Hooray For Hollywood Update
On May 12th I posted an article with link referencing the last surviving member of the Titanic and how the stars of the movie version were coming to her rescue due to her not having enough money to remain in her nursing home. It was pointed out that, in the country where she lives (Great Britain) they have nationalized health care and, as such, why should she have to worry? After all, isn’t national health care the greatest thing since sliced bread?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8070095.stm
We also see Mr. Obama pushing to “make it happen” by year’s end under the promise that, in doing so, we will then begin to bring the deficit under control!
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/23050.html
Well, in today’s news, Milvina Dean (age 97) has died. Thus ends our last living connection with the sinking of the Titanic (even though she was only nine weeks old when it sunk) and, as such, there is no longer a need to worry about meeting her health care costs.
It is also a sign of things to come: as it has been repeatedly pointed out, Social Security and Medicare / Medicaid costs have skyrocketed lately due to the fact that, on average, we are living longer! If the current administration has its way, that will soon take care of itself. There is a push to keep abortion “safe, legal and rare” up to and including the entire “fetus” being outside the womb save the head. At that point it is legal to abort. And, if by chance we survive being born, at the other end of the spectrum is the “option” of suicide; or, as it is phrased: “death with dignity”. Either way you slice it, we as a society are facing an increasingly European style view of the value of life. And, if that is any indication of things to come, just like Milvina Dean living in a country that already has nationalized health care, we too may find that we have “outlived our usefulness”. Especially when you put it in the context that, unlike Ms. Dean, we were not “fortunate” enough to have survived an historical disaster (unless you count the sinking of America historical) and thus stay in the spotlight way past our usefulness. Only time will tell….
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