I have a lot of love to send out this week. First off let me say thank you to Geek Mom Mashup. She was the very first blogger of all time for me to get into my top spots and donate towards the Law School Tuition Fund. Thank you very very much. Second, was Saving Lives Thank you so much for your generosity. To all you readers out there...Please go visit their sites and support them in their causes. Help us continue to create a tightly binded community of bloggers on Entrecard and throughout the blogosphere.
If you were unaware every week I also give some link love the people who have dropped their entrecard on my site the most over the past 30 days. This past months top droppers are as follows:
Fantasy Baseball
Saphrym
Dark is Easy
Thanks for your all your support. It was a close race but these 3 prevailed.
My Weekly Top Droppers
People Helping People
One of the greatest virtues of blogging is how it connects people all over the world. Due to its annonymity we are able to create friendships without any preconcieved notions based on looks. It also allows us to help one another in various ways. I am currently in the process of applying to law school. I have applied to 19 schools, which is very expensive in itself, and I am now waiting to hear back from some more schools. I have already been accepted to some of the schools and I will need to decide where I will go pretty soon. One truth is that no matter where I end up going it will be very expensive. Consequently, as you will notice the new widgets. I have decided to ASK you, no BEG you to CHIP'IN and help me out. Yes there are a lot of lawyers but NOT ENOUGH GOOD LAWYERS!!
As you may have noticed I have added two widgets onto my sidebar. One of the widgets is very common and the other one I have not seen except for on one other website and I thought it was so great that I donated some money to the fund. Now I am asking you..my visitors..HELP ME OUT!! Every dime that gets donated to the fund and the website will go towards my tuition.
The first widget is by "ScratchBack.com." This is the widget that says "are you in my top spots?" This widget allows us to help eachother with some real "link love." I have set it up that by donating $3 to my law school tuition fund you will have your link on the widget until all the spots get filled. It is a simple way of saying "thank you" for the donation.
The second widget is called "chipin." This has a very similar idea behind it except for it is more annonymous. Let's reach the goal and RAISE $8,000 by AUGUST. (that is when I will start my first semester). I will DEFINITELY show some love to the FIRST people that DONATE.
Thanks for all your SUPPORT!!!
Have You Seen "Sicko"
If you have then let's talk. If you haven't you need to. Go right now and rent it. It is on DVD now. I don't know much about Micheal Moore, but after watching "Sicko" I am impressed in the type of information that he is able to bring to the citizens of the United States. The movie is about the Health Care System we have in the United States. During his discussion of the U.S. he also visits Canada, London, France and Cuba. In doing so he compares the health care system of the United States to that of these countries. From what I understand he is very liberal and though I lean more to the conservative side of politics I was enchanted by what he presents. Here are some of my thoughts.
Health Care Reform in the US is IMPERATIVE! Something has to change. Hilary Clinton has been the most vocal about changing the health care system though I am not sure that here specific plan is something I would agree with, I am glad that she has raised the issue throughout her political career. As an Economics major I am all for free markets and less government regulation, including the privatization of most sectors and industries. The problem in the US is that the health care system is consider "privatised" yet it is highly regulated and is manipulated by the rich and the greedy. A true free market is one where information is widely public and accessible, which is not the case. Also a free market is one where the boundaries of entry and exit are easily attainable to the masses, which is also not the case. The bottom line is that we need health care reform in the US.
If you live in the US make sure you have health insurance. Even if you have health insurance, the insurance company might screw you. So make sure that you do have it otherwise your financial life may be ruined for years to come. All it takes is one accident or one complication and without health insurance you will incur doctors fees up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Fly to France if you will not be able to pay the medical expenses. Sounds funny. The US tends to make fun of the French but the bottom line is that if you are healthy enough to fly to France before a much needed surgery or birth of a baby then it will save you money. I don't know how much a ticket costs round trip. Let's say $3000. If that's the case fly there, walk into a hospital and they will take care of you for FREE you will not have any doctor bills and then fly home. It is incredible the way the movie "Sicko" describes the health care system in France. If it is all true then I might be moving there sooner than later.
There are some other thoughts I have about the health care system but I will save that for a future discussion. Let me know what you think. If you are from another country, what is your health care system like? Do you have to pay for it? Do you get to choose your doctor? Do you like it? Go and rent the movie for the rest of you who haven't seen it yet. It will definitely be eye opening to say the least. Finally, sign up for my feed if you haven't yet so that you will always get the latest insights from Big Game.
All Time 3 Top Droppers
The week is ending again and I didn't get to write as many posts as I wanted to this week but that is how it goes sometimes. It's tax season so I am busy doin everybody's taxes. Let me know if you have any questions about your taxes and maybe I could help you out a bit. I want to give some love to those 3 top droppers. Next week I will probably do my top 5 droppers.
Here we go....Still at the top we have.... Fantasy Baseball
Still in second place we have.....Saphrym
And winning a very close 3rd place is ............Black Tennis Pro
Great job you 3. Thanks for the love and lets keep it up. The race is still really close so make sure you keep it up. I plan on posting much more regularly this week. Have a great weekend everybody.
