MY HEALTH INSURANCE BILL

if you can answer the following questions, all "YES", then the government will pay your premium, you pay co-pays, in the health insurance plan all federal amployees currently use. This is a work in progress, but I believe I might capitulate a little and agree to providing insurance for these people.

1. Are you and can you prove that you are an American citizen?

2. Is you annual gross income less than 50,000? (flexible on that number)

3. Are you currently ineligable for any other goverment run health care program and can you show proof of declination?

4. Are you willing to submit to random drug screenings and, if positive, willing to complete a drug abatement program? (note: positive test will NOT disenroll, but failure to complete abatement plan in prescribed time would)

5. If unemployed or reporting no federal income on taxes, are you willing to volunteer for some type of public service in your particular field of expertise 15 hrs/wk.

"Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature, and responded with the best of America"- President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001

Meet Me In The Stairwell
Author: Ms. Stacey Randall

You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I.

I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say "Good-Bye." I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, "Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK...I am ready to go."

I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help. "I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!" I said. "Of course I will show you the way home - only believe in Me now."

I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls. I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith has saved them.

I was in Texas, Kansas, London. I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news. Did you sense Me?

I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name - though not all know Me. Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor.

Some sought Me with their last breath. Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames; "Come to Me... this way... take my hand." Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me. But, I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me?

September 11, 2001 was not the end of the journey for you. But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are "ready to go."

I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.

Remember...I love you.