Dr. Bert Fegg

Ethel has graciously “yielded the floor” to me (she had no choice), so that I can present my views on a few issues.

First of all, to the government of Arizona, I understand you have big problems with murder, kidnapping, car-jacking, identity-theft, home-invasions, etc.  But, you know what . . . those sound to me like CRIMINAL problems, not IMMIGRATION problems.    Spend your time and money on stepping up the enforcement of Arizona criminal laws and leave immigration out of it . . . Let the federal government deal with immigration.

President Obama (whom I whole-heartedly support, if you didn’t already know) has announced that he intends to make immigration law reform a top priority.  Let him and the federal government deal with that issue.

That said, the groups who advocate “boycotting” Arizona and who claim they will refuse to visit Arizona, because of the immigration law, are MORONS!  Who do you think you hurting by this boycott?  The governor is still going to draw her salary, whether you visit the state of not.    You’re not going to hurt her political future . . . the majority of Arizonans (legal residents and citizens) support what she has done . . . and illegal aliens can’t vote.

No . . . here’s who is going to suffer if you boycott Arizona: restaurants, hotels, resorts, golf courses, and so on.  Who do you think depends on those industries to survive? – the (primarily Hispanic) aliens, legal or otherwise, who are the kitchen workers, housekeepers, landscapers, etc.

You want to support Hispanic aliens?  Come visit Arizona in droves . . . stay in the hotels, eat at the restaurants, play golf.  You want to see those people laid off and going hungry, then “boycott” the state.  Idiots.

Okay, on to Mr. Obama.

First of all, Ethel was not practicing good journalism in her last post (http://www.ethelthefrog.com/?p=3242).  Come on! Why post a photo of Obama that makes him look like a skinny O.J. Simpson on the day he was arrested, with a fag hanging out of his mouth. Could you have found a less flattering photo?  I apologize on her behalf.

And, the photo of the guy holding the sign about “illegal immigration” at the bottom of the post, which insinuates that Obama is an “illegal alien”.  You know as well as I do that, despite what crack-pot conspiracy theorists claim, President Obama is most certainly a citizen of the USA, fully entitled to be president. Come on, you’re just throwing fuel on a fire of ignorance.

Now, President Obama (whom I know reads this post religiously), I don’t necessarily have all praise for you, today.  Let’s step it up . . . I’m not a US Citizen or resident, but the people who did vote for you, voted for change.  I say, bring it on, no matter how painful it might be to the “fat cats”.

In a country as wealthy and powerful as the USA, nobody should go without healthcare . . . Government-provided healthcare . . . not this convoluted “reform” bill that was passed.  There should be a “one-payer” system . . . to hell with all the wealthy health insurance companies.

And, I thought you weren’t going to pander to special interests . . . then why don’t we see tort reform in the healthcare proposals? . . . because the trial lawyers’ associations are such big campaign contributors and lobbyists?  If you instituted tort-reform and made insurance less expensive for physicians . . . and if physicians would lower their expectations as to how much money they’re entitled to . . .

In other countries (Costa Rica, for example, people study to become physicians, surgeons, dentists, etc. – not because they expect to get rich, but because they want to be physicians, surgeons, dentists, etc. and they want to help people).  Even if you’re not on the government-provided healthcare program (because you’re not a citizen or legal resident), you can see a good doctor for about $20, and he or she will spend hours talking to you, if you like.

In the US, by contrast, most family doctors’ offices are like a MacDonald’s assembly line, with 20 examination rooms that you sit and wait in until the doctor pops his head in for three minutes, before he rushes over to the next examination room.  And then, if you’re lucky enough to have health-insurance, your “co-pay” is likely more than the entire Costa Rican doctor’s bill referred to above.  If you don’t have health-insurance, be prepared to shell out a couple of hundred dollars for that three-minute visit.  Usually, what you get during your appointment is a prescription for some drug or other that you probably don’t need and the advice that “you should come back in a week, if it doesn’t get better”.  When you go back in a week, you pay again, just to get a referral to a “specialist”.

I understand that politics is what it is, and that you can’t just do whatever you want . . . there are three levels of government, and more than one political party . . . . blah, blah, blah.  But don’t make promises you can’t keep, just to get elected and then renege or back down.

Further, every American should be entitled, as a matter of right, to education.  I think the US is the only country where I hear kids say, “I can’t go to college, because I can’t afford it” (along with the people who say, “I can’t to to the doctor, because I can’t afford it”).  Even in an emerging third-world country like Costa Rica, anyone who wants to go to college can do it.  Tuition is something like $200 per semester at the state universities in Costa Rica.

And every American should be guaranteed personal safety.  If Arizona is struggling with a big crime problem . . . don’t sue the state . . . send help, for crying out loud.

Mr. President, I think that there are too many people making too much money in the USA . . . and too many people living on the street, going hungry, going without healthcare, going without education.  I don’t think your good friend Oprah should make $185 million per year (to pile onto her $3.4 billion net worth!) while other people go hungry.  (I think the $10 or $12 million that you, yourself, made last year was a little excessive, although I understand you did donate a good chunk to charity).

Mr. President, be the “Robin Hood” that people hoped you’d be.  Tax the hell out of the rich and help those who are struggling to make ends meet.  Let’s see more equality and more right “to pursue happiness” in the USA.

I have more to say . . . but I have to go.  Maybe we’ll have a chat, later in the day.

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