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Health care executives are perpetually receiving a transfusion of dollars, and the average US citizen is the donor. I’d rather see my tax dollars go towards universal health care than to continue poorly supplementing only some of the people who can’t afford to lavish their incomes on drug companies, insurance companies, and health care higher-ups. I’d even rather pay more taxes for universal health care, because then none of us would be out the outrageous amounts we pay private insurance companies as is. And we wouldn’t be out the high deductibles or any crazy amounts for prescription drugs. We would be a healthier nation. As long as sheeple vote for the status quo, the nightmare that includes Lisa Kelly’s situation is what we can continue to look forward to. Nations like Canada have it right, while the US is just a feeding ground for those who see health care as strictly business, and the health of US citizens is the fodder.

It makes sense for all citizens to chip in for solid, nationwide health care as we do for our infrastructure, and we need to not let government outsource that health care system as they do our infrastructure. Life and health are at least as important as pavement and wiring. We truly are as healthy as the sickest citizen our health care system ignores.

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A good friend shared this, and it’s somehow fitting for today.

Can You Imagine? by Robert F. Potts

Can you imagine a world without witches,
A world with all people the same?
Where the only known dragons are hiding in books,
And children are terribly tame?
A world without magic would be sad indeed.
I cannot imagine the pain
Of having a world where there’s no Santa Claus,
Where wizards are searched for in vain.

Can you imagine a world without spells,
That science and businesses run?
And think of the sadness a unicorn feels
When he no longer plays in the sun
Can you imagine a world without witches,
No elves, and no magical pools?
And can you imagine how dull it would be
If all that we had were the schools?

I cannot imagine a world without witches,
A world with no magical wand.
A world without beauty, or even a dream,
Or a wood sprite of whom to be fond
They say I should grow up and be more mature,
Like a normal adult ought to do.
But I’d rather, at night, go to dance with a witch,
And I’ll bet that you feel that way, too.

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Grocery shopping is never fun to begin with, and a new wrinkle was thrown into it today. A wrinkle on Bob’s car. We were waiting to pull out of the Pet Expo parking lot, and a pickup backed into us. No one was hurt. The car is drivable, but banged up. Not a mark on the pickup. The dog inside it was fine, and still fluffy from a pampering in the pet store. Speaking of that, what a strange thing the dog dryer is! I wonder how dogs feel when they’re closed in that windowed box, robbed of a good shake of their wet coats and being gawped at by everyone in the store. Probably pretty special because of all the attention, but it looks odd.

The coffee grinder I found on eBay was here when we got home. Ooh, it’s pretty! There’s a different tile panel on each side. Easier on the eyes than an electric one, and of course easier on the ears than electric buzz and crunch. It only needed a couple of screws that hadn’t ever been put in. It works great.

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We just watched “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” on TV. OMG, was that good! The next one is going in my Blockbuster queue for as soon as it comes out on DVD. We don’t go to the theater often, mostly because we all like the convenience of DVD’s. Ty and I were just talking yesterday about the newish movies being forgettable. Narnia is an exception. Why is it that this movie, obviously meant to capture the attention and imaginations of children, is so much better produced and interesting to adults and teens than even the newest “Beowulf,” which looked like it was produced by a boy who’d played in “Blender” after running out of National Geographic pictures to look at?

I’m going to sit down soon to cut out pieces of material to make a bunny for my grandson. Kyra looks cute with her skinny legs and that watermelon belly. Another couple of months and she’ll be cradling baby in her arms instead.

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Wal-Mart is still holding the Shanks’ money (earlier posts here and here). Learn more and help here.

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What can a young child have possibly had time or the mind to do to be considered “untouchable?” I would feel dirtied by being in the shadow of the beast who burned this little girl. Oh, what wonderful things people sometimes do in the name of religion!

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There is a big difference between how this country was founded by immigrants and how this existing country is currently being invaded by illegal immigrants. It’s as plain as the difference between a geographical area and a country. During debates on illegal immigration, it’s often brought up that the US was founded by immigrants. OK, if you’re simply referring to the first settlers, as opposed to those who framed the Constitution, most of whom were born in the colonies. It has diddly to do with the current problem of illegal immigration. “America” could mean a few different places, and cover different portions of those places. But the United States of America is a country. A sovereign nation. It is distinct, as clear as our laws against entering the US without proper documents and permission to do so. Those who come here illegally now are not doing it with the intent of founding the US, because that’s already been done. They’re not even doing it to embrace US ways, because they would first enter legally if that were the case.

It’s foolish to praise and welcome invaders as we praise our founding fathers and welcome legal immigrants.

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