Waste: Time, Money, Resources...

Both sides of the political viewpoints on health care have put advertisements on television, in printed media, and even in health care centers!! One side spouts that it will cost trillions of dollars to implement and maintain, and that the quality of care will go down. The other side states that we have to make it fair for all Americans and the people that cannot provide for themselves should be suckled by the government... HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE THOSE ADS COST THE TAX PAYERS??????

Don't get me wrong, I am NOT for a government-sponsored ANYTHING!! This country was founded by people who decided to "do for themselves", and I believe that should still be the American goal. Let those who want to be taken care of by the government go to Canada or Europe. In fact, I'm in favor of our government "taking care" of these people by providing free transportation to these places where they will be so lovingly taken in!! No doubt our crime rate will decrease with their exodus! But that's another subject...

One thing that NONE of the politicians on either side of the issue ever point out is the amount of money they spend trying to get their point across to the ignorant masses!! Does anyone point out how much money Obama spent carting his wife to New York for a "date"? The cost was phenomenal!!! Now he is traveling across the United States spreading propaganda regarding his Obamacare plan. If he were truly the humanitarian he claims to be, instead of the narcissist he is, he would take that traveling money and put it back in the budget!! I would be willing to bet that money would go a long way to eliminating our budget deficit!! He and his cronies could take all of the American tax payers' money they waste traveling home on the weekends and donate it back into the pot at the very least!! I would venture to guess that our deficit would be reduced by a very large percentage!! They are wealthy people and can afford to provide their OWN travel expenses!! I work for a local government, and drive a vehicle owned by them for work. Now it would be really nice if I could use that vehicle instead of my very old dilapidated vehicle for personal use. But I would be terminated if I did!

With cancer being the REAL epidemic (not the H1N1 "practice epidemic"), and the costs associated with it being a huge amount of the health care expense pie, why don't we put the F.D.A. on notice that homeopathic remedies will be examined and accepted as part of a treatment package. The F.D.A. forces drug companies to spend HUGE amounts of money "approving" their chemicals for human use. So the government in essence is forcing prescription drug prices through the roof, making them the SOURCE of one of the problems with our current health care system. The manufacturers of the homeopathic or organic remedies cannot compete financially and thus cannot proclaim the benefits of their products under penalty of federal law. This approval process takes a huge amount of time also, another area of waste! I'm not sure we need the F.D.A. to dictate what we can and cannot consume for medicinal purposes. This last sentence can spark another debate which I am not willing to pursue at this time...

My WHOLE point to this rant is, why not examine where the TRUE waste in our governmental system is? People don't want to think about these issues and most continue to keep their heads buried deep in the sand. I think we could eliminate a huge amount of government waste just by staying out of areas that are not for the government to participate in i.e. private industry! Let those poorly-run businesses fail! America can survive their failure! Adversity is in some instances a good thing!!

Adversity is coming to ALL of America via the Socialist machine we are implementing at the hands of the ignorant... Wake up people. What I've said here isn't even a drop in the bucket regarding the issues we face. Until the American people wake up and take action, they will continue that gradual decline and ultimately be swallowed by that Socialist machine...

Back to school... YES!!!

Every summer starts out as a grind it seems... Kids getting out of school and now some of us are faced with: "What do we do with them?". Go to the pool, go fishing, go camping, go on vacation, etc... But then the attitude sets in. The incessant whining. They're bored. If you would ask them at the beginning of summer on through the second month, they're not ready for school to start. But as the third month wears on, they get more and more anxious to rejoin their classmates and start another year of learning. New shoes, clothing, school supplies, and earlier bedtimes supplement the anxiousness.

Over the years I've grown to dread summer. The heat, the bugs, trying to deal with my two rambunctious boys in an effort to keep them from robbing me of my precious sleep. But this year it wasn't too bad. The heat wasn't as bad as it could've been. I STILL hated the bugs, and the boys were still pretty inconsiderate of my sleep patterns (I work rotating shifts every month), but overall the summer was very enjoyable. We were able to take some time to enjoy ourselves as a family and also to accomplish some goals.

So as the summer of 2009 wanes and I am exceedingly anxious for school to begin, I look back and find that I have truly enjoyed summer this year. Something that hasn't happened in many years. I'm thankful that the Lord has allowed us all to stay healthy and happy and has provided us MANY blessings this year. My favorite season is fast approaching and I am excited!