One small note - everyone with their feet in the USA has free access to health CARE, which is different from health INSURANCE. If you don't believe this I'll send you the name/email of my nephew in Texas who, on his FIRST day in the USA collapsed in church (exhaustion from the trip from Goa) - you can ask him what medical response was provided FOR FREE; he never even received a bill.
This is Obama's gift to the health insurance industry and has nothing to do with providing health care here in America. Check the stats - on the day the Senate signed this bill health insurance stocks skyrocketed to their highest levels EVER. Politicians will get rich(er) as a result of this boondoggle which, hopefully, will be repealed, and health care for the average American will change only for the worse. Viviana ________________________________ From: Oscar Lobo <oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au> To: goa...@goanet.org Cc: bo...@goanet.org Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 11:07:20 PM Subject: [Goanet] FW: Nobel prize win 'humbles' Obama. During the last quarter of 2009 I posted my views on the Noble Peace Award for President Obama and what encouragement does to bring out the best in people. Well, we have all heard today the great achievement i.e. America's Health Bill which was brought about by President Barrack Obama! Great news to the 32 odd million people in America who were without Health Insurance and kudos to President Obama and his administration. Oscar C. Lobo Melbourne. --- On Mon, 12/10/09, Oscar Lobo <oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: From: Oscar Lobo <oscarlo...@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Nobel prize win 'humbles' Obama. To: "Goanet" <goa...@goanet.org> Date: Monday, 12 October, 2009, 7:09 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Noble Peace Award for President Obama. People are divided on the decision taken by the Norwegian Noble Prize Committee (NNPC) to award President Obama with a Noble Prize. While it may seem to be premature for some people many of us may have overlooked the fact that he is the first Black American President in the history of America. This in itself is an achievement as he has risen up from the down trodden community and he has commenced some good initiatives for the people of America. Instead of putting spanner in his good works it is better to put an Award to make him do some greater work being at the helm of his career. Encouragement brings out the best in people. Criticism brings out the worst. How many of us fall in each category! We Goans need to learn from all this. How many of our genuine Goans have contributed and continuing a great job in keeping our Goan culture and identity alive? We know a few Goans in Goa, Middle East, Canada, Spain etc; and what encouragement have we given to our Goans other than cheap shooting of e-mails and washing dirty linen in public? Do we know that Goanet is also read by non-Goans in India and elsewhere as there is no restriction to be a member of Goanet. Recently a south Indian said to me - Do you know Mr. Lobo why Goans are not progressing? I was curious and asked him why to which he replied "Because your community is suffering from Tall Poppy syndrome (Aum shanoh in Konkani) and Jealousy (Nosai). Let us therefore wake up to these observations by non-Goans and if necessary apologise to our fellow Goenkars if you believe we have hurt people because of ego or perhaps miss judgement. The most important commandment from Jesus was "Love one another as I have loved you" This is precisely what is missing in us Goans and quicker we start loving our community the quicker we will stand to gain. Zeal without knowledge is like fire without light. Oscar C. Lobo Melbourne.