Monday, October 8, 2007

Columbus Day

no school today, but not necessarily a slow one for me. as always, tons of things to do. i won't bore you anymore what they are. i think you already know...

i can't start with my online project until i get paypal verified. that's taking quite long... i'm anxious to get started just to get the feel of it. it's different actually doing it versus reading about it, and i've done a lot of that. i've read about some pitfalls but what business doesn't have any? all i can do is be as cautious as i can, and ask a lot of questions especially when in doubt. i can't do a "blackwater", and that is - shoot first, ask questions later. that would be a huge disaster as in blackwater's case...

...and so is the children's health insurance program or CHIP. bush spends billions in iraq but refuses to expand CHIP to cover more children for a fraction of the cost of the iraq war. the house passed an expanded(compromised)version of the program, which bush promptly vetoed on october 4th. in the meantime, children, who cannot afford health insurance and are not qualified for medical aid, have their health hanging in the balance...

the government has had its priorities misguided for seven years now. and for me, bruce springsteen said it best in his 60 minutes interview last night. telling the truth is not unpatriotic...