Departing Winter

Winter Begins to Fade

At last, Winter begins to dissipate, and Spring flowers take the place of frosty branch and bough.  And today we have a new beginning as well in our nation's approach to those left out in the cold without proper health care insurance.  Thanks to President Barack Obama, and courageous Democrats, who have put the needs of the American people first, we progress to a new era, an age when everyone has access to affordable, decent, useful, meaningful health insurance.  No more will any American be left out in the wintertime chill simply because they lack the financial wherewithal to see a doctor when they're ill, or have to bear chronic pain and suffering when a simple clinic visit may alleviate that pain.  It's a new Spring in America, a new age when those who choose to divide and conquer to achieve their goals have been defeated...for now.  

Next, the disposal of the ill-conceived, ridiculous, massively misguided law--Don't Ask Don't Tell.   DADT is a shameful reminder of a hopefully fast-fading anachronism, homophobia, and it must go, sooner than later.  By Spring, DADT must be sad, long-discarded part of our history.