Grant needs Jesus. He also needs to have his chainsaws taken away. While we’re working on a list of things that he can no longer have on his person, in his car, or in his apartment, or at work for that matter everyone pray (because he is going to personally come here and bludgeon me to death with a toaster after this one).
Grant, I love you like a step brother with no arms and is strapped to me daily so that I have to lug you everywhere. Please don’t kill me, but you need Jesus.
Moving on to more important things, I read a lot in the papers and online that the Republicans (the party not every single republican in the universe) are tossing the word Socialist around like it’s a contagion or something. Something that needs to be stamped out because it’s against all that is free and beautiful in this world. Jesus was a socialist….keep that in mind ![]()
Seriously though, there are a few socialist programs we have in the US and there are socialist programs currently working in other countries that aren’t all bad. I personally think that Health care should be a more socialist practice. I’m of the opinion (and this is totally based on the type of individuals I meet and interact with on a daily basis in a hospital) that a lot of doctors, no not all of them but some of them are motivated by high dollar counts. They are arrogant creatures that aren’t really all that special in the world. You have your stars that shine bright (usually researchers) but your run of the mill clinician is not special. He’s not much smarter than anyone else; however, he put in a lot of time and spent a lot of money to get where he is and is entitled to treat you, the average citizen like a piece of shit. I believe this because they treat me like a piece of shit right up until their computer breaks..hehe. Suddenly their whole attitude changes. I like to call it ‘The Humbling’.
Any how, Socialism isn’t bad. It’s just different. It’s probably nicer (on a moral idea) than having your health decided on whether or not you can make the co-pay, or whether or not your insurance company decides to stop paying for something because this new drug works better but you happen to be allergic to it so your bill increases. I especially like that they torture children because the practice makes more money that way. I know this from experience, take your child to get skin testing by an Allergist at a non-educational facility and see what they do. It blows balls.
Also, sphincter!

I agree about the medical community needing to be run as a service for all people instead of as a for-profit business. Can you imagine if the police and fire departments were run the same way? “Your credit card was declined, so we’re going to let your house burn down.” A lot of people in this country (America) don’t even realize that we have socialist kinds of programs, they’re just trained from birth that socialism = communism = atheism, so engaging in it will strip us of our liberties, allow the terrorists to win, and make the baby Jesus cry.
And speaking of him, I’ll pass. I prefer He Who Has the Best Tunes.
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So then you prefer me right? Because you know..with a collection spanning several gigs I think I have all the best tunes. =-P
I can’t prove that but it’s the story I’m stickin’ to because it means worship and all.
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