Mike Milo’s Journal

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it. The seven-year-old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy and said quietly, “Good morning, Alex.” “Good morning, Pastor,” he replied, still focused on the plaque. “Pastor, what is this”? he asked. The pastor said, “Well, son, it’s a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service.” Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex’s voice, barely audible and trembling with fear, asked, “Which service? The 8:30 or the 10:45″?

As most of you know the Democratic Party is running on the ticket of socialized medicine and I have mixed feeling about this. Most of the people I’ve spoken to from those countries have said that it’s awful and that the quality of care is sub-par especially compared to what we have here.

I was thinking also that if they socialize medical benefits here in the states it will be much like the way they run our D.M.V. and if you’ve ever been to do something there it instantly tells you that medicine is screwed if this happens.

It is fair to say that most professions and businesses offer some sort of health care options. Even McDonald’s has health care, but what happens when you’re laid off and you have a family to take care of?

That said I was thinking that perhaps the best way to make  it fair is the introduce a Bartering system.

Let’s say for instance you are a farmer out of work, or a mechanic, or a failed business owner or a chef. Under the Bartering system you could go to a local Night School, or maybe even a Government run place that would offer teaching for people. I am sure that there is much to be learned from a real world experience with a chef or a failed business owner. They get no pay for this mind you but what they do get is a bank of hours which would translate to health care dollars. How much time for how much teaching  I’m not sure, but I am sure that something could be figured out.

Under this policy there would be the ability to work for your benefits if you are out of work and can’t get benefits.
But in thinking further it occurred to me that there are people who have no benefits in our country. (sometimes myself included) and although I do think that we should take care of our people here in the U.S. I also subscribe to the ‘nothing for free’ moniker.

Now of course there are those  that would say there is a percentage of society, such as the homeless that might not have something to give as far as a job but even then, I am not so sure. Everyone has an interesting take on life and I would say that living on the streets is one heck of a unique perspective.

Anyway, I’m sure I’m leaving something out and I am, also sure that my idea will never actually be implemented but it just seemed to be an interesting topic. As interesting as the whole Evolution debate? Probably not but food for thought either way.

Check it out! My favorite goat and hopefully yours has made it to Wikipedia!
A heartfelt thanks to my brother who traversed the daunting web to edit a page on Wikipedia for me. Now you may ask why Flavio is there at all but I figured that if Frederator, Random Cartoons and Adventure Time (one of the other cartoons) could have a place on Wikipedia and no one objected then I should be able to as well no?

Really funny questions!

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up,

examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do

we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid idiot?”

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock

something else over?

In winter why do we try to ke ep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE……

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think

of your three best friends — if they’re okay, then it’s you.