Distant and Irrelevant

Late last night a major piece of legislation in more than 40 years passed the house of representatives. The overhaul of health care is one of the pillars President Obama assumed ownership of after his election last year. With other pressing matters on his plate, he got this done. The leaders in the house last night were praising themselves, but at the end of the day my gratitude goes to the family in the White House.

President Obama accomplished what no other President since Lydon Johnson could, he got people to seriously look at changing the way our nation does business. Everything, even the bath water was thrown at him, but as always, common sense and reality ruled the day.

What people fail to realize is that the mechanics and dynamics of health care has changed. Very soon the "artificial competition" and bullying of the insurance industry will be curtailed. The insurance companies now will have some form of competition they have to contend with and some will be fighting for their own survival - true free market principles will prevail.

People who could not afford or were rejected because of pre-existing conditions now will have some recourse to get the insurance they need. This bill is far from being perfect, but it is a starting point from which changes will be made with time. What is important however is that a seed has been sown, one from which there is no return.

In it's aftermath comes a serious blow to the Republican brand. With all their bluster, blunder and sheer idiotic ignorance, whatever so-called momentum the GOP thought they had on Tuesday has blown up in their faces. One Republican voted for this bill, one too many for the GOP's liking. Everyday they crowed about having a "united front", but in the end the chink in their armour was exposed. That one "yea" vote was their death knell because other GOP lawmakers who were wavering(and there were many) are now going to have make a serious decision; switch sides with the winner or become distant and irrelevant - that choice is theirs.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA!

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Camilla Roe Jenkins

43 Line St Charleston

Mid 1950s

Ninety Days (Give Or Take A Few)

Time flies and it sure has for me. Ninety days since I moved from Atlanta to Memphis, starting a new live, a new journey. I have a long way to go, but I have grown and learned so far in these 3 months. At times I sit back, marvel on how I did this. Moving from Charleston to Atlanta more than twenty-two years ago was painless, I knew the city. This was completely different. I've never lived this far from home and I don't know a soul here, sans my co-workers.

To arrive here under the circumstances I was under was pure triumph. As I look back on Atlanta and my former employer, I see nothing but hard times for both. Until those entities realize that they aren't as great as they claim they will always be stuck in a morass, especially the latter because of the incompetent people they always seem to promote.

It's a new day, a new time for me. This time I am the hunter, not the hunted. That may seem and sound corny but my DNA today says that I'm second to no one. I'm in attack mode and I'm out to take the reins and run with whatever is in sight. That rainy day in March, the summer of reflection and this move cemented that. It's been ninety days, so short, so long, I'll stub my toe but at the end of the day I'm kicking ass!