Hi Humans,
Congratulations to the Supreme Court in confirming that Affordable Health Care including mandating that all humans become insured is constitutional. American medical education is the best in the world. People come from all over the world to study here, and many of those people stay here to give care and teach others. At its best, the USA has the best medical are in the world. Americans spend more per capita on medical insurance than other countries. But in spite of this, the overall care given to American humans is low compared to other First World countries. The reason is that many Americans are under-insured or not insured at all. America has to fill in the gaps and bring up the cost effectiveness of care to catch up with the rest of the Developed World.
Even a dog like me can see that.
Chloe
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Gullible Humans
Hi Humans,
Today on CNN a "conservative" political/economic commentator argued that people should vote for Romney because President Obama will not be able to push his agenda for fixing the economy through the Republican controlled Congress. However, Romney once elected, will take the same or a similar agenda, give it a different name, and will be able to get enough Republican support (because he is a Republican) to push it through Congress and fix the economy. He is probably correct. Romney will probably give Obama's plans new names (including "Obamacare") and push them because in the end it will become obvious how failed the Republican agenda is. After all, it is the Republicans who created the present financial situation with financial deregulation (allowing greed to trump national interest), with going to war on the wrong battlefield without adequate preparation, and by financing it with hidden borrowing instead of bracing the population with increased taxes (and rationing as was done in World War II).
You Humans are really gullible. We dogs have a better perception of things.
Chloe
Today on CNN a "conservative" political/economic commentator argued that people should vote for Romney because President Obama will not be able to push his agenda for fixing the economy through the Republican controlled Congress. However, Romney once elected, will take the same or a similar agenda, give it a different name, and will be able to get enough Republican support (because he is a Republican) to push it through Congress and fix the economy. He is probably correct. Romney will probably give Obama's plans new names (including "Obamacare") and push them because in the end it will become obvious how failed the Republican agenda is. After all, it is the Republicans who created the present financial situation with financial deregulation (allowing greed to trump national interest), with going to war on the wrong battlefield without adequate preparation, and by financing it with hidden borrowing instead of bracing the population with increased taxes (and rationing as was done in World War II).
You Humans are really gullible. We dogs have a better perception of things.
Chloe
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Natural and Supernatural
Hi Humans,
Some of you people talk about things that are natural and other things that are supernatural. We dogs only know natural. We are not so sophisticated as to distinguish between the two. Anyway, can the supernatural really exist? If something that seems supernatural turns out to really exist, then it is natural and not supernatural.
Chloe
Some of you people talk about things that are natural and other things that are supernatural. We dogs only know natural. We are not so sophisticated as to distinguish between the two. Anyway, can the supernatural really exist? If something that seems supernatural turns out to really exist, then it is natural and not supernatural.
Chloe
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Knee Jerk Tax Opposition
Hello Humans,
Some of you have a knee jerk opposition to anything that smells of taxes, no matter what the consequences. You are against social services to maintain the health and welfare of ordinary citizens, but you are also against reducing tax breaks for the most wealthy. Maybe eventually, you will realize who is screwing you (maybe most already do).
Chloe
Some of you have a knee jerk opposition to anything that smells of taxes, no matter what the consequences. You are against social services to maintain the health and welfare of ordinary citizens, but you are also against reducing tax breaks for the most wealthy. Maybe eventually, you will realize who is screwing you (maybe most already do).
Chloe
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Proposition 29
Hi California Humans,
Vote for Proposition 29. A higher cigarette tax will create more money for cancer research and will help inhibit humans from smoking. The tobacco companies are paying lots of money for ads against it. Tobacco is an addictive poison which the tobacco companies sell to their fellow humans to make money even though it causes cancer and other deadly illnesses. They have enlisted the knee jerk anti-tax lunatics in their effort. The American Cancer Society is in favor of the proposition. I know I'm just a dog, but who is right and who is wrong seems rather obvious to me. Doesn't it to you?
Chloe
Vote for Proposition 29. A higher cigarette tax will create more money for cancer research and will help inhibit humans from smoking. The tobacco companies are paying lots of money for ads against it. Tobacco is an addictive poison which the tobacco companies sell to their fellow humans to make money even though it causes cancer and other deadly illnesses. They have enlisted the knee jerk anti-tax lunatics in their effort. The American Cancer Society is in favor of the proposition. I know I'm just a dog, but who is right and who is wrong seems rather obvious to me. Doesn't it to you?
Chloe
Monday, March 26, 2012
Health Care
Hi Humans,
There is a big debate in the United States about the provision in the new Health Care law mandating that everyone buy Health Insurance. It seems that about 2/3 of American Humans oppose that idea and about 1/3 support it. Why? The reality is that at its best, American health care is probably the best in the world, but overall the U.S.A. has one of the worst records among the developed nations. Most Americans have adequate insurance (don't want to share and don't realize they are already paying for the uninsured), or are healthy and don't realize they are underinsured, or are rich enough to pay for the best care no matter what their insurance is, or don't have insurance by choice or not by choice and are willing to or have to let people with insurance pay for them. Those probably make up the 2/3. The 1/3 who support the President's health plan must be those who are adequately insured but are conscientious enough to share and/or realize they are already paying for the uninsured anyway, plus those who are uninsured or underinsured and want to do whatever they can to keep their dignity and get adequate helath care. The reason the USA has at its best good health care and overall not such good health care is that when humans here get very sick, the most technically advanced care is avaiable if they or their insurance will pay for it. If they can't afford it, the insured people might pay for it in a haphazard way through higher hospital costs and public care costs. An organized health plan that keeps everyone as healthy as possible at home will keep overall health care costs down.
Incidentally, if it is unconstitutional to mandate health insurance, then it must be also unconstitutional to mandate automobile insurance (which is now the general rule in the USA).
Well, for whatever it's worth, that's what this dog thinks.
Chloe
There is a big debate in the United States about the provision in the new Health Care law mandating that everyone buy Health Insurance. It seems that about 2/3 of American Humans oppose that idea and about 1/3 support it. Why? The reality is that at its best, American health care is probably the best in the world, but overall the U.S.A. has one of the worst records among the developed nations. Most Americans have adequate insurance (don't want to share and don't realize they are already paying for the uninsured), or are healthy and don't realize they are underinsured, or are rich enough to pay for the best care no matter what their insurance is, or don't have insurance by choice or not by choice and are willing to or have to let people with insurance pay for them. Those probably make up the 2/3. The 1/3 who support the President's health plan must be those who are adequately insured but are conscientious enough to share and/or realize they are already paying for the uninsured anyway, plus those who are uninsured or underinsured and want to do whatever they can to keep their dignity and get adequate helath care. The reason the USA has at its best good health care and overall not such good health care is that when humans here get very sick, the most technically advanced care is avaiable if they or their insurance will pay for it. If they can't afford it, the insured people might pay for it in a haphazard way through higher hospital costs and public care costs. An organized health plan that keeps everyone as healthy as possible at home will keep overall health care costs down.
Incidentally, if it is unconstitutional to mandate health insurance, then it must be also unconstitutional to mandate automobile insurance (which is now the general rule in the USA).
Well, for whatever it's worth, that's what this dog thinks.
Chloe
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Are There Any Serious Republican Candidates Hiding Out There?
Hi Humans,
Have you been watching the Republican Primary Debates? I think the serious Republican candidates must be waiting for 2016. I can't believe that the comedians who are running in the Republican primaries are serious. Even their attempts at humor are not that good.
For example, education is a serious issue in the USA. In the zeal to cut government spending, education has suffered, and a less educated labor force decreases America's ability to compete for trade in the world. Politicians look for a cheap fix by laying the blame on teachers. If only the teachers were more dedicated. President Obama recently said he wants all children to go to college. Certainly the opportunity should be there for all, and as many as possible should avail themselves of it. But the reality is there will be people who will not go to college, and some of them would be best served by an eductional system that takes that into consideration and offers realistic cost effective alternatives (like trade schools). This could have presented an opportunity for a clever Republican to take a serious figurative shot at the president. Senator Santorum, had he been serious, could have made a point of this and offered an alternative plan in rebutting Mr. Obama's statement. But instead he called the president a "snob" which completely missed the point and dropped a political opportunity.
Well, what do I know? I'm just a dog.
Chloe
Have you been watching the Republican Primary Debates? I think the serious Republican candidates must be waiting for 2016. I can't believe that the comedians who are running in the Republican primaries are serious. Even their attempts at humor are not that good.
For example, education is a serious issue in the USA. In the zeal to cut government spending, education has suffered, and a less educated labor force decreases America's ability to compete for trade in the world. Politicians look for a cheap fix by laying the blame on teachers. If only the teachers were more dedicated. President Obama recently said he wants all children to go to college. Certainly the opportunity should be there for all, and as many as possible should avail themselves of it. But the reality is there will be people who will not go to college, and some of them would be best served by an eductional system that takes that into consideration and offers realistic cost effective alternatives (like trade schools). This could have presented an opportunity for a clever Republican to take a serious figurative shot at the president. Senator Santorum, had he been serious, could have made a point of this and offered an alternative plan in rebutting Mr. Obama's statement. But instead he called the president a "snob" which completely missed the point and dropped a political opportunity.
Well, what do I know? I'm just a dog.
Chloe
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