Whew.  I just woke up from a horrible nightmare, you know the kind where you scream and run but you seem to be running in molasses and there's something behind you in the dark?  You know that kind?  Yeah, you do, I can see it in your eyes.  Well, let me tell you, this one I just had was maybe the worst I've EVER had.  I dreamed I woke up one morning to find I was living in a country that had elected Hillary Clinton to the Presidency!  I dreamed I was running a fever as well, so I got out of my bed and called my doctor to make an appointment.  His nurse told me "Yes sir, we can see you on...ummm...September 20th."  I thought "that's not too bad".  But then she said "2008".  I said WHAT??  She said "Yes sir, I'm sorry but due to the new healthcare program institued by the President, we have to see everybody that calls, and we're booked up for the next year."  I said to her "But I'm sick TODAY!  I'm running a fever!"  She said "I understand that sir, but it just doesn't make a difference.  The medical field today is first come, first serve.  Plus, due to the fact that we are now told how much we can charge for everything, we've pretty much stopped doing ANYTHING.  We may prescribe you an antibiotic to help with your fever, or we may not, just depends on how we feel that day.  We still get our 20 bucks for your visit whether we actually do anything for you or not."  This is when I came awake screaming.  I've got to try and help stop this disaster I thought.  So here I am again, pontificating.
    When Bill Clinton was President, Hillary tried slipping her socialized medicine idea by the American people and was soundly and roundly defeated on it.  She's been aching to try it again ever since.  I think she believes she can hoodwink us into going along with her plan on a "trial" basis that will allow her to show how wonderful her plan really is.  Well, we're not going to go along with that, are we?  I mean, if you want to know about socialized medicine, look at how many Canadians come to the U.S. to see a doctor.  Why?  Because the waiting time to see a doctor in Canada can be as much as 8 to 10 months!!!  The average from what I hear from a couple of Canadian friends is about 6 to 8 weeks.  That is totally ridiculous.  Now I'm sure she'll say that some sort of "compromise" or "arrangement" can be reached between the doctor and the patient if the patient is truly sick.  DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!  What will happen is, clinics will be set up to see you if you are ill.  In other words, your Minor Emergency Centers and your CareNow offices will become so overcrowded with sick people you won't be able to get in there either!!  So lots and lots of folks, who with a doctor's care would have been just fine, will die waiting to get in to see one.  We CAN NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!
    I believe this next election will determine the course of this country over the next half-century, and the course cannot be one toward socialism.  Not in anything!  Not medicine, not farming, not manufacturing, nothing!  One step toward socialism is a step down a very slippery slope and not one we need to take.  I believe that our health care system is broken, but this IS NOT the way to fix it.  Check out Russia, East Germany and the rest of the old Soviet-bloc nations.  How'd that little socialism experiment work for them?  And yes, I know!  They were communists, not socialists.  Well, you can split that hair if you want to, I don't.  No matter whether you call a potato, a potato, a spud, or whatever, in the end it's still just a potato.  And Hillary is still just a political hack, with some very very dangerous ideas.  So if her name is on the ballot when you go to the polls,  try to follow the advice you give to your own kids.....  JUST SAY NO!!