I’m over Jeffrey Epstein. Stop it. Just stop.
The guy committed horrific crimes, was convicted and died in jail. August 10, 2019. We’re approaching the sixth anniversary. Donald Trump is right. We need to move on. Lord knows there’s enough to discuss about what’s happening now.
For instance, I went in for my Medicare wellness review today (7/28/25) and encountered questions I’ve never seen before. Examples:
- Top of the page: Are you Hispanic or Latino?
- At any point in the past 2 years, has season (SIC) or migrant farm work been your or your family’s main source of income?
- How many family members including yourself do you currently live with?
These questions were on the top sheet that I ripped up and stuffed into my pocket. The other pages I handed back to the doctor. Blank.
Does my doctor need to know my ethnicity or income source? No, but the political forces of hate and division would like to know and what better way to find out than on a mandatory wellness review?
It’s time for introspection, folks. What are our values? And what is each of us doing to further these ideals?
We may not want to face the truth. I, for one, find these truths very depressing. The truth: 1) Voting reflects our values including the choice to vote or not vote. 2) Based on the number of non voters in Tennessee, we as a population don’t want to be participants in our government. 3) Again, based on those who do vote, Tennesseans overwhelmingly support the administration that has created the changes in the Medicare questionnaire as well as many very scary intrusions into our freedoms. It is difficult to see my neighbors as supportive of these actions, but it seems, they are.
Wait for the real fun: remember five words after several minutes, answer questions about a story you were read several minutes before and draw a clock, showing the time given you. (I draw a “rectangle,” and show 11:10. Who has a clock with “hands” anymore?) Medicare wants to help you recognize when you are “slipping.” Cheerful thought.
Yeah. 20 questions beats an actual exam.