Either you are a liar or all your friends and relatives are grossly stupid.
Take your pick. There are no other choices.
"Rod" <kc0oeb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> To little, to late.........
>
>
> I've wanted to publish this piece for a very long time, and I haven't
> done it
> because of the potential of reprisals against my family, but more and
more
> I am seeing the same things happening to others that I'll mention here,
> and
> it isn't worth the price these people are paying for my silence. I have
> several
> friends that are senior citizens, republican, democrat and independent
> that have
> made the mistake of voting in the present administration and many of the
> congressmen now serving. And for the last 50 years they have been
wi****ng
> they could take it all back. I have friends that cannot afford to pay
for
> public
> trans****tation or food for themselves because they have to pay for
> medicine
> and health care. One of my friends is an ex truck driver as I am, and he
> cannot
> drive any longer due to a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation,
or
> some know
> as sudden cardiac death. He is has applied to social security for
> disability 3
> times and been denied after providing evidence of the condition. His
> doctor,
> a mainstream republican sup****ter, wouldn't willingly turn over his
> medical records
> that detail the diagnoses, and a court order was required to get the
> records. This
> guy has been trying to find funding to go back to school to learn a new
> occupation
> so that the remainder of his life will be productive, but he is
> encountering roadblocks
> at every turn. His savings have been eaten by healthcare bills because
he
> no longer
> has the benefits of health insurance, his wife is working trying very
hard
> to keep
> them afloat. And these two people are counting themselves fortunate !
> Everyday
> there are people that can't get healthcare for lack of ability to pay,
> can't by food
> or medication or both, and no offer or hope of relief comes within site.
> The same
> old story, the wealthy get wealthier and the poor go without. It seems
now
> that the
> people of America are more devoted than ever to serving their own
desires
> than
> they have previously been. One of my friends actually tried to commit
> suicide because
> the expense of his medication and healthcare was draining their finances
> and he
> was living in fear of what would happen to his wife if he lived for any
> length of time.
>
> From my vantage point I see two things happening; the price of
medicine
> and
> healthcare is ever increasing, and every day a few people can no longer
> get health
> care for inability to pay for it, or the inability to pay for the
> medicine. More and more
> disabled people are denied employment IF their applications are even
> looked at, and
> many of these are the same kinds of people that created these problems
to
> begin with,
> but many more are NOT ! Why should the needy remain needy for the
selfish
> ? They should
> NOT !
>
> For my two cents worth, if we are to survive as a people..we must end
> this self-centered
> urge to profit at anyone's expense. Confronting the people that promote
> this kind of living
> has never been successful, they are strong and independent, and they
have
> an excuse
> and a reason for everything they do. Imagine if you will, a homeless
woman
> lying on a
> doorstep with no money to by food or shelter. She has uncontrolled high
> blood pressure
> and she's going into type 2 diabetes. Her last meal came from a garbage
> can over a week
> ago, and the only water she has to drink is from the cooler at the
public
> library and the
> police station. Now picture a guy walking past her slowly, looking at
her,
> then moving on
> to the next doorway, where he stops and unlocks the door. A few minutes
> later the police
> arrive and arrest her for vagrancy, and take her to the station. She is
> now at the station,
> where they book her for vagrancy and finger print her, and then put her
in
> the public tank.
>
> One hour later, the jailer notices that her right foot is swollen and
> bleeding badly on the
> sole of her foot, so the jailer p***** that info to the watch commander.
> Another hour p*****
> and the jailer returns to the tank and tells her that she is released on
> her own recognance,
> she asks why, and she is told by the commander of the watch that the
city
> doesn't want to incur
> a medical expense to treat an injury to her foot. He also tells here
that
> she has to appear in
> municipal court 2 weeks from this day to face the charge of vagrancy.
This
> woman, on top
> of all the evil that has been dumped upon her, now has a minor criminal
> record because she
> sought a tem****ary place of refuge on some business mans doorstep.
>
> I know this to be true, because the woman is now living with Mary and
I.
> Mary and I went to court
> with her and paid her fine for vagrancy. The court would have imposed a
> sentence of 5 days in jail
> except they would have to feed, house and treat her injury, and that is
> all that stopped the judge
> from imposing such a sentence. Their is an organization here named
> Angelfood Ministries that is
> trying to help senior citizens and the homeless, and they do the best
they
> can. I've talked with
> two representatives from the organization, and they tell me it is very
> difficult to get funding
> from the government for the project. It seems that a big part of the
> problem is Bush's faith based
> initiative is parting out funds to large denominations such as the
> Methodists, Catholics, ect..,
> and they are using the funds to build churches and paying salaries
instead
> of taking care of
> the helpless and homeless in their congregations. As a matter of course
I
> checked on this
> and found out that at least 3 ministers have been indicted for misuse of
> federal funds; a Methodist,
> a Baptist, and a minister of an apostolic tabernacle.
>
> There is a moral to these stories, but it will be lost on most reading
> this. Suffice it to say that when a
> person is willing to let another human being suffer without a second
> thought, as is happening now,
> it's time to force a change.
>
>
> Rod
>
>
>
>
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