A reaction to FrontLine's program: "The Warning!"

Dear Mrs. Rehm,
I feel inspired to write to you. My representatives don't listen to what I have to say.
They rarely respond. I am utterly frustrated. Everyone knows that we have a financial
crisis on our hands. Washington is totally incapable of dealing with the mess. The
President has great intentions but his fist is too small. He is facing virtually all alone
an army of lobbyists (names unknown), a Congress being manipulated by all the
major financial institutions (large dollar contributions) and members of his administration
who are way too closely aligned with these banking establishments (Geittner, Summers).
Other contributors to the current crisis: Greenspan (by his own admission) & Rueben.
Regulations are being proposed (and are stalled) to close the loopholes and regulate
OTC-Derivatives. A recent FrontLine program ('The Warning!') pertaining to this problem
has indicated with certainty that we can expect - soon, another & probably worse financial crisis.
In the mean time, ALL those responsible for the current hopeless mess remain largely
unknown. So they can hide behind a nondescript corporate name. The public needs to know
who these unscrupulous people are, and behind each person's name should be listed
the money obtained through manipulation - whatever kind- effecting the public. After all,
Mrs. Rehm, the everyday folks have lost millions of dollars (house and savings) and most
of their names can be found on the internet or in registers of deed.
Every newspaper in the country should be obligated to make these names and $-amounts
public and list the major violators on the front page - a nation wide day of reckoning.
That would be a good first step to start reigning in the abuse and manipulation. If we
don't do something radical, this country will go rapidly down the drain, and the rich, the ones
"listed" on these front pages won't care.
Sure, I know that "no action" is the likely action, and the next crisis is coming down the pike.
This is a country in sharp decline purely because of greed and the pervasive "Me"-attitude!

Enough of this! you must be tired reading this, but remember no one else wants to hear
or read this.

The Right to Die!

In Britain, Dr. Sikora tells the world that in his many (30+) years of practice no patient has ever asked to practice the "Right to Die" approach. The doctor is against this practice. He is referring to our desire to continue until the bitter end and to the hundreds of rest homes for the elderly, where people "prefer" clinging to life. He thinks that is what most, if not all elderly people want.

Really? I bet Dr. Sikora is a skilled oncologist - he is famous for his intervention in that field, but may I question what he truly knows and understands of what it feels like to sit in a wheelchair and being pushed around incapable of brushing one's own teeth, let alone eat.

Not that I know, but I refuse to believe that anyone can judge for another. We all have strong or not so strong feelings about our "Right to Die".

Does Dr. Sikora have pets? We don't know, but if he has, and the pet gets hopelessly sick, does he continue to let the animal suffer? Farmers put their cattle to sleep, when life is slipping away and so do most of us with our dogs and cats. I go to the vet and request euthanasia for my beloved pet out of respect and love for the animal. Is their life less sacred than ours?

When Dr. Sikora, now strong and vibrant, is getting feeble, let's check in with him again, and ask him whether the disgraceful pain and suffering then is to his liking. I wouldn't be surprised if he has changed his mind. "And doctor, don't speak for me!"