llX wrote on 4^th Mar, 2011 at 5:01pm:


Life was hell for the first 5 years, when I got here. only speak a few word of English. I have got over that now.I'm running a Consulting business that I love to do.a family that love me. I have only a house,not a castle. A car that most people can afford to drive.I am just over 50 years young.I am happy and I still studying part-time to educate my self and keeping up with the changing world.

Driving a nice car and having a big house in a nice area it doesn't mean they own it. there are Mortgage and car load to be pay each month plus the credit card. most of these people are paying just the minimum payment over 2 years. That is crazy.Credit card interest rate is the higher.

How ever, I am happy for you that you have done well for you self.but I still insist that Lao Lum people are like to chose the easy way out. Maybe that is the culture or maybe just a laziness.

You heard from people. Have you ever been to America before. I'm a factory worker but also got nice house, car and boat. Yes I make payment. Per capita income here is $47,000 a year. If you are low income you can get help from government with education, health care, food and housing. There is equity here if you can buy nice house and car so can I. That's what keep the economy going. People make money and spend. People get into trouble when they spend more then what they make. It's how you manage your money. If you work hard you can make it. America is land of opportunity.

Tee wrote on 4^th Mar, 2011 at 11:33pm:

Welcome to Capital American. The population is 300 million if government give everybody nice unemployment check and free health care then they'll be more broke. It's nice that Australia, New Zealand has nice benefits. That will help but also encourage other not to look for jobs. When they can stay home and collect a nice unemployment check. US know what they're doing. They're world superpower and largest economy in the world not Australia or New Zealand.

I agreed with you about the health care. American is the only developed country that don't have universal health care. There are many health care scam and fraud too. I think we got flue shot for free, but I didnt need one. They can't give a away free health care to everybody. Rich pay for it but poor get free health care. Overall I think American is still the best place to live. I never live in Australia and New Zealand before so I don't know.

llX wrote on 5^th Mar, 2011 at 7:57am:

Remember! no one will be at the top for ever, The higher you are the harder the fall will be. From what I can see..The tide has change and right now Every one is looking at China and India. They both have Nuke capabilities,wealth and  men power. American have advance weapons, but it's suck in ground combat. Just looking at Vietnam war,Iraq war and now Afghanistan. Al Qaeda leading man until now there is no way to be seen. Don't forget most of terrorist were being trained by CIA including Al Qaeda. CIA department should be resolve completely. they haven't done a single thing right, since the Vietnam. war.

True..but you have your say over it every 5 years right! unless you never vote.....

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE AND ITS BENEFITS (This article is essential):

Aria MacDonald

Aria is an amazing four year old little girl from Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand.  Aria received her gift of life on the 6th of February 2010, a small bowel, kidney, liver and pancreas transplant at the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, USA.  Sadly the new intestine has rejected and Aria was relisted on the organ transplant list on the 27th of April 2010.  Aria received her 2nd gift of life on Mothers Day 9th May 2010.

Aria’s story begins after birth when she was diagnosed with a very rare condition of the bowel known as total intestinal aganglionosis or total Hirschsprung’s disease. There is no cure and it means she will never be able to digest food.

Total intestinal aganglionosis is where there are no nerves cell throughout the entire bowel to squeeze the food along to be digested. Hirschsprungs is common where a portion of the bowel contains no nerves and can be fixed by removing the effected portion of bowel and reconnecting the healthy remaining bowel. Aria’s form of the disease means this is not an option because there is no healthy bowel.

This news was devastating to her parents Hamish and Anita who were told that nothing could be done to save their baby. It looked like the end of the journey for Aria but really it was the start of something amazing. Dear friends visited the next day and brought hope. That hope was the possibility of a bowel transplant and also the idea of Aria going home on TPN (total parental nutrition).

Aria has now lives at home with Mum and Dad and receives her ‘food’ thru her Hickman line in her shoulder directly into her blood stream. She also has a gastrostomy that drains her stomach of the bile that has no where to go.

Life is not straight forward however. Aria faces the threat of line infections as bugs can easily get into Aria’s blood stream thru her Hickman line. Connecting her to TPN each night must be done under sterile conditions to avoid this. TPN is also very hard on the liver. For babies that live only on TPN the risk of liver failure is high leading to death.  Up until December 2008 Aria had perfect liver numbers but now her liver is struggling.

There is also a problem with Aria’s kidneys.  Her condition is because of a genetic flaw in her DNA which has also caused her kidneys to be unusually small.  This causes abnormal kidney function as her small kidneys are struggling to keep up with her growth.  Because of this she will also need a kidney transplant.
Bowel Transplant

Aria’s only hope of long term survival and a chance to eat rests in small bowel, liver, pancreas and kidney transplant.  These organs have come from a single child donor whose family made a brave and difficult decision to donate life at a desperately terrible time.  This operation is not done in NZ or Australia but the best place is America with the cost of $1-$2 million US dollars. It is still a risky operation but the odds of survival are getting better as advances in medical knowledge continue.

Her family and friends are busy fundraising  for the cost of living in America with no income for 1-2 years.  The NZ Government/tax payer is covering the cost of Aria’s medical care and accommodation.  Please consider some of the many ways in which you can help out or support Aria and her family.

Aria is a bright smiley little girl who handles the trials in her life amazingly well. Her life is a precious gift from God who is taking the MacDonald family on a journey according to His great purposes.

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Now how do you feel about universal healthcare

In America if you can't afford to pay for the health care most Likely the government will help you. Universal health care is for socialist.