Archive for August 20th, 2008
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20
Aug
2008
Airlines
Is it just me or is everyone having trouble with flying these days. It seems like ever since 9/11 happened everything has been crazy with the airlines. I was trying to fly out last night from Dulles airport to New York and the flight was cancelled because there wasn’ t a pilot.
The pilot just decided not to show up. So we all got airline vouchers which is nice, but we all had to wait an extra day before taking out flight! There was no other explanation given than there wasn’t a pilot. I think I would have rather have been told that the pilot was sick, etc. It just shows how a decision by one person can affect a whole bunch of people. It was hard to find a hotel that wasn’t overbooked due to this and I didn’t have my luggage or any clean clothes to wear today. In the future I’m going to think twice about booking an airline ticket.
20
Aug
2008
Watch this movie Sicko if you’re an American
Stopped by a friends house the other day and he and his wife were just starting this movie called Sicko by Michael Moore that pointed out a lot of things we need to change here in America, one of them being medical care for all our citizens. How can we take care of other countries we when we can not even take care of our own people? So, in my opinion, we need to stop funding other countries until we can take care of every American citizens health care.
Why are we spending 45 billion dollars on AIDS drugs to fight in AIDS in Africa when we have sick people here in the United States with no way to get medicine? It is time we made tough choices: them or us? I am voting for us, because this movie just made me sick to my stomach when I saw how our citizens are being treated and forced into debt while other countries give away free health care and free schooling. Makes you wonder who is free and who are slaves in this World of ours?