health care debate

Here's a statement I saw tonight, about the proposed health care plan:

While its great to get rid of all these preexisting conditions, only a fool would assume a spike in health care costs will not follow.

The person was telling us that the plan is bad because (among other reasons) it's going to be much more expensive, despite the president's assurances otherwise. You know what? If people are going untreated for their illnesses simply because they change insurance plans, and raising the cost of health care for everyone is the result of getting these people treated, then I say treat the preexisting conditions!

Lansing

As I mentioned, when we visited Donna and Manolo on saturday, we went to the museum...



Then the MSU Horticulture Gardens

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bugs

Here are some "bugs" I've seen recently.


This seems to be a tiger bee fly (see whatsthatbug.com, bottom of page). It was very large. I want to say the wingspan was about an inch and a half. But as usually happens, I was more interested in getting the shot, than examining the subject. I thought it was a moth. Click to embiggen.

Here's a spider. Black, with yellow and white...

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