Hello everyone!
I know it's been a while, which is why I've got four items for you!
First, I've got a quick update on Secondhand Smoke, the bioethics blog I follow... It moved!! Here's the new address. If you've not read him before, I highly recommend it. The bioethics debate affects our basic rights so it is very, very important to be abreast of what is going on, scary though it may be.
Second: Whew, after something heavy like bioethics, you'll need something lighter. Here it is, one of my favorite Stoplight video's from the past month or so:
Hope you enjoy this!
Third: A lot of people probably got a chance to see this live, and more have likely seen this video, but I want to be sure everyone at least knows it exists. Glenn Beck interviewed Rush Limbaugh a few nights ago on Fox. It's a really great interview, available here - take a few minutes and watch it, or read the transcript if you prefer.
Forth: Last but not least, if you watch Glenn Beck's show on Fox News, you may have noticed the US Debt Clock. You may not have noticed that it's also a real website that anyone has access to. Anyhow, here it is, and I hope you take a look at it. I'll also be linking to it in my sidebar links.
Colorado is a wonderful place, and as summer is drawing to a close earlier than I'm used to from Virginia, I'm feeling that political spirit rise a bit early... hope you do too, there's a lot at stake this summer. Go to your town hall meetings, if you have any, get connected with some email loops from tea party or 9-12 groups, spend a few hours at some rallies, calling senators, et cetera and perhaps we can turn this country around!
(Oh, and to all of you in and around Virginia, there are early rumblings about the campaigns. Those are very important elections, so be sure to get involved there too.)
At the end of it all, God is in control of all this, so be sure to keep praying!
Showing posts with label Nationalized Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nationalized Healthcare. Show all posts
August 28, 2009
May 4, 2009
A Story: Nationalized
Nationalized is a short fiction work about the possible outcomes of nationalized healthcare. Generation Joshua has linked to it on their Facebook page, and I also encourage you to read it! I think it may be a great tool for encouraging awareness and involvement on this all-important issue.
Having had a lot of contact with the current private healthcare system, I will be the first to admit that it is by no means perfect, however I cringe to think what I and my family may have to go through if it were nationalized. The world of medicine is not cut-and-dried. It is not a world of if 'A' then 'B' - it is a world of "what is 'A', and what should 'B' look like". Any non-traditional illness needs to receive non-traditional treatments, and there are very large concerns that anything non-traditional may indeed be significantly limited - and you wouldn't believe how many people need that sort of help!
Anyhow, enough of my pontification, go and read the story, and I hope you think about it.
Having had a lot of contact with the current private healthcare system, I will be the first to admit that it is by no means perfect, however I cringe to think what I and my family may have to go through if it were nationalized. The world of medicine is not cut-and-dried. It is not a world of if 'A' then 'B' - it is a world of "what is 'A', and what should 'B' look like". Any non-traditional illness needs to receive non-traditional treatments, and there are very large concerns that anything non-traditional may indeed be significantly limited - and you wouldn't believe how many people need that sort of help!
Anyhow, enough of my pontification, go and read the story, and I hope you think about it.