Free Healthcare

Yay! Hilary Clinton and the liberals have a plan to get us free healthcare! This is great! Now we will be just like England and Canada!...I am tired of hearing about this crap. Plus it has been amplified by that fool Michael Moor's new film, 'Sicko'. People see this film that is full of false facts and twisted truths, and suddenly think that is the answer to all the problems we have with our current health care system. When in fact that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Not that our system at present is even close to being what it should be, but this avenue of universal health care is far worse. I read a nice article about this type of healthcare trying to be established in Wisconsin. Needless to say it is not the rosy picture the liberals try to paint it as. First off the “free” healthcare will not be free at all, our taxes will skyrocket in order to pay for it. Second the quality of the health care will quickly decrease due to the lack of competition, drive, and monetary incentive. Just look at Canada, their doctors come to the U.S. all the time to make a living and to have procedures done because they make jack up there. Third it will take forever to get anything done, whether it is a major thing or not. There are countless stories from England and Canada where the patients had to pay to come to the U.S. to get heart surgery or cancer, or any other kind of major operation done. And that is because they have to wait months before they can even be looked at, and after that they must wait months before they can be operated on. Why? Because since it is “free” anyone can go to the hospital for anything they want because they don’t have to worry about paying for it, thus extremely long waits. Last and maybe the most important reason this healthcare plan sucks is because it will be run by the government. The government can do few things right such as the military, and maybe the mail. But beyond that, don’t hold your breath. It is arguably the easiest way for socialism to get a strong foothold in our country. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be a socialistic society, unlike the current socialistic liberals heading the Democratic party.

Freedom Festival 2007

Freedom Festival was especially tiring this year, because from 9:00 pm Saturday night until 8:00 am Sunday morning, I was out on the grounds for security. So I didn’t sleep until I got home as 8:30 Sunday morning. Then I had to be back out there by 5:15 pm to do my Hospitality shift. After that I just walked around and took some pictures and talked to my friends. Here are a few pictures from the event.

The band was great, and they put a nice banner up just in case there was doubt about anyones patriotism...

There was a pond with catfish and brim and such that you could fish in.

There was a horse show, but I only caught the tail end of the last showing...no pun intended.

This is the airplane that the paratroopers jumped out of. The plane is about 5,000 feet in the air in this picture.

One of the paratroopers adjusting for his landing. It was really cool.

Here is a picture of a marine, the last to land. He came in backwards so the flag wouldn't blow in his way. I have a nasty habbit of drifting the camera down when I take a picture instead of holding it still when I am waiting for it to take. Makes for some bad pictures.

This is a shot of hald the field where most of the stuff was going on. I couldn't get high enough to get the whole field in one shot.

I got to test out my 'Firworks' mode on my camera, it came out ok.

Ooooh

Aaaaahhhh

This one came out crazy, haha.

The Democratic Congress

I seem to remember one of the main slogans the Dems used in the 2006 elections to be "We are going to clean up congress and stop all the corruption. We need full disclosure!"… or something to that affect. My question is, what happened? According to a recent poll by the people at Gallup, the Congress has a 14% confidence rating. Not only is this the lowest rating Congress has had in the history of Gallup polls, but it is the lowest out of the 16 institutions that were polled. According to the poll, the people of the U.S. have over twice the amount of confidence in our public school system as they do in their Congress! Dang. That is just sad. I think the 46% rating of the churches is pretty embarrassing as well, but I think that is due to the amount of churches that are “country club-ish” and that just flat out crumble due to corruption. But that is a whole other post in itself. So to get back on topic, what has the Democratic Congress done for us? What has is achieved in the time it has been in power? I really want to know, because I can’t think of anything besides empty legislation and empty promises. I also think that the fact that our military is at the top is a testament to the caliber of our fine men and women in uniform. In my opinion the lack of confidence in our government as a whole shows that the people of the United States are not satisfied with how things are being handled. Such as the lack of action being taken to secure our borders, and deal with the immigration problem, or the lack of funding and support for our troops in Iraq. I say Congress needs a good slap in the face to get their heads out of the clouds and get back on line with what is important to the American people.

End of Time

It occured to me the other day, while I was in a deep meditation, contemplating the end of the world, that one of the only things that most people and most religions half-way agree on is that we are nearing the end of the world. Whether its the disapearance of the honey bees, global warming, end of the Mayan calender in 2012, the electric cloud in space, the estimation that our oil supply will be depleated withing the next 5-10 years, the turmoil in Middle East, the current Pope being the last of the "predicted Popes", people trying to raise money to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem in the "origianl spot", the increase in natural disasters and violence, or what-have-you. The main point is I think that it is quite obviouse that we are in fact nearing the end of our time on earth. Wouldn't it be amazing to be alive for the 2nd coming or rapture, whatever you believe. What an exciting time to be alive. I wonder if this generation, if it is the generation to face the end times, will have what it takes to face it head on? I wonder if we are prepared, or at least trying to prepare ourselves the best we can. Or are we doing what I find myself doing most of the time, just going through the days as normal. As if nothing will happen to me, I know that I myself am not as mindful of God and of His will for my life as I should be. I don't always have a Heaven mindset; or be working toward things that will last, not things of this world, when I know I should. There is so much that I wan't to do and want to experience in life. I need to start living every day to its fullest. Every day for the glory of the Father.

Update

So yeah its been awhile since I have posted. I am such a slacker. So lately I have been doing the whole college and church stuff. I kinda stopped looking for a job because I got tired of it. But I still want and need one, I am just lazy. When I am not at class or doing school work, I have been wasting my life away in front of my Xbox 360...my baby. I haven't even worked on some things I started writing and just left them. They just sit... unfinished, begging for me to give them attention. So yeah that is what my days are like now and I feel pathetic, yet good at the same time, haha. I guess its just all the free time I have actually have to waste that gives me that feeling. My Pa left for Argentina today on a church mission trip. He will be gone this week and most of next. My Ma and little brother are going to my grandparents condo in Orlando for this next week. Me and Amanda have class so we couldn't go. So it's just us two for about a week...so if you want to party just let us know! haha. Now I must be off to another class, farewell.

No more Goo Goo

Yesterday was the first Saturday in over a year that I had to myself. It was so nice, but it felt weird though. Did some chores then lazed around most of the day. Played my XBOX 360, watched a movie, and went to my cousin's Birthday party. I must savor that time, because this week I must go job-hunting...dun dun dunnnn. Why did I wait until I was unemployed to look for another job you ask? Well that is because I was worked like a dog at work. But either way I will now have more time for finishing allot of things and ideas that I began long ago. And yes better blogs, I know you are thrilled, so am I my dear.

Unemployed

As of the 18th of this month I will have no job. I submitted my two weeks because I can't work a full time job with more classes coming up. I am taking a full load this summer, and summer classes are soo long, because you only have like two months to get a full semester's work in. So I am in class like everyday from 8am till like 2pm. Then the fall I am taking a full load again. Spring I will most likely graduate, but who knows. I need to get a actual part time job, that doesn't pay crap. The only problem is, the only part time jobs out there pay like 6 an hour. I might be forced to take one of those type jobs though, its better than nothing. I wan't a computer job so bad i can taste it! But I don't have a degree...uhg. The agony. So...if you know of any decent part time jobs, throw them my way, thanks!