I don't comment much these days. Things just are so obvious that there is very little I can add to make them even a little easier to understand. However there is a comment that just has to be made so I'm going to make it.
I don't hate Obama... I don't wish he was in a plane crash like they wish for Sarah Palin... But I do wish he had some feeling for the real people of this country, I don't know if he is a communist or not, but in Obama I see the arrogance that the leaders of the communist countries live daily.
In Russia the leaders went to there winter homes in the country, while the ordinary people froze to death from the cold. Obama and the democrats talk about bankrupting coal companies to get clean energy. In the meantime the poorest of the poor will be freezing in their beds. Because they can't afford exotic fuels. The man who runs the local bicycle shop tells me he doesn't sell many kids bikes any more. They want video games now. But he is selling lots more bikes to adults. I see more bicycle on the road these days. Yes I'm one of the bike riders. Buy a 15k car or a hundred dollar bike, the choice is simple for me.
His wife goes a multi million dollar vacation to Spain and he goes on a one day photo shoot to Florida. All the time touting to Americans to vacation in the gulf states to save the economy.
He demonizes and generally scares the hell out of businesses, then chides them for not creating more jobs. The only jobs soon will be government jobs. Where will the tax revenue come from when most everyone works for those who spend the money. I'm sorry this is very depressing but then so is the situation.
For the love of god liberals look at what you are doing to the country. Is this what you voted for. I'm sorry you hate George Bush but hey, I had a job when Bush was president. It would have been cheaper and better for the economy if we just stop trying to socially engineer this country.
If the people who could not afford the houses they bought had been refused credit in the first place, then the biggest part of the crisis would have been avoided. There was so much pressure to give everyone access to the finer things in life, that the government socially engineered us into this mess in my opinion. My daughter lives in a beautiful quarter million dollar house. I think that is great she and her husband both work their butts off for it. I live in a house that used to be worth close to a hundred grand now is worth half that. I don't mind at all. I could afford it comfortably all those years I paid for it. It is paid off now. My wife and I are quite happy with it.
I look at the foreclosures and notice that they are houses closer to my daughter's than mine. Maybe that says something about the marginal buyers who lost their houses. Maybe they were LED to buy the wrong house by the big mama government. I have no idea I just know things are terribly wrong here and it goes all the way back to the cheap shirt from Indonesia. Look how much that cheap shirt has cost us now.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
I couldn't let this Sharon things go without a comment. You know the Woman fired in a haste after the partial video clip hit the news.
First of all;
She wasn't a life long employee of the usda. She was hired last year it seems.
She was hired because she was the squeaky wheel in the in a civil rights lawsuit I think.
She thinks there is a class war in the country between the haves and the have nots, it seems to be a redistribute the wealth kind of thing. I have no wealth to redistribute and I don't need anyone else's, so I have no dog in that fight.
The one thing I came out of this with is how terrified grown men and women are of Fox news. The "You are going to be on Glenn Beck tonight," comment is a hoot. Damage control is not a pretty thing.
Will this all trace back to the 'Boss'? Heck no. Not that he is above being terrified of Fox. Just that it is too minor a thing for him to make the decision about. Would he have made the same one I doubt it. Most likely he would have called everyone together and tried to make nice. Which in this case would have been a good idea.
What this shows is how every decision at the moment is based on trying to save the left's new poster boy. So guys beware you can keep them on Defense if you play your cards right. Just remember not to let them trace any of this back to the tea party movement. That is there big scape goat now since 'Blame it on George' is wearing thin.
First of all;
She wasn't a life long employee of the usda. She was hired last year it seems.
She was hired because she was the squeaky wheel in the in a civil rights lawsuit I think.
She thinks there is a class war in the country between the haves and the have nots, it seems to be a redistribute the wealth kind of thing. I have no wealth to redistribute and I don't need anyone else's, so I have no dog in that fight.
The one thing I came out of this with is how terrified grown men and women are of Fox news. The "You are going to be on Glenn Beck tonight," comment is a hoot. Damage control is not a pretty thing.
Will this all trace back to the 'Boss'? Heck no. Not that he is above being terrified of Fox. Just that it is too minor a thing for him to make the decision about. Would he have made the same one I doubt it. Most likely he would have called everyone together and tried to make nice. Which in this case would have been a good idea.
What this shows is how every decision at the moment is based on trying to save the left's new poster boy. So guys beware you can keep them on Defense if you play your cards right. Just remember not to let them trace any of this back to the tea party movement. That is there big scape goat now since 'Blame it on George' is wearing thin.
Monday, July 12, 2010
life in General
When a man is ready to retire and decides to go out in a way that will make a difference to his mission, I have to respect that. General Mcchrystal most likely saved many American Soldier and Marine lives. I am sure the new general would not take the job, unless he could change those stupid rules of engagement. So for that the country owes the man a debt of gratitude and he has mine.
But the sad part is what will happen to his staff for their part in the enlightenment of us all. Those men threw away their careers for us all. I don't know their names but they are even more heroic than the general. He was ready to go out, they just gave up their lives to save future soldiers. Thank you Gentlemen.
But the sad part is what will happen to his staff for their part in the enlightenment of us all. Those men threw away their careers for us all. I don't know their names but they are even more heroic than the general. He was ready to go out, they just gave up their lives to save future soldiers. Thank you Gentlemen.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Government Regulation of Bank credit practices
Okay I'm selfish, but so are the guys who wanted credit reform. They want the banks to stop penalizing them for their irresponsibility with credit cards.
First of all this political motivated reform is all crap. Why? you ask. Well folks the banks have to make x amount of money to stay in business and pay their stock holders. It is going to come from someone.
So the democrats are going to force them to shift the profit, which the banks have to have, from the abusers of the credit system and onto those of us who do not abuse it. It's another one of those, "We will treat you like your mother" so vote for us ideas of the Dems.
What it really means is no free checking or savings accounts for those of us who are smart enough to live within our means. Now we get to pay for those who don't. Wait that's what the democratic government run government is famous for.
So still glad you voted democratic.
First of all this political motivated reform is all crap. Why? you ask. Well folks the banks have to make x amount of money to stay in business and pay their stock holders. It is going to come from someone.
So the democrats are going to force them to shift the profit, which the banks have to have, from the abusers of the credit system and onto those of us who do not abuse it. It's another one of those, "We will treat you like your mother" so vote for us ideas of the Dems.
What it really means is no free checking or savings accounts for those of us who are smart enough to live within our means. Now we get to pay for those who don't. Wait that's what the democratic government run government is famous for.
So still glad you voted democratic.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
BP is screwed. They are in containment mode now. Go along to get along until the oil stops spewing that's when the tough negotiations begin. There will be abuse and misappropriation of the 20Bil no doubt. Frankly there always is. The people who need the help will be the ones short changed. That is my prediction.
In the meantime the Gulf coast is screwed. All this is stop gap measures. It's going to be cleanup, not containment that is in their future. That and endless litigation. Trial lawyers will get rich on this I'm sure.
Every time they turn around in DC they throw more people out of work. Is it going to end with everyone being on the govt payroll somehow. We make nothing except paper money that has nothing to prop it up, and is worth less and less each day.
In the meantime the Gulf coast is screwed. All this is stop gap measures. It's going to be cleanup, not containment that is in their future. That and endless litigation. Trial lawyers will get rich on this I'm sure.
Every time they turn around in DC they throw more people out of work. Is it going to end with everyone being on the govt payroll somehow. We make nothing except paper money that has nothing to prop it up, and is worth less and less each day.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
They should have taken control of the blown out well on day one. Called in the experts and pumped drilling mud into the thing as soon as possible. The let BP screw around trying to save the well, while they created havoc with the environment all along the gulf coast, was just plain stupid. Yes hindsight is 20/20, but that was a mistake. Now lets see if they own up to it. They bitched about Bush not owning up to his mistakes, lets see if the messiah admits his. You can not let a company screw around trying to save their profits, when it is a disaster.
On a different note... Nashville natural disaster big time. No looting no killing no hell raising at all. Different folks, and a different mayor maybe there is something in that.
On a different note... Nashville natural disaster big time. No looting no killing no hell raising at all. Different folks, and a different mayor maybe there is something in that.
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Arizona law. Nobody has read it but everyone is commenting on it. From what I can tell it really just says, we are going to start doing what we should have been doing all along. The government for many years both sides of the political spectrum have been avoiding it.
The homeless shelter here in town had an illegal alien once. They called the immigration office in Charlotte to ask them to come get the guy. He was in trouble of some kind. The Immigration service told the shelter people to bring him to Charlotte or let him go.
The obama story about his aunt and then the little girl in the school whose mother was illegal are examples of the same thing. Some of the aliens just aren't worth the trouble that it would cause to deport them. That is the attitude that is going to cause us all to learn Spanish just to order a cheeseburger
The homeless shelter here in town had an illegal alien once. They called the immigration office in Charlotte to ask them to come get the guy. He was in trouble of some kind. The Immigration service told the shelter people to bring him to Charlotte or let him go.
The obama story about his aunt and then the little girl in the school whose mother was illegal are examples of the same thing. Some of the aliens just aren't worth the trouble that it would cause to deport them. That is the attitude that is going to cause us all to learn Spanish just to order a cheeseburger
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tis the season
When we all get to be authorities on everything. It's the grand election cycle again. This time for control of the congress. It looks to me like it will be mostly new people. The question is will they be Democrats or Republicans.
Will we the people send back clones of the old guys or try something new. I read the election results of last night with great interest. I also read the comments by so called ordionary folks about the election results.
From the comments that the media is choosing to float around, it appears that most of the black Americans think that conservatives want to bring back slavery I think they believe that every tea party candidate has somehow embedded in their speeches some kind of subliminal message, "Vote for me and pick your own slave". That is the most asinine thing I have ever heard. If you want to control spending the government has to get it's house in order. If you want to get the house in order, it means less give away programs as well as many other things. So does less give aways = slavery somehow. If that is true in people's minds, what kind of thing does that say about our electorate. Are we going to be like Greece, riots in the streets because we have gone bankrupt and can't continue to give away the keys to the treasury.
Where the hell is the sense that we are all in this together gone. We have become a nation of self indulged sheep, ready and willing to be sheered by our government. Come on we the people wake up, we need to sacrifice and we need to do the right thing. The right thing is often painful but it is still the right thing.
And to be honest in this economy, I couldn't afford a slave and I doubt that a majority of the other people in this country could either, so get a grip guys. You can finally be happy with the fact that, We really don't want you.
Will we the people send back clones of the old guys or try something new. I read the election results of last night with great interest. I also read the comments by so called ordionary folks about the election results.
From the comments that the media is choosing to float around, it appears that most of the black Americans think that conservatives want to bring back slavery I think they believe that every tea party candidate has somehow embedded in their speeches some kind of subliminal message, "Vote for me and pick your own slave". That is the most asinine thing I have ever heard. If you want to control spending the government has to get it's house in order. If you want to get the house in order, it means less give away programs as well as many other things. So does less give aways = slavery somehow. If that is true in people's minds, what kind of thing does that say about our electorate. Are we going to be like Greece, riots in the streets because we have gone bankrupt and can't continue to give away the keys to the treasury.
Where the hell is the sense that we are all in this together gone. We have become a nation of self indulged sheep, ready and willing to be sheered by our government. Come on we the people wake up, we need to sacrifice and we need to do the right thing. The right thing is often painful but it is still the right thing.
And to be honest in this economy, I couldn't afford a slave and I doubt that a majority of the other people in this country could either, so get a grip guys. You can finally be happy with the fact that, We really don't want you.
Monday, May 17, 2010
The numbers going around these days from Washington are truly frightening. I have decided that if I die quickly enough I can be the last person to get all the social security benefits I was promised.
The quality of health care is going to fall for sure. If they cut the payments to doctors, doctors will do less. It's human nature "I will do the amount of work you are paying me for" if I am not getting enough money per patient, then I have to see more patients. That short fall in time has to come somewhere.
Even the availability of care may be in danger for seniors. See the old codgers only if we can't get enough full paying patients, kind of thing. Retirement ages have increased and I expect there to be a means test for benefits soon. That will turn Social Security into a welfare program pure and simple. One of those programs the average Joe funds for those who can not work. Sounds a lot like socialism and I'm one of the pigs at the trough.
So I hope I die before they decide to make cuts that will effect me personally. I no longer go to doctors or take medicines so maybe with a little luck I'll die in my sleep.
The quality of health care is going to fall for sure. If they cut the payments to doctors, doctors will do less. It's human nature "I will do the amount of work you are paying me for" if I am not getting enough money per patient, then I have to see more patients. That short fall in time has to come somewhere.
Even the availability of care may be in danger for seniors. See the old codgers only if we can't get enough full paying patients, kind of thing. Retirement ages have increased and I expect there to be a means test for benefits soon. That will turn Social Security into a welfare program pure and simple. One of those programs the average Joe funds for those who can not work. Sounds a lot like socialism and I'm one of the pigs at the trough.
So I hope I die before they decide to make cuts that will effect me personally. I no longer go to doctors or take medicines so maybe with a little luck I'll die in my sleep.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Oil and dollars.
Believe me I am not against big business, or even small business, but some things need to be understood. The ticket for the oil spill will be paid by you and me. The cost of the spill will be paid for by high prices at the pump. All the companies will raise prices, so they will make a little windfall profit. More than BP but BP will come out just fine on our dime.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
HATS OFF TO CHARLIE DANIELS....AT LEAST HE HAS THE COURAGE TO SPEAK HIS MIND!!!
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.
But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying
to give me sensitivity lessons.
I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-thing against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal
and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."
It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.
Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is another law going to do when you
won't enforce the ones on the books now?
And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?
If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected.
Shame on you.
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not.
And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.
And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."
And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?"
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.
Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?
If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ?
I think not.
All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life.
They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop.
I want to make two predictions.
No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.
No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.
I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes Please get that other one out of my face.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
MY COUNTRY
IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY,
SPEAK UP!
I am not against immigration -
just come through like everyone else
Get a sponsor;
have a place to lay your head;
have a job;
pay your taxes;
live by the rules;
and
LEARN THE LANGUAGE
as all other immigrants have in the past
and
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
PART OF THE PROBLEM
Think about this:
If you don't want to forward this
for fear of offending someone,
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
Will we still be the Country of choice
and still be America if we continue
to make the changes forced on us by
people from other countries who came
to live in America because it is the
Country of Choice?
Think about it!
All we have to say is, when will
Someone do something about
MY RIGHTS?
We've gone so far the other way,
bent over backwards to not
offend anyone, that I am now
being offended.
But it seems no one has a problem
with that.
"In God We Trust"
is our national motto. This is not
some Christian, right wing, political slogan.
We adopted this motto because Christian men
and women - on Christian principles - founded
this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls
of our schools.
It is Time for America to Speak up
If you agree - pass this along;even to your Congressmen.
if you don't agree - delete it!
I got this from an email and thought so highly of it that I decided to put it here. Like the man said, It's how I feel like it or not.
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.
But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying
to give me sensitivity lessons.
I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-thing against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals and anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal
and if you don't believe it try coming into America from a foreign country without a passport and see how far you get. What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if it means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do about it."
It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me, I don't like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be happening.
Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have you been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration it will probably be so pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything anyway. Besides, what good is another law going to do when you
won't enforce the ones on the books now?
And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere around eighty percent of Americans want some thing done about this mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?
If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under on this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-children will inherit. But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected.
Shame on you.
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have the nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people (except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media and called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think of to call you.
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin' and rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not.
And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians are just about to sell out the United States of America because they don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to face reality.
And reality is that we would never allow any other group of people to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just allow us to slap your wrist."
And I know that some of you who read this column are saying "Well what's wrong with that?"
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going we're not going to.
Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor as well?
If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ?
I think not.
All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics who have crossed the border just to try to better their life.
They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of the Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop.
I want to make two predictions.
No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of political hay they can make to the acre.
No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side of the issue.
I don't know about you but I would love to see just one major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others?
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and stripes Please get that other one out of my face.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels
MY COUNTRY
IF IT IS YOUR COUNTRY,
SPEAK UP!
I am not against immigration -
just come through like everyone else
Get a sponsor;
have a place to lay your head;
have a job;
pay your taxes;
live by the rules;
and
LEARN THE LANGUAGE
as all other immigrants have in the past
and
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
PART OF THE PROBLEM
Think about this:
If you don't want to forward this
for fear of offending someone,
YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
Will we still be the Country of choice
and still be America if we continue
to make the changes forced on us by
people from other countries who came
to live in America because it is the
Country of Choice?
Think about it!
All we have to say is, when will
Someone do something about
MY RIGHTS?
We've gone so far the other way,
bent over backwards to not
offend anyone, that I am now
being offended.
But it seems no one has a problem
with that.
"In God We Trust"
is our national motto. This is not
some Christian, right wing, political slogan.
We adopted this motto because Christian men
and women - on Christian principles - founded
this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls
of our schools.
It is Time for America to Speak up
If you agree - pass this along;even to your Congressmen.
if you don't agree - delete it!
I got this from an email and thought so highly of it that I decided to put it here. Like the man said, It's how I feel like it or not.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Well we now have health insurance reform... good luck with that.
I am on Medicare so I am already on the single payers system. I'm one of the ones who is going to be footing the bill for the poor. All those Medicare cuts you know. First of all let me say, I don't mind them helping the working poor. I don't think many compassionate people do. But every American isn't entitled to free health care as a right. They are certainly entitled to unfettered access. If you work there should be affordable health care for you to buy. But who gets to decide what is affordable. For some people it will never be affordable enough. Especially if someone else is going to subsidize it for them.
So you think this is the end of it. Then my friend you are a complete fool. Let us for the sake of argument say I am a doctor. Just call me Doc Charlie. Now I can see 100 patients a day. My health insured patients pay an average of 75 dollars each..,. My Medicaid and Medicare patients pay substantially less.
I take Medicare and Medicaid patients because I only see 80% insurance patients. But with all these newly insured people I can see only insured patients. I can refuse to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. So a couple of years from now the poor and elderly will not be able to find doctors. So there will be screams again. What good is the new reform, if there are no doctors to treat the poor.
Then it will be time for the single payer plan so there is no difference between insured and government insured patients. So then to make sure everyone has access to medical care the government will have to decide who gets treatment and how much treatment they get. So to get your gall bladder out you will need to wait five years. Then see how that change is working for you.
I am on Medicare so I am already on the single payers system. I'm one of the ones who is going to be footing the bill for the poor. All those Medicare cuts you know. First of all let me say, I don't mind them helping the working poor. I don't think many compassionate people do. But every American isn't entitled to free health care as a right. They are certainly entitled to unfettered access. If you work there should be affordable health care for you to buy. But who gets to decide what is affordable. For some people it will never be affordable enough. Especially if someone else is going to subsidize it for them.
So you think this is the end of it. Then my friend you are a complete fool. Let us for the sake of argument say I am a doctor. Just call me Doc Charlie. Now I can see 100 patients a day. My health insured patients pay an average of 75 dollars each..,. My Medicaid and Medicare patients pay substantially less.
I take Medicare and Medicaid patients because I only see 80% insurance patients. But with all these newly insured people I can see only insured patients. I can refuse to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. So a couple of years from now the poor and elderly will not be able to find doctors. So there will be screams again. What good is the new reform, if there are no doctors to treat the poor.
Then it will be time for the single payer plan so there is no difference between insured and government insured patients. So then to make sure everyone has access to medical care the government will have to decide who gets treatment and how much treatment they get. So to get your gall bladder out you will need to wait five years. Then see how that change is working for you.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Gays in the Military
Okay here is where I have two minds again. A personal opinion. then one based on being able to see it from all sides. I'm a 65 year old man with a very low testosterone count. I'm also very, very heterosexual. I was married five times so I hope to god that wasn't secretly the problem.
So here is my personal opinion. If a guy goes out there and is willing to die for my freedom, I am not going to question his sexual orientation. If he causes no problems, then I don't see a problem. Somehow I can't see the guys on project runway wanting to be in the Marines. However it is my understanding that some top athletes are gay. If a man is willing to do the job, and is capable, then I personally don't have a problem.
Now for the flip side.
I can see why an 18 year old young man would have a problem taking orders from an openly gay officer. Especially in a combat situation. I can also see how sexual harassment and the perception of harassment might well increase. It is bad enough that drill instructors have been accused of raping women soldiers. It would definitely put a crimp in recruitment, if it were males being raped. We don't need a prison type environment for our service men. I don't see how that would happen, but there could easily be some assaults and a couple of fragging incidents on the horizon. In other words I wouldn't blame any president for ducking this one. I don't think there is an easy answer to this issue. Right now with the job situation being what it is, the military might look pretty good to a lot of guys, Especially if they think they can avoid combat tours. So the one thing I would make very clear, if it were me, would be that there could be no special consideration for gay service men and women. If you sign up, you must be prepared to go into harms way.
So do I think it is political? Of course I do. But when the country voted for him, they knew his stand on gays in the military, so I'm not at all shocked. This just doesn't seem like an issue I want to make a stand on to be honest. If a candidate said he was for or against it, I wouldn't even take that into consideration as to how to cast my vote.
I am not really happy with Colin Powell since he endorsed Obama, but if he had not done that and he would have run, that issue would be a non issue for me. That is just how I feel but I don't feel strong enough to disagree with you guys about it either.
So here is my personal opinion. If a guy goes out there and is willing to die for my freedom, I am not going to question his sexual orientation. If he causes no problems, then I don't see a problem. Somehow I can't see the guys on project runway wanting to be in the Marines. However it is my understanding that some top athletes are gay. If a man is willing to do the job, and is capable, then I personally don't have a problem.
Now for the flip side.
I can see why an 18 year old young man would have a problem taking orders from an openly gay officer. Especially in a combat situation. I can also see how sexual harassment and the perception of harassment might well increase. It is bad enough that drill instructors have been accused of raping women soldiers. It would definitely put a crimp in recruitment, if it were males being raped. We don't need a prison type environment for our service men. I don't see how that would happen, but there could easily be some assaults and a couple of fragging incidents on the horizon. In other words I wouldn't blame any president for ducking this one. I don't think there is an easy answer to this issue. Right now with the job situation being what it is, the military might look pretty good to a lot of guys, Especially if they think they can avoid combat tours. So the one thing I would make very clear, if it were me, would be that there could be no special consideration for gay service men and women. If you sign up, you must be prepared to go into harms way.
So do I think it is political? Of course I do. But when the country voted for him, they knew his stand on gays in the military, so I'm not at all shocked. This just doesn't seem like an issue I want to make a stand on to be honest. If a candidate said he was for or against it, I wouldn't even take that into consideration as to how to cast my vote.
I am not really happy with Colin Powell since he endorsed Obama, but if he had not done that and he would have run, that issue would be a non issue for me. That is just how I feel but I don't feel strong enough to disagree with you guys about it either.
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