"The Scourge of Humanity?"

If healthcare reform fails to pass this week, then those elected officials that championed its demise will be viewed by some as the "Scourge of Humanity."

But are they?

Did the "career" politicians who sought to destroy healthcare reform do anything that they were not suppose to do? The aforementioned would argue that they fought so vigorously because that is what the overwhelming majority of Americans wanted. But we all know that that admission is "factless" and that the real reason career politicians vociferously fought to kill the bill is their support to the overwhelming and powerful “minority” of Americans that operate healthcare corporations that want no part of healthcare reform.

In their decision, are they ensuring the uneasy balance in the universe between good and evil? Are they that oppose healthcare reform evil?

But what about those elected officials that were supposed to champion healthcare reform on behalf of the majority of Americans that demand it? Why are they failing to achieve this objective? Are they in league with the healthcare corporations to not get the legislation passed? Will they tell Americans that they tried “very hard” to pass the legislation but the healthcare corporations were just too powerful, and once the cameras are turned-off, will they meet in a dark alley to collect their payment for services rendered for “pretending” to be for healthcare reform? Are those elected officials in fact the "Scourge of Humanity," or are they GOD’S, ALLAH'S, YAWAH'S, JAHOVAH’S noblest?

Legend has it that when cast upon the “wall of life,” good and evil intentions may mirror one another, and the road to hell is paved with good intentions where one can assume that the waiting list for a room in the abyss is backlogged for the next millennium. Perhaps the current tormented occupants once faced the same type of dilemma only to sellout for what they deemed to be the greater good--namely “money.”

In a short time the outcome of the healthcare debate in America will be decided which will decide if healthcare is for every American or for the very few. The road to good intentions will be debated at a later date.



Anthony P. Johnson, Candidate for State Representative for 42nd Ward & 180th District