The world has become one of high connectivity. We are now able to send emails whizzing across the globe reaching the intended in mere seconds sometimes minutes if they have a slow connection. And with all this high speediness comes other great inventions like Facebook. There are some surprising statistics for Facebook like the fact there is over 650 million active users. There is estimated to be 7 billion people in the world that means that 9.23% of the entire population has Facebook. That sounds somewhat small but granted some of these places do not even have running water! Another interesting factoid is that people spend 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. All facts came from here. The most attractive appeal to Facebook is the fact that for the first time we can connect with our long lost friends, ex lovers, and family members with only the knowing of their name.
And even if the user does not remember the name the nice little friend suggestion box brings an evocative moment of yes I know ___. But with all the time invested coupled with the sheer abundance of friending Facebook morphs into a flibbertigibbet hub preying on all users whether active or inactive.
This is how the Super Tuesday Polarization took place. I myself am mildy active although if I could scale my activity it would sway more towards inactive. I have over the years become more and more dissatisfied with Facebook. My only rationalization for keeping my profile ; it houses most of my old pictures which exist no where else. Well yesterday was Super Tuesday as we all know. And in support of Rush Limbaugh I commented on my Fb that I was in support of his opinion regarding Sandra Fluke. I already find her last name comical fluke, meaning an unlikely chance occurrence. And her case to the Supreme Court indeed was an unlikely chance occurrence but being its election season and Obama needs to diversify his fan base decides to lend ear to the poor little law student. The case brought to court was said law student’s bill exceeds 3,000 dollars in some cases over 3 years of law school. Now first and foremost before I get hate mail here, Rush was wrong in his derogatory language calling her an inappropriate name. Although many races of women call their girl-friends “hoes.” If he did in fact use the word “ho” many interpretations could arrise here. Apple’s dictionary defined ho’s second meaning
ho 2 |hō|
exclaim.
1 an expression of surprise, admiration, triumph, or derision: Ho! I’ll show you.
• [ in combination ] used as the second element of various exclamations: what ho! | heave ho.
2 used to call for attention: ho there!
• [ in combination ] dated, chiefly Nautical used to draw attention to something seen: land ho!
With so many wide interpretations he could have left his radio show unscathed really. But this is beyond our scope. The matter at hand is $3,000 dollars for over 3 years of law school. What the heck kind of contraceptive is she buying? Being that I am a researcher at heart, I decided to conduct my own investigation and called a local independent pharmacy. While going through lots of holds and loopholes. I found that for a 3 month supply of Yaz bc costs $21.00 a month. To get that quote I almost had to divulge my own blue cross blue shield number and nearly go into a doctor to get a script! Yaz according to my research is a midrange where the low cost bc a month could be $9.00 and a higher end bc a month could be $50.00. All of them are usually covered by insurance and have been for about 20 years. Blue cross blue shield does in fact in cover the majority of the costs. This means that 3 years would cost 756 dollars for Yaz. So again here is a perfect example again what the heck did she take? Ok lets assume she took just an emergency contraceptive which runs according to pharmacy about $50.00 for a box that means with her total $3,000 predicated cost she took 60 emergency contraceptives. That lends one to believe it was no emergency at all.
Here is my question though why should we pay for her female issues. I am a female and would never expect my government to pay for these expenses. It is not the government’s job to insure my womb! If we give the government control of paying for our birth control we will later learn they control our propagation rites. We are so foolish to think that everything is free. I have learned one thing very succinctly throughout my life whatever seems free comes at a high cost later. So where does this tie into the Facebook factoids above? My distant relative saw a post where I commented I support Rush. She then decided to verbally attack my Facebook wall. She ended up mocking my views and my uncle’s finally to a point where I had to block her and some others. The funny thing was my own relative felt more assuaged to Fluke’s cause. I did in no way target my political alliances towards her I just merely posted my support. And in a way I regret begrudgingly this issue but it is something that should be discussed.
This issue has caused lots of supporters to flee Rush and his radio show. I am watching and waiting to see another conservative dismantled because he is tired of paying for the cost of others. We do not pay for dying cancer patients many die without coverage! Why should we pay for the cost of someone else’s sex life? It is not my responsibility. Now Sandra claimed ” a friend had polycystic ovary syndrome,” which her prescriptions were not covered by her insurance. I have some possible reasons why they wont cover this disease. It is a genetic condition. Here is a list of the possible symptoms anovulation, resulting in irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, ovulation-related infertility, and polycystic ovaries; excessive amounts or effects of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones, resulting in acne and hirsutism; and insulin resistance, often associated with obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and high cholesterol levels. All the later suggest that the person is probably overweight in fact it recommends a new diet regime as a possible cure. Almost all insurance companies baulk when they know the covered is obese because they are a health risk. But it only offers birth control as an option for a cure if fertility is not key.
If fertility is not the primary aim, then menstruation can usually be regulated with a contraceptive pill, though the effects are caused by substituted hormones that can easily cause more problems if the pill is taken for a long period of time. The purpose of regulating menstruation is essentially for the woman’s convenience, and perhaps her sense of well-being; there is no medical requirement for regular periods, so long as they occur sufficiently often. This is proven by the new birth control that allows 4 periods a year.
If a regular menstrual cycle is not desired, then therapy for an irregular cycle is not necessarily required – most experts consider that if a menstrual bleed occurs at least every three months, then the endometrium (womb lining) is being shed sufficiently often to prevent an increased risk of endometrial abnormalities or cancer. If menstruation occurs less often or not at all, some form of progestogen replacement is recommended. Some women prefer a uterine progestogen device such as theintrauterine system (Mirena) or the progestin implant (Implanon), which provides simultaneous contraception and endometrial protection for years. An alternative is oral progestogen taken at intervals (e.g. every three months) to induce a predictable menstrual bleeding.
- Unfortunately I have fallen victim to the same problem all this year candidates have. We are focusing on something irreverent. What is relevant, gas prices, our failing economy, our unemployment, new threats from many new despising countries. And in conjunction with the failing economy we do not have the money to keep giving everything away for free. The cheaper price now will lead to less money for future generations to earn. Unfortunately I do not believe our generation as a whole will ever be as successful as our father’s generation. Because our ideology has changed from working hard to earn what we have to working jejunely to get something free.
- Furthermore Fluke’s case is a distraction causing us to think that the caucasian female’s needs are finally being met. Their needs are not being met their needs are being exploited for political propaganda. And we are too busied by our every day lives to remember a few months back Obama refused to make bc over the counter. He now has become so much more pro-women’s right… good timing.
- Finally thanks Facebook for the nice block feature because my distant relative will now remain as she once was.
