Fox News is Once Again, Brilliant

While President Obama was signing the Health Care Bill, FOX thought that it was of utmost importance to cover the unplanned landing of an airplane. I thought that this was ridiculous, there was one of the most important pieces of legislation passed, and they decided to cover the story of an airplane landing. I feel like this is an all-time low for cable media, and it should be a wake-up call to its viewers.

Offshore Drilling

This is one thing that I must disagree with Obama on. While we are making no very large steps in the direction of greener energy sources, we are expanding the areas available to off shore drilling companies. One of the major things Obama campaigned on was the need to have a larger base of renewable energy and start moving away from environmentally-threatening fuel sources. It just seems like he is beginning to go backwards on his ideals about the environment. Not only does this prevent a motivation to create new sources of energy, but it subjects a much larger area to the possibility of an oil spill that could be devastating to the organisms that live there.

"Don't ask, Don't Tell"

So, the government is thinking about lessening the "don't ask don't tell policy" that is such a huge part of the perception of America from other countries. I think the fact that people can risk their lives for the nation, but we cannot let them tell us if they love other people of the same sex is disgusting. I feel like the much of congress is removed enough from the violence and death that occurs in war, and feels the need to be unfairly selective when it comes to sending people out to defend their home.
Personally, I think that the members of the army should be allowed to love whoever they want if they are risking their lives for ours, and that we do not have a right to stop them from defending us. The people standing in the way of the repealing of this bill need to rethink what America is and what is stands for. Equality and fairness.

This Day in History....

I believe that today will go down in history just like the days that medicare and medicaid have gone down. This health care bill may not alter the entire fabric of America's existence, but it will still make a change and be important. This bill has gone through an incredible amount of editing and change and evolution, that I think it was about time to pass.
One Republican (Representative Mike Pence) put it as "Some say we are making history. I say we are breaking it". I have to disagree here, I do not see it in any way corrupting or ruining our country, it is something that needs to pass in order for Americans to start having to save less money for health care and spend it, which would boost our economy greatly.

Stupak is a Traitor... wait. Really?

So, Bart Stupak has decided to vote in favor of the health care bill.

Many people are angry at him because he previously stated that he would not agree to it unless it promised not to fund abortions.

He said that he agreed to sign the bill because of an executive order the president is going to put through that abortion cannot be funded for by the government. The reason people are outraged is that he is "going against his word" even though he has had his "requirements" fulfilled.

Direct Selling of Milk to Consumers

In this blog, I will be addressing only the first 2:10 of this video.
This man first comes across as being a little bit strange, but the things he says are actually quite interesting. He talks about what would happen to farmers if they could sell milk directly to the consumer. Initially, it looks like a good idea, but if taken under a microscope, there are flaws in the plan. The regulation that farmers are under right now are very intense and specific, and the addition of a whole other branch of farming would just increase the amount of time the government would have to spend checking all of the bottling equipment that they would have to construct. Another issue is the time. Many farmers do not have the time to take on that much more effort, because they are already busy with taking care of the rest of the car.

Health Care Votes!

Although you may not be able to see it clearly, this is a graphic from the New York Times's coverage of the status of health care reform as of 5:50 PST on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The health care bill is to be voted on in a matter of hours, and I thought it would be interesting to look at the stats going into the official vote.
This shows the amount of votes there are in favor of the bill, and the number of votes that are against the bill. In favor, there are 218 votes for yes, and 206 for no. There are 4 Democratic votes that have still not been released to the public by people holding out for deals. These four representatives are from Virginia, Illinois, and Tennessee. Personally, I do not think holding out on the information is going to be effective into the hours preceding the vote. Nancy Pelosi has the votes that she needs to pass the bill, and she will probably not be interested in giving someone a deal if she doesn't need it. They do, however, conveniently get the attention of being one of the stragglers in this historical event.