Bill Sardi On HealthCare In The Future

In this article, Bill Sardi gives his predictions for what healthcare in the US will be like in the year 2050. As I would be 103 years old in 2050, I don't really expect to see this but I certainly would be happy to know that my grandson would be able to experience it.

Publicans

Thats Publicans as in Matthew 5:44 in the King James Version of the bible. I had never thought much about this word until I was reading an article that linked to Matthew 5:44 in the New International Version of the bible. It substituted "Tax Collector" for the word "Publican." Well I checked wikipedia and sure enough, there it was in black and white. A publican is a tax collector.

Now go back and read what Jesus was saying. Sure he was saying to love your enemies, that is the main message, but he was also saying that when you love those that love you, you are doing something that even a tax collector would do. I think that is called irony. It's like saying even a murderer would do that , or even a child molester would do that or even a rabid dog would do that. Of all of the loathsome, despicable, slimy beings and creatures in the universe, Jesus chose a tax collector for his irony. What does that tell you about tax collectors?

Stephen King Nails It

I read this TIME interview with Stephen King and I have to admit that I pretty much feel the same way he does.

How to make sense of the Ron Paul revolution : Washington Post

What's behind the improbably successful (so far) presidential campaign of a 72-year-old 10-term Republican congressman from Texas who pines for the gold standard while drawing praise from another relic from the hyperinflationary 1970s, punk-rocker Johnny Rotten?.......ronpaulnews.net

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Out with the Old, In with the New

The time has come in America to get rid of our current crop of politicians and officeholders and replace them with a new crop. I say this because I believe that the folks in office are completely out of touch with reality. I am not talking about at the National level, although it is certainly true of the upper levels of government. In fact I am not even talking about State government. What I am referring to is the local politicians. Let me preface this by saying, this may be different where you live, although I doubt it.

Let me offer up a couple of examples of what I am seeing an hearing from local politicians. A few months back, in Ohio I believe, Ford Motor Company closed a local plant. In the article that I read about the closing, one of the officials of the city said that they were going to have to find a way to compensate for the loss of revenue due to the closing of the plant. His proposal was to increase the local sales tax by one and one-half percent. Think about that. People are being thrown out of work. Their incomes are being destroyed or at least greatly reduced and the city wants to raise the amount of tax they pay.

Yesterday, I got a copy of the paper from my old home town. On the front page there was an article telling how the local yarn mill was going to close in January of next year. This will put 100 people out of work. One hundred may not sound like much to you but in a town with a population of less than 500, it is a catastrophe. As sad as this article was, there was an even sadder article over in the right hand column on the bottom half of the front page. It said that the local government officials have determined that now is the time to raise the cost of a business license by 370 percent. I guess that they figure that some of the people thrown out of work by the closing of the mill might decided to open a business of their own and higher license fees would help balance the city's budget.

I know that these are just a couple of isolated instances, but I think that they represent the mentality of the current crop of public office holders in our nation. I say out with the old and in with the new.

When We Pull Out Of Iraq

Want a clue about what will happen when we pull our troops out of Iraq? Then take a look at this article about what happened in Basra when the British pulled their troops out.

A Marine Talks about Iraq.

In this article Marine Matt Howard talks about his experience in Iraq.

Uncle Jay Explains Recess

Actually I am kinda glad that it works this way, think of all the damage they could do if they worked 5 eights 50 weeks a year like average folks do.

Old Glory Insurance

Interesting Observation from CNN

Waterboarding and Tasering

Waterboarding was a war crime when the Japanese did it to American GIs during WWII, enough said.

On to tasering. I've been reading a lot about tasering lately. Seems everytime you pick up a paper or turn on a TV or check a website, a bunch of policemen somewhere have tasered someone. I suspect for every tasering incident we hear about, 20 or 30 occur that no one mentions. Some of these tasering incidents end badly. I think that tasering has become too acceptable, but what to do about it? I have an answer. Equip each taser with a moniter that tells when it was used and for how long. Assign each taser to a specific individual. When the taser is used, subject the person assigned the taser to an equal amount of tasering. That would assure that tasers will only be used when absolutely necessary.