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Health insurance has too many quagmires for even the Feds to fix

July 24, 2009

While President Barack Hussein Obama waits on the House and Senate to hammer out all the fine details, such as how to pay for a national health care plan and other such issues the president forgot to consider in his “blueprint” he presented to Congress to approve, other issues need to be considered. Those issues include things that bog down the current health care system.

The current health care system — health insurance, especially, but also the broken billing methodologies used — form quagmire after quagmire that even the federal government is likely not able — or capable — of fixing, but let’s look at but three of the issues.

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Dow drops 778 after House nixes Wall St. bailout

September 29, 2008

It seems just about half the members of the U.S. House of Representatives have half a brain, or, if not that, then at least the commonsense God gave to individuals fiscally responsible for managing household budgets.

Barack Obama, however, is not among that crowd: he had this strange idea that the very CEOs that got the financial institutions into a mess should receive “reasonable compensation packages.” Those CEOs should be paying compensation to the U.S., to the homeowners they helped defraud by giving mortgages to people who never should have qualified for them in the first place.

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New Orleans escaped by a thread and prayer

September 2, 2008

With all the local, state, and federal resources – money and manpower – that were poured into Louisiana, especially New Orleans, it’s hard to think that anything more than prayer saved the city from being ravaged at least as bad, if not worse, than it was a short three years ago.

Despite all the money pumped into coordinating services and evacuations, an estimated 10,000 residents of New Orleans stayed in town despite the mandatory evacuation orders. It’s hard to imagine these people would test their luck and stay.

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April 4th is one of those days with that makes history interesting

April 4, 2008

April 4 has a couple of interesting items that have made an impact on society. One that’s helped lead mankind forward digitally, the other helped lead mankind forward, somewhat, through civil rights.

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