Happy 4th of July!

What a great day for America, and Americans all around the world.  The day we celebrate our Independence!  A great day to celebrate the Freedoms that we all share, thanks to the brave men and women of our United States Armed Services.  These heroes have not only brought freedom to America, but to countless nations around the world.  It is a bit ironic that the same Country that claimed its freedom from England would, less than 200 years later, save England from becoming yet another victim to the forces of evil, hitler and company.  So even though England's territories are far less today thanks to our war of Independence, if we hadn't done what we did back then, we couldn't have basicly single handedly saved the world in World War 2.  We've won victory after victory for freedom over the decades and centuries, we are truly the greatest nation on earth, and today is a great day to say thank you to all those who have fought for that freedom.  So to all who serve, and to all who served, the Gladiator Blog, and yours truly SirGladiator, says a big Thank You, and a Happy 4th of July!

Memorial Day

I'd like to wish everyone, especially all our brave and awesome men and women of the United States Armed Services, a very happy and healthy Memorial Day.  Let's all take a moment to thank and appreciate our brave soldiers for all that they do to keep us safe and free.  We as Americans have a certain tendency to take Freedom for granted, something we have to constantly fight against, because indeed, as the saying goes, the price of Liberty is eternal vigilance.  That vigilance is the job of all of us, not just the awesome men and women who fight for our freedom on a daily basis.  So on this, their Memorial Day, let us all give a big thank you to all of those who work so hard, and sacrifice so much, somtimes their very lives, so that we can be free.  Thank you to all of you, you guys ROCK!!!

An Important Health Comment

Here at the Gladiator Blog we cover all sorts of cool and fun things, but something happened recently and I would like to make an important comment.  My dad recently had some health issues, and they deteriorated fairly quickly.  Even though they had a procedure scheduled relatively quickly after he saw a doctor, it wasn't quick enough, and he ended up in the hospital, where they moved up the procedure and gave it to him well ahead of schedule.  They did what they needed to do to find what was wrong, and now he's being treated for it.  Hopefully, and prayerfully, this is a story that will have a happy ending.  But suppose we were like other countries?  Where socialized medicine results in waits of weeks if you're lucky, often months, and if you die in the meantime, well you just die.  That's what would've happened to my dad, he needed help and if he hadn't gotten it, things would've been terrible.  We in the USA have the greatest health care system in the world, it's true we pay a lot for it, no doubt more than we need to thanks to the current government regulations, red tape, trial lawyer frivilous lawsuits, etc. and we should always be trying to find ways to eliminate those things to keep costs down.  But the bottom line is here in America we are free, we can go to any doctor we want, and if we need help now, we get help now, because we don't have socialism, we have freedom.  Let's all work to make sure it stays that way.  In 2012, let's all agree to only vote for candidates who support Health Care Freedom, and will pledge to overturn Obamacare.  Freedom is far too precious to ever give it away.