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Despair...
I knew a man who often said, "Without hope, there's no hope" -- pithy, I know, please forgive me. Holding onto hope in the face of too much evidence to the contrary is denial... a state of mind I hide in regularly.
Having said that, let me list some thoughts that I cling to in efforts to retain hope:
- This thread and the accompanying newspaper articles pertain to the actions of the Florida legislature, not the federal government.
- Even though the last article says in its title, "State senators endorse drug database...," the article goes on to say that it was actually only the Senate health care panel that had endorsed adoption of the legislation.
- Even though both of the articles posit that the Florida House of Representatives will likely approve the bill, it hasn't happened yet.
- According to the articles, the Florida speaker of the House and other representatives blocked this legislation in the past and their opinions don't appear to have changed much.
- The House hasn't approved the bill, the Senate hasn't approved the bill, the Governor hasn't signed the bill and the newspapers are leading us to believe it's a done deal?
I really wonder about the role of the press these days.
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