Barb's Blog

Dear BHW Sisters,

Beware the FEAR-mongerers ... ...

They are out in force in recent months ... Yikes! ... The MISinformation and DISinformation specialists are trying hard to convince us that we are like Europe and will be faced with the SAME kind of debt-ladened financial risk ... Ummm ... Excuse me! ...

We are nothing like Europe ... Correct me, if I am wrong ... my dear BHW Sisters from Europe ... but ... don't most of you work a 35-hour work week? ... And, don't most of you retire much earlier than we Americans do? ... And, don't you have many more weeks of vacation per year than we do? ...

Based on the reading I have done ... the answers to the above questions are that our BHW Sisters (and Brothers) in Europe have been enjoying what many perceive as "the good life" for a VERY long time ... They are provided with a LOT more than our government provides us with ... AND ... the percentage of the population in many countries who are government workers IS a lot higher than here in the United States of America ...

I AM well-read, but I do not have firsthand information ...

But ...

Based on what I know, outside of our basic humanity, where we ARE the same ... we are otherwise, as a society ... nothing like Europeans ...

And ...

The problems that face OUR nation, though similar, are NOT the same ...

LAZY thinking is what allows too many to make OVERgeneralizations and say we will face the SAME problems as our BHW Sisters (and Brothers) in Europe currently face ...

Whoa! ... NOT so fast! ...

PLEASE, my dear BHW Sisters ... do NOT be lazy in YOUR thinking ... We MUST advocate for what we TRULY believe while we still can ... and ... we must NOT allow the FEAR-mongerers to get the best of us because we are UNinformed ... Do NOT allow MISinformation and DISinformation to rule YOUR judgment ... PLEASE! ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb

Dear BHW Sisters,

IF the Supreme Court strikes down the Healthcare Reform Bill along partisan lines ... TRUST ME ... we ARE in deeper "kim chee" than many realize ... ... ... ...

So, the decision IS PIVOTAL ... It will say MORE about the state of this nation than almost anything else ... IF the vote is ALONG PARTISAN LINES ... then, WE NEED to OPEN OUR EYES even wider ...

OUR nation IS at risk ... the GREAT SOCIETY and the nation which has been built on "EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW" WILL BE AT GREAT RISK ... for it would signal that THINKING PEOPLE have ceded the nation's agenda to EMOTIONS and RHETORIC ... and IDEOLOGUES ... ... ... ...

So, PLEASE pay attention, my dear BHW Sisters ... and SPEAK OUT ... Partisanship IS at an all-time high and thinking has gone "out the window" in too many quarters ... Auwe! ... ...

This law CAN be and WILL BE amended to "cure" any shortcomings ... that IS how ALL laws of monumental impact are dealt with ... It should NOT be decided on partisan lines by a small group of people ... PAY ATTENTION, PLEASE! ...

We ALL need to work hard to preserve this great nation ... and the OBSTRUCTIONISTS and the PARTISANS have put us ALL at great risk ... PAY ATTENTION, PLEASE! ... ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb