Ahoy!

Here are some of my favourite Safrican tv adverts that are airing at the moment! Maybe i only find them funny because of the South African-ness? (oh and here's my accent oh so by the way if you've never heard a South African!)

Older people are funny. This woman is about my mom's age.. she refers to like 3 different bands within one status! Popular culture- not a strong point for the 40+ age bracket! (Well, there are the certain exceptions)

So this morning i watched that Micheal Moore documentary/film called Sicko, and its all about how America's health care system compares to that of other countries. It was so interesting! England has free public healthcare, so does Canada, France, and in Cuba you pay minimal (like 5 cents!) fees. Whereas now in America, everything is basically run by your top insurance companies and their main objective is to make tons of money, even if that means denying you an operation that will save your life. These companies drop patients off on street corners of hospitals if they cant afford to pay their bills, like Moore said, what kind of society are we living in where people are treated like trash, just thrown away? A greedy one.

Pharmaceutical companies PAY congressmen and women thousands of dollars to kind of get them on their team, so when that bill that's actually going to make people end up paying MORE for meds gets signed, they KNOW it WILL get signed. Its basically bribery and corruption! But i mean like we didnt know that already. The firefighters and volunteers that worked on Ground Zero basically all have health problems after that, yet the State wont pay because 'they were volunteers'. Moore took a group of sick Americans to Cuba and they got stellar FREE treatment at the hospitals there- i found that incredible (and also the fact that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay get better medical treatment that your average American). The Americans have such an issue with Cuba (because of Fidel Castro bla bla) and Cuba is like a third world country, yet they're willing to actually help people in need. Here's America, this HUGE country, super wealthy, and they're still exploiting the people, milking them for all they have. I guess thats why theyre so rich.

And sure the people in France are heavily taxed but all the services they get for free, i think, kind of cancels it out. I mean, for mothers, during the first 3 months you get like a nanny (supplied by the government) to help you out!

In SA, we have state hospitals that are run by the government, obviously, but you literally take your life in your hands when you go to them. The nurses are horrific, its dirty, you gotta take your own bed linen basically.. its really bad. If you have a medical aid or insurance, then that entitles you to go to better, private hospitals (where you dont have to share your bed with rats!). And that kinda stuff is expensive, so most Safricans go to state hospitals. The only good thing about them is that everything is for free.

(this post was by no means a bashing of the American public, i'm just saying! )

*snatches MOTW crown from Lu*

(The following is a letter from MOTW, ShallowMuse. She is currently incapacitated from the shock and slight horror of being MOTW again. Written by her faithful personal assistant, Jeff.)

Dear MyOpera Members (and to whoever else it may concern)

Firstly thank you for choosing me as MOTW. Again. Much appreciated. Who does actually choose the MOTW's? I'm just saying because what about giving the other kids on the playground a chance? I'm sure they'd like a sparkly O-crown and a sash too So consider it (and the people on my friends list, because they will rock your socks. ).
And to all those wishing to add me as a friend, PLEASE DONT. I'm not a very nice person and i make babies cry. I still have to get through the 214 friend requests i have at the moment so dont burden me. Please? If you really really must add me, send me a message that makes sense first or comment on a blog or two. I dont like/need space-fillers and i will set Gavin's pack of Californian gerbils on you.
A thank you to the people who keep me coming back here everyday (yes there i admit it, i'm addicted) Lindsay, Lucy, Gavin, Henry, Andrea, Karen, Conor.. My creativity has never been higher (and the crazy images in my head) and i feel silly a lot for nearly falling off my chair from laughter just reading the very off-topic comments that come with each post!

So yes, everyday should be a holiday.
PEACE OUT
'Muse

(the end)

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