LEAVE IT TO PEEVER
Our
health-care system is second to all
-Bumper
sticker of the week: Oxymoron #41: Government Assistance
-Quote of
the week: ÒVoting is easy and a poor substitute for democracy, which requires
direct action by concerned citizens.Ó Howard Zinn
-A boatload
of Republicans in Congress are not seeking re-election. Ray LaHood calls it
tragic. I call it a miracle. God bless.
-Rumors
persist that Obama is a Muslim. He has attended a non-denominational Christian
church in Chicago for years. Those same rumors claim that John McCain is also a
Christian. Now I worry.
-The
Railroad Hall of Fame gets cut in half: One more half-cut and it will be
getting close to doable. A $10 million dollar project drawing in about 25,000
people a year will be much closer to reality. And it should definitely be in
downtown Galesburg, perhaps on the new half million dollar lot we own.
-Some of
the finer things in life:
* A good vintage
wine, say, from Missouri.
* A 37th
anniversary. Lucky me.
* Counting down the
days in George BushÕs Presidency.
* Getting together
with a group of friends and acting silly.
* Reading about a
community saying no to Wal-Mart.
* Watching white
collar criminals go to prison.
* Waking up in the
morning, having a cup of coffee, and having to play golf.
* Sitting on my front
porch in the swing and counting traffic.
-A Canadian
health-care survey: I was recently in Mexico. Seemed that about half of the
people I met were from Canada. So I decided to take a little survey. We hear a
lot from the health-care industry here in the states about how terrible the
Canadian system is. So I asked twenty Canadians what they thought about their
health-care system. They ranged in age from 23-71. All twenty stated that they
were satisfied with their system and would not trade it for ours. Even after
suggesting to them that they were socialist traitors, bent on destroying
democracy, they were not moved. They called me a brainwashed, George Bush
lackey. The interview ended on a somewhat sour note. Seems the AMA has been
very selective about who they talk to in Canada. I couldnÕt find one person who
disliked the Canadian health-care system enough to trade it for ours.
-Some
Peeverisms:
* Fools often fall in
love. Unfortunately, they usually reproduce.
* The best things in
life are free. Of course, so are some of the worst.
* Sure you think
youÕre right, but I know better.
* Politicians waste a
lot of time wasting our money.
* If you have a kid acting
up, run away from home.
* Imagine you had
everything you wanted. You still wouldnÕt be satisfied.
* Getting married
before the age of 25 can cause premature loss of youth.
* One out of every
four people will grow up to be a human being. The others will end up becoming
something lesser.
* Out of six billion
people on Earth, what would be the likelihood that we would end up with the
dumbest one being our President?
* DonÕt be a parent
until you understand the damage you can cause.
* If you claim to be
a Christian, but oppose stem-cell research or despise gays, or support war, get
a new hobby.
* Given the laws of
probability, surely not every dummy is a lawyer.