Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tropical Cyclone Laurence - Australia gets drenched on Christmas Day. Flooding expected, people to move to higher ground.
Wet, wet, wet: Sydney due for a drenching (click here)
GEORGINA ROBINSON
December 24, 2009 - 1:34PMThe big wet is on its way but Sydneysiders should have time for the Christmas lunch al fresco, with rain not predicted to hit the city until tomorrow afternoon.
The Bureau of Meteorology has put much of central and north western NSW on flood watch as the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Laurence, by now a low pressure system, track east across the continent.
The system is expected to dump more than 200 millimetres on those parts, with the Castlereagh, Bogan, Lower Namoi, Lower Macquarie, Barwon, Paroo and Warrego Rivers all expected to flood between Boxing Day and Monday.
But the rain is not expected to hit the Sydney area until tomorrow afternoon, leaving time for a morning swim, lunch outside and an afternoon nap before the clouds open up.
"[Sydney] can expect extensive rainfall from Christmas Day afternoon to at least the 29th," Weatherzone forecaster Alex Krisman said...
Cyclone Laurence leaves a trail of damage in the Pilbara (click here)
December 23, 2009
TREES were torn from the ground and buildings were badly damaged as tropical cyclone Laurence roared through parts of Western Australia's Pilbara coast.
Karina Turner, whose father owns the Sandfire Roadhouse, 30 kilometres south of Eighty Mile Beach, said on Tuesday the ferocity and noise of the cyclone was frightening as its 250km/h winds lashed the roadhouse and surrounding buildings.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the category-five storm had crossed the coast about 5pm (WA time) on Monday about 1800 kilometres north-east of Perth, with wind gusts of up to 285km/h and almost 250 millimetres of rain.
The WA Fire and Emergency Services Authority said no one appeared to have been injured but several buildings were damaged in small communities.
Phone connections to most of the stricken centres were down yesterday and power has been disrupted in the Pilbara.
Ms Turner said she and her family were forced to take shelter about three hours before they felt the full brunt of Laurence shortly after 6pm.
She said the noise was deafening as rain battered the house and trees and bits of roofing iron were blown around.
''The first part of the cyclone was definitely the worst when it was coming from the east about 6.30,'' Ms Turner said.
''Water was coming in and you could hear tin rattling in the wind and see trees falling down and stuff going everywhere.''...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Anti-Constitutionalist Republicans have successfully postponed the vote on the much needed Health Care Reform Bill.
The vote on the Senate Health Care Reform Bill is scheduled for 7AM on December 24, 2009.
It can be viewed on C-Span. Watch history being made, I watched the House Vote, it was a moment I longed for.
It can be viewed on C-Span. Watch history being made, I watched the House Vote, it was a moment I longed for.
The Senate Republicans have no shame. They know more tricks than a Wall Street prostitute.
The Senate Republicans are cowards and virtually have been jumping up and down in anger this morning before the passage of the bill.
First it was Conrad. He stated the bill had to be stopped in its tracks because it has an unfunded mandate.
If that was the case, he should have made his objection months and months ago. That is not the case. The Governors of any state have the right to petition their federal government no different than they did when the Stimulus was passed if they have extenuating circumstances of any federal law.
Then after Conrad states, the bill has unfunded mandates, Grassley puts this poster up about Trillion (The T Word) dollar spending. I thought Conrad just said there were unfunded mandates.
So, poor Senator Baucus has to object to all these 'points of order' to move things forward. I guess.
Then after Grassley makes a complete fool of himself by never qualifying any of his statements, Gregg from New Hampshire literally has a hissy fit on the Senate floor. The only thing he didn't say was, "...but, but, but you can't do this because I say so!"
I don't know where these men get the 'gall' to even face their constituencies after such a mess.
But, I want to discuss briefly what is the basis of all this ranting today.
There is a certain premise that is TRUE about the Republican Regime. They have 'ideas' about entitlements. They believe they are toxic to the nation.
We have witnessed in the Bush/Cheney Regime the attempt over eights years to shrink the national budget by displacing the military budget under emergency funding. We have witnessed under the Bush/Cheney Regime the attempt over eight years to shrink the national budget without regard to the well being of Americans or the 'intact' status of their economy. We have witnessed the Bush/Cheney Regime's attempt to increase the spending of Medicare to 'cause' the laws of the nation to come to bear to eradicate it from the laws of the country, which state at any point in time if Medicare is increased beyond 50% of the national budget it can be dismantled.
Just because Medicare survived these attempts doesn't mean the attempts didn't happen. They did.
The reason this issue was never approached by Republicans is because in order to legislate it the Medicare laws would have to be adjusted. Did they want to adjust them? No. So, the question is 'what reason' did they assign to this Republican agenda of attempts to destroy Medicare?
Many, many moons ago, the CBO stated, to use Medicare savings for other purposes is to weaken Medicare. Seems right. So why is this an issue today? Because the Republicans have USED that aged old assessment as THEIR EXCUSE to do NOTHING. It is an excuse that has worked for them for decades and today, because the Democrats are NOT AFRAID to go where no Republican will ever go they are livid.
How people ever vote for these people is beyond my understand. But, that is me and not anyone else.
What President Obama and the House and Senate Democrats were faced with when taking office is a 'condition' of the USA caused by Republican neglect for decades. Why take on the issue today? Because it has reached critical mass. The Democrats are acting 'in time' to prevent any further damage to the people of this country.
Just that simple. We have children at the forefront of this initiative that will be covered immediately up on the President signature. Young adults that can find funding for education can stay on their parent's health care policies until the age of 26 and on and on and on.
Now is the time and the Democrats are the party. I would think, the Republicans would realize the error of their ways all these many years and seek some dignity to bring this historic measure to the people, but, if Grassley and the others are willing to be Murdoch puppets and state, "...they will pull the plug on Grandma..." they have no shame.
The Republicans are a very sad bunch. It has been an honor to witness it. I only hope history captures its true meaning, its sincerely vindictive spirit and records forever the rhetoric 'fashioned' to serve 'the bonuses' of CEOs before any 'bonus' to the American people to achieve good health care insurance.
They could not be more obvious in what they regard as important. It is written loudly on every word and action they take.
First it was Conrad. He stated the bill had to be stopped in its tracks because it has an unfunded mandate.
If that was the case, he should have made his objection months and months ago. That is not the case. The Governors of any state have the right to petition their federal government no different than they did when the Stimulus was passed if they have extenuating circumstances of any federal law.
Then after Conrad states, the bill has unfunded mandates, Grassley puts this poster up about Trillion (The T Word) dollar spending. I thought Conrad just said there were unfunded mandates.
So, poor Senator Baucus has to object to all these 'points of order' to move things forward. I guess.
Then after Grassley makes a complete fool of himself by never qualifying any of his statements, Gregg from New Hampshire literally has a hissy fit on the Senate floor. The only thing he didn't say was, "...but, but, but you can't do this because I say so!"
I don't know where these men get the 'gall' to even face their constituencies after such a mess.
But, I want to discuss briefly what is the basis of all this ranting today.
There is a certain premise that is TRUE about the Republican Regime. They have 'ideas' about entitlements. They believe they are toxic to the nation.
We have witnessed in the Bush/Cheney Regime the attempt over eights years to shrink the national budget by displacing the military budget under emergency funding. We have witnessed under the Bush/Cheney Regime the attempt over eight years to shrink the national budget without regard to the well being of Americans or the 'intact' status of their economy. We have witnessed the Bush/Cheney Regime's attempt to increase the spending of Medicare to 'cause' the laws of the nation to come to bear to eradicate it from the laws of the country, which state at any point in time if Medicare is increased beyond 50% of the national budget it can be dismantled.
Just because Medicare survived these attempts doesn't mean the attempts didn't happen. They did.
The reason this issue was never approached by Republicans is because in order to legislate it the Medicare laws would have to be adjusted. Did they want to adjust them? No. So, the question is 'what reason' did they assign to this Republican agenda of attempts to destroy Medicare?
Many, many moons ago, the CBO stated, to use Medicare savings for other purposes is to weaken Medicare. Seems right. So why is this an issue today? Because the Republicans have USED that aged old assessment as THEIR EXCUSE to do NOTHING. It is an excuse that has worked for them for decades and today, because the Democrats are NOT AFRAID to go where no Republican will ever go they are livid.
How people ever vote for these people is beyond my understand. But, that is me and not anyone else.
What President Obama and the House and Senate Democrats were faced with when taking office is a 'condition' of the USA caused by Republican neglect for decades. Why take on the issue today? Because it has reached critical mass. The Democrats are acting 'in time' to prevent any further damage to the people of this country.
Just that simple. We have children at the forefront of this initiative that will be covered immediately up on the President signature. Young adults that can find funding for education can stay on their parent's health care policies until the age of 26 and on and on and on.
Now is the time and the Democrats are the party. I would think, the Republicans would realize the error of their ways all these many years and seek some dignity to bring this historic measure to the people, but, if Grassley and the others are willing to be Murdoch puppets and state, "...they will pull the plug on Grandma..." they have no shame.
The Republicans are a very sad bunch. It has been an honor to witness it. I only hope history captures its true meaning, its sincerely vindictive spirit and records forever the rhetoric 'fashioned' to serve 'the bonuses' of CEOs before any 'bonus' to the American people to achieve good health care insurance.
They could not be more obvious in what they regard as important. It is written loudly on every word and action they take.
The Kennedy Care Bill
Victoria Reggie Kennedy (R) widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) smiles while Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)(L), gets a hug from Sen.Christopher Dodd (D-CT)(C), after the Senate passed a procedural vote on health are reform on December 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate passed the first of three crucial procedural votes on health care by a 60 to 40 margin. Getty Images
...Mr. Obama's oft-stated goal of a bipartisan health bill was not met (click title to entry - thank you), despite the president's extensive courtship of moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, the only Republican to support the bill in committee. Mr. Obama called Ms. Snowe to the White House for lengthy in-person meetings both before he left for climate talks in Copenhagen and after his return on Saturday. In the end Ms. Snowe said she was “extremely disappointed” in what she called a rushed process that left scant time for her to review, much less amend, the bill....
The nation is going to have heath care reform. President Obama is not a dictator. It is what sets the USA apart from some nations that simply have one man making decisions. It would seem as though Lieberman is a dictator, though. He is protecting his cronies and driving up the cost of regular health care.
This is reform the country needs. To stop now would be simply stupid. There are people dying every year in the 10s of thousands. That will increase from here on and we cannot allow that to happen. If the cost of health care skyrockets without sufficient programs to control costs and KEEP it within REASON, the amount of people dying each year or getting 'sicker' might turn into a higher incident rate. We just can't turn back and ignore the reality of our Broken Health Care System.
This is no joke. It isn't a matter of politics. This is the reality of the American people and the way legilators invested in Wall Street rather than the people simply 'dispose' of people to uphold some 'idea' of extreme capitalism. When making money is more important than 'reasonable' cost to consumers to maintain their health, it is time to do something about it.
The legislators have taken this issue as seriously as they needed to and came to the side of the people. They may have done so at their own political peril, but, the facts are the facts and they can't walk away from that just because the electorate was 'poisoned' by a media mogal. No, no, it doesn't work that way.
Lieberman comes from a state with dense interest in insurance. He is standing in the way of 'reasonable' competition among the 'entities' that can come to bear to bring about better competition with the private sector. He is opposing the Public Option at the expense of average citizens. That is corruption. Lieberman is responsible for it and NO ONE ELSE.
The House came through for the people and included a Public Option for competition with the private sector. The Public Option is a 'sufficient' insurance, but, it doesn't supply as much as most private insurance policies provide, so there is no reason to oppose such a measure, UNLESS, one is heavily invested in the Wall Street Insurance Sector for their political populism.
So, at the end of the day, if costs to consumers go up, when it didn't have to, everyone will know who to blame.
I believe the Democrats are great people and do all the hard work. I am grateful for them.
We are one step closer.
Go, Democrats, Go !
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Climate Meeting in Copenhagen was very successful. The world doesn't have to agree, it has to cooperate.
There is $100 billion in aid to poorer nations from industrial nations.
All nations will report to an emission verification system, including China.
The accord that was reached will reduce Greenhouse Gases and provides for protections of very valuable rainforests through protections from deforestation.
There won't be allowances for Plantation Forests. They are SINGLE species forests and cut biodiversity to nearly nothing.
To be honest, I think there are many in the community breathing a sigh of relief that a comprehensive understanding wasn't completely reached. The language to the main agreement was toxic, left over from the Neocons in the White House and their State Department that muddied the waters globally.
The EPA decision was the best of the annoucements, quite frankly. The USA stopped denying it was the largest polluter on the planet and did something about it.
The United Nations needs to work closely, if not in conference with, the Clinton State Department to bring deeper understating to the needed language of the 'pact' in a year from now. The language really needs to reflect the 'best' interest of Earth as needed for sustainable life. And that was life, not economies.
I believe the USA State Department can incorporate environmental protections AGAIN to their relations with other nations, such as Ethiopia and Indonesia.
In a year, after the language is better, there will be more cohesive agreement. The funds are necessary to continue protections of valuable carbon sinks, so they aren't abandoned to poor management principles, as Bush no doubt advocated.
Everyone did a great job and there should not be ill will between any of the participants including the demonstrators. It is an important issue. It was better this year and will improve next year.
I don't know how many times I have stated on this Blog,...
...what are all these exploitive websites, Islamic and Health Care Prescriptions Agencies doing on the web?
Where is Joe Lieberman on that? "Let it ride."
Those websites should have been shut down years ago and he claims to be a competent leader.
Where?
Where is Joe Lieberman on that? "Let it ride."
Those websites should have been shut down years ago and he claims to be a competent leader.
Where?
When the nation realizes ANY cost increase the Republicans are predicting is CAUSED by Joe Lieberman, he won't be in office long.
Lieberman is about Lieberman and no one else.
Kick him out !
He is not a competent legislator and in Homeland Security, he called the massacre at Fort Hood a terrorist attack. That is straight out of Murdoch's playbook, NOT, the USA military. Lieberman has more clout than the military?
Lieberman: Fort Hood Shooting Could Be 'Most Destructive Terrorist Act' Committed on U.S. Soil Since 9/11 (click here)
He had the nerve to use inflammatory language about the military? Worst since 911? Where does he 'get off' being confrontational to military investigations and exploiting violence for political propaganda? That is all that is, by the way. When one is pulling stunts out of the Murdoch playbook, it is propaganda and political grandstanding. No, Chairman of Homeland Security should be defaming the investigations our military, especially not in this case.
I don't think so.
Maybe he should have waited for the CID report, at the very least. (click here)
There was no real indication the violence that would result. Nidal Hasan had everyone fooled. He just did.
...But Allen stopped short of criticizing the FBI (click here), saying that it is "extraordinarily stretched in working counterterrorism cases."...
Joe Liberman is NOT competent. The only way I can see my way clear of criticizing the USA military is if Lieberman and Homeland Security had reported suspicious activity BEFORE it occurred. That didn't happen. So, Lieberman has no grounds to state otherwise. He is simply, CYAing for his electorate. A sincere leader doesn't oppose the findings of career military that were doing the level best they could.
...“It is not the cup half empty, but rather the cup half full,” (click title to entry - thank you) said Francis Padilla, vice president for program policy and administration at the Universal Healthcare Foundation....
Good job, Connecticut, real good.
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/12/22/news/a1-nehealthreact.txt
"...he wasn't the only Senator opposed to a public option, even though he got the lion's share of the attention. "There's a lot of venom out there in our political system. I can't let that stop me from doing what I think is right....''
The citizens of Connecticut have ONE person to thank for raising their Health Care Insurance, AND, no one else.
President Obama stated, the nation needs a Public Option to compete with private industry. What is so difficult to understand now? Hm?
Kick him out !
He is not a competent legislator and in Homeland Security, he called the massacre at Fort Hood a terrorist attack. That is straight out of Murdoch's playbook, NOT, the USA military. Lieberman has more clout than the military?
Lieberman: Fort Hood Shooting Could Be 'Most Destructive Terrorist Act' Committed on U.S. Soil Since 9/11 (click here)
He had the nerve to use inflammatory language about the military? Worst since 911? Where does he 'get off' being confrontational to military investigations and exploiting violence for political propaganda? That is all that is, by the way. When one is pulling stunts out of the Murdoch playbook, it is propaganda and political grandstanding. No, Chairman of Homeland Security should be defaming the investigations our military, especially not in this case. I don't think so.
Maybe he should have waited for the CID report, at the very least. (click here)
There was no real indication the violence that would result. Nidal Hasan had everyone fooled. He just did.
...But Allen stopped short of criticizing the FBI (click here), saying that it is "extraordinarily stretched in working counterterrorism cases."...
Joe Liberman is NOT competent. The only way I can see my way clear of criticizing the USA military is if Lieberman and Homeland Security had reported suspicious activity BEFORE it occurred. That didn't happen. So, Lieberman has no grounds to state otherwise. He is simply, CYAing for his electorate. A sincere leader doesn't oppose the findings of career military that were doing the level best they could.
...“It is not the cup half empty, but rather the cup half full,” (click title to entry - thank you) said Francis Padilla, vice president for program policy and administration at the Universal Healthcare Foundation....
Good job, Connecticut, real good.
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/12/22/news/a1-nehealthreact.txt"...he wasn't the only Senator opposed to a public option, even though he got the lion's share of the attention. "There's a lot of venom out there in our political system. I can't let that stop me from doing what I think is right....''
The citizens of Connecticut have ONE person to thank for raising their Health Care Insurance, AND, no one else.
President Obama stated, the nation needs a Public Option to compete with private industry. What is so difficult to understand now? Hm?
Under a thick blanket of CO2, snowfall never lasts long in the USA.
Flooding is occurring. Some families may have to take shelter by Christmas.
...At 8 pm Monday the Savannah River (click title to entry - thank you) at Burtons Ferry had a stage of 17.0 feet. Flood stage is 15 feet. Minor flooding is occurring. The river is forecast to fall to 16.9 feet by Wednesday morning. At 15.0 feet, flooding of some adjacent agricultural lands occurs. Most boat ramps along the river are unusable.
At 7 pm Monday the Savannah River near Clyo had a stage of 16.2 feet. Flood stage is 11 feet. Moderate flooding is occurring. The river is forecast to remain at 16.2 feet through Wednesday morning. At 14.5 feet, the bottom floor of several riverfront homes along Tom Goethe Road begin to flood....
The Unemployment Rates in the USA are improving in Non-Farm Areas.
Noted in the Unemployment Statistics at the US Labor Department, the rate is ONLY 3.2% above the rate last year before President Obama came into office.
The goal of this administration is marred everywhere with heritage issues from the Bush Administration.
Their goals are also to return 'GOOD PAYING' jobs to Americans. That isn't easy considering how many of the the American work force has endured paycuts and outsourcing. I think President Obama is doing an admirable job when one realizes where we were a year ago.
Some of the failure of a rebound is what I described earlier in regard to States convening their legislatures to create jobs and extend training.
The weather promises to be colder as the nation just experienced a major snow storm. It is the time to weatherize. The Stimulus funds need more oversight as some of the projects appear to be no better quality than those in Iraq by Halliburton.
WEATHERIZATION PROJECT: Nevada behind schedule in spending stimulus funds (click here)
State must use or lose federal monies
The goal of this administration is marred everywhere with heritage issues from the Bush Administration.
Their goals are also to return 'GOOD PAYING' jobs to Americans. That isn't easy considering how many of the the American work force has endured paycuts and outsourcing. I think President Obama is doing an admirable job when one realizes where we were a year ago.
Regional and state unemployment rates were generally lower in November. (click title to entry - Thank you)
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month
unemployment rate decreases, 8 states registered rate increases, and 6
states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate edged down in No-
vember to 10.0 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than October, but
3.2 points higher than November 2008....
Some of the failure of a rebound is what I described earlier in regard to States convening their legislatures to create jobs and extend training.
The weather promises to be colder as the nation just experienced a major snow storm. It is the time to weatherize. The Stimulus funds need more oversight as some of the projects appear to be no better quality than those in Iraq by Halliburton.
WEATHERIZATION PROJECT: Nevada behind schedule in spending stimulus funds (click here)
State must use or lose federal monies
Nevada has some catching up to do if it hopes to make full use of millions in federal stimulus dollars aimed at making homes more energy efficient and creating green jobs.
Of the $18.6 million in Recovery Act funds available to Nevada for residential weatherization projects, only $607,000 had been spent retrofitting about a hundred homes by the end of last month....
Michael Cooper is used to reporting on shoddy construction, he covered Iraq for a long time.
Inadequate Oversight Cited in Weatherization Program (click here)
When federal inspectors visited Illinois recently to see how the state was using $242 million in stimulus money for weatherizing homes, they were troubled by what they found.
A weatherization contractor had done slipshod work, installing a furnace that leaked gas in one home, they said, and the local agency overseeing the work had failed to detect the leak. The state was not inspecting the work of all the agencies administering the work, and the federal government was not making required site visits. In short, both the state and federal oversight of the program fell short, they found....
The Public needs education to their best outcomes when weatherizing their residence and businesses. They have become accustomed to the 'LACK' of help from systematic abuse by Republicans and need a refresher course on what to expect and checking the costs.
Montana Weatherization Training Center
Montana State University Extension & Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Providing Training and Certification to the Weatherization Professional since 1991
The goal of weatherization is to reduce energy costs for low-income families, particularly for the elderly, people with disabilities, and children, by improving the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and safety....
Monday, December 21, 2009
A Broken Heart.
The Grand Ayatollah was a human rights activist, believed in Islamic Democracy and was one of the leaders in 1973 of the Iranian Revolution. He was 87 years old. It is regrettable he never saw the freedom of his people. But, to an Islamic religious leader, death is bigger than life.
I honor him and wish the people of Iran great peace.
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri is the spiritual leader of the opposition in Iran.
Spiritual leaders dedicated to their purpose among the people that come to worship can only sustain the loss of their values for so long.
It is a likely possibility the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri succumbed to a broken heart more than any age related malady.
(click here - his website, he left writing to keep his memory alive with his people)
()بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
I honor him and wish the people of Iran great peace.
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri is the spiritual leader of the opposition in Iran.
Spiritual leaders dedicated to their purpose among the people that come to worship can only sustain the loss of their values for so long.
It is a likely possibility the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri succumbed to a broken heart more than any age related malady.
(click here - his website, he left writing to keep his memory alive with his people)
()بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
انا لله و انا الیه راجعون
با عرض تسلیت به پیشگاه ولی الله الاعظم و امت داغدار به اطلاع می رساند پیکر مطهر فقیه عالیقدر و مجاهد عظیم الشأن حضرت آیت الله العظمی منتظری (قدس الله نفسه الزکیه) روز دوشنبه 1388/9/30 برابر با چهارم محرم الحرام 1431 ساعت 9 صبح از محل بیت آن فقید سعید به سوی حرم مطهر حضرت معصومه (سلام الله علیها) تشییع خواهد شد.
What does a 60 - 40 Senate vote mean?
A lot of things. The immediate result of a 60 vote majority for the Senate means it has a health care bill that will be signed by the President and soon. It may be that the Presidential address on Christmas Eve will include his signature to legislation that will change the way Americans are treated in regard to their health care needs.
That is good thing.
I want to 'entertain' what is going to happen afterwards and the potential this legislation brings to faciliate the power of the people of the USA in regard to their health insurance, coverage and best outcomes.
To begin, everyone needs to congratulate Harry Reid. He has a hostile Senate in many respects that react to constitutent demands over and above the mandate to the 2008 election handed to the President.
So, Congratulations Senator Reid. Excellent work.
The Health Care Crisis in ten words or less.
Out of Control, Opportunistic, Predatory, Demoralizing, Deadly, Victimizing and Costly.
The Senate Bill took the health care mandate of 2008 seriously and adapted legislation that would bring quality health care to all Americans. They are requiring standard Preventive Measures for every American no different than the health care they receive.
What does that mean? That means people will no longer be 'in crisis' and going to emergency rooms in droves to receive care or save their lives. We have witnessed in this country how that 'putting out the fire' approach is disasterous and deadly. That will stop in large measure once all Americans have adequate preventive care.
To reach beyond that understanding is to understand how the nation's health care paradigm will change and bring down costs to consumers.
There will be reduction in costs over time. Absolutely will be. Consumers will not longer run up the cost of health care by postponing care and dumping their fiscal responsibility at the door steps of CEOs with Emergency Rooms. That is a unique paradigm shift (and there are many) all by itself. As soon as the run on ER visits are down to those that have health insurance the 'solvency' of these institutions take on a very different character.
An aspect of the current solvency issues with health care institutions is providing charity care and/or unsubsidized care as a means to serving the public. When every visit to either a doctor, or clinic or emergency, outpatient facility or hospital receives reimbursement for their services there will be cost reduction across the board for everyone. The management will no longer have to 'overcharge' some consumers in order to make up for those that cannot pay.
The people's role in all this, along with its government gets very intricate. The American consumer of health care can now demand transparency to the actual cost to institutions and doctors to the 'real cost' of providing care. Where paying customers were overcharged to keep instutiions solvent, there will be a balance sheet that should reflect the actual costs of these services.
There is going to be a 'lag' between the initial start up of the Bill the President will sign and the actual achievement of these goals. Institutions have to organize around new paradigms and it isn't as easy as one might believe, especially when one is being prudent to make sure the delivery of care is not interrupted.
But, in what is a fairly short period of time, compared to the extended neglect of our nation's health care there will be changes instituted and consumers will be able to recognize them. One of the dangers of 'living with capitalism' is the potential to exploit. During the time it takes to establish a national 'base' of health care insurance clients, there will all kinds of attempts to 'advantage' companies over consumers. The American people have to be on their toes and I have no doubt the new Commissions set up through the Health and Human Services Administration will be active and have their agendas full of many issues.
Such as, "What is fair payment?, How is that reflected in premiums?, How does everyone make sure the coverage is equitable to their needs? and When is a consumer penalized for having needs that must now be accommodated by insurance carriers? When is a denial correct and when is it not correct but exploitive to the payer of any health insurance?"
Most of all the 'base of support' to the nation's health care will widen and it will demand transparency and control. That is a good thing.
I hope everyone is starting to get the picture because my picture is completely different from that of Wall Street. I see traditional medicine, expansive building plans and escalating costs completely disappearing, along with traditional health insurance plans.
Ready? Here we go. I am first going to discuss, ever so brielfy, the immediate cost savings to our country's entitlements that can be realized. Everyone should be breathing a sigh of relief at this point.
Our national debt will decrease with the loss of inappropriate government spending. It is estimated the first ten years under this Bill will bring a savings to our nation's Tresury of more than $160 bllion US. Not small potatoes.
The second decade will see $1 trillion USA returned to the Treasury of the USA. Not bad. A good thing.
Medicare is saved to all Americans, because, this plan expands its' solvency to 2025. From there with the added savings to our nation's debt it is all a matter of appropriates to the general budget to cover all aging Americans. The actual savings to our nation, after 2025, will be so significant the concerns about bankrupting Medicare will vaporize.
The future is magnificent. Health care costs, traditional health care costs, will come down drastically within ten years. Most probably less, however, there will be an initial uptick as people receiving Preventive Care, some after decades of neglect will be diagnosed with deadly disease. So, the initial cost to the health care paradigm in our nation will increase. If one could imagine a curve, it would be up for a short time and then drastically down to a level paradigm as early detection and Preventive Care will bring about an increase in health and longevity to Americans. The painful reality of what is occurring in 'free traveling clinics' will visit this country when all are covered with health care. Not everyone goes to those free clinics, in other words.
The future and it is not so very far off, looks like this.
A 'birth genome' will detect any potential for disease. It will highlight exactly where an American's health care needs will go and where Preventive Care and better quality life styles will help with needs and outline costs.
Safe building materials for the houses we live and work in, safe work environments with good ventilation systems, good quality of life and activity, preventive care, no smoking. limited alcohol intake and having a health care road map will become the rule of the day. That isn't all.
The health care team is going to change. It will interventionist and from an early age. It will consist of a person's MD, their genetist consultant, potentially bone marrow extraction and genetic medicine to stop and kill cancers, improve lung conditions that cause such horrible disease as fibrosis and basically treat genetically maladies that cause people painful realities.
Why will that 'convert' cost to 'no cost?' Because all people will be well enough to support themselves in economies that are vibrant and beneficial.
The future of American Medicine is not expansive. There will be in a short period of time less demand for surgeries, medications and interventions. The building demands will diminish over time and people will have control and predictability to their wellness and outcomes.
That reality will send a chill down the spines of Wall Street because health care insurance depends of people being ill and not well and meeting with unpredictable illness rather than wellness.
If a country has a healthy nation, it has little need for medicine. Is it achievable. You betcha. Why is Wall Street wanting to exploit 'the system' now? Because it won't in the future. It is "W"rong to make an industry of the needs of the human body. It is necessary for a while, but, in the long run, the diminishment of the need for what is now called 'state of the art' will take place.
The Kennedy Care Bill.
Every American needs to be on their toes, realize their responsibility and reach for the future. The time to start is now.
That is good thing.
I want to 'entertain' what is going to happen afterwards and the potential this legislation brings to faciliate the power of the people of the USA in regard to their health insurance, coverage and best outcomes.
To begin, everyone needs to congratulate Harry Reid. He has a hostile Senate in many respects that react to constitutent demands over and above the mandate to the 2008 election handed to the President.
So, Congratulations Senator Reid. Excellent work.
The Health Care Crisis in ten words or less.
Out of Control, Opportunistic, Predatory, Demoralizing, Deadly, Victimizing and Costly.
The Senate Bill took the health care mandate of 2008 seriously and adapted legislation that would bring quality health care to all Americans. They are requiring standard Preventive Measures for every American no different than the health care they receive.
What does that mean? That means people will no longer be 'in crisis' and going to emergency rooms in droves to receive care or save their lives. We have witnessed in this country how that 'putting out the fire' approach is disasterous and deadly. That will stop in large measure once all Americans have adequate preventive care.
To reach beyond that understanding is to understand how the nation's health care paradigm will change and bring down costs to consumers.
There will be reduction in costs over time. Absolutely will be. Consumers will not longer run up the cost of health care by postponing care and dumping their fiscal responsibility at the door steps of CEOs with Emergency Rooms. That is a unique paradigm shift (and there are many) all by itself. As soon as the run on ER visits are down to those that have health insurance the 'solvency' of these institutions take on a very different character.
An aspect of the current solvency issues with health care institutions is providing charity care and/or unsubsidized care as a means to serving the public. When every visit to either a doctor, or clinic or emergency, outpatient facility or hospital receives reimbursement for their services there will be cost reduction across the board for everyone. The management will no longer have to 'overcharge' some consumers in order to make up for those that cannot pay.
The people's role in all this, along with its government gets very intricate. The American consumer of health care can now demand transparency to the actual cost to institutions and doctors to the 'real cost' of providing care. Where paying customers were overcharged to keep instutiions solvent, there will be a balance sheet that should reflect the actual costs of these services.
There is going to be a 'lag' between the initial start up of the Bill the President will sign and the actual achievement of these goals. Institutions have to organize around new paradigms and it isn't as easy as one might believe, especially when one is being prudent to make sure the delivery of care is not interrupted.
But, in what is a fairly short period of time, compared to the extended neglect of our nation's health care there will be changes instituted and consumers will be able to recognize them. One of the dangers of 'living with capitalism' is the potential to exploit. During the time it takes to establish a national 'base' of health care insurance clients, there will all kinds of attempts to 'advantage' companies over consumers. The American people have to be on their toes and I have no doubt the new Commissions set up through the Health and Human Services Administration will be active and have their agendas full of many issues.
Such as, "What is fair payment?, How is that reflected in premiums?, How does everyone make sure the coverage is equitable to their needs? and When is a consumer penalized for having needs that must now be accommodated by insurance carriers? When is a denial correct and when is it not correct but exploitive to the payer of any health insurance?"
Most of all the 'base of support' to the nation's health care will widen and it will demand transparency and control. That is a good thing.
I hope everyone is starting to get the picture because my picture is completely different from that of Wall Street. I see traditional medicine, expansive building plans and escalating costs completely disappearing, along with traditional health insurance plans.
Ready? Here we go. I am first going to discuss, ever so brielfy, the immediate cost savings to our country's entitlements that can be realized. Everyone should be breathing a sigh of relief at this point.
Our national debt will decrease with the loss of inappropriate government spending. It is estimated the first ten years under this Bill will bring a savings to our nation's Tresury of more than $160 bllion US. Not small potatoes.
The second decade will see $1 trillion USA returned to the Treasury of the USA. Not bad. A good thing.
Medicare is saved to all Americans, because, this plan expands its' solvency to 2025. From there with the added savings to our nation's debt it is all a matter of appropriates to the general budget to cover all aging Americans. The actual savings to our nation, after 2025, will be so significant the concerns about bankrupting Medicare will vaporize.
The future is magnificent. Health care costs, traditional health care costs, will come down drastically within ten years. Most probably less, however, there will be an initial uptick as people receiving Preventive Care, some after decades of neglect will be diagnosed with deadly disease. So, the initial cost to the health care paradigm in our nation will increase. If one could imagine a curve, it would be up for a short time and then drastically down to a level paradigm as early detection and Preventive Care will bring about an increase in health and longevity to Americans. The painful reality of what is occurring in 'free traveling clinics' will visit this country when all are covered with health care. Not everyone goes to those free clinics, in other words.
The future and it is not so very far off, looks like this.
A 'birth genome' will detect any potential for disease. It will highlight exactly where an American's health care needs will go and where Preventive Care and better quality life styles will help with needs and outline costs.
Safe building materials for the houses we live and work in, safe work environments with good ventilation systems, good quality of life and activity, preventive care, no smoking. limited alcohol intake and having a health care road map will become the rule of the day. That isn't all.
The health care team is going to change. It will interventionist and from an early age. It will consist of a person's MD, their genetist consultant, potentially bone marrow extraction and genetic medicine to stop and kill cancers, improve lung conditions that cause such horrible disease as fibrosis and basically treat genetically maladies that cause people painful realities.
Why will that 'convert' cost to 'no cost?' Because all people will be well enough to support themselves in economies that are vibrant and beneficial.
The future of American Medicine is not expansive. There will be in a short period of time less demand for surgeries, medications and interventions. The building demands will diminish over time and people will have control and predictability to their wellness and outcomes.
That reality will send a chill down the spines of Wall Street because health care insurance depends of people being ill and not well and meeting with unpredictable illness rather than wellness.
If a country has a healthy nation, it has little need for medicine. Is it achievable. You betcha. Why is Wall Street wanting to exploit 'the system' now? Because it won't in the future. It is "W"rong to make an industry of the needs of the human body. It is necessary for a while, but, in the long run, the diminishment of the need for what is now called 'state of the art' will take place.
The Kennedy Care Bill.
Every American needs to be on their toes, realize their responsibility and reach for the future. The time to start is now.
I Congratulate the Decency of this Senate
The Obama Administration and its Congress will go down as one of the greatest in history, because, it was fearless.
The Odds of this administration ever being able to carry out its' promises to the American people was clearly stacked against it.
The Previous Administration 'Stacked the Deck' against any health care reform. Bravely and with a focus on Preventive Care the Senate moved to increase the quality of life of Americans and their longevity.
Incredible.
The nation is grateful, regardless of the current mood.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Poor, Mr. Thune. In order for him to understand why he has so many objections is because he needs to ask one question. Only one.
That is all any of the Senators need to ask.
He needs to ask, "Does the Senate Bill have a good Public OPTION, so that when the Insurance Companies take vengence on the American public, the public has a viable option to SAVE THEIR LIVES?"
You see, President Obama told everyone at the very beginning of this that there needs to be a Public Option, you can ask Dr. Dean about the particulars, to compete with commercial insurance.
Oh, one other issue, I think it was Orrin Hatch that (and I might be wrong about that) that said, Medicare Advantage needs to be surgically addressed to correct corruption issues.
At least they admit there are corruption issues.
But, to surgically remove 'systemic corruption' would mean Medicare Advantage would need an autopsy. No sense in going there.
Like I said, at the very BEST it is inequitable. Besides the criminal corruption. They offer benefits, like their Silver Sneakers Program, to some to make the package more attractive than any other there is to choose from, BUT, for the people that don't participate (for whatever reason that is, like disability) they don't provide a payment to them as a non-participant. That is at the very least, unfair and morally disparaging to folks.
Last entry before vote.
Thank you all, I am looking forward to witnessing history tomorrow morning. I am proud of my party. I have been proud of them for a long, long time.
He needs to ask, "Does the Senate Bill have a good Public OPTION, so that when the Insurance Companies take vengence on the American public, the public has a viable option to SAVE THEIR LIVES?"
You see, President Obama told everyone at the very beginning of this that there needs to be a Public Option, you can ask Dr. Dean about the particulars, to compete with commercial insurance.
Oh, one other issue, I think it was Orrin Hatch that (and I might be wrong about that) that said, Medicare Advantage needs to be surgically addressed to correct corruption issues.
At least they admit there are corruption issues.
But, to surgically remove 'systemic corruption' would mean Medicare Advantage would need an autopsy. No sense in going there.
Like I said, at the very BEST it is inequitable. Besides the criminal corruption. They offer benefits, like their Silver Sneakers Program, to some to make the package more attractive than any other there is to choose from, BUT, for the people that don't participate (for whatever reason that is, like disability) they don't provide a payment to them as a non-participant. That is at the very least, unfair and morally disparaging to folks.
Last entry before vote.
Thank you all, I am looking forward to witnessing history tomorrow morning. I am proud of my party. I have been proud of them for a long, long time.
If I were David Vitter I wouldn't be standing on the Senate floor and bragging about what I didn't know. Not if he wants to keep his office.
I sure has heck wouldn't be sounding like a Murdoch puppet, either.
Ya gotta love this mess. The Republicans have delayed improvements to the American Health Care System for two decades and now they say they need to delay it longer.
I don't think so.
You know, if I were a USA Senator, especially a Republican looking for delays in improving the health and well being of the American people I wouldn't be standing on the Senate floor quoting Murdock morons as did Orrin Hatch and David Vitter.
I wouldn't be standing on the Senate Floor I didn't know squat about what I was suppose to know. That is a lousy 'work ethic.'
I give the Republicans a hint and then critic this mess further.
Most, if not all Democrats, especially those involved in the Conservation movement, like myself are well aware of the underhanded methodologies of Republicans. I remember one New Years Eve. I believe it was 2005. I was just about to get all 'dolled up' to join friends for a party and I made the 'instinctual move' to check my email before I started. Sure enough there was an email about a measure the Republicans pulled at the last minute to try to sneak through more infringements upon our Nation's natural resources. The Parks I believe. So, I put aside the dress and the make up and the party and called my host. As soon as he heard my voice he knew. He knew as soon as he heard my voice what the deal was. He simply said, "I'll be waiting for you when you get here." I then turned to my word processor and started to compose methodologies and information and statutes that would stop the incideous attempt to exploit the USA's people of their right to sanity in the natural world.
So, I know Republicans inside and out. The thing is this, and the advise I give them, is that a person that SINCERELY cares deeply about their country, their rights and in this case their constituency doesn't complain about it.
One simply accepts the task before them and 'digs in' up to their elbows and gets the job done. All I have heard since Deb St-"ABE-NOW" left the floor after her beautiful assessment of the Health Care Bill, is belly aching. Nothing more, nothing less, but, belly aching. The Republicans haven't got a clue and they are the laziest bunch of elected officials I have ever witnessed.
Belly aching and quoting the Murdoch tribe.
Deb finished her assessment, took her posters and left the Senate floor. Who was next? The great stateman, Orrin Hatch.
He had heard Deb state everything SHE KNEW about the bill, he had heard (Or at least should have.) the reading of the Manager's Amendment. Nearly 400 pages of it. And what does he say?
Orrin Hatch said the Democrats were covert.
Orrin Hatch said, "...like back room Chicago style..." - that is language directly out of the Murdoch playbook. What are the agents of Murdoch? AHhhhhhh....Oh, yeah....Boortz and Hannity. Exact slanderous words they use to describe my President.
Proof?
After 'clueless' Hatch finished being a jerk, Bennett took the floor and did nothing but tried to play CYA.
See, Bennett has been in office since 1993. He was one of the "Contract with America" Republicans that has caused this mess. So, what he attempted to do was to say the Health Care Reform Bill was postponing the 'relief' to the American people KNOWING there are deaths every year. Perhaps he proposed another bill to rush through the legislature before Christmas to be sure those 43,000 Americans would not die between now and the year to follow? NO, he didn't do that. He simply whined about the benefits not taking effect for four years after the passage this year. Well, I would do at least passage of this bill considering 'the history' of human rights abuses he had accumulated since 1993. What gets me, is that if we have numbers of people that die every year in this country due to lack of health insurance, I don't know why we don't have names to accompany that. In this country, that type of government neglect is at least manslaughter.
I don't believe I heard him quote Murdoch though, just CYA, that is all I heard from him.
Then pathetic Vitter comes to the floor, whining again about the number of pages of the Health Care Reform Bill and another amendment of (I'll be generous.) 400 page and then complaining about the 383? pages of the Manager's Amendment. He complained about it as if it hadn't been read at all. I mean give me a break here. If that isn't being a flyin' moron then don't ask me what is.
His favorite is from Hannity, "Obama-care." Well, heck, at least he cares. I can't say that of any Republican.
The Republicans have a problem. They don't have the where-with-all to even have an independent vocabulary from that of the Murdoch network. They don't use legislatively effective language and THEY DON'T READ.
That is a problem and the people from their States need to understand they in turn have a problem. The have legislators that 'take their cue' from radio talk show hosts. That is SICK. There isn't anything else to say, but, when legislators are 'quoting' Murdoch commentators, that is nothing more than contributing to 'mind speak' and 'mind set' to insure their elections. It is no different than when Grassley went before his constituents and stated, the House Bill was "...going to pull the plug on Grandma." Like, what?
The Republicans have no dignity, they don't know how to protect the people they represent and they are so 'enamored' with Murdoch rhetoric, it is blastedly creepy.
They need to get over themselves. They need to find a way to be dignified enough to be worthy of their place in the Senate and start acting like it; rather than using it for rhetorical campaigning every time the 'curtain' rises.
I am dead serious about WHOM died in this country for the last two decades because there was no health insurance since the Former First Lady tried and failed due to corporate corruption of our political system.
They all need to get a life and step aside for real Americans to take the Senate floor.
I am looking forward to the vote early tomorrow morning. I think I need to slice an apple. I might get hungry between now and then.
Ya gotta love this mess. The Republicans have delayed improvements to the American Health Care System for two decades and now they say they need to delay it longer.
I don't think so.
You know, if I were a USA Senator, especially a Republican looking for delays in improving the health and well being of the American people I wouldn't be standing on the Senate floor quoting Murdock morons as did Orrin Hatch and David Vitter.
I wouldn't be standing on the Senate Floor I didn't know squat about what I was suppose to know. That is a lousy 'work ethic.'
I give the Republicans a hint and then critic this mess further.
Most, if not all Democrats, especially those involved in the Conservation movement, like myself are well aware of the underhanded methodologies of Republicans. I remember one New Years Eve. I believe it was 2005. I was just about to get all 'dolled up' to join friends for a party and I made the 'instinctual move' to check my email before I started. Sure enough there was an email about a measure the Republicans pulled at the last minute to try to sneak through more infringements upon our Nation's natural resources. The Parks I believe. So, I put aside the dress and the make up and the party and called my host. As soon as he heard my voice he knew. He knew as soon as he heard my voice what the deal was. He simply said, "I'll be waiting for you when you get here." I then turned to my word processor and started to compose methodologies and information and statutes that would stop the incideous attempt to exploit the USA's people of their right to sanity in the natural world.
So, I know Republicans inside and out. The thing is this, and the advise I give them, is that a person that SINCERELY cares deeply about their country, their rights and in this case their constituency doesn't complain about it.
One simply accepts the task before them and 'digs in' up to their elbows and gets the job done. All I have heard since Deb St-"ABE-NOW" left the floor after her beautiful assessment of the Health Care Bill, is belly aching. Nothing more, nothing less, but, belly aching. The Republicans haven't got a clue and they are the laziest bunch of elected officials I have ever witnessed.
Belly aching and quoting the Murdoch tribe.
Deb finished her assessment, took her posters and left the Senate floor. Who was next? The great stateman, Orrin Hatch.
He had heard Deb state everything SHE KNEW about the bill, he had heard (Or at least should have.) the reading of the Manager's Amendment. Nearly 400 pages of it. And what does he say?
Orrin Hatch said the Democrats were covert.
Orrin Hatch said, "...like back room Chicago style..." - that is language directly out of the Murdoch playbook. What are the agents of Murdoch? AHhhhhhh....Oh, yeah....Boortz and Hannity. Exact slanderous words they use to describe my President.
Proof?
After 'clueless' Hatch finished being a jerk, Bennett took the floor and did nothing but tried to play CYA.
See, Bennett has been in office since 1993. He was one of the "Contract with America" Republicans that has caused this mess. So, what he attempted to do was to say the Health Care Reform Bill was postponing the 'relief' to the American people KNOWING there are deaths every year. Perhaps he proposed another bill to rush through the legislature before Christmas to be sure those 43,000 Americans would not die between now and the year to follow? NO, he didn't do that. He simply whined about the benefits not taking effect for four years after the passage this year. Well, I would do at least passage of this bill considering 'the history' of human rights abuses he had accumulated since 1993. What gets me, is that if we have numbers of people that die every year in this country due to lack of health insurance, I don't know why we don't have names to accompany that. In this country, that type of government neglect is at least manslaughter.
I don't believe I heard him quote Murdoch though, just CYA, that is all I heard from him.
Then pathetic Vitter comes to the floor, whining again about the number of pages of the Health Care Reform Bill and another amendment of (I'll be generous.) 400 page and then complaining about the 383? pages of the Manager's Amendment. He complained about it as if it hadn't been read at all. I mean give me a break here. If that isn't being a flyin' moron then don't ask me what is.
His favorite is from Hannity, "Obama-care." Well, heck, at least he cares. I can't say that of any Republican.
The Republicans have a problem. They don't have the where-with-all to even have an independent vocabulary from that of the Murdoch network. They don't use legislatively effective language and THEY DON'T READ.
That is a problem and the people from their States need to understand they in turn have a problem. The have legislators that 'take their cue' from radio talk show hosts. That is SICK. There isn't anything else to say, but, when legislators are 'quoting' Murdoch commentators, that is nothing more than contributing to 'mind speak' and 'mind set' to insure their elections. It is no different than when Grassley went before his constituents and stated, the House Bill was "...going to pull the plug on Grandma." Like, what?
The Republicans have no dignity, they don't know how to protect the people they represent and they are so 'enamored' with Murdoch rhetoric, it is blastedly creepy.
They need to get over themselves. They need to find a way to be dignified enough to be worthy of their place in the Senate and start acting like it; rather than using it for rhetorical campaigning every time the 'curtain' rises.
I am dead serious about WHOM died in this country for the last two decades because there was no health insurance since the Former First Lady tried and failed due to corporate corruption of our political system.
They all need to get a life and step aside for real Americans to take the Senate floor.
I am looking forward to the vote early tomorrow morning. I think I need to slice an apple. I might get hungry between now and then.
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