And now for something entirely political . . .

So I'm feeling kind of politically outraged due to the fact that I've just seen Sicko, that new Michael Moore documentary. Now, it should be noted that I am not the biggest Michael Moore fan and I view his films with some skepticism due to the fact that I know he tends to show what he wants to show and such and sometimes shows things through rosy colored glass. This was apparent in this movie when he got a bit off track talking about socialism in France, but generally the movie had a really very important message: why the FUCK do we have such a horrid health care system?

There were some just tragic stories. Mind you, these were stories about people who had health insurance, but just got screwed over by their companies. People who were denied care because the insurance companies, already bursting with prophets, didn't want to shell out the $500,000 for the bone marrow transplant that could have saved the cancer patient's life or who wouldn't let a mother get care for her child at the hospital closest to her because they wanted her to get care at their specific hospital. The worst and most embarrassing was the way hospitals just dropped people who couldn't pay for their care on the side of the road even if they had broken bones or were completely disoriented. It's just awful and completely goes against the supposed philosophy of our country. When you deny care for someone, when something can be done to save someones life and you refuse to do it, isn't it murder? How do the heads of the insurance company, the heads of our government who get the checks from the insurance companies and the drug companies, sleep at night? I simply don't understand. And really, we're a joke. In the documentary he went to all these other countries where they do have universal health care to speak with them about it and they were just incredulous about the way our system is run. They all laughed when he talked about paying for health care, and every doctor he talked to said they were glad to be a part of a system which allowed them to help and treat without question rather than one that would make them kick people out if their insurance was denied.

And it is embarrassing. We are a country that has so much, and yet we cannot seem to come up with a system that allows everyone a fair chance. There is so much wrong with both education and health care, two things that should be the most important of everything. What kind of country are we if our people don't have their health or their education? This really shouldn't even been a bipartisan issue. It isn't in other countries. It's just so frustrating, especially seeing as the current administration simply doesn't care what anyone thinks and is offended whenever someone suggests that they not rule with unchecked power. It's insulting and I just hope that next election we can make a change and that the next administration manages to make some really positive decisions that don't involve wire tapping and war and money in their pocket. I'm not sure who I really support yet, but definitely not any of the republicans who are all obsessed with terrorism and gay marriage.

Anyway, I guess ultimately on the plus side I've got that British citizenship so I can always go anywhere in the European Union if America starts being too lame.

listening to: Flight of the Conchords--The Humans are Dead