What Will They Come Up With Next???

I LOVE Snopes.com...If you get an email that is just too weird, too good to be true, just too awful...it's usually bogus. Every once in a while, something is actually true, or a mixture of truth and lies. Snopes checks them out and tells the truth.

It's a fun site just to play around on when nothing else catches your interest.

Enjoy.

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Do you know people like this?

LOL - I just loved this!

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Reality Check

Listening to the news programs gush and fawn all week has left me slightly nauseated.

The reality is that more than 59 MILLION voters did not vote for Obama.

So, we'll see...

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Barack Obama 69,456,897 52.9% John McCain 59,934,786 45.7%

Student Loans

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Can You Imagine this Happening In the US?

I know people that call the doctor and if they have to wait 2 days for an appointment, will just go to the ER. And if you need a specialist (and it's not an emergency) a patient may wait 30 days or so.

But can you imagine if you had to wait over a YEAR??? And that's just for the consult.

The article doesn't say how long before procedures or surgery can be scheduled.

When we talk about Health Care Reform in the States, we picture something along the lines of cradle to grave care with the government footing the bill. Kinda like Denmark. Nice but it won't happen here.

A program like that in Ireland or England or even Canada would cause more protests than the Iraq war.

clipped from www.irishtimes.com Patients wait 480 days for appointment Figures produced as part of the pilot "HealthStat" programme, which compares performance in different hospitals, show that the Mid West Regional Hospital in Limerick had some of the longest average waiting times, among larger hospitals, for a consultant clinic outpatient appointment, writes Martin Wall The figures for the end of October reveal that the average waiting time for an appointment at a consultant clinic from the time of referral by a GP was 480 days in Limerick. However, within specific specialties in the hospital the waiting time for an outpatient appointment was longer. The figures show that the average waiting time for an outpatient department appointment to see a general surgeon was 600 days. At St James's in Dublin the average waiting time for an outpatient appointment to see a consultant was 100 days. In general hospitals, which would have fewer specialties, the picture for waiting times to see a consultant was also mixed.

Thought for the Day

A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa.

'The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago....Red meat is awful....Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining....Chinese food is loaded with MSG....High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in drinking water....But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it.
Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?'

After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said,
'Wedding Cake?'

Let The (political) Games Begin!

This would be entertaining if it wasn't so predictable.

clipped from news.yahoo.com Obama tax plan runs into opposition in Senate WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts are running into opposition from senators in his own party who say they won't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday said that tax portion of Obama's stimulus plan is unworkable. They were especially critical of a proposed $3,000 tax credit for companies that hire or retrain workers. Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota described it as "misdirected." The cost of the economic rescue package Obama wants is expected to swell to more than $800 billion or more. About $300 billion of that would be tax cuts or refunds for individuals and businesses.

No Surprise Here

Hamas continues to lob bombs into Israel and then cries foul when Israel fights back...
Now they won't go for a cease-fire unless all their demands are met. That is NOT negotiation, it is a continuation of criminal/terrorist behavior.

If this were happening in our backyard we would not have had the patience or the restraint of the Israelis.

Watching the demonstrations of TV - both sides - and hearing about all the different governments calling for a cease-fire I find one single element consistently missing: No one mentions how long Hamas has been pulling this crap and how many people they've killed and how much damage they have done. Why? Israel is a sovereign nation. They deserve to live in peace and occupy their land.

So much for 'objective' reporting.

clipped from www.cbsnews.com Hamas Rejects Gaza Cease-Fire CBS/AP) French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that Israel had accepted an Egyptian-French cease-fire plan for the Gaza Strip, but Hamas officials in Syria told CBS News that they could not agree to the plan because it does not guarantee open border crossings or an end to a crippling blockade. Nicolas Sarkozy said the Palestinian Authority, which has not had any control in the Strip for more than a year, also agreed to the plan that was offered up by the French and Egyptian foreign ministers at the United Nations Tuesday night. In Syria, a spokesman for Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal told CBS News' George Baghdadi soon after Sarkozy's comments were made public that the militant group did not accept the terms of the Egyptian-French plan

heheheheheheh............

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Gotta Love Garfield!

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Easy Assessment Tool

It only took me about 3 minutes...As a nurse, I think this is so important because it's a cancer that hides for a long time, but is so easily cured if found early (age 50 or so). The polyps are removed during a colonoscopy and usually that's it! And we give really really good drugs for the procedure - the prep is what sucks.

clipped from www.nih.gov New Tool Developed to Predict Colorectal Cancer Risk A new online tool for calculating colorectal cancer risk in men and women age 50 or older was launched today, based on a new risk-assessment model developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. This new tool may assist health care providers and their patients in making informed choices about when and how to screen for colorectal cancer and can be used in designing colorectal cancer screening and prevention trials. An article describing the new risk-assessment model and a second article describing its validation appear online December 29, 2008, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The risk assessment tool is available on the NCI Web site at www.cancer.gov/colorectalcancerrisk, and people using this tool should work with their health care providers to interpret the results.

Merry Christmas!

May your Christmas be Bright
May your Family be Blessed
May Joy & Laughter Ring in your Ears
May Love Fill your Heart

~And~

May you Bring the Same to Those Around You

~And~

May the New Year Bring Health, Prosperity and Love
To You and Yours

From My House to Yours
Blessings

Obama's Choice..

Apparently, you're only allowed free choice when certain people like it.

Fair weather supporters want what they want and will bitch and moan when they don't get exactly what they want.

So much for 'inclusion' and 'diversity' and 'open discussion' spouted by the liberal far left.

clipped from www.cnn.com Obama's inaugural choice sparks outrage (CNN) -- Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration next month. Warren, one of the most influential religious leaders in the nation, has championed issues such as a reduction of global poverty, human rights abuses and the AIDS epidemic. "There is no substantive difference between Rick Warren and James Dobson," Kolbert said. "The only difference is tone. His tone is moderate, but his ideas are radical." Linda Douglass, a spokeswoman for Obama, defended the choice of Warren, saying, "This is going to be the most inclusive, open, accessible inauguration in American history." His book "The Purpose Driven Life" has sold more than 20 million copies since it was first published five years ago, and Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in 2005.

Millionaires Need To Strike???

I came across this article. The SAG - the union for actors - has been without a contract since June. SAG is considering a strike. They have asked their membership to vote for an authorization to strike.

Now, the article gives the names of many actors who are against a vote to authorize a strike, but also lists many who are for it.

My main burning question is this: Where do people who make more money for one job than I will make in my entire life get off threatening a strike?

If you read my posts, you know that I'm not exactly a fan of unions. For the most part I think they are only in business to make more money for themselves and tend to 'protect' workers who can't get a job anywhere else. But in this case, the mind boggles!

How much money can these people need? They want a cut of every dollar made on projects that just happen to have their face, voice or mental input attached to them. Fine. How about every time I perform CPR, give a life saving drug, change a wound dressing - in other words, every time I take care of any human being, I get a cut of their livelihood? That would be nice. Figure, I've been doing nursing for nearly 20 years - averaging about $45K (sometimes more, sometimes less) a year. If I conservatively see around 10 patients a day, around 4 days a week, about 50 weeks a year - well, that's around 2000 patients a year (a really modest number), that comes to about $22.50 per patient - before taxes! And I'm considered well paid! If I asked for a cut of every dollar my patients made, they'd lock me up as a mental case.

If they strike, not only do the consumers suffer, but all the other people involved in the movie industry: the guys and gals that make even less than I do, who don't get a cut of the future earnings of the project. How do they feed their kids? Pay their mortgages? Do these millionaires even care? If they do, I don't see the evidence of it.

It's nice that they believe a strike vote 'now', during the current economic crisis, isn't the time to be putting people out of work.

Really? And just when IS it a good time?

Another Elected Idiot

clipped from www.foxnews.com Drunk Wisconsin Lawmaker Crashes into Snowbank, Found With Marijuana Reports say State Rep. Jeffrey Wood was arrested early Friday, with a blood-alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit. A truck driver reported Wood to police after watching his vehicle weave for several miles on an interstate highway. Wood's car then went airborne and smashed into a caution sign and a snowbank before returning to the road, the report said. He was arrested early Friday in south-central Wisconsin, far from the northwestern district he represents in Bloomer. His blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit, the report said. Wood told WAYY radio in Eau Claire that he had no plans to step down. He also told the station how marijuana ended up in his car: "Somebody offered me some and I took it, and for whatever stupid reason got in my car and decided to drive home." Wood was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2002 as a Republican but quit the GOP this year and was re-elected as an independent.

New Study Firmly Ties Hormone Use to Breast Cancer

Even though it has been speculated on in the past, this study proves the theory.

I'll put up with my hot flashes, thank you!

clipped from hosted.ap.org New study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills. Even women who took estrogen and progestin pills for as little as a couple of years had a greater chance of getting cancer. And when they stopped taking them, their odds quickly improved, returning to a normal risk level roughly two years after quitting. Collectively, these new findings are likely to end any doubt that the risks outweigh the benefits for most women. It is clear that breast cancer rates plunged in recent years mainly because millions of women quit hormone therapy and fewer newly menopausal women started on it, said the study's leader, Dr. Rowan Chlebowski of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Detroit Lions: On the way to a record!

The first team in NFL history to be on the verge of an 0-16 season! They are FIRST at being the WORST! Aren't we PROUD???

Sheesh.

clipped from www.woodtv.com Colts push Lions to 0-14 Colts overcome miscues to beat Lions Last Edited: Sunday, 14 Dec 2008, 11:16 PM EST Created On: Sunday, 14 Dec 2008, 4:49 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- - Click on the Video tab to see Ty Hallock's reaction to the Lions' loss to the Colts and their current 0-14 record. The Indianapolis Colts weren't themselves Sunday. Against winless Detroit, they didn't need to be. The Lions, seemingly on their way to the first 0-16 season in NFL history, were victimized in the fourth quarter by Peyton Manning and the Colts, falling 31-21. Despite a litany of missed tackles and two lost fumbles, Manning kept the Colts (10-4) on track for a playoff run. And he kept the Lions (0-14) on track for a winless year. Indianapolis has won seven straight games.

An Eye for an Eye - Literally.

If you read my post, "I M H O", you know that I believe there are times when a criminal deserves to pay for his crime in the same manner he killed or injured another human being.

This one, I'm conflicted about. This man is a stalker, a mental case. I'm not convinced that blinding him would change anything - especially in that part of the world. Let's face it, someone in his family will be compelled to retaliate (honor-bound) against this girls family. And then her relatives will have to get their revenge. This is how blood feuds start.

Should he go to jail for a very long time? Yes. Should he be made to pay for her support and medical care? Yes. Should he suffer an Eye for an Eye? I'm not so sure.

What do you think?

clipped from www.cnn.com Iranian to be blinded with acid for doing same to woman TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye. Ameneh Bahrami refused to accept "blood money." She insisted instead that her attacker suffer a fate similar to her own "so people like him would realize they do not have the right to throw acid in girls' faces," she told the Tehran Provincial Court. Her attacker, a 27-year-old man identified in court papers as Majid, admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004, blinding and disfiguring her. He said he loved her and insisted she loved him as well. "I am not willing to get blood money from the defendant, who is still thinking about destroying me and wants to take my eyes out," she told the court. "How could he pretend to be in love? If they let this guy go free, he will definitely kill me."

Enough Already!

Got this in an email....not sure of the author, but the stats & observations are impressive.


How many zeros in a billion?

This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about how you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain... let's take a look at New Orleans ... It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans .

Interesting number... what does it mean?

A. Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.

B. Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C. Or... if you are a family of four... your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington , D C ...HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??

> Accounts Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL License Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Federal Income Tax
> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax
> Food License Tax
> Fuel Permit Tax
> Gasoline Tax
> Hunting License Tax
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
> IRS Penalties (MORE tax on top of tax)
> Liquor Tax
> Luxury Tax
> Marriage License Tax
> Medicare Tax
> Property Tax
> Real Estate Tax
> Service charge taxes
> Social Security Tax
> Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
> Sales Taxes
> Recreational Vehicle Tax
> School Tax
> State Income Tax
> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> Utility Tax
> Vehicle License Registration Tax
> Vehicle Sales Tax
> Watercraft Registra tion Tax
> Well Permit Tax
> Workers Compensation Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago... and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt...We had the largest middle class in the world... and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?

Can you spell 'politicians!'

And I still have to press '1' for English.


What the heck happened?????

Contagious!

Do you know someone that suddenly develops whatever disease they read about????

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