Friday, June 26, 2009
Man caused global warming scam!!!!
Hopefully when the public sees this for what it is, the senate will kill it. Man caused global warming is a theory, not a fact. No matter what we do, the rest of the world will not follow. This old earth has warmed and cooled for millions of years. How arrogant to think that we could change the climate with vehicles, good grief. There is a petition signed by 32,000 scientists that doubt.http://www.petitionproject.org/
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The teen brain
Teen risk-taking: blame immature frontal lobes; one of the last areas of the brain to develop fully.
Issue Date: May 18, 2003
Science
The teen brain
Surprise: It grows long past childhood. So chalk up some of that baffling behavior to neurobiology, not hormones.
By Tim Wendel
Until scientists began to employ MRI imaging a few years ago, the teenage brain was thought to be largely finished. After all, brain size usually doesn't change that much after childhood. Many assumed it only required fine-tuning in preparation for adulthood.
"Now we're finding out how wrong we were," says Richard Restak, a neuropsychiatrist and author of "The Secret Life of the Brain". "The teenage brain is a work in progress that we're only beginning to understand."
From the thickening and then thinning of gray matter to the development of the all-important frontal lobes, the brain undergoes dramatic change during adolescence. What parents once blamed on hormones is actually "a grand upheaval of the brain," says Barbara Strauch, a medical science editor and author of "The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids".
This upheaval affects everything from schoolwork and sleep patterns to teens' propensity for taking risks.
Risk-taking: Blame immature frontal lobes
All parents want their children to explore the world. But what if the family curfew has become a joke? What if a teenager exhibits behavior that not only worries an adult but also can be dangerous to the kid?
Ron Dahl, a pediatrician and child psychiatric researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, says a desire for thrills and taking risks is a building block of adolescence. The frontal lobes help put the brakes on such behavior, but they're also one of the last areas of the brain to develop fully. Located right behind the forehead, the frontal lobes actually grow larger than adult size in puberty. But the process is far from complete; refinement of the frontal lobes can continue into the early 20s.
"This is a crucial stage of development," says Mel Levine, director of the University of North Carolina's clinical center for the study of development and learning, "because the frontal lobes enable a person to know where they're heading as opposed to having no idea of what the consequences will be."
In calm situations, teenagers can rationalize almost as well as adults. But stress can hijack what Dahl calls "hot cognition" and decision-making. The frontal lobes cannot cope.
Dahl points out that studies are far from complete, but he and other experts contend that higher levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine make teens hungry for stimulation, including risky behavior.
Academics: "Wow! It suddenly makes sense"
Besides the frontal lobes, other key areas of the brain are transformed during adolescence. The corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain, enlarges. The anterior cingulate gyrus, which helps us stay focused, matures, as do key areas in the cerebral cortex that recently have been linked to language development and spatial reasoning. Such development may explain why things will suddenly click for a struggling geometry student: The brain finally can make sense of the subject material.
Several experts contend that music, math and sports can help structure the brain faster and better than simply hanging out or watching television. "The adolescent brain exhibits a tremendous plasticity," Restak says. "Indeed, the adolescent's choices determine the quality of his brain."
Time: Teens really do need extra sleep
But even the best choices, inside or outside of the classroom, will do little good if a teen is too tired. Levine recommends that parents set up a daily schedule at home and stick to it. Instead of telling a teen he can watch television after he does his homework, try saying, "First, spend two hours every evening on brain work. After that, you can watch TV."
Early research indicates that too many timed deadlines, at school or at home, reward impulsive behavior and do little to accentuate the frontal lobes and develop other crucial areas of the teen brain.
Melatonin, an important brain chemical, can wreak havoc in an adolescent's world. Melatonin helps make us drowsy, and in teens it's secreted later at night. Sleep specialist Mary Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, says such changes in melatonin production push teens to stay up later. Her surveys and field studies show that teens average 7 1/2 hours of sleep a night. She maintains that for brain development, nine hours should be the goal.
"Most teens are very sleep-deprived," Carskadon says. "That's when problems in the development of the frontal cortex and many of those synapses emerge. We are only now learning about the [effect] of sleep on learning and memory. And what's more important during adolescence than learning and memory?"
Parents: You can help new brain cells connect
In childhood, brain cells grow quickly, like new stalks on a plant. As adolescence accelerates, there's an overabundance of new connections in the brain. As teens mature, some connections are pruned away, increasing the brain's efficiency. The chance to help shape this pruning makes parents more crucial, not less.
"This is a sensitive time, when feelings are becoming linked with rational thought," Dahl says. "The stakes are very high, and parents need to feel that it's OK to be monitoring what their adolescents are doing."
When Strauch was researching her book, Primal Teen, she often brought her two teens along. As a result, she found herself more empathic.
"There's so much going in the brain, and it should give us hope," she says. "We should not really give up on any kid. They may be sitting in a lump and sleeping until noon and have pink hair, but there are all kinds of changes going on under that pink hair."
Tim Wendel, the father of one teenager, is the author of "The New Face of Baseball", a look at 100 years of Latino baseball players, to be published next month by HarperCollins.
Science
The teen brain
Surprise: It grows long past childhood. So chalk up some of that baffling behavior to neurobiology, not hormones.
By Tim Wendel
Until scientists began to employ MRI imaging a few years ago, the teenage brain was thought to be largely finished. After all, brain size usually doesn't change that much after childhood. Many assumed it only required fine-tuning in preparation for adulthood.
"Now we're finding out how wrong we were," says Richard Restak, a neuropsychiatrist and author of "The Secret Life of the Brain". "The teenage brain is a work in progress that we're only beginning to understand."
From the thickening and then thinning of gray matter to the development of the all-important frontal lobes, the brain undergoes dramatic change during adolescence. What parents once blamed on hormones is actually "a grand upheaval of the brain," says Barbara Strauch, a medical science editor and author of "The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids".
This upheaval affects everything from schoolwork and sleep patterns to teens' propensity for taking risks.
Risk-taking: Blame immature frontal lobes
All parents want their children to explore the world. But what if the family curfew has become a joke? What if a teenager exhibits behavior that not only worries an adult but also can be dangerous to the kid?
Ron Dahl, a pediatrician and child psychiatric researcher at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, says a desire for thrills and taking risks is a building block of adolescence. The frontal lobes help put the brakes on such behavior, but they're also one of the last areas of the brain to develop fully. Located right behind the forehead, the frontal lobes actually grow larger than adult size in puberty. But the process is far from complete; refinement of the frontal lobes can continue into the early 20s.
"This is a crucial stage of development," says Mel Levine, director of the University of North Carolina's clinical center for the study of development and learning, "because the frontal lobes enable a person to know where they're heading as opposed to having no idea of what the consequences will be."
In calm situations, teenagers can rationalize almost as well as adults. But stress can hijack what Dahl calls "hot cognition" and decision-making. The frontal lobes cannot cope.
Dahl points out that studies are far from complete, but he and other experts contend that higher levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine make teens hungry for stimulation, including risky behavior.
Academics: "Wow! It suddenly makes sense"
Besides the frontal lobes, other key areas of the brain are transformed during adolescence. The corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain, enlarges. The anterior cingulate gyrus, which helps us stay focused, matures, as do key areas in the cerebral cortex that recently have been linked to language development and spatial reasoning. Such development may explain why things will suddenly click for a struggling geometry student: The brain finally can make sense of the subject material.
Several experts contend that music, math and sports can help structure the brain faster and better than simply hanging out or watching television. "The adolescent brain exhibits a tremendous plasticity," Restak says. "Indeed, the adolescent's choices determine the quality of his brain."
Time: Teens really do need extra sleep
But even the best choices, inside or outside of the classroom, will do little good if a teen is too tired. Levine recommends that parents set up a daily schedule at home and stick to it. Instead of telling a teen he can watch television after he does his homework, try saying, "First, spend two hours every evening on brain work. After that, you can watch TV."
Early research indicates that too many timed deadlines, at school or at home, reward impulsive behavior and do little to accentuate the frontal lobes and develop other crucial areas of the teen brain.
Melatonin, an important brain chemical, can wreak havoc in an adolescent's world. Melatonin helps make us drowsy, and in teens it's secreted later at night. Sleep specialist Mary Carskadon, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, says such changes in melatonin production push teens to stay up later. Her surveys and field studies show that teens average 7 1/2 hours of sleep a night. She maintains that for brain development, nine hours should be the goal.
"Most teens are very sleep-deprived," Carskadon says. "That's when problems in the development of the frontal cortex and many of those synapses emerge. We are only now learning about the [effect] of sleep on learning and memory. And what's more important during adolescence than learning and memory?"
Parents: You can help new brain cells connect
In childhood, brain cells grow quickly, like new stalks on a plant. As adolescence accelerates, there's an overabundance of new connections in the brain. As teens mature, some connections are pruned away, increasing the brain's efficiency. The chance to help shape this pruning makes parents more crucial, not less.
"This is a sensitive time, when feelings are becoming linked with rational thought," Dahl says. "The stakes are very high, and parents need to feel that it's OK to be monitoring what their adolescents are doing."
When Strauch was researching her book, Primal Teen, she often brought her two teens along. As a result, she found herself more empathic.
"There's so much going in the brain, and it should give us hope," she says. "We should not really give up on any kid. They may be sitting in a lump and sleeping until noon and have pink hair, but there are all kinds of changes going on under that pink hair."
Tim Wendel, the father of one teenager, is the author of "The New Face of Baseball", a look at 100 years of Latino baseball players, to be published next month by HarperCollins.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
FACES OF THE LEFT
FEARLESS LEADER OF THE LEFT, MR. NARCISSIST
God help us, second in command?
Barney F....... Frank
Henry Nostril Waxman
Leader of the House! Pelosi!
Nancy Botox Pelosi, if she doesn't know that she is a clown, how can she run anything except her makeup!!!
Nancy Botox Pelosi, if she doesn't know that she is a clown, how can she run anything except her makeup!!!
Can you smile for the camera?
Doddering Dodd
Teddy "splash" Kennedy
Dingy Harry Reid
Good old Charlie
Good old Charlie
Many of the liberals that I run into on a daily basis tell me that we need to change our way of life.
One of my customers supports no drilling, giving cash for clunkers and believes rock star prez labumba is helping the economy!
She thinks it would have been a lot worse if he had not stepped up to the plate to save us!!!.
Why do I not understand the way that their brains works? Why is their way of thinking so opposite of mine? I believe "smaller government" makes perfect sense. What makes them support bigger government? Why can't they see what these faces are doing to ruin our freedoms, our way of life? Are these faces that yo trust with the future of this once great country?
Do you know who your senator or representative is?
Do you care?
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Do you want your child to be happy,smart, successful or good
I am not a regular listener to Dennis Prager, once in awhile, I tune in during commercials on my other talk shows. Somewhere around June 8 or 9th, Dennis taked about a survey. I only heard the end of it so I cannot tell you who did the survey or when, but the following were the some of the very profound questions asked.
If you could only choose one, would you most want your child to be happy, smart, successful or good?
So if your child got into an elite college by cheating, that would be ok if it made him happy?
If your child stole “starter money” and became a success in his new business, which made him very happy, would that be ok?
If your child was happy dealing drugs but was successful, had an IQ of 160, and very well educated would that be ok?
If you could only choose one, would you most want your child to be happy, smart, successful or good?
So if your child got into an elite college by cheating, that would be ok if it made him happy?
If your child stole “starter money” and became a success in his new business, which made him very happy, would that be ok?
If your child was happy dealing drugs but was successful, had an IQ of 160, and very well educated would that be ok?
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Photos I restored
These are my maternal grandparents, 1906, before restoration
These are my maternal grandparents, 1906, after restoration
This is my paternal grandmother, 1905, before restoration
This is my paternal grandmother, 1905, after restoration 
This is my Sunnyslope grade school graduation picture before restoration 
This is after restoration 
These are my maternal grandparents, 1906, after restorationThis is my paternal grandmother, 1905, before restoration 
This is my paternal grandmother, 1905, after restoration This is my Sunnyslope grade school graduation picture before restoration This is after restoration
Thursday, April 09, 2009
beetles do it too
I was hiking up in the Mcdowell mountains near my home in Scottsdale Arizona, taking beautiful photos when I came upon this buggy bedroom scene! Red-eared Blister Beetles or Meloidae.
Socialized medicine in Denmark
I had a young, beautiful customer today from Denmark. In December of 2007, she had a debilitating stroke from a genetic disorder, a hole in her heart. She was living and working, legally in Arizona. She did not have insurance.
Her ability to communicate is seriously impaired; her right hand has no feeling and is curling up.
She had to return to Denmark as there was no one to care for her after she was released from hospitalization and she needed physical therapy to learn how to function and talk again.
Denmark socialized doctors decided that it was not life threatening to leave the hole in her heart as long as she took aspirin.
A friend helped her to visit here and get into Mayo for an opinion. She was advised to get the hole in her heart closed to alleviate the danger of another stroke but since she has no insurance, this simple surgery would cost $200,000 at Mayo. Denmark considers the surgery unnecessary. This is what socialized medicine looks like, folks!!!!!!! Medical care is RATIONED! She still cannot communicate or use her hand but they have also decided her physical therapy needs to be reduced.
Her ability to communicate is seriously impaired; her right hand has no feeling and is curling up.
She had to return to Denmark as there was no one to care for her after she was released from hospitalization and she needed physical therapy to learn how to function and talk again.
Denmark socialized doctors decided that it was not life threatening to leave the hole in her heart as long as she took aspirin.
A friend helped her to visit here and get into Mayo for an opinion. She was advised to get the hole in her heart closed to alleviate the danger of another stroke but since she has no insurance, this simple surgery would cost $200,000 at Mayo. Denmark considers the surgery unnecessary. This is what socialized medicine looks like, folks!!!!!!! Medical care is RATIONED! She still cannot communicate or use her hand but they have also decided her physical therapy needs to be reduced.
Monday, April 06, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
makeupmagic: Need to argue your point about who caused the housing market collapse? This is a MUST SEE
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
By Ed Barnett, What do we REALLY pay in taxes?
Dear IRS,
I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April
15, but all is not lost.
I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL
tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog licence tax, federal income
tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting licence tax, fishing licence
tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax,
luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33
percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage
tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax,
state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax,
telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage
surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle licence
registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas
assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma
and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can't recall but I have run
out of space and money.
When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest
mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles
Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Dashelle and, of
course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest.
P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus
check.
Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls
I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April
15, but all is not lost.
I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL
tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog licence tax, federal income
tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting licence tax, fishing licence
tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax,
luxury tax, medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33
percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage
tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax,
state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax,
telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage
surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle licence
registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas
assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma
and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can't recall but I have run
out of space and money.
When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest
mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles
Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Dashelle and, of
course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest.
P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus
check.
Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls
Monday, February 23, 2009
You do not have to be a genius to spread the word!
I am 66 years old, high school graduate, entrepreneur, less than one year of college, Real Estate education, one time avid reader of historical novels, ie., War and Remembrance, Exodus, Michener books, Sho Gun and many many more. I was raised in extremely abusive circumstances in roach infested shacks. I was the first in my family to graduate from High School.
The reason I mention all of the above; ANYONE can write a blog! The reason I blog and twitter is to hopefully inform those that have never cared about the life outside of their little world.
The youth of today were raised in such an easy life and do not seem to care about what goes on outside of their circle of comfort. Since they are so electronically engaged, maybe I can wake up awareness in them that they must get involved if they are to continue in a free society in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
Not only are the youth not interested in world events but I have attempted getting my peers interested in the politics of today and typically they are not interested! They are too busy "cruising", living in Sun City enjoying "the good life", golfing and in general, just enjoying the fruits of their labor with no concern about the up and coming generation. The typical comment I hear about their children and grandchildren is that "whatever makes them happy" is ok by me. After all, "who am I to judge?"
It is not “judgmental” to want to pass on your values to your future generations; it is wise to do so!
Well, I have wandered afar from my original thought as to why I was writing this particular blog.
Original thought is not terribly important in enticing your friends and family on face book to follow your blogs. Whatever it takes to wake them up to the events that will directly have impact their way of life is relevant. I am not the “master” of original thought, I am limited in my education; therefore, I plagiarize interesting points of view and paste them into my blogs!
You can do the same, just investigate further than the headlines associated with mass media, (newspapers and CNN) and copy/paste into Face Book so that others can see what is happening to our way of life!
Get a little daring and allow yourself to be open to ridicule by developing principles that you wish to live by! Share those principles with your circle of influence.
Well, that is all for now, I vented, I guess.
The reason I mention all of the above; ANYONE can write a blog! The reason I blog and twitter is to hopefully inform those that have never cared about the life outside of their little world.
The youth of today were raised in such an easy life and do not seem to care about what goes on outside of their circle of comfort. Since they are so electronically engaged, maybe I can wake up awareness in them that they must get involved if they are to continue in a free society in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
Not only are the youth not interested in world events but I have attempted getting my peers interested in the politics of today and typically they are not interested! They are too busy "cruising", living in Sun City enjoying "the good life", golfing and in general, just enjoying the fruits of their labor with no concern about the up and coming generation. The typical comment I hear about their children and grandchildren is that "whatever makes them happy" is ok by me. After all, "who am I to judge?"
It is not “judgmental” to want to pass on your values to your future generations; it is wise to do so!
Well, I have wandered afar from my original thought as to why I was writing this particular blog.
Original thought is not terribly important in enticing your friends and family on face book to follow your blogs. Whatever it takes to wake them up to the events that will directly have impact their way of life is relevant. I am not the “master” of original thought, I am limited in my education; therefore, I plagiarize interesting points of view and paste them into my blogs!
You can do the same, just investigate further than the headlines associated with mass media, (newspapers and CNN) and copy/paste into Face Book so that others can see what is happening to our way of life!
Get a little daring and allow yourself to be open to ridicule by developing principles that you wish to live by! Share those principles with your circle of influence.
Well, that is all for now, I vented, I guess.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
World wide experiments in socialism
Socialized medicine is a failure! When you are associating with socialist liberals, and they declare that socialized medicine works in other countries, I have news for them. It might have been true several years ago but as the European societies lost their youth, the system broke down! Europeans tossed out religion and therefore morality. Many chose not to marry or have children. Those that did reproduce had far fewer children than their ancestors and therefore, European countries do not have enough young people paying taxes to support aging societies! Where do you suppose the wealthy Europeans come to get their medical needs taken care of? America…..of course. So far, we have the greatest healthcare system in the world! If you are voting to allow these liberals in control of our country to nationalize healthcare, please, please, I beg you to give Europe a closer look. Once we go in that direction, I do not know that we could ever go back. I am seriously afraid for my grandchildren. I am 66 so the socialists believe I am elderly, so my care is secured. Those under 55 should be afraid!!!!!
Here are some sites to go to:
Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) was created on July 5, 1948. As with all government programs, bureaucrats underestimated initial cost projections. First-year operating costs of NHS were 52 million pounds higher than original estimates1 as Britons saturated the so-called free system.
Many decades of shortages, misery and suffering followed until 1989, when some market-based health care competition was reintroduced to the British citizens2.
Unfortunately for those requiring care, a mostly socialist health care system still has problems. The articles and commentaries listed below are only a few of the disasters caused by government intervention in the British health care system.
Only five out of 51 hospital trusts pass hygiene test, say inspectors- Sarah Boseley, November 24, 2008 [Guardian Unlimited]
Heart patients dying due to poor hospital care, says report- Sarah Boseley, June 8, 2008 [Guardian Unlimited]
NHS dentistry loses almost a million patients after new dentists' contract- David Rose, June 6, 2008 [The Times]
Private healthcare managers could be sent to turn round failing NHS hospitals- Philip Webster, Political Editor, and David Rose, June 4, 2008 [The Times]
Cancer patients ‘betrayed’ by NHS- Sarah-Kate Templeton, June 1, 2008 [The Times]
NHS scandal: dying cancer victim was forced to pay- Sarah-Kate Templeton, June 1, 2008 [The Times]
Pensioner, 76, forced to pull out own teeth after 12 NHS dentists refuse to treat her- Olinka Koster, March 26, 2008 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Dental patients face care lottery- March 26, 2008 [Metro(UK)]
Lung patients 'condemned to death as NHS withdraws their too expensive drugs'- Jenny Hope, March 24, 2008 [Daily Mail(UK)]
Other European countries:
Sweden Edges Toward Free-Market Medicine- A. Wess Mitchell, August 31, 2001 [NCPA]
Netherlands aims to tackle health divideSocioeconomic inequalities remain similar to those in the United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries, despite a sustained effort over 20 years. - Tony Sheldon, October 13, 2001 [British Medical Journal]
A Hard Lesson About Socialized MedicineEuropeans are now learning some hard facts of life about socialized medicine: there's no such thing as a free lunch.- September 23, 1996 [CATO]
Paying The Price For Drugs In EuropeWhether they admit it or not, those who advocate 'making drugs more affordable for American seniors' are actually headed down a slippery slope to price controls, free-market analysts charge.- Stephen D. Moore, July 21, 2000 [NCPA]
Canada
Parliament unanimously passed the Canada Health Act in 1984 and established a single-payer, publicly-financed health care system. To ensure a true government monopoly (is there any other kind?) Canadian provinces outlawed private health insurance.
Chaoulli v. Quebec UPDATE (June 9, 2005): In a 4 to 3 decision, the Canadian Supreme Court struck down Quebec's law that prohibits private medical insurance.
Surgery postponed indefinitely for 1,000 Kelowna patients- Cathryn Atkinson, April 8, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Majority of Que. dentists quit health-care system- March 27, 2008 [CTV.ca]
Why Ontario keeps sending patients south- Lisa Priest, February 22, 2008 [Globe and Mail]
Will Socialized Health Care in the US Kill Canadians?- Don Surber, March 3, 2008 [Acton Institute]
Wait times for surgery, medical treatments at all-time high: report- October 15, 2007 [CBC News (Canada)]
The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care- David Gratzer, Summer 2007 [City Journal]
Cancer patients question why PET scan not covered- May 28, 2007 [CBC News]
BC Medical Association: Waiting Too Long
New Zealand:
Surgical waiting lists numbers come under twin attacks- November 15, 2004 [stuff.co.nz]
Hospital Waiting Lists Under Serious Pressure- October 26, 2004 [Scoop New Zealand News]
Hundreds on waiting list as hospital pleads for help- August 23, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Private hospitals offer help with waiting lists- August 12, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Alarm over GP shortage- July 5, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Hospital urges patients to stay away unless really ill- March 6, 2004 [The New Zealand Herald]
Australia:
Public patients wait longer for surgery- June 29, 2005 [The Sydney Morning Herald]
Painful wait for care- Luke McIlveen, February 17, 2005 [Herald Sun (Australia)]
Hospitals crippled by poor planning- Ruth Pollard, December 1, 2004 [Sydney Morning Herald]
Operating theatres shut to save cash as thousands wait for surgery- Nick O'Malley, November 23, 2004 [Sydney Morning Herald]
Private funds creating 'two-tier' health system- David Uren, November 3, 2004 [The Australian]
Friday, February 13, 2009
From Iraqi soldier who wants to be inolved after tour
Andy Goss has sent you a message on The Conservative Underground
After much thought and discussion, I have decided to wait until May to leave Iraq and head back to Arizona to pursue the Congressional seat in District 8 of Arizona. I realize that ya'll are scattered all over the U.S. and indeed the globe, but I would certainly appreciate any advice and encouragement and knowledge you have to impart. I have never done this before and I detest career politicians. I am not a rhetoric man. I don't care about power and I don't want adulation or money. I have served in Iraq for over 45 months and I love my country. I cannot stand around and watch what so many have sacrificed for get systematically dismantled by our liberal president and his minions. It is wrong. I will not compromise my conservative principles for political gain. I will tell it like it is. I will not sugar coat my beliefs and that will probably be to my detriment but I am not doing this to sell out. I hope you all feel the same and I hope in whatever way you are capable you will help me with this huge undertaking. Thank you all for what you do and for your patriotism and love of America. God bless you and America.
After much thought and discussion, I have decided to wait until May to leave Iraq and head back to Arizona to pursue the Congressional seat in District 8 of Arizona. I realize that ya'll are scattered all over the U.S. and indeed the globe, but I would certainly appreciate any advice and encouragement and knowledge you have to impart. I have never done this before and I detest career politicians. I am not a rhetoric man. I don't care about power and I don't want adulation or money. I have served in Iraq for over 45 months and I love my country. I cannot stand around and watch what so many have sacrificed for get systematically dismantled by our liberal president and his minions. It is wrong. I will not compromise my conservative principles for political gain. I will tell it like it is. I will not sugar coat my beliefs and that will probably be to my detriment but I am not doing this to sell out. I hope you all feel the same and I hope in whatever way you are capable you will help me with this huge undertaking. Thank you all for what you do and for your patriotism and love of America. God bless you and America.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
President Obama lambasted businesses that use taxpayer money to visit Las Vegas.
It’s okay, however, to use porkulus money to build pie-in-the-sky rail lines from Los Angeles to Vegas for Harry Reid’s benefit.
A Hill staffer points out this morning that Reid and Obama are pushing for an $8 billion earmark in the conference report (shhh! there are no earmarks, remember?) to “construct high-speed rail lines, quadrupling the amount in the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday. Reid’s office issued a statement noting that a proposed Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas rail might get a big chunk of the money.”
The Hill staffer notes that Reid earmarked $45 million last year for the public magnetic levitation train project — which is in competition with a completely privately funded rail project being built along a similar route.
No wonder they won’t let us see the bill before they rush to cram it down our throats.
It’s okay, however, to use porkulus money to build pie-in-the-sky rail lines from Los Angeles to Vegas for Harry Reid’s benefit.
A Hill staffer points out this morning that Reid and Obama are pushing for an $8 billion earmark in the conference report (shhh! there are no earmarks, remember?) to “construct high-speed rail lines, quadrupling the amount in the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday. Reid’s office issued a statement noting that a proposed Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas rail might get a big chunk of the money.”
The Hill staffer notes that Reid earmarked $45 million last year for the public magnetic levitation train project — which is in competition with a completely privately funded rail project being built along a similar route.
No wonder they won’t let us see the bill before they rush to cram it down our throats.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Dr. Adrian Rogers:Read it and weep
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy outof freedom. What one person receives without working for, another personmust work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybodyanything that the government does not first take from somebody else. Whenhalf of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because theother half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets theidea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to getwhat they work for, that, my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy outof freedom. What one person receives without working for, another personmust work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybodyanything that the government does not first take from somebody else. Whenhalf of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because theother half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets theidea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to getwhat they work for, that, my dear friend, is about the end of any nation.You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
these are the senators that will make final adjustments to that montrosity they call a stimulous bill!
Here is the list of the Stimulus Bill Conference Members. They need to hear from us! Call or send a quick e-mail. (I'm planning on writing an e-mail that I can quick copy and paste in all their contact forms)Senators–Majority Leader, Senator HarryReid: (202) 224-3542 "Dirty" Harry's E-mailSenator Max Baucus, D-Mont.: (202) 224-2651 Baucus' E-mailDaniel Inouye, D-Hawaii: (202) 224-3934 Inouye's E-mailThad Cochran, R-Mo.: (202) 224-5054 Cochran's E-mail.Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.: (202) 224-3744 Grassley's E-mailFrom the House–Reps. David Obey, D-Wis.: (202) 225-3365Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.: Office: (202) 225-4365 **Not surprisingly, Rangel makes it apparently impossible to contact him if you are outside of his district--same goes for Waxman.Henry Waxman, D-Calif.:(202) 225-3976Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.:(202) 225-5861 Lewis's E-mail.Dave Camp, R-Mich.: (202) 225-3561 Camp's E-mail
Here is the list of the Stimulus Bill Conference Members. They need to hear from us! Call or send a quick e-mail. (I'm planning on writing an e-mail that I can quick copy and paste in all their contact forms)Senators–Majority Leader, Senator HarryReid: (202) 224-3542 "Dirty" Harry's E-mailSenator Max Baucus, D-Mont.: (202) 224-2651 Baucus' E-mailDaniel Inouye, D-Hawaii: (202) 224-3934 Inouye's E-mailThad Cochran, R-Mo.: (202) 224-5054 Cochran's E-mail.Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.: (202) 224-3744 Grassley's E-mailFrom the House–Reps. David Obey, D-Wis.: (202) 225-3365Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.: Office: (202) 225-4365 **Not surprisingly, Rangel makes it apparently impossible to contact him if you are outside of his district--same goes for Waxman.Henry Waxman, D-Calif.:(202) 225-3976Jerry Lewis, R-Calif.:(202) 225-5861 Lewis's E-mail.Dave Camp, R-Mich.: (202) 225-3561 Camp's E-mail
Sunday, January 25, 2009
I heard the information in my last post at an economic forum just last week. I found the following information in a Tony Blankenship blog on Townhall.com.
Currently, the United States has the second-highest corporate tax rate of all industrial societies, after economically anemic Japan. The U.S. federal rate of taxation is 35 percent, and when the average state and local corporate tax rates are added, American corporations pay, on average, a 39.27 percent tax on their incomes. China is at 25 percent; Mexico is at 28 percent; socialist Sweden is at 28 percent; and prosperous Ireland is at a mere 12.5 percent.
Gee, what would our economy look like if money were "freed up' and corporations were allowed to buy more inventory, expand and hire new employees, create new products!
Currently, the United States has the second-highest corporate tax rate of all industrial societies, after economically anemic Japan. The U.S. federal rate of taxation is 35 percent, and when the average state and local corporate tax rates are added, American corporations pay, on average, a 39.27 percent tax on their incomes. China is at 25 percent; Mexico is at 28 percent; socialist Sweden is at 28 percent; and prosperous Ireland is at a mere 12.5 percent.
Gee, what would our economy look like if money were "freed up' and corporations were allowed to buy more inventory, expand and hire new employees, create new products!
Wow, can you beleive how long ago since I started this blog? I only signed up so that I had access to other blogs, but, here I go. I am about to start blogging!
I am so disgusted with the lack of education of the general populance, history has been revised in government schools and this mesiah descending down the path to socialism. If he was not such an ego-maniac, he would call on Paul Volker or any number of intelligent economists; he would know that he cannot spend his way out of this economic problem.
Our country charges the second highest corporate tax in the world! Only Japan is higher and they, too are in deep doodoo!
Ireland lowered theirs, (I believe to 15%) and they pulled out of economic woes.
government cannot save this economy, hard working Americans like myself can!
I am so disgusted with the lack of education of the general populance, history has been revised in government schools and this mesiah descending down the path to socialism. If he was not such an ego-maniac, he would call on Paul Volker or any number of intelligent economists; he would know that he cannot spend his way out of this economic problem.
Our country charges the second highest corporate tax in the world! Only Japan is higher and they, too are in deep doodoo!
Ireland lowered theirs, (I believe to 15%) and they pulled out of economic woes.
government cannot save this economy, hard working Americans like myself can!
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