Florida Judge Strikes Down ObamaCare

An opening salvo in the argument about health care law.
At least the tide is headed in the correct direction.
I am not excited because I fully expect the elected government will find some way to weasel in what they want.
No matter if most of the people don't want it.
No matter if the Supreme Court strike it down.
No matter that it doesn't address tort reform.
No matter that it adds to the federal deficit.
They'll have it because they want it.

Fla. judge strikes down Obama health care overhaul ajc.com

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Sausgage Gravy Biscuits

Was an odd day for me.

After picking up some stuff at Home Depot I decided to treat myself to breakfast at Martin's.  I waited in line behind a young man holding up the works trying to talk on the phone with one hand and an hold up his pants with the other.  Being an irritable sort, it was a struggle to hold my tongue, paid for my sausage gravy biscuit, small grits with extra butter and coke no ice.  When I sat down in the dining area there was an argument going on, the same young man was barking at an older man about being a racist and to mind his own business.  Apparently, the old man had made a derogatory statement about the young man's pants being a disgusting thing to look at, something his wife shouldn't be exposed to.  Soon three of the young man's friends were chipping in with their comments and woman with her child in the same seat started loudly cursing the old man.  The old man who was probably sixty-five or so stood his ground and repeated what he found offensive.  The whole scene really pissed me off.  In the escalation the manager came in and I stood up and made a gesture for them to cool it, which they did.  Soon after one of the young men said he wanted to see blood, I think he was full of crap though, a skinny little thing never budged an inch.  The woman never stopped barking until the old man was gone, no regard for the other people in the restaurant, no regard for what her toddler was learning.

I am left wondering, I know that the pants lower than the buttocks is fashion statement with its origin in penal system, inmates not being given belts.  Because the inmates had no belts, they had to hold up their pants and they could droop.  So there you have it, young men find it fashionable to look like criminals, not rational, but it is what it is.  Additionally, standards of decency are formed as a manner of protecting members from offensive language, and offensive dress.  These same standards serve to teach members to treat other with respect.

The old man and the young men broke standards of decency.  Both would have a fair argument that their actions were reactions.  The young men probably don't realize that they are copying the appearance of men who should not be copied.  They do realize however, and in seeming defiance, that their appearance does offend, they choose assign that offense taken as racism. From the old man, no doubt racism was contributor in making the willingness to return the offense flow more easily from angry thoughts.

My own opinion is conflicted, men should be allowed to dress as they wish, but it is not decent to intentionally offend.  Any young man willing to hang his pants lower than his buttocks, is either too stupid to understand his fashion mimicry, or has selected for himself, a station in life that will not likely produce, anything.  Like tattoos on the face, neck and hands, pants around the butt will keep you from getting a good job.

For me, breakfast wasn't the treat I'd hoped.

MegaVote: GA 13th, 1/24/2011

No surprises here, little David Scott voted against repealing Health Care.

Sumbitch doesn't care what I think.

Why should he?

Congress.org (congress.org) presents: M E G A V O T E  January 24, 2011

In this MegaVote for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes -
* House: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

Upcoming Congressional Bills -
* Senate: Filibuster rules overhaul
* House: Non-security spending cuts
* House: Presidential election fund

Editor's Note: 

NOTE: The Senate and House will meet in a special session January 25, 2011 at 8:35 p.m. to hear President Obama's State of the Union speech.

Recent House Votes:
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
Vote Passed (245-189, 1 Not Voting)
The House voted to repeal the 2010 health care law.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has vowed to block the bill in the Senate.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

Upcoming Votes:
Filibuster rules overhaul - S.Res.10
The Senate is scheduled to continue debating this resolution that would overhaul its filibuster rules.
Non-security spending cuts - H.Res.38
This House resolution would require the Budget committee chairman to reduce non-security related discretionary spending to 2008 levels.

Presidential election fund - H.R.359
The House is scheduled to consider this bill that would end taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions.

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Bike Humor

A tough looking group of bikers were riding when they saw a girl about to jump off a bridge so they stop.
The leader, a big burly man, gets off his bike and says, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to commit a suicide," she says.
While he did not want to appear insensitive, he didn't want to miss an opportunity he asked "Well, before you jump, why don't you give me a Kiss?"
So, she does and it was a long, deep lingering kiss.
After she's finished, the biker says, "Wow! That was the best Kiss I have ever had. That's a real talent you are wasting. You could be famous
Why are you committing suicide?"
"My parents don't like me dressing up like a girl......"

Compliments of my mother.

56% Say Arizona Shooter Should Receive Death Penalty

Rasmussen poll results.
I would like to see the next line after title to say...
But it doesn't, some people believe that here are mitigating circumstances, such as mental impairment.  I do not give a crap, if there is any risk that he can do this again, he should not protected.

"46% want the shooter to be tortured, allowed to heal and then executed."

56% Say Arizona Shooter Should Receive Death Penalty

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$500,000,000,000.00

A half of a trillion dollars is a lot of money.  No doubt that the press will be all over this as an money rightfully theirs, equating that with a restriction of liberty.
My opinion is that money does not equal liberty if taken from me and granted gives you liberty.
As far a food stamps are concerned, I am sick to death of standing in line waiting for some fat woman to get off her Blackberry phone, while she is thumbing through her food stamps in her designer handbag. If she's got money for the bag and the fancy phone, things I don't have enough cash flow for, she shouldn't have rights to food stamps. No doubt this lady has got a damned big screen television in her house. Food stamps should be for people living in poverty.
Eligibility for food stamps has expanded because there is excess money in the food stamp program.
An inexact science, yes, but a reduced funding should bring to pass a more difficult threshold to attain.
Rand Paul is starting our right by practicing what he preaches, today he proposed.
As reported on Kentucky's Fox41 site.
http://www.fox41.com/story/13911626/rand-paul-proposes-500-billion-in-federal-budget-cuts

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Rand Paul wants to slash numerous federal programs, including food stamps for the poor, to save $500 billion in a single year.A legislative proposal Paul introduced on Tuesday would slash $42 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food stamp program -- a 30 percent spending reduction. His proposal would eliminate numerous other programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Paul said the proposal would roll back federal spending to 2008 levels and eliminate what he considers the most wasteful programs.
The Kentucky Republican said he hopes his proposal will spark a dialogue within the Senate about how to repair the nation's economy.

Link to the bill: http://www.randpaul2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/500Bcutsbill.pdf

Look to overview of bill: http://www.randpaul2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Overview-500-billion-cuts-2.pdf

Response From Congressman David Scott

Compliments of Dustin, the ugly comment is his, not that I don't disagree....

Freaking wind bag...

----- Original Message -----

From: Congressman David Scott

Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:46 AM

Subject: Response From Congressman David Scott

Dear Mr. Johnson: 

Thank you for contacting me regarding the repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. 

Throughout the past year, I have received both positive and critical feedback from constituents of the 13th district regarding my decision last year to vote in favor of the health care law. Since the bill's passage, there have been several provisions that have already begun to affect citizens across the country. Some of the provisions include the extension of health insurance to dependents age 26 and under as part o f their parents health insurance plans, and the $250 payment to seniors who enter the Medicare donut hole. Small businesses began to receive tax credits in order to assist them in purchasing health insurance for their employees. The bill also created a series of high risk pools for constituents whose health insurance was denied due to a pre-existing condition. Preventative services are also of no cost to members of insurance plans. Regardless, there are still calls for the health care law to be repealed before its full implementation date of 2014. While I understand the anger that the health care legislation created, I voted against H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, for several reasons.  

Repealing the recently passed health care reform bill would have distressing effect on the economy. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, enacting H.R. 2 would probably increase federal budget deficits over the 2012–2019 period by a total of roughly $145 billion. In addition, adding two more years (through 2021) brings the projected increase in deficits to approximately $230 billion. Under H.R. 2, about 32 million fewer nonelderly people would have health insurance in 2019, leaving a total of about 54 million nonelderly people uninsured. The share of legal nonelderly residents with insurance coverage in 2019 would be about 83 percent, compared with a projected share of 94 percent under current law.  

 In addition to the adding to the federal budget deficit, the passage of H.R. 2 would eliminate crucial and popular provisions of the health care law that have already been put in place. In Georgia, 80,400 Medicare beneficiaries received a one-time, tax-free $250 rebate to help pay for prescription drugs in the "donut hole" coverage gap in 2010.  Medicare beneficiaries who fall into the "donut hole" in 2011 will be eligible for 50 percent discounts on covered brand name prescription drugs.  Without the law, the burden of high prescription drug costs would hurt millions of Medicare beneficiaries across the country.  Nearly 1.2 million seniors in Georgia who have Medicare coverage would be forced to pay a co-pay to receive important preventive services, like mammograms and colonoscopies. More than 5 million residents of Georgia with private insurance coverage would be vulnerable again to having lifetime limits placed on how much insurance companies will spend on their health care. 

An examination of trends in health spending over the past 50 years shows that if health reform measures proposed by previous presidents had been enacted and slowed the growth in spending by as little as 1.0 or 1.5 percentage points annually, spending trends in the U.S. would have been closer to those seen in other major industrialized countries and fewer adverse health consequences and economic burdens would have been borne by American families, businesses, and government. History shows that even modest cost-cutting has a significant impact over time and that inaction has a cost. The longer we wait to address the underlying problems in the U.S. health care system, the more health spending will continue on its rapid rise and the more drastic the measures that will be required to right our economy and our federal budget. Congress was right to move ahead. After 50 years of spiraling health care costs and the resulting price paid by American families, business, and government, we could no longer afford to postpone health reform. 

Again, I thank you for sharing your views with me. I hope you will continue to give me the benefit of your opinion in the future. In addition, I encourage you to visit my web site at http://davidscott.house.gov, where you can view the latest news and obtain information on issues and legislation that is important to you. You can also sign up for my electronic newsletter, and receive periodic updates on my activities as your representative in Washington. Thank you again for contacting me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you.

Sincerely,
David Scott
Member of Congress

It's Almost February

Another chance to celebrate Black History month. A contrived proclamation that serves no interest other than to prolong the hope that a minority will be spiritually lifted above the morass where everybody else lives.
Good luck with that.
Saw this at Amazon the other day, you can buy it for less than $10.00.

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Fun With Names

Somebody sent this to me at work a week or two ago.  Fifty years from now when Bill Clinton is forgotten, the people in the quiet South Carolina town will be able to stop seeing their name used as a reference for jokes about the philanderer in chief.
Come this think about it, there are Clintons in Connecticut, Mississippi, and more.

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Invoice

This was in the comments of today's Saturday Blond Joke at Grouchy Old Cripple.  Posted by a fella by the name of Toejam.

The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his sexy, albeit not too bright, blonde secretary for some mathematical help.
He called her into his office and said, "Y'all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%, how much would you take off?"
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everthang but my earrings."

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MegaVote: GA 13th, 1/10/2011

I am guessing that in the upcoming repeal vote Little David Scott is going to vote to keep it as is.

Have to give him credit for voting to reduce expenses.

Knowing politicians, its probably a facade.

Congress.org (congress.org) presents: M E G A V O T E 
January 10, 2011

In this MegaVote for Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes -
* House: Health Care Repeal Rule
* House: Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses
Editor's Note:
The Senate is in recess until Tuesday January 25, 2011.

Recent House Votes:
Health Care Repeal Rule
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=10&chamber=H&congress=1121
Vote Passed (236-181, 2 Present, 15 Not Voting)
The House approved the rules for debating H.R.2, the bill to repeal the 2010 health care law.  The rules provide for seven hours of floor debate.  The vote on H.R.2, which was scheduled for Jan. 12, was postponed following Saturdays shootings in Tucson, AZ.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

Reducing the amount authorized for salaries and expenses
http://capwiz.com/congressorg/issues/votes/?votenum=8&chamber=H&congress=1121
Vote Passed (408-13, 11 Not Voting)
The House voted to reduce operating expenses for lawmakers and committee offices.  Budgets for House salaries and office expenses in 2011 and 2012 will be 5 percent less than the 2010 level.
Rep. David Scott voted YES

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Weekend Assignment

The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship. 
 
Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success." 
 
"Very good," said the teacher. 
 
Little Jenny was next: "I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events." 
 
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher.. 
 
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath ... Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said. 
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling" ?  Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny. 
 
"Toothbrushes," echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?" 
 
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free  sample." 
 
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog crap!" 
 
Then I would say, "It is dog crap. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the Barak Obama method of giving you something shitty, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."

 

The teacher was speechless. . . . . . . . 
 
Little Johnny got 5 stars for his efforts, bless his heart. . . 

Don't Call Me Ma'am

No doubt with me that General Micael Walsh has done more to earn his title than Barbara Boxer has done to earn hers.
Unless getting on your knees for George Soros counts.

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Stick a Needle In Him

I think for the trial they ought to hook this bastard up with an IV line.
Then, as soon as he is found guilty, hook his fat ass up to a bottle of Draino.

Habitual offender formally charged with state trooper's murder ajc.com

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Gerry Rafferty RIP

Thirty something years ago, when I graduated from high school, Gerry Rafferty had a very popular album that included this Platinum single.



Maybe it is a kid thing, but in my life I've associated certain songs with different periods and women. This song is one of those, arousing feelings loss.

Gerry Rafferty passed away shortly after the New Year. He had been out of the spotlight since the middle eighties trying to recapture a fleeting moment of fantastic popularity. Perhaps because of reluctance to perform publicly, perhaps because of a reported drinking problem, Mr. Rafferty did not come close.

As a partner in the band Stealer's Wheel, Rafferty first stuck goad with the song "Stuck In the Middle With You", later made infamous in the movie "Reservoir Dogs".

RIP Gerry Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011)

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It Couldn't Get Any Worse

Oh Yeah!
The results of this poll cracks me up, American cynicism at it's finest.
From the article...

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 60% of Likely Voters say no matter how bad things are, Congress can always find a way to make them worse. Only 23% disagree with this assessment, while another 16% are not sure.

This says that only 1 in 4 voters believe that Congress can have a positive effect.  I agree but hope we are all wrong.  If it could be proved, which it cannot, the most economical first step would be close Congress, maybe elect a King. At least we would not have to pay for the privilege of politicians screwing up our lives.

By the way, that is an indication that Capitalism has deeper roots than Socialism.

Voters Continue To Believe Congress Can Always Make Things Worse

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Low Sodium Streets

On day four of the Atlanta ice storm, I make my way to eat lunch at the local Arby's. When many businesses are closed you can't be too selective.
After sliding down a section of ice covered road I come into the parking lot to see two Cobb County DOT trucks. One of the trucks is a stake body with many yellow bags of salt for spreading on the road, the other is a long bed pickup with a spreader on the tail end. No person is in either truck.

Going inside I see 5 Cobb DOT employees sunning themselves leisurely in the window, lunch was eaten (it was 12:10) and they were relaxing, almost tranquil.

Not one of the workers showed evidence of having exerted during the day, no sweat stains, no dirty clothes, no wet clothes.  Horsing around those bags of salt is a dirty disgusting job.

After about ten minutes of sitting near the group, without a sound they all got up and meandered out the door.  One truck went one direction, the pickup with the spreader went up the hill I just slid down, without the spreader on.

In my southeastern section of Cobb County the road condition has gone, for the most part, untended. Now I see why, the lazy bastards are willing to wait on the weather to turn, rather than work for the over-time rates they are being paid.  Accidents are happening on shady side streets while Nero fiddles.  Our tax dollars at work.

If I Had a Boat

This man is a little bit on the odd side, but his music puts me in a trance.

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That Wouldn't Be Right

When I first saw the file name I thought it said "blowing the Burger King"".
Not there is anything wrong with that.

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I Can Stimulate Myself

What's he got that sign attached to?

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What They Promise

Every two years, like clockwork, freshly elected and re-elected representatives repeat an oath from Article VI, clause 3 of the Constitution.

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

You have to wonder what the likes of Pelosi, Leahy, Clyburn and Reid are thinking during this utterance. They have to say the words but in the conscious belief that the Constitution is elastic, must be the realization that they don't feel bound by the constraints set within. Put as respectfully as possible, many of these politicians have made clear that they guided only by the "need" of constituents, while actually motivated to action by the desire to increase power and remain employed. Effectively, they are lying, by promising to adhere to the Constitution, while aware of the paths built to circumvent same.

Four Years Ago Today

The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

Four terrible years that may never be undone.