The brain shuts off when it hears the ocean
Aug 17, 2009
Little Corn, Nicaragua
This is not the first time this has happened. My brain hear the ocean and it automatically shuts off. All critical thinking stops. I am on a Caribbean island and the type A personality has meet its kryptonite. All I want to do is not move, read and stare at the ocean. I guess I don't need to be exhausted in order to stop.
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I had to visit the doctor here on Little Corn. I needed some antibiotics. I have been out of the loop as to major news events for the last 7 weeks now. Every now and again, I get to browse through the New York Times headlines so at least I have some idea as to what is going on in the world, even if I don't get to read anything in depth. I know there is a health care debate going on in the US and I am very interested as I am one of the millions who are uninsured. This Caribbean island is POOR. The locals are living in one room shacks here on this island. But a visit to the doctor is FREE, getting antibiotics is FREE. Not just for the locals, but even for gringos like me. WTF? How is this possible for a nation like Nicaragua but it is IMPOSSIBLE to get any basic health care like this in a nation such as the US?
Labels: Caribbean, Corn Islands, Health Care, Nicaragua, Ocean, The New York Times
posted by charliegrosso at
9:36 PM
1 Comments:
How is this possible for a nation like Nicaragua but it is IMPOSSIBLE to get any basic health care like this in a nation such as the US?
An unbelievably valid question. 'Unbelievably' because health care should be an uncontested right, not a privilege...but what is the US known for but having backward priorities and feeling the need to capitalize on every little thing?
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