I am shaking with rage

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Wednesday September 16, 2009 · 10:44 AM PDT

2009/09/16 · 10:44

So, I turn on CNN this morning. The talk of the hour is the details of this "Reform" plan. Initially, I'm glad to hear about it. I have a new lump in my neck that I need to see my doctor about, even though I can't afford it, but will need to do it.

What the fuck is this shit? This "Health" bill is supposed to be touted as "reform"? I get a mandate that I need to purchase private junk insurance, wherein I am obligated to cover 35% of the actual cost of services, and they "cover" the remaining?

THIS is what the duly elected "Representatives", whom we've all donated money to, and worked so hard to elect - have decided to shovel over? The same people who screwed up the stimulus plan, the same people who have amnesia about the promises that got them elected? THIS is what they give us?

Who in their right mind would think this could possibly constitute reform? 35% of costs is a pretty freaking huge number if you ask me - especially considering the costs for procedures. They seriously think that this will improve the situation with medical bankruptcies?

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 4:06 PM PST

2009/02/09 · 16:06

The below entry is fiction. It's how I see global warming playing out, on a very local level.

It started slowly. All sorts of little events, strung together in hindsight, but at first brush, completely independent of one another. Hindsight is always right – isn’t that what they say? And yet, we’re still myopic. In denial.

I should back up. My name is unimportant. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have for all my life. In hindsight, the changes, the little events, I had never really taken in aggregate. I assume most everyone else didn’t, either.

My daily routine consisted of all the usual things – wake up in the morning, go to work, take a walk, go home, and do it all over again. My daily walk was about 2 miles long, around a lagoon in Burlingame, California, on the shores of the San Francisco Bay. I’d try to complete it every day I was at the office, weather permitting.

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Wednesday August 29, 2007 · 7:22 PM PDT

2007/08/29 · 19:22

On Friday night, I set out from Spokane, Washington to San Francisco, California. I have a bladder the size of a walnut, and I also intended to complete the drive in a single nonstop run. This entailed numerous rest stops in Washington, Oregon, and California.

Just after 9PM, after passing through The Dalles, Oregon on Interstate 84 westbound, I felt the typical bladder contractions, rolled my eyes, sighed, and began to hunt for a rest stop while simultaneously notching my cruise speed up to 85 mph.

At last, a sign for a rest stop - 3 miles ahead...

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I am shaking with rage

A Reflection Upon The Near Future

A woman's perspective: A 'rest stop' and bathroom experience