The whole idea of insurance is to insure against catastrophes: You buy insurance in case your house burns down -- not so you can force other people in your plan to pay for your maid. You buy car insurance in case you're in a major accident, not so everyone in the plan shares the cost of gas.
Just as people use vastly different amounts of gasoline, they also use vastly different amounts of medical care -- especially when an appointment with a highly trained physician costs less than a manicure.
Insurance plans that force everyone in the plan to pay for everyone else's Viagra and anti-anxiety pills are already completely unfair to people who rarely go to the doctor. It's like being forced to share gas bills with a long-haul trucker or a restaurant bill with Michael Moore. On the other hand, it's a great deal for any lonely hypochondriacs in the plan.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Question
Hey, aren't the guys that get the $200 haircuts the same ones pissed at a $20 co-pay to visit the doctor?
"Wolf!"
Apparently, someone told the Boy Who Cried Wolf, aka B. Hussein Obama that he's done it one too many times. He told Congress in January that if they didn't pass his stimulus package the US would "never recover" from the economic condition. He actually said "never recover." Well, we saw how that worked. Where are those shovel-ready tasks and jobs? Where are all the orange barrels from the fed's programs putting people back to work?
So, now he wants health care "reform" within 3 weeks... from Congress?!? You gotta be shitting me! The only thing they've done that fast is deny they're to blame, or blame someone else. Maybe they're a bit smarter than he is and realize that while BO banters about "50 million" without 'health insurance' there are 250,000,000 that are ok with theirs.
So, now he wants health care "reform" within 3 weeks... from Congress?!? You gotta be shitting me! The only thing they've done that fast is deny they're to blame, or blame someone else. Maybe they're a bit smarter than he is and realize that while BO banters about "50 million" without 'health insurance' there are 250,000,000 that are ok with theirs.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Obama: This Healthcare Reform is "not about me"....
Obama came out with a statement that his health care package is "not about him" but about blah, blah, blah. It's been my experience that when someone says it's not about such and such, it's about such and such.
It's not about him? Elected with zero experience, this guy didn't and still doesn't have a clue. And because he's eloquent behind teleprompters the People are bamboozled. He's a nice guy and I'd love to hang out with him, go bowling, get a pizza, shoot the shit, etc. However, it's as plain as day he has no idea about economics, capitalism, business ownership, leadership, governing, or any of the ideals that made America great. That's because he has never participated in it, he has just learned about it in school and from reading.
And it's for sure he's read stuff not in the mainstream. From Ayers to Wright he's read about corruption, greed, inequality, and misinterpretations of the US way of life. He learned about rebellion and sociological intervention. He learned about the US system and what it could do for him, and he has used it in magnificent fashion. From the Chicago Tribune:
****By Mike Dorning
June 16, 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two days before Father’s Day, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ......
The Illinois senator, who as a child had little contact with his African father except occasional letters, drew on his own life story as he spoke, describing the difficulties of growing up without a father. He noted that, without support from his father, he and his mother at times turned to food stamps to make ends meet… ****
In fact, he has in a massive way attempted to expand the welfare state of the US, and make as many as possible dependent on the government for their very existence. A word to the lemmings:
Folks, the government doesn't create revenue, jobs, or goods. It's the people that have money and use sweat equity to build businesses that produce. They are the ones that provide jobs, financial growth, goods and services. They are the ones that provide the tax revenues to the government now. If this draining of our resources continues, if we continue to see the government trying to be all things to all people, then very soon the United States will cease to exist as a powerful nation willing and able to provide support wherever and whenever necessary to the world. We cannot rely on the 'wealthy' to fund the government and expect them to continue to produce if the incentive to work is removed! In the extreme: why do businesses pay tax anyway? All they do is add it to the cost of their product or service, so in the end the consumer pays it.
We cannot continue to expand our welfare state. It's absolutely true that we have run out of money. Obama is literally printing money to fund these schemes which have no basis in fundamental laws of economics or business. Folks, I have to agree: it IS all about him. And we need to get him out of there.
It's not about him? Elected with zero experience, this guy didn't and still doesn't have a clue. And because he's eloquent behind teleprompters the People are bamboozled. He's a nice guy and I'd love to hang out with him, go bowling, get a pizza, shoot the shit, etc. However, it's as plain as day he has no idea about economics, capitalism, business ownership, leadership, governing, or any of the ideals that made America great. That's because he has never participated in it, he has just learned about it in school and from reading.
And it's for sure he's read stuff not in the mainstream. From Ayers to Wright he's read about corruption, greed, inequality, and misinterpretations of the US way of life. He learned about rebellion and sociological intervention. He learned about the US system and what it could do for him, and he has used it in magnificent fashion. From the Chicago Tribune:
****By Mike Dorning
June 16, 2007
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two days before Father’s Day, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ......
The Illinois senator, who as a child had little contact with his African father except occasional letters, drew on his own life story as he spoke, describing the difficulties of growing up without a father. He noted that, without support from his father, he and his mother at times turned to food stamps to make ends meet… ****
In fact, he has in a massive way attempted to expand the welfare state of the US, and make as many as possible dependent on the government for their very existence. A word to the lemmings:
Folks, the government doesn't create revenue, jobs, or goods. It's the people that have money and use sweat equity to build businesses that produce. They are the ones that provide jobs, financial growth, goods and services. They are the ones that provide the tax revenues to the government now. If this draining of our resources continues, if we continue to see the government trying to be all things to all people, then very soon the United States will cease to exist as a powerful nation willing and able to provide support wherever and whenever necessary to the world. We cannot rely on the 'wealthy' to fund the government and expect them to continue to produce if the incentive to work is removed! In the extreme: why do businesses pay tax anyway? All they do is add it to the cost of their product or service, so in the end the consumer pays it.
We cannot continue to expand our welfare state. It's absolutely true that we have run out of money. Obama is literally printing money to fund these schemes which have no basis in fundamental laws of economics or business. Folks, I have to agree: it IS all about him. And we need to get him out of there.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
July 19, 2009
Well, my friend Paul sent me this email. It's the 20th time I've received it but I don't get tired of it. I get pissed when I read it, but I don't get tired of it.
Some folks get pissed because they think some of the restrictions he puts on prisoners are cruel and unusual punishment. They say he 'racially profiles' and incarcerates 'too many Latinos.' We need a survey to see how many white Anglo-Saxon residents are here illegally. We need another survey to find out how many African-Americans there are here illegally. How about Poles? Swedes? Danish? Latvians? Aussies?
Me? I get pissed because this guy knows how to keep a punitive environment and at the same time offers real incentive no matter how tasks are approached. The prisoners haven't been given a "time out," they've been convicted of breaking the law. They should be punished.
I think every thing this guy does regarding illegals and his prisoners is spot on and the way our entire jail and prison systems should be run. It is an outstanding example of ingenuity and commitment to one's community, too. This guy doesn't blog about it, he acts on it.
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
Maricopa County was spending approx.. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.
The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dog s off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.
The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.
He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the holidays and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the prison.
Yup, he was re-elected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona ) who created the 'Tent City Jail':
**He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
**He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. **Took away their weights.
**Cut off all but 'G' movies.
**He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.
**Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.
**He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails, so he hooked up the cable TV again.....BUT only let in the Disney channel and the Weather channel.
**When asked why the weather channel, he replied, "So they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs."
**He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.
**When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't The Ritz/Carlton...... If you don't like it, don't come back."
With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued
pink boxer shorts.
On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.
Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their PINK SOCKS.
"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the TENTS for 1 year. "It's inhumane."
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates, "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths!"
Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers' money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.
Well, my friend Paul sent me this email. It's the 20th time I've received it but I don't get tired of it. I get pissed when I read it, but I don't get tired of it.
Some folks get pissed because they think some of the restrictions he puts on prisoners are cruel and unusual punishment. They say he 'racially profiles' and incarcerates 'too many Latinos.' We need a survey to see how many white Anglo-Saxon residents are here illegally. We need another survey to find out how many African-Americans there are here illegally. How about Poles? Swedes? Danish? Latvians? Aussies?
Me? I get pissed because this guy knows how to keep a punitive environment and at the same time offers real incentive no matter how tasks are approached. The prisoners haven't been given a "time out," they've been convicted of breaking the law. They should be punished.
I think every thing this guy does regarding illegals and his prisoners is spot on and the way our entire jail and prison systems should be run. It is an outstanding example of ingenuity and commitment to one's community, too. This guy doesn't blog about it, he acts on it.
You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona , who painted the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb. Well.........
Maricopa County was spending approx.. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.
The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behavior. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dog s off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows.
The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million. Teresa and I adopted a Weimaraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered and current on all shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.
The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.
I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand.
He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the holidays and plant it later. We have six trees in our yard from the prison.
Yup, he was re-elected last year with 83% of the vote.
Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on it, where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought 4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona ) who created the 'Tent City Jail':
**He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
**He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. **Took away their weights.
**Cut off all but 'G' movies.
**He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.
**Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.
**He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails, so he hooked up the cable TV again.....BUT only let in the Disney channel and the Weather channel.
**When asked why the weather channel, he replied, "So they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs."
**He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.
**When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't The Ritz/Carlton...... If you don't like it, don't come back."
With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued
pink boxer shorts.
On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before.
Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their PINK SOCKS.
"It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the TENTS for 1 year. "It's inhumane."
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates, "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths!"
Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers' money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Welcome to my venue. Welcome to where I can freely (I hope) express my comments to stories on the internet about people, places, things and events. I read about anything that comes along but especially political stuff, our society, where we've been and where I think we're headed. I look forward to your opinions and comments as long as they aren't hurtful or disrespectful. (Please note that since it's my blog I decide what isn't hurtful or disrespectful.) Also, it won't take you long to figure out I'm mostly conservative in stuff and you may consider me fanatical. One thing you'll note is I will not hold your opinions against you personally and I would appreciate the same in return.
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