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Today my husband’s dad went to the Emergency Room at the Scripps hospital in Encinitas because he was feeling clammy, cold, and was shaking. They admitted him, found something weird on the EKG, but rulled out heart attack. After a few hours in the hospital, he started to develop a fever, so the doctors gave him some antibiotics and sent him home. No diagnosis. WTF? How do doctors do that — or how do people LET them get away with doing that? How do they admit someone to stay in the hospital, and because they couldn’t find what was wrong with him, they just pumped him full of antibiotics and then sent him on his way? If I was Rory’s mom, I would have not left until they gave me an answer as to what had happened. His white blood cell count was up, which can mean anything - but it does mean that his body is fighting something. It’s a miracle these doctors are even allowed to practice. I understand it is near flu season and everyone is busy but come on, a 60+ year old guy comes in to the E.R. for something that does not look like a heart attack, but that does look like SOMETHING, and you send him home without an answer? I would never, ever stand for that. I wouldn’t be able to. How about you? Am I overreacting?

Yesterday I read an article regarding Mexicans in Arizona. Arizona has begun providing stricter consequences to employers of illegal Mexicans, I believe the first state to really do anything major like this. With that comes the fact that less employers in America are hiring illegal’s, for fear of getting caught. That has made Mexican’s have to go back to their country of Mexico, for good. Mexico has begun to complain to Arizona about the fact that their country can not handle that many people. So that is the U.S.’s fault? It is our fault that your country is poor and corrupt, so people want to come to the U.S. to make money and have a better life, except they do not want to do it the legal way, so now we are trying to make them follow the law? You know darn well if an American (especially a White American) went down to Mexico and did not follow their “laws” (I say that with quotes because they appear to be so corrupt that they can arrest you for anything they want, and you have the ability to negotiate your way out of jail. This is normal practice, there is no sense of justice), they would lock you up in 2 seconds flat, and do whatever they wanted to you. So if they can have that attitude toward American’s, why can we not try to uphold our own laws? I don’t see why everyone has such a problem with following the rules. The rules are that if you want to live in this country and get all of the benefits like medical insurance, work, driving privelages, you must become a citizen and in order to be a citizen, you must be able to take the test which is in English (thank God for that, it’s about the last thing left that is actually in English!), and if not, then go back to your country! Do not try to change mine! Anyways, back to my original point - I just do not see how Mexico can be angry at the U.S. for enforcing our laws, and sending the people that are still citizens of Mexico back to their country. It’s almost like they are forgetting that American’s do not owe them anything. They are forgetting that the people we are forcing to go back are actually from there, and most of their families still live there, and they are residents of that country! They are forgetting that without the billions of dollars that Mexican workers make in the U.S. and then bring back to Mexico each year, their country would have way less money that it does right now! It makes absolutely zero sense. Can anyone explain it to me?

Tonight I was watching something I believe on this History channel about rites of passage in different cultures. They explained a ritual in South Africa where a boy around 20 years of age gets sent away to the middle of no where to get circumcized, and must have it performed by a “traditional surgeon” who does not have any formal training. Then the boy must live in a hut and can not eat or drink until he is fully healed. By himself. People in the U.S. probably can not imagine that type of tradition. Then the program went on to explain how in the United States, it is common for families to send their old parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents to “assisted living”, “retirement”, or “nursing” homes to be taken care of. In many other countries, the community will take care of the old people as they age, and they hold them in high regard for their experience and wisdom. The program stated that in the Apache Native American tribe, for a girl to become a woman, the ceremony is not written down anywhere. The elder of the community will state the tradition orally. Without the elderly to communicate this to the rest of the tribe, the tradition would cease to exist. So how come in the U.S. does not normally take care of their elderly as a community? The program said that it costs around $5000 per month for an old person to live in an assisted living facility. Most people that are my age (20’s or 30’s) can not even afford to pay that much per month to live TOTAL, so how in the heck are we expected to pay that when we can not even work for a living? At least children without a home are able to go to orphanages and not have to pay for it (probably because of child labor laws), so why can’t we have some type of program for the elderly like this as well? Maybe we do and I just don’t know about it? I mean I know there is social security and medicare but social security alone is not enough for most people to live on. Hopefully by the time I am old enough for this to have an affect on me, things will be different and I won’t have to worry so much.

I was driving to work the other day and heard on the radio something about people with guns staging a demonstration at a local mall. I had never heard of such a thing so when I got to work, I immediately did a Google search and what did I find? Escondido Open Carry. And now I am proud to say that I am a member! I purchased a Bursa Thunder 380 last November, shortly before Obama got elected as president of the U.S. because I had heard and read many reports that he was going to try to outlaw guns - at least for people that have never served on a police force or in the military. Though I legally own a firearm, I have yet to use it. Have not even purchased bullets yet. But that does not change the fact that I am avid supporter of the right to bear arms and the 2nd amendement of the U.S. Constitution. Now that I am aware that this organization exists, I will do my best to attend the functions and at the very least I will spread awareness. Did you know that in California, it is legal to walk around with your gun in a holster on your belt (Open Carry) and you do not need a license for this? You can even carry a loaded magazine also on your belt in a holder and that is legal as well. Many government officials try to put fear into their citizens and make them believe that they do not have as many rights as they actually have. I am excited to learn more about my rights and to tell others to be aware!