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here Like many others in this economy, Bill and Mary Caudle faced a
predicament when it came to maintaining health care once Bill Caudle
lost his job. In their case, Bill decided to join the Army to receive health care coverage, even as his wife was fighting ovarian cancer.
What do you think of their decision?
My opinion:
Nice, heartbreaking story, but I'll be damned before I see Bill as some big hero who's sacrificing his life for his wive. No, no, no. We should see Bill as someone who wanted to be so unaware of politics that he let himself be taken in by the Republican lies and distortions over the summer. We all make choices, but staying a-political, and especially these times, seems woefully inadequate to me.
Why were they a-political? How could they be? And were was the shouting coming from? Not from the left. No, the angry, ugly shouting came from the extremist rightwing, and the moderate rightwing stood idly by and did nothing.
If only much MORE people, the Caudles included, just had been a little
LESS a-political, had just been a little
MORE aware of what is going on. Then they might have persuaded their anti-Health care Senators not to be a party of NO, not to be in bed with the HMO's and Big Pharma. And to vote YES on the Democrats health care bills.
It really doesn't take a genius to see that Repubs are fighting against the people, and FOR some corporate interest.
This is a republican mess, and to use a republican solution, enlisting, to clean it up, seems crazy. So the Republican solution to all societies ills is, make peoples lifes so miserable, that they are forced to join the Army, something they don't want?
Ultimately, these troops are dying for the bottom line of Pfizer and such.
and both sides will use this to make their point, as if there's balance to this issue. as if this is a game, to score points on.
In the meantime, Republicans hope Mrs. Caudle will follow the Repub Health Care Plan which is:
Don't get sick, but you do, then die quickly. Oh, I'm harsh? Well, 44,000 dead Americans each year, AVOIDABLE deaths through UNDER-insurance, say we're not harsh enough towards Repubs.
And if you think the majority of those dead Americans is either black or immigrant, then ask yourself this: Is Mary Caudle black? Or immigrant? Nope, she's according to Palin, a 'real American'. Now ask yourself the ultimate question: When will this happen to me?
And if Bill and Mary voted Obama, and voted for Democrat Senators who were willing to change, then I'm sorry. But "a-political" suggests they didn't even bother to vote.
This country made many choices AGAINST universal health care (which is NOT free, but simply a better spread) Solidarity is a dirty word in American politics, sticking out for one another is ... socialist? Nazism?
We choose to follow irrational, foolish leader because of some ideology which came down to being cruel to other people who never done us no harm. Then we killed them or poisoned them not just for life but for generations by spreading lowgrade uranium amongst them. Now we're suffering the consequences, and now Bill is a hero? Get real.
Bill is joining an instrument of destruction, not one of peace, of occupation not one of defense and no US soldier is a hero for defending ... country? Get real. The US army primarily defends corporate interests. Like it always did.
