Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Right to Know?

I'm looking for "the right to know" in the first ammendment. It's got to be in here somewhere. Can you find it?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Let me know what you find.

Monday, June 26, 2006

New York Times - All the news that's left... far left.

The New York Times irresponsibily reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists. The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King, is urging the Bush administration to seek criminal charges against The New York Times.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) blasted the newspaper's decision last week to report that the Treasury Department was working with the CIA to examine messages within a massive international database of money-transfer records.

"I am asking the Attorney General to begin an investigation and prosecution of The New York Times, the reporters, the editors, and the publisher," said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. "We're at war, and for the Times to release information about secret operations and methods is treasonous."

The NYT appears to siding with Al Queda. As long as the current administration is in charge the NYT will do everything in it's power to be an enemy of the USA.

Friday, June 23, 2006

Did You Know?

POW's
The number of Americans taken prisoner in World War II was 130,201.
Source: Infoplease

Father of the Oil Well
Edwin Drake, not to be confused with the English explorer Sir Francis Drake, is credited with having "discovered oil" on August 27, 1859, near Titusville, PA. Drake was the first to successfully drill for oil and create an oil well.

Source: Answers.com




32 Million Unregistered Voters
Can you believe it? That's the number of people who reported to the U.S. Census Bureau that they were not registered to vote in 2004. Here are some of the reasons given for not registering to vote.

  1. 15 million gave as a reason the fact that they were not interested in the election or politics. That's nearly half!
  2. 6 million said they had failed to meet the registration deadlines.
Less frequent responses for not registering were:
  1. Voting ineligibility.
  2. Permanent illness or disability. I don't get this one
  3. Not knowing how to register
  4. Feeling that their vote would not make a difference
  5. Lacking residency requirements

Source: U.S. Census Bureaw

300 Times Bigger 40 Years Later

From its modest $1 billion budget in 1966, the Medicaid program’s cost has rocketed. It now costs taxpayers approximately $300 billion a year.

In other words, the more money spent to fight so-called poverty puts more people on welfare (government assistance). The total population hasn’t grown 300 times its size. Wasn’t the opposite supposed to happen?
Perhaps Medicaid was created for buying votes.
Source: Congressional Research Service.

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Monday, June 19, 2006

I Read the News Today..... Hooboy...

Have you heard the latest? A homosexual activist group at NYU is accusing the Bush administration of spying on them and anti-war protesters. The anti-war group is Students Against War at the University of California at Santa Cruz. The punch line is that the spokesman for the group admits he has no proof.

A leftist hate group accusing somebody without proof? Gee, that's a big surprise.

Want more?

Did you hear that Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow (some call it Monochrome) Colition returned a $10,000 check from British Petroleum (BP)? JJ says BP doesn't employ enough minorities nor do they have enough owners of BP stations. JJ is probably bluffing and is holding out for a larger extortion check from BP.

We'll here's the good news. BP may decide all together to stop paying extortion money to JJ and the RC. Many NYSE companies are finally realizing that paying extortion money doesn't help the companies because JJ has little or no effect on the purchasing power of blacks or any other minority group.

Among other groups that demand extortion payments are Greenpeace and Sierra Club.

I hope the rest of us realize that extortion is wrong and that we'll stop funding groups that use extortion.

Okay, one more...

From the AP. Delegates of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are debating whether to adopt "gender-inclusive" language to replace the traditional "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," wire reports said. A panel is actually studying what is called "fresh ways to speak of the mystery" of the Trinity.

One reason is that language limited to the Father and Son "has been used to support the idea that God is male and that men are superior to women," the panel said.

The gender-inclusive options include "Mother, Child, and Womb," "Creator, Savior, Sanctifier," and "Rock, Redeemer, Friend," the AP reported.

They say
Conservatives (rational thinkers) object to this and believe that the church should stick close to the way God is named in the Bible.

Two professors at the Presbyterians' Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Andrew Purves and Charles Partee, said there is potential danger that "we not only lose the ground for our language for God, we in fact lose the Trinity. We lose God."

Hooray for the two professors at PPTS.

Monday, June 12, 2006

Going to the Doctor

I remember a visit to the doctor's office a while back. Something happened to my back during a weekend with Martha (wife) that caused me to look like Quasimodo and feel worse. I called the doctor and made an appointment. The appointment writer downer gave orders to arrive 30 minutes early to fill out paperwork.



Upon arrival I approached a window where the beast was housed. She (it looked female) handed over scads of forms to fill out and at least 5,000 questions to answer in the brief span of 30 minutes. Little did I know that it would be plenty of time.



With the help of Martha we completed everything and I returned it to the beast. She told me to sit down and wait and she'd call when the doctor was ready to see me.



See Don. See Don Wait. Wait, wait, wait.


45 minutes elapsed since feeding the beast 35 pounds of paper and the ink from 3 boxes of Bic pens. Unacceptable, I thought. I approached the window that seemingly provided protection for infirmed humans and told her that the appointment was for 10:15 am and it was 11:00 am. I was informed that the doctor was usually this late and it wasn't a problem. I told her I didn't care about what was 'usually' and that it was a problem. We had words.... lots of words....



I waited..... and waited....


FINALLY my name was called and we were ushered into the examination room. After a few minutes the door opened. In walked this girl dressed incredibly sloppy with a huge lab coat. Why do they dress like that? This nurse, or tech, started asking the same questions I spent all that time answering 30 minutes before the appointment. I reluctantly answered them. She scribbled on a sheet of paper attached to a clipboard in large illegible balloon letters and left. I guessed that I'd be seeing the doctor next.



WRONG!



In walks this guy that could be mistaken for a doctor...

"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm the PA"
"Huh?"
"The PA. Physicians Assistant."
"Where's the doctor?"

He started playing doctor and proceeded asking the same 5,000 questions...

"I answered those already. They're on the chart".

He kept asking THEN proceeded to poke and prod my body. I couldn't stand it. Lastly, he scribbled on a pad using illegible hieroglyphics only he could interpret and left.

So far over 45 minutes had been spent in the exam room and no doctor had been sighted.



I WANT TO SEE THE DOCTOR!


When the overbooked and time challenged M.D. finally made his glorious appearance he picked up the chart and began asking the same questions the nurse and PA had previously asked.



DOESN'T ANYBODY LOOK AT THE FORMS I SPENT HALF THE MORNING FILLING OUT?


After asking questions He proceeded to poke and prod my body. Occasionally he'd grunt something in Latin (I think) and ask stupid questions like,

"Does that hurt?"
"Of course it hurts. You just poked me."

The doctors examination, writing of the prescription, and asking the if I had any questions took almost 10 minutes. Why was I there for 2 hours if he was only going to spend 10 minutes?

Needless to say, I was not happy. After pondering this horror story and thanking God I didn't have to remove my clothes, I believe I've found a solution to this silliness. I'm starting a new medical service called

"Don's Patient's Assistant"



It's truly ingenious. You call the doctor and make an appointment. Immediately, you place a call to "Don's Patient's Assistant" and give us the details. When it's time for your appointment "Don's Patient Assistant" will get to the doctor's office early, fill out the forms, and answer all the stupid questions that nobody is going to look at.



During that time you'll be able to stay at work, take a nap in your car, or visit the coffee shop. Instead of non productive down time you can take care of business, read your newspaper, or keep up with e-mail via your wireless.



Meanwhile the "Don's Patient's Assistant" is telling anybody who'll listen where it hurts, how much you've puked, and what you had for breakfast. When the time comes for the doctor to see you "Don's Patient's Assistant" will call you via your wireles and you're on your way. By the time you get to the exam room the doctor will almost be ready to see you and will ask you all the questions your assistant has answered to deaf ears and nobody will know the difference.


Seriously, I don't know about you but we pay insurance to see a doctor, NOT a P.A. It gripes me to spend money on something and not get what I paid for, i.e. a doctor and not some wannabe play doctor.

From now on I'm making it a point to tell the receptionist that I will not be seen by the pa. If the doctor won't see me I'll go elsewhere. I'm paying for a doctor and I expect to see a doctor.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Made In Oklahoma

I found a very interesting article on page 9A of the Daily Oklahoman (Sat. 6/10/06). The two 500 lb bombs used to kill al zarqawi were made at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, OK.

The 1,300 employees were proud of the news they made.


We're proud of you. Good work Oklahoma!

Friday, June 09, 2006

Today's Quotes for June 9, 2006

These were in today's news.

"...the precision air strike that sent Zarqawi to the
fiery hell he deserved."

David Thibault, CNSNews.com Editor in
Chief

"There won't be any virgins where he's
(Zaraqawi) going."

Mort Kondracke, Fox News

Hopefully the same will be said of Osama, soon.


Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Marriage Amendment - A disappointment...

Today congress did not pass the Marriage Amendment. The vote was close which means somebody wasn’t listening to their constituents. Looking at every state that has allowed a vote in the issue you can clearly see that society has not approved it.

Congress doesn't get it, which shouldn't surprise anybody.

Some members have tried to use the reason that it's a right. They are wrong. Most liberals call everything a right. They, too, are wrong.

As the great Thomas Sowell has said, marriage is actually a restriction upon the rights we already have.

WHAT!!!!! you scream as your knee is jerked into the bottom of the desk and possibly in need of medical attention.

There are many attempts at reason to approve homosexual marriage. None of them are viable.

Adoption is one fallacy. Marriage doesn't guarantee that you'll be able to adopt a child any more than eating a doughnut makes you a police officer. Adoption is based on your ability to prove you are capable of being a good parent.

Passing property or money to another isn't any easier when you're married. At the moment couples living together, it doesn't matter whether they're straight or have decided to become homosexual, can create any manner of arrangements with their property that they desire.

If you're married there are some barriers to this. In California, for instance, if you purchase something 50% of it automatically becomes your spouses. But what would you expect from the land of fruits and nuts.

So what's the real reason for approving homosexual marriage?

It's simply to have their deviant lifestyle accepted by society. There can be no other reason.

Hopefully it will never happen and Congress will awaken from their stupor and support the Marriage Amendment.

Monday, June 05, 2006

This blog will be dedicated to the discussion of Conservative Christian and Political views. All views will be welcome, however, any view containing profanity and hate (determined by me) will be removed.

Let the games begin.

Don