Politics

After two years of cycling between ten percent and fifty percent of my former cognitive and physical capacity, I have progressed little but learned much. I have acquired more knowledge than I can currently process about my own health, the myriad families of medical conditions that can cause neurological complications, and the problems that plague the healthcare industry itself. In this article, I will elaborate on some of the horrifying discoveries that I have made on my medical odyssey.

As my twitter feed has already suggested, my confidence in the Obama administration has been shaken, perhaps beyond repair. Given the wide range of reasons, more often illegitimate than justifiable for shaky faith in Barack Obama, I feel compelled to elaborate on my specific sources of concern.

Consider the most consequential political news in recent decades. Not consequential in the sense of political issues that most directly affected people’s lives. Instead, think of those stories of greatest import to the careers of politicians. Those most likely to alter a career, command media coverage, sink an election. Bill Clinton’s affairs with Jennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. A foot, rubbed against that of another man, attempting to solicit sex. John Kerry’s candidacy, undone in part by disputes over just how brave he truly was in Vietnam, nearly four decades prior. Now, Governor Palin’s pregnant daughter, a story that already has many questioning McCain’s decision-making abilities. Along the way, I’m pretty sure CNN also ran a few stories about Iraq votes and tax policy, when news was slow.