Showing posts with label die. Show all posts
Showing posts with label die. Show all posts

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Bad deal with Iran is appeasement!

Now we have an agreement with Iran, that the administration says will delay their nuclear development . You have to worry about any agreement from a country where parts of it's military chant "Death to America". Make no mistake about it, this is a fascist state  on the march similar to Hitler's Germany. God help us if history repeats itself.

Back in the 1930's , before WW2 started, England thought they had an agreement from Germany, that they would not conquer anymore territory, it was the Munich Agreement of September 30, 1938.Of coarse, Hitler broke the agreement and invaded Poland, which started WW2. Hitler also had a non-aggression agreement with the Soviet Union, the Soviet-German non-aggression Treaty of August 23,1939. He broke that one also and invaded the Soviet Union.

Hitler used these agreements to play for time until his military was ready to take on the world. I fear that is happening again. Iran will use this relaxing of the sanctions to appease it's suffering population and bring their nuclear program closer to a nuclear weapon.  If this happens, the world will never be the same.

Once Iran has nuclear weapons, they would be unstoppable in their quest for an Islamic world. So even though they would just have a few nukes and we with thousands, they would be immune from a conventional attack because they could wipe out any US carrier force with just one nuclear bomb.That means, the around the clock bombing that the US was able to use in non nuclear wars,like in Iraq, would be obsolete, because without carriers the bombers would have to fly from the US all the way to Iran. I don't think any neighboring country will let us fly out of their country for fear of being struck by Iran..

At this point they could run havoc throughout the world and blackmail the west into giving in to their demands. Because the west is outnumbered 100 to 1 in population compared to the rest of the world, our only option would be to use our nuclear superiority to initiate a nuclear attack. The west has no stomach to do this unless Iran used it first, which it will never do.

The US is in a awkward position with a discredited administration telling us that everything is going to be ok.




Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Broken Health care system

OK, we went through for a couple of years of debate on health care and  ended up with Obamacare. It was a nice try but it is not going to work because it does not attack the main problem with health care and that is the cost.

Up until a few years ago, most large companies provided free health insurance for their employees and their families. When I first came out to California in 1982 my family and I were covered by Screen Actors Guild after I did a couple of guest spots on TV. I maybe earned $6,000 my first year in Los Angeles. That little money I earned qualified me for full insurance. That meant not only me but my wife and the birth of my daughter in 1983. Now an actor has to earn $27,000 to qualify.

So what changed? First of all, there has been a massive immigration from Mexico of poor uneducated people who, for the most part, get at least maternity care for free.Also, they use the emergency rooms for minor ailments and are not required to show ID. If they get free health care then somebody has to pay for that care or the hospital goes out of business. And who is that? You pay for it when you get medical care with insurance. The hospital is going to bang your insurance big time to pay for free care.

Also, we have to reduce the demand for health care. How do you do that? People should not be encourage to seek medical care for every ache and pain they have. The medical industry constantly tells the public they should get annual exams and test for everything,prostrate,breast ,you name it and there is an annual test they tell you to come in and test. Of coarse the doctor, like a car mechanic, is going to find something that you will need medication for that may do more harm than good. These test and medications are not needed for basically healthy people. In fact, if you want to stay healthy, keep away from the medical industry unless it is an emergency.

I am now 72 years old and I cannot remember the last time I went to a doctor for anything and I have full coverage. Yes, I am lucky to be healthy at my age but I do things for myself that keeps me away from doctors

Fist of all, exercise is the most important. Why, I don't know but the body rejuvenates itself after a good workout and maybe builds the body better than before the workout. Next is good food. This is common sense to have a balanced diet and with exercise and some moderation you don't have to diet to keep the weight off. In fact, a lot of these fad diets are bad for you because you are denying your body of nutrients that it may need.

I hear people say they don't have any sugar or carbohydrates but if you are successful in denying yourself of these foods ,you would die.

Also, medical mistakes ranks in the top 10 reasons why people die.

So, in conclusion, common sense a little knowledge of how the body works can keep you healthy and away from the Medical Industry.