| I havent been on in a while. |
[Dec. 1st, 2009|12:24 am] |
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I got weight lifting at 4:30am
work at 8:00am
cycling class at 6:30pm (with Chris hopefully)
I had a little scare about my weight and I don't want to be a fat loser at 30 i want to be in better shape than I was in high school. And I want to have energy to play with my kids in the future(thats if i have kids), and not be tired out fast just because I had a long day at work.
anyways I' thinking too far ahead.... the world is gonna end in 2012 anyways so why bother?
hahaha
i kid
I want to look good now.
so good night...
heres a quote:
"Indeed if . . . God were present in me only as a pure abstraction, in the form of a concept, then granted that any representation of God is totally inadequate, it might be asked how I could possibly avoid agnosticism. . . . On such a hypothesis, my knowledge would be empty. But in fact the hypothesis is empty. For there is always more in the concept than the concept itself."
opinions? |
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| Read this! |
[Nov. 23rd, 2009|12:53 am] |
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I say this Reed health care bill is so terrible that it does not deserve a debate much less any consideration.
I'm once again going to raise this topic because the struggle is not over and if this bill passes it will just drag us deeper into our financial hole.
A little background:
The only countries that have a single-payer based nationalized health care systems in this world are Canada and North Korea. In both Canada and NK the waiting periods for critical medical treatments are outrageously long! Most doctors choose to specialize in one area of medicine and do not practice general medicine because the pay for a general care doctor is low and private insurance which promotes competition and better wages for doctors is illegal in Canada.
In most European countries the health care system is nationalized but not considered single-payer since the citizens have an option for private insurance.
Now if the US passed the universal health care plan(single-payer) how would this benefit us?
Single-payer health care destroys private insurers.
It means no one has a choice as to who insures them.
Under this bill a price will be payed, even those who belong to the "invincible generation" (those who are young and healthy and see no need for purchasing health insurance) will have no choice, even those who are perfectly happy with the insurance they currently have will have that choice taken as well(which is about 87% of the US population).
If not payed the penalty can be a heavy fine or imprisonment.
THIS BILL TAKES AWAY YOUR CHOICE!
Where in the United States Constitution does government have the power to do this?
Does the government not already have enough involvement in our health care system?
Do you believe that other countries have better health care systems?
Certainly not!
BY not allowing competition in the medical field how can we expect to make any advances.Is our health care system really as flawed as the government controled media wants you to believe? Do thousands really die because of lack of insurance?
Of course not!
Do you think US residents go to other countries for health care? Because they will be treated better?
Of course not!
People come from other countries to the US for treatment!
WHY?
Because our health care is among the best in the world.
If you don't believe, a little research would not hurt.
examples:
when Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi needed a heart surgery for his pacemaker did he receive it in Italy?
No
he had his surgery at the Cleveland Clinic heart center in Ohio. If Universal health care was so great why didn't Berlusconi simply have his surgery done in Italy??
In Canada a patient who believed had colon cancer was denied a colonoscopy and was given x-ray studies instead. An x-ray is not a good way to determine colon cancer and after being denied a colonoscopy several times the patient finally died soon after of colon cancer.
That Canada health care...gotta love it.
In the UK elderly women were denied treatments for breast cancer due to drug shortages.
[Many women with breast cancer are being denied treatment that could extend their lives because doctors are making judgments about their health on grounds of age, said cancer specialists this week.
Yet half the women who get breast cancer are aged over 65, and of these women 60% will die from the disease, said Professor Ian Fentiman, professor of surgical oncology at Guy's Hospital, London, at a debate on breast cancer in elderly women held in London by the charities Help the Aged and Cancer Research UK. The treatment of the disease in elderly women is shrouded in myths, he said, many doctors believing that a growing tumour is not a problem for old women because "they are going to die soon anyway."]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1126852/
Is this the healthcare we want provided for us?
i getting pretty heated on this topic
and although i most likely left out a lot of key points i wanted to discuss i will add to this later.
But I really want everyones opinion.
~Esteban Garcia - seek truth~ |
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| Are you a Mexican or a Mexican't? |
[Nov. 22nd, 2009|11:15 am] |
And then my eyes were ripped out of my sockets
but I managed to use a gun with the help of a little mexican boy....
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who sells chicle' |
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| So I finally got that dreaded note pasted on my front door. |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|03:33 pm] |
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So I'm packing my stuff.
I don't know what to do yet or where I will go.
people are losing their homes and people are losing lives in the war right now but all that seems to matter to our leader is all this forced government spending.
FOR WHAT?
Its disgusting. |
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| there is no such thing as a free lunch |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|09:03 pm] |
its only an ilusion.
I want to rant about politics right now but instead I really just want to say that I'm a bit happy.
School is going to be fun |
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| so I have this incredible vision as to what I will do with the extra money i earn these holidays. |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|08:53 pm] |
Im going to invest in press.
I want to start my own zine
with a team.
the team of course will be friends.
I'm pretty stoked on it.
oh and I have new updates on the zombie movie i started a while back
the storyboard is complete and i will be making copies of it so people can get a good idea of what the story is about.
also: my illustrations are for Jim the mechanic are just about done.
I used maya to compose him but i still need to add more details i might use photoshop.
and I want to use 3ds max |
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| I would like more people to get involved |
[Nov. 2nd, 2009|02:05 am] |
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My parents came to this country because it is the Land of opportunity where one can earn money relative to their efforts.
Why should the wealth be distributed?
Why should our tax dollars be used for free health care for all?
Don't we work for our piece of the pie?
Why should I be forced to share my pie?
Its slavery
Why should my tax dollars be used to bail out loan companies? And regulate pay for the bank executives?
Why is our current leader pushing for more government involvement?
Regan my hero.
This second video is kinda funny haha
P.S. DON'T WATCH FAMILY GUY |
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| I've got a lot on my mind |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|12:21 am] |
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Yet I don't feel much need to express myself right now.
lets keep this short:
I quit drinking,
I've been vegan for 4 weeks now but i plan to incorporate fish into my diet,
I've read a total of 31 books in the past 3 months,
500 days of summer pisses me off yet i love the movie,
I have every Gael Garcia Bernal movie out there,
Foreign movies are great,
I'm gonna get back in shape,
Obama is disappointing me,
my room looks nice,
my water got shut down by the city due to non-payment,
my water will be turned on tomorrow,
work is boring but it pays,
Talk radio is the highlight of my job,
I'm going on a date tomorrow night,
I'm starting school fall 2010 semester,
I miss my friends. |
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| Ive watched a lot of foreing film lately |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|11:15 am] |
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Mostly Italian movies.
among my favorites!
"my brother is an only child"
can not leave out Gael Garcia Bernal! as an actor and director he is absolutely brilliant.
gonna watch Malena today seems like a really cool movie.
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| i want to make use of this body and mind. do some good |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|06:33 am] |
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just as I am"
I have not turned my brain off in a while.
so far I've piled on 6 books this month I got through 5!
the journey of the beagle is a good read try it out.
others on the list:
debating design: from Darwin to DNA!
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
13 things that don't make sense!
the origin of species!
and still working on my Daniella gobetti Italian workbooks.
read up people read up!!!!
but not too much my eyes are done...
prescribed glasses here you come.
next month..... Time dilation I think or maybe Newton's laws
I am unsure
maybe quantum topics.... oh man
how far can I stretch my mind..?
Upcoming paper for a contest is almost due that atlas shrugged book was okay.
I know my LJ posts are not so great but I am a really good essay writer.
who wants to read my essay? |
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| And, you do well now. |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|03:30 am] |
Goodnight, sure it's been a long time.
That'll be enough for tonight.
Let's not push our luck this time.
I wasted hours. I'll forgive.
The hard luck. I'll accept it.
I hope you won't think of it.
I hope you won't think of it. |
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| Lei capisce e Litaliano? |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|09:53 pm] |
si, un po!
Italy here I come only $8,467 dollars to go.
:-)
The plane ride will be a a birthday gift from my mum.
me sento
multo bene! |
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| goodbye social life. |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|04:59 pm] |
So my new work schedule this year is 6pm through 6am wednesday through friday and 6am through 6pm on sunday. That is a solid 48 hours a week meaning a solid 450 dollar check each week.
It seems like a really fucked up schedule. I can't wait for three weeks paid vacation though!
O so I guess this means the Vegan potluck is tommorrow or saturday. |
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