WHAT’S THE POINT?

As demonstrated in the comments section of this blog almost every time I write about almost anything, the most narrow minded people on earth are American liberal/progressives (a trait they share with radical Islamists).

Nothing factual I write here is likely to turn the light on inside their heads. Nothing is going to change their minds about anything, because they live by emotion, not by truth.

Some bloggers get more readers in one day than I've gotten in the whole time I've been blogging.

So, why do I bother blogging?

1. I like blogging.
2. Blogging gives me an opportunity to express myself.
3. Blogging allows me to peacefully protest what my gluttonous government is doing.
4. Blogging gives me power…power to decide what gets “said” in my “house.”
5. Blogging allows me to share the views of others…sometimes others with whom I disagree.
6. Since our government (as well as governments around the world) wants to limit and/or control blogging, I figure I’d better do all of it I can while I can.
7. Blogging gives me the chance to express what I believe, regardless of what the reader believes or of what the reader thinks about what I believe.
8. Blogging gives me a reason to research various topics and thus stimulate my mind.
9. When I blog, I get to read other people’s blogs, something I probably would not do were I not involved, myself.
10. Through blogging I get to consider others’ ideas and thoughts, and either accept them or reject them, based on my own personal evaluation of them.
11. I love irritating liberal/progressives on my blog.
12. At least when I blog, my fingers get exercise.

So there you have it.

That’s why I blog.

Aren’t you glad you learned that?

(Of course, if you’re a liberal/progressive, you probably didn’t learn anything anyway).

A 450 BILLION DOLLAR "PLAN"

That's right, boys and girls!

President BO (the child president) decided to try to strong-arm Congress to adopt a $450 billion "Jobs Plan."

"Pass this bill now!" He kept saying.

By so doing he put conservatives in a position that if they don't go along, they will be blamed for the consequences, not him.

Forever deflecting the blame.

That $450 billion would be paid for by...oh, wait, he didn't say.

Uh...he DID mention taking some more from rich people, as though that would help. In fact, if you took all of the assets of all of the rich people, it would barely touch either the deficit or the debt.

So, just raising their taxes to "their fair share" is really nothing more than a little class warfare, but with no class.

Well, at least we know it will result in jobs. How many? He didn't say.

He also proposed spending to fix schools and roads, hire local teachers and police and to extend unemployment benefits.

Spending.

That's the name of the game, isn't it?

For Democrats it is.

But wait! He proposed tax cuts!

The tax cuts he proposed would amount to roughly $250 billion.

Who gets their taxes cut?

Actually, nobody.

His tax "cuts" would be accomplished by not raising them when the current "tax cut" bill expires.

He said that deepening the payroll tax cut would save an average family making $50,000 a year about $1,500 compared to what they would if Congress did not extend the current tax cut.

It's the old call a non-raise a cut game.

President BO (the child president) proposed extending unemployment benefits for another six months.

Oh, good! Another six months for those out of work to stay out of work!

Obama proposed a $4,000 tax credit for businesses that hire workers who have been out of work for more than six months.

Why do I smell reams of extra paperwork and regulations?

"Government regulations" was one of the things President BO (the child president) spoke about...only he hedged his bet, using the adjective "unnecessary."

To a Democrat, ALL regulations are necessary regulations.

The One, did, however, do one thing: He proved me sort of wrong. He didn't say NOTHING.

He proposed what all Democrats always propose: more spending.

And he's going to hit you up to the tune of $450 billion.

Oh joy!

PREDICTION

What will President BO (the child president) say tonight that will indicate a viable plan to create jobs.




Prediction:



NOTHING.

INTERESTING QUOTES

"To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both." - Bacon: "Advancement of Learning"*

"To my mind it accords better with what we know of the laws impressed on matter by the Creator, that the production and extinction of the past and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those determining the birth and death of the individual."**

"There is grandeur in this [natural selection] view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved."***

*Quoted by Charles Darwin in "Origin of Species" - sixth edition - Second page of front matter, which states edition and date.

**Charles Darwin - "Origin of Species" - sixth edition p.428.

***Charles Darwin - "Origin of Species" - sixth edition p.429.

SUNDAY RESPITE-Wonderful, Merciful Savior-Selah

THE HEART OF THE MATTER

I am back home and would like somebody to get the license plate number of the truck that hit me.

The procedure was not successful.

The heartbeat skips and PVCs that have plagued me are still there, and, trust me, when they are as frequent as they are in me, it is a simi-dire circumstance.

PVCs are not Poly Vinyl Chloride. They are Premature Ventricular Contractions. They are caused by the heart's electrical system gone awry.

The right ventricle pumps normally,then, at the end of its beat, it fails to rest, but is stimulated to pump again, before its time to.

The result is that the heart then rests longer than it is supposed to while the electrical impulses (that originate in specialized heart cells) re-set themselves. Then the process starts all over again.

Everybody has occasional PVCs and they go entirely un-noticed.

In some people (like me) they become so frequent that they bring an effective heartbeat rate of 35 to 40 beats per minute.

This is not sufficient circulation to provide oxygen and nutrients to the other organs.

So, while it is rarely fatal, it is debilitating.

There is one more available procedure available called Epicardial Ablation.

Epicardial Ablation is a minimally invasive procedure in which the electrophysiologist enters the chest through a very small incision between the ribs, inserts a wire through a small tube and, using 3D monitoring, locates the offending electrical cells on the outside of the heart and cauterizes them, hopefully to fire prematurely no more.

This procedure is available only at a few major medical centers around the country, so it remains to be seen whether I will be able to avail myself of the procedure.

In the mean time, adjusting my meds may provide some relief and enable me to get back to work.

For those of you interested, I thought I would bring you up-to-date.

So I did!

Thanks you for your prayers, your thoughts and your well-wishing.

I'LL BE BACK AFTER A LITTLE HEART SURGERY