With the hustle and bustle of health care reform, I still can not fathom how the health care bill that is hovering in the house for approval will be good for us as Americans. I spent some time today reading "the bill" (which is apparently too hard for our elected leaders to do). In order to give a well balanced opinion on the thing, I thought it was only right in order that I peruse the bill. Here are some of my thoughts:

1. Items of "reform." I would agree that we do need reform...but not the health care system. The American Health Care System is the best, by far. If you disagree with that...have you been living under a rock? Let's think about this for a minute. People from other countries who have a form of universal health care come here for health care. Why is that? Universal Health care options have waiting lists of people in order of their claim. There are higher chances of you dying on the list that receiving the health care that you need. What we should focus on here in America is not a government funded / administered system, but a private organization to regulate the payments for the health care claims.

2. Health care is a privilege, not a right. When you go on vacation, you choose what hotel you wish to stay at, based upon the funds that you have available. You can either stay at a five-star resort, or the local Hampton Inn. The same goes for health care. You pay for what you get. Health care should no be a hand out for anyone. I am sorry to say that. I know some of you may be thinking "oh, how Conservative of you. You just hate us folks who can't afford health care. WE WANT GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE!" No, I do not hate...It is just common sense. Health care should have a cost to those who obtain it.

3. Information about "Health Care Reform" The fact that the Obama administration is being shady about giving out information about this 1000+ page bill should be a tell-tale sign that it is not right for America. If the health care bill passes, we will be that far closer to a government-ran society...aka: socialism. If the Government can get a hold of our lives with health care, they know that they will have most of the control of our lives that they will need in order to implement more systems of socialism. Obama is a socialist at heart. Look at his policies and what he has done thus far.

4. The Government has lost their focus. I think of a quote by a President that I admire so much, Ronald Reagan ""Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." The Government is a moving freight train that has gotten out of control, especially here in the last seven months since Bam-Bams came into office. People believed the lies and the flash cover ups, and elected a man who...yes wants "change", but it is a bad kind of change. If you did not do your homework during the Presidential election, you could easily be suckered into believing the lies that his campaign and ACORN had up their sleeve.

5. The figures are wrong. All programs that have been implemented by the Obama administration, notice one thing. Anything that has numbers involved, have been completely wrong. The amount they are saying this program will cost is wrong, it is too small to cover "everyone" the health care system is supposed t support. If, by chance...those numbers would have been correct, maybe they would have more support. The fact of the matter is, they were wrong. So, this system will fail.

6. The Post Office. For those that listened to Obama's speech the other day, I am going to use an example that Obama used. Look at the U.S. Postal Service and the private mail carriers. The post office is quickly failing. Over the last few years, the amount of mail that passes through them is quickly becoming a smaller and smaller amount. Look at FedEx and UPS. Those are doing just fine. Who runs the Postal Service? The Government. Who runs FedEx and UPS? Private companies. So... that right there proves my point...and the points of many others. The Government should not run an organization because they can not do anything right. Keep it private, for the best of the common good.

-Ken

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So, I was at the outlet mall here in Orlando tonight and I stumbled upon the Converse Factory Store. If you know me, you will know that I do now own a pair of Converse shoes. I do not have anything against them, just do not own a pair.

If you look closely at the history of the company, you can see some similarities of some major issues today. Foreshadowing?

Perhaps. The Converse shoes (or "Chucks") were widely popular in the 1950's and 60's. After that, the company hit some bumps along the way, because of the uprising of popularity of their competitors of Nike, Adidas and others. Finally, they were not known as the number one shoe used for basketball players. Reebok took that title.

I know you may be wondering "What is this guy getting at??" Ha. Hang tight. Almost there, a little bit more history. The company filed for bankruptcy on January 22, 2001. Their main factory which was in the United States closed, but they continued their production from the China, Indonesia and Italy factories. The company was bought by what was a competitor, Nike in 2003. The unique "converse" design looked the same, but some wearers of the shoes have complained about a change in the material the shoes were made with.

This is a little interesting scenario to show that things go through cycles. For instance, GM. What was an auto-giant was bailed out of bankruptcy by the Government. Does this mean that the company is going to be run by the Government? Changes in their line-up and design of automobiles? Well...according to the Governmental Administration, they "say" no, but I have said it many-MANY times, they have no intention of letting go. When they see how much funding and control they can get out of it, they will just pass excuses as to why they can't get out now. I also predict there will be a major change in their automobile design. I can kiss my little dream of owning a GMC Sierra out the window. The quality will more than likely be not up to the standards the old GM had.

If you look at the Presidents of the past, you will see that it goes through cycles. Conservative...then Liberal. Big Government back to Small Government. I would say it typically helps the general consensus to have that cycle in Governmental leadership, but I think there are limits. This current monsoon is out of control. By far. We have reached a 1-Trillion dollar deficit. That is something that is going to take years to get under control.

Look at the weather cycles. Some would say that "Gobal Warming is real! Go GREEN!" Calm down. If you look at the history of the weather, it goes through cycles, it takes about 100 years for a cycle to complete, in that you will see that it gets warmer...then cooler. It is all part of how God created the universe to function. Just as our bodies have the ability to take care of themselves when we get an injury, He has created the world with the same type of system. For goodness sake. It is mother nature! She is capable of making the most beautiful plants. She is a big girl. She can take care of herself.

Thanks for reading.

-Ken

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