tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74786479565316227682024-03-19T07:51:19.350-04:00Awake Sleeping Giant - Awake!Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-44354239126229518222010-03-21T23:56:00.003-04:002010-03-22T00:03:57.455-04:00So it's been a while.....Been trying to find a job, sell the house before we run out of savings, maybe even start our own business (it the age of Obama - are we stupid?!?)<br />Gotta do something - might as well blog...<br />All week all we have been hearing from Nancy & Obama is how historic the health care bill will be.<br />All I can think of are the other historic events... Pearl Harbor, 9/11; you know the groups that were so intent on destroying America. What happened - Americans pulled together found their faith in our country and came back stronger than before.<br />November is only 8 months away, can we recover.........TBDSleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-34474381884450485592009-12-09T12:40:00.004-05:002009-12-09T13:00:56.729-05:00Promotions and the Silver Bullet<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">You have just been promoted.<br />The person you are replacing didn't get the job done.<br />You've got 18 months and 3 letters:<br /><br />First 6 months - did you stop the bleeding?<br />Yes - you still have 18 months<br />No - 1st Letter - The other guy screwed it up, it's taking a while to fix - you now have 12 months.<br /><br />2nd 6 months - Did you level things out, profits aren't growing - but your not bleeding out anymore.<br />Yes - You still have 18 months.<br />No - 2nd letter - I'm so sorry, I take full responsibility. I see where the errors were and I'm on it.<br /><br />3rd 6 months - Are you profitable?<br />Yes - you still have 18 months.<br />No - 3rd letter - If you're lucky, you get demoted, other than that - your new letteris titled:<span style="color:#cc0000;"> "Severance Agreement".</span></span>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-91738581442597132452009-11-27T11:23:00.004-05:002009-11-27T11:42:36.695-05:00The Great I Am & Job CreationI'm checking out blogs and clicking links and I start with <a href="http://coldfury.com/?p=20218">Cold Fury </a>and click to <a href="http://sweasel.com/archives/4877">SWeasle </a>which takes me to the Boston Globe and <a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/11/14/obamas_swelling_ego/">"The Great I Am".</a><br />At the same time I have Fox News on in the background and I hear that the Dow may tank because Dubai can't pay for all the capitalist investments they've made and then a Rasmussen poll on Obama's declining poll numbers. My mind starts racing, I can't keep up with the thoughts so I open up Word and start a new document. Oh it's long and rambley and then I found my favorite thought.<br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"><strong>You know all those jobs “The Great I Am” has saved or created, it really is true. A job is getting paid money to do something. Our saved or created job: getting paid $330 / week to fill out job applications and send in resumes. There’s your job creation right there, I think his numbers are a little low now - don't you?</strong></span></p><p align="left"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><p><strong><br /></strong></p></blockquote></span>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-20096927802881616232009-10-26T17:26:00.004-04:002009-10-26T19:15:42.579-04:00October is Breast Cancer MonthObama SOP - (Late as usual)<br />With 6 days left to go in the month of October, the White House raised the pink flag in honor of breast cancer observation.<br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397048850070127938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleAo7JH8VBcmKNBdI3MHE6MyUMzozq-AeQ7nFNPxGsBE33_hUW7O3ayajrppLzI140rrqq2FRgfF7hNPloTLqpcmMaYzMp2fjMukF5JHReuZWens4NcFEo5QJ4SrUgr8oMPRCm7YBJB9i/s320/WH-Pink-Ribbon.jpg" /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Crisis averted - ya think you might start working on something presidential?</div><div> </div><div>The REAL war (not the FOX, Chamber or Commerce, Ins. Co... etc. wars) </div><div> Get out of it or get in it to WIN it. </div><div> </div><div>FYI - You are not the president of the people who agree with you - you are the President of the United States of America - try to act Presidential, and I'll continue to respect THE OFFICE. </div><div>As they say in uniform - you salute the rank - NOT THE MAN.<br /><br />And another thing - hope you and Al Gore are really proud of denying <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp">Irena Sendler</a> the Nobel Peace prize. The least you could do is try to make her proud of the fact that either one of you received it.</div>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-8114215354644824662009-09-17T08:21:00.001-04:002009-09-17T08:23:51.105-04:00Jimmy Carter ...Bless his heart....<span style="font-family:arial;">I am now in Georgia and in the south I have found that when you feel total pity for another and realize they are lacking in intelligence, rather than say a mean word you just toss out “Bless his heart”.<br />I truly believe that Carter was the worst man for the job when he held it. I’m not real content with the current place holder either. I choose to believe that Carter did try to do his best – unfortunately it wasn’t good enough, but I don’t believe he is mean or spiteful just stupid (Bless his heart).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I believe that Carter was raised in the south with deep racist roots running through his blood, but knows that it is not good to be racist and he is fighting with every ounce of white guilt he has to convince himself that being racist is bad. He is trying so hard to outrun his racism, but that is all he can see and feel deep in his heart. So naturally, he would believe that this is exactly how all white Americans are.<br />Jimmy has never been able to rise above his raisin'.</span>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-67528978321067215292009-09-02T09:11:00.006-04:002009-09-06T13:49:14.323-04:00It's a new month and I just want to ramble...<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">WARNING: When I ramble I start on MSWord and then just copy it here.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">None of these things will make much sense to anyone but me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Obama will be speechifying to the K-6 students on 9-8-9.<br />I guess he has other plans for 9-9-9. (addressing congress or something like that)<br /><br />I get great random thoughts/rants – when I am nowhere near anything to write with. (Walking up the stairs, cleaning out the cat box, driving, doing dishes things like that.) Then when I am done with my chores and get to the computer – the rant is gone. The thoughts remain, but those words in my head that sounded just perfect have jumbled themselves up. It’s quite annoying.<br /><br />My thoughts started with the indoctrination of our children and then moved on to Taxy Tim and Charlie Rangle on taxes. Somewhere in there was the study of socialism. There was of course the fact that I am by no means a political anything – just a citizen with questions trying to educate myself to speak without sounding stupid.<br /><br />Of course in this day and age of Obama, if my opinion differs from the Obama take – I would then be called a stupid, greedy, white racist. No one would bother to help explain why my opinion should be changed – thanks for the help.<br /><br />I’m a simple person, my questions will be simple.<br /><br />I am hearing a lot about socialism, Marxism, fascism, communism…etc. It seems to me that the programs and policies trying to be implemented fall under those styles of government.<br /><br />So if that is not the case – how/why is it not?<br />If the case cannot be made to dispute socialism…etc, and this administration is proud of the agenda, why not shout it to the world and make it plain?<br /><br />Is it better to take away the pride of accomplishment for the promise of handouts?</span>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-31660529171222560462009-08-31T22:37:00.003-04:002009-08-31T23:14:08.848-04:00Things that make you go .... hummmmm<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>From Reuters</strong> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BarackObama/idUSTRE5800AV20090901"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BarackObama/idUSTRE5800AV20090901</span></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Obama more successful on terrorism says security adviser</strong></span><br /><em><blockquote><p><em>In a nutshell, Obama's security advisor Jim Jones basically said In response to Dick Cheney's Fox interview on Fox News Sunday: </em><em>Nana, nana, boo, boo - we're better than you were.</em></p></blockquote></em><br />August 19, 2009 <a href="http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/19/82281.pdf"><strong>http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/19/82281.pdf</strong></a><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Death toll rises to 95 in worst attack since US pullout</span><br /><br />Also Ben Bernake is a victim of identity theft.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I guess it just depends on your definition of <em>success...</em></span></strong>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-78293856666301850402009-08-28T01:30:00.003-04:002009-08-28T01:50:41.530-04:00Sometimes the truth is just entertaining.Thanks to: <a href="http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/tim-hawkins-the-government-can/"><strong>http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/tim-hawkins-the-government-can/</strong></a> Great find.<br /><br />ENJOY...<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LO2eh6f5Go0&hl=" width="560" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Also from nice deb - just for fun:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zfs3BJZxKkc&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Gotta have fun - and if you can't smile at these.... there's just nothing left to say<br />Thanks Deb!<br /><br />But wait! There's more... Check this one out:<br /><br /><a href="http://wardman.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/hey-there-delilah/"><strong>http://wardman.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/hey-there-delilah/</strong></a><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6txa9wD8Kts&hl=" fs="1&" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-32712807446890201592009-08-27T15:41:00.004-04:002009-08-28T01:29:59.162-04:00Teddy and equality ramblingsIt's been non-stop How Great Was Ted. Has it been 2 days? It just feels like the longest day ever. Is there a possibility that some news is happening somewhere in the world. I quit watching last night - I just couldn't take it anymore.<br /><br />It was like Anna Nicole and Michael all over again. So I've spent some time checking in on blogs and comments and naturally since I lean to the right, I've seen all the bad things about 'ol Teddy, with a drop of troll bait dribbled in the comments for the feeding frenzy.<br /><br />I was never a fan of Ted Kennedy and I don't think any politician should be allowed more than 8 years in "public office" (oxymoron, if it's a public office - why are there so many secrets?). So naturally I don't appreciate his 47 years.<br /><br />At any rate the death of Mary Jo seems to be in every comment section, which then somehow turns into Bush lied and killed 4000 soldiers. Somehow trying to justify Chappaquiddick? Silly me, I just don't get the connection. Is that similar to how water is like dirt, or the sun is like the moon? If they want a new topic - they should get a blog.<br /><br />All I really wanted to do here was post two news articles from the past that I thought were a little more relevant to the Chappaquiddick incident...<br /><br /># 1 From 2001 <a href="http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0203/np020308.htm"><strong>http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0203/np020308.htm</strong></a><br /><div align="center"><strong>Woman left man trapped for days in her windshield after hit and run<br />Victim got apologies but no help as he bled to death, court told</strong></div><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>FORT WORTH, Tex. - A Texas nurse's aide allowed a man trapped in the windshield of her car to bleed to death in her garage over two or three days, prosecutors<br />said. Then, Chante Mallard called her friends and had them dump the body of<br />Gregory Biggs, a 37-year-old homeless man, in a nearby park. "I'm going to have to come up with a new word. Indifferent isn't enough. Cruel isn't enough to say," Richard Alpert, a Tarrant County assistant district attorney, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "Heartless? Inhumane? Maybe we've just redefined<br />inhumanity here." On Wednesday, police arrested Ms. Mallard, 25, on a murder warrant in Mr. Biggs' October death. "If he had gotten medical attention, he probably would have survived," said Sergeant John Fahrenthold, a police traffic investigator. When the body was found in Cobb Park in southeast Fort Worth, evidence pointed to a hit-and-run, investigators said. But they were unable to develop any leads in the case until Ms. Mallard herself unwittingly provided the key to the mystery. When asked at a party why she was no longer driving her car, she told a friend "bits and pieces" about the accident. Last month, the friend went to police and they obtained a search warrant. Inside her garage they discovered her damaged 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier still spattered inside and out with blood, hair and other trace evidence from Mr. Biggs. The car's seats had been removed and were found in the backyard. An attempt had been made to burn one of them to destroy the evidence. Taken to the police station for questioning, Ms. Mallard at last explained what had happened. The woman told police she had been drinking and using Ecstasy the night she hit Mr. Biggs, sending him headfirst through her windshield and breaking his legs. Then, she panicked and drove the few kilometres to her home, where she parked her car in the garage. Mr. Biggs begged her to help him, she told the police, but she lowered the garage door and ignored his pleas. She returned several times over the next few days to apologize to him, but otherwise did nothing to help as he went into shock and slowly bled to death. After the man died, Ms. Mallard enlisted several of her friends to help remove his body. They put Mr. Biggs in the trunk of another vehicle and drove to the park, where he was found on Oct. 27. "This goes so far beyond failure to stop and render aid because she did more than not render aid," Mr. Alpert said. "She made it impossible for anyone else to do so." Ms. Mallard's lawyer, Mike Heiskell, said the accusation against her was not warranted. "I think this is overreaching on the part of the prosecution and the police and, in the end, I believe the law will shake out that this was simply a case of failure to stop and render aid," he said. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office told police Mr. Biggs suffered no internal injuries and apparently died from loss of blood and shock. Medical examiner's records listed his address as a homeless shelter in Fort Worth. More arrests are expected.</blockquote><div align="center">Copyright © 2001 National Post Online</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">#2 From 2007 <strong></strong></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-11-2725060260_x.htm"><strong>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-11-2725060260_x.htm</strong></a></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><strong>Pedestrian body stuck in car windshield</strong></div><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><div align="left">GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A motorist hit two pedestrians, then drove home with one of the bodies lodged in his windshield, police said. The man in the windshield died. Police said Steve Warrichaiet was drunk when he struck the pedestrians as he returned home from a friend's house late Sunday. One pedestrian was found lying on a street, critically injured, but police said the second victim remained lodged in Warrichaiet's windshield while he drove seven blocks home and parked in his garage. Warrichaiet's sister, Donna Gutowski, said he called her early Monday, minutes after midnight. "'Now I really did it. I killed somebody. I put the body in the car,'" she recalled Warrichaiet saying. "But I didn't believe him. He had talked nonsense before." She said she learned the crash really happened when an investigator came to her home that morning. Warrichaiet called police about 5:40 a.m. Monday, reporting that he'd been in an accident and thought he hit someone, authorities said. Police Lt. David Wesely said investigators didn't know what happened in the six hours between the crash and the man's call to police. Tyrone Ware, 50, of Green Bay, was pronounced dead when police arrived at Warrichaiet's home. The second victim, a woman, was in critical condition Wednesday at St. Vincent Hospital, a nursing supervisor said. <br />In a similar case in 2001 in Texas, a former nurse's aide hit a homeless man, drove<br />home with him wedged in her windshield and then left him to bleed to death in<br />her garage. Chante Jawan Mallard was convicted of murder and sentenced in 2003<br />to 50 years in prison.<br />Warrichaiet was charged Tuesday with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, hit-and-run involving death, injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and hit-and-run involving great bodily harm. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 77 1/2 years in prison and a $275,000 fine. A judge set bail at $100,000.<br />Gutowski said her brother has mental health problems and had received counseling for having suicidal thoughts. She said her brother needs treatment and medication. "This could happen to the next person. You've got to get ill people off the streets," she said.</div></blockquote><div align="left">Those were both accidents by intoxicated individuals that tried to hide the incidents - I don't believe Teddy sent anyone to help out, and I believe that they were both incarcerated. </div><div align="left">Perhaps if they had driven the cars to a Lake to sink they might have gotten away with it, or been in a different state, or had a better last name perhaps? </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Just an observation on those equal rights Teddy was so big on.</div><div align="left"><br /></div>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-18197737745780440202009-08-26T09:14:00.005-04:002009-08-26T13:58:04.241-04:00WAKE UP - IS THIS OUR NOW?Soviet Subversion (9 PART SERIES)<br />Former KGB propagandist Yuri Bezmenov:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wTmbcyeZ9ic&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAyLHSNKuQ0&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />We are well on the way towards Big Brother Government.<br />America is the last country of freedom and possibility.<br /><br />(Thanks to: <a href="http://www.moonbattery.com/"><strong>http://www.moonbattery.com/</strong></a>)Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-18029167540046003042009-08-26T08:47:00.002-04:002009-08-26T08:49:22.741-04:00There is a bright spot in MichiganMike Roger's opening statement:<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G44NCvNDLfc&hl=" fs="1&" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />thanks to: <a href="http://www.moonbattery.com/"><strong>http://www.moonbattery.com/</strong></a>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-86995744857636991292009-08-26T06:48:00.003-04:002009-08-26T06:53:47.564-04:00Prof. Klavin explains the left's DefenseProfessor Klavin on the Culture<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lWHgUE9AD4s&hl=" fs="1&" width="560" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />from <a href="http://threesurethingsoflife.wordpress.com/professor-klavan-explains-the-lefts-defense/"><strong>http://threesurethingsoflife.wordpress.com/professor-klavan-explains-the-lefts-defense/</strong></a>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-64547119075648146822009-08-21T07:21:00.002-04:002009-08-21T07:25:23.528-04:00Michele Bachmann - Well saidMichele Bachmann<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aXyhKXUP7PM&hl=" fs="1&" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />EXACTLYSleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-364941654420880912009-08-19T22:35:00.005-04:002009-08-19T22:41:03.071-04:00Pleasant surpriseI started watching this and what a pleasant surprise in the second half.<br />Beautiful job by <strong>alinskyrules</strong><br />(h/t <a href="http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/"><strong>http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/</strong></a>)<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UJysHESd8bQ&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-34406414154667613082009-08-19T15:23:00.003-04:002009-08-19T15:42:35.428-04:00This is OK - This is not OK....In 2000 apparently this was OK and not racist.<br /><br /><a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/08/18/media-barely-noticed-legal-gun-brandishing-leftist-black-panthers-2000"><strong>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/08/18/media-barely-noticed-legal-gun-brandishing-leftist-black-panthers-2000</strong></a><br /><br />OK so it wasn't the president, just the Texas Republican Convention.<br /><br /><br />This is not OK and racist in Arizona August 2009<br /><br /><a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/08/18/msnbc-no-mention-black-gun-owner-among-racist-protesters"><strong>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2009/08/18/msnbc-no-mention-black-gun-owner-among-racist-protesters</strong></a><br /><br />Note that the "white man" carrying the gun is actually a black man in a white shirt.<br />(reporters only see and hear what they want)Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-17849025125119514342009-08-19T08:50:00.003-04:002009-08-19T09:01:20.620-04:00"They" won't unplug grandma - really they won'tThe committee isn't going to let you plug in grandma in the first place.<br />To allow grandma to be plugged in and then pull the plug would just be cruel and an added expense.<br /><br />h/t Cold Fury:<a href="http://coldfury.com/?p=16273">http://coldfury.com/?p=16273</a>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-77999347975665455622009-08-18T19:35:00.005-04:002009-08-18T20:22:30.992-04:00Heathcare and other rambles..This Sunday was my dad's 70'th birthday. I called to wish him well and check up on things back at home. I was curious what he thought of this health care debate, since Medicare is such a prominent issue. He is perfectly happy with his care and his medications and all he wants is for nothing to change.<br />I have noticed in the clips of town hall meetings if the representative asks the attendees who is on Medicare, many hands go up. If the next question is who wants to get off of Medicare and make any changes - the meeting turns into boos and shouts of NO!.<br />It was my understanding years ago that the Medicare system was the pride of the USA. The cost to administer the system was 2%, compared to private insurance that had to make a profit. So if that is true - what did our government do with all the money. At 2% over cost and tax increases to the citizens - shouldn't that system just be in fine condition? Are they stealing the medicare money to cover the uninsured costs? Is that what this is all about?<br />I thought we were paying these massive premiums to cover some of the uninsured costs already.<br />Did our government mix up the medicare money with the social security money and use it to build something or buy something? (So much for the LOCK BOX)<br />It seems to me that the medicare system wasn't broken - the government is and has been for decades.<br /><br />And another thing..<br />If this health care bill is supposed to be so great for us as citizens - why isn't it in plain ENGLISH!<br />No it doesn't say they want to kill grandma - but it also doesn't say they have a responsibility to keep her alive.<br />No it doesn't say they want to pay for abortions - but it also doesn't say they won't.<br />The entire bill is a freakin joke. As I <em>attempted</em> to try to read it, I came away with the impression that somebody is trying to hide something from me - hell from all of us, and nobody is happy on either side of the debate.<br />Quite the leader we have found - can't seem to lead rainwater down a hill.Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-75890065166937441852009-08-18T12:57:00.005-04:002009-08-18T13:13:09.306-04:00New York Dist 29 Your Represenative is SpeakingNew York District 29 Representative Eric Massa speaking at an intimate gathering of Net Roots activists during a round table discussion at the annual Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh on August 15, 2009<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IXWmVBadWvU&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" fs="1&"></embed><br /><br />He will stand up and protect you from yourselves, no matter what you might think.<br />He says his district is one of the most right wing districts in the country.<br />The media portrays NY as very left.<br />Leaves with two questions:<br />1. So are there really right thinking folks in NY?<br />2. If it is the most right wing district in the country - how did a democrat - any democrat get in to represent that right wing group?<br />Just curious.Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-81533390565584180132009-08-17T12:11:00.004-04:002009-08-17T23:01:51.397-04:00Where Democrats Come FromThis was my first hand introduction into politics on my 18th birthday.<br />I was in OEA during high school, and with that came an assigned part-time after school job.<br />I was assigned to a Lawyer's Office. On my 18th birthday one of the lawyers came to me to sign up to vote. He asked if I would be a Republican or a Democrat. I didn't know anything about politics and asked him what the difference was.<br /><br />Do you want to be greedy or do you want to help other people?<br /><br />No one wants to admit to greed, especially in front of your boss.<br /><br />That's how I ended up a registered Democrat in 1979 Albuquerque NM.<br /><br />It took a few years - but I have a brain now, and am capable of my own thoughts.Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-4265907322310682552009-08-17T07:46:00.003-04:002009-08-17T08:00:19.348-04:00What a freakin idiot!The first time I saw this I thought (h/t <a href="http://www.thesniper.us/?p=4489">http://www.thesniper.us/?p=4489</a>)<br />- this is what the left claims they hear at town hall meetings.<br />This is why I quit listening to NBC, & ABC - never did listen to CBS. The rudness and stupid comments that started during the Clinton years just pissed me off. I haven't been back since.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/48WrnpTD9tA&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />It's just gotten worse through the years. If you are looking for actual information MSM will only give you their opinion. Then they bitch when the ratings drop, or anyone calls them on their "reporting".Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-37894491383984883392009-08-15T13:38:00.005-04:002009-08-15T14:13:29.167-04:00If Not For the Great Les Paul........Les Paul and Mary Ford - How High The Moon <p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e0ffdwBUL78&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed><br /><br />Best rendition was in the 80's by Kay Kay Baca and Duke Cit All Stars. Les and Mary would have been so proud of Kay Kay and the boys!</p><p>From Les Paul to Chet Atkins - Orange Blossom Special.<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Svm_Vnntyk&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" fs="1&"></embed></p><p>And who could forget Jerry Reed.</p><p><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ni8KBhnebwE&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p><p>And so many more.........</p><p> </p>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-3704232240951972532009-08-14T16:55:00.003-04:002009-08-14T17:15:23.646-04:00Barry's leaving MontanaThe Pres is on AF1 getting ready to go back to D.C., and Cavuto is talking to the Montana Governor.<br />The Gov. said health care in America costs twice as much as in other countries.<br />Hum - really?<br />From what I've heard, you get what you pay for - and we actually have health care here. We actually get to see the doctor before you have to make that end of life consultation appointment.<br />In fact if you are uninsured you do have health care - I know you do I've seen my insurance rates skyrocket.<br />By the way - can I get a tax deduction for each uninsured that I'm covering. <br />Another thought - Have you noticed when you pick medical insurance the rates are "family rate" once you add a dependant.<br />If you have 1 child you pay the same rate as "octo-mom" if she had insurance that is. So maybe every insured family should get to "adopt" at least 1 uninsured citizen until everybody is covered. To offset the cost - the paying family gets to use the previously uninsured as their dependant deduction. Of course the citizen is going to have to cover their own co-pays and out of pocket expenses. There - no more drain on the system.<br />Lets draw lots now... <br />It's as dumb an idea as anything else that's out there.Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-91043675422856448492009-08-14T12:05:00.004-04:002009-08-14T13:12:10.871-04:00Go F Yourself (flag that is)So this video is making it's way around.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/469mLTVcWlQ&hl=" width="560" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />Well it's about time. I've been seeing this campaign for about a week.<br />I've seen many posts and letters stating:<br /><br />I won't snitch off a friend, but I'm more than happy to blast your "flag" email account with my personal thoughts and feelings on this administration and it's attempt at socializing this country.<br /><br />Freedom of Speech, Proud American, they've been GREAT!<br />Some are quite loud and proud, some are quite humourous - check out the Emperior at Anti-Idotarian Rottweiler - it's a HOOT!!<br /><a href="http://nicedoggie.net/index.php/archives/2572"><strong>http://nicedoggie.net/index.php/archives/2572</strong></a><br /><br />FYI - Flagging is the first step before flogging - or haven't you seen the SEIU videos.<br /><br />I love the creativity is this blogoshere - wish I had skills.Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-86905471552637598542009-08-14T09:28:00.002-04:002009-08-14T09:36:05.835-04:00Smile today.From CharlieDelta at <a href="http://gottagetdrunkfirst.blogspot.com/2009/08/gabe-and-stan.html"><strong>http://gottagetdrunkfirst.blogspot.com/2009/08/gabe-and-stan.html</strong></a> THANKS<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DgW2qgMsnzw&hl=" fs="1&" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed>Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478647956531622768.post-80734738257017106852009-08-13T07:27:00.004-04:002009-08-13T09:47:23.015-04:00La Rouche PAC?<span style="font-family:arial;">Admittedly I am an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">under informed</span> conservative, new to this blog thing.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I don't want my opinion handed to me by any means. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Prior to this month I have never <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">intentionally</span> read a blog. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I had never heard of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LaRouche</span> PAC until today thanks to this bog post: <a href="http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/08/busted-obama-as-hitler-poster-was.html"><strong>http://theblogprof.blogspot.com/2009/08/busted-obama-as-hitler-poster-was.html</strong></a></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Towards the bottom was this video from Stephen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gutowski</span> on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eyeblast</span>: </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong></strong><a href="http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=Gdnz4zprSU"><strong>http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?v=Gdnz4zprSU</strong></a></span><br /><br />With that I started looking for this "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">LaRouchePAC</span>". I found out how the so called death panels seem to come into play in our current national health care debate.<br />From the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">LaRouche</span> site: <a href="http://www.larouchepac.com/"><strong>http://www.larouchepac.com/</strong></a><br />I found this 19.47 minute video on the history of Hitlers death panel program called T-4. About 15.39 into the video the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">LaRouche</span> PAC links it to the Obama administration: <a href="http://www.larouchepac.com/lpactv?nid=11174"><strong>http://www.larouchepac.com/lpactv?nid=11174</strong></a><br /><br />Off to research this group a bit more.....Sleeping Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453505314639807581noreply@blogger.com0