Volcanos

I used to think Mount Fuji was about the most beautiful volcano on the planet.

Then I saw this picture of Mount Mayon on the isle of Luzon in the Philippines.

National Health Care, Japanese Style.

Read this blog entry at Big Lizards. It's one woman's account of how her parents get good health care in Japan.

You see? National health care works great... so long as you're rich enough to afford the premium level of government insurance and to buy multiple additional private policies; so long as you have influential relatives; and so long as you're willing and able to brazenly bribe the doctors and bureaucrats who run the system.

Read the whole thing. It is a frightening glimpse into the reality of socialized medical care.