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My essay for a HTC Evo from Sprint

I have to do *everything* fast! I've got a full-time job, a wife with a career of her own, three kids, and aspirations of being a writer and a game designer.  I barely have time to get the laundry done, let alone rule the world.

 

Yeah, sorry for the last few years.  When I took over ruling the world from Evil Overlord Mortimer Dribbles, I thought I'd be able to keep up with the maintenance.  Do you know how hard it is to rule the world?  I thought that the fake governments would sorta work on autopilot and it would be a simple job of dastardly schemes and occasional bouts of maniacal laughter.  Ruling the world takes *work*.  (By the way, while I’ll fess up to the financial crisis, I’m *not* to blame for 9/11, the Iraq War, or the Shrub.  Lay that mess at Morty’s feet.)

 

But I promise, once I get a HTC Evo on Sprint’s 4G network, I’ll take a much more hands-on approach to ruling the world.  With the front-facing camera, I’ll be able to record messages to the unwashed masses.  With the high-speed internet connection, I’ll be able to remotely monitor my volcano-based lair in real-time and keep better tabs on all the puppets I’ve got in place around the world.

 

It won’t help with the laundry, though.  Hrm… maybe the lazer-sharks can do that for me.

Comment on Paul Krugman's blog today

How we're going to pay for health care *is* the crucial issue, but it won't be solved by any current legislation.  I support reform & a public option, but they are side issues to what I see as the core issue:

Our ability to provide health care is rapidly outstriping our ability to pay for it.

I like to tell people about a one-panel comic I saw in Omni magazine decades ago.  A witch doctor is standing next to a cavewoman.  In front of them is a boulder with two legs sticking out.  The text reads: "I tried everything I could, but there's just so little we *know*"

Today it is possible to spend more on keeping someone alive than we can afford as a society.  It's only going to get worse (especially considering the crisis in nursing and nursing education in then next 10 years).

What we need to do is start talking about how we are going to develop the ability to push ourselves away from the health care buffet (preventative care will only go so far).  We have to make these decisions rationally and compassionately, which is difficult to reconcile.

I don't know the answer (no individual could provide one).  I just know that we need to start talking about it.