The American Absurdity

When I sit here, in my nice cosy Dutch house, next to a canal, and watch CNN and listen to American’s fight over health care, I sit back and laugh at them. What a rediculous people. You have two groups of people, called the Republicans and Democrats that are so far out of touch with people that they are just laughable, or more seriously, absurd.

The answer to health care is not too difficult, unless you watch American media, where only two possible solutions are presented. The first being nationalized healthcare (which would scare this shit out of anyone who has ever dealt with the state or federal governments), the second being private HMOs (which scare the shit out of anyone who makes less than $30,000 a year.

Most people I tell that I do not have nationalized Dutch health insurance a boggled. Yes, it is true; Holland is one of the few European countries that does not have a national healthcare scheme. Moreover, Holland does not even require your employer to pay part of your health care. What Holland does have is a government who regulates health care prices. I pay about 80€ a month for health insurance, and pay no premium.

Now, as Americans, we are raised to think that something like this is evil: The government regulating the market. But the US government does this already; it bails out airline companies, subsidizes defense contracts, the mail system, Amtrak, it even controls the price of produce through a very thorough elaborate subsidy scheme. Even more, we are taught that it is evil if the government tells us to do something, like get insurance. This was raised to me by Tucker Cooperson on MSNBC who stated that it was his personal choice not to have insurance during his wife's first pregnancy (an easy choice to make when your family has millions of dollars). Did he also not have insurance on his car? Of course he did, because the government has said it is illegal not to have car insurance.

Here is a solution that should work.

1. The government requires every person to hold insurance. Exceptions go to people who cannot afford 100$ a month, who get public insurance. Meanwhile insurance goes to a tier system the highest being at 125$ a month (you employer still pays most of the premium)
2. The government regulates healthcare costs. No more 13,000$ a year for aids medication, no more 17,000$ a month for cancer treatment.
3. The government pumps money into medical research and development, to offset costs of loss of profit (this would be around 1billion$ a year)
4. Children and adults in college or younger, get covered for a minimal fee.
5. People who spend have insurance, yet use no services, receive a rebate from their carrier (around 15%)
7. Doctors make slightly lower pay checks (under 150,000$/year).
8. Partial tort reform, to curb lawsuits larger than 100,000$. Torts will only be heard if true negligence is proven, not unforeseeable accidents.


This is the essential basis of the Dutch privatized health care system. Everyone is insured, and it is not run by the government, ensuring great care in what the US government calls on the embassy website, above modern medical standards.

Even if this system would not work, it is called compromise, something these absurd politicians refuse indulge.

I like this music video...

My Theory Certificate

I present you my new Theory Certificate. I am now the envy of all 14 1/2 year old American boys!!!

Dutch Politics

Enjoy this spastic Blog.

The Dutch political system is rather weird. The Netherlands is a kingdom, much like the UK, with a Queen who holds slightly more political power.

There are two Kamers (Rooms) where the many wonderful Dutch laws (prostitution, drugs, ect.) are made. Actually drugs are illegal in Holland, but that is another story.

The Tweede Kamer is the main legislative body. Currently there are several political parties who hold zetels (seats). The current Government Coalition is the Fourth Balkenende Parliament. This is a coalition of Christen Democratisch Appèl (Christian Democratic Appeal), Christen Unie (Christian Union), and De Partij van de Arbeid (Labor Party). This is the fourth time that this leader has crashed the government.

My favourite Character is the wonderful Rita Verdonk (I mean "wonderful" in the most sarcasticly possible way)

Rita removed the passport of the famous Ayaan Hirsi Ali, after she admitted that she lied about her name, to get away from her family, who had cut off her clitoris!!! Rita is a big fan of getting rid of immigrants (non-white ones I should say, I have no problems with the Immigration Service). She likes the famous new political phrase "Vol is Vol" (Full is Full, meaning Holland is full and needs no new people!

Ayaan was working on a film called Submission with Theo van Gogh (pronounced Choch, if the Ch is pronounces like the Ch in Loch). Theo was killed by a radical Muslim, who placed demands for her death and the death of many politicians, written on paper, and pinned with daggers to his dead corps (btw this was all done in a public park).

Back to the Government…
Well it is going to fall, once again. Now the Dutch are once again fighting over a referendum over the European Constitution. All other European nations have decided to keep the vote within the parliament, but the Dutch have a split cabinet. De Partij van de Arbeid wants a referendum, but the Christians (in typical form) prefer the less democratic route.

Now the way that it all works, and the source of the failure is written below…

1. Elections are held
2. Parties come together and form a Government, which requires 51% of the seats, these parties decide who the Prime Minister and all of the other ministers.
3. The Éérste Kamer is elected by the provinces
3. Together, these parties decide what will be law in the Second Room, the First Room then checks whether or not it is constitutional.
4. All other parties become the Opposition
5. When part of the “Government Coalition” decides that it wants something, and but one of the parties within the coalition disagrees, they fight

6. Officially when no resolve comes, the Queen dissolves the government and requires a new Election.

I have lived in Holland for 11 months, and I have lived through two Governments, it will soon be three!


Watch this video, it takes the popular cartoon and makes fun of Rita Verdonk

Jubilation and Prayer

I am very very happy. Thus I rejoice... I passed. Missing only 6 questions.

Down to the Wire...

Tomorrow, I have my test. If I do not pass, I am going to slit my wrists.

Just kidding, I was just told that that may be "insensitive" to people who have borderline personality disorder, so I retract my statement.

However I am not going to remove this passage, because I am seeking attention.

I found this picture when I google imaged "borderline" I think that these borderlines are angry, thoughtful, shamed, and/or child molesters.

The truth behind 9-11 - Parts One and Two

This is the first in a published series, by myself, on the truth behind 9-11.

Do you remember when 9-11 happened. I do, I was in English class, 12th grade, and it changed my life forever. When I saw those towers fall, it was the first time in my life that I had the ability to watch network television for two hours straight without having one advertisement. Oh the irony, I cried, as the networks came together and blocked four hours of my favorite soap operas.

I remember cursing Osama for this. He and his terrible gang of tyrants and freedom haters robbed me of the only freedom I had. The freedom to watch Passions, then Days, then Guiding Light. That day reminded me of how much I had, and how much I had to lose.

It was years later when I was sitting in on a local liberal meeting at Cornell Hall when I learned the truth about 9-11. I remember thinking, when college students say truth, they mean it. I mean they all read the Stranger and studied freshmen level philosophy, so they knew that truth can only be used when it takes into account everything. But they lied, for I too, have uncovered the truth behind 9-11.

End Part One


It was early in the morning, on January 25th, 2001, President Bush was new, and Jacques Chirac was visiting from France. They were both brothers in the same Secret Society, The Society of Coitus Supremus. Bush was nervous like a little school girl to have his first meeting with the weathered and older French Politician. Little did George, or any of his friends know that this encounter would change the course of the world.

As Chirac was getting off of the plane, He jumped forward quickly, scaring his closest confidant and security guard Guillaume. Chirac screamed in French, get out of my way or I will fire you all. Normally Chirac did not behave like this, especially not around the press, but he felt like he was suffocating in the plane. There mere thought of his wife and 23 year old mistress travelling together in the same Airbus plane made his skin crawl. His wife most certainly knew of his mistresses existence, she even referred to her as "La Salope" when with close confidants. But Jacque was from a different school of politics, the school where you keep your mistresses separated from your wife. It was how De Gaule had done it, and Chirac was damned if he wouldn't do the same.

He breathed the fresh air at Camp David; slowly, his anxiety began to pass. Only then did he realize the true gravity of his trip. It was this burden that had caused such a decline in his temperament. The press was ripping him to shreds over the past months. Most thought that it was because he was not popular with the Unions, but they did not know the real reason. Chirac had felt his soul blacken over the months with shame and guilt. Guilt which was induced by the knowledge of what he had to do.

He walked down the tarmac listening to the national anthem and waving to the much more docile American press corps. It was much unlike his first trip to the United States. He had worked as a deck boy for a French Fishing ship of the coast of St. Pierre et Miquelome and would go to Boston once a month to pick up contraceptives for the all male crew of L'Espoire Dominicaine (The Dominican Hope).

Finally he saw George, still young (for a leader at least) and yearning to lead his people, a people who unfortunately hated him. He grabbed George's soft and subtle hand, turned to the cameramen for a few opportune shots. He then ever so casually leaned over to George to say, "Let's go somewhere private, where we can talk. " It threw chills up George's spine. George found his accent intriguing and was thrown off. He had never had feelings like that for a man before. He was sure this would be a meeting of true substance.

End of Part Two

An Appendix to Parts one and two:

All of the facts in here can be referenced to the Book The Truth Still Hurts - A study of Plausible Causes and Effects of 9-11 written by Professor Charles B. Kendelsson from the Warren County Community College.