more info on SINGLE PAYER health care,
Canadians interviewed on the street about their superior health care system...
http://therealnews.com/t/index...emid=74&jumival=3764
I wasn't sure where to put this but I really wanted to share.
My friend Angel (some of you know him) told me this story last night.
He said that he was in Jackson Heights yesterday and saw these two guys meeting on the street.
This was their conversation:
"Yo nigga wass up"?
"Yo man, you can't be sayin' that word no more".
"Why not? What word do I say now"?
"Mister president".
He said he almost died laughing.
"Mister president"!!!
Brilliant.
My friend Angel (some of you know him) told me this story last night.
He said that he was in Jackson Heights yesterday and saw these two guys meeting on the street.
This was their conversation:
"Yo nigga wass up"?
"Yo man, you can't be sayin' that word no more".
"Why not? What word do I say now"?
"Mister president".
He said he almost died laughing.
"Mister president"!!!
Brilliant.
THAT is amazing Dad!
Isn't it kind of gorgeous.
hey kids. here's a blog post I wrote about the health care debate. check it out!
http://gorhonio.blogspot.com/2...alth-care-blues.html
http://gorhonio.blogspot.com/2...alth-care-blues.html
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." Winston S. Churchill
"Ferris I do have a test today. that wasn't bull. It's on European socialism. I mean, really, what's the point, I'm not European. I don't plan on being European. So who gives a crap if they're socialists They could be fascist anarchists. It still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car."
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a short break from the healthcare debate to remember just how nuts creationists are....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqQttJinjo
seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqQttJinjo
seriously.
Well, if you DON'T believe in causality, what do you believe in?
causality can be debated by philosophers and there is nothing to say something has to be caused or not but the science is undeniable. The Earth is 5 billion years old not 5,000. If you dispute that I really don't know what to say.
Back to Healthcare.
Not sure if anyone will be able to summarize where we are better than Alan Grayson did.
Shocking that on average 112 people die everyday in the US because their healthcare wasn't covered...
So, who's pockets are being lined well enough that they don't mind the blood on their hands?
Not sure if anyone will be able to summarize where we are better than Alan Grayson did.
Shocking that on average 112 people die everyday in the US because their healthcare wasn't covered...
So, who's pockets are being lined well enough that they don't mind the blood on their hands?
it's so true. The spineless Democrats in the Senate should listen to Grayson more. At least it looks like Pelosi will get a good bill out of the House.
the House is voting on the Health Care reform bill today. This is truly historic. While not perfect, if the House version makes it into law it could save millions of lives over time, relieve the crushing anxiety so many people feel about being able to get medical care and allow our nation to join the rest of the advanced nations that guarantee health care to their citizens.
And now on to the Senate!
Here's my healthcare story:
Last time I was in the emergency room at a major hospital in the city, they wanted me to give them a 'stool sample'. So I did. They never came to a diagnosis about what was attacking my digestive system even though they kept me in the hospital for 8 hours doing every test including an MRI which they billed at $3,500 ! When I left they told me to call back the next day to find out the results of their test on my stool sample.
When I called I was put on hold for about ten minutes. And then the doctor told me,
"I'm sorry but we lost your shit."
Last time I was in the emergency room at a major hospital in the city, they wanted me to give them a 'stool sample'. So I did. They never came to a diagnosis about what was attacking my digestive system even though they kept me in the hospital for 8 hours doing every test including an MRI which they billed at $3,500 ! When I left they told me to call back the next day to find out the results of their test on my stool sample.
When I called I was put on hold for about ten minutes. And then the doctor told me,
"I'm sorry but we lost your shit."
LOL. Did you then lose your shit on them?
Doesn't look like there is a snowball's chance in Hell that any bill in any form is going to pass the Senate.
Doesn't look like there is a snowball's chance in Hell that any bill in any form is going to pass the Senate.
You know Alec Baldwin supports WQXR? That is so great...
Merry Christmas And Happy Hanukkah everybody!!!
You too.
Happy holidays to our favorite (and thankfully only) Hockey Mom!
Happy holidays to our favorite (and thankfully only) Hockey Mom!
Just to make it official, I am neither a Republican or a Democrat. I am a member of the somewhat moribund but still respectful New York Conservative Party.
My point here being, there are political parties and there are philosophies. The two are not analogous by any means. The Republican Party failed when they tried to win votes by becoming more like (here you put Democrats, or, Progressive Liberals), in a failed attempt to win more votes, (market share).
The reason the people voted for Republicans was because they REPRESENTED those people with CONSERVATIVE philosophies.
Well, George Bush mucked that one up big time.
So the Republicans got their walking papers.
That's all for now folks. I hope you had a LOVELY CHRISTMAS and I wish you all a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!
xoxo
DD
P.S. Next installment is: What is the difference between Classical and Progressive Liberalism? You can start sounding off now if you like, I'm done for the evening...
My point here being, there are political parties and there are philosophies. The two are not analogous by any means. The Republican Party failed when they tried to win votes by becoming more like (here you put Democrats, or, Progressive Liberals), in a failed attempt to win more votes, (market share).
The reason the people voted for Republicans was because they REPRESENTED those people with CONSERVATIVE philosophies.
Well, George Bush mucked that one up big time.
So the Republicans got their walking papers.
That's all for now folks. I hope you had a LOVELY CHRISTMAS and I wish you all a HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!
xoxo
DD
P.S. Next installment is: What is the difference between Classical and Progressive Liberalism? You can start sounding off now if you like, I'm done for the evening...
Just checking in...
I could really go places with current events, but, I'm still holding off just a little bit.
Moved to the south. Bought handgunz. Learned to Fly (thanks DArla!) , Don;t pay NY State taxes.
Free?
Pretty much..
And.. Ann Coulter is still hot.
Bill Buckley is still my hero.. ( yes I know, Flawless, yes, yes , yes...)
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Free?
Pretty much..
And.. Ann Coulter is still hot.
Bill Buckley is still my hero.. ( yes I know, Flawless, yes, yes , yes...)
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I love New York and I'm happy to pay my fair share in taxes. New York outlawed child labor years before the south. You cannot fire someone for being gay in NY, you can in the south. Sodomy was still a criminal offense in much of the south until the supreme court decision of 2003, NY legalized gay sex in the 1970's. In NY a childless adult is eligible for medicaid. In most of the south, you're shit out of luck. (thankfully the new health care law will change this, saving hundreds of thousands of lives over time) New York has abolished the death penalty and has a lower murder rate than Texas for example. NY allows women complete reproductive freedom while the south (most other states for that matter) put restrictions on that right. But that's federalism and it's good in the respect that it let's the people of each state choose the policies that reflect their values. NY is not perfect, we have an crazy gerrymandered legislature that both R's and D's can be blamed for but I'm happy to call this place home.
There is such a high degree of social tollerance in NYC anywhere else you go in this country seems like a kind of reform school.
The U.S. is now the only nation on the entire planet where a sizeable portion of the population still denies there is global warming.
The U.S. is also the only nation on the entire planet with a sizeable population that does not believe in Evolution. Those retarditaire populations thankfully are not residents of the neighborhood I live in. I wasn't born in NYC so I do easily find its exaggerations and distortions laughable but just being my 'normal' ol self most anywhere else would get me viewed as being a kind of satanic freak. Plus, where else am I gonna find fresh kola nuts a few days off the vine from Ile Ife? Or an Alufa who wants to teach me some sacred insights from the Dinlogun? Everyone should be fortunate enough to find a place to live that accommodates thier outlook on life. But what has happened to American Liberty in the past ten years has reduced tollerance and acceptance to a low not seen since before Civil Rights and McCarthy. Now there are so many Americans who want to push thier views on everyone else and are proud of their backwardness.
The U.S. is now the only nation on the entire planet where a sizeable portion of the population still denies there is global warming.
The U.S. is also the only nation on the entire planet with a sizeable population that does not believe in Evolution. Those retarditaire populations thankfully are not residents of the neighborhood I live in. I wasn't born in NYC so I do easily find its exaggerations and distortions laughable but just being my 'normal' ol self most anywhere else would get me viewed as being a kind of satanic freak. Plus, where else am I gonna find fresh kola nuts a few days off the vine from Ile Ife? Or an Alufa who wants to teach me some sacred insights from the Dinlogun? Everyone should be fortunate enough to find a place to live that accommodates thier outlook on life. But what has happened to American Liberty in the past ten years has reduced tollerance and acceptance to a low not seen since before Civil Rights and McCarthy. Now there are so many Americans who want to push thier views on everyone else and are proud of their backwardness.
Teddy, You got your Privates!!! Congratulations!!! I'm so proud of you!!!
Just remember Auntie Darla sez you are not a safe pilot until you get that instrument rating. Recently checked out in a DA20 at MMU. Hello lovely Di. Hope you are enjoying your new digs!
Just remember Auntie Darla sez you are not a safe pilot until you get that instrument rating. Recently checked out in a DA20 at MMU. Hello lovely Di. Hope you are enjoying your new digs!
Darla! Good to see you back. I missed you!
xxoo---hat
xxoo---hat
Why Hattie,
Thank you! That makes one of you? Whatever happened to that awful bar?
xoxo
DD
Thank you! That makes one of you? Whatever happened to that awful bar?
xoxo
DD
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae,
et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum,
qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine,
passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,
descendit ad ínferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Patris omnipotentis,
inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,
sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem,
remissionem peccatorum,
carnis resurrectionem,
vitam aeternam.
Amen.
et in Iesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum,
qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine,
passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus,
descendit ad ínferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis,
ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Patris omnipotentis,
inde venturus est iudicare vivos et mortuos.
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum,
sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam, sanctorum communionem,
remissionem peccatorum,
carnis resurrectionem,
vitam aeternam.
Amen.
The bar needed remissionem peccatorum, or in another language, it went kaput!
My personal fave was always "sanctorum communionem." I always imagined them waiting in a line to receive Holy Communion. Which of course it not what it means at all-- but to an 8 year old mind...
My personal fave was always "sanctorum communionem." I always imagined them waiting in a line to receive Holy Communion. Which of course it not what it means at all-- but to an 8 year old mind...
Justice is served.
Darla, "revenge is a dish best served cold". Like a cocktail.
Oh, like I'm having right now, after replacing all my water filters. It's a six month cycle and it's so GREEN but I really don't care. Long as as I don't have to shlep to the bodega for a Poland Spring, if you know what I mean...
Now, as an aside, do all you queens think you'll be happy doing your makeup by those awful florescent ghastly green bulbs? That's your bitch in office taking your lighting away....
Now, as an aside, do all you queens think you'll be happy doing your makeup by those awful florescent ghastly green bulbs? That's your bitch in office taking your lighting away....
as in incandescent.. try to keep up now!
TEA PARTY got 'er done!
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