SICKO

i saw this movie last night (for $2.50 and 25 cent popcorn, hell yeah!), and i have to say, i think it’s the best yet of michael moore’s films.

it kind of just reinforces the urgency of getting the hell out of this country.

being one of the 50 million or whatever americans that does not have healthcare, well, i just take care of my problems myself. hoping of course i won’t ever need to go to a so-called “doctor” or “hospital.” i don’t have any crazy conditions that wouldn’t let me get healthcare, i’m just poor. oh wait, i did have a yeast infection once….does that disqualify me?

i’m not going to say it’s perfectly grand elsewhere, but, it does appear to be a lot nicer, even saner, more reasonable.

the sickest i’ve been was when i caught some crap while working at a coffee shop in a hospital cafeteria. no joke. that was horrible, i thought i was going to die.

i also had a bladder infection once. it took me ALL FUCKING DAY to spend 5 minutes with a doctor to get a prescription. that’s it–ALL DAY FOR 5 MINUTES. doctor was closed for just that day only, couldn’t go to the clinic because i didn’t have a doctor’s note, waited about 5 HOURS (on top of all the other running around that day) in severe pain on the emergency room floor. yes, on the floor. sitting hurt far worse than lying. it came back after a couple months and when i went to a clinic in another town, the male doctor tried to tell me that i had pulled a muscle. ummmmm, sure that’s it. but that did get me a bunch of fun prescriptions i didn’t necessarily need…

and they also convinced my parents that i needed both my tonsils & adnoids taken out when i was 8. that pisses me off too. i did get to keep them in a jar. wish they were still in me though. they’re really nasty looking now.

but luckily, i don’t have problems like those nowadays. really, the yeast/bladder infections i caught from my boyfriend at the time who had started sleeping around with some skanky girls and i didn’t catch on right away. luckily that was the worst of it.

i hate the medical business. the insurance business. the government business. lots of business.

COME ON EVERYONE! IF WE ALL OR ENOUGH OF US JUST STRIKE LIKE THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, WELL SOMETHING WOULD CHANGE!

THINK OF IT–WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE ALL JUST STOPPED GOING TO WORK FOR A WEEK, OR STOPPED BUYING THINGS FOR A FEW DAYS??????!!!!!!!

LET’S DO IT AND CHANGE THIS HELL!!!!!