Top Ten States Receiving Syrians Refugees

For the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.
The ratio of cases to individuals is roughly 1:4.
The percentage Muslims in the current total of 2,671 individuals placed in the United States is 98%.



Sourced from Refugee Resettlement Watch.

Trump was Right to Try to Stop Obama from Tying his Hands on Israel

Our current President is a bad person.
Trump was Right to Try to Stop Obama from Tying his Hands on Israel
I think it is fair to characterize the Democrat Party as anti-Zionist. There is little evidence of action to refute that claim. POTUs tried sway the last Israeli election, major networks turned a blind eye. The man may be a Christian as he claims, but there is no doubt about where his sympathies lie.

In Need of a Vent

There was a man from Kent,
who had a penis so long it bent,
it was so much trouble,
that he kept it double,
and instead of coming he went.

Ann-Margret Olsson

I did not know she was from Sweden.
From the picture, you can't tell if she's going to the right or to the left.

Short Yet Unimportant

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE for November 22, 2016 and Georgia's 13th Congressional District:

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Oil and Gas Royalties
• House: "Midnight" Rules
• House: Iranian Aircraft Purchases 

Recent Senate Votes:
Oil and Gas Royalties Vote Rejected (51-47, 2 Not Voting)
The Senate voted on the McConnell motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill that would establish revenue sharing for states involved in energy production from onshore and offshore areas leased by the government. It also would incorporate revenues generated by offshore wind energy production projects. Sixty votes were needed to invoke cloture and end debate.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

A vote against stopping the discussion on how to share, of all thing, the sharing of revenue from wind. For me, the mind is drafting to Don Quixote, tilting at windmills, because this Congressional content is about as relevant as a fart in church.

Recent House Votes:
"Midnight" Rules Vote Passed (240-179, 15 Not Voting)
The bill would permit a new Congress to use the procedures under the Congressional Review Act to disapprove, en bloc, multiple regulations issued by a president in his final year in office rather than just a single regulation at a time for rules issued during the final 60 session days of the previous Congress.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

The House Republicans are cuing up the latest Executive orders for repeal.  The vote by my pipsqueak Democratic Congressman is hardly surprising.

Iranian Aircraft Purchases Vote Passed (243-174, 17 Not Voting)
The measure, which combines two separately reported bills, would prohibit the Export-Import Bank from providing any export financing that would benefit the government of Iran or Iranian entities, and it would prohibit the Treasury Department from authorizing transactions by U.S. financial institutions to finance the export or re-export of commercial passenger aircraft to Iran. Under the measure, any prior Treasury authorizations for U.S. financing of commercial aircraft sales to Iran would be retroactively revoked.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

The House of Representatives wants to make it as difficult as possible for the Iranians to purchase commercial aircraft. David Scott voted against that precaution. In thinking about the application of the vote, it may be that he is trying to protect local industry. But I doubt it.

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What's Under Your Tree?

Ripped off of Grouchy Old Cripple.

Flinty Water

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE, posted on December 13, 2016 and for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Medical Research and Associated Activities
• Senate: Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization Conference Report
• Senate: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations
• Senate: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations
• Senate: Water Infrastructure Conference Report
• Senate: Water Infrastructure Conference Report
• House: International Insurance Standards
• House: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations
• House: Water Infrastructure Conference Report

The 114th Congress has come to a close for anticipated legislative business. The 115th Congress will convene on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

Recent Senate Votes

Medical Research and Associated Activities Vote Agreed to (94-5, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill that would reauthorize the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration, and would modify the FDA's drug and medical device review and approval process to accelerate the approval and distribution of new drugs and devices. The measure would create three dedicated offset funds within the Treasury into which $6.3 billion would be transferred over 10 years, through 2026. The accounts would include $4.8 billion for NIH medical research, $500 million for FDA approval and review modification and $1 billion for opioid addiction treatment and response. Funding for the accounts would not count against annual discretionary budget caps. Within the NIH funding, $1.8 billion would be for cancer therapy and test development, $1.5 would be for brain-related research and $1.5 billion would be for medical treatments related to genetic characteristics. The measure would also expand the Health and Human Services Department's oversight of mental health issues, would modify the Medicare program for hospitals, and would allow small employers to provide certain reimbursement plans for employees to purchase their own health insurance. The House replaced the original text of HR 34 with an amendment that consisted of the medical research and expedited drug approval legislative provisions.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

I am more interested in what is to come. A government where Democrats and Republicans alike are inclined toward increasing government. Soon the Republicans will have complete control of all but the SCOTUS. Will they keep their promises to ditch ACA? I sincerely doubt it.

Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization Conference Report Vote Agreed to (92-7, 1 Not Voting)

The Senate adopted the conference report on the bill that would authorize $611.2 billion for defense programs in fiscal 2017, including $59.5 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. It would authorize $222.4 billion for operations and maintenance; $139.6 billion for military personnel; $7.9 billion for military construction and family housing; $10 billion for ballistic-missile defense; and $33.4 billion for defense health care programs, including $334 million from the overseas operations account. It would prohibit the use of funds for a new round of base closures. The bill would authorize a 2.1 percent pay raise for military personnel. It would elevate U.S. Cyber Command to an independent major command within the Defense Department. It would prohibit detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from being transferred to U.S. soil, and would prohibit the closing of the main base and detention facility at Guantanamo. It would extend, through fiscal 2017, the authority for several bonus and special payments for military members.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

This pretty much always passes because this is where most of the spending directed at industry is applied. The only time that one or the other party objects is when there is some competing spending stream that has gathered steam.

Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Vote Agreed to (61-38, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate agreed to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the original bill that would provide funding for federal government operations until April 28, 2017, at an annualized rate of $1.070 trillion. The measure would provide $170 million for repairs to the water system in Flint, Mich., $872 million for medical research, and $45 million for an extension, through April 30, 2017, of health benefits for retired coal miners. The measure would include $10.1 billion in supplemental Overseas Contingency Operations funds for the Defense Department and certain other security-related accounts. It would include $4.1 billion in natural disaster funding to address damage caused by hurricane and flooding events in 2016. The measure would also provide for expedited Senate consideration of legislation to waive the requirement that a former member of the armed forces cannot become secretary of Defense until seven years have lapsed since the person left active duty.

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Votes about talking, boring.

Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Vote Agreed to (63-36, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the original bill that would provide funding for federal government operations until April 28, 2017, at an annualized rate of $1.070 trillion. The measure would provide $170 million for repairs to the water system in Flint, Mich., $872 million for medical research, and $45 million for an extension, through April 30, 2017, of health benefits for retired coal miners. The measure would include $10.1 billion in supplemental Overseas Contingency Operations funds for the Defense Department and certain other security-related accounts. It would include $4.1 billion in natural disaster funding to address damage caused by hurricane and flooding events in 2016. The measure would also provide for expedited Senate consideration of legislation to waive the requirement that a former member of the armed forces cannot become secretary of Defense until seven years have lapsed since the person left active duty.

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted NO

Votes about agreement, boring.

Water Infrastructure Conference Report Vote Agreed to (69-30, 1 Not Voting)
The Senate agreed to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the bill that would authorize new water projects for construction by the Army Corps of Engineers, allow for the Corps to conduct feasibility studies for additional projects and deauthorize certain existing projects. It also would modify numerous Corps water resources authorities and seek to ensure that Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending levels are sustained.
It would authorize $170 million in aid to Flint, Mich., to repair its lead-contaminated drinking water system, including $100 million to replace its water pipes and other infrastructure, and it would establish several new programs to promote safe drinking water and reduce any concentrations of lead, as well as to test for lead in schools and child care centers. 
The measure also would take several actions to help California deal with its years-long drought, including by requiring that more northern water be diverted south to drought-stricken areas.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Why is the Federal government working to solve problems that the state government has created. Let California succeed, future political seasons will be much more exciting.

Water Infrastructure Conference Report Vote Agreed to (78-21, 1 Not Voting)

The Senate agreed to the motion to concur in the House amendment to the bill that would authorize new water projects for construction by the Army Corps of Engineers, allow for the Corps to conduct feasibility studies for additional projects and deauthorize certain existing projects. It also would modify numerous Corps water resources authorities and seek to ensure that Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending levels are sustained.
It would authorize $170 million in aid to Flint, Mich., to repair its lead-contaminated drinking water system, including $100 million to replace its water pipes and other infrastructure, and it would establish several new programs to promote safe drinking water and reduce any concentrations of lead, as well as to test for lead in schools and child care centers.
The measure also would take several actions to help California deal with its years-long drought, including by requiring that more northern water be diverted south to drought-stricken areas.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

Votes about reports, boring.

Recent House Votes
International Insurance Standards Vote Passed (239-170, 24 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would prohibit the United States from agreeing to any proposed international insurance standards until the government had publicly published the proposal, and would prohibit the adoption of any international insurance capital standards until the Federal Reserve had issued domestic capital standards for insurance companies. The measure also would specify objectives for U.S. officials negotiating international insurance standards, and would reduce, from $50 million to $43 million, the maximum amount of money that the Securities and Exchange Commission could deposit into its reserve fund during fiscal 2017.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

David Scott voted against a proposal that bars the executive from making "treaties" without Congressional oversight. This I know is not a technically accurate comment, but in general, I am against any unchecked agreement with global standards.

Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Vote Passed (326-96, 11 Not Voting)

The House agreed to concur in the Senate amendment with an additional amendment that would provide funding for federal government operations until April 28, 2017, at an annualized rate of $1.070 trillion. The measure would provide $170 million for repairs to the water system in Flint, Mich., $872 million for medical research, and $45 million for an extension, through April 30, 2017, of health benefits for retired coal miners. The measure would include $10.1 billion in supplemental Overseas Contingency Operations funds for the Defense Department and certain other security-related accounts. It would include $4.1 billion in natural disaster funding to address damage caused by hurricane and flooding events in 2016. The measure would also provide for expedited Senate consideration of legislation to waive the requirement that a former member of the armed forces cannot become secretary of Defense until seven years have lapsed since the person left active duty. The House replaced the amended text of HR 2028 with an amendment that consisted of the continuing appropriations legislative provisions.

Rep. David Scott voted YES

Voting to continue deficit spending, infuriating.

Water Infrastructure Conference Report Vote Passed (360-61, 12 Not Voting)
The House passed a measure that would authorize new water projects for construction by the Army Corps of Engineers, allow for the Corps to conduct feasibility studies for additional projects and deauthorize certain existing projects. It also would modify numerous Corps water resources authorities and seek to ensure that Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending levels are sustained.
It would authorize $170 million in aid to Flint, Mich., to repair its lead-contaminated drinking water system, including $100 million to replace its water pipes and other infrastructure, and it would establish several new programs to promote safe drinking water and reduce any concentrations of lead, as well as to test for lead in schools and child care centers.
The measure also would take several actions to help California deal with its years-long drought, including by requiring that more northern water be diverted south to drought-stricken areas.
The House replaced the original text of S 612 with an amendment that consisted of the water infrastructure legislative provisions.
Rep. David Scott voted YES

Votes to spend money on problems that were already paid for to be corrected. Not the Fed's fault I know, but municipalities like Flint and New Orleans are famous for spending money intended for "infastructure" on parks and useless shit like that.

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Video Conferencing, Just in the Nick of Time

Congress.org presents MEGAVOTE, posted on December 5, 2016 and for Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Health Care Videoconferencing – Passage
• House: Medical Research and Associated Activities - Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Additional House Amendment
• House: Additional Committee Funding – Agreeing to Resolution
• House: Banking Regulations – Passage
• House: Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization - Conference Report

Upcoming Congressional Bills

• Senate: Medical Research and Associated Activities
• Senate: Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization
• Senate: Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal 2017
• Senate: Water Projects
• House: International Insurance Standards
• House: Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal 2017
• House: Water Projects

Recent Senate Votes

Health Care Videoconferencing – Passage Vote Passed (97-0, 3 Not Voting)

The Senate passed the bill that would require the Health and Human Services secretary to examine distance education models that use videoconferencing to connect medical specialists with multiple other health care professionals. The examination also would need to look at the models' impacts on: addressing chronic disease, mental disorders, palliative care and other types of care; health care workforce issues; implementing public health programs; and health care services in rural and underserved communities. The secretary would be required to submit a report to Congress based on this examination.
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted YES
Sen. David Perdue voted YES

It is curious to see a government need to have a vote on a work practice. Sadly, it must be evidence that existing rules prevent dynamic change in government and more importantly the business that the y have under their thumb. This was so simple that the Senators were able to be unanimous in approval. More impressive would be another unanimous vote by Congress to get the heck out of the way of comon sense. 

Recent House Votes

Medical Research and Associated Activities - Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Additional House Amendment Vote Passed (392-26, 16 Not Voting)
The House passed a bill that would reauthorize the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration, and would modify the FDA's drug and medical device review and approval process to accelerate the approval and distribution of new drugs and devices. The measure would create three dedicated offset funds within the Treasury into which $6.3 billion would be transferred over 10 years, through 2026. The accounts would include $4.8 billion for NIH medical research, $500 million for FDA approval and review modification and $1 billion for opioid addiction treatment and response. Funding for the accounts would not count against annual discretionary budget caps. Within the NIH funding, $1.8 billion would be for cancer therapy and test development, $1.5 would be for brain-related research and $1.5 billion would be for medical treatments related to genetic characteristics. The measure would also expand the Health and Human Services Department's oversight of mental health issues, would modify the Medicare program for hospitals, and would allow small employers to provide certain reimbursement plans for employees to purchase their own health insurance. The House replaced the original text of HR 34 with an amendment that consisted of the medical research and expedited drug approval legislative provisions.
Rep. David Scott voted YES

Fast tracking medicine approvals. Again , this is government, trying to simplify the mess that government created.

Additional Committee Funding – Agreeing to Resolution Vote Passed (234-181, 19 Not Voting)

The House agreed to the resolution that would allow the House Energy and Commerce Committee to spend an additional $800,000 in 2016 to cover expenses incurred by the committee's select panel investigating alleged sales of fetal tissue.
Rep. David Scott voted NO

If I understand correctly, my Congressman just voted not to approve of money budget that is already spent. Good thing that the Republicans set the vote correctly, otherwise all that money spent trying to prove something the press already exposed might have been wasted.

Banking Regulations – Passage Vote Passed (254-161, 19 Not Voting)

The House passed the bill that would modify the 2010 financial regulatory overhaul law to eliminate the requirement that the Federal Reserve automatically review bank holding companies with assets greater than $50 billion. The measure would authorize the Financial Stability Oversight Council to require enhanced Federal Reserve supervision and regulation of any bank holding company based on the FSOC's determination of the individual institution's riskiness.
Rep. David Scott voted YES

My Congressman probably gets large campaign donations from banking institutions. Generally I am for less supervision of any business by government, for banking the same. The problem is that where the regulations originate is usually i the industry, that means some poor bank startup has no influence over the rules created. Rules that certainly favor the players that are established, and can lead to quasi-monopolistic marketplace. 

Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization - Conference Report Vote Passed (375-34, 25 Not Voting)

The House adopted the conference report on the bill that would authorize $611.2 billion for defense programs in fiscal 2017, including $59.5 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. It would authorize $222.4 billion for operations and maintenance; $139.6 billion for military personnel; $7.9 billion for military construction and family housing; $10 billion for ballistic-missile defense; and $33.4 billion for defense health care programs, including $334 million from the overseas operations account. It would prohibit the use of funds for a new round of base closures. The bill would authorize a 2.1 percent pay raise for military personnel. It would elevate U.S. Cyber Command to an independent major command within the Defense Department. It would prohibit detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from being transferred to U.S. soil, and would prohibit the closing of the main base and detention facility at Guantanamo. It would extend, through fiscal 2017, the authority for several bonus and special payments for military members.
Rep. David Scott voted YES

David Scott has been alright with me in terms of defense postures.

Upcoming Votes
Medical Research and Associated Activities 
HR34 The Senate will vote on a bill that would reauthorize the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration, and would modify the FDA's drug and medical device review and approval process to accelerate the approval and distribution of new drugs and devices. The measure would create three dedicated offset funds within the Treasury into which $6.3 billion would be transferred over 10 years, through 2026. The accounts would include $4.8 billion for NIH medical research, $500 million for FDA approval and review modification and $1 billion for opioid addiction treatment and response. Funding for the accounts would not count against annual discretionary budget caps. Within the NIH funding, $1.8 billion would be for cancer therapy and test development, $1.5 would be for brain-related research and $1.5 billion would be for medical treatments related to genetic characteristics. The measure would also expand the Health and Human Services Department's oversight of mental health issues, would modify the Medicare program for hospitals, and would allow small employers to provide certain reimbursement plans for employees to purchase their own health insurance. The House replaced the original text of HR 34 with an amendment that consisted of the medical research and expedited drug approval legislative provisions.

Fiscal 2017 Defense Authorization - S2943
The Senate will vote on the conference report to the bill that would authorize $611.2 billion for defense programs in fiscal 2017, including $59.5 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. It would authorize $222.4 billion for operations and maintenance; $139.6 billion for military personnel; $7.9 billion for military construction and family housing; $10 billion for ballistic-missile defense; and $33.5 billion for defense health care programs, including $374 million from the overseas operations account. It would prohibit the use of funds for a new round of base closures. The bill would authorize a 2.1 percent pay raise for military personnel. It would elevate U.S. Cyber Command to an independent major command within the Defense Department. It would prohibit detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from being transferred to U.S. soil, and would prohibit the closing of the main base and detention facility at Guantanamo. It would extend, through fiscal 2017, the authority for several bonus and special payments for military members.

Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal 2017 
The Senate will consider legislation that would extend current stopgap government spending until sometime after March 2017. The current continuing resolution expires on Dec. 9.

Water Projects - S612

The House will likely take up the conference report on water resources development legislation that would authorize new water projects for construction by the Army Corps of Engineers. The measure has also been at the center of negotiations to provide aid to Flint, Mich., whose drinking water system has been contaminated by lead. The water resources bill is expected to include at least an authorization for that aid. The House replaced the original text of S 612 with an amendment that consisted of the water resource development legislative provisions.

The new President has promised to make the Detroit situation right, but things like water projects are never resolved quickly and always costs multiples of the amounts estimated.

International Insurance Standards - HR5143
The House will vote on a bill that would prohibit the United States from agreeing to any international insurance standards unless the government first publicly publishes the proposal, seeks public comment and reports to Congress on the impact of those standards on U.S. markets and consumers. It also would prohibit the adoption of any international insurance capital standards until after the Federal Reserve issues domestic capital standards for insurance companies.

Government has been largely responsible for restricting insurance competition i the United States and that alone is significant to the spiraling cost of health care. The EU models seems to work pretty well on a basic level if you are willing to overlook the lack of service availability issues that arise when doctors and nurses spurn the marketplace. Government involved in insurance, other than fraud, is bad.

Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal 2017 
The House will consider legislation that would extend current stopgap government spending until sometime after March 2017. The current continuing resolution expires on Dec. 9.

Who thinks we will achieve an approved budget in the next two years, not me.

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Change the Letter

A gift from a schoolmate. Doubt that this is from a real Washington Post article, but certainly it is fun.  My favorite is the first number eight.
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozonelayer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future. 
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid. 
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high 
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action. 
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 
15. ArachnolepticFit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

  

And the winners are:   

1. 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs. 
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained. 
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent. 
6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam. 
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists. 
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist. 
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms. 
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Will Trump Defy McCain & Marco?

Patrick Buchanan discusses posturing by Senators who claim to have more influence than elections and primaries reflect. While it hasn't been verbalized, these Republican fixtures favor Senators being names as Secretary of State, and find it hard to imagine a different skill set being useful to the work.
Will Trump Defy McCain & Marco? - Rasmussen Reports™
As for Rubio's characterization that Tillerson is a "friend of Putin", they may have become friends while doing business, but I have little doubt that the Exxon chief put business first. Trump should defy the loser Senators if only to detour State's path of approaching international issues as the benevolent pussy.

Nine More Important Facts To Remember As We Grow Older

#9  Death is the number 1 killer in the world.
 
#8  Life is sexually transmitted.
 
#7  Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
 
#6   Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can't tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
 
#5  Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.
 
#4  Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.
 
#3  All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
 
#2  In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.
 
#1  Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow. 
 
Please share this wisdom with others while I go to the bathroom.