Sunday Morning Coming Down

I was chatting with a friend yesterday on Facebook...thanks for the kind words Jean...who inspired me to write this morning. Writing for this bit of shit and wit is a chore for me sometimes now and just knowing that there are some of you who come by to see what I have to rant or laugh or cry about does make it worthwhile. So....


Here it is another "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and as usual it is not my favorite morning of the week. It has been a long week for me. Someone close to me is stressed out right now over an illness in the household and there is not a damn thing I can do to help except be here for that person to lean on. I am just a phone call away and it seems to help but it is just not like being there in person.

When I was on active duty I had a sign under the glass on my desk that hit me in the face when I sat down..."LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY!". I always thought of myself as both a good follower and a good leader...and those of you who have 'been there' know that in order to be an effective leader you must first learn to follow. But, what can one do in a situation when someone close but yet far away is having problems?

Lead, follow, or get out of the way just doesn't apply...so maybe just being here for that one to talk to and lean on is the answer...I hope so.
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It is times like this that I have a serious conversation with my creator...and hope that she is listening. I do believe in miracles...or at least that things happen that are beyond the comprehension of we mere mortals. So, maybe sometimes the creator will intervene in the course of human events...maybe at the request of a conversation such as mine or maybe just on an impulse. But whatever, I hope she is listening to me right now because I am doing some serious begging.

No, my friends, I am not begging for my creator for a miraculous healing...just for strength and wisdom for both the one close to me and me. I have always heard that what doesn't kill us will make us stronger if we survive...and so far I am a survivor.
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It is a chilly 32F in my part of Florida...damn! If anyone happened to see Al Gore how about jamming that Nobel Prize he got for being the best liar up his ass for me?
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The jumpstart is hot and strong and I popped a darvocet early to get these cold morning arthritic fingers to work. My angel of the morning told me she loved me and that makes life worth living and gives me hope for tomorrow. And, if I can get up the ambition I do have some wit as well as some shit to post for you. Y'all come, heah?

Good Advise From A Lawyer

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE

Not A Joke!! Even If you dislike attorneys..You will love them for these tips.

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company:

1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'PHOTO ID REQUIRED.'

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the 'For' line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it.

3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have It printed, anyone can get it.

4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel.. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.
I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a Name, address, Social Security number, credit cards..

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.
But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know:

5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them.

6.. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one).

But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought to do this.)


7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number.. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.

The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit..

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks..

Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, if it has been stolen:

1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 1-800-525-6285

2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 1-888-397-3742

3.) Trans Union : 1-800-680 7289 1-800-680 7289

4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):
1-800-269-0271 1-800-269-0271

We pass along jokes on the Internet; we pass along just about everything.

If you are willing to pass this information along, it could really help someone that you care about.

Good Morning Blog World

The emperor is bound and determined to shove government control of you life up your ass! I just hope that there are enough democrats that are smart enough to know that if they back him on this plan they will lose their jobs come November. The public has indicated in virtually every poll taken that they do not want Obama and the dim-a-crits version of health care. The public wants some changes but not government control. And NO new health plan can possibly be successful until there is some serious TORT REFORM! As long as the bottom feeding tort lawyers are feeding off the medical profession and the insurance companies the cost of medical care can only get more pricey.
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I had one of THESE for a while when I was a lad...well, it was a 1953...not a 1950. The Nash was an automobile ahead of its time in ride and aerodynamic design but the one I had was seriously underpowered with a small six cylinder engine. I blew the engine a couple of times and gave up on it. But the ride was great and the car would get over 30 miles per gallon of gasoline. And the best part was both front seats laid back and made into a bed...now that part I really liked! A lot more conformable and more room then the back seat of a 1953 Ford convertible. Heh.
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The emperor and the dim-a-crits seem to think losing only 36,000 more jobs last month is a sign that the economy is recovering. GOOD GAWD GIRTY WHUT A GASH! Either Obama is the most economically ignorant man ever to sit in the Oval Office or he is dead set on destroying the American economy. It would only take three or four things from him to get the economy moving and get us out of this recession. First is to scrap his gotdam health care and energy plans. Second is to ask congress to make the Bush tax cuts permanent. Third is to get the EPA off the ass of the oil and gas producers and let them provide the energy needed to get an economy moving and keep it moving. Fourth would be to just resign and take Biden and the Speaker of the House with him as he goes out the door. Obama has done more to tear down the republic in a year than did the unions and Jimmy Carter combined.
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Well, my rant for the day...maybe. I have another that I might get started on after while. But right now my hunt and peck patience has run out. But my angel of the morning told me she loves me and never doubt that I love her dearly. I finished my two mugs of jumpstart and now I am considering some cackleberries for brunch. Y'all come, heah?


PS: the damn ECHO comments are on the blink again..please use the blogspot comments if you want to say something..and as always all comments are welcome.

Sounds Like a Plan To me

If you click on the news print below it should enlarge enough for you to read it...and it sounds like the best plan congress has come up with yet!






Hat tipped to my friend Butch in Carolina

Good Morning Blog World

Crooked democrats? NAAAAAA. REALLY? BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The biggest difference it seems between the democrats and the republicans is that when they are caught the republicans usually just resign. The democrats figure that is normal for them and just stay in office and usually get awarded a chair on a committee.
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Looks like the Turks don't want their bloody history brought to light. Can't say I blame them...the Ottoman Turks were a ruthless bunch who never hesitated to kill as many as needed killing to maintain their control over an area...and yes, they did murder over a million Armenians...the Armenians were Christians and it was conversion by the sword as always for the Muslims. But the killing was more over keeping control than it was forced conversions to Islam.

But be as it may...why in hell is congress stirring up shit? Why not condemn Russia for the mass forced starvation of millions in the Ukraine during the pre-WW Two years? Why not condemn the Catholic Church for burning heretics and the mass murders of those who refused to convert to Christianity? What is behind the resolution? Has to be money...I think I'll dig deeper and see if I can find out later today.
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Another dim-a-crit sees the handwriting on the wall!

Representative William Delahunt, Democrat of Massachusetts, will announce tomorrow that he is not running for re-election, according a report in The Boston Globe.

I wonder what he is going to be caught at? Zipper undone or hand in someones pocket....but at least he is quitting instead of asking for a chair on a committee.
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Brrrrr. Still too damn cold in my part of Florida...32F right now. Damn a bunch of global warming. But my angel of the morning loves me and that keeps my heart warm...and the hot mug of jumpstart warms my hands as well as the rest of me...and helps me get my morning exercise running back and forth to the john. Y'all come, heah?

Good Morning Blog World

Emperor Obama and his socialist Kool ade drinkers in congress are poised to jam the flawed health care bill through congress even though the public does not want it. At least some of the house democrats see the handwriting on the wall and understand that a vote for the bill could cost them their jobs. Speaking of jobs, look what the BITCH from San Francisco says about jobs...

"Our families and businesses deserve reform that will create millions of jobs, strengthen Medicare, reduce our deficit and no longer deny care or drop coverage to those who need it most," Pelosi said. "We must act now."

I keep wondering just how gotdam ignorant this woman is? Who does she figure is going to pay the saleries for all those new health care jobs?

The bill as written not only weakens...not strengthens...American health care it is going to cost the taxpayers billions of dollars. By some estimates medicare supplement insurance cost will not only cost more but co-pay will double in costs.

Many small businesses that will be forced to provide health insurance will fold and that will cost the taxpayers even more money in unemployment money and eventually welfare costs.

And, without tort reform I suspect that in states such as Florida finding a doctor will become difficult...my primary care doctor is getting ready to retire and thus far he has been unable to find an experienced primary care doctor to take over his practice simply because of the extortionate cost of liability insurance.

Simply put...NO health care reform is feasible without tort reform.
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It is a blustery miserably cold morning here in my part of Florida...41F and gusty wind will keep me indoors today for sure. Just as well, I need to catch up on my sleep. My angel of the morning told me she loves me and I will just curl up in my recliner and go to sleep with a warm heart. Y'all come, heah?

Good Morning Blog World

The voters in Texas have spoken and I hope that the Washington DC politicians get the message. The public that is able to use some logic fully understand what Obama and his socialist followers are trying to do...destroy the republic and rebuild it as a socialist democracy that is little more than an ant hill with most of us just workers totally controlled by a central government. And as you can see by the small print in the health bill Obama is pushing...when the ant gets to old to work he is no use to the hill and will just have to give up and be made into Soylent Green for the good of the hill. Not me. I am not giving up without a fight! I will not go gentle into the night.

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Looks like the Greek government is trying to do the right thing to keep the country from total economic chaos. Part of the plan is new taxes but a significant part is cutting spending including cuts or freezes of government employee compensation. The Unions are talking strike of course...unions never give a rat's ass about the country nor the business that feeds them...

Greeks have their annual salaries split into 14 monthly installments, with the last two considered holiday bonuses. Unions have said abolishing the 14th salary would be tantamount to a "declaration of war."

"It is a very difficult day for us ... These cuts will take us to the brink," said Panayiotis Vavouyios, the head of the retired civil servants' association. "Brussels is demanding cuts and the government is doing nothing to stop them. To make poor pensioners pay for this crisis is a disgrace."

Unions have served a purpose and have done a lot of good in this world. But, when a government employee union has the power to stop the wheels of government the union is too strong. Ronald Reagan knew this when he busted the air traffic controllers union for an illegal walkout. I hope the Greek government will do the same thing...
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It is a chilly Mar 3 morning in my part of Florida...46F is too damn chilly for this time of year and more chilly weather on the way. Damn a bunch of global warming.
But my heart is warm...my angel of the morning told me first thing she loves me. And my hands are warm from holding that mug of hot jumpstart. Now if I can scramble me some cackleberries to go with my grits the day will have started right. Y'all come, heah?

Happy Birthday TEXAS

The great state of Texas celebrates Texas Independence Day today...it was on this day in 1836 that Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Neo-historian are teaching that the revolution was planned by slave holding Southerners who had migrated into Texas...they omit the fact that Antonio de Santa Anna had dissolved the Mexican constitution, disbanded the Mexican congress, and established an oppressive dictatorship. In fact most of the states in Mexico revolted...it was only Texas led by General Sam Houston that managed to break from Mexico and become a sovereign republic until in 1845 Texas joined the United States as the 28th state.



"Several states openly rebelled against the changes: Coahuila y Tejas (which was to become the Republic of Texas), San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Durango, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Yucatán, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. Several of these states formed their own governments, the Republic of the Rio Grande, the Republic of Yucatan, and the Republic of Texas. (Only the Texans defeated Santa Anna and retained their independence). Their fierce resistance was possibly fueled by reprisals Santa Anna committed against his defeated enemies.[3] The New York Post editorialized that "had [Santa Anna] treated the vanquished with moderation and generosity, it would have been difficult if not impossible to awaken that general sympathy for the people of Texas which now impels so many adventurous and ardent spirits to throng to the aid of their brethren"

As many of you know I am a Texan by birth and come from a long line of Texans on both sides of the family...families that have been in Texas since the beginning. And I represent that adage...Texas is more than a location....IT IS AN ATTITUDE!

Hmmmm

Just For Glee

I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline











Got a freakin' call center in Pakistan I told them I was suicidal.

They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.



Assholes..................

Good Morning Blog World

It is a wet and cool morning here on my small part of this old world...but a happy one. My angel of the morning loves me and the jumpstart is good and hot. I have not looked at the morning news...I am in a great mood so I think I will refrain from breaking it with reading about assholes there are running and ruining this earth. Instead I want to give you this example of how we all could communicate and be happy and peaceful if we would just try.



NO Speak English


A Russian woman married a Canadian gentleman and they lived happily ever after in Toronto . The poor lady was not very proficient in English, but did manage to communicate with her husband. The real problem arose whenever she had to shop for groceries.


One day, she went to the butcher and wanted to buy chicken legs. She didn't know how to put forward her request, so, in desperation, clucked like a chicken and lifted up her skirt to show her thighs. Her butcher got the message and gave her the chicken legs.


Next day she needed to get chicken breasts, again she didn't know how to say it, so she clucked like a chicken and unbuttoned her blouse to show the butcher her breasts. The butcher understood again and gave her some chicken breasts.


On the 3rd day, the poor lady needed to buy sausages. Unable to find a way to communicate this, she brought her husband to the store...






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What were you
thinking?

Her husband speaks English!

Now get back to your emails.



I worry about you
sometimes!


Y'all come back now, heah?

Good Morning Blog World

My congratulations to Team Canada for winning the most gold medals at the winter Olympics and a special congrats to the Hockey team who overcome a loss to team USA to reach the finals and beat the USA team in overtime. Team USA won the most
medals overall...kinda reminds me of the state of the nation...still strong but coming in second and third in too many places.
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The human race has to be the most resilient of all of the animal species. How else could the race survive on this violent planet? Humans were around when Mother Nature decided to make crude oil out of dinosaurs...I suspect they were hiding when Ma blew her top. Humans have survived massive floods, hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes as well as ice ages and periodic global warming. I suspect the reason is that although humans have this tendency to want to kill each other over the earth's wealth they also have this basic survival instinct that causes them to aid those who suffer from Mother Nature's wrath. My heart goes out to those in Chili who have lost their loved ones and homes...and my donation to the Salvation Army who I figure will put the money to a better use than any of the rest of the charitable organizations.
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No one in their right mind wants a nuclear war. But, in this age and time it seems the ragheads in Iran and the nutz running North Korea are not in their right minds. And I am not all that sure about the Emperor Obama! Now, I have no doubt that the US of A has enough nukes to make a small glowing sun out of the earth. And disposing of the excess is probably a good idea. But removing the nukes from areas where they have proven to be a deterrent might not be such a good idea. At least Obama has reject saying that the USA would never do a first strike...

"As President Obama begins making final decisions on a broad new nuclear strategy for the United States, senior aides say he will permanently reduce America’s arsenal by thousands of weapons. But the administration has rejected proposals that the United States declare it would never be the first to use nuclear weapons, aides said."

It might take a first strike with some tactical nukes to get the attention of Iran and North Korea...especially Iran where the mad mullahs rule and figure that as long as there are a few left on earth they can rebuild with them running the show.
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It is a chilly morning again here in my part of the world. 34F is just too damn cold for here on the first day on March. But the jumpstart is hot and warms my stomach and my angel of the morning told me first thing that she loves me...and that warms my heart. I think I will have a chat with the creator...I want to thank her for showing the world that Al Gore lies like a cheap carpet but I do want to let her know that the world knows that now and she can cease and desist with this freezing weather bit. Y'all come heah?