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Prince Harry in the news again, doing good things for injured veterans. He served in the British Military. I'm sure the Brits made sure their beloved Prince was watched over, but it is obvious that Harry personally was and is ready to serve.

And we have Trump, who said McCain was a POW, he liked the ones who got away. Dumb Donald, WWII wasn't a TV show, where the actor is a POW in one scene, then retreats to his dressing room or somewhere comfortable.

McCain suffered in a POW camp and survived. To me, McCain is a hero who when above and beyond for his country. Everyone knows I'm a Democrat, but I would cross any aisle, room, or anyplace else, for a chance to say thank you to this man for what he has done for his country.   

During the debates Trump explained what he did for his country. He built a big business (with 3 million start-up funds from his daddy) but he built this business, when things got rough (he filed bankruptcy, over and over). Are we supposed to honor Trump for that? Maybe he should tell us how many paper-cuts he suffered over the years. 

Dump Trump

Prince Harry in the news again, doing good things for injured veterans. He served in the British Military. I'm sure the Brits made sure their beloved Prince was watched over, but it is obvious that Harry personally was and is ready to serve.

And we have Trump, who said McCain was a POW, he liked the ones who got away. Dumb Donald, WWII wasn't a TV show, where the actor is a POW in one scene, then retreats to his dressing room or somewhere comfortable.

McCain suffered in a POW camp and survived. To me, McCain is a hero who when above and beyond for his country. Everyone knows I'm a Democrat, but I would cross any aisle, room, or anyplace else, for a chance to say thank you to this man for what he has done for his country.   

During the debates Trump explained what he did for his country. He built a big business (with 3 million start-up funds from his daddy) but he built this business, when things got rough (he filed bankruptcy, over and over). Are we supposed to honor Trump for that? Maybe he should tell us how many paper-cuts he suffered over the years. 

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A major point against Hillary, that Trump exploited was, her failure to use a the correct server.

CBS this morning, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, (Kushie for short) is using a private server. Guess rules apply to everyone except Trump's family and friends.

P.S. The server thing, Russians harped on, but no one knew it was coming from Russia. Trump and his buddy Putin did a job on the American people. 

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Repeal and replace. The key word is replace. Everyone is in agreement that the US needs a medical plan. Trump as usual is repeating the same words over and over, he hasn't said a word about what is wrong or will be made better in the plan. Has Trump even read the bill. I doubt it. He doesn't deal in facts, he deals is short nothing tweets.

I have written numerous time that we don't need to replace the care plan simply because a different party has won the White House. Our Congress needs to work  across party lines in the best interest of the American Citizens.

Put together bills that change specific things in the health care bill. We don't need all or nothing, we need to make it work for every American. Throwing out the entire bill will never accomplish that.

Make changes as needed in every session of Congress for the next ten or even twenty years if that's what is needed. Our country is in constant change. The population is ageing. New people come here. For 300 years, blacks suffer from sickle cell anemia, whites don't. It's important because half our population is susceptible.

 New citizens may come with diseases, that only live in their DNA, but once they are citizens we must address it. AIDs, killed so many Americans, including children who got it from a blood transfusion.   

My point, medical care is this country, is not a one fix and it's done. It is an ongoing process and needs to be treated that way.

Write, call, or tweet, your congressman and tell them do not repeal. Repair, and pass separate bills about specific problems.

Health care will never be perfect because we are a large diverse country, but we can improve and improve, making it better and better. Fix obvious problem, as they come up, because if we continue to repeal and replace it will only serve to fix some problems and introduce new ones on the same bill.

Tell your congressman to repair the health care problems line item by line item, so when something isn't working, we will know exactly which part isn't work

HURRICANE

To the victims of the hurricane, who are losing everything they have to the water, my heart goes out to you. To those who have nowhere to go except a shelter, the hell keeps on going.

People who have insurance and a savings account, it is doubtful they will be able to replace everything they lost, which isn't leaving much hope for the rest.

Loss of your home is bad enough whether you've lived there a year or fifty years. Even if you  a rented, it was still the place where you lived your life.

The water has taken the things that can't be replaced. The pictures of your children growing up, or a parent or grandparent who has passed. The most important things often can't be replaced, because the event that made them so dear happen long ago. You can't replace it because it has no value to anyone except you.

I want to help. I have some food, blankets, and clothes to donate, but I am a writer. What I need to do is write, in the hopes of helping others understand just how bad your situation is. A sad memory that will stay with your children for life.

Because I want all the help money can buy for you folks, I'm going to bash the President again. Maybe me or someone else will get through to him.

Trump said something close to, "It happened in Texas and Texans are tough, they can get through it." Getting through something and bearing the scars for years after, are two different things.

We've had several rich Presidents. FDR was born wealthy. His polio made him understand pain and living with things you can't control. He got it.

JFK also had a silver spoon in his mouth, but he was in combat during WWII. He saw people he knew die. He got it.

Before the election, a reporter mentioned soldiers sacrificing for their country. Trump said he sacrificed too, he built a business.

Call, email, or write to your congressman, don't let Trump's obsession with giving the rich a tax break, get in the way of doing the best that can be done for the folks in Texas.

When Trump opens his mouth, his foot automatically flies in. The worst part is he doesn't have a clue. I can only think of three words to say to the hurricane survivors. The same three words I want to ask the rest of you to do for them.

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