Hang our Damp Laundry in the Sun:

In a so-called suburb in Pennsylvania Carin Froehlich is doing the right thing by hanging her damp laundry outside to save on her electricity bill and also minimize carbon emissions produced by the extensive use of dryers. But her neighbors and the Homeowners Association don't like that idea, because it will look like a "trailer trash." Who cares? It's her home, she pays her house so why associations and a small group of gossipers have to get in the middle of what type of life she have to live in the suburb? If you don't want to see her "unmentionables" hanging out at the sun, well don't see it!

Wear Skinny Jeans at School (specially if you're male):

In a Middle School in Texas, a boy teen has been sent home because he was wearing black skinny jeans. Seth Chamlee didn't know or didn't understand their strict dress code policies from Mesquite School District, which even thought they don't mandate uniforms they require Dockers slacks which these jeans cost around $50 dollars for original compared to Levis Skinny Jeans for $30.  But let's talk some sense here, this kid that wasn't a troubled student is now going under homeschool because of this attitude by the school. But let me tell you this, have you send a girl for wearing skinny jeans or revealing clothing? There are more kids visiting the principal office than getting the "proper" education. Well, that's Texas for you! And then they blame Obama for it! The issue is that, I know they have to follow the rules and be dressed accordingly but skinny jeans isn't bad, either dressing like a gothic from Hot Topic or wearing baggy pants doesn't mean you're in a gang. They're are individuals and they're different and yes, they have the right to dress what they want to wear as long as it doesn't interrupt their education. I will let my son or daughter dress what they want to wear and if the school department send them home, I will be suing the school.

Regular CEO's with no jobs "pretending" that everything is alright wasting their "severance" pay as a temporary safety net is a common attitude in this country. Instead of using their severance pay to pay their debts (if they have some) they're using indiscriminately to waste. They don't like the idea of finding a job that pays less of what they used to earn, they rather starve mentally than getting into a lower income. Not only CEO's are "struggling" but middle class workers are even worst in this crisis. And still employers like Bank of America wants to hire Foreign Labor because first:

• Foreigners don't ask or demand for a raise. It will be minimum wage.
• No insurance benefits, no 401k's, not even severance pay or relocation pay if you move to get to that job.
  
• Every investment they put on a employee means loss when their business starts to gain less from their profits.

 No businesses today will like to give too much. No wonder this economy is crumbling down! It's every person for himself now-a-days, where the government thinks that giving unemployed individuals, and head of households leftovers for a short period of time thinking they could find a job quickly, it's the right thing to do when they're plain mistaken, because the reality of it is that laid-off employees can't afford getting a job that's lower that what they use to earn, and definitely there's no way they could let go their stubburness to at least save their skin, for their families and themselves.

One thing is for certain: Companies are no longer giving away "benefits", "promotions," among other incentives to make the employee feel he's valuable, for then being rewarded for it as the years goes by, instead as their productivity becomes down, they just let the employee go with no money and decide to hire someone for less. These practices are downright for the benefit of the corporations. But who do we trust? The government for help? Because the government really not seems to help like it did before, or it used to. It will leave you in the streets begging to find something to eat or stay. Or helping ourselves to try to keep unsuccessfully their heads above water, which in many cases we ending up sinking anyway?

If this is what we deserve for being citizens? Being in the streets?

Today, after two months delay, House Democrats unveiled the Health Care Program to cover the uninsured more importantly to regulate strict rules to these Greedy Health Insurers and yes by enforcing employers (small and big business) to provide Health Insurance for their employees or face  penalties. By 2013, everyone should be covered no matter what their income, financial situation and background and Health Insurers aren't pleased with that decision but enough it enough with their shady, fraudulent and anti-trusting practices.

My opinion of all this is a relief. Sincerely, I can't afford getting sick. It feels like getting sick is a punishment, even thought I pay my taxes, I'm a hardworking person and a good citizen. It makes me sick hearing stories from strangers and relatives their experiences with Health, how they're being denied of non-existing conditions, how their coverage are being denied after they found out some small loop. How they went on bankruptcy because they can't afford to pay large sums for going to the ER, how the doctors are turning their backs on the uninsured, by not helping them or even worst not showing up on "Free Clinics," and other stories so on. The fact is, I'm getting sick too, not because of poor health, not because I want to get sick but things sometimes are occurring beyond my control and there's no way to avoid it. I went personally to Dirne Clinic which is a federally qualified health center to ask for an appointment. When I entered that place, it was very different when you go to a private doctor, it was a little bit crowded, after I ask, the receptionist gave me a card and tell me to call that number. I left there in the WTF moment. I came home, and my husband decided to call the next day, to his surprise he didn't like the way the so-called receptionist was handling the call. It was like she didn't care about the uninsured or anybody. Sadly, one of their mission statements on their website says

"OUR MISSION:
To provide access to quality, comprehensive, integrated and preventative health care to the underserved of our community with compassion and through collaboration and innovation.

The receptionist told him that to schedule an appointment he have to wait until the end of November to call. I remember the first time that I called a year ago, she told me that I have to wait for 6 months to schedule an appointment. He was pissed. So he decided to call the Private Doctor at Mountain Health to schedule an appointment, the cost? $150.00 and we have to split the payment and I have to be there on Nov 6 for that appointment. It's stupid!

But I'm glad that there's going to be expansions on Medicaid, which I hope Idaho will achieve it because it's enough of seeing people die, families beg to save a life by putting empty gallons of milk on the supermarkets because of a strange and deadly illness and people losing their home because of the high cost of Health Care.