars that no one focuses on anymore. I’m tired of other parties pushing the issue of money on the current President. This is not the case. This debt that we have has been around since 2000.  Take the blame and try to help to fix it, not hinder it “Party of No.”

Another concern is that of abortion. That was another core issue that had so many people refusing the bill.

I’m going to be open and voice my opinion on this issue. If a woman wants to get an abortion, she should have the right to do so. If she doesn’t, then she does not have to. Let the woman choose. No religious biased nonsense, no “its a life” dribble. I think the woman should be able to come to a conclusion on those issues. Most of us are not stupid, people. Some of us know what consequences we have to live with based on the issue. BUT, that’s another post in itself.

One thing that I would have to ponder on is the government funding abortions. They will not be doing so. I can see both sides on this. Funding for abortions means that people can do it left and right. However, people who actually cannot afford to have a child might consider abortion an option. This is a mixed problem in itself.

Another alarm was that of the failed push for a complete agreement on this bill. The Republicans refused to vote for this bill in their efforts to opposing anything that President Obama tried to do for this country out of spite. One thing that they haven’t figured out was what if  this bill had fallen through. Did they have a plan or another bill to try to put in place of this thing? For what some sources have stated, that has not been the cause. They oppose for the sake of disagreement, bitterness, and fear. I haven’t seen one Republican proposal that has benefitted this country. If someone wants to show me one, please feel free.

There were also issues of the pharmaceutical companies having a hand in this bill, Medicare and Medicaid having some major changes, tax issues, no government public-option to health care, how this affects the insured already, how this benefits uninsured, etc.

There is so much more about this bill that needs to be addressed, but at the moment, I am not finding the information to discuss it. I’ve read the New York Times, NPR, MSNBC, and a couple other sites. But, I want other views and ideas as well so that everything can be addressed.

So, any comments, concerns, links to information would be great. I want to know more about this bill and I think there should be great discussion on it. COMMENTS are encouraged on this post, readers.