Snow day and endless news loops of Democrats and Republicans bitching...

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Snow, snow everywhere!
No school tomorrow finally a snow day.
It's supposed to snow tomorrow too. Maybe I'll get a nice walk in the snow before it turns into sleet or rain.

The first two segments on 60 minutes were really worth watching.
The first was on Bernie Madoff and Harry Markopolos who was the man that tried to blow the whistle on Madoff to the SEC in 2000 and numerous times thereafter.
Neither the democrats or the republicans are effective. Government should have done something about this scheme and it didn't. Seems regulation and deregulation have the same effect with our piss poor system.
::sigh::
Watch the 60 minute segment on Madoff here it was interesting (and frustrating at the same time).


The second segment was on the Mexican drug cartel and it's effect on Mexico and the United States.
I agree that serious drug use is bad (as is cancer from cigarettes and "legal" alcoholism) but the War on Drugs isn't a battle that can be "won." Illegal drugs coming in from all over (and from within) create the black market high risk high gain dangerous situations and Mexico is having significant trouble handling it.
You can see that segment at the same place as above.

I normally don't watch 60 minutes but I caught it tonight.
The economic stimulus package has me reeling a bit. Gives me a headache if I listen to too much debate about it.

And as far as the health insurance issue, we HAVE to do something to get ins to every American.

Everyone talks about the predatory banks and lying or unqualified borrowers as if they are the only reason for the housing crisis but they don't talk much about how many people have gotten sick or been injured and lost their home because of the bills they couldn't afford without health ins... It's an embarrassment to the country.
It's happening a lot and it's very sad in a country that considers itself the "best country that there is."

G'night,

Yet, another week to cycle through begins with snow in NY.

Laura
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