AN ULTIMATUM FOR JUSTICE

With all due respect to peace, love and understanding, there comes a time, there comes a point, when one simply has to stop apologizing for who one is, stop retreating, turn to face the foe, draw a line in the sand, plant one's feet firmly on the ground, square one's shoulders and draw one's sword. For me, that point came at Midnight on the night of Monday,, September Thirtieth into Tuesday, October First, 2013. For those of you who do not know, when I was eight years old I sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury as the result of being the pedestrian in an auto-pedestrian accident. Because of my "Preexisting Condition", for the past nearly twelve years I have been unable to retain Private Health Insurance and have had A Risk Pool required by state Law to always be twice the rate of comparable, private coverage as my only option. Bad as this may be, at least I have this option. I have heard stories of people with preexisting conditions in some States that do not even have this option. And then, right as those of us in this boat are on the brink of gaining some relief from this discrimination, The Republicans throw a Hail Mary Pass to stop it by shutting down the Government. Of course, this did not stop the already passed and funded law from taking effect. But that is beside the point that I am pursuing here. The Republicans have tried but failed for over two years now to undo this law, and yet none of the very few alternatives they have even put forward do anything to address the real, core problem with the old system, that it put making money ahead of taking care of Patients. I have no problem with the idea of making a profit on a commodity, but Life and Health are not a commodity, and yet The Republican Party seems Hell Bent on returning us to a system that treated them as such. They have crossed my line in the sand. I say NO MORE. This close to being regarded and treated as a full Human Being again, I WILL NOT GO BACK. So, to those of my so called family and friends who tend to trend Republican, I issue this ultimatum: Tell me, to my face,, looking me in the eyes the entire time, that those that oppose even one Comma of Obamacare do not speak for you, will not have your vote in 2014 unless they publicly come out for every comma of the law and you will end all association with anyone who does not completely come around to this position, or become my enemy. If you choose the latter, I will not act out against you in any way, but I will not come to your house for any reason, event or Holiday, I will not sit with you when you come to our house, and I will not sit with you in restaurants or anywhere else. You will be a stranger to me, even if I have known you all of my life. It is your choice, but make it soon, the longer this nonsense in D.C. goes on,the worse everything gets. To those whom I already know agree with my position on this matter, I also have an ultimatum, albeit a less extreme one, it is simply this: Either Stand beside me and draw your own sword to join mine, or get and stay THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY, BECAUSE AS OF MIDNIGHT LAST MONDAY NIGHT, I AM TAKING NO PRISONERS. THIS IS WAR!