Life Doesn't Have a Reset Button

So here I am listening to the Chatterbox WAV file from the Grand Theft Auto 3 video game because well... I'm a geek like that.  It's a mock talk radio call-in show and one of the "callers" was talking about how her son's dog got hit by a truck and how he was frantically looking for the reset button.

"Life doesn't have a reset button."

There is really some wisdom here.  There is.  Especially when we apply that quote to the health care debacle that we currently face.  People may not realize it but we are at the edge of a massive piece of legislation that strips away our freedoms, promotes immoral behavior and will alter our lives forever.

We've been debating health care since the Clinton days.  And we still haven't found a better solution than the one we currently have.  With recent and numerous examples of foreign people coming here for important procedures it seems that we have a damn good system.

So why are we in such a rush to change it?  I say we take this massive piece of legislation, break it down into manageable chunks and debate each one individually.  There is no hard and fast rule that says we need to pass it all at once like a giant kidney stone.  Let's break it down, examine it, and pass the pieces that make sense.

Remember that life doesn't have a reset button.

Score One for the Reasonable Guys

Ever since that useless health care summit a day or two ago I've been avoiding the news.  When I checked back in with my news reader again today I found hundreds of headlines that all said the exact same thing - summit was more show than substance.

At least the Republicans who were at the summit got a chance to speak out without being filtered.  McCain called the President out on the broken campaign promises and Paul Ryan, Republican Representative and Ranking Budget Committee member makes a very strong argument for decentralizing health care insurance and is set to blast the Democrats about before Obama steps in to silence him.

Funny Video About Health Care

The following video, while done in jest, adequately sums up the general feeling about Obama in my opinion.

Scott Brown Wins Race for Senate

Last night voters in Massachusetts told Barack Obama where to shove his health care plan by electing Republican Scott Brown to the Senate.  The media is acting like this is a big deal and a huge upset.  I don't know why though - any one with an ounce of common sense knows that if politicians don't represent the way the voters want them to then they are going to get replaced.

Voters are sick of the Democrats disregard for their opinions.  People don't send politicians to Washington to have them ram some mangled piece of legislative excrement down their throats - they send them to Washington to represent them.

The country is finally waking up to the shortcomings of the so-called "Party of Change" that they are starting to take action and do something about it.  If the Democrats don't wake up to reality, and it is a very good chance that they won't, then come November we are going to see a major shift into the right at almost all levels of government.

However, we are not out of the woods yet.  There are still several methods that Democrats can use to continue to undermine the American people on the health care bill.  First, Nancy Pelosi could reverse her position and accept the Senate bill as is.  Second, the Democrats could keep demanding re-counts until they win.  Third, the Democrats could stall the seating of Scott Brown until after the health care bill is passed.

However, I think even the Democrats would realize how much of political suicide either three of those options would be.