Monday, October 19, 2009
America the Ugly.
We need fewer games in which there are winners and losers. Instead, we need to invent more games in which everybody feels they've won. For instance, in the matter of health care reform. Wouldn't it be nice if Republicans and Democrats devised a plan that both sides could support? In other words, a plan in which there was give and take. Compromise. Instead, we have both camps stubbornly entrenched. Unwilling to budge an inch. Could be we all come out as losers in this pathetic game. Nobody wins. And the biggest losers end up being the American people. Because the political parties find it impossible to work together. Yes, that's the state of affairs. And that seems to satisfy our paltry political leaders. Because they allow for an impasse. Essentially, a do-nothing approach. Just leave things pretty much as they are. A shoddy health care system. With the highest health care costs in the world. Ineffective results, especially when compared to many other industrialized nations. And tens of millions of Americans without any health care insurance. Yes, when it comes to health care, it's not America the Beautiful. Sounds more like America the Ugly. --Jim Broede
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I don't find the health care issue a game.
But our politicians certainly make it a game. A game of politics and power and influence. With the idea of protecting one's own interest. Rather than doing the right thing. Doing the common good. If we did that, then it would no longer be a game. --Jim
It's Mother Russia. But Germany is the Fatherland. Interesting how some nations think of themselves in the feminine and others in the masculine. I prefer the feminine. What about America? Well, I suppose Uncle Sam is masculine. But the way the guy dresses, in red, white and blue and a silly hat, he looks like a clown. The same goes for our politicians. Many of 'em act like clowns. Bumbling clowns. --Jim
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