tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89245548114274241112024-03-14T00:11:06.734-07:00Political FingersTalking politics and cracking knucklesMarchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-64303632463651120612010-12-27T11:40:00.001-08:002010-12-27T11:43:29.972-08:00TYT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TRjsVOAsL9I/AAAAAAAABG8/xAghM0vd2xE/s1600/tytstate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TRjsVOAsL9I/AAAAAAAABG8/xAghM0vd2xE/s320/tytstate.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TRjrtoWS8jI/AAAAAAAABG4/G5UkwitJ814/s1600/holiday001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-77232738665440423212010-10-19T15:38:00.000-07:002010-10-19T15:38:14.533-07:00Nice Picture HP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TL4dwRD3mbI/AAAAAAAABGs/zr_qknN_BU4/s1600/OBAMA-DEMONIC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TL4dwRD3mbI/AAAAAAAABGs/zr_qknN_BU4/s320/OBAMA-DEMONIC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-2810403532793125202010-08-27T22:50:00.001-07:002010-08-27T22:50:38.503-07:00The Problem with Hell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/195788/thumbs/s-RAZING-HELL-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/195788/thumbs/s-RAZING-HELL-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>I have MS and one day something short circuited and everything smelled like cheese. I mean everything: food, soap, shampoo, my car, my chair, my family - everything had this essence of cheese. Was some Dairy God sending me a message? Was this a cheesy sign? Should I worship at an alter of Limburger? The brain is a very messed up organ. It does things like make pretend places like hell possible. Thankfully the irritating symptom only lasted for about a week.<br /><br /><br /><br />For us to survive as a species we have to engage in rational thought. That does not mean everyone has to completely deny the existence of a god, but only to accept that do to a complete lack of evidence there is most likely no god. Faith after all is just a feeling and like many other feelings, it could have more to do with the pizza you ate last night than something real.<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharon-l-baker-phd/why-i-want-to-raze-hell_b_692924.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-43970718095512635842010-08-17T04:12:00.001-07:002010-08-17T04:12:47.326-07:00PHOTOS: U.S. News And World Report's Best Colleges 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/193144/thumbs/s-US-NEWS-RANKINGS-COLLEGES-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/193144/thumbs/s-US-NEWS-RANKINGS-COLLEGES-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>fail again:<br /><br /><br /><br />Donald Rumsfeld went to Princeton. George Bush went to Yale and Harvard. Henry Paulson went to Dartmouth College and Harvard. Ashcroft went to Yale and Columbia. Gonzales went to Harvard. Michael Chertoff went to Harvard. Joshua Bolten went to Princeton. Paul Wolfowitz went to University of Chicago. John Negroponte went Yale. Lloyd Blankfein went to Harvard. John R. Bolton went to Yale.<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you catching my drift here? Please do a little research instead of just regurgitating other magazine's stories. If you did, you would realize that Harvard is completely revamping it's business school because of the poor quality of grads.<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/us-news-college-rankings-_n_684331.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-31652300589689303982010-08-06T09:32:00.001-07:002010-08-06T09:32:24.122-07:00Christopher Hitchens On Cancer: I'm 'Realistic' About Odds Of Survival, Pray For Me If You Want (VIDEO)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/190202/thumbs/s-CHRISTOPHER-HITCHENS-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/190202/thumbs/s-CHRISTOPHER-HITCHENS-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>He said he might at the end say there is a God, but it would be because he was not fully lucid. Which I find interesting - is belief a matter of consciousness? The less connection you have with reality the more connection you have with the supernatural? It seems sort of Joseph Campbell like doesn't it .. the primitive subconscious needs a magical power.<br/><i>About <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com:80/news/cnn">CNN</a></i><br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/06/christopher-hitchens-on-c_n_673144.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-61761948240709336132010-08-01T05:36:00.001-07:002010-08-01T12:16:21.667-07:00The Rave Toilet: Who Knew Flushing Glow Sticks Would Be This Awesome?<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/188351/thumbs/s-RAVE-TOILET-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/188351/thumbs/s-RAVE-TOILET-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
And thus .. God created the universe .. in his toilet<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/the-rave-toilet-who-knew_n_666129.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-70297284030782922292010-07-31T11:10:00.001-07:002010-08-01T12:15:20.868-07:00Maxine Waters ETHICS CHARGES: Democratic Rep May Face Public Trial<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/188346/thumbs/s-MAXINE-WATERS-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/188346/thumbs/s-MAXINE-WATERS-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
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I'm not excusing Waters or Rangel. Hey, if you do the crime .. you do the time. But can't we get a little .. just a little enthusiasm for Obama to investigate the Bush crimes? I mean Waters and Rangel were over a little bit of money .. nothing compared to say .. oh .. starting a war on false pretenses.<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/maxine-waters-ethics-char_n_666071.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-79600213938443862032010-07-25T14:05:00.001-07:002010-07-25T15:44:36.041-07:00BP CEO Tony Hayward To RESIGN Before Tuesday: Reports<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/186423/thumbs/s-BP-CEO-TONY-HAYWARD-RESIGN-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/186423/thumbs/s-BP-CEO-TONY-HAYWARD-RESIGN-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
Reminds me of the Beatles song - <br />
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You say yes, I say no.<br />
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no.<br />
You say goodbye and I say hello<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/25/bp-ceo-tony-hayward-to-resign_n_658469.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-27590370432945355132010-07-21T17:03:00.001-07:002010-07-25T15:46:20.835-07:00Tom Vilsack: Shirley Sherrod Has 'Been Put Through Hell,' Deserves New Job<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/185543/thumbs/s-SHIRLEY-SHERROD-NEW-JOB-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/185543/thumbs/s-SHIRLEY-SHERROD-NEW-JOB-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
What is wrong with Obama? I'm starting to think that Blagojevich would make a better president. At least Blagojevich has guts and stands up for his friends.<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/21/tom-vilsack-shirley-sherr_n_654845.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-21141541675813600022010-07-18T02:17:00.000-07:002010-07-18T02:17:34.651-07:00Learning from the Great Down-Under<div id="columns_main"><div id="column_entries"><div id="story"><div class="story_body">I spent many months in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" target="_self">Sydney</a> and I think we could learn a thing or two from our across the pond mates. I have to admit that saying I know Australia by living in Sydney is like saying you know the United State by living in New York.<br />
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Fair enough I guess, but here it goes.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TELGcAC29uI/AAAAAAAAAC4/UaGnD-IqqnY/s1600/coogee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TELGcAC29uI/AAAAAAAAAC4/UaGnD-IqqnY/s200/coogee1.jpg" width="200" /></a>Australian don't particularly have any fondness for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Australia" target="_self">guns</a>. The people who live in rural area have a gun - but it's only out of need. I never met an Aussie who was a gun collector, nor have I ever seen someone armed.<br />
All Australian are required to<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_electoral_system" target="_self"> vote</a>. If you don't vote you're fined by the government. Voting is a requirement<br />
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Australia has one of the best <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Australia" target="_self">health care</a> systems in the world. It's completely universal, meaning that everything from doctors to hospitals is run by the government. I spent some time in a Sydney <a href="http://www.powhf.org.au/" target="_self">hospital</a> and the doctors were top notch.<br />
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Most Australians I meant were religious and regularly attended church. However, unlike Americans and an Australian would never judge or tell anyone how to worship. It would be the height of bad manners.<br />
The government encourages people to exercise and have a healthy lifestyle. That's why their average <a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:AUS&dl=en&hl=en&q=australian+life+span#met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:AUS:USA" target="_self">lifespan</a> is 82.6 years and our is 77.8 years. There have excellent parks and recreational facilities. They also have some of the best beaches in the world.<br />
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Australia honors their veterans. Not only do they have full health care, but there are support facilities and clubs call <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Returned_and_Services_League_of_Australia" target="_self">RSL's</a>.<br />
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Most Australians care about the environment. Most believe in global warming. As a matter of fact, most Australians except science as a means of understanding the world.<br />
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Australians live and buy local. Sydney which is a large and beautiful city has many local markets and pubs. There are malls and I've purchased and excellent wool jacket at a Target. However, after work many Australians walk to a local pub or shop at a small local market.<br />
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Which brings me to the last point. Australians know how to relax. Most businesses give 20 days off plus another 11 (public holidays) off. For a total of 31 days. In the United States you're lucky to get 14 days off.<br />
Now I love the United States and there are some things about Australia that really get on my nerves .. won't discuss them here. That aside, we could really learn from the Aussies. You don't see them protesting in the public parks - with signs that say "Stop Sosalism" (I know Socialism is misspelled) </div></div></div></div>Mr. Fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100962632011582451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-3805626090664452042010-07-16T09:23:00.000-07:002010-07-16T09:23:48.832-07:00BP - the company of I don't knowDo you ever get the feeling that<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1595224821"> </a><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1595224821">British</a></b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Petroleum"> Petroleum</a> is just exhausted of dealing with us pesky, infernal Americans? We ask so many questions - all we do is nag, nag, nag. And we are too dang sentimental about our beaches and the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TECG7jlEIDI/AAAAAAAAACo/NyCymct_ouw/s1600/tony_hayward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TECG7jlEIDI/AAAAAAAAACo/NyCymct_ouw/s320/tony_hayward.jpg" /></a>As <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hayward">Tony Hayward</a>, Chief Executive of BP said before jetting of to a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/19/eveningnews/main6598907.shtml">yacht party</a> in England, "I would like to get my life <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/bp-ceo-like-life-back-video.php">back</a>." I guess we, Americans are just too much bother and BP is officially done dealing with us.<br />
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BP has become the company of "I don't know". <br />
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When Hayward was called before congress, he barely would admit he ran the company or that he knew anything about BP. One could almost hear him ask, "What is this BP you speak of?".<br />
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-- That left Democrat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell">John Dingel</a>l of Michigan, the senior member on the committee, to ask Hayward a series of very specific questions on how much time and money the company saved on<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon"> Deepwater Horizon</a> as it carried out what many critics have termed corner-cutting.-- <a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/06/17/bps-tony-hayward-doesnt-know-much-at-all/">TIME</a><br />
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To which Hayward responded with nothing:<br />
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<blockquote>I can't possibly know why the decisions were made [on the rig].<br />
I don't know.</blockquote><blockquote>I can't answer the question in that form. I can't recall the number.<br />
I can't answer because I wasn't there.<br />
I'm afraid I can't recall.<br />
I can't recall that either.<br />
That was a decision I was not party to.<br />
I don't know.<br />
I'm afraid I don't know that either.</blockquote><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Waxman">Henry Waxman</a>, the chairman of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce"> Energy Committee</a> become so infuriated with Hayward's nonresponse-response, Waxman exclaimed, ""I'm just amazed at this testimony . . . you're kicking the can down the road like you have nothing to do with this company." -<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/waxman-tony-hayward-acting-like-he-has-nothing-do-with-bp60536"> Truth Out</a></div><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TECHFsrDluI/AAAAAAAAACw/_g901dHDFXI/s1600/schultz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZgJFSN44f4E/TECHFsrDluI/AAAAAAAAACw/_g901dHDFXI/s200/schultz.jpg" width="200" /></a>It has been 85 days since the oil gusher began and about 184 gallons of crude (<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill">Yahoo News</a>) have flowed into the ocean like some giant, greasy sea monster. Still BP knows nothing - The company is like Sgt Schultz in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogan%27s_Heroes">Hogan's Heroes</a> - "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ag4nkSh7Q">I see nothing .</a>."<br />
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To this day, it seems like BP still has no idea how things get done. Somehow, almost magically, ships arrived at the oil spill site and started doing stuff. How that happened BP is still fuzzy about the details.<br />
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BP is even unsure as to who designed the<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5588296/bill-nye-explains-what-could-still-go-wrong-with-bps-new-containment-cap"> new containment cap</a> or how it was installed over the damaged well. When asked by the<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/"> Cristian Science Monitor</a> if the rumors were true that a mysterious plumber designed the cap -<br />
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BP spokesman <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bp-our-twitter-account-was-hacked-2010-5">Mark Salt</a> says, "There's no way of finding out at the moment" whether Bea's forwarded suggestion from the self-described "lowly plumber" made it into the design. "There's also a good chance that this was already being designed by the time this [tip] came in."<br />
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On the other hand, Mr. Salt adds, "I'm sure we've used bits and pieces of suggestions [from the outside] and have picked things out that could be used going forward. -<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0715/BP-oil-spill-Mystery-plumber-may-be-brains-behind-containment-cap"> CS Monitor</a><br />
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How can BP not know the origins of how the new cap was designed? If I acted this way with my wife, I would soon be a single man.<br />
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Further Reading:<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill">Yahoo News - Now Begins the Wait</a><br />
<a href="http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/06/17/bps-tony-hayward-doesnt-know-much-at-all/">TIME - Hayward Doesn't Know</a><br />
<a href="http://www.truth-out.org/waxman-tony-hayward-acting-like-he-has-nothing-do-with-bp60536">Truth Out - Waxman comment</a><br />
<a href="http://www.democraticunderground.org/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8755585">Democratic Underground - Joe the Plumber fixes BP</a><br />
<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0715/BP-oil-spill-Mystery-plumber-may-be-brains-behind-containment-cap">Christian Science Monitor- Mystery Plumber</a>Mr. Fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100962632011582451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-89036948202666228932010-07-15T14:39:00.000-07:002010-07-15T14:41:55.663-07:00What's up my ninjasThere's a difference between Ninja and Ninjer. Find out what it is.<br />
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I wonder what it is for 1/4 Jew?Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-54357510334120406692010-07-14T15:23:00.000-07:002010-07-14T15:23:48.073-07:00Mr. Karma<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/07/14/cheney-gets-a-heart-pump/">Wall Street Journa</a>l is reporting today that former Vice President,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney"> Dick Cheney </a>underwent major heart surgery where a <a href="http://www.medicinenet.com/left_ventricular_assist_device_lvad/article.htm">small pump</a> was placed next to his shrunken, evil heart. The operation was conducted at <a href="http://www.inova.org/healthcare-services/heart-and-vascular/index.jsp">Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute </a>just outside of Washington, D.C.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">“A few weeks ago, it became clear that I was entering a new phase of the disease when I began to experience increasing <a href="http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4585">congestive heart failure</a>. After a series of recent tests and discussions with my doctors, I decided to take advantage of one of the new technologies available,” - Cheney said.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The implant is usually used to help a failing heart until a heart transplant is needed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">*** My Thoughts ***</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">As the WSJ reported this device is usually used to keep a person alive until they can get a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplantation"> transplant</a>. I'm not sure this is the case with Cheney. He may be getting the device to prolong his miserable life. But if he is looking for a transplant here are my thoughts:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Cheney is 69 years old and no matter how much I despise him - no one over the age of 65 should be getting a <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/heart-transplant/adultcriteria.html">precious heart transplant</a>. I know everyone wants to live as long as possible. I understand the feeling. But the amount of time, resources and unavailability of organs prohibit someone as old and frail as Cheney from getting one.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This is more suitable for a younger and healthier candidate. Cheney has lived a fulfilled life - granted it was full of evil deeds. There are many people who have not had the chance.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Even if he did get a transplant how long would he be expected to live - ten more years at most is my guess.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">If you want to know why our healthcare is so expensive, it's because we foolishly spend very expensive treatment on people who it won't improve their condition for a long period of time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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She might be one of Beck's many wives.Mr. Fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100962632011582451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-13746977193024338242010-07-13T08:32:00.001-07:002010-07-13T16:28:11.592-07:00Whoopi Goldberg: Mel Gibson Is Not Racist, He's My Friend<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/182834/thumbs/s-WHOOPI-GOLDBERG-MEL-GIBSON-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/182834/thumbs/s-WHOOPI-GOLDBERG-MEL-GIBSON-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
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<i>I think it is time to read from the tome of Terrell Owens:</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"Like my boy tells me; if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.”</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">“When I'm around him, he tries to downplay it, like everything is cool, ... But I'm not sure it is.”</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">“I don't think so and I'm just being honest.”</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"I never had any run in with the law."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"Everybody is not going to be squeaky clean."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"I feel like I know it is from my heart and God knows it is for a good cause, it is not necessary to be made public."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"on-the-field heroics will far outweigh any off-field criticism.<wbr></wbr>"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">"then he needs to get his sense of humor checked."</span><br />
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And those are the wise words for Mel Gibson from our friend and sage TO.<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/13/whoopi-goldberg-mel-gibso_n_644161.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-72876519554156474692010-07-10T14:06:00.000-07:002010-07-10T14:06:13.689-07:00100 of the Greatest Movie Insults of All TimeBe insulted and enjoy ..<br />
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<div class="watch-extra-info"> <div id="watch-as-seen-on"> <span>As Seen On:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fgawker.com%2F5576834%2Fthe-100-greatest-movie-burns-of-all-time&event=as_seen_on_redirect&usg=P9lPC5eotNGo3qh9czW-vZd32E4=" rel="nofollow">gawker.com</a> </div></div>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-32234185519027867702010-07-09T08:58:00.000-07:002010-07-09T08:58:39.750-07:00Parking Wars<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TDdGCtp_PhI/AAAAAAAAA_8/w7rRAwc_PpQ/s1600/gymhandi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kPG1VYgIfww/TDdGCtp_PhI/AAAAAAAAA_8/w7rRAwc_PpQ/s400/gymhandi.jpg" width="400" /></a>As I mentioned before I have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis">MS</a>. There are a lot of really bad things about MS but one of the benefits is that I have a <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALBERTA_HANDICAP_placards_with_stickers_%282049030411%29.jpg">handicap placard</a>. So, when it's hot and my muscles are all locking up I get to park close to the nice cool entrance.<br />
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Yea for me! However, there is one place I frequent almost every day and almost every day a non-handicap person parks in the<a href="http://ssiparkingviolators.com/"> handicap zone</a>- usually in the last available space. This forces me to use the parking lot across the street - walking in the 110 degree heat.<br />
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Boo for me - right. Okay, I don't mean to rant but this person is a gymnast instructor and her brood of kids are gymnasts. Literally, they come out bouncing, flipping and cartwheeling to their gas guzzling SUV, jump in the car and speed off. They do this almost EVERY DAY!<br />
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So, now I've started to take pictures of the offending car. I've provided an examples. See the infidels!! What's worse is her license plate clearly says "*gymnst" and there is her gymnastic school sticker on the window.<br />
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When I bring this up to my friends they tell me to report her or call the police. The sad fact is that I am too lazy to do that. Plus, there would be a confrontation and even though I'm in the right - it's just not worth the effort. Why bother? And my other disabled brothers and sisters that park there have remained as silent as me.<br />
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So, I sit here drinking a diet Dr. Pepper in a dark room, typing on a computer and simmering in self-hate.Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-15761364433584972902010-07-08T09:31:00.001-07:002010-07-08T09:33:18.221-07:00Psychic Octopus Received Death Threats<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/181552/thumbs/s-PSYCHIC-OCTOPUS-WORLD-CUP-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/181552/thumbs/s-PSYCHIC-OCTOPUS-WORLD-CUP-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
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You know .. you don't have to eat the octopus all at once .. It could take up to 8 days to eat the creature. ... I'm just kidding .. let the cephalopod live - better yet set it free.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/psychic-octopus-received_n_639160.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-53958684194500526992010-07-07T15:22:00.001-07:002010-07-08T09:35:05.105-07:00Bobby Jindal Signs 'Guns-In-Church' Bill Into Law<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/181306/thumbs/s-JESUS-HAS-A-GUN-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/181306/thumbs/s-JESUS-HAS-A-GUN-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
Things I would rather have in church other than guns: a bucket of frogs, mice, rats, clowns, monkeys, clown monkeys, a dozen camels, a pirate with scurvy, Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh kissing in the front pew, Ann Coulter adam's apple, zombies, cheerleaders with rabies, watching Battlefield Earth, Bobby Jindal in a 7-11 uniform, Lindsey Lohan, Satin, satin, Satin in satin and Kenny G.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/bobby-jindal-signs-guns-i_n_638047.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-85288664174388542322010-07-06T16:04:00.001-07:002010-07-06T16:10:18.135-07:00America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You With Name Change<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180711/thumbs/s-ASPARTAME-HEALTH-RISKS-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180711/thumbs/s-ASPARTAME-HEALTH-RISKS-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
Another HP medical hysteria. How exactly does Aspartame mimic MS? Does it create lesions in the brain and spine. Does it cause you to lose your eyesight or hearing? Do you get a drooping foot?<br />
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I don't think so. Aspartame may not be the best thing to ingest every day. And of course fruits and other sugars are much better for you, but Aspartame will not ruin your life.<br />
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Aspartame Toxicity is an Urban Legend<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/americas-deadliest-sweete_b_630549.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-38967838817725310082010-07-06T08:37:00.001-07:002010-07-06T08:48:03.536-07:00Glenn Beck University? Fox News Host Starts Own College<a href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180717/thumbs/s-GLENN-BECK-UNIVERSITY-large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180717/thumbs/s-GLENN-BECK-UNIVERSITY-large.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br />
First I do have sympathy for Beck .. His mother has severe depression that caused her to commit murder/suicide and his step-father committed suicide. He got divorced from his first wife because both had severe drug addiction and from his second wife because of his drug addiction and he couldn't handle his son's severe disability. He obviously is bipolar and has admitted he has ADHD. He is a drug addict and an alcoholic. He likes to smoke pot from time to time.<br />
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However, I fail to understand why anyone would take him seriously. He's a funny - sometimes scary little clown.<br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/06/glenn-beck-university-fox_n_635980.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-86053100364718352662010-07-05T19:17:00.000-07:002010-07-05T19:17:00.670-07:00The Game of WifeThere's something very wrong with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_carrying">Finland's Wife Carrying Race</a> ..<br />
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If you're a Mormon do you have to carry all of your wives?Mr. Fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100962632011582451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-85169943092402353182010-07-04T14:56:00.001-07:002010-07-04T14:56:07.491-07:00Kobayashi ARRESTED: Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Contest, Former Champ Dragged Off By Cops (VIDEO)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180565/thumbs/s-KOBAYASHI-ARRESTED-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180565/thumbs/s-KOBAYASHI-ARRESTED-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>Really - over hot dogs .. on the 4th of July ..come on .. what has this country degenerated into?<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/04/joey-chestnut-wins-hot-dog-contest_n_635124.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-24489985742024883582010-07-04T03:12:00.000-07:002010-07-04T03:14:18.721-07:00Does Martha know BloggingDoes<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Stewart"> Martha Stewart</a> really know what's she talking about? You decide ..<br />
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I'm between the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer"> Baby Boomer</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X">Generation X</a>. Which means, I did not get my first computer until I was about eighteen years old. Oh sure I had an<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600"> Atari 2600</a> and an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision">Intellivision</a>, but the first computer was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_Plus">Apple II+</a>. There was no consumer Internet back then. But there were<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system"> bulletin boards </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix">Unix</a>. So, I was familiar with e-mail and blogging before it really got big.<br />
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However, my poor parents - who barely know how to operate the DVD player are throughly confused by any new technology. It's hard enough for me to keep up - it took me six months to kind of figure out Twitter. My father still has a very hard time attaching anything to a message. It's sad .. very sad.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.6rounds.com/parents-internet-top-annoying/">Your Parents and the Internet</a>Mr. Fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05100962632011582451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924554811427424111.post-48945617709110019502010-07-02T14:59:00.001-07:002010-07-02T14:59:34.309-07:0021 Killed In Massive Mexican Gang Shootout Near US Border<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180272/thumbs/s-MEXICO-large.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/180272/thumbs/s-MEXICO-large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br/>Good thing this has nothing to do with us Americans .. I'm so happy our hands are completely clean of this massacre.<br/><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/02/21-killed-in-massive-mexi_n_633533.html">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost</a>Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10290316694190461558noreply@blogger.com0