Health Care Refom

This week Rebublicans took on the vote on repealing the Health Care Refom bill and because they have the majority in the House of Represenatives they passed the repeal. President Barack Obama has already stated that if the repeal reaches his desk he will automatically veto the bill, therefore making all the effort the repeal virtually useless. The Health Care Reform is viewed as unfair and wrong by Republicans and that is why they want it to be repealed.

I personally have no preference if the Health Care Reform is repealed and even though I am a democrat I haven't paid an overwelming attention to the bill, mainly because I have no power over what happens to it. So I think that the idea of repealing something that will never be repealed by the power of our Commander in Cheif is a waste of time. I think that the politicians in Washington spend too much time on fighting eachother that they don't sit down and try and think things through logically. If we could just agree on things and maybe tweak the Health Care Reform in a way it would make our system a whole lot better.

What's So Funny?

On November 15th Iowa Police charged a 17 year old boy for the murders of two convenience store clerks overnight. The boy was Michael Richard Swanson of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. He is being charged as an adult for the two first-degree murders in Kossuth and Humboldt counties. The first victim was Vicky Bowman-Hall this 47-year old lady had 10 kids ranging from 5-22 years old. The second victim was 61-year old Sheila Myers. Swanson acted alone and there was no link between the two stores or the victims. If convicted Swanson will spend life in prison without the possibility of parole. When arrested Micheal Swanson showed no remorse for what he had done, he was said to be laughing and when a reporter asked him, "What's funny?" He responded by saying, "Y'all are funny."

Even though Swanson is only 17 he is still being tried as an adult, should this be fair if reaching 18 is when you considered to be an adult in the eyes of the law? But what if the cruelity of the crime is so extreme that it would only make sense to be tried as an adult. I believe that Swanson is rightfully charged as being an adult because he is fully aware of the difference of right and wrong. I have faith in our legal system but I think that sometimes it is to much followed by the book. The book can't come up with rules and regulations for every situation. What is make sense if someone was one day away from being 18?