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George W. Bush is not President

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/george-w-bush-favorable-rating-lowest-living-president-100010623.html  A piece of true trivia.  He is not President any longer.  He is retired and although I am sure he has influence, he has decided that the most important thing now is his Presidential Library.  I liked the man and I approved of his Presidency and under normal circumstances I would enumerate why I feel that way, I will not.  Why?, because the writers of articles like this and the survey behind them do not care to analyze the reasons for the respondent’s opinions.  What do you like and what do you not like?  Why do you like this or that?  What actions or inactions did you approve or disapprove?  All of these things are lost in this kind of report because CNN and the surveyors just measure popularity.  Do you like him or not like him?  Hey, let’s all be fair and admit that in our job or family or community or even church, that there are people who simply do not like us.  They may not know us.  They may not ever have spoken to us.  They may not know anything about what we think and why we think it.  But they do not like us.  It is like when we were children and there were kids on the block that everybody knew were not likeable.  And there were kids in the school playground that everybody knew were not to be played with.  And in the classroom, everybody knew not to talk to this person or sit at the same table with that person.  Childish? Obviously!  Sadly, such things among children can lead to abuse and bullying.  The young girl in South Hadley, Massachusetts, who committed suicide was a victim or being disliked because everybody knew that she was not to be liked.  We reject such thinking as dangerous for children.  Is it dangerous for a nation.

Snotty Washington Post Writer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romneys-faith-is-his-business/2012/06/04/gJQAdpGMEV_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions_Tue  Although I agree relative to Mitt Romney’s religion being his own business and it was written by me on this blog months ago, I really dislike snots.  This writer revels in his odious arrogance and is proud to stereotype, name call, and with a real intolerant attitude, to denigrate Mr. Romney.  However, I believe that it is just this kind of elitist attitude that makes writers like him and papers like the Washington Post representatives not of journalism but of intolerance and priggishness.

More USA Terror Killing?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-strike-said-to-target-al-qaedas-no-2/2012/06/04/gJQAyVeNEV_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines_Tue  Seems like the Obama Administration and the US military are becoming used to killing dozens of people in Pakistan every week.  No outcry from the UN or the Hague or anybody.  Seems to be terrible for Al Quaeda to attack USA but okay for USA to attack Pakistan everyday.  Look, I hate terrorists too.  I Love America.  But killing is killing.  That’s just a fact.

New Taxes Coming?

https://www.forefieldkt.com/kt/htmlnl.aspx?type=fca&id=28&mid=134251&iplf=tv&ciid=512454&emailid=c7aa898d-9722-4276-8e48-258adaf1e5be  I guess the 1% starts with a married couple who earn $250,000  I put this up for your info, if you think others may be interested in this information, pass it on.  I am not making a political statement here, I am just passing on information that I think other people may be interested in having.

Obama Administration and US Military Engage in Terrorism-Repeatedly

http://news.yahoo.com/u-drone-strike-kills-15-northwest-pakistan-officials-033713485.html  Amazing, no screams of outrage by the Left.  No Washington Post, New York Times outrage. No Chris Matthews and Obermann rants against the Obama White House.  All of this silence displays the mainstream media’s murderous complicity in acts of international murder against innocent foreign nationals.  These same media and this administration were highly indignant when GW Bush agreed to allow waterboarding interrogation of known terrorist prisoners. All of whom are alive today.  But when the Obama administration repeatedly allows the murder of what now amounts to well over fifty innocent “suspects” there is no protest and even open praise of the activity.  Maybe it is true that there is no morality anymore.  But for this writer, murder is murder.  Also for this writer, the actions of our nation must not imitate the actions of the september 11th terrorists.   I am not for the jurisdiction of International Courts.  But I am amazed that the much praised International Criminal Court at the Hague does not indict the Obama Administration for criminal aggression and terrorism.  Pakistan is a sovereign nation and our drones illegally transgress their national borders, and kill its citizens. Basically, these actions are the actions of a rogue State that condones and fosters international terrorism.  The USA and NATO with United Nations sanctions just completed a very bloody and illegal war against the legal government of Gaddafi in Libya.  The excuse for that war?  We were told that they committed acts of murder against their own people.  The end of that war?  We toppled the Libyan central government, installed the NTC which is a French puppet regime groomed by French and British intelligence agencies and at the last, murdered the Head of State.  All along we were told to remember Locerbie and the airliner bombing that killed people.  Now the Obama government and the US military are killing people weekly and we are told that it is okay because the US military and the Obama government think that the people we kill are really terrorists.  Amazing arrogance but much worse, these are the actions of a government that is morally bankrupt by the false notion that individual acts of terror against suspected terrorists and their families, children and neighbors resulting in their wholesale slaughter is okay because we are protecting America.

Paying Medical Bills In Cash

4. Paying Medical Bills in Cash Slashes Costs

Most Americans are unaware that many hospitals and doctors offer deep discounts for patients who pay in cash — as long as they don’t use their health insurance.

One hospital in California lists the price of a CT scan of the abdomen on its website at $4,423. Blue Shield of California says it negotiated a rate at the hospital of about $2,400 for patients with coverage.

But when the Los Angeles Times asked for the cash price, the hospital said it was $250.

The newspaper cited the case of a woman who was charged $6,707 for a CT scan of her abdomen. Blue Shield said she needed to pay just $2,336. She later discovered that if she had not gone through her insurance plan and paid cash, the cost would have been $1,054.

David Belk, an internist in Alameda, Calif., who launched a website about medical costs, pointed to the vast differences in costs for routine blood work. He said a local hospital charged a patient $782, and her insurer said she owed $414.

“She could have gotten it for $95 in cash,” Belk said. “How does that make sense? The last thing the insurance companies want you to know is how inexpensive this stuff really is.”

Hospitals have been trying to increase revenue by encouraging patients to pay upfront so the hospital can avoid an uncertain collections process, the Times reported.

“Cash prices — typically available for hundreds of common outpatient services and tests — have a real appeal to millions of consumers who are on the hook for a growing share of their medical costs as employers and insurers cut back on coverage and push more high-deductible plans,” the paper observed.

The California Hospital Association asserted that discounted cash prices are intended for patients without insurance, not those with coverage, but added that most hospitals offer a different discount to insured patients who are willing to pay their bill upfront.

I copied this from Newsmax, Is it True?

BlogTalkRadio Program

This writer also broadcasts a half hour radio broadcast on Blogtalkradio.  Granted it is not regularly but I, like you, have to make a living.  I like the comment on my blog today that said, “writing is the only work that is not criticized for not making money”  Anyway, if you care to tune into the program, it is on Blogtalkradio.com and the title is Considerations.  I also broadcast a rock and roll radio program using radionomy.  It is a non DJ program so all you hear is music, not even adverts yet because the listenership is low but it is a great station and works real good as background music while you are on the computer.  It’s at Radionomy.com and the title is “Uplifting”  If you like either program please let me know via the “like” botton.  Thanks

What About Hassan Nidal?

http://news.yahoo.com/awol-muslim-soldier-guilty-fort-hood-bomb-plot-205502556.html  Noteworthy here is the relative swiftness of the indictment, trial and judgement.  However, as is clear, although there was a serious possibility of harm to people, it was a plan and no one was killed.  However, Hassan Nidal killed 13 soldiers in cold blood as they were deploying.  He was himself shot and treated and is still being treated at tax payer expense while the families of the dead soldier have only their grief.  The murders by Nidal were on video tape and any jury can see him actually walk up to soldiers and murder them.  But what has happened?  He has not gone to trial and I cannot understand why?

What’s With the Gay Thing?

http://news.yahoo.com/jim-parsons-gay-10-relationship-213706907.html First the disclaimer:  I do not hate gays, actually, I try not to hate anyone.  Second: I do not know the fellow featured in this article and I do not wish him any ill.  Third: I do not care what his sexual habits are!

I titled this article as a question because I am getting confused as to the passionate desire of our culture to snoop into other people’s private lives.  Why are we fixated on the bedroom?  We are not fixated on the potty.  At least I do not think we are interested in what this fellow uses to wipe his ass.  If he or any  heterosexual person engages in sex, I really do not care what lubricant they use or which brand of condom.  Yet, we get all hyped up to know that any particular male person engages in anal sex or oral sex with another male and we are thrilled that it is a ten-year long process.  At least that is the breathless way this article is written.  I read it because I wanted to know what is the fuss?  And reading it I felt dirty, as though I was peeking into their bedroom and watching them conjoin. As I write this, there are probably hundreds of people in my town engaging in various forms of sex. So what! I mean really, folks, this fixation with Gays is adolescent.

And just one more thing.  Again, the disclaimer, ( it seems we always need to defend ourselves these day), I do not care about the sexual habits of others.  Yet, I wonder what it is that our society and its voyeuristic culture wants to promote.  You see, I am able to write this blog and this man is able to have a ten-year relationship with another man because we had a father and mother.  We were not born because we had father and father.  Females are absolutely essential for the continuation of the species.  And although Hilary Clinton thinks that it takes a village to raise a child, it starts with sex between a man and women and then a family.  Yes, the family is faulty but so is the community.  It is time to stop acting like twelve-year-old with binoculars peering into this handsome man’ or that beautiful woman’s bedchamber.  And in so doing, let’s get away from the grunt and sweat of sex and pay attention to things that enhance our communities, like Art, Science, Literature, and even Religion and Philosophy.