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There are a lot of things I’m upset about, more can be seen at waste But now,
I wonder if everyone is as pissed-off as I am about the Federal Government of the United States. There is no one in government that has the least crumb of good, common horse sense. The nation is on the brink of financial collapse and in spite of that, these idiots in Washington keep throwing tons and tons of capital into a war that can’t be won. In addition, we are watching huge numbers of American war wounded with injuries that is heart breaking that the “lucky” ones will have to live with for life. The unlucky ones are killed and their families will grieve their demise the balance of their lives. We are going through this for what? You would believe the country we live in would be better than this. Regrettably, it isn’t.
Back in “our” own country, the states and cities are crumbling from lack of money. The Federal Government is spending the money usually sent back to these existences to fight these futile wars. Instead of having money to fund education, pay for police and fire protection, care for the children and elderly, billions are being thrown away by murdering innocent civilians as well as killing declared enemies of the United States. Most of the individuals in the two places we are warring in care little to nothing which criminal government is in control of their country, their concentration is in living and feeding themselves. Most are apolitical and recognize they have no influence over anything but their daily livelihood. At present, that has been disrupted by the United States war struggle of nation building. Nation building used to be known as colonialism but that label fell from use.
What is vital is someone, a group, a new party, anything or anyone that will step up to the plate and put America, and Americans, first. We have had a sufficient amount of excuses, of “we just can’t walk away,” “there will be a blood-bath,” “we have to win,” and a dozen other justifications that keeps the military/industrial complex controlling the country. Just get the hell out! We did it in Vietnam, and they did fine but it was the very same tired old BS in that war.
History, even contemporary history, has established there can be nothing entitled winning in Afghanistan. We are battling an enemy we armed against the Russians, who waged war for ten years and ultimately gave up and departed. That will be our eventual fate but how long will it be before the people of this country demand it? How many more war dead, how many more thousands wounded, how many more billions wasted, how many more local governments bankrupt, how many more of our citizens killed and raped because of lack of police protection, how many more homes and businesses burned to the ground because of fire station closings? It’s not a pretty scene when our streets and boulevards have knee high weeds because of budget cutbacks, streets with potholes, or patched potholes where there should be new pavement, empty storefronts where thriving businesses were one time, bus service curtailed producing added difficulties on people already at the bottom of the economic ladder.
It is really a pathetic spectacle. It hurts to think about it. It’s depressing and anger producing. It’s all because the wretched people we hire to represent us lie to us as to what they declare they will do if we elect them. Liars all. Everyone of them. Their interest is only in themselves and the persons they call associates. There are eleven thousand lobbyists in Washington, DC and their briefcases are loaded with money to buy anything they want. We, the people, haven’t a chance. Nothing is going to get improved for us and nothing is going to change for our politicians and bureaucrats except get improved. That opening increases every day. It will change, some day, either by revolution or those people living the good life, politicians, bureaucrats and the businesses that buy them, determine their lifestyle cannot be sustained. I’ll leave it to you to predict which one will take place. I hope I am around when it changes. More of my astute observations can be read at killing
Douglas Chandler Graham
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Posted in Politics · July 11th, 2010 · Comments (0)
With the recent political hype in Britain over and the introduction of the first coalition government since 1954, there are a lot of important issues that need attention. Recent discussions with other hearing professionals have led me to believe deafness and hearing loss do not appear to be among them.
You may not have considered who you voted for when choosing a party based on your hearing loss but we were wondering what the parties views were before the conservative/liberal government took charge at number 10.
While their manifestos talk about equal rights and disability, there was very little in the case of issues relating to deafness or people hard of hearing. From the very little information provided it was clear the political parties were riding on past achievements dealing with these issues. Although some pledges are made for the future things should be taken with a pinch of salt.
The conservative party has promised to increase spending in the NHS whilst prioritising, providing first line services with the technology and equipment they need. They also claim to make spending more accountable, thus helping departments like audiology provide hearing aids more quickly.
The liberal democrats talked a lot about disability as a whole and how they would encompass that into their plan. One important issue they also noted was that teachers would have better training in helping to identify children with special needs.
As labour had been in power for thirteen years their approach was to talk about past success and use facts and figures. Some achievements were excellent and they should be commended. With my personal experience with regards to the NHS and waiting times especially for hearing aids I was highly disappointed. The amount of patients we see who have a poor experience with NHS is really appalling, in some cases a 10 week wait others 6. It’s just not on.
I just hope that this improves for those who decide not to go private when choosing digital hearing aids.
There are other issues like Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance but I won’t go into those.
To think that there are approximately 9 million people in the UK suffering from a hearing loss, you would think that the parties would provide more specific information about what they would do if elected for the deaf and hard of hearing. I personally believe it is not acceptable and we deserve better. affordable hearing aids are now available to the masses.
If you’re already detecting the signs of hearing loss you may be considering having a hearing test, and this will certainly identify the range and extent of hearing loss, helping you on the way to obtaining a form of hearing aid appropriate to your needs. For anyone who suspects that they have suffered a degree of hearing loss, reducing exposure to sustained loud noise is certainly likely to help reduce any further damage, and having a hearing test will provide you with the information you need to assess what your needs are in terms of a solution.
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Posted in Politics · June 26th, 2010 · Comments (0)