Last night John Muhammad was executed for killing 10 people. His accomplice, Lee Malvo, who should have been with him, is in prison serving "life without parole". According to one reporter, John walked into the execution chamber and lay down on a bed with "needles dug into his arms". (That reporter missed class on the day they taught students to spell "inserted".)
The U.S. Supreme Court and the Governor of Virginia rejected appeals that John should not be executed because he was mentally ill. What? Of coarse he was mentally ill, you have to be crazy to take a rifle and go murder 10 innocent human beings going about their everyday lives.
It is a disservice to those who are truly mentally ill to link John and Lee to them. True mentally ill people don't understand right from wrong. John and Lee knew perfectly what they were doing.
Those criminals on death row and those serving "life without the possibility of parole" should be put in line for God's judgement, they should not be living among us.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Healthcare Plan
The health care plan passed the House last week, now on to the Senate. I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, I'm not in favor of of government involvement in private business. On the other hand, having retired last year (without medicare because I need insurance for the family) only to discover that the family insurance premium is more than $1100 a month, I'm back at work for the insurance.
Pre-existing conditions, deductibles and co-pays still place unreasonable (unaffordable) financial burdens on me and my family.
One news report says U.S. insurance companies made $12 billion in profits in 2003, growing to $28 billion last year. Biggest complaints seem to be people getting turned down because they have been sick in the past (pre-existing conditions). And insurance companies refusing to cover illnesses once the customer has insurance. I guess the insuarance companies don't like to insure sick people because it lowers profits, and they don't like to pay for policy holders who get sick because it lowers profits. But it seems like those are the reasons people buy insurance. I'm confused.
I suppose that government intervention is necessary to hold these companies responsible for doing the right thing, and keeping uncontrolled greed at bay.
Pre-existing conditions, deductibles and co-pays still place unreasonable (unaffordable) financial burdens on me and my family.
One news report says U.S. insurance companies made $12 billion in profits in 2003, growing to $28 billion last year. Biggest complaints seem to be people getting turned down because they have been sick in the past (pre-existing conditions). And insurance companies refusing to cover illnesses once the customer has insurance. I guess the insuarance companies don't like to insure sick people because it lowers profits, and they don't like to pay for policy holders who get sick because it lowers profits. But it seems like those are the reasons people buy insurance. I'm confused.
I suppose that government intervention is necessary to hold these companies responsible for doing the right thing, and keeping uncontrolled greed at bay.
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