due to the lack of internet/tv at my new house here in knoxville, i did not know that it was going to rain today for the first time in about a month. though we do need it so that the earth can be replenished, i'm not happy about it. i rode my bike to school today, which i have been doing for the past... 4 weeks. but then it started raining after my class started. so, oh well. i think God is just telling me to get some work done here in the library. especially since i have the internet to be able to do it. most all of my work is on the computer. i could care less about the tv, except for the fact that it is election season and i'm missing all that stuff. but alot of it is the same 'ol same 'ol. they dont say much new, especially one of the canidates.

i read some good articles, though be it they might be a little bit biased, they were written by a Harvard professor who is African American. so atleast it isn't biased based on race. i'll have to post the links when i find them again. but he was saying how we shouldn't have this thought process of, "lets be more like the europeans". did you know in european countries, with their all great "socialized health care" that everyone else wants, it takes on average 6 weeks, at the quickest, to get a damaged ACL fixed. thats a pretty common injury here. here in the states your fixed up and back home in less than a week.

even as it is, your insurance rates go up when they find out your doing certain things that are more risky. say you have a motorcycle, your health insurance increases. so, this is just me talking but i feel it makes sense, the government may not allow you to do certain activities because they do not want to pay the extra cost when you get injured. which could lead to mandatory health programs to reduce obesity/heart disease. it's a gurantee that you will not be able to do certain things with your health if this system ever does get put into place. such as you could only get one or two x-rays a year. a female probably couldn't get a mamogram on a regular basis which is pretty important.

the change that is coming needs to be thought through before it is enacted.

anyways. thats my rant which was probably uncalled for.

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