Your Local Elected Coward

Thanks Will, for planting the seed of this rant. I was going to write it a few days ago but didn't really wanna kill my Christmas buzz. And then I read an article in the USA Today about health care reform and I blew my top.

So, after all the bickering and moaning, all the debating and investiture of tax payer dollars, and after all the bluster from radio commentators, it turns out that even with "Health Care Reform" passing, our trusty politicians have only managed to bring us more of the same.

The article I read today talks about how, once the bill is worked out, some people's insurance premiums with INCREASE. Yeah, that is right. Our worthless, spineless, witless, gutless, clueless, useless, brainless politicians have been working an entire year to bring us this great change and in the end it turns out that they have changed nothing. All they have done is move some of the pieces around the board but not truly advanced the cause of the American people.

It turns out (at least according to this article) that the only people who really stand to benefit from the changes are those who earn less than $40K and are paying for their own private plan. These people will get a government subsudy to buy health insurance while the rest of us will still pay full price, if not an increase in prices. Who the hell does this benefit besides the Health Industry?

The only justification I can think of for this kind of worthless legislation is cowardice. Plain and simple, the people we elect are ineffectual wet noodles. They don't have a real spine between them. America is the only nation in the developed world where sick people are routinely denied care, and our politicians lack the will power and courage to fix it. It is the greatest injustice in our society, but we would rather make sure our doctors remain overpaid.

So congratulations, Senate and House: you have failed us again. Your track record remains unblemished.

Return to Rant

Wow, long time; no rant. How could I ever go that long with out complaining about something? Well, I wish I could report that I have been storing up rage and indignation for one world-saving, mind-blowing, paradigm-altering Rantzilla, but that is not the case. The truth is I kind of ran out of things to rant about. Even now I am at a loss as to what deserves a good tongue-lashing.

Have I lost my passion? Has the fire gone out? Has the world suddenly and unexpectedly become a perfect place? Or am I simply not paying enough attention? As I think about it, I figure I am probably just tired of my own thoughts and ideas. I need new material. Anyone out there care to help me out?

Lets do this: if you read this, and would like to hear me go off half-cocked on some topic either trivial or earnest, please tell me what that topic is, and I will proceed to explode. I will work myself into a righteous fury on your behalf, and launch my indignation into cyberspace. We could do it like Dear Abby, except instead of advice, I would offer pseudo-philosophical diatribe.

So request away. Who knows what we may end up with? Humor? Eloquence? A better mouse trap?