President Obama...

Thanks to The Pragmatic Progressive Page

hypocrisy in action...

Justice in the USA...

Unfortunately, this seems to happen way too often...  and not only with drug cases...  In my humble opinion, Lady Justice is not as "blind" as she is supposed to be...

It is unfortunate that our first reaction to other people is that of fear and distrust....
"A new commandment I give you, that you love one another..."  ~John 13:34

that "fire in my belly"...

"I think my problem is that I have that fire in my belly... I struggle with it every day."  ~Sarah Palin


Sarah, Sarah, there is no need for you to have to continue struggling with such pain ... there are medications available these days for that type of problem ... even over-the-counter ones.  But if the Rolaids, Tums, Pepto Bismol, or Milk of Magnesia don't help, and you continue to have that sensation of "fire in [your] belly" then I would suggest you seek the help of a Gastroenterologist [a tummy doctor].

He or she can suggest some medical tests ... for example a CT scan with contrast, or a barium swallow [I hear that the stuff doesn't really taste that bad], or a barium enema, or maybe even a colonoscopy, to name only a few possible tests, that might help to determine the cause of the "fire in [your] belly."  Your doctor might even decide that you need some type of surgery to relieve you of the "fire in [your] belly."

Of course, I do realize that these medicines and medical procedures, and the time you would spend in the hospital if you ended up needing surgery for the "fire in [your] belly" could run your medical bills pretty high ... and you might be one of the few thousand people who do not have good health insurance, and therefore struggle to have enough money to be able to pay your medical expenses ... in which case it might be difficult to get the problem of the "fire in [your] belly" quickly diagnosed and properly treated.

Oh, you're that Sarah Palin ... well, I guess you do have enough money and/or insurance to take care of the "fire in [your] belly".  Well, as I said at the outset, don't continue to struggle with such pain day in and day out ... see a doctor.  But please, don't pass the pain on to the American people by running for President of the United States in 2012.  No one in America has enough money or good enough insurance to help with the pain that would cause, in the very remote chance that you might win.  

no... he didn't really say that... did he?

Record flooding of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.  Killer tornadoes through Joplin Missouri, Tuscaloosa Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and numerous other states wreaking havoc and horrendous destruction, death, and financial loss to citizens of the United States.  Always, at least before today, in these situations, the federal government has done what it could to send aid, in the form of experienced disaster personnel and money, in order to augment state and local emergency personnel, secure damaged areas, save lives, and help in the rebuilding of what "Mother Nature" has destroyed.

But maybe, this will no longer be the case...  Eric Cantor, Republican Majority Leader in the United States House of Representatives, announced that emergency funding to help those devastated by the recent tornadoes and storms, should certainly be sent, but only as long as there is an equal corresponding reduction of monetary assets taken away from other federal programs...  in the interest of deficit reduction, of course.

When, oh when, will Republicans quit holding the American people hostage in the guise of deficit reduction?!!  And when will they quit trying to "reduce the deficit" on the backs of those who are least able to bear the burden - the poor, the needy and those who are "powerless" and have little voice in our society?!!

Shame!!!  Shame on you, Eric Cantor, for trying to use the sufferings and the hardships of thousands,  sufferings that have resulted from "Mother Nature's" destructive forces... shame on you for trying to use them for political ends!!!  In making a statement, you had a chance to give an encouraging word, to show some compassion for the people who will now be trying to pick up the pieces of their lives after the utter devastation they have been blessed enough to survive...  but no, you had to make it into a political point, at their expense....  Shame on you!!!   I have no doubt that your mother tried to teach you better, but you must not have listened to her lessons very well...  I will say it again... Shame on you!!!

listening skills...

Does anyone really listen to what others say these days?  In my humble opinion, the answer is a resounding "NO!!!"    Case in point:


... so, my phone rings yesterday morning... waking me up...

"hullo?"

"may I speak with David Cobb?"

"David Cobb doesn't live at this phone number."

"do you know him?"

"No."

"can I leave a message for him?"

"I don't know him."

"oh... ok... good-bye."

...and I thought I was the one that was half asleep during that conversation...

HT: youth on the edge