Not a Healthy Bill

The Congress is on its way to passing what everybody keeps calling health care reform. Yet in order to appease Republicans (who weren't going to vote for it no matter what), all of the truly bold items have been stripped out of it. The public option is gone. Coverage for abortions is gone. Preventative medicine is gone. All of which was done to satiate people that wouldn't approve any way.

What is left is the government mandating that we purchase a private product.

As much as I approve of the goal- doing something about the potentially catastrophic medical bills- I hate the means. If the government wanted everybody to have insurance, it should have just provided it. This is a bad, bad compromise.

Timing is everything

The recent climate change talks in Copenhagen were mired down and uninspired. No real change happened, just a promise to do something vague in the future. The media outlets barely noticed.

Could it be because they are talking about global warming in Scandinavia in winter? Whose bright idea was that?

Want to get some results? Schedule the next meeting in Egypt in the heat, or one of these island nations that is only a couple of feet above sea level. I bet they become amazingly motivated when they have to worry if each wave is getting bigger...