Le Roi Est Mort

Murphy im not surprised that Schumer would do that at all, most of the congress thinks we are all bitches if we dont agree with them. This is how they treat all of us isnt it. Our way or the highway attitudes. We are just little ole tax payers, hell, if i thought all of us could just not pay our taxes, they would wake up out of their zombie minds and acknowledge it is WE THE PEOPLE, not We The Government

Gillibrand turned to Schumer and SAID
ASSHOLE!

if only……….

And Feingold steps in the middle of the Lieberman lynching with a few words of common sense
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/feingold-dont-blame-lieberman-blame-obama/

LOL. FLBarbara.

FreddieBrown,
I left a post for you downstairs, right before we came upstairs.

Hey Sheila

Enjoying your school break? You have worked so hard, so enjoy it.
Thanks for all you do.I know women are and will be better for it.

oops apparently. Not apparentley.

How you all feel about Nancy Pelosi being a contender for Times Person of the Year?
Is that not incredible? Maybe the NPP commitee are working for Time?

Mronetermpresident is a contender as well.

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New energy-efficient LED traffic lights can’t melt snow, cities discover

By Associated Press
December 16, 2009, 9:34AM

MILWAUKEE — Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don’t burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death.

“I’ve never had to put up with this in the past,” said Duane Kassens, a driver from West Bend who got into a fender-bender recently because he couldn’t see the lights. “The police officer told me the new lights weren’t melting the snow. How is that safe?”

Many communities have switched to LED bulbs in their traffic lights because they use 90 percent less energy than the old incandescent variety, last far longer and save money. Their great advantage is also their drawback: They do not waste energy by producing heat.

Authorities in several states are testing possible solutions, including installing weather shields, adding heating elements like those used in airport runway lights, or coating the lights with water-repellent substances.

Short of some kind of technological fix, “as far as I’m aware, all that can be done is to have crews clean off the snow by hand,” said Green Bay, Wis., police Lt. Jim Runge. “It’s a bit labor-intensive.”

In St. Paul, Minn., for example, city crews use air compressors to blow snow and ice off blocked lights.

more here:
http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/12/new_energy-efficient_led_traff.html

The power of pink The ‘pinkification’ of little girls – their clothes, their bedrooms, their toys – is a very recent phenomenon. So why did the launch this month of a campaign against the coulour’s dominance cause such uproar?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2009/dec/12/pinkstinks-the-power-of-pink

Mornin’, Pumas.

AP named Tiger Woods ‘Athlete of the Decade.’ He beat out tour de France multi-time winner Lance Armstrong and Grand Slam singles multi-time champ Roger Federer. The proven sexist/misogynistic Associated press must admire Woods’ athletic ability of not being able to keep it in his pants almost as much as his golfing achievements. Somehow, given the lying, cheating Woods’ 14 mistressess (at last count), this still seems like as much of a travesty as BO’s ‘Peas Prize.’

P.S. Though I’m enormously relieved that neither BO nor Pelosi won Time magazine’s Person of the Year, I’m disappointed that the Iran protestors didn’t. They displayed far more courage than Bernanke ever even considered displaying (or having).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091216/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_athlete_of_the_decade

I hope to God this Fraud proves me wrong that this may be the real test of his pretendency, his 3 O’clock call that he will hide under the covers from:

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580341,00.html

okay enough already…Tiger WHO?

This is so RACISITSSSSSSSS, black men are so much more horny than white guys, get a clue!

scarlet 12.16.09 at 12:29 pm

Scarlet, I love that ad/video! I particularly love the exploding liberal heads, and especially the bats flying out of Pelosi’s belfry and the gaseous billows emerging from Chris the Gasbag Head ‘Tingly Leg Over BO’ Matthews!

“Are You Ready to Put Some Testosterone Back Into the Oval Office?” Hell ya! “Time We Got a Pair Back in the White House!” Hell ya! Wow! I’m sending that one to everyone on my list. (BTW, as we all know, women do indeed have testosterone, and no matter what one thinks of their politics otherwise, this pair of women apparently has plenty. No ‘apology tour’ would be needed there.)

I have a silly question, if the new Health Care ‘bill’ in the Senate passes without a public option……….other than just passing a bill with that HC title, what is it?

Is there any new coverage for the uninsured in 5-7 years, or is it just a way of collecting our increased taxes to pay Pharma?

What is the point of a plan without Universal Health Care????

Hi, FLBarbara! The latest number is 14 according to the headline in the article at this link, as well as several others from yesterday.
http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/14/porn-star-joslyn-james-brings-the-number-of-women-linked-to-tiger-woods-to-11/

I think maybe he should go back to using his real first name, ‘Eldrick,’ except perhaps drop the ‘r’ and add a space after the ‘l’!

Wonder if the manufacturer of the ‘Beatin’ Barack’ mechanical doll now will come out with a ‘Cheatin’ Woods’ doll that can’t keep its zipper shut??? (Oops, did I say that out loud?)

Oh yeah it is a myth that Tiger is a great golfer…he never gsts a hole in just one!!! He should change his name to Tiger Woody!!!

Indeed, the only place where Clinton has perhaps trodden on her boss’ toes is in the popularity stakes. While Obama has become the focus of domestic discontent that has seen his approval ratings slump to below 50 per cent in some polls, Clinton has gone from strength to strength. In October, one Gallup survey had Clinton’s approval rating at 62 per cent. She graced the cover of Time magazine last month under the headline ”The State of Hillary”. One pundit approvingly dubbed her ”America’s Iron Lady”.

In an era of celebrity politics, Clinton certainly holds her own with Obama. Her name and her face are among the most recognisable in the world. Her presence at an event, or her visit to a foreign county, guarantees a slew of media coverage. ”Obama is a celebrity president. She is a celebrity secretary of state,” said Isobel Coleman, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/madam-president-20091216-kxj3.html

Oops. Here’s the link. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/12/16/elin-nordegren-moving-out-tiger-woods/

FLBarbara 12.16.09 at 1:32 pm

LOL CJK

Alert the media…a man cheated on his wife!!!
BBL

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The media!!! They are so jealous!!!

Okay, needed a PUMA Action Center ‘Geeky Stuff’ refresher (it’s been changed, gasp…).
:twisted

Oh well, HP, you get the idea. Wicked, twisted, whatever. You are just downright hilarious. Love ya!

CJK 12.16.09 at 1:50 pm

We must practice

:wicked:

See we just need more space!

Love ya too!

#31 – Shadowfax – if what they’re saying is true, then it’s just a give-away to the insurance companies and big Pharma. I’ve been poking around DU this morning to see what they’re saying….WOW – they’re pissed at Obama!

And this guy (Jane Hamsher) posted this:
On MSNBC, I was asked what I thought about Howard Dean’s call to kill the Senate bill.

I agree with him. From what we know about the bill, it is worse than passing nothing.
…snip…
What the President said in September:

They will no longer be able to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or a lifetime.

But while nobody was looking, Harry Reid slipped in an “arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year”:

A loophole in the Senate health care bill would let insurers place annual dollar limits on medical care for people struggling with costly illnesses such as cancer, prompting a rebuke from patient advocates.

The President Obama also said that “what ever ideas exist in terms of bending the cost curve and starting to reduce cost for families, businesses, and government, those elements are in this bill.” Not true either.

As we speak, Frank Lautenberg and Kay Hagen are destroying Byron Dorgan’s drug reimportation amendment by making a bunch of bullshit claims about drug safety.

journals.democraticunderground.com

Sheila 7 – Thanks – I went back to the previous post and found what you wrote.
There is a thing called meals on wheels here too. My bookeeper who does Friday night virgils at a senior center at a Church hooked me up to the person in charge. I am calling to see if we can’t have a resident small dog or cat that we can sponsor. Fred is not sure he wants to be pimped out… ha ha – that little guy has a tude..

John Kerry is such a jackass.

Kerry Assures Copenhagen Delegates Congress Will Pass Climate Bill:

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003268796&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=top-stories

Sheila7 – way to go – 4.0 – congratulations!!

HPBoston – glad you had such a great vacation

Caspie – you and me both, re the animals

I’m a bit behind with the blog for the last few days

CJK: I’m not defending Woods at all. He is a cheating, lying, mysogynist pig. The ratings for golf matches will go down for sure. I wonder what it will do to the market value of Cialis.

I wonder what it will do to the market value of Cialis.
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It will most likly peter out……….

John Kerry is such a jackass.

Yup it is an epidemic, they seem to propagate in the DC part of the country. I flew over on a jet Sunday and the braying was quite audible. I dubbed it Jackasshollow……needs a zip code.

CJK

Lots of luck on the job interview

HPBoston

Don’t you love this beautiful weather? My hands and feet are purple? What’s up with that? LOL

FLBarbara 12.16.09 at 3:27 pm

HPBoston

Don’t you love this beautiful weather? My hands and feet are purple? What’s up with that? LOL
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Yup and I am a sight…sunburned with purple hands and feet!!

RememberNovember 12.16.09 at 2:59 pm

Miss you! Come back, we need you…..I hate when you stay away so long. Your not even on vacation, what’s up with that!

Wow Sheila! Great job on the 4.0!! You go girl!

ISLAM SUCKS ALERT!!!!

Islam: This is Defamation of Religion
As a Jew, I am offended to my core. Muslims have no right to invoke Moses and Abraham. This is a delegitimization of Judaism. It is offensive and vile. And while Jesus is not my guy, the same thing goes for him. It is a delegitimization of Christianity. These are not Muslim prophets.

If people want to convert to Islam, goodbye Charlie. But leave my shiz alone. Vultures.

Muslim Brotherhood-linked group putting up Islamic supremacist billboards in Minneapolis Jihadwatch

The Islamic Circle of North America has been named in “a list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends” by the Muslim Brotherhood, which is bent on waging “a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”

They say they want to encourage dialogue via these billboards. Great. I’ll start.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com:80/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/islam-this-is-defamation-of-relgion.html

Yup Nikkismom we should go to the comments and suggest that!
I love the comments on the post! We are not alone in our scorn of the Islam scam train.

BWAHAHAHAHA – “can’t certify that all 100 senators have the mental capacity to understand the bill”. These fucking clowns are a joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz4sWdFxlmg

Oh boy, HP. Sharia COKE?

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/12/sharia-coke.html

Nice picture of Schumer another effing jackass:

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/12/16/confirmed-chuck-schumer-is-a-first-class-jerk/

PUMA-SF 83

love the pic! LOL

yes, so much for another campaign promise regarding the earmarks. Honestly, the whole “is Obama becoming a liar” made me laugh. He’s been lying from the beginning!

MoveOnDotBullshit just sent me this:

It’s outrageous: Joe Lieberman is single-handedly blocking our best chance at strong health care reform in years!

In less than 24 hours MoveOn members have donated an astounding $650,000 to send Lieberman home for good. That’s awesome—thank you! Now we’re aiming to raise $1 million together.

If we can hit that goal, we’ll have the resources to make sure every voter in Connecticut knows that Senator Lieberman has been standing in the way of reform and to push Senate Democrats to take away his chairmanship.

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This is my reply:

Joe Lieberman is a hero, he stopped this BS, pretend health care bill and don’t ask me for a cent to support your terrible organization again!
You stabbed Hillary in the back in the primary and now you still support this Fraud of a president.
Get lost!!!

Another Cinie winner:

Hillary Clinton, Hiding In Plain Sight?

Could it be that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is not only the smartest person in the room, but has a little Pythia in her, to boot? Could the pejorative “witch” appellation be accurate in the nicest, ultimate feminine magical, mystical Goddess powers sense of the word when applied to her? Did she presciently foresee the current implosion of the Obotocratic party long in advance and cleverly maneuver herself into a public safe place of hiding?

Especially where health care reform is concerned, it’s hard not to argue that she realized from the beginning that her turncoat fair weather friends would not only happily burn down their own house, but enthusiastically gather kindling and siphon off gasoline from their own foreign cars to douse it with before setting their own hair on fire in order to light the fuse of the already assembled, waiting pipe bomb, just for the dubious honor of being the one who either sends the whole kit and caboodle up in flames, or torches the rest of the neighborhood in a misguided attempt to spare their empty house while scorching the Earth of her memory. So, reading the tea leaves, looks like she taw early on that curiously, she was the designated puddytat on the wall with a big, red, “X” stamped on it, and wisely got herself the hell out of dodge, took the cream, and the canary found a comfortable perch in the catbird seat to innocently await the inevitable 3 a.m. call:

A new poll of avid news watchers shows that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a much higher approval rating than the man she once campaigned against and now works for, President Barack Obama.

In the poll of 800 registered voters who are self-identified “news watchers,” Clinton had a 75 percent approval rating and a 21 percent disapproval rating overall. Obama, in contrast, had a 51 percent approval and a 45 percent disapproval rating.

Of course, it didn’t really take a crystal ball to see this one coming. All over the PUMAsphere, bloggers are angrily penning “we tolda so, suckers!” pieces in response to those Obot For America suckophants who so eagerly tortured anybody who tried to warn them of the inevitability of their coming disappointment in the entire Obministration once the KoolAid wore off, and now, are littering the internet with hilariously gut-wrenching first-hand accounts of being tortured themselves upon awakening with the debilitating pain of withdrawal.

Congratulations Murphy! Did you have to bite your tongue since this is a Democratic Party sponsored program? LOL

What’s next for you?

Murphy,
CONGRATULATIONS! WooHoo! We are all proud of you!

RememberNovember,goofsmom,HPBoston,NikkisMom,Shadowfax,and Dragonfly (and anyone else if I didn’t notice)

Oh my gosh. Thanks everybody for the congrats. It means a lot coming from my puma family. (((pumas)))

I had to read this twice. I thought I misread it the first time.

I still can’t believe it!

I really feel sick.

http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/12/mysterious-group-buys-building-next-to-ground-zero-for-mosque/

I know, I know it’s MO but still I’m glad the story made it into the news.

Michelle Obama urges donating gifts for older children.

STAFFORD, Va. — First lady Michelle Obama is asking Americans who plan to donate to the Marines’ Toys for Tots program but haven’t yet to choose gifts for 11- to 14-year-olds, an age group for whom she said there was a dearth of gifts this year.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1385423.html

FECK Update:

http://pumapac.org/forums/feck-obama-team/comment-page-3/#comment-402825

Buck Farack!

BBL (((PUMAs)))

link

http://www.emergema.org:80/

THREE YAY’s for Murphy !!
Congratulations for making it into Emerge !

Dang! FLBarbara I heard you here in Ca….

Murphy: Congratulations! It couldn’t have happened to a better person. You rock.

The politically powerful Service Employees International Union backed out of a Wednesday news conference at which it and other groups — including the AARP — planned to promote the bill. “We’re looking at what we need for the reform bill to be something that we can probably support,” SEIU spokeswoman Lori Lodes said.

Here’s the story behind their move:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091217/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul

I am sooo happy I had to yell again.
LOL my phone is so screwed up it’s typing for me and knocking me off and I end up on a site for Viagra I wish I had those faces with bulging eyes, then I come back on and see nothing LMAO

murphy 12.16.09 at 9:22 pm

Hiya Murphy! I think once you complete the Emerge training you should aim for the highest elected office available!

I believe the story about the WH threatening to close Offutt AFB in Nebraska if Ben Nelson doesn’t fall in line with the other BO sycophants re hc. I think the only reason the WH is denying it is because the threat could well be viewed as treasonous.

Done! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob6RRcw3V3A&feature=related Simply the Best….

Thanks Casper Cat

murphy 12.16.09 at 9:51 pm

A great big DITTO from me on that, Murphy! Absofreakinlutely!

Watching Greta.

So, I was home this last week – I was talking about my signed copy of Sarah Palin’s book “Going Rogue” and my dad says — “What ! You have a copy of a republicans book? I thought you were a Democrat” (he’s a republican) — I told him – “I have seen the way, I am no longer a Democrat”

I say — piss off Obots. We’ve always been smarter than you !!

P.S. I wish Ben Nelson would’ve dared Rahm Emanuel to act on that threat, or at least would’ve gone on the media 24/7 to let Americans know what Emanuel/BO had threatened to do. Apparently they’re now trying to buy off Nelson as they did Mary Landrieu. At any rate, IMO, any member of Congress voting for this piece of crap legislation –just so the egomaniacal BO can declare a big win — is finished politically.

Hiya simo! You gotta watch this if you haven’t already. I think you’ll appreciate it.

“scarlet 12.16.09 at 12:29 pm

Heads explode – Palin/Bachmann 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc35H5D0TTU“

CJK — LOVE IT — posted it to my FB page.

Dear Murphy – congratulations!! – so well deserved and a wonderful opportunity for you and for those you will represent.

Once you are part of Emerge you might ask them to replace that quote from the Speaker – she is not someone I associate with mentoring or supporting women in their political careers. I would be happy to hear evidence to the contrary, if any of you have some.

RememberNovember 12.16.09 at 10:26 pm

RemVem, I second that motion. A program such as Emerge doesn’t need to be sullied by the likes of Pelosi who deserves a special place in hell for backstabbing HRC and other women.

#18Scarlet
That video is awesome. Two powerful women would really shake things up. Those two take no prisoners. It’s amazing how women can’t believe it’s possible when it’s so in our reach. Let’s just do it!

Congratulations Murphy and Scarlet!
Waiting for Prince Harry to announce the new secret HC Reform Bill is passed which will be loved by the people when they get to know it…Sure.
Now Bill O’Reilly bragging about being at the WH Christmas Party.

“Uppity!!

you are on a posting ROLL these days!

What are you taking, and can I have some?”

Murphy, who needs to take anything when you have a government that provides you with a joke a minute to write about?

Simofish
Good idea on the vid-posting it on my FB too!

Here is a prime example and proof that no one not even BO reads what they are signing into law….

Typo in Law Establishes Mandate to Lock Gun-Toting Train Passengers in Boxes

Harry Houdini made a career escaping from locked boxes. So did David Copperfield and Doug Henning.

And now, add to that list Amtrak passengers packing heat in their luggage?

It may sound absurd. But President Obama signed a bill into law Wednesday that requires passengers who carry firearms aboard Amtrak be locked in boxes for their journey.

It’s a mistake in the law’s wording. But for now, the clerical error is the law of the land.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/16/typo-law-establishes-mandate-lock-gun-toting-train-passengers-boxes/?test=latestnews

Hey pumas

-Congrats, murphy! That’s so great you are doing that, brave too! Really.

-#101 Headclunker, wow, good FECK work! I could never sit & figure out all of that.

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Thinking about goofsmom & scarlet, and everyone…holiday time is sometimes hard, remembering & missing. Hope everyone is okay & that something new & wonderful happens somehow. xo

…In the case of health care reform, Pelosi credited House Democrats with having saved Obama’s initiative after the onslaught of attacks during the August recess. And if the Senate can complete its bill this month, she will work to try to send a House-Senate compromise to the White House before the State of the Union.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30681.html

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/12/16/ap-readers-rule-quickly-skip-final-paragraphs-article-cites-60-billion-y

MSMBC…………BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Poll: Obama approval dips below 50 percent
47 percent say his overhaul is a bad idea, 55 percent support Afghan surge
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This survey underscores what I consider a dramatic and unmistakable change in the political landscape,” said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with GOP pollster Bill McInturff. “For Democrats, the red flags are flying at full mast.”

“The sagging economy is beginning to drag him down,” McInturff added. “This is increasingly becoming President Obama’s economy.”

Deep dissatisfaction with nation’s direction
Underlining the entire poll is a deep dissatisfaction with the current state of the country. Only 33 percent believe the nation is headed in the right direction — an eight-point drop since Obama took office.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34451672/ns/politics-white_house/?gt1=43001

Puma-SF 12.17.09 at 1:20 am

Who is the “Big Pink Person of the Year”? It’s actually a group of people.

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Great post, thanks Puma-SF

prplvette85,
Bummer on your computer. I guess you haven’t seen my video I sent you? You will get a kick out of it if you get to see it. Good Luck on your studying and your computer.

Yup 63% of Americans are sick to death of O’Bumblast!!!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Right Direction or Wrong Track
30% Still Say U.S. Moving In Right Direction

Just 30% of U.S. voters say the country is heading in the right direction, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national survey. This is the third straight week in a row at 30%, the lowest finding on this question since mid-February.

The majority of voters (63%) continue to believe the nation is heading down the wrong track. Although this finding is down from last week, it has remained fairly consistent for months. In the weeks just prior to Barack Obama’s election, however, more than 80% of voters felt that way.

The percentage of voters who felt the country is heading in the right direction had remained in the narrow range of 31% to 35% from July to early November.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/right_direction_or_wrong_track

What new tax will they think of next?

Pittsburgh mayor to push for tuition tax vote

(AP) – 1 day ago
PITTSBURGH — The mayor of Pittsburgh will push for a first-of-its-kind tax on student tuition this week after a special meeting with the city’s universities failed to resolve the dispute over the levy.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met Monday with college officials to discuss other ways to remedy the city’s pension woes. But the meeting made little progress.

Ravenstahl had set a Monday deadline for universities and other tax-exempt nonprofits to agree to pay $5 million annually to the city.

Without an agreement, Ravenstahl will ask City Council to vote on the 1 percent tuition tax, which would be the first of its kind in the nation. The schools say they are willing to negotiate if the tax is taken off the table.

A vote could come Wednesday.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idX-ahRLU0pMULRtdHdJhN892U2wD9CJRJI01

Care for the Careless

Dear Sirs:

“During my last night’s shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with an expensive shiny gold tooth, multiple elaborate expensive tattoos, a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone.. Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid. She smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.

And our Congress expects me to pay for this woman’s healthcare? Our nation’s healthcare crisis is not a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. It is a crisis of culture of a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one’s self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance. A culture that thinks “I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me”. Life is really not that hard. Most of us reap what we sow. Don’t you agree?

STARNER JONES, MD
Jackson, MS
Hey, Dr. Jones. Soon you will be working for the government and it will be good.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/starner.asp

Al Gore called on President Obama to pass global warming bill by April 22 – Earth Day

Former Vice President Al Gore called on President Barack Obama to pass a climate bill by April 22 — the next Earth Day – in a Tuesday speech at the international climate talks in Copenhagen.
“As a citizen of the United States, and no more, I will ask those among my fellow citizens who share my sense of urgency to join in asking President Obama and the leadership of the United States Senate to set a deadline of April 22, 2010—the 40th anniversary of Earth Day—for final action on U.S. legislation,” Gore said.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30622.html

US Counting on Cows to Help Save Planet
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
By Staff, Associated Press

In this March 11, 2009 file photo, a line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a farm outside Jerome, Idaho. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield, File)
Copenhagen (AP) – The United States is counting on cows to help reduce its carbon footprint.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58575

What new tax will they thing of next?

Pittsburgh mayor to push for tuition tax vote
(AP) – 1 day ago
PITTSBURGH — The mayor of Pittsburgh will push for a first-of-its-kind tax on student tuition this week after a special meeting with the city’s universities failed to resolve the dispute over the levy.
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met Monday with college officials to discuss other ways to remedy the city’s pension woes. But the meeting made little progress.
Ravenstahl had set a Monday deadline for universities and other tax-exempt nonprofits to agree to pay $5 million annually to the city.
Without an agreement, Ravenstahl will ask City Council to vote on the 1 percent tuition tax, which would be the first of its kind in the nation. The schools say they are willing to negotiate if the tax is taken off the table.
A vote could come Wednesday.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idX-ahRLU0pMULRtdHdJhN892U2wD9CJRJI01

HPBoston,
I sent you an email. Hope you don’t mind.

sheila7
Congratulations on your 4.0 grade point average. That takes alot of hard work. Be careful though, it can become a curse. I went back to school in my late 30’s and got a 4.0 my first term. So I worked to do the same thing my second term. 8 terms later I was still working my butt off to maintain that 4.0 average and I ended up graduating as class valedictorian, but it was brutal studying all the time and taking care of a whiney husband, 2 kids, 3 dogs, 1 cat and a house and yard. After I graduated I went to Fla to a clinic to build back up my health. Just remember that you don’t have to be perfect. Of course if you have a supportive family, that really helps.

HPBoston,
Thanks! We worked hard on perfecting our dance moves.

sheila7
That’s good to hear – it sounds like you’ve got everything well in hand. I hated to sound like a downer, but when you said the other day that you needed to get up and get to work on helping women in need, I worried that you may be trying to do too much. Enjoy you holidays and your break from school.

HPBoston,
That sounds fun. Have a great time!

LEGISLATION

Tax Extenders Act of 2009 – Vote Passed (241-181, 12 Not Voting)

The House voted to extend a number of expiring tax cuts. The bill now awaits Senate action.

FY2010 Omnibus Appropriations bill – Vote Passed (221-202, 1 Present, 10 Not Voting)

The House passed this $446.8 billion bill that combines 6 unfinished 2010 fiscal year spending bills. The bills included are Transportation/HUD; Military Construction/Veterans Affairs; Labor/HHS; State/Foreign Operations; Commerce/Justice/Science; and Financial Services. The Senate gave final approval to the bill on Sunday.

The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 – Vote Passed (223-202, 9 Not Voting)

This House bill would overhaul financial services regulations and place new controls on institutions deemed to pose a risk to the entire financial system. The bill now awaits Senate action.

BCL 169

Wow! I was catching up and read your comment about being valedictorian while married with two kids. Very impressive.

The perfectionist problem – my little girl cries and freaks out if she thinks she misspelled a word on her spelling test! I am doing my best to convince her that mistakes are NORMAL.