Thursday, October 29, 2009

The 894 billion-dollar decision: healthy?

Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives unveiled the Democratic healthcare plan option on Thursday.

This plan is set to cover 36 million Americans currently without health insurance helping roughly 96 percent of Americans to be medically insured.


I'm not really a big numbers person, but share some things below to further complicate the US healthcare endeavor:

This is a hefty amount of money to divy out considering the USD budget deficit is at 1.3 trillion dollars....not to mention thge national debt of 12 trillion.


However, Pelosi's office says that this bill will actually lower the federal deficit by 30 million dollars over the next decade. http://www.toddalbert.com/files/images/health_care.jpg

My, how lightly I have just stated these things. So let's make this more real...each citizens share (that means you, if you are a US citizen, and I) is $38,679.48.
You may click on the link as this numbers increase themselves daily. You would think that all the wealth and resources that US citizens have bloated themselves with would allow them to make healthier decisions.

Now, I really want everyone to have healthcare coverage they need, but why does it have to be so darn expensive?

By the way, it's a 1,990-page bill...can anybody say complicated?


I don't particulartly believe in this cartoon, but it doesn't really seem too far from our reality.

So much is made in China already, the place were we owe much of our debt.


http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6798714.html

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Peril in Pakistan




Hours after U.S. secretary of state arrived in Pakistan this morning, a car bomb ignited in a crowded market area. So far 91 people are dead, and more that 200 injured.


Above photo credits: Left--Mohammad Sajjad/AP; Right--Arshad Arbab/EPA

How terrible!

They are not stopping and they do not care who is in their way...












Photo by Mohammad Sajjad/ AP

God help us.

According to the Taliban, the fiighting will not stop any time soon.
There were also suicide bombers dressed in police uniform, and other militants who raided guests houses in Kabul, Afganistan which hosted UN workers and other foreigners.

The Taliban admitted responsibility to these attacks.
They said that they targeted the UN because of the elections scheduled to take place on November 7, and warned that there are more attacks to come.

Information retrieved from MSNBC.com

Wednesday, October 28

Good Hair (Multimedia slideshow)

Resume