Healthcare reform

Oh thank god we have nut jobs on both sides of this issue.

I read this and liked it. Enough chum in that water to attract all kinds of sharks, um nut jobs, uh people. I liked the very dry take on both sides of the question. You can plug in fat folks just like you can plug in pregnant women in this case.

I think this is the one factor that will save us from the 'govm't' this time around. The far left and the far right will have enough mud to sling until the congress-critters find something else to worry about. Hillary care suffered the same fate. They did it more on the down low last time but it blew up when it started to see the light of day. Just like now thank heaven.

Has anyone noticed the press around how expensive it is to care for fat people ( BTW I'm one of those fat people ) And the idea that we should charge over weight people more for heath insurance is not stated but what convenient timing. No stop, we will give *discounts* to skinny people, that's the way I am supposed to say that. The bottom line is YES YOU SHOULD ! Insurance is losers, healthy people, pay winners, sick people. Any actuary worth his salt will tell you to charge higher premiums to people with higher risk. Can you say "Car insurance for a 16 year old male ?" I knew you could.

The good news is there are more fat people then people with very strong opinions about abortion. I just hope they are paying attention.

If all of the obese people can't get this healthcare thing killed I know one group that might need to take a swing at it. The Department of Agriculture. When the big food industry realises what the tax structure for sugar and fat based products is going to be we will be able to put this issue to bed.

Just a parting thought. We need health care reform. We need a true market for the consumer to buy health care. Ever try to get a price for a lab test. Ever try to get a straight answer to "How much is an office visit ?" In the richest country in the world we should be able to care for all and find a way to pay for it. In many cases we already are. One way or the other.

The government is not the answer.

Persons in the country with out permission.

What ever label you decide to use, if you are in the United States of America without permission, you have committed an offense against the law of the land. That wasn't so hard was it.

As for as children who are natural born citizens of this country but their parents are not in the country with permission then the children will continue to be citizens, with all of the protections and benefits of citizenship, where ever their parents are. If that is out of this country so be it. I would process the parents as being in the country without permissions and they of course take their citizen child with them when they leave. If the do not want to take their citizen child with them then we have a process to care for and protect children without parents. Kind of like mom and dad are killed in an accident. We know how to deal with that tragic situation.

Is that a phone I hear ringing ?

There is a awful horror movie that features a ringing phone and when the hapless victim answers the phone they hears a scratchy evil voice say "You have seven days ..... "

Governor Sanford I think your phone is ringing, you need to answer it.

My prediction, and you heard it here first, Sanford in seven days .

Divorce to follow shortly there after.

DANM IT ! Always trust your gut and your inspiration

When I first heard "Government official missing, whereabouts unknown" I should have posted the following.

EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT
Governor having the best boink fest of his life.

I though it. I said it out loud in the car to no one in particular. I could have scooped the Washington Post.

I need to follow my instincts and post when I have these flashes. Then again I would have surprised no one.

Sticking it to “The Man”

What would it be called if after years of “Stickin’ to The Man” “The Man” bleed to death and you became “The Man”.

Case in point: Google sticks it Microsoft.

Google and Microsoft, in case you haven’t heard, are in a clash of galaxies kind of war. Two large very wealthy, very powerful, companies trying to beat each other out of existence for the purpose of grabbing the others pot of money to maximize shareholder value. Remember, it’s always about money, and, always follow the money.

Google just announced that their Google apps software could seamlessly trade contacts and calendar information with Microsoft Outlook. What better way for Google to stick it to Microsoft then to deny a large pile of revenue by eliminating the need for business to purchase Microsoft email server software. Google will provide that service for a lot less, I didn’t say free, and Microsoft gets a little less cash. Good news for Google is THEY get the cash and not “The Man”.

Ok back to my metaphor. Now Google is smart enough is know there is not a one, one-two, or one-two-three punch to knock out Microsoft. They seem to taking the “Death by a thousand pricks” path. This is the way to defeat a giant like Microsoft. After many thousands of pricks (customers) and Microsoft is weakened and now Google is “The Man” how will be refer to this event ?

Who will rise up ( the next generation of snot nose kids of course ) to take on “The Man” ? Who will protect us from the “Don’t be evil” Evil Empire that is Google.

Google is evil make no mistake. They just have a less offensive home page. Microsoft holds a gun to your head and says “Give me all your money for ever and ever and ever. Yes punk we own you. You will get what ever software we want you to have.” Google says to the masses “Hey Johnny want some candy? Yes of course it’s free. No it will be free for as long as you want”. Google then says to anyone with money, “Hey for 100 bucks I’ll you every time Johnny wipes his butt and in what bathroom he does it in, and what kind of candy he ate to make the poop”

OMG Brain explosion. Invent bathroom deodorizer in the form of candy that makes your poop smell like a “Country Breeze”, or other smell as I see fit. Ok asshole that’s my idea posted right here, right now. This post shall establish “Prior Art” so back off my gozillion dollar idea. I knew blogging was good for something.

Yes Google does know that about you and will sell that to me after signing a very air tight non disclosure agreement. From their company overview “Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Your poop smell is part of the “world’s information” and I find it useful to be able to access it for my own gain.

In the far future Microsoft will be gone, Google will be gone, replaced by someone again “Stickin’ it to The Man” just to become “The Man” all over again.

Ok so who am I for the in the Google vs Microsoft war ? Who ever will pay me the most to install the Internet Enabled poop smell detector in my bathroom? I am a capitalist after all.

RG

John and Kate plus drama drama drama

Please let John and Kate announce they are getting out of show bid'nes and REALLY focusing on the kids. Please Kate seek counseling for you John and kids. John really seems like a nice guy. You could do lots works.

Dear gentle reader:

I promise to blog more. I have a large post on my desk now that would cover several thing that have bugging the RegularGuy. It's brewing and its done when its done. Look for some interim musings in the mean time.

RG

Just what did we expect ?

"TARP Watchdog: Treasury Overpaid For TARP Investments"

Just what did everyone expect. No one would buy these turds of investments from the banks so the value was about ZERO. If anyone else would have bought these assets at any price then why did the government buy them in the first place. The banks could not afford to sell them at what they were worth to anyone else so Uncle Sam bailed them out and purchased them at closer to what the banks needed to sell them at.

One thing we do know about this whole mess is that no one in marketing was consulted in naming the TARP package. What an awful name for a cover up.

For the love of all that is holy, THIRD HAND SMOKE !

OK for the record I used to smoke a pack a day for 15 years. I quit 10 years ago and now have an occasional cigar with a bottle of wine. I live with a smoker. I am not a rabid anti-smoker.

Smoking is legal. I am sure it's bad for you. Alcohol is legal. I am sure it's bad for you.

When will doctors and scientists stop finding something else to protect us from and move on. Everyone knows smoking kills you. Smoke is bad, move on, nothing to see here. By products of smoking are bad for you, move on, nothing to see here. Most everything withing 10 feet of you was made from chemicals and processes that if exposed directly to would be very harmful. All of the talking heads and smart people doing the research about third hand smoke create and consume lots of things that are bad for you.

Either go live in a bubble or just accept that the world is much more harmful and dangerous because of human activity. Also accept the fact that if we hadn't developed all of these dangerous, deadly chemicals and poisons, that provide us with and extraordinary quality of life, then the talking heads would be bemoaning "Study shows lions killed and ate a record number of humans this year. Bears now only account for 10 percent of humans eaten. No cave is safe. In other news, smoke from cooking fires suspected to kill more than lions and bears combined (Oh My)." [ I just couldn't resist ]

I just want to know how "Something dangerous to the participants (the smoker) and everyone with in 20 feet of them (second hand smoke), and everyone who enters the room for the next 30 days (third hand smoke)" is still legal.

WAIT A MINUTE ! Damn to protect smoker, the second hand victims, and the third hand victims, those people should know better to smoke or be near it. What about the people who unknowingly TOUCH third hand smoke residue and transfer it to someone who has TRIED to avoid all tobacco residue.

Forth hand smoke victims have rights too !

Don't get me wrong I am in no way proposing to outlaw tobacco products like we tried with alcohol. If tobacco is so bad then get rid of it. If we don't want to get rid of it STOP WHINING about how bad it is and accept that the world is a pretty good place to be even it filled with poisons of our own making.

Alan

Why are they there ?

OK, I kind of have an idea of where things are in a grocery store but I had a real shocker a few days ago. I was looking for those reusable disposable plastic containers that Glads and Ziploc make. You know small to medium containers for leftovers and stuff. Well I started with the plastics bags and other things made by Glad and Ziploc. Next to the aluminum foil and plastic wrap.

Nope, not there. Could be near the dishes and kitchen gadgets. Nope. Hummm ...

Find helpful (or not) store employee. "Hey where are the Glad bowls ?" Aisle 10 (dishes and kitchen gadgets) or aisle 14 (trash bags and other small plastic bags etc)

OK I am a guy and have "Boy eyes". You know the ones that can't see the socks in the drawer but they appear on my wife saying "There in the drawer that you just looked in". So I truck back over to aisle 10 and 14. Nope still not there.

I check out the pet food aisle and a couple of other places they shouldn't gave been and lo and behold they ain't there either.

Now I just pissed off that the store doesn't have them or has hidden them to the point that I can't find then and I am just about ready to leave. I find one more employee to take a guess a this and she in 0.02 seconds says "Aisle 12".

OK one last shot before I leave in a huff.

I start down the aisle and I go by pasta and sauce and egg noodles and BAM there they are smack dab in the middle of the row top to bottom and next to the tuna helper and other "Dinner Starters"

Of course I had not passed though here since I got in the store. I just would have looked next to spaghetti and tuna helper.

OK somebody tell me why in the world those are marketed there ?

Alan