Radicals!

    You gotta love radicals! They're so --- full of whatever. Sometimes a cause, sometimes themselves, sometimes misinformation.
    I've been a radical before. It was so invigorating. Radicals usually cluster in ever larger groups which can be so empowering. And in such closed spaces quite often result in closed minds.
   I try not to be closed off from opinions other than my own by seeking others that I know have views different than mine. They're rather easy to find. I just ask where do they get their news. If the answer is TV and news papers/news magazines isn't added then I can be pretty sure I'm dealing with a person that bases their opinions on information delivered in sound bites. We'll have different opinions I assure you. If they say Fox news we'll have radically different views.
    I've a dear friend that believes Bill O'Rielly is the true fountain of all political truth & speaks to the truth at all times. That she reads some of her news makes her feel informed. Trouble is she reads what Bill says or says to read.
    I can't fathom why so many that are at risk of bankruptcy are so opposed to reform. Their cries that government run health care will be a boondoggle is founded on what? Medicare/Medicaid, Veterans Administration, our military hospitals?
   The American Journal of Medicine study says that 62% of bankruptcies in 2007 where linked to medical expenses. 80% of those had insurance.
    Having health insurance is only a false sense of security. Unless you have Medicare/Medicaid, VA or Military. I have a State subsidized policy thanks to the tobacco settlement. It's good for office visits and small issues. Something big is beyond its scope.
   It (reform) is going to cost a Trezillion dollars and create death squads! These are such a hoot to listen to.
    Who was the first company that the government bailed out? AIG! The largest insurance company on the planet. It insures the insurers & banks. That was real inexpensive little move there wasn't it. Did that money spent increase your coverage? Did it reduce the cost of your pharmacy bill?
    So socialism for BIG business is good but government provided health care is bad?

Zipidee :~(

To Blog or FB? HMMMMM

Well I'll still come here every now and then to rant or wander. FB seems to be where everyone else goes. Unc blogged once this year. Yes Happy Birthday Unc.
It's funny how these venues for expression & connection come & go. I know there's twitter out there somewhere and once everyone goes there I'll finally be left behind. But I said that about FB too and now I'm there.
Ev said today that he has to edit his conversations due to the size of the family attendance. Hmmmm
I've seen how FB discourages more than a passing thought by limiting the length allowed. Seems a shame because it sometimes takes more words to color your statements to mean what they're supposed to mean without tonal inflections.
So like Ev I find I have to edit my comments or just not comment, not due to the audience but the lack of space. So I come here -- ramble -- no limit.
And seeing how this venue is only viewed by family censoring is totally unnecessary. Cause no matter what I say here they're stuck with me. You can pick your friends & you can pick your n....... yea whatever.
Was asked in an Email, remember email, where I would live if I could chose a place. I did chose a place, this place. Sorry for those that live where they're not happy being. Or working a job they don't like. Not to sound to hedonistic but being happy is all that matters. He didn't give you this day to be miserable. Exult in his creation that is the best worship.

Zipidee

Random memrys

Fizzies
The first fizzy on your tongue (before Space Rocks)
The little jar with matches in it in Maw Maws bathroom in the Mill village. The original 'Air freshener' ;~)
Sheri's Big Bald Doll. Well not completely bald but near nuf.
Rob's Chrome 3 Speed
Ray's 2 seater Lambretta scooter.
Granddads office
The Wilkins boys, behavior beyond our experience
Visiting the Keels in Johnson City
Using milk weed pods as grenades in battles in the Aldrich's field in Lisbon Center.
Walking to the little store in LC to buy home made penny candy. Red Hot Jaw Breakers
Selling the morning paper in the Millington Base Hospital. Scary at first.
Losing friends almost as fast as you made them.
Having a Southern accent in Maine and a Yankee accent in Tenn without altering your speech pattern one bit.
First 'real' job -- Busing tables at a Sizzler Steak House
First day in a new school
Getting to the one room school in Lisbon Center early on the first of May to surprise the teacher with flowers.
Hearin Elvis's 'Hound Dog'on the car radio for the first time while driving from Bath to Brunswick
Not associating with your siblings at each new school but not knowing what you'd do without them.
My first 'Steady' the exotic Rene van Tuyll von Serooskerken
Helpin the Milk Man in Olathe deliver milk & baked goods & occasionally being allowed to ride on the running board.
My first car. A Chevy coupe peddle power. my Paw Paw got it for me on my 4th birthday
Ray being hit by a car while riding his bike
Winning a bicycle rodeo in Brunswick. The prize was a light for my bike that had a generator
Riding bikes Everywhere
Making my first skateboard out of a chunk of 2x4 and a steel wheel skate at Pt Mugu
Trick or treating in Zaymore Homes, 1st grade. One guy was making the kids do a trick to get the treat. I told Dad. He said to go back with a bar of soap & ask the guy if he wanted it on his screen or on his window. The guy gave me my candy while mumbling.
Team wrestling on Dad when he'd get home from deployment.


Zippidee