So Fresh and So Green

p l a t o o n [#1] by Jesse Wright

As a kid I remember reading about WWII battles during Christmas and thinking how awful that was. “Those soldiers would have been happier at home for Christmas. It sucks the people in charge couldn’t give them a day off.”

Like I said I was a kid and knew nothing of how Christmas came to be December 25th for so many or what wars would and would not stop for.

This year it pains me that the U.S. is at war again and it still bothers me just a little more during the holidays. (more…)

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Getty Images PORTSMOUTH, NH – AUGUST 11: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting August 11, 2009 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. President Obama spoke about the need for health insurance reform to a crowd of eighteen hundred.

President Barack Obama continues to push for health care reform amidst backlash from conservatives and protesters. At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Tuesday August 11, 2009 he opened his speech by saying Americans are too often ‘held hostage’ by insurance companies that deny or drop their coverage or charge fees they cannot afford.”

“‘I believe it is wrong; it is bankrupting families and businesses and that is why we’re going to pass health insurance reform in 2009,’ Obama said.” ~Reuters.com

Somehow, magically, the story in the media here has become the back and forth between town hall meeting attendants and protesters for and against the President’s initiatives…but mostly against. Everyday citizens are getting ample coverage these days based on their outrage against health care reform, their irrational, non fact based fears of socialism, yelling at Arlen Spector and the fact that they carry guns to town hall meetings.

It seems the potential for violence in the near future is increasing. “Death To Obama” signs are not cool. Bringing guns to heated town hall meetings is not cool, but it is a sign of the times. Some of these people got themselves guns and it is alarming.

“Obama’s push for healthcare reform, which seeks to provide coverage to nearly 46 million uninsured Americans, rein in rising medical costs and regulate insurers…” When polled most Americans favor the basic tenets of this position though that seems to get lost in the sauce now. (more…)

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