Well tonite is the first Presidential debate. It will be the fist time that Romney and Obama debate live. To me it is the fist time that Obama can not hide behind his misleading ads to avoid his dismal economic situation over the last four years.
      Obama attacked on Romney taxes and the IRS showed that yes he did pay more than people making $50,000! The question is should we judge a person running for the White House on a level that is higher than what we do. I do not now one person that will try to lower his/her taxes by using reductions and loop holes. How many people that are rich would not place money in off shore accounts. On top of going at Romney for being rich which he earned why is it that no one looks at how rich Obama, Reid and Pelosi  are and what they do with their money.
       I predicted by this blog religion is playing again in the political arena! Black Ministers and Churches Association have asked their members not to vote for Obama because of his stance on marriage! Catholics are upset with position on contraceptives and today actually saying Catholic policy is actually just the opinion of the Pope! Questions have arisen again about Obamas relationship with his radical minister's positions. Obama people have called to tell Christian's not to vote for a Mormon as he is not Christian. This either is a lack of knowledge by those followers or they are playing on Christians not understanding Mormonism.
        Age old questions also arise. The vote just because you are a Republican or Democratic! I have heard again the age old saying "I have voted Democratic all my life and so did my parents." Why should I change? That is an interesting thought when the parties have changed over the years. Democrats were the party of the south advocating KKK and slavery, but now the party of the blacks. Racism is a common word around these days. It seems that anyone that opposes Obama is a racist. In some ways the meaning of the word has gone! Blacks will vote for Obama because he is black, just like republicans will vote republican because that is what we have always done. One wonders where the free thinking people have gone? Just like religion many go to the polls leaving their brains behind. They have fooled the liberal press and overlook things like the "Fast and Furious" that gave guns to drug lords. They overlook that it states on Obama's birth certificate that he was "Afro-American" in 1961 yet the term was not coined till the late 60s or early 70's. Strange is it not?
        My position is this it is not a Black or White situation the color of a mans skin is not the situation. It is not a Christian Muslim or Mormon question. It is who best can lead this country in the next four years. We have seen what Obama has done or not done and have seen that it has failed this country. I do not feel that he has brought change and there still is many questions about his Marxist and Socialist ideas, his background, His bowing to foreign heads of state etc. This evening we will see what is presented.  Will update this blog after the debate! Thanks!

Update: Romney won the debate hands down!

 

                                    

The Old Patagonian Express

 

OWAIN GLYNDWR DAY: Sept. 16th 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

              

Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird!

 

This yearly celebration of all things Welsh, co-sponsored by the Welsh Society of Fredericksburg, returns to the 900 block of Charles Street, in front of the museum, on Saturday, September 22, from noon to 5 p.m. James Monroe had Welsh ancestry though his mother, Elizabeth Jones, making him one of many prominent Americans (including Meriwether Lewis, J.P. Morgan and Frank Lloyd Wright) to descend from this small corner of the British Isles.
Join us for live music by national acts IONA and Jodee James and local group Moch Pryderi; traditional dancing; infamous Welsh cookies; mini history, genealogy, and language lessons; Celtic arts and crafts vendors; children's activities and much more!
Admission is a suggested donation of $5/adult and $1/child. The festival is partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Fredericksburg Economic Authority JumpStart! program.
Stay downtown after you visit the festival to check out the street art festival Via Colori, and come back that evening for the Fredericksburg Area Museum's Art Comes Alive program.

James Monroe Museum September 2012 Newsletter

Doctor Shortage will be affected by Obamacare!

     Before I start this article I want to make it very clear that I am for Health Care reform, but I am very against the type of health care brought forth from the Obama administration and 79% of the people in the USA are behind that thought! As for those that doubt my sources this article is based on stories by the Los Angeles Times and Annie Lowrey and Robert Pear of the New York Time two well respected news papers.
     The articles question what the Obamacare policy will do to the actual care when it comes to Doctors ability or numbers to care for the people. In section of California known as the Inland Empire Obamacare is expected to extend coverage to 300000 people, but the question is will this actually bring a lift in care? Local Health in the area doubt that there will be enough Doctors to meet the needs of this number. This is not the only place that is worried the Mississippi Delta, Detroit and suburban Phoenix sees problems here also. The article shows that the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that by the year 2015 the USA will have 62,900 fewer Doctors than needed! It is also noted that this number will double by 2025! To be fair even without the Obamacare by 2025 the shortage of Doctors will be 100,000! A government council has estimated that an area  of 100,000 people need 60 to 80 primary care doctors and 85 to 105 specialists.
       The article goes on to state that fewer than 50% of primary Doctors are not taking on Medicaid patients so even if people are entitled to care they will not be able to find it! over 1/3 of the coverage growth by Obamacare is medicaid.
        The Obamacare will be adding to an already strained situation of doctor shortage! Medicare is estimated to surge with the baby boomers to 73.2 Million by 2025. This is shown to be up 44% from this year! Experts have said that the pool of Doctors has not kept up and will not in the near future! To those who say this is Medical Schools fault it is shown that they have increased enrollment but not as fast as older people are coming on to the needs! There are not enough training places for Doctors and they are working less hours than in the past. To add to this dismal thought is the note that a third of the doctors we now have are 55 or older and they themselves will be nearing retirement and having health problems themselves!
          Living in one of the largest medical training areas with Duke UNC, Wake Forest and NC State this is a hard article to swallow but it needs to be said that Obamacare is not popular with Doctors I have talked with. One wonders if they were consulted along with the rest of the US Population when Obamacare was put forth! Just my opinion! I am always reminded of my Dad's statement that was meant to be funny, but something to think about...."did you know that 50% of Doctors graduated in the bottom half of their Medical Class." Can they cope with the increase?  So in all quality and numbers need to be looked at in the future!