In my effort to regain my writing voice, tonight I'll return to familiar territory. No more sexy garden stories, for now! But stick around if you don't like sports. I'll get to health care reform, I promise.
My freshman soccer star and his teammates did something that hasn't been done at his large urban high school in a long time, apparently almost three decades. They won their tenth game -- against three losses and two ties.
And in case you think there is anything at all sexy about high school sports, look at those stands.
Empty. That's right. Nobody supports this team, just a tiny cadre of us parents who are either unemployed or retired, and therefore available to root for our kids at 3:45 in the afternoon on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
He's a defender by choice. For those who are not familiar with soccer, there is nothing particularly sexy about being a defender. The best shooters ("strikers") are always closing in on you with their best moves intended to outwit you so they get a clear shot at your goal, and your lone keeper, who will have to make a play if you fail to stop their advance.
The bad news is my kid got hurt today. He twisted his ankle, an ankle that he has injured in the past. So, I do not know how much of the rest of this season he will be able to play (one regular season game and one or two playoff games for the city championship.)
The good news is he again played well, as he has all season, and his team has that record of 10-3-2 after a long period of frustrating, losing seasons.
He's been a big part of this success. He and his fellow defenders have given up only 1.3 goals per game, while their offense has scored 3.2 goals.
That is how you win games.
In the larger world of life, other formulas are relevant. The national health care reform effort now revolves around what kind of relief (or lack thereof) working people will get under the massive reform package now working its way inexorably through Congress, which is to say, through the offices of fat lobbyists, on both sides of the aisle.
I am disgusted, particularly by Democrats, and of course also by Republicans, because they are all on the take.
At the present state of play, the great majority of Americans, who work hard but earn only $40-70,000 or so, will face prohibitive health insurance costs under the current plans.
This is simply unacceptable. Though it is unfair to blame the President, who got this whole thing rolling, it is now on him to get things back on track.
After all, as the father of a defender, I know a few things about how a big-time player, under pressure, learns how to deliver.
It is time for you, Mr. President, to stand and deliver -- not to the poor or the rich but to the vast majority of us stuck in the middle, struggling just to get by. BTW, we are the ones who got you elected.
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1 comment:
“Health care reform” is not about health care. It is about control.
Barak Obama promised to fundamentally change this nation and he and his handlers have been trying to deliver...
For those of us who have examined Saul Alinsky's teachings, paid attention to the ultra leftists and thug politicians who have drawn together around him, watched as corrupt and incompetent legislators have attempted to push their own selfish agendas by aligning their actions with his ambitions, his intended “change” has been quite clear.
Obama's failed presidency, and you're witnessing this now, will leave many painful lessons in its wake. Chief among those lessons will be (to paraphrase James Carville) “IT'S OUR LIBERTY, WINGNUT!”
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