Third Post:

It is Tuesday, the 23rd of March, and we're off to the South Sac Cancer Center for tests, questions, and the creation of a plastic mask (to keep my head in place during the radiation treatments and for them to design a pattern for the treatments). From there we'll go to the South Sac Kaiser for even more tests and then, if all is well within the universe, we'll head on home. Everyday is similar to this day yet unique in the type of tests conducted and the various required activities that will eventually lead up to my receipt of treatment. I WILL BEAT THIS.

Today is also the day that President Obama will sign into law the Health Care Reform Act. It is also the first day of the demise of the Republican Party. Although they have been working on their own destruction for quite some time, now, this will mark the first day of the official campaign to declare the party as one of absolute no relevance.

We witnessed over the weekend actions that should have embarrassed even the most partisan of politicians, yet there was no reaction from the Republicans other than the, "Well, boys will be boys" type of comment. This in reaction to yelling and calling out "nigger" and "faggot" and actually spitting on fellow human beings for their difference of opinion. And, where were the Republicans, if not actually applauding such conduct, or giving weak excuses, they were in hiding somewhere oblivious to all that was going on.

The party of "no" was, if nothing else, consistent. How could any group of people actually agree in advance to vote "no" in mass to anything placed before them by the Democrats? Why do we need them? Why don't we just have one who speaks for all of them? Since in essence, that is exactly what the republican party represents.

On February 23, 2010, I unfortunately found out that I had brain cancer. I also found out how fortunate I was to have insurance. I will have a fighting chance to save my life in a battle where all the odds are stacked against me, but at least I won't be concerned about the cost of this type of treatment or the cost of that type of medicine as opposed to some other treatment or medicine. I will be able to focus all my energy on beating this ugly little bastard known as cancer. AND I WILL BEAT IT, you can bet on it. But then I am one of the lucky ones who just happens to have insurance. Can anyone be so cruel as to actually argue, to actually cast a predetermined vote of "no" against allowing another human being the opportunity to fight for their life? This is the time to remember the names of all those Republicans who lied about death panels, who approved of calling others "nigger" and "faggot" and "baby killer" and could care less whether I lived or died. I am very proud of what the Democrats did this weekend. And I will remember it come November. And, oh yeah, I will be here, too.