tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post8555941987643661234..comments2023-12-23T02:16:43.463-08:00Comments on "Rational Preparedness" : The Blog: A Couple of Thoughts on TyrantsJaneofVirginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-37706136253424563922013-08-20T10:42:56.331-07:002013-08-20T10:42:56.331-07:00Kristin, She has a fifteen year history of writing...Kristin, She has a fifteen year history of writing everything from pop and rock to jazz, cabaret, and classical. She has an amazing body of work. Check out her double album "Land and Sea" on Youtube. I bought the album, and her broad range of talent is quite amazing.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-902028723640680862013-08-20T07:23:11.607-07:002013-08-20T07:23:11.607-07:00Haunting song- thank you for sharing. Haunting song- thank you for sharing. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845268534571646512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-69586357557775089512013-08-19T03:39:22.093-07:002013-08-19T03:39:22.093-07:00How sad, and if I hadn't seen it myself I woul...How sad, and if I hadn't seen it myself I would never have believed it.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-58255867872262740262013-08-18T17:36:42.196-07:002013-08-18T17:36:42.196-07:00In the last decade, our government has done to the...In the last decade, our government has done to the country what no terrorist ever came close to doing. The only way to take the USA was from within and they were successful tyrant or not, it didn't matter to half the voters. Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-47238331180218936082013-08-18T16:58:42.167-07:002013-08-18T16:58:42.167-07:00Our parents, and our older generation are very val...Our parents, and our older generation are very valuable, whether they are bearing children, or earning money or not. Our parents help to support us in important decision making, especially with regard to our children, or in challenging times like these. Our parents or those who are older can teach our children to read, do math, or develop an appreciation for music or art. Our parents and grandparents help to give us a perspective in the world, and information on our own families. If there is no pressing need for support and help within our own families, there are always other children or neighbors who can benefit. I was taught music and to play piano by a neighbor I thought had simply been a naval nurse. A few years ago, I learned that there is a Navy Museum in DC devoted to her. She was a Lt. Cmdr. in the Navy Nurses Corps and was stationed in Pearl Harbor when it was hit. She might have been retired by the time I knew her, but her contributions to my life were immeasurable. I miss my mother and father and both of my in-laws immensely. There is great value in making health care available to all our citizens, so long as they also want it. I did allow my father to pass at a time of his choosing, rather than to side with the university physician who wanted to try some experimental surgeries. I miss my Dad very much, but I made the decision he clearly has asked for, both then, and much earlier in his life.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-64589335533649851602013-08-18T16:48:11.816-07:002013-08-18T16:48:11.816-07:00At my age and with the fibromyalgia, I am basicall...At my age and with the fibromyalgia, I am basically useless by any guidelines. How can you measure the worth of a human being. I will not longer be bearing children, working at a job. So, I should die. Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-79621486129323726302013-08-18T16:35:58.253-07:002013-08-18T16:35:58.253-07:00I don't think the issue is a healthcare plan w...I don't think the issue is a healthcare plan with which everyone is happy. I think the issue is that all of us, unless we are Congressmen or Muslims who are excused, are legally required to buy a particular plan from a particular exchange. How can forcing people to buy insurance of any kind be Constitutional ? Additionally, Obamacare is now admitted to be costing Americans three to four times more than it was originally said to. America will be paying more for less healthcare, and for fewer choices.<br /> As for self destructive behaviors, some patients are self destructive. I've seen it, and I've also seen it reverse when someone has an MI or a cancer diagnosis.<br /> I don't think the objective should be health care everyone loves, but I do think dialysis and organ transplants should be decided by the patient and his family coupled with input from his physicians, rather than a bureaucrat who is simply allocating care based on arbitrary guidelines.JaneofVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320442534060401465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1185219031783989911.post-62863147573695212852013-08-18T15:15:51.336-07:002013-08-18T15:15:51.336-07:00I don't take care of myself anyway so I don...I don't take care of myself anyway so I don't care. But we'll never come with a health care plan everyone would be happy with, couldn't afford it. People are basically self destructive and then wanting doctors to save them. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.com