Universal Health Care

Let me preface this by saying I have a boil on the inside portion of my left leg.  It rubs when I walk causing much discomfort, and I just came in from mowing, so I am in a sour mood.

I think I am ready to convert, 'finally'.  After all, it is not going to cost us anything right?

We went to dinner the other night; one person was lamenting the fact he could not afford health insurance... his grand child needed this, needed that, and could not afford same.  Mother of said grand child is on welfare.  Regardless, my heart went out to them, especially as he ordered his fourth mixed drink (he wasn't driving).  As I twirled my linguine onto my spoon, I thought of health care and how it should be a right of everyone... no matter this father, grandfather was going to a college football game that cost boo koo bucks the next day... no matter his plate was piled high with pasta of all sorts... he should have a right to free health care, as all of us should. 

Then I got to thinking.  Why stop there.  What makes any American think they are so dad gummed special?  It is after all, [universal] health care right?  So why just health care for Americans?  Simultaneous with my conversion to this plan, I am now coming out 'against' securing our borders.  We need open borders in order to allow people in for their health care.  We have too much, we need to 'give' it to everyone.  Let nobody go without.  It is free after all. 

Man this frickin boil hurts!!!

Smile of The Day

Don't eat chicken sandwiches, no matter what.....
A  little boy and a little girl attended the same school and became friends.

Every day they would sit  together to eat their lunch. They discovered that they both brought chicken  sandwiches every day!  This went on all through the fourth and fifth  grades, until one day he noticed that her sandwich wasn't a chicken  sandwich. 

He said, "Hey, how come you're not eating  chicken, don't you like it anymore?"
She said "I love it but I have to stop eating  it."

"Why?" he  asked.
She  pointed to her lap and said "Cause I'm starting to grow little feathers  down there!"
"Let me see" he said.

"Okay" and she pulled up her  skirt.
He looked and said, "That's right. You are!  Better  not eat any more chicken."

He kept eating his chicken  sandwiches until one day he brought peanut butter.  He said to the little girl, "I  have to stop eating chicken sandwiches, I'm starting to get feathers down there too!" She asked if she could look, so he pulled down his pants for her!
She said  "Oh,  my God,  it's too late for you! You've already got the NECK and GIZZARDS!!!

Columbia University Visit

Here's what I think.

I think the administration of Columbia got allot of heat regarding 'The Visit'.  I think alums were threatening to withhold contributions and that equals 'm o n e y'.

Otherwise, why would you invite someone to speak, and while introducing them, insult them?  Makes no sense to me. I personally was totally taken off guard during the introduction, then thought about it abit... I just don't think anything else makes any sense.

Smile of The Week

=: More Words of Wisdom :=
* Men hang out in bars for two main reasons; They have no wife to go home to... or they do.
* If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.
* Jury -- twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer.
* Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
* An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys.
* Sex is NOT the answer... Sex is the question. YES is the answer!!!
* For every action, there is an equal but opposite Government program.
* Never buy a pit-bull from a one armed man.
* If history repeats itself why is there never any reruns of the six o'clock news.
* I may be schizophrenic, but at least I'll always have each other.
* A fool and his money are soon... Hey! Where's my wallet?
* Patience is something admired in the driver behind you, but not in the one ahead of you.
* History doesn't repeat itself; historians repeat each other.
* Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting enough.
* Do what you did when you were a kid: fly a kite, go fishing, hunt a dinosaur.
[author unknown]

Smile of The Week

=: HUMOR FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS) :=
* I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
* Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
* Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.
* The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
* The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
* To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
* When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
* The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was described as a small medium at large.
* A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
* A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
* Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
* We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
* When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
* The math professor went crazy with the blackboard. He did a number on it.
* The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
* The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
* If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
* A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
* A backward poet writes inverse.
* If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
* With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
* When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
* A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France, resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
* You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
* He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
* A calendar's days are numbered.
* A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
* A plateau is a high form of flattery.
* Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
* If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
* When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
[author unknown]

Flashbacks

I will bet when General Petraeus was testifying before Congress he had flashbacks to history.  If you consider his age, I suspect the good General was a quite young officer during the ending of the Vietnam War, or conflict if ya want to quibble.

To me, it is an insult to hear the accusatory tones used by many who questioned the man. These folks unanimously approved his selection to the post; they then demanded he come back and report on whether or not there was progress. He went, he came back, and before he even gave the report, he was subjected to accusations of being untruthful. 

There is only one thing that would have satisfied these folks, and that is if he had said all is lost. But, because he indicated there is hope, he is dishonest.  Tis indeed a sad commentary, a shameful commentary to be sure.  The good General must indeed be flashing back to his early beginnings in the military.  God speed General as you try and complete your mission.

9/11/01 Remembered

Sitting watching MSNBC this morning and they began replaying their coverage from 'the' day in 2001.  I found myself riveted to the dadgummed screen; finally had to force myself to go to the shower as I had grocery shopping etc. planned for today.  Regardless, the memories flooded back and made me think.

Earlier, say around 5 a.m. ish I had the radio on; a local commentator whom I have admired for years was reflecting on how it may be time to 'get over' this remembrance of 9/11.  In my mind I instantly poo pooed that thought, and then as he went on, I began to (in theory), agree with him. It wasn't that he thought we should forget 'the incident itself'; his point was, there are tragedies that occur every day to every day folk... it is time to move on, in the sense we as a country face tragedy daily - 'somewhere'.  That I agree with; in fact said so back in late 2001, when I saw how the victims families were holding this country hostage.

Today, as "I" look back, I do believe it is time for the families to put it behind them and move on with their lives.  We have 'all' had different things in our lives happen since then, some just as tragic as what happened to those that lost a family member on 9/11. Take for example someone who lost a family member in an auto accident that very same day in 2001.  Have they had to move on?  Yes they have, and, I might add, the government did not pay them upwards of a million bucks even if it was the breadwinner. 

So, as I was riveted to the TV again this morning, feeling my insides churn and tighten, I thought about the war, what remains to be done, how this war will continue, probably until I pass on from this earth.  Even "IF" certain powers prevail to have us removed from Iraq, this war will continue, at times bloody, at other times bloodier still.  And if, God forbid the [can't we all just get along crowd] prevails there will in fact be a blood bath.  What they don't know is, they will be the first to bleed.  

See Just How Coordinated You Are - Have Fun

To test your left / right side brain

What Is An American

I saw this going around some time ago and just came across it again.  I rather like it. :)

Thank you Australia!

Written by an Australian Dentist.... and too good to delete....

To Kill an American

You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.

So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)

"An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.

An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.

An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim.  In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.

An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will  answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.

The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.

When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!

As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan .. Americans welcome the best of everything... the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.

The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America .

Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.

So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself Because  Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.

Murphy's Laws for Law Enforcement

1.Bullet Proof' vests aren't.
2.The bigger they are, the harder they fall. They also punch, kick and choke harder too.
3.The speed at which you respond to a fight call is inversely proportional to how long you've been a cop.
4.Tear gas works on cops too, and regardless of wind direction, will always blow back in your face.
5.High speed chases will always proceed from an area of light traffic to an area of extremely heavy traffic.
6.If you know someone who tortures animals and wets the bed, he is either a serial killer or he works for Internal Affairs.
7.Placing a gun back in a shoulder holster with your finger on the trigger will cause you to walk with a limp.
8.Flash hiders don't really.
9.If you have `cleared' all the rooms and met no resistance, you and your entry team have probably kicked in the door of the wrong house.
10.If a cop swings a baton in a fight, he will hit other cops more often than he will hit the bad guys he swings at.
11.Domestic arguments will always migrate from an area of few available weapons (living room), to an area with many available weapons (kitchen).
12.If you have just punched out a handcuffed prisoner for spitting at you, you are about to become a star on `Eyewitness News'.
13.Bullets work on veteran cops too. They also work on weight lifters, martial arts experts, department marksmen, Vice cops, SWAT jocks, and others who consider themselves immortal.
14.When a civilian sees a blue light approaching at a high rate of speed, he will always pull into the lane the cop needs to use.
15.If you drive your patrol car to the geometric center of the Gobi Desert, within five minutes some dumb civilian will pull along side you and ask for directions.
16.You can never drive slow enough to please the citizens who don't need a cop, and you can never drive fast enough to please the ones who do.
17.Any suspect with a rifle is a better shot than any cop with a pistol.
18.From behind you, the bad guys can see your night sights as well as you can.
19.On any call, there will always be more `bad guys' than there are good guys, and the farther away your back-up, the more there will be.
20.The longer you've been a cop, the shorter your flashlight and your temper gets.
21.Whatever you are about to do, if there is a good chance it will get you killed, you probably shouldn't do it.
22.You should never do a shotgun search of a dark warehouse with a cop whose nickname is "Boomer".
23.The better you do your job, the more likely you are to be shot, injured, complained on, sued, investigated, or subpoenaed on your day off.
24.If a large group of drunk bikers is "holed-up" in a house, the Department will send one officer in a beat car. If there is one biker "holed-up" in a house, they will send the entire SWAT Team.

Dead or Alive

I don't know if Osama is dead or alive - I have thought for along time he's dead, and the recent video does nothing to change that thought for me.  Frankly I don't care.  I think the thought he is alive is useful for 'both' sides.  In the final analysis, he is irrelevant, as are we all.

Test Posting - New Service

Testing out a new service with 'Windows Live Writer'.  Just playing.

 

 

Yep, bout that time of year