US Senate to PASS Health Care Reform

The Washington Post: Reports that the Democratic US Senate leadership has secured the 60th vote to end debate on health reform in the USA. On the whole support the bill, its helps main street, as stated many times this bill will not allow insurance companies to refuse clients if they already have a medical problem, if a customer is ill the costs can not be a negative factor in the cover of the customer, all Americans will have to pay for cover, this will allow the USA to cover those with no cover at present in the USA. The one downside is that abortion is not paid for by the US Government, this is wrong on the morality and the politics, liberals should have faced down the Conservative element of their fellow Democrats. The other downside is the idea that this will cuts cots, that is rubbish, costs in health always go up, its just down the line as with the UK there will be a form of rationing to those that are not rich, that is the real world folks, the rich will ways get all they want, this bill just gives the rest of the US population a better floor, but it still the floor. Also Obama and the Democrats will lose big in 2010 and 2012, the benefits don't come in to effect in till after 2012, but the costs in higher costs for customers and taxes comes in now, thus Democrats will lose big in the Mid Term Congressional Elections and Obama will not win re-election.

Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another British Soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the soldier was from the " 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 240 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total 209 have died in combat operations, while 31 have died due to illness, accidents or other incidents. Lets hope this is the last death this year in Afghanistan, to be honest have my doubts, Afghanistan is a hell hole for our Forces. When ever I see news footage from the place it brings back Vietnam but worse, since we cant win but we cant afford to lose, and then there is a nuclear armed Pakistan on the border, if we lose Afghanistan, the West could lose Pakistan, then all hell would break lose in the region.