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and one that i read really ticked me off. not knowing that there was a limitation as to the number of characters that were allowed, i had at it. well. it wouldn’t save. so. for you folks that started and couldn’t finish, or really just want to flame, here it is in it’s entirety… ( and you regular readers of my spaces enjoyment as well………)

We are not less safe. If you think we are, where’s your proof.

The health care system is more or less, a large monopoly that takes your money, and changes your terms, at will. And you are worried about what the government takes?

The free market that we once backed as Americans, is now solely on our backs, and frankly it hurts.

The cost to produce in the United States has gone up because corporations realized just how much money they could make. Then, when we got tired of being paid little for all the work, the corporations said, ‘Yep, you’re right. We’ll just let you go and find somewhere cheaper to make the same goods that you will buy for a higher price to support our shareholders and executives.’

Sure taxes are high. We like freshly paved roads. Bridges that support the weight of more than a donkey cart. A military that is second to none anywhere in the world. Medicare. Medicaid. Social Security. Educational Funding. Various other programs designed to enhance and make better, our daily lives.

President Bush is a good man. But he allowed us to be lied to, often. It was during his administration that the employment and economic meltdowns began. His administration was given a surplus of cash and they screamed through it like a 12 year old in a Toys-R-Us.

Would you rather that President Obama let the car companies go down the tubes (the last of what manufacturing we still have, that we can call our own.)? Would the loss of many more financial institutions have made you happy (as you watched everything that you had saved or put into stocks and bonds loose all value right before you’re eyes disappear)?

Had these things, and more, been allowed to happen, you would be screaming about how he doesn’t do enough. How he let our country go into financial ruin and the worst depression ever. How he is destroying the country.

All of the things you are saying today.

It is so very easy to find fault in others when you are certain that you are right. And, you might even be right about somethings. But fortunately, you are in America, where you can say, without worry, whatever it is you want to say, whether it is based on fact, or, fiction. And certainly, you will be able to find an audience in either case.

This country is the greatest on earth. We have simply gotten greedy. We used to create, and now we purchase and use. We can go back to creating and being a leader in the world by simply working together and getting back to what we did best. Lead with compassion and brilliance. And frankly, under the leadership of President Obama we have a very good chance of doing that if, and only if, people, like all of us, allow him the chance to work at it a bit. He’s only been in office for a little over 10 months. Do you think that you could have fixed all of this by now? If so, why didn’t you run for a seat in the government?

Two last things to say.

If you were on a deserted road, and got into an accident, with your family, and as you opened your eyes and saw them hurting and bleeding, I would think, even hope, that you would be wishing for someone… anyone… to come by and find you. What if that someone did come by, looked into your car, smiled and walk away. That is what you are suggesting by not at least attempting to look at Health Care Reform with an open mind.

Here is an idea for helping to save someone from that situation. It’s not mine. I am certain that I heard it somewhere else. A dollar a month. Just one single solitary dollar donated by every man, woman and young adult put towards an open account that would help with the care of others would raise enough money to protect the 30 million or so people that are less fortunate than those of us that have the ability to afford health care. Lets say that there are 200 million of the 300 million populous that could contribute that amount per month (cause paper routes are a thing of the past, so kids should get a pass.) That would be 200 million a month, or 600 million a quarter, or 2,400,000,000 a year. That would be a step in the right direction. And all of us probably loose that in change in a month anyway.

That’s it. That’s all I have to say. Sure I’ll get some grief for it, but it pains me to believe that we live in a time where a person that is trying to make a difference, with a couple houses of old, tired and out of date people that do nothing but try to protect themselves from becoming obsolete, can convince us that these things are wrong. (last dig… term limits should apply to all the elected house of the federal government as well as the state government).

Take care all. I mean that. Really. I might be walking by your car one night.

God Bless the USA and the troops that are fighting for our security and freedom day in and day out to protect your right to disagree.