Jay Kersting's Blog

Today is the day that many sports fans have been waiting for.  It is the REAL start to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.  Sure you had the Sacrifical Lamb Game on Tuesday, but really....I mean REALLY, did anyone watch that game or have any real belief that the team that won that game can knock out the number one OVERALL seed.  If you are like me, you can HOPE for that.  But it just isn't going to happen.

So, today and tomorrow there are 16 games each day to pick from.   My local CBS affiliate is NOT showing MY game here.  NO!! 

Of course today they are playing game of Mizzou's arch-rival, Kansas.  I guess that is to FEED the concept that what Mizzou fans REALLY want to do every March.  Which is cheer AGAINST the Jayhawks.  Not like they will have a Tigers team to support in March for the forseeable future.

Tomorrow, when the Vols are on at 12:15/11:15....they show the Gonzaga game.  Are there a lot of Bing Crosby fans (only non-athlete alum I could come up with) here in mid-Missouri? 

Thankfully, CBS makes it up to us for the shortsightedness of their affiliates by allowing those of us who actually want to SUPPORT a team by allowing us to watch the games on-line.  So I will enjoy the game on a 15.4" widescreen. 

I'll probably watch the Kansas game.  My brother is an Alum, I have some Jayhawks gear, and Mom has some money on them.  I know, I placed the bet for her.

Hell, my brothers would like the TV options that they have here today.  Kansas is the early game, then the dinner time game is the USC game.  

Looking at the rest of the local schedule of games over the next two days.....I'll be at the computer enjoying things on the 15.4" widescreen.

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Heard a story this morning when I got in that told me that there is an absolute, direct, without any doubt connection between a lack of health insurance and DEATH.  Really?   Here is their report on the State of Missouri.

Let me open by saying the report makes a few good points.  However, to say that 10 working aged people die every week because of a lack of health insurance is, well, BULL SHIT!!

There is this simple belief been spoonfed to the American public, mainly from the masters of Bull Shit slingers, politicians.  Let me be more specific in THIS case, Democrat politicians.

To follow this logic, having automobile insurance makes people safer drivers.  Is this true?  Of course not.

In fact, I would say that the OVER DEPENDENCE on health insurance has led to our "crisis" that we face today.  That and a national lack of oversight of the medicare and medicaid programs. 

For years people would go to a doctor when they didn't need to.  Or worse yet, an emergency room.  That is what CAUSED the problem.  The problem is that people got used to having every sniffle, hiccup and hangnail fixed by a team of doctors and nurses.

While true that those without health insurance are less likely to seek medical attention.  Trust me, been there, done that.  But, the lack of insurance does NOT directly lead to DEATH.

And to say so is not just a little white lie.  It is flat out BULL SHIT!!!

The health insurance problem is a problem that was created by the health care and the insurance industries.  Each side played against each other for the last 40 years.  Those of us in the middle were victims of their game.  Our government didn't help it, they fed the problem.  The beast got big and bloated thanks to our government.  Now they are the ones who want to fix it?  Uh, thank you, NO! That makes as much sense as having Reverend Jeremiah Wright working on race relations solutions with David Duke.

Do you know where this problem started?  Back during World War II due to a change to the Internal Revenue Codes that allowed employers to give benefits like health insurance during a time when they were not allowed to give raises.

Who can solve this?  "We The People" need to be the ones.  Do "We The People" have the power or inclination to do so?

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My pick for game of the day...and I am trying to be unbiased...USC v. Kansas State.  O.J. Mayo and the Trojans face Michael Beasley and the Wildcats in Omaha.  I give the edge to USC for having spent more time in Omaha than Kansas State.

Oh wait, that was in June.  And it was baseball.  Hmmmm.  Maybe I should say because the Trojans are the higher seed.

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Nice ADD by a listener this morning.  We do not have a healthcare crisis.  We have a PRIORITY CRISIS.

Couldn't say it better myself.