Another Side to the Health Care Reform Bill

No, not blithering stupidity about death panels. Just some thoughts on why the bill as it currently stands needs some tweaking. This article offers some sensible thoughts. As well, these are some of mine. And you know I'm always a bastion of good sense!

My mother, a retired nurse, told me about what she saw as some huge flaws in the current plan, namely that there are currently not enough properly trained health care professionals to fill the needs that would be created by the current plan. I think the plan as currently envisioned needs revising, but health care form needs to be pursued for certain. Time to make training health care professionals a big priority. I know for a fact that a lot of community colleges (a big source for training nurses) are underfunded and there tend to be big waiting lists for nursing programs because there aren't enough instructors. The schools can't pay enough to recruit the instructors.

Bee-sides, thar's them thar death panels that we-un's gotta fear!
(only kidding about the last part.)

Time to Tell Sarah Palin She's Full of Crap

It's time to tell former Alaska governor Sarah Palin she's full of crap with her "Death Panel" lies. And Credo Action has created a petition to allow you to do just that. Just follow the link to sign the petition. And if you have a Twitter account, you can tweet this message to let others know how they too can tell Palin she's full of crap. You can also send it via Plurk, or use it as your Facebook or Myspace status, post it on Utterli, or anywhere else you see fit.

Tired of Sarah Palin's "death panel" lies? Send a pile of crap in her honor. http://SarahsFullOfCrap.com #ICanSeeBullCrapFromMyHouse

Millions of marginalized Americans stand to lose out on potential changes that would allow them access to health care should people believe the lies of Sarah Palin and other hard-line conservatives. If Sarah Palin had issues with certain parts of the proposed reform and was sensibly working to change those, I would not have these issues with her. But as it stands, she is indeed full of crap and it's time that she is told to cease her ridiculous propaganda once and for all.

I am not sure when the division between the Democratic and Republican parties became such that their attempts to destroy one another outshadowed all positive work, or when moderate Republicans became an endangered species, but my guess would be the Reagan era. It's a shame when the entire Republican party seems to now consist primarily of religious right reactionaries like Palin. "We The People" are the ones who will suffer if they and their ideals are allowed to flourish.