(LOL at #15 – hehe!)

Now back to the big controversies – like Fed vs. Rafa

Thanks for the well thought and measured reply. I reacted a bit more than I might should have because I just get tired of reading blogs for enjoyment that are supposed to be about other stuff (in this case tennis) only to find jabs taken constantly at the U.S. or something about it. I shouldn’t have said you didn’t know what you were talking about. It’s just that when people take shots at the U.S., I find upon challenging them in the slightest that most of them don’t. Their not just missing a fact or two but completely talking out of their arse. They usually are just parroting stuff they read on blogs or that they hear on leftward leaning media outlets. It gets tiring. Agreed that no system is perfect and there are certainly areas where the U.S. system could improve. However, people from other systems that we keep being told are “better” keep coming here in droves for treatment and there has to be a reason for that.

If you’re nuts, we all are.

Well, you are probably right, but who said that my tennis worries were consistent, or made sense, or were valid in terms of the actual reality we’re living in?

Sometimes I worry I’m going nuts!

The TC coverage of Monte Carlo is great! I can’t believe they’re showing it all week long. Now if only I could BE there all week long. . .

Who says you’ll have to jump Rafa? Maybe he’ll jump you.

OMG, it would be so boring if Nole went all Rafa on us. Or if his family stopped being obnoxious – who would Roger yell at, then?

Anyways, I think the days of big servers are gone. Especially is all courts are calibrated to play the same – Rafa beat Karlovic 76, 67, 76 or something like that in Queen’s last year – to me it shows that a better game makes a better player. And let’s not forget Roger’s domination of Roddick who may not be a loping giant but deffo a big server.

Am I making sense? Do I need more coffee? Geez, 3 days with no tennis and I’m already going crazy. Don’t mind me.

I have another worry.. that Novak will stop shoving his foot down his throat and I won’t have anyone to make fun of. =/

Re: Gasquet..I’m hoping his team shake-up will go some way to helping with the headcaseyness… he has a very pretty BH <3 <3

Re: Carla .. she needs a year or so to hit the big leagues.. and then I really don’t see how she won’t. But I won’t jinx her so fingers crossed.

I AM a little worried about his shoulder injury, though – to pull out of both Miami and now Monte Carlo. . .yikes!

Even if I’ve given up on him, GOAT-wise, I still like to see him in the draws. . .

But really, I’m sure Uncle Toni would ground him for life if Rafa ever lost his humble personality!

Would be nice if he made an effort NOT to pick the wedgie though. . .

Well, American phenon, Madison Keys is giving me some hope – she says she hates playing at the baseline! So maybe she’s at the forefront of a new generation of S&Vers.

New worry: Carla Suarez Navarro will never win a slam!

I’m in deep doo doo, aren’t I?

Of course you are more than welcome to have your own opinion, as am I. And I know exactly what I’m talking about – because I speak from personal experience.

Having lived both in Canada and in the States, I can say that my Canadian relatives have never had to drop their prescriptions and treatments because they’ve lost their jobs. I have very close family and friends here in the States who have stopped seeing their doctors because they can’t afford $500+ COBRA payments every month. This is a reality, not an exaggeration.

I realize no system is perfect, but I’m hardly a raving Commie just because I think the current American system of employer-based health insurance is f-ed up. Maybe I shouldn’t have made a blanket generalization (obviously other countries have problems, too), but this post was about stuff I worry about, and affording my health care, along with that of my aging parents, is something that shakes me to the core.

Thanks for listening.