Change Won't Happen, Unless...

I want world peace. This is the pat statement you typically hear at beauty pageants with no cerebral, analytical details on how to achieve it. Yes, it's been awhile since my last post, and after countless hours spent reflecting and reviewing how to change my life for the better, I still want to refer you to my last post.

You had avant-garde filmmaker David Lynch quote Maharshi by saying forget about watering the leaves, it's the root that needs to be treated. After my nine day stay with family in Nebraska, our dysfunctionality never ceases. One cousin is in the process of losing his wife and four children. Simply, the root is a lack of communication to perfect he and his wife's long-term relationship. There was some crazy drama involved I don't want to delve into.

Here is a list of what I feel needs to be changed:

1.) We need to have a very limited military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. I oppose both of these occupations, because we have approximately 250,000 contractors in these two theaters. Like our country, the predominantly rural areas don't want change. They don't ask for much, receive very little, and are content with their lives. When you intervene with outsourcing to contractors, bombing campaigns where inevitably civilians are severely injured or killed, and expect a steadfast transition to a governing system mirroring ours, we're continuing to spread a wildfire for extremism. We have our own problems with extremism in this country. As my father continues to say, "the data will lead the way." A year or two ago, the Rand Corporation conducted a poll and revealed only seven percent of the time is terrorism defeated through military action. These two endless quagmires have to stop.

2.) True health care reform isn't cowering to the private health insurance companies' recent concessions. I was extremely fortunate to have an outstanding medical and dental plan with my most recent employer. Even if a single payer option was available, I would've continued to pay into my employer's plan. We have 16 states who basically hold a monopoly on what consumers can choose. Approximately one in three individuals covered by health insurance are covered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield. This isn't competition, it's an oligopoly structure. We have approximately 20,000 people in this country who die each year, resulting from no insurance or a provider denying a claim.

Republicans say everyone will opt for a government run health care system. With the recent concessions, they contend Americans will have a choice through the for-profit insurance companies. Four decades have proven if these guys have their way, we will gradually return to where we're at now. I'm confident single payer will be an option. We have too many small businesses who are unable to afford health care for their employees. If single payer is so bad, why are other countries who offer public and private insurance have a significantly higher rate of covered individuals than we do without their citizens having to file for bankruptcy or losing their lives at our country's rate?

3.) I will continue advocating for implementing humanistic philosophy in our public schools. We have to overcome our superficiality and condescending views of those who are less fortunate. Here is a link that thwarts the powerful Religious Right's attempts to revise what our Constitution explicitly states on the Separation of Church and State. Once again, we need a once-a-week type The Breakfast Club model where each student has to write a few pages on what he or she learned from the peer. This is where controversial topics viewed by the Puritan Peddlers and corporate-owned mainstream media won't be perceived to be imposed on the students by the State. They will introduce their feelings on why they might be gay, bisexual, suffering from depression, etc. This is the root and when they enter the workforce, we won't have these silly shenanigans where factions are formed simply based on similarities. http://www.religioustolerance.org/humanism2.htm

4.) Finally, I need to change. My self-discovery is realizing I always have this incessant need to provide constructive advice to others. Initially, I thought about hiding away at a university by obtaining a Master's or Juris Doctorate degree. That would all be for naught. My realistic objective is getting my foot in the door, preferably in civil service or government. The benefits are excellent, and it's common practice employees are awarded through bonuses and vacation through simple hard work. This is a better risk, since this area and others around the country seem beholden to reward others who are family, friends, or those who think and act like the company's upper management.