Racism

I agree that whether we want to believe it or not, racism still does exist in the U.S. and it is shocking that it is still around. It should not matter what race or ethnicity we are, but yet sometimes it still does effect whether we get the job or not, getting into college, or grades, customer service, etc..

I too get the stereotypical jokes, like "Aren't you like a human calculator?" or "You probably don't have a life or any fun cause all you do is go to work and school" just because I'm Asian. I would not say that they are being racist, I would say that they are just carrying on the stereotypes. I personally do not feel comfortable enough to make jokes like that about other races, just because you never know who you would really offend.

I liked in your article "Race!" you talked about taking your friend to the hospital and he was treated poorly just because he did not have health insurance. It is a good example of prejudice in another light. It reminds me of sometimes when I go to restaurants I would notice that another table, older, probably good tippers, that our same waiter would give them top of the line service and give me the bad end of the stick. Just because I'm young and I don't order like 1000 drinks, the waiter probably thinks I'm not a good tipper so what is the point of giving me good service.

Our health care and our country,,,,

Lately, health care has been really popular in today's news. Should the United States have free health care or is our system the only way to do it? Years ago the Water Gate scandal was revealed, which was when the FBI bugged a hotel room to spy on the president and revealed plenty of corrupted plans that he made deals with, some included health care. It revealed that the insurance has our government in their pocket, and the president knew about it. The United States does not exactly need insurance, the French do not have insurance, they have free health care, yet they still remain to be a strong country. Why is it that the French can do it, yet we cannot? No matter what, the insurance makes profit off anyone who has it at one point in time. There are some people who are completely healthy for years and years, yet they have to pay out of pocket every month for something that "might" happen. Insurance companies also do everything they can to deny claims which makes me wonder why have insurance if they are just going to deny it anyway? All people are created equal so who is to say if we can get health care or not? There are thousands and thousands of Americans who are chronically sick or have broken bones and do not want to go to the doctor's or the hospital because they simply cannot afford it when it is vital for their life. Instead of all of our money going towards insurance, they could go towards more useful things like more law enforcement or fire fighters or medical technology. There are plenty of other things that our insurance money could be spent on besides something that "might" happen. I just do not understand that if countries in Europe can do find with free health care, then why doesn't our government step up and catch up with everyone else?

More on the new health care plan...

In the blog"Take Two Aspirin and Call me When Your Cancer is Stage 4" by Ann Coulter, Coulter gives her perspective about the new health care plan that the Democrats are trying to pass. Her intended audience is for anyone in the United States, her views are very conservative and anti-Democrats. Coulter has plenty of experience in the media, she has written 7 books, has been on television and radio, has written plenty of columns and has even appeard in a couple of films. Coulter obviously is not too fond of the new plan that the Democrats have come up with and she does not hold back saying so in her blog. Coulter compares health insurance to car insurance, and even to food stamps. The way Coulter presents her argument is pretty exaggeratting, yet it is pretty effective. Coulter makes a good point when she states that people would pay $200 for a haircut but they think having a copay of $20 is ridiculous, and making a point that even manicures costs more than a copay. Coulter also mentions that if we do get free health care, it will most likely be taking advantage of and it will be very unfair. Some people rarely go to the doctor, while others are hypochindriacs. On this topic, I am conflicted on what I would want. I feel like insurance is a way to pay the doctors and everything associated with health care and that there is a good reason behind paying for insurance but I am not quite sure what it is yet. On the other hand, I feel like for health, there should not be a price on it, everyone's health is important and we should not spare their lives just because they cannot afford it. In Europe, there is free health care and they seem to be doing fine with that, but I do understand that the U.S. does have different health concerns and different problems.

How is Obama Holding up?

Fred Barnes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an article about how, "The Obama Agenda Bogs Down". Barnes intended audience is for everyone in the United States. Barnes obviously has a conservative stand point in politics, as his opinion on the Democrats is very clear. Barnes claims that Obama is just passing bills from the Democrats left and right, comparing him to President Franklin Roosevelt, and none of the bills have really made a change. Barnes states that President Obama made a "rookie mistake" and for the most part says that he passes anything that the Democrats draft and just over looks at what the Republicans bring to the table. Barnes brings up a good point when he brings up the $787 billion stimulus plan that the Democrats came up with themselves. The stimulus plan was supposed to help our economy out, stopping all the job losses and our economy going into the pit, jobs are still being lost and our economy does not look much better. Barnes also mention how Democrats have the majority in Congress which leaves a disadvantage to the Republicans. He states that Democrats should have given some of the stimulus funds to the Republicans that way they could have put it towards a tax reform that would encourage economic growth. Barnes is the executive producer of The Weekly Standard and has plenty of experience in the politic and journalism field, and also served in the U.S. army for 2 years. I agree with Barnes about some things but not everything, such as the stimulus plan, I never thought it was a good idea, and since then I have not seen any changes. I thought my job was pretty secure, but just a week or 2 ago they laid off about 300 people in our corporate head quarters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Barnes_(journalist)

Not So Fast, New Health Care Possibly?

According to an ABC article, states that there may be change in our health care program that would maybe cost more taxes, but would eliminate deductibles and co-payments and maybe even having some non-profit insurance companies with profit insurance companies. They want the president to make his decision by August before the House and the Senate goes to recess. It is important to read about our new health care policies because whether we want it to or not, it will affect you or someone you care about. Reading about what kind of health care reform you government is doing is very important that way you know what to do about your current insurance now and what can potentially happen in the future.