24 January, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Poor me! I’ve had to utilize the National Health Service twice in recent days. On the plus side, I’ve discovered that prescription drugs here only cost £6.50! Yippee! So this is what it’s like to live in a country where the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t run the government.

I am drugged out but emerging from my haze just briefly to comment on U.S. politics. The Judiciary Committee has voted to send Alito’s Supreme Court nomination to the floor of the Senate later this week. Although it appears that all of the Dems (except for one snivelling coward) in the Senate plan to oppose Alito’s nomination, it won’t make a difference unless a few Republicans vote against him. This is not bloody likely unless brain transplants become available or some higher power intervenes. (Hey, if Bin Laden and George Bush can summon the almighty to help them with their causes, so can I.)

Just a few days after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, with the vote allowing Alito’s nomination to move forward, the U.S. is one step closer to becoming Afghanistan. The transformation will probably be completed by the weekend. As someone who has previously lived in a theocratic state, I have glimpsed the future and it ain’t pretty.

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1. Cathy Ann Says:

   January 25th, 2006 at 12:05 pm

   Glad to see you are feeling better.
   CAV

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