How it will go down, and I mean down.

So far, the government has taken over an auto company, another auto company, a bank, an insurance giant, another bank, and even more banks. Now they are planning this public option for health care. Very thoughtful of them. The problem: Medicare does not currently pay health providers enough to cover costs, so the health providers are forced to eat the losses. This can be sustained as long as the rest of us regularly insured folks pick up the tab. If not, hospitals face deeper cuts, larger patient to provider ratios, and eventually closing of hospitals(or layoffs). We have managed to avoid the worst of this. But what will happen when the government takes over a greater portion of the pie, in the name of progress? The Public Option will pay the same of less to health providers that Medicare currently pays. Already struggling hospitals will not be able to recover the costs of health care and will be faced with the choice of closing or government takeover. Of course we have to have health care, so the government will take over the hospitals and clinics, and our national health care will be similar to the disaster that has become of veterans hospitals and clinics. And here's the best part. The liberals will actually claim that the government takeover of health care is caused by the failure of the free market system. They won't recognize any of the blame in the failure. When it is all over, the government will control all of health care, all health insurance, banks, autos, railroads, mail service, and as I see it, eventually passenger air service. And all we will have to give up for these services is about 50-60% of our income and the freedom to think for and take care of ourselves. Welcome to Mother America Comrade Obama.

epiphany

It just occurred to me that thanks to these two, er, three, I am now a grown up.

my new truck

Every 18-24 months or so, I get the itch to buy a new vehicle. I can't really say that it's my fault, as I think this is an inherited trait. You know, kind of like the thinning hair on my head and freakishly hairy body. At these times, I brainstorm ways to acquire the new vehicle. First, I thought I would ask The Boss if it was o.k., you know, to appease her. She did not respond favorably. I then decided to use the family argument. "You know The Boss, when we do have another freeloader, we will need to be able to transport both of them without having one ride in the truck bed." Again, her response was not favorable. She mumbled something about not needing another vehicle until we have another freeloader. So I moved on. I asked myself what I have that I could sell in order to be able to purchase this beautiful new Dodge Ram Crew Cab with a Hemi. The house! I will sell the house and then we could afford the truck payment. Again, The Boss crushed this idea by pointing out that we will need to buy another house, and unless I want to move back in with her parents, I am out of luck. Thwarted again but not deterred. What else do I have to sell? Next I tried to sell my soul to the devil, you know, for a fiddle of gold or something. He offered me $27 and a half eaten ice cream cone. No deal. Finally, I went to the blood bank to sell my plasma. This idea was brilliant. I can sell plasma 2 times per week at $20 a time. Counting the $40 they give you the first time you go, it will only take me 749 1/2 weeks to buy my truck.

Never summer

I feel like I live here.

Will someone please find a great big lion so summer can start?

trauma

Once upon a time on an early Easter morning, when I was a very young lad, my brother and I rushed down the stairs in anticipation of the treasure of candy that awaited us. Upon reaching the living room and finding nothing, I eagerly asked my dad if the Easter Bunny had delivered anything care of me. Holding a big piece of cotton with ketchup smeared on it, he said "Yeah, I caught him hopping around here hiding eggs so I chased him away. I did manage to get a hold of his tail and rip it off. Here it is." Some of you might think this to be a sick joke, but I simply cannot wait to play this joke on my little Princess( a.k.a. holler head). On Christmas I will try the old "shot the intruder and it turned out to be Santa" bit. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

my new life philosophy

Other people don't post anymore or they post only on the rarest of occasions, so why the heck should I bother. I mean, if they don't jump off the bridge, why should I. I certainly can't do something if other people aren't doing it, or at least pressuring me to do it. This guy even makes the statement, not very convincingly, that blogs are stupid. With that in mind, I have come to my own conclusion. Things are stupid. Take the paper shredder. How stupid. Didn't God invent fire like 100 years ago, and now we are going to abandon it for some silly machine. Guy Montag was wrong, burn it all baby. Other things are stupid too, like the electric shaver. How are we ever going to perfect knife fighting without shaving with a straight edge? I know I would be woefully unprepared in a knife fight. That big red button at the White House is stupid too. Why have all these cool rockets if the president is never going to push the button? "What's that China, you want your money back? O.K., let me send the wire transfer. ha, ha, ha." Clay pigeons are pretty stupid too. Shoot at birds, they're a moving target too. Save the clay for pots and kindergarten projects and stuff. When I was in kindergarten I made a clay ash tray for my parents with my hand print on it. My parents didn't smoke. "Here mom and dad, start smoking so I won't feel like a failure because you didn't use my project." Kindergarten is stupid too. I do like some stupid things though, after all I have watched almost every episode of American Idol this year. I'm stupid.

The best of the best

The criteria here is simply my opinion. This won't be an easy list to compile however. Movies. I'm talking about movies here. I am going to create a list of the top 15 best movies of all time...in my opinion. Who better to create such a list, I have viewed over 240 of them. The rules are very simple. I had planned on making a policy whereby movies with sequels would be lumped as one, but then realized that I would then have to include the last two Matrix movies, or even worse, the latest Star Wars rubbish. As a result, they will find their way on their own. So without further ado, here it is.

1. Casablanca
2. The Two Towers
3. Star Wars: A New Hope
4. The Maltese Falcon
5. The Fellowship of the Ring
6. The Return of the King
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Tombstone
9. The Matrix
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
11. Return of the Jedi
12. The Fugitive
13. Gone with the Wind
14. Fiddler on the Roof
15. The African Queen

Coming soon, the worst movies of all time.

I would be interested in your opinion, if you have one.