Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Sicko
yay our first blog. i hope this doesnt reflect on my grammar skills at all because i dont like using punctuation marks or capital letters or anything of the sort when im on the internet but i promise i know how to use them...sorry wendy. ive just spent thirty minutes trying to find a new background for these blog things but every one that i try to use says it cant read the code or something lame like that. well to the point of this entry...i read an article in the new yorker about our country's medicare/insurance policies. if you follow this website you can read the article...http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2007/07/23/070723taco_talk_gawande. the author starts by talking about the documentary movie "sicko" by michael moore. he said how he didnt like his other movies and is pretty straight forward about how much he doesnt like michael moore. but then he goes on to comment on the movie "sicko" which he seems to actually agree with somewhat. the movie basically talks about how insurance companies in our country deny people coverage or charge them a lot for coverage. its hard to believe that this is a problem in our country. america is supposed to be like the best country but why cant we solve problems like this and other countries can? so many other countries have free health systems...why dont we? in the article is describes a few of the scenarios in michael moore's movie such as a 79 year old man who picks up trash at a store to pay for the medications for he and his wife. after i read that i really started thinking thats pitiful. shouldnt 79 year old people be retired and relaxing....not picking up trash in a parking lot? its so hard to comprehend why something like a free health care system cant be established in our country. and im more on the side of michaels moore but then again it must be a hard thing to think of a solution for...like im sure its hard for the politicians to make decisions about this. i watched john edwards on cspan the other night on his road to the white house campaign and he spoke about issues such as health care and it seemed like he had things all figured out. but if they were all figured out why wouldnt this be an easy thing to accomplish? i dont know. i dont know how to fix it but i just know its sad to think that people in our country cant get the coverage they need but if u were in cuba it would be free. but yeah thats how i feel about that. as far as tone in the article you can tell the how the author feels about the subject. although he contradicts himself a couple times but for the most part you can see his view. diction...he uses some vivid words to describe michael moore and i think that shows his use of diction....kind of like wanda sykes and the red states. as far as structure i think of it as informal because he shows his own views a lot instead of being indifferent to the subject. sp yeah thats what i thought about the article. im done now.
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4 comments:
Yeah, insurance is just a business. They're in it to make money and nothing more. But, I think if insurance (or at least health care) went completely over to out government, it'd be screwed up for a looong time. Hopefully that won't happen in our lifetime for the sake of not being hassled.
Unfortunately, this country is run by the color green, aka money. Looking at this subject from another window, I can vision this problem a result of butter vs. guns. Don't forget that we are in the middle of a war on two fronts halfway across the world. Every dollar spent on the war is a dollar lost to the American people. I suppose the politicians are trying to solve this problem but funds are always truncated. Also, we've got to remember that Europeans countries, etc. don't spend as much on their military and pay much higher taxes.
I enjoyed the tone of your entry, but I would ask that you use punctuation and capitalization, simply because it would make it SO much easier for me to read.
This is very salient article, one that will affect both my generation and yours. I'd like to know more about HOW the author seems to turn from disliking Moore to agreeing with him. Show me the turn in his words. Use more examples directly from the text. Remember, we're not interested in a book report here.
Excellent points cameljockey, very insightful. We cannot forget the actually context of the argument and we simply can't compare apples to oranges (i.e. The U.S. to Europe).
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