Okay the Republicans want to repeal the health care reform. I say that doesn’t go far enough. We coddle to many people. Let’s repeal medicaid, medicare, health care for veterans, health care for active duty military, health care for government workers, for members of the congress. Let’s allow businesses to eliminate health care plans they […]
A sense of humor is like a fingerprint. There are no two exactly the same. It’s got little swoops and swerves and patterns that may resemble the sense of fingerprints of other people. Similarities can be noticed, but what is “funny” varies as much as people do. For example, today I was sitting in class, […]
Many of us that are parents have spent many hours of thought on whether or not the vaccinations required for our children were more harmful than helpful. Recently a friend posted a blog about vaccinations and the dangers they can lead to. I as a single parent was concerned about the studies that showed that […]
In these trying economic times our politicians tell us we need to chop budgets to get the deficit under control. They do this by chopping away at “Entitlement Programs”. You know those programs that affect the lives of the powerless, children, elderly, disabled, and anyone that falls below the poverty level. These programs are under […]
There are many misconceptions about what happened and why people did not leave. There were many elderly and disabled people in New Orleans that lived on a fixed income and Hurricane Katrina came at the end of the month. They had neither the means nor the money to leave. Another misconception was that people shot […]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what the world would have been like if we had the Internet in the 60’s. We only had books, newspapers, magazines and network TV. I envy the youth of today. You have so many more tools to change your world. Today with all the information available at our […]
Hello everyone. I know I don’t write much,and I am sorry,but I do greatly enjoy reading what all of you write. Anyway,as i sit here with my son and watch a seven minute segment at the end of the CBS news (please,no criticism of my channel choice,I only have the one) that is titled 2010 Triumphs […]
ON THIS DAY AFTER On the day after Christmas all quiet in the house, the presents unwrapped, not a sound to be heard as memories of the day dance about in my head while I put them away with joy and with care the memories, one by one, into that very special place reserved for […]
MOTIVATION Freedom December Master of our fate Captains of our souls We still are But what do we do Not very much The mind wonders And the body labor Yet we do Adventure November Is world wide Yet do we make it that far No only in our minds Leaving progress to our ermines Worthwhile […]
