Patriotic Leanings....

Have you noticed how cool it now feels to be PATRIOTIC?!

I confess that in and around Berkeley, it used to be that the only people with American flags fluttering in their yards were...Republicans....And the flags were faded and nothing about the scene looked happy. (And the truth is, there were only one or two in a twenty mile radius....)

NOW I see houses and businesses with tons of bright, new flags -- American flags! -- and life size Obama cardboard cutouts. And my thirteen year old daughter spontaneously painted her nails on Inauguration Day.

In Berkeley it is once again cool to be patriotic....I think that is pretty cool.

Go out and enjoy your country and be proud of it....

Celebrate....

A wonderful way to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., a wonderful way to honor Barack and Michelle Obama, a wonderful way to honor your country:
Log on to the USA Service website and find something to do that will help someone...tikkun olam....

No matter if you're very busy and don't have much time, no matter if you're broke and don't have much money, no matter if you help people every day and think that's enough, make tomorrow, this Monday January 19, 2009, different. Step out of yourself just a little bit and find one little (or big, for heaven's sake) thing you can do that will make a difference in someone's life....
Let's all join together as a country, as one nation, let's show the world and each other that on this day AND from this day forward, we can work together....Tomorrow, let our numbers speak loudly and clearly....

Let's show each other we can do it!

As far as I can see it, there is no excuse....Just do it....
http://usaservice.org/content/home/

Today's Question....

So today I have a burning question....Well, I should probably say "this morning" because later I will probably have more questions without answers.....

I want to know how many people make health care decisions, basic health care decisions (like whether to call the doctor, make an appointment, undergo a procedure, take medicine, etc.) based primarily on financial concerns.

And I want to know the breakdown. Basically, are members of Congress making health care choices based on finances?

Are the majority of people in this country, (this otherwise developed nation), forgoing basic health care because they can't afford it?

That's what I want to know....That's it....