Why Government Cannot Be Trusted To Get Health Care Right

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Fascinating.

Some food for thought.  They think they did a good thing, but if history is any example of prior success (or failure), then America has this to look forward to.

To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,

It is now official you are ALL inept:

The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.

Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.

War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor” and they only want more.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.

The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

You have FAILED in every “government service” you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars

AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??

See:

• http://www.gifs.net/gif/index.php3?n=subcat_images.php3&id=40&start=0&end=20&cat_name=Email

Cobblers Still Plying Shoe Trade

What do you do when your favorite pair of shoes becomes worn down?  Consider fixing that trusty and comfy pair.  The shoe cobbler has been plying the trade throughout history.  Awaiting your pair of shoes to keep the trade going.

Cobbled Together

July 31, 2009

Dereliction Of Duty Suits Feds On Immigration

Annals of executive overreach.  WP.  Charles Krauthammer shines through again, with his salient assessment.

One simple way of viewing the immigration issue, and the role of the federal government.

But border enforcement is not something to be manipulated in return for legislative favors. It is, as the administration vociferously argued in court in the Arizona case, the federal executive’s constitutional responsibility. Its job is to faithfully execute the laws. Non-execution is a dereliction of duty.

What is so hard about understanding that responsibility?

See:

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/05/AR2010080505140.html

Catnip And Tigers

Catnip.  A kitty’s recreational experience.  But do tigers get high on it?

Q: Do TIGERS like catnip??

August 2, 2010

Down Goes The Ice Sculpture

Oh the frustration, when your hard work is inadvertently sabotaged.

 Did this reporter just lose a friend?

Reporter Destroys Ice Sculpture

August 2, 2010

Stop Motion Captures Western Spaghetti

Stop motion animation.  Where the inanimate comes to life.

Western Spaghetti

July 5, 2008

Feast On The Taxpayer Allows Soaring Government Debt

A Bleak Picture of Government Debt.  Thomas Sowell.  RCP.  The Democrats out-of-control spending is causing the national debt to sky rocket.  And here are the Democrats setting the stage to feast on the taxpayers. 

Face and body of a mosquito magnified 50x with the ProScope HR hand-held camera microscope.

Mosquito Mouth and Eyes 50x

July 10, 2009 

Sowell points out the depravity of the situation.  Something the average person can understand.

The CBO report points out that the national debt, which was 36 percent of the Gross Domestic Product three years ago, is now projected to be 62 percent of GDP at the end of fiscal year 2010– and rising in future years.

Tracing the history of the national debt back to the beginning of the country, the CBO finds that the national debt did not exceed 50 percent of GDP, even when the country was fighting the Civil War, the First World War or any other war except World War II. Moreover, a graph in the CBO report shows the national debt going down sharply after World War II, as the nation began paying off its wartime when the war was over.

By contrast, our current national debt is still going up and may end up in “unfamiliar territory,” according to the CBO, reaching “unsustainable levels.”

As the Congressional Budget Office puts it, if the national debt continues to grow out of control, a “growing portion of people’s savings would go to purchase government debt rather than toward investments in productive capital goods such as factories and computers; that ‘crowding out’ of investment would lead to lower output and incomes than would otherwise occur.”

But the “leaders” in D.C. already comprehend this, right?

See:

• http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/08/03/democrats_bite_democrats_part_ii_106585.html

Scaling The Ascent With Ease

A little free climbing by a deft human.  He might even be able to fill Spiderman’s shoes.  Reuters. 

A man who taught himself rock climbing and acrobatics to escape poverty in India [h]as become so accomplished he’s been given the title “The Monkey King.”

India Monkey King scales new heights

July 30, 2009

Now speaketh like a true climber.  Rock and Paddle.

Free Climbing. Climbing using only hands and feet to move upwards. Unlike Aid Climbing, free climbing uses the rope and gear only as protection against a fall, not as a ladder for upward movement. This method also stresses the use of gear that is temporarily placed in the rock for protection by the leader, and then removed by the second climber.

Crux. The hardest move, or series of moves, on a climb. The rating of a climb is generally that of the most difficult move.

Deadpoint. A dynamic move which involves precision movement in order to catch the hold at the peak of the move before momentum waivers and gravity starts taking over.

See:

• http://www.rockandpaddle.com/Dictionary.htm

Honing Thumbs Up Performance Skills In The Classroom

Not content in the enriching experience of school any longer, restless students take on new challenges that may help them in their future endeavors.

For example, this trick might come in handy for a future attorney while making final closing arguments on behalf a client.  Complete with thumbs up maneuver.  A jury and judge would be impressed.

Awesome Chair Flip Trick

March 11, 2008

When Always Open Means Closed

Just the sign someone who has been working for many hours straight without a break or meal, wants to see at their favorite restaurant at lunch time.

“Always Open.  Closed.”
Image courtesy of http://www.pyzam.com/funnypictures/details/6324?cat=signs&sort=newest.