http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9eAiy0IGBI&feature=player_embedded
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Fashion of the Future
This is so awesome, there are simply no words for it. This news vignette from the 1930s spotlights American fashion designers' predictions for the year 2000. My favorite: women will need a flashlight attached to their head to help them find an "honest man" in 2000. (I think they hit that one right "on the head" when you look at the state of affairs in today's government, business, church, etc.) Ooh, swish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9eAiy0IGBI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9eAiy0IGBI&feature=player_embedded
Women's Magazines Suck: Part Two
This is a picture of a friend and her 75-year-old mother -- the mom is the one in the cowboy hat :^).
Tell me, does this woman look like she needs chic-sexy hair and long-sexy lashes in order to be beautiful? I don't think so!
Tell me, does this woman look like she needs chic-sexy hair and long-sexy lashes in order to be beautiful? I don't think so!Thursday, August 26, 2010
An American Assault on Women
Well, I’m on a rant today, but it’s not about stoopid politics per se, I guess it’s more like “socio-politics.” I’ve kept one particular issue of a popular women’s magazine for a few years now, meaning to one day hold it up as an example of the Assault on the American Woman’s Psyche. I’m telling you when I see these magazine covers, I want to VISCERATE, really scorch the earth, striking back at whoever and whatever is behind the constant barrage of insinuations that I’m not sexy enough or pretty enough.
So I come across a “special savings offer” from Glamour magazine today, reminding me of this particular axe I wanted to grind.
“10 Extra-Pretty Beauty Tricks Anyone Can Do”
Just Anyone? Really? Even a total schlep like me?
“The New Sex Position That Works Every Time”
New? New to whom? Well, I just can’t imagine what that would be…and to think a woman’s magazine in 2010 discovered this. And is willing to share it with me, for only $1 an issue. Because that’s where I get all my sex advice and expertise… Glamour magazine. ;^)
“Plus 15 More Ways to Heat Things Up”
I guess it’s my job to heat things up. I guess if I’m not happy sexually, the problem MUST be that things aren’t hot enough or more to the point, I’m not hot enough...
“700 Do’s and Don’t’s”
How in the hell have I managed to live this long and not know these SEVEN HUNDRED do’s and don’t’s! “Wow!” is right! I’m a mess – how did I miss SEVEN HUNDRED of these? I must buy this magazine, and in addition I’ll get
· Look-at-me lips
· Long, sexy lashes
· Chic-sexy hair
· High-impact eyes
Yes, I worked in advertising a long time, and this is just advertising copy designed to manufacture a fear in the consumer to elicit an immediate reaction (buying). But, I’m tired of it. After years and years of this message, I’m seeing the big ramifications in our society. Sisters, let’s not fall for it anymore.
SPREAD THE WORD, put everyone on notice that we American women are AMAZING in every way even if we never know those so-called beauty tricks, 700 do’s and don’t’s or that new sex position. Make sure every woman in your life knows this, young and old – especially the young gals who may not have figured out yet what a load of crap the media and “pop culture” are yet.
Monday, August 23, 2010
A Jabberwocky Needs Slayin'
It suddenly occurred to me why I love so much Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter in the recent Tim Burton film "Alice in Wonderland." He is the "id" part in all of us brought to life.
The "id" is the creative genius, staying up all night making crazy beautiful hats, buried amid his bolts of fabric, bric brac, and bobbins.
He is the joy we experience in reuniting with an old friend. He is the happy dance we do when we are victorious. He is the part inside us that gets angry and gets things done, action, not intellect, our range of dazzling emotion. He is our courage, our "muchness."
There is such a thing as too much "muchness"...and such a thing as losing our "muchness."
I wish everyone could embrace our Mad Hatters and reclaim our country. We need him right now.
What pleasure Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, two mad hatters, must experience when working together.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Brilliance, Not Stoopidity
Warning stickers for newspapers. Could make it safe for us to read again...
http://www.tomscott.com/warnings/
http://www.tomscott.com/warnings/
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
More Awesome Stoopidity
That #6 is excellent advice for operating dangerous equipment like a curling iron.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Yet Another Stoopid Product
Brought to our attention by a friend in Dallas, who posted this photo on his Facebook page with just one word:
"Why?"
More Unintended Consequences
My basic position is our federal government should do nothing most of the time because the people in government positions aren’t smart enough to even begin to analyze the many unintended consequences of their “doing something.” And they seem too arrogant to ask experts for advice and too self-serving to care what they say. By “doing something” about a situation they deem as a problem, they can make a case for their re-election, sell themselves as a hero and the public will have long forgotten their involvement when those pesky “unintended consequences” of their actions roll around. (The other funny thing is most of the “heroic” actions the government wants to implement are unfunded – they have no idea how the initiative will be paid for, and really they don’t care, it just sounds good and they look great by voting for it.)
Of course, I have 3 exceptions to my “do nothing” stance: education, defense, and some economic development. Education and defense are obvious needs – although public education is so screwed up, it would take a radical revolution to fix at this point. As for economic development…this is about leveling the playing field in an economy due to other governments’ involvement. I don’t mind giving a little boost to new business ventures to ensure first-mover advantages (one great example being new energy source development).
Recently I came across another example of those “unintended consequences” I wanted to share with you. Texas and California tightened their border security 15 years ago with increased troops, equipment, resources, an organized plan with an Official Name for the Operation. The thinking at that time was “it’s okay to not give Arizona the same level of support.” The harsh terrain of the Sonoran Desert would naturally dissuade illegal immigrants from using that path, so we’ll funnel them all to there…
The result: we created a market for the ruthless coyotes, hired to lead the groups of people through the desert, with a price of $1800 a head. Now look at the mess – the coyotes have become human smugglers, kidnappers, torturers, rapists, murderers…they’re FUNDED, with ability and equipment, like a frickin’ little army operation breaching OUR BORDER!! Are we looking at a counter-military operation to get control of this crazy situation now?
Our border is a defense issue. A security problem. And that’s number one on my “Things to Actually Do” List. Give this action whatever it needs to get done correctly. Please take money from all the other stoopid things we fund.
Of course, I have 3 exceptions to my “do nothing” stance: education, defense, and some economic development. Education and defense are obvious needs – although public education is so screwed up, it would take a radical revolution to fix at this point. As for economic development…this is about leveling the playing field in an economy due to other governments’ involvement. I don’t mind giving a little boost to new business ventures to ensure first-mover advantages (one great example being new energy source development).
Recently I came across another example of those “unintended consequences” I wanted to share with you. Texas and California tightened their border security 15 years ago with increased troops, equipment, resources, an organized plan with an Official Name for the Operation. The thinking at that time was “it’s okay to not give Arizona the same level of support.” The harsh terrain of the Sonoran Desert would naturally dissuade illegal immigrants from using that path, so we’ll funnel them all to there…
The result: we created a market for the ruthless coyotes, hired to lead the groups of people through the desert, with a price of $1800 a head. Now look at the mess – the coyotes have become human smugglers, kidnappers, torturers, rapists, murderers…they’re FUNDED, with ability and equipment, like a frickin’ little army operation breaching OUR BORDER!! Are we looking at a counter-military operation to get control of this crazy situation now?
Our border is a defense issue. A security problem. And that’s number one on my “Things to Actually Do” List. Give this action whatever it needs to get done correctly. Please take money from all the other stoopid things we fund.
The American Nightmare
Before anyone discusses immigration policy, they should read this Houston Press article. Every word of it. Nine pages. Look at every bloody photo. Then leave the emotion and personal baggage at the door and come to the table with ideas how to make this stop forever.
http://www.houstonpress.com/2010-08-12/news/seized-inside-the-brutal-world-of-america-s-kidnapping-capital/1/
My ideas: There needs to be a very clear Right Path (Legal Immigration) and Wrong Path (Illegal Immigration) for these people. We need to station troops or WHATEVER it takes to completely shut down the borders, thus eliminating the Wrong Path. Nobody gets through anywhere. I don’t want to hear whining about racism and stopping people with brown skin or white skin. I want every VAN type of vehicle, whether it’s painted white or brown, stopped and searched, if it will save lives! And I believe it will. I don’t care who is driving the van. (Actually, the article mentions the use of white drivers to deter suspicion.)
Then we focus on improving efficiency of the Right Path. People waiting 20 years for approved status is obviously not acceptable.
I have ideas how to improve this efficiency. Obviously, government can’t be trusted to do it correctly. It creates systems that take 20 years to deal with an application. We need to take whatever money is spent on this process now and give it to private American companies who will be paid to perform the following services:
1. Process applications. Crank levers, assign ID numbers. Issue papers.
2. Maintain a national database of all immigrants in order to track and monitor their successful acclimation, including photos and fingerprints. This sounds as if I want to “criminalize” them when in reality, these people are at great risk for “victimization.” And if they did come here to engage in criminal activity, we’ve at least got an eye on them.
3. Provide employment and entrepreneurial support services. The goal is to help find them all jobs or start new businesses, paying taxes. The company would act as a national employment agency and marketing firm, identifying markets for the new immigrants that are more likely to have demand for a new Mexican restaurant, building or construction company, artisan skills, etc.
4. Provide language instruction and culture assimilation classes. The goal is to ease their transition into our American society (and to lessen opportunity for conflict to occur). This will also hopefully take some burden off the education system, which has been forced to deal with these problems alone in the past. I would also include business classes. There is so much these people should be taught and right now, they’re left on their own to figure things out.
By providing this improved Right Path, the legal immigrants will have a better understanding of how things work in our society (through formal instruction received) and a better relationship with “government” and therefore trust in law enforcement. The crimes committed and suffered by those engaged in both sides of the illegal immigration are simply unacceptable in a civilized society.
When two distinct groups of people come together, a transfer occurs…a transfer of knowledge, customs, behaviors, etc. A meshing, I guess is how one would describe it. I’m fine with eating Mexican food (it happens to be my favorite food). I’m fine with learning a little Spanish for fun, actually it’s interesting. I am also fascinated in many of the games, religious activities, family traditions that have been described to me by friends. I AM NOT FINE with an attitude that condones corruption, violence, drugs, rape, torture, and slavery as an accepted part of life. I don’t want it brought here and becoming part of the fabric of our society, as is happening right now.
To restate: 1. Eliminate the uncontrolled, coyote-driven, wide-open, free-for-all ILLEGAL AND INCORRECT PATH. 2. Fix the CORRECT PATH improving the processing speed, chances for success, and safety for an at-risk people. A successful transition means more people paying taxes, not receiving social services yet helping to pay for other public services they use such as education. The current situation amplifies the natural conflict, undermining positive experiences for all.
Congress has ignored this problem for 20 years at least – until the current point in time…when the crisis is marked by the emotion of an angry citizenry on one side who are overtaxed to provide free services to those here by illegal means and the desperation of a downtrodden people on the other side who will make deals with the devil and pray they live through it. I’m afraid the situation has become so full of rhetoric and dug-in stances that the subject cannot even be discussed reasonably.
But we must discuss it. I haven’t even mentioned the obvious national security issue inherent. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry terrorist can simply walk across our borders and wreak havoc. Meanwhile, we’ve focused on increased procedures at airports. Does that really make sense, to be so vigilant in one area while leaving another avenue wide-open? No, plugging up those porous borders is Job One, for so many reasons. All coyotes shot on sight. That’s a career choice that needs to become synonymous with sure death in my book.
Some want to drag possible “civil rights” violations into the discussion. This seems odd to me when our entire legal policy of search and seizure is already a careful balance between maintaining a civil society and respecting individuals’ rights. I have no problem placing my trust in trained law enforcement personnel to make the right call whether probable cause exists to further inquire for papers. I already trust them right now, every day. Driving a white van is probable cause in my book. Seriously, these people work this area and this situation daily – they know what to look for. I would like to emphasize that when I commit a violation in my car and am stopped, I am asked to produce my papers. I keep them on me every time I leave the house. I am happy to produce them because I am NOT a drug mule or human trafficker. I am happy to produce them because I want the real drug mules and human traffickers caught. I want order in my society, not rampant crime.
Also, we obviously cannot allow EVERY person who wants to immigrate to our country, do so. We cannot absorb the numbers, economically…but we can make a system that works much better. And maybe, in the meantime, Mexico can work on improving itself. I mean, what is that country’s dang problem anyway.
I have the strength to say NO to continued illegal immigration, I have the strength to ignore name-calling by others who think I am hatin’ on the Mexicans or bartering our civil rights away, and I definitely have the strength to protect the illegal immigrant from himself. Staying in Mexico until the Correct Path can serve him is preferable to death, whether he thinks so or not.
http://www.houstonpress.com/2010-08-12/news/seized-inside-the-brutal-world-of-america-s-kidnapping-capital/1/
My ideas: There needs to be a very clear Right Path (Legal Immigration) and Wrong Path (Illegal Immigration) for these people. We need to station troops or WHATEVER it takes to completely shut down the borders, thus eliminating the Wrong Path. Nobody gets through anywhere. I don’t want to hear whining about racism and stopping people with brown skin or white skin. I want every VAN type of vehicle, whether it’s painted white or brown, stopped and searched, if it will save lives! And I believe it will. I don’t care who is driving the van. (Actually, the article mentions the use of white drivers to deter suspicion.)
Then we focus on improving efficiency of the Right Path. People waiting 20 years for approved status is obviously not acceptable.
I have ideas how to improve this efficiency. Obviously, government can’t be trusted to do it correctly. It creates systems that take 20 years to deal with an application. We need to take whatever money is spent on this process now and give it to private American companies who will be paid to perform the following services:
1. Process applications. Crank levers, assign ID numbers. Issue papers.
2. Maintain a national database of all immigrants in order to track and monitor their successful acclimation, including photos and fingerprints. This sounds as if I want to “criminalize” them when in reality, these people are at great risk for “victimization.” And if they did come here to engage in criminal activity, we’ve at least got an eye on them.
3. Provide employment and entrepreneurial support services. The goal is to help find them all jobs or start new businesses, paying taxes. The company would act as a national employment agency and marketing firm, identifying markets for the new immigrants that are more likely to have demand for a new Mexican restaurant, building or construction company, artisan skills, etc.
4. Provide language instruction and culture assimilation classes. The goal is to ease their transition into our American society (and to lessen opportunity for conflict to occur). This will also hopefully take some burden off the education system, which has been forced to deal with these problems alone in the past. I would also include business classes. There is so much these people should be taught and right now, they’re left on their own to figure things out.
By providing this improved Right Path, the legal immigrants will have a better understanding of how things work in our society (through formal instruction received) and a better relationship with “government” and therefore trust in law enforcement. The crimes committed and suffered by those engaged in both sides of the illegal immigration are simply unacceptable in a civilized society.
When two distinct groups of people come together, a transfer occurs…a transfer of knowledge, customs, behaviors, etc. A meshing, I guess is how one would describe it. I’m fine with eating Mexican food (it happens to be my favorite food). I’m fine with learning a little Spanish for fun, actually it’s interesting. I am also fascinated in many of the games, religious activities, family traditions that have been described to me by friends. I AM NOT FINE with an attitude that condones corruption, violence, drugs, rape, torture, and slavery as an accepted part of life. I don’t want it brought here and becoming part of the fabric of our society, as is happening right now.
To restate: 1. Eliminate the uncontrolled, coyote-driven, wide-open, free-for-all ILLEGAL AND INCORRECT PATH. 2. Fix the CORRECT PATH improving the processing speed, chances for success, and safety for an at-risk people. A successful transition means more people paying taxes, not receiving social services yet helping to pay for other public services they use such as education. The current situation amplifies the natural conflict, undermining positive experiences for all.
Congress has ignored this problem for 20 years at least – until the current point in time…when the crisis is marked by the emotion of an angry citizenry on one side who are overtaxed to provide free services to those here by illegal means and the desperation of a downtrodden people on the other side who will make deals with the devil and pray they live through it. I’m afraid the situation has become so full of rhetoric and dug-in stances that the subject cannot even be discussed reasonably.
But we must discuss it. I haven’t even mentioned the obvious national security issue inherent. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry terrorist can simply walk across our borders and wreak havoc. Meanwhile, we’ve focused on increased procedures at airports. Does that really make sense, to be so vigilant in one area while leaving another avenue wide-open? No, plugging up those porous borders is Job One, for so many reasons. All coyotes shot on sight. That’s a career choice that needs to become synonymous with sure death in my book.
Some want to drag possible “civil rights” violations into the discussion. This seems odd to me when our entire legal policy of search and seizure is already a careful balance between maintaining a civil society and respecting individuals’ rights. I have no problem placing my trust in trained law enforcement personnel to make the right call whether probable cause exists to further inquire for papers. I already trust them right now, every day. Driving a white van is probable cause in my book. Seriously, these people work this area and this situation daily – they know what to look for. I would like to emphasize that when I commit a violation in my car and am stopped, I am asked to produce my papers. I keep them on me every time I leave the house. I am happy to produce them because I am NOT a drug mule or human trafficker. I am happy to produce them because I want the real drug mules and human traffickers caught. I want order in my society, not rampant crime.
Also, we obviously cannot allow EVERY person who wants to immigrate to our country, do so. We cannot absorb the numbers, economically…but we can make a system that works much better. And maybe, in the meantime, Mexico can work on improving itself. I mean, what is that country’s dang problem anyway.
I have the strength to say NO to continued illegal immigration, I have the strength to ignore name-calling by others who think I am hatin’ on the Mexicans or bartering our civil rights away, and I definitely have the strength to protect the illegal immigrant from himself. Staying in Mexico until the Correct Path can serve him is preferable to death, whether he thinks so or not.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Common Ground
I really do not understand any religion that does not ENCOURAGE its followers to take optimal care of their bodies (and brains) with nourishment and water.
BTW, I have a friend serving overseas right now who let us know breakfast was being served from 0200 to 0400, in order to accommodate Muslims (who during Ramadan cannot eat from sunup to sundown). Soooooo, the overwhelming majority of non-Muslim troops are expected to eat at 2 am or go without. Whatever happened to common sense?
And this Ramadan "fasting" goes on for an entire month...
How's that for shoving your religion upon someone else. And not just for a little while, like an easily forgiveable inconvenience or inconsideration. And are we really so stoopid we can't arrange a happy compromise that accommodates everyone?
DIVISIVE POLICIES are the order of the day. :^)
BTW, I have a friend serving overseas right now who let us know breakfast was being served from 0200 to 0400, in order to accommodate Muslims (who during Ramadan cannot eat from sunup to sundown). Soooooo, the overwhelming majority of non-Muslim troops are expected to eat at 2 am or go without. Whatever happened to common sense?
And this Ramadan "fasting" goes on for an entire month...
How's that for shoving your religion upon someone else. And not just for a little while, like an easily forgiveable inconvenience or inconsideration. And are we really so stoopid we can't arrange a happy compromise that accommodates everyone?
DIVISIVE POLICIES are the order of the day. :^)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Duty
The real Commander in Chief, doing his J-O-B, not on endless vacay. This is a pic taken this morning at DFW of the Bushes surprising the troops arriving home, with their presence and their gratitude.
By God, he was a great war president. I don't give a damn who you are or what you think.
I am so loving these pics of surprised soldiers...
Monday, August 9, 2010
No, Nyet, No Mas, Non, Nein…All You Need to “Know”
There IS no taxpayers’ money left, people. Now we’re borrowing money from China to pay for our stoopid bulls***. Many people still don't understand that.
This is the picture: You walk by a bunch of panhandlers on the street corner, oh, let’s call them Starving African Nations. You think there is no way you as a fellow human being can abide this suffering. So, you turn to your friend walking next to you, named China, and say hey, loan me a few billion, I’m good for it. He does, and you turn and give it to the bums. They laugh and walk away to go buy themselves a gold-plated bed. You realize you just got screwed. The people are still starving, Zimbabwe dictator has a flashy new crib, and you owe your cranky friend a Whole Bunch of Money that will take about a thousand years to pay back.
The next day, Starving African Nations shows up again, because standing on street corners pays very well. You say, “I’m sorry, I don’t have the money to help you.” They gang up and beat the crap out of you, angry, because they have begun to feel very much entitled to whatever is in your pocket, meant to feed your own children.
The new litmus test for every single thing is: Is this worth borrowing from China to pay for? Do we have the intestinal fortitude to say out loud, loud enough for the world to hear, “I’m sorry. I don’t have the money to help you.” Do we have the intestinal fortitude to realize that our money and involvement only make things worse?
This is the picture: You walk by a bunch of panhandlers on the street corner, oh, let’s call them Starving African Nations. You think there is no way you as a fellow human being can abide this suffering. So, you turn to your friend walking next to you, named China, and say hey, loan me a few billion, I’m good for it. He does, and you turn and give it to the bums. They laugh and walk away to go buy themselves a gold-plated bed. You realize you just got screwed. The people are still starving, Zimbabwe dictator has a flashy new crib, and you owe your cranky friend a Whole Bunch of Money that will take about a thousand years to pay back.
The next day, Starving African Nations shows up again, because standing on street corners pays very well. You say, “I’m sorry, I don’t have the money to help you.” They gang up and beat the crap out of you, angry, because they have begun to feel very much entitled to whatever is in your pocket, meant to feed your own children.
The new litmus test for every single thing is: Is this worth borrowing from China to pay for? Do we have the intestinal fortitude to say out loud, loud enough for the world to hear, “I’m sorry. I don’t have the money to help you.” Do we have the intestinal fortitude to realize that our money and involvement only make things worse?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
LMBO! Oh, wait a minute…it’s my money.
Tell me the story again how the stimulus package is going to save the ‘conomy and create jobs (unemployment now at: 9.6%). I’m feeling sleeeepy, Uncle O.
http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb
http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=a7e82141-1a9e-4eec-b160-6a8e62427efb
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
I’m Gagging on the Cake
I believe Michelle Obama is the most worthless first lady we have had in recent history. Remember the hullabaloo when Nancy Reagan ordered new china for state dinners so all the pieces would actually match? Boy, did they rake her over the coals. How dare she desire all the plates to match. (If I remember right, they were originally all donated pieces.) Well, that ain’t nothin’ compared to our newest FLOTUS in all her self-proclaimed “fabulosity.”
(There was another china scandal, I believe – Mary Lincoln bought new china during the Civil War, and don’t you think the s*** didn’t hit the fan on that deal. Not during a wahhhhhhr-uhhhh! People are suffering, in case you hadn’t heard.)
Before we leave the very important topic of White House china, a foundation was formed under Nancy, after the brouhaha, to receive private monetary donations and handle these sorts of prickly matters. Hillary Clinton designed a new set ($250K) before she left, but we didn’t hear a word about it because it was then a private foundation matter.
Michelle caught my eye recently when pictures appeared in the media of her vacation in Spain…and I thought: How many damn vacations can one family take in one summer? The summer of the Oil Spill, the summer of the worst economy I’ve experienced since I graduated college 25 years ago, the first summer after the huge government bailouts for every industry you can think and the huge health care takeover, all to be funded by the American people. We’re talking pain and suffering here, people. And how many wars have we got going?
And yet, there’s photos of the Obamas in North Carolina (end of April), photos of the Obamas in Maine (mid-July), photos of the Obamas in Chicago (instead of wreath ceremony on Memorial Day), Barry golfing (by my count, 8 times since the oil gush began), Michelle shopping in Spain, the command performances for our royal first family by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder…all in a 3-month span? WTF? And when she gets back, I believe they have another one planned for Martha’s Vineyard in two weeks.
I know this is an old gripe – whoever is in power is attacked as “elite-rich lollygagging on our dime” by the other party not in power at the time. Old as the hills, folks. But, have you ever seen it soooooo in-your-face?
We’ve had Glamour Queen First Ladies in the past that we’ve actually idolized – I give you the iconic Jackie O. But, see, she wasn’t Jackie O when she was Jackie Kennedy. She became Jackie O when she married Ari Onassis, one of the richest men in the world (and one of the few she probably felt had the means to truly be able to protect her). Yeah, she became famous for her spending sprees and living on a yacht. But, don’t you think she didn’t earn every penny, girlfren – have you seen pictures of Ari? Besides, she probably NEEDED lots of therapy, retail and otherwise, after seeing her first husband’s head explode next to her (and dreaming of doing it herself due to all his womanizing).
So, this week we see Michelle O on a special vacation to Spain with her 9-year-old daughter…and 40 of her closest friends at a 5-star hotel, $2500 room/night rate. The media is having a heyday with the Marie “Let Them Eat Cake” Antoinette comparisons. (Let’s not even follow that further down the historical path to the French Revolution…)
Both BO and MO are a PR nightmare. You would think that one of the 22 personal staffers assisting Michelle O would know something about managing a public image. They’re probably as worthless as her and hired based on affirmative action policy. Just like her husband was.
And here’s the punch line, folks. Wait…wait…here goes:
“I’m not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods.”
Barack Obama
May 14, 2010
Speaking On the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
(There was another china scandal, I believe – Mary Lincoln bought new china during the Civil War, and don’t you think the s*** didn’t hit the fan on that deal. Not during a wahhhhhhr-uhhhh! People are suffering, in case you hadn’t heard.)
Before we leave the very important topic of White House china, a foundation was formed under Nancy, after the brouhaha, to receive private monetary donations and handle these sorts of prickly matters. Hillary Clinton designed a new set ($250K) before she left, but we didn’t hear a word about it because it was then a private foundation matter.
Michelle caught my eye recently when pictures appeared in the media of her vacation in Spain…and I thought: How many damn vacations can one family take in one summer? The summer of the Oil Spill, the summer of the worst economy I’ve experienced since I graduated college 25 years ago, the first summer after the huge government bailouts for every industry you can think and the huge health care takeover, all to be funded by the American people. We’re talking pain and suffering here, people. And how many wars have we got going?
And yet, there’s photos of the Obamas in North Carolina (end of April), photos of the Obamas in Maine (mid-July), photos of the Obamas in Chicago (instead of wreath ceremony on Memorial Day), Barry golfing (by my count, 8 times since the oil gush began), Michelle shopping in Spain, the command performances for our royal first family by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder…all in a 3-month span? WTF? And when she gets back, I believe they have another one planned for Martha’s Vineyard in two weeks.
I know this is an old gripe – whoever is in power is attacked as “elite-rich lollygagging on our dime” by the other party not in power at the time. Old as the hills, folks. But, have you ever seen it soooooo in-your-face?
We’ve had Glamour Queen First Ladies in the past that we’ve actually idolized – I give you the iconic Jackie O. But, see, she wasn’t Jackie O when she was Jackie Kennedy. She became Jackie O when she married Ari Onassis, one of the richest men in the world (and one of the few she probably felt had the means to truly be able to protect her). Yeah, she became famous for her spending sprees and living on a yacht. But, don’t you think she didn’t earn every penny, girlfren – have you seen pictures of Ari? Besides, she probably NEEDED lots of therapy, retail and otherwise, after seeing her first husband’s head explode next to her (and dreaming of doing it herself due to all his womanizing).
So, this week we see Michelle O on a special vacation to Spain with her 9-year-old daughter…and 40 of her closest friends at a 5-star hotel, $2500 room/night rate. The media is having a heyday with the Marie “Let Them Eat Cake” Antoinette comparisons. (Let’s not even follow that further down the historical path to the French Revolution…)
Both BO and MO are a PR nightmare. You would think that one of the 22 personal staffers assisting Michelle O would know something about managing a public image. They’re probably as worthless as her and hired based on affirmative action policy. Just like her husband was.
And here’s the punch line, folks. Wait…wait…here goes:
“I’m not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods.”
Barack Obama
May 14, 2010
Speaking On the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster
Priorities - Take 2
I was extremely disappointed when BO didn’t attend last week’s BSA Jamboree. After much consideration, I have decided to share my Facebook Ranting with you on my blog. NOTE: The White House said he attended fundraisers instead that were on his schedule “months” in advance. However, he was also taping his appearance on the daytime talk show “The View” during that time.
“OF COURSE Obama is not attending the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree, marking the organization's 100th Anniversary. Because he's a punk-ass piece of crap. He has fundraisers he's doing instead that are waaaay more important to him. Awesome link chronicling former presidents' scouts involvement.”
http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/presidents.aspx
“Obama's ‘involvement’? He accepted the group's routine annual report to Congress and stood for 15 seconds for a photo op. Oh, yeah, and accepted a basketball as a gift from the kids. Dubya, in his Jamboree speech, thanked the group for its 1.4 MILLION HOURS of community service for that year. In 1934, hundreds of thousands of Scouts assembled to hear FDR's broadcast appealing for help for the needy. They responded by collecting nearly two million articles of clothing, household furnishings, and other items for disadvantaged families. Fun Fact Time for my Scouting Friends: Jimmie Carter was a troop committee chair!”
“Just another FYI for Obama: The BSA Jamboree is an every-4-years event. This one marking the 100th anniversary of scouting will never happen again. You missed an awesome PR op because you're an idiot. You won't get another chance for this.”
My time as a BSA volunteer leader was some of the happiest years of my life, doing way more important stuff than Obama.
“OF COURSE Obama is not attending the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree, marking the organization's 100th Anniversary. Because he's a punk-ass piece of crap. He has fundraisers he's doing instead that are waaaay more important to him. Awesome link chronicling former presidents' scouts involvement.”
http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/presidents.aspx
“Obama's ‘involvement’? He accepted the group's routine annual report to Congress and stood for 15 seconds for a photo op. Oh, yeah, and accepted a basketball as a gift from the kids. Dubya, in his Jamboree speech, thanked the group for its 1.4 MILLION HOURS of community service for that year. In 1934, hundreds of thousands of Scouts assembled to hear FDR's broadcast appealing for help for the needy. They responded by collecting nearly two million articles of clothing, household furnishings, and other items for disadvantaged families. Fun Fact Time for my Scouting Friends: Jimmie Carter was a troop committee chair!”
“Just another FYI for Obama: The BSA Jamboree is an every-4-years event. This one marking the 100th anniversary of scouting will never happen again. You missed an awesome PR op because you're an idiot. You won't get another chance for this.”
My time as a BSA volunteer leader was some of the happiest years of my life, doing way more important stuff than Obama.
My starship must have crash-landed and erased my memory…
Saw Toy Story 3 last night. Was anybody else as annoyed as me about the Spanish-speaking Buzz?
I can’t even put my finger on it exactly. I guess it makes me uncomfortable to be preached at by Hollywood, because they are such a moral yardstick for the rest us. Not! But Disney has been preaching for many years now…and we do want our children to be exposed to a diversity message. However, they push their agenda in such a boneheaded way! If you’re going to switch Buzz to a Spanish-speaking mode, running English subtitles along the bottom (and trust me, the whole joke goes on WAAAAAY too long), does he have to be turned into such a stereotypical “cartoon” (pun intended). Well, I guess so.
And Mr. Potato Head becomes Mr. Tortilla Head during the big escape from the day care center…could they be more subtle about romancing their future market?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9VLxlccx4&feature=related
I can’t even put my finger on it exactly. I guess it makes me uncomfortable to be preached at by Hollywood, because they are such a moral yardstick for the rest us. Not! But Disney has been preaching for many years now…and we do want our children to be exposed to a diversity message. However, they push their agenda in such a boneheaded way! If you’re going to switch Buzz to a Spanish-speaking mode, running English subtitles along the bottom (and trust me, the whole joke goes on WAAAAAY too long), does he have to be turned into such a stereotypical “cartoon” (pun intended). Well, I guess so.
And Mr. Potato Head becomes Mr. Tortilla Head during the big escape from the day care center…could they be more subtle about romancing their future market?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9VLxlccx4&feature=related
"I was born a poor black child…"
What if I start checking all the boxes on government forms asking about my race? I can't prove or disprove any of them anyway. And I would be amused to see a government official attempt to prove or disprove without obvious visual profiling. I think EVERYONE should start checking all the boxes.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
I Got Burned by Obama
Family and friends have asked me to comment on the new tax placed on the services offered by tanning salons, which went into effect July 1 under the Obamacare New Deal. Feelings are that this is discriminatory and racist, pretty much a special tax on white people. I would be glad to weigh in, and meant to do so long before now.
This definitely looks like a targeted tax on me. And it is. First, let me provide some information from someone who actually uses these services.
I have used tanning salon services off and on for the last 25 years. I am a fair-skinned person who goes to the salon for one month out of the year in the late spring, to establish a light base tan to avoid a horrible shock-scorch during outdoor summer activities. I begin with 6-8 minutes of exposure, working slowly up to 15 minutes by the end of the month, always using protective eye gear and appropriate lotions before and after each exposure. And I do not go every day, usually every 3 days.
The special lotions designed for pre- and post-care (sold at the salon) are far superior to anything one can buy anywhere else. They soften and re-moisturize skin, and they do not mess around. These lotions accelerate the process, lessening overall actual exposure time.
I recently visited a dermatologist to make sure I have no melanoma, which I do not. I personally believe a bad diet can place one more at risk for cancer than careful, occasional tanning.
Another consideration: I personally know people whose dermatologists have PRESCRIBED careful, controlled exposure as a way to decrease and control severe, life-altering, scarring acne…so we have Obamacare placing additional taxation upon some people’s cure for certain medical problems. Oops. I’m sure lawmakers meant to put a “sin tax” on a behavior they’ve been told is cancer-causing.
An interesting Wikipedia article on Light Therapy discusses UVA and UVB (the types of ultraviolet light used in bulbs in different tanning beds) for psoriasis and eczema and acne…there’s even been some positive results for those suffering from different types of depression.
I’m sure dermatologists are loving this…Obamacare runs the tanning salons out of business, and the patients have to come to their offices where they have set up tanning beds and can charge insurance companies outrageous prices for “treatments.” Because that is the unintended effect of taxation that idiotic lawmakers NEVER SEEM TO GET!! Have these assholes never taken an economics class?
It’s called the “Substitution Theory of Economics.” People will simply use substitutes for the goods for which the cost has increased due to taxation. This new tax will not result in increased tax revenue for the government. People will now resort to the much more harmful behavior of “laying out” in their backyards for hours, with no careful timing or careful application of healing re-hydration lotions. Salons go out of business. Jobs are lost. Economy is hurt. Incidence of melanoma rises. Health care costs increase. LOSE-LOSE-LOSE. Dermatologists get RICH-RICH-RICH.
Or more people will just buy their own tanning bed to set up in their house and use indiscriminately. No supervision. No professional input.
Another pesky detail: Salons offer non-UVA/B-exposure choices. You know, sunless tanning, all-over body spraying, etc. Are these taxed as well? There’s no “sin” attached here. No bad cancer-causing behavior to be discouraged by Uncle O.
But, we haven’t really addressed the race issue yet. Do darker-skinned people use tanning salon services as often as light-skinned people do? No. A few do, but by and large, no. Hey, what about gender? Do men use tanning services as often as women do? No. A few do, but by and large, no.
All of these puzzle pieces viewed together suggest to me one thing: Targeted RACISM AND SEXISM. Which really pisses me off because I distinctly remember Obama saying on my television screen there would be NO increased taxes for people with incomes below x-y-z. I’m well below x-y-z, however I am w-h-i-t-e (or let me clarify, mostly Caucasian with fair skin tone) and a g-i-r-l. The bastard lied. Plain and simple.
This is the part that makes me the angriest. After all the little pissant tanning salons have been sacrificed (and frankly, we all know that the tanning salons are tiny businesses with no power or clout owned by women serving women, barely making enough to cover their rent), Obamacare’s so-called funding and consumer protection objectives will still not be achieved. Stoopid.
This definitely looks like a targeted tax on me. And it is. First, let me provide some information from someone who actually uses these services.
I have used tanning salon services off and on for the last 25 years. I am a fair-skinned person who goes to the salon for one month out of the year in the late spring, to establish a light base tan to avoid a horrible shock-scorch during outdoor summer activities. I begin with 6-8 minutes of exposure, working slowly up to 15 minutes by the end of the month, always using protective eye gear and appropriate lotions before and after each exposure. And I do not go every day, usually every 3 days.
The special lotions designed for pre- and post-care (sold at the salon) are far superior to anything one can buy anywhere else. They soften and re-moisturize skin, and they do not mess around. These lotions accelerate the process, lessening overall actual exposure time.
I recently visited a dermatologist to make sure I have no melanoma, which I do not. I personally believe a bad diet can place one more at risk for cancer than careful, occasional tanning.
Another consideration: I personally know people whose dermatologists have PRESCRIBED careful, controlled exposure as a way to decrease and control severe, life-altering, scarring acne…so we have Obamacare placing additional taxation upon some people’s cure for certain medical problems. Oops. I’m sure lawmakers meant to put a “sin tax” on a behavior they’ve been told is cancer-causing.
An interesting Wikipedia article on Light Therapy discusses UVA and UVB (the types of ultraviolet light used in bulbs in different tanning beds) for psoriasis and eczema and acne…there’s even been some positive results for those suffering from different types of depression.
I’m sure dermatologists are loving this…Obamacare runs the tanning salons out of business, and the patients have to come to their offices where they have set up tanning beds and can charge insurance companies outrageous prices for “treatments.” Because that is the unintended effect of taxation that idiotic lawmakers NEVER SEEM TO GET!! Have these assholes never taken an economics class?
It’s called the “Substitution Theory of Economics.” People will simply use substitutes for the goods for which the cost has increased due to taxation. This new tax will not result in increased tax revenue for the government. People will now resort to the much more harmful behavior of “laying out” in their backyards for hours, with no careful timing or careful application of healing re-hydration lotions. Salons go out of business. Jobs are lost. Economy is hurt. Incidence of melanoma rises. Health care costs increase. LOSE-LOSE-LOSE. Dermatologists get RICH-RICH-RICH.
Or more people will just buy their own tanning bed to set up in their house and use indiscriminately. No supervision. No professional input.
Another pesky detail: Salons offer non-UVA/B-exposure choices. You know, sunless tanning, all-over body spraying, etc. Are these taxed as well? There’s no “sin” attached here. No bad cancer-causing behavior to be discouraged by Uncle O.
But, we haven’t really addressed the race issue yet. Do darker-skinned people use tanning salon services as often as light-skinned people do? No. A few do, but by and large, no. Hey, what about gender? Do men use tanning services as often as women do? No. A few do, but by and large, no.
All of these puzzle pieces viewed together suggest to me one thing: Targeted RACISM AND SEXISM. Which really pisses me off because I distinctly remember Obama saying on my television screen there would be NO increased taxes for people with incomes below x-y-z. I’m well below x-y-z, however I am w-h-i-t-e (or let me clarify, mostly Caucasian with fair skin tone) and a g-i-r-l. The bastard lied. Plain and simple.
This is the part that makes me the angriest. After all the little pissant tanning salons have been sacrificed (and frankly, we all know that the tanning salons are tiny businesses with no power or clout owned by women serving women, barely making enough to cover their rent), Obamacare’s so-called funding and consumer protection objectives will still not be achieved. Stoopid.
Hold the Phone – That Can’t Be Right!
Listening to the local news a few nights ago, I hear the following: “If you receive welfare benefits, you may be eligible for a free cell phone and calling plan from the government, set up through major phone companies like Sprint…”
Yep, I went to the news channel’s website, and there the link was. We are borrowing billions from China to pay for ridiculous s*** like this because having a cell phone is now considered a LIFE OR DEATH matter.
http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/links/ (Under Saturday, July 31 links)
The details:
“If you are on any form of government assistance (Food Stamps, Social Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, Section 8 public housing, TANF, School Lunch Program), you may qualify for a government discounted cell phone with monthly minutes. You get a FREE cell phone with FREE monthly minutes and no contracts ever. You may also sign up for our $15 weekly unlimited plan including talk, text and data.”
Is that the plan that enables them to photograph their hoo-haw and send it to their baby-daddies? This is important, you know! They need to stay in touch.
The anchors go on to mention another deal for those living in certain areas. Free BlackBerry SmartPhone for people trying to quit smoking. A CNN link with more info:
http://m.crackberry.com/node/123232
Make sure to scan the post-comments for all the readers who plan to start smoking so they can get a free BlackBerry as they then “attempt” to quit. As one reader points out, “the government didn’t sit on their a**es, they spent our money, and it didn’t work.” This is an excellent point worth emphasizing. THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T GET ANYTHING RIGHT. THE SOLUTION IS TO SAY NO TO EVERY BILL INTRODUCED! Do not look to them for answers.
And one more goodie: An article on American Thinker citing Coburn and McCain’s stimulus report for additional info on the damn cell phones (the stop-smoking-BlackBerries will be funded by stimulus money and will create exactly two jobs).
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/your_stim_dollars_at_work_ipho.html
Kinda leaves you speechless, huh.
Yep, I went to the news channel’s website, and there the link was. We are borrowing billions from China to pay for ridiculous s*** like this because having a cell phone is now considered a LIFE OR DEATH matter.
http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/links/ (Under Saturday, July 31 links)
The details:
“If you are on any form of government assistance (Food Stamps, Social Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, Section 8 public housing, TANF, School Lunch Program), you may qualify for a government discounted cell phone with monthly minutes. You get a FREE cell phone with FREE monthly minutes and no contracts ever. You may also sign up for our $15 weekly unlimited plan including talk, text and data.”
Is that the plan that enables them to photograph their hoo-haw and send it to their baby-daddies? This is important, you know! They need to stay in touch.
The anchors go on to mention another deal for those living in certain areas. Free BlackBerry SmartPhone for people trying to quit smoking. A CNN link with more info:
http://m.crackberry.com/node/123232
Make sure to scan the post-comments for all the readers who plan to start smoking so they can get a free BlackBerry as they then “attempt” to quit. As one reader points out, “the government didn’t sit on their a**es, they spent our money, and it didn’t work.” This is an excellent point worth emphasizing. THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T GET ANYTHING RIGHT. THE SOLUTION IS TO SAY NO TO EVERY BILL INTRODUCED! Do not look to them for answers.
And one more goodie: An article on American Thinker citing Coburn and McCain’s stimulus report for additional info on the damn cell phones (the stop-smoking-BlackBerries will be funded by stimulus money and will create exactly two jobs).
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/your_stim_dollars_at_work_ipho.html
Kinda leaves you speechless, huh.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
(Photos that go with the Hot Story)
Has hot pink ever looked so hot?
Maybe we can make it work?
Can you see the attraction?
One Love Affair I hope never ends...
It Sure Is Hot Here in Oklahoma
I have a Weather Man Boyfriend (Rick Mitchell, chief meteorologist of KOCO in OKC), a Football Boyfriend (Brett Favre – he makes my heart palpitate every time he throws a pass), and a Gay Boyfriend (Tim Gunn of “Project Runway,” with his vast and unimpugnable vocabulary).
Occasionally, I have to break it off, like, when my favorite show is interrupted by anything less than an F-4 on my street, or when Brett throws an interception. Which is okay, because there’s always OU Sooners head football coach Bob Stoops standing on the sidelines, ready to gamble all on a fake punt. The heart is a fickle thing. Sigh. Men who know how to excite.
One man who really knows how to stimulate, however, is my Politician Boyfriend – Sen. Tom Coburn, an MD from OK. Go ahead, Google him – I’ll wait. See all the breathtaking headlines – “The Most Hated Man in Washington,” “Battling Dr. No,” and “Hi, I’m Senator Coburn, and I Don’t Want Your Vote.” The man just knows how to rile up LEGIONS with one hold or filibuster or parliamentary procedure. The good doctor sports a pair even Sarah Palin could admire.
Some of the juiciest paragraphs written about my Secret Crush:
“No other senator has paved a more solitary path, butting heads with nearly every member of his own party and most of the opposition. In fact, as the Republican majority has run aground on fiscal issues over the past few years—racking up unprecedented deficits and a soaring national debt while the Democrats mostly kept out of the way—Coburn has often seemed like an opposition party unto himself. In April, for example, he tackled nineteen highly questionable expenses that his colleagues had slipped into the budget at the last minute—money that no branch of government had requested, which would directly benefit Senate campaign supporters. In September, he teamed up with Barack Obama to expose federal waste by putting the national budget on a public Web site—a prospect so alarming to some senators that two of them tried to kill it anonymously. And in December, as his Republican colleagues began cleaning out their offices to make room for the new Democratic leadership, Coburn fired a parting shot: Using legislative procedures, he blocked the GOP from finishing its annual business and pushed many of the most important budgetary decisions for incoming Democrats to make in the New Year.” – 2007 article in GQ
“The debate over the ‘bridge to nowhere’ in Alaska was Coburn’s doing. Coburn told Reason magazine’s David Weigel that when Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pitched a massive fit and repeatedly threatened to resign, Coburn wasn’t so much worried about the political fallout as about Stevens’ ‘blood pressure, and whether I would have to resuscitate him on the floor of the Senate.’ Fortunately, Stevens survived to pork barrel another day.” – 2008 article on Politico
“That's what Tom Coburn wants you to know. Not about the bridge; about the bigger thing. He wants you to know how it works in Washington, how the machine keeps itself running, and the favors get traded, and the deals get struck, and the bridges to nowhere are going up every day. He wants you to know that the United States Congress simply cannot stop itself—that both parties are in on the fix, backing each other and looking the other way, and that in the spirit of bipartisan waste, they manage to blow $500 billion more than they collect in taxes every single year. He wants you to see where that money is going: the 10,000 personal projects and earmarks that senators and congressmen are sneaking into the federal budget every year—like the Waterfree Urinal Conservation Initiative in Michigan. And the Sparta Teapot Museum in North Carolina. And the Appalachian Fruit Laboratory in West Virginia. All paid for with your tax dollars.
That's what Tom Coburn wants you to know. That the members of the United States Congress will spend your money just because they can. That they'll do it even when they can't. That every year, they borrow the extra $500 billion from China, raising their own credit limit each time they reach it and then raising it again the next year, for a total of $9 trillion in debt so far. That's right, nine trillion dollars, a figure so enormous that even if the fifty richest people on earth—including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and Michael Dell, along with the richest men in Saudi Arabia and Russia and Hong Kong—got together and sold everything they owned, right down to the last buttons on their last embroidered shirts, and then they donated all their money to the U.S. national debt, they still couldn't afford to pay a single year of interest at 10 percent. That's how much $9 trillion is, and that's what Tom Coburn wants you to know: that in Washington, there isn't really a party in charge, or a principle, or a leader. What's in charge is the money. Because at the end of the day, when it comes down to a choice between borrowing $200 million from China to build a bridge to nowhere and taking a stand against government waste, four out of five politicians will blow it on the bridge.” – back to the 2007 GQ article
Oh, my.
So, what exactly is my man up to these days. Well, there’s the Waco thing. Apparently, 24 mammoths were buried in Waco 68,000 years ago and the fine people of that area want to make it a National Monument. Hey, I love history, especially the ancient kind, just ask anybody. So, what’s the problem.
The cost to designate a National Monument is 1 MILLION DOLLARS. The cost to maintain it is $400,000 each year after that. Is it worth borrowing from China to make happen? Nope. Thus a legislative hold in a Senate subcommittee two years ago, by my hero employing the “anonymous hold” tactic. (To hell with anonymity. Coburn was glad to take public credit. Cojones the size of Texas, my friends.)
Well, the time limit is almost up for the bill, and the people of Waco are afraid that their buffalo are going to get buried again, this time under legislative bulls***. Waaaaaaah, Waco. SMU poli-sci prof Cal Jillson said “Coburn has little positive agenda, in terms of bills he’s trying to get passed, and you don’t want that kind of guy as your enemy.” Yes, he’s got nothing to lose and no personal agenda. Isn’t he awesome? It’s sooooo...stately.
He’s also released a policy paper analyzing how illegal immigrants will fare under Obamacare, promo and link on the website for the National Center for Policy Analysis. The tidbit:
“Senator Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) office recently issued a policy paper titled, "Bad Medicine," on the new federal health care law that's worth reading. Among the gems is a finding that immigrants in some ways get a better deal than U.S. citizens and legal residents under the new health reform law, says health economist Devon Herrick.
For example:
• If you are a legal resident alien you will be required to obtain the same government mandated health coverage that U.S. citizens must obtain.
• However, if you have been here for less than five years, and if your income falls below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, you will not be allowed to enroll in Medicaid -- as U.S. citizens will be required to do.
• Instead, you will be able to obtain highly subsidized insurance (paying a premium, say, of 10 cents on the dollar) in a health insurance exchange.
• If Medicaid insurance is lower-quality insurance, you will have access to better insurance than a U.S. citizen with the same income!
If you are an undocumented immigrant you will not be subject to the individual insurance mandate and you will not be fined if you fail to purchase health insurance, nor will you be allowed to enroll in Medicaid or buy insurance in the health insurance exchange, says Herrick.
However, hospital emergency rooms will not be able to deny you health care if you are in need. What makes this surprising is that the most common argument for an individual mandate is that the uninsured should have to contribute to their own health care instead of getting it for free in the emergency room. This is why U.S. citizens will be required to pay hefty fines if they do not obtain insurance. If you are here illegally, however, you get to escape that penalty, says Herrick."
Nothing like a crappy health care bill favoring illegals to get the racists going. Nice move, Barry. There’s just not enough hate in the world. And it was definitely worth borrowing from China to finance. Not.
And don’t think Dr. Coburn won’t put his own state under the microscope, as well. Coburn and McCain released a list Tuesday of the Top 100 Most Wasteful Stimulus Projects in the Country, and here’s a link to one in OK.
http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12917360
Sidewalks to nowhere. Love that reader asking if they begin in front of the school because that’s where the kids are going with their public education. Population of the town is 274. I ask again, was it worth borrowing from China to pay for?
You’ve got to read the senators’ full report…did you know BP received over $300 MILLION in stimulus funds?
I know the rest of you are probably sooooo jealous because your man/ woman is just not as good as mine. And I do feel sorry for you. Actually…for all of us.
Occasionally, I have to break it off, like, when my favorite show is interrupted by anything less than an F-4 on my street, or when Brett throws an interception. Which is okay, because there’s always OU Sooners head football coach Bob Stoops standing on the sidelines, ready to gamble all on a fake punt. The heart is a fickle thing. Sigh. Men who know how to excite.
One man who really knows how to stimulate, however, is my Politician Boyfriend – Sen. Tom Coburn, an MD from OK. Go ahead, Google him – I’ll wait. See all the breathtaking headlines – “The Most Hated Man in Washington,” “Battling Dr. No,” and “Hi, I’m Senator Coburn, and I Don’t Want Your Vote.” The man just knows how to rile up LEGIONS with one hold or filibuster or parliamentary procedure. The good doctor sports a pair even Sarah Palin could admire.
Some of the juiciest paragraphs written about my Secret Crush:
“No other senator has paved a more solitary path, butting heads with nearly every member of his own party and most of the opposition. In fact, as the Republican majority has run aground on fiscal issues over the past few years—racking up unprecedented deficits and a soaring national debt while the Democrats mostly kept out of the way—Coburn has often seemed like an opposition party unto himself. In April, for example, he tackled nineteen highly questionable expenses that his colleagues had slipped into the budget at the last minute—money that no branch of government had requested, which would directly benefit Senate campaign supporters. In September, he teamed up with Barack Obama to expose federal waste by putting the national budget on a public Web site—a prospect so alarming to some senators that two of them tried to kill it anonymously. And in December, as his Republican colleagues began cleaning out their offices to make room for the new Democratic leadership, Coburn fired a parting shot: Using legislative procedures, he blocked the GOP from finishing its annual business and pushed many of the most important budgetary decisions for incoming Democrats to make in the New Year.” – 2007 article in GQ
“The debate over the ‘bridge to nowhere’ in Alaska was Coburn’s doing. Coburn told Reason magazine’s David Weigel that when Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pitched a massive fit and repeatedly threatened to resign, Coburn wasn’t so much worried about the political fallout as about Stevens’ ‘blood pressure, and whether I would have to resuscitate him on the floor of the Senate.’ Fortunately, Stevens survived to pork barrel another day.” – 2008 article on Politico
“That's what Tom Coburn wants you to know. Not about the bridge; about the bigger thing. He wants you to know how it works in Washington, how the machine keeps itself running, and the favors get traded, and the deals get struck, and the bridges to nowhere are going up every day. He wants you to know that the United States Congress simply cannot stop itself—that both parties are in on the fix, backing each other and looking the other way, and that in the spirit of bipartisan waste, they manage to blow $500 billion more than they collect in taxes every single year. He wants you to see where that money is going: the 10,000 personal projects and earmarks that senators and congressmen are sneaking into the federal budget every year—like the Waterfree Urinal Conservation Initiative in Michigan. And the Sparta Teapot Museum in North Carolina. And the Appalachian Fruit Laboratory in West Virginia. All paid for with your tax dollars.
That's what Tom Coburn wants you to know. That the members of the United States Congress will spend your money just because they can. That they'll do it even when they can't. That every year, they borrow the extra $500 billion from China, raising their own credit limit each time they reach it and then raising it again the next year, for a total of $9 trillion in debt so far. That's right, nine trillion dollars, a figure so enormous that even if the fifty richest people on earth—including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and Michael Dell, along with the richest men in Saudi Arabia and Russia and Hong Kong—got together and sold everything they owned, right down to the last buttons on their last embroidered shirts, and then they donated all their money to the U.S. national debt, they still couldn't afford to pay a single year of interest at 10 percent. That's how much $9 trillion is, and that's what Tom Coburn wants you to know: that in Washington, there isn't really a party in charge, or a principle, or a leader. What's in charge is the money. Because at the end of the day, when it comes down to a choice between borrowing $200 million from China to build a bridge to nowhere and taking a stand against government waste, four out of five politicians will blow it on the bridge.” – back to the 2007 GQ article
Oh, my.
So, what exactly is my man up to these days. Well, there’s the Waco thing. Apparently, 24 mammoths were buried in Waco 68,000 years ago and the fine people of that area want to make it a National Monument. Hey, I love history, especially the ancient kind, just ask anybody. So, what’s the problem.
The cost to designate a National Monument is 1 MILLION DOLLARS. The cost to maintain it is $400,000 each year after that. Is it worth borrowing from China to make happen? Nope. Thus a legislative hold in a Senate subcommittee two years ago, by my hero employing the “anonymous hold” tactic. (To hell with anonymity. Coburn was glad to take public credit. Cojones the size of Texas, my friends.)
Well, the time limit is almost up for the bill, and the people of Waco are afraid that their buffalo are going to get buried again, this time under legislative bulls***. Waaaaaaah, Waco. SMU poli-sci prof Cal Jillson said “Coburn has little positive agenda, in terms of bills he’s trying to get passed, and you don’t want that kind of guy as your enemy.” Yes, he’s got nothing to lose and no personal agenda. Isn’t he awesome? It’s sooooo...stately.
He’s also released a policy paper analyzing how illegal immigrants will fare under Obamacare, promo and link on the website for the National Center for Policy Analysis. The tidbit:
“Senator Tom Coburn's (R-Okla.) office recently issued a policy paper titled, "Bad Medicine," on the new federal health care law that's worth reading. Among the gems is a finding that immigrants in some ways get a better deal than U.S. citizens and legal residents under the new health reform law, says health economist Devon Herrick.
For example:
• If you are a legal resident alien you will be required to obtain the same government mandated health coverage that U.S. citizens must obtain.
• However, if you have been here for less than five years, and if your income falls below 133 percent of the federal poverty level, you will not be allowed to enroll in Medicaid -- as U.S. citizens will be required to do.
• Instead, you will be able to obtain highly subsidized insurance (paying a premium, say, of 10 cents on the dollar) in a health insurance exchange.
• If Medicaid insurance is lower-quality insurance, you will have access to better insurance than a U.S. citizen with the same income!
If you are an undocumented immigrant you will not be subject to the individual insurance mandate and you will not be fined if you fail to purchase health insurance, nor will you be allowed to enroll in Medicaid or buy insurance in the health insurance exchange, says Herrick.
However, hospital emergency rooms will not be able to deny you health care if you are in need. What makes this surprising is that the most common argument for an individual mandate is that the uninsured should have to contribute to their own health care instead of getting it for free in the emergency room. This is why U.S. citizens will be required to pay hefty fines if they do not obtain insurance. If you are here illegally, however, you get to escape that penalty, says Herrick."
Nothing like a crappy health care bill favoring illegals to get the racists going. Nice move, Barry. There’s just not enough hate in the world. And it was definitely worth borrowing from China to finance. Not.
And don’t think Dr. Coburn won’t put his own state under the microscope, as well. Coburn and McCain released a list Tuesday of the Top 100 Most Wasteful Stimulus Projects in the Country, and here’s a link to one in OK.
http://www.news9.com/global/story.asp?s=12917360
Sidewalks to nowhere. Love that reader asking if they begin in front of the school because that’s where the kids are going with their public education. Population of the town is 274. I ask again, was it worth borrowing from China to pay for?
You’ve got to read the senators’ full report…did you know BP received over $300 MILLION in stimulus funds?
I know the rest of you are probably sooooo jealous because your man/ woman is just not as good as mine. And I do feel sorry for you. Actually…for all of us.
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