Daniel's Random Musings...

Recently, Lisa Robinson posted something on Parchment and Pen entitled "Is Truth Really Not Relative". If you haven't read it, I really recommend it. That and Michael's recent post on… Continue

A lot has been said about the current cost if health care. This is usually talking about two different things though. The first is used as the rationale to get the government involved. It is the current cost to the consumer. We hear how much more we pay than other countries and how we can't keep doing that. It is going to bankrupt us. Or so they say. But I believe that there is a direct correlation between the US being the wealthiest nation on earth and the amount we spend on health care. It is… Continue

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The bottom number on the Oximeter is my pulse. It shows what just a little bit of activity will do to me. All it needs is the sound track of me being so out of breath that it sounds like I ran a marathon. A 239% increase in my pulse by doing nothing more than taking an 8… Continue

We keep hearing that there are 47 Million Americans without insurance. It is a number inextricably linked to the "crisis" of health care. But everyone I know that wants medical insurance, has it. So I wanted to know who makes up this 47 Million Americans.

Turns out, that a lot are not even Americans. The 47 Million figure comes from the “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in t… Continue

To take a bit of liberty with Michelle Obama's statement, for the first time in my life, I'm starting to fear my government and what they are becoming. First, the White House and the OMB are wanting to reverse a policy that kept it from putting tracking cookies onto the computers of any computer visiting the White House web site. Of course they say they are going to take public comment on the topic. LOL Wanting to do this, while al… Continue