Charlie from Brooklyn

The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time. The ACA also prevented insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions coverage, allowed young people under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ plan, expanded Medicaid, and so much more. But the ACA was always meant to be a first step. We still have to do more to expand access and make health care more affordable for everyone.

As we walk with Jesus during these sacred days, may we keep our eyes “fixed above” and to the glory that awaits all those who unite their sufferings and crosses to the Lord’s. Look up to a crucifix today and reflect silently on the Lord’s love for you, a love without end.

‡ Patriotism “Patriotism is the conviction that your country is superior to all others because you were born in it.” – George Bernard Shaw "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." – Howard Zinn “Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest.” – Elbert Hubbard “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.” ― Theodore Roosevelt “He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” ― Albert Einstein “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” ― James Baldwin

“fix this pothole” say less. 8,000 filled. on saturday alone.

I think all of these foreign born members of Congress should be forced to go back to their home countries and fix those instead of destroying ours.