Random Nuclear Strikes

From western Washington residents over the SCHIP veto.

Here, in the Letters to the Editor page of the Seattle Times.

Notice, not one single letter in favor of the veto.

Or, for those to lazy to click on the link, this guy takes the prize

Since regardless of income, all children receive public education and all seniors receive Medicare, it makes no sense for any child — or adult — to be denied access to medical care. Rather than ration access by economics, reform Medicare by putting a cap on out-of-pocket expenses per family and extend Medicare to all children 18 or under by Jan. 1, 2008.

Then, after the 2008 election, extend Medicare to everyone, allowing the wealthy to purchase luxury care, just as they fly first class or by private plane. And then, instead of being somewhere between 33rd and 37th place in international public-health data, we could challenge France and Scandinavia for No. 1 in the most important ratings of all: our health.

Jerry Frankel, M.D., Marysville

Dr. Frankel’s suggestion violates his Hippocratic Oath, because it will kill more people than it helps.

Also, it seems that part of his degree is in “Lying 101”. Everyone alive has access to medical care. Frankel wants folks who read his words to think that “Access” means having it payed for too. I’d hate be a patient of his, what with his disingenuous way of speaking.
Of course, it seems he wants medicine payed for like airline tickets. I guess that since hospital food is as bad, if not worse, than airline food, his analogy has some basis in reality. But that would be about the end of it.

I’m sure that since he advocates for this dismal retreat in citizen health standards, that Dr. Frankel would never give an appointment to a patient with “Luxury Care” medical insurance. Right, Dr. Frankel? Those checks from the government that take forever to arrive and are usually short a few patients and all would be just fine for you.

The local mass transit affectionados are gearing up their campaign to try and convince the citizenry that a humongous tax increase that would last a minimum of 30 years and cost upwards of $157 Billion and would pay for nearly no mass transit in the form of light rail and wouldn’t be done until for 50 years.

However, I think they’re putting the cart before the horse on this one after reading this

Jim Portillo walks in the roadway, just a few feet from passing cars, because there are no sidewalks along his Greenwood street. Portillo, 31, is blind.

Sweeping the area ahead left to right with a white cane, he avoids the roadway’s gravel shoulder — if it exists at all — because ditches or parked cars frequently interrupt the path.

He shrugs and says he’s been dealing with the danger for five years.

“There’s not a lot of room between me and traffic,” he says. “Every now and then you wonder about some drivers.”

Forty percent of Seattle streets lack full sidewalks on both sides of the road — totaling 650 miles, the city estimates.

In a city that doesn’t have a sidewalk on over one-third of the streets, putting in a few miles of light rail seems, to me anyway, a mismanagement of the city infrastructure dollars.

Oh wait, the light rail they’re currently putting in, was mostly funded by you folks who AREN’T in Washington through the grant our senior Senator, Patty “Osama bin Laden Builds Daycares” Murray, who just so happens to run the Senate Transportation Committee.

So, even though I’ll ever ride the damn thing, I guess thanks are in order.

Link found at Sound Politics. They have one of the “NO on Prop 1” ads over there for your viewing pleasure.