Aren't you glad we have Obamacare?

 

A few points on Obamacare uncovered by industry analysts:

 

• Cancer patients, according to where they live, will face large increases in costs for drugs -- one widely used drug, Gleevec, could cost the patient more than $2000 a month according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
• Some of the sickest patients may be unable to afford their prescriptions.
• Insurers are forecasting double-digit premium increases for individual policies as people with health problems flock to buy coverage for pre-existing conditions. That means those of us who have carried insurance for a long time will be picking up the tab for those who have been spending their money on something besides insurance premiums.
• Millions of smokers could be priced out of insurance. They will pay a penalty of up to $4250 a year on top of their standard premiums.

But not to worry. The Obama Administration says industry warnings are overblown, and many consumers will have premium increases offset by tax credits. Again, that means those of us who have paid all along will not only pay higher premiums, we'll also pay higher taxes to pay the premiums for those who've been spending their money on something besides insurance.

 

Aren't you glad we have Obamacare?

 

"Disparities in cancer drug costs feared." The Dallas Morning News; May 14, 2013; p. 5A.

 



No offense, but I thank God for my blessings.

 

It has come to the point that we can't even sincerely thank God for our blessings without someone complaining that we hurt their feelings by doing so. Paul Kirkpatrick takes to task those people who survived the recent tornadoes and other tragedies and crimes and openly expressed their gratitude to almighty God.

 

Paul finds particularly offensive phrases such as "God wrapped his arms around us" and "We prayed for God to save us, and he did." He says people who callously utter such things should think about the people they are hurting by doing so. He says some people will think, "Did God not like my mother" or "Did my brother not pray hard enough."

 

 The Bible tells us that the rain falls on the just and on the unjust. We are not immune from the forces of nature just because we may have lived a good life. I hardly think that people who step unharmed from a pile of rubble following such a disaster are trying to hurt someone else by praising the God who saw them through. Nor do I think most of them feel they've been blessed because they are somehow God's favorites and those who haven't been must be awful sinners. In fact, I imagine those people probably have even more compassion for those who were injured or lost loved ones than someone who's not survived such a tragedy.

 

I am particularly reminded of Job. Perhaps those who, like Paul, are a bit on the egocentric side should read about that great Old Testament saint. After hearing that he's lost all his possessions and his children have been destroyed by a great wind, here is Job's testimony in a nutshell: "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly."

 

Maybe instead of finding fault with those who recognize the hand of the Master in their lives, Paul should go out there and see what he can do to help those who are bereaved and those who stand in need as a result of these tragedies. He just might find that if he did that, he wouldn't have time to get his feelings hurt over someone else's heartfelt declaration.

 

"Gratitude with sensitivity." The Dallas Morning News; May 21, 2013; p. 12A.



We didn't mean that equally!

 

Carolyn Compton isn't a happy camper. She left her husband, Josh, in an acrimonious divorce. It seems Carolyn decided she was a lesbian, and she moved in with her "partner."

 

However, her divorce decree had a morality clause in it. The clause is quite common in Texas divorces. It says that an unmarried parent cannot have a romantic partner stay in the home overnight while the children are in that parent's care.

 

The judge is enforcing the clause just as he would if Carolyn's romantic interest were a man. But Carolyn is crying foul. It seems homosexuals want to be treated equally, but they didn't mean that equally!

 

"Lesbian mom's partner told to move." The Dallas Morning News; May 21, 2013; p. 1B.

Here's what you're getting for your money.

 

Mary Baswell took nine years to get her Bachelor's degree. She is now working on her Masters. After that, she wants to get her Doctorate.

 

"I may be one of those students politicians want to get rid of. I got 'free' money for school and basically wasted a number of years and lots of money. . .I will be 35 when I earn my Ph.D. . . I'd rather go to school and be a low-income student than try to find a job as a single mom, live paycheck-to-paycheck and have far less opportunities than I'm creating for myself now."

 

Really???? In the first place, someone with a degree in English should know that it's "far fewer opportunities." I imagine lots of people would rather go to school than get a job, but they don't expect the taxpayers to foot their bills. Low-income? Does that mean she gets food stamps, WIC, Section 8, and Medicaid? I'll just bet it does! And when you get down to it, just who is it that's "creating" Mary's opportunities? I don't think it's Mary! However, I do hope Mary will remember me in her will when she decides what to do with her gall.

 

"State still working on timely graduation rate." The Dallas Morning News; May 20, 2013; p. 1A.

They're going to outlaw your chocolate milk!

 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is conducting studies on what Americans eat and how many calories they consume. The project began as part of Michelle's obesity obsession when 16 major food companies pledged to reduce the calories they sell to the public by 1.5 trillion. And you know how they did it? Convenience packaging -- 3 pints of ice cream for the price of 4, 4 pudding cups for the price of 6, 14 ounce cans for the price of 16 ounce cans. In case you hadn't noticed, Mars quit packaging any chocolate product to exceed 250 calories. That means your king-size Snickers is now only prince-size and your package of 24 M & M's now has only 15 of the little candy-coated delights.

 

At any rate, the UNC research team hopes their project will break down the data to "find out who is eating what and where they shop." And what will they do with this data? Marion Nestle, a New York University professor says it could be "useful in pressuring companies to make more changes for the better."

 

I don't need Professor Nestle or anybody else to tell me what to eat or what size package to buy. I'm perfectly capable of making those choices myself. I'll decide whether or not it's better for me to pay more for less food.

 

"Data crunchers seek to clarify just what America's eating." The Dallas Morning News; May 20, 2013; p. 5A.

What's good for the goose . . .

 

Naim Rasool Muhammad took his two little sons, ages 3 and 5, and held their heads under the water of a murky, smelly creek until they died. You see, he was afraid that his two little boys would grow up like he did -- abandoned and neglected.

 

This monster's defense attorney claims Naim killed his sons for their own good. Therefore, Naim doesn't deserve the death penalty. But wait . . . if death is the preferred alternative for those little boys, why doesn't Naim deserve to die? Isn't there a contradiction here? Children should be dead rather than grow up like Naim, but it's OK for Naim to still be alive?

 

Anyway, they conveniently omitted the obvious. If Naim were a proper father to begin with, his sons could have lived and grown up without being abandoned and neglected. But it's all our fault, you know. Naim was failed by "the system." Yeah, right.

 

"Dad who drowned 2 awaits his fate." The Dallas Morning News; May 16, 2013; p. 1B.

Those Crazy Scientists!

 

Ahhhh - those crazy scientists. They are certain about evolution. A coming ice age was a fact in the 1970's. Global warming is a fact now. They've also nailed down how old the Grand Canyon is.

 

It's either 6 million years old or 70 million years old -- give or take a couple of million years. What a hoot!

 

"Grand Canyon age debate grows older." The Dallas Morning News; November 30, 2012; p. 3A.



It's always someone else's fault.

 

Back in November, Matthew Sanchez took a whole bunch of Xanax pills. When he finally collapsed, a "friend" who had been hanging out with him all day smoking marijuana called 911, then left the unconscious Matthew alone in the apartment. Coincidentally, there was another 911 call at the same apartment complex at the same time, and emergency personnel thought there was only one call for help.

 

Six hours later, Matthew was found dead. Samuel Sanchez, Matthew's brother, says, "My baby brother's dead because of their mistake."

 

No, Samuel, your baby brother is dead because he overdosed and his "friend" abandoned him after doing drugs with him all day. Why did the friend leave? Because he had an outstanding warrant.

 

Samuel says sure, his brother overdosed, but that's what 911 is for. No, Samuel, it's not. Emergency services are for people who are hurt in accidents, people who are having heart attacks or strokes, people who have been hurt through no fault of their own. It's a darn shame that those people sometimes have to wait because 911 is tied up on calls involving nothing more than sheer stupidity perpetrated by worthless drains on society.

 

"Fatal overdose call disregarded." The Dallas Morning News; November 20, 2012; p. 1A.

Do you have a clue, Herman?

 

Herman Morris doesn't like Republican efforts to save Medicare. He says, "I hope Republicans who hate the government will someday reach my age of 86, then when they need a cataract operation, try to have it without going bankrupt and realize how Medicare really does make our last years on Earth a lot better."

 

Herman, Herman, where do I start? I guess we'll just start at the beginning.

 

• Name one Republican, Herman, who hates the government.
• Do you think, Herman, that there are no old Republicans who need cataract surgery?
• Name one Republican, Herman, who wants to take your Medicare away from you.

Herman goes even further. "I dare these Republicans in Congress to give up their own health insurance if they want to change Medicare as we know it."
 

• Well, Herman, someone better change Medicare as we know it, because if they don't, no one will have it. It is unsustainable.
• Are you aware, Herman, that Obamacare (which I assume you think is just dandy) exempts members of Congress (both Republicans and Democrats)?
• Did you know, Herman, that in 2002, 74% of Texas physicians accepted Medicare patients, but in 2012, only 58% did? Here's what Su Zan Carpenter of Angleton, one of those physicians who've opted out of Medicare, had to say: “Every time you turn around someone has a new rule or a new regulation or a new audit or a new inspection or a new something,” she said. “There’s a point where enough is enough. You need to see the patient, talk to the patient, examine the patient, and actually do something with your patients for your patients. All that stuff is starting to get in the way of practicing medicine and helping people.”

It appears Herman is one of those gullible people who takes Obama at his word when he says that Republicans are the ones who want to tip Granny over the cliff. There has been no proposal that would change Medicare for those over the age of 55.

 

So, Herman, you old goat, you're safe even if they scrap the whole thing -- which wouldn't be a bad idea even though no one (not even the government hating Republicans) has proposed.



Is the eagle less dead when killed by a wind turbine?

 

Does the Obama administration really care about endangered species, or is it mainly concerned with promoting its politically correct agenda?

 

While fining oil and electric companies millions of dollars for accidentally killing birds on the endangered species list, the administration is proposing a rule that would allow wind energy companies 30-year permits to kill a set number of bald or golden eagles who are wont to fly into the whirling blades of the turbines.

 

Tim Eicher, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Enforcement agent says, "What it boils down to is this: If you electrocute an eagle, that is bad, but if you chop it to pieces, that is OK."

 

Looks like Tim pretty well understands "Obamapocrisy."

 

"Unprotected species." The Dallas Morning News; May 15, 2013; p. 8A.

Stupid criminals - gotta' love 'em!

 

Advice for criminals who break and enter: if you force the homeowner into a closet, make sure it's not the closet where he stores his guns.

 

Thieves got more than they bargained for when they recently threw a Houston man into a closet while they ransacked his home. He came out shooting and got one of them in the shoulder and leg. The other two got away, but I suspect they'll figure out who they are.

 

"Man forced into closet, and he comes out firing." The Dallas Morning News; May 15, 2013; p. 3A.

Hypocrite?

 

J. McDonald Williams is the former head of Trammell Crow Co. in Dallas. He recently gave a speech to a crowd of prominent developers at the Dallas Country Club.

 

Mr. Williams decried the disparity in wealth between the poor and rich. He talked about how it was up to those men to bring change to Southern Dallas. He excoriated the businessmen for "isolating themselves out here in Highland Park."

 

I thought to myself that surely a man who would make such statements must have built his home in Southern Dallas or some other less-prosperous area. So out of curiosity I did a little research. Let's just say that Mr. Williams lives close to a Dallas university in a neighborhood where prominent businessmen tend to "isolate themselves."

 

"Developer: Rich can't ignore poor." The Dallas Morning News; March 29, 2013; p. 1B.

 

 

I will never get there, William.

 

William McKenzie has some words of advice for those who agree with him that homosexual marriage is a good thing. He says, "For those of us who support same-sex marriage, we should not castigate those who are not where we are -- and who may never get there."

 

How condescending is that? No, William, I won't ever get there. William goes on to ask, "If churches and the like are not breaking down barriers, creating a sense of wholeness in a fractured world, how will our larger society ever get past its deep polarities?" Wow, doesn't that sound intellectual? Unfortunately, I guess William never read that scripture that says, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you." Or the one where Jesus taught about a great gulf that cannot be crossed between those who are obedient and those who are not. Or the one where Jesus separates the sheep from the goats.

 

William says that a society benefits when it chooses reconciliation over discord. Depends on the circumstances, William. God doesn't intend for us to compromise the Gospel. Or have you never read Paul's advice to Timothy: "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." Sounds like that's what's happened to you, William. You believe the fable that there's nothing wrong with perversion.

 

William again demonstrates his ignorance when he sums up his column of errors. "I don't raise these points to suggest all people of faith embrace same-sex marriage. But let us at least believe we are all beloved by God." I challenge you, William, to find one Christian who has said God hates homosexuals. Don't think you can do it. Yes, God loves homosexuals, and murderers, and those who commit incest, and false prophets who write op-ed columns that twist His word to make something evil sound like something good. But He doesn't accept their sin.

 

"Choosing to reject discord." The Dallas Morning News; April 2, 2013; p. 13A.

 



Elizabeth misses the point.

 

Elizabeth Rose loves her lesbian neighbors. She thinks they teach her children good lessons. Her only complaints are that they are handier with power tools than she is and that they like to grill more than she does.

 

She lauds them for their business acumen and success (they drive nice cars and dress nicely), for taking her daughter to see the Lady Mustangs play basketball, and for helping her children hone their sports skills.

 

She concludes that they are teaching her children good values.

 

Elizabeth completely misses the point. I don't think anyone thinks a lesbian can't be handy around the house or a superb cook-out chef. I don't think anyone thinks a lesbian can't be a success in business or enjoy sports. There's nothing wrong with those things.

 

But the problem arises when Elizabeth's daughter asks, "Mom, what's wrong with being a lesbian?" Mom can skirt the issue, spout the usual liberal tripe, or tell the truth -- God says it's an abomination, and we shouldn't associate with those people. I suspect Elizabeth will be one of those who spouts the usual liberal tripe. And that's what's wrong with Elizabeth's sense of values.

"Lessons from gay couple." The Dallas Morning News; May 4, 2013; p. 19a.

Right Thing to Do?

 

John Lowe of Denton erroneously compares the 1960's civil rights movement to the gay pride movement. He says same sex-marriage is going to happen whether we like it or not, because it is the right thing to do. He says those of us who take God at His word should "Get out of the way. You are swimming against the current of history."

 

I'd rather swim against the current of history than against the commandment of God. By the way, John, if memory serves me correctly, the KKK told the Freedom Riders to "get out of the way," too. Maybe you should choose your analogies a little more carefully.

 

"Wrong side of history." The Dallas Morning News; May 18, 2012; p. 18A.

The signals were flashing and the whistle was blowing!

 

Democratic Senator Max Baucus helped write Obamacare. In a recent budget hearing, the Senator said of the monstrosity, "I just see a huge train wreck coming down."

 

Well, Senator, most of the rest of us have seen the flashing signals and heard the whistle blowing since 2009. Too bad you're just now waking up.

 

"Democrat sees health law 'train wreck'". The Dallas Morning News; April 18, 2013; p. 6A.

What am I missing here?

 

There is some controversy over the STAAR test. It seems that learning disabled children (whose parents have for years pushed for mainstreaming), can't pass the test unless the teacher puts only tasks and questions on the test that she knows the student can accomplish/answer. The State has said they can't do that anymore. So the teachers are upset that those students won't pass the test and they will be stigmatized (not to mention that the teachers may not get performance pay, etc).

 

About 1% of Texas students get these individually designed tests. Some of them, though in their teens, have the understanding of a 2-year-old. So I guess the personalized questions for those students would be along the lines of "What color is Barney?" "How does the piggy go?" "Can you count to 3?" Up until this year, students who could answer the questions the teacher knew they could answer before she put them on the test were deemed "proficient."

 

So there is some protest going on. The Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education sent to state legislators a letter which said in part: "We want our students, who are responding to the best of their ability, our teachers, who are dedicated to teaching and supporting them, and their families to be acknowledged for their effort and not given a 'developing'/unsatisfactory score for having a significant cognitive disability." Wonder if we should apply that same principle to medical school? I'd like to think my doctor got his medical degree based on something more than his "effort."
 

 Maybe the best thing we can do for those students is to help them understand their limitations and prepare them for what they can do in life rather than artificially feed their egos by patting them on the back for "passed" tests that have no meaning.

Ashley Jones of Richardson weighed in on the subject. "Tomorrow my students take their first STAAR test. They'll be judged against all third-graders in the state. No special boxes to check off that say: raised by absent single parent; slept on floor; or didn't eat dinner. Equally so, there aren't special boxes for others saying: two college-educated parents; ate a healthy meal; or slept in a clean bed."

Give me a break, Ashley! It sounds as if you have a big old case of class envy. Do you use different lesson plans for the advantaged students than you do for the less-affluent? What about when these students grow up and apply for a job? Do you think their job applications have all those check-boxes on them? No, they don't. The employer is interested in hiring the applicant who can read -- the one who can add and subtract -- the one who can write a coherent sentence. He's not really interested in how much the applicant's daddy or mama made, or what the family's sleeping arrangements were. He's interested in whether or not the applicant has the ability to do the job he has for him to do.

All the brouhaha over STAAR is just a symptom of a deeper problem in our country -- the entitlement attitude that is sending us down the tubes.

"Pushing hard on STAAR." The Dallas Morning News; April 23, 2013; p. 1B.

Is her racism the only issue?

 

After the horrific bombing in Boston and the tragic explosion in West, Grand Prairie middle school counselor Karon Wright's Facebook page featured this post:

 

"It's amazing how the 'whites' get angry when Obama speaks. Oh well . . . its most of the whites who is getting blown away. So they will soon be wiped from the earth. Lol."

 

Karon says she didn't write the post. She says her account was hacked. She sent the following statement to WFAA:



"My Facebook account was hacked and the statement that was made is not of my character. I am a school counselor who will never 1) jeopardize my family, 2) jeopardize my job, and 3) jeopardize the trust of the students, parents, staff, faculty, and administration of GPISD. I am upset that this statement was posted on the WFAA website without Josh Davis nor WFAA calling the true source to get the true story. I am truly saddened by the tragedies in Boston and West, Texas. I have prayed for those cities and the families whom was impacted for I wish no such catastrophe to happen to ANYONE regardless of race, nationality, etc. This is not and will never be apart of my character or what I stand for."

Because of the post, Karon no longer works for GPISD. But the blatant racism and lack of compassion are not the only issues I find alarming here. I assume that Karon has the credentials to be a school counselor. One would assume those credentials include at least a rudimentary education in grammar and word usage. I don't find that evident in Karon's writing.

• Karon, there is a difference between "its" and "it's."
• Karon, "is" is a singular verb and should not be used with a plural subject.
• Karon, "nor" should be used in conjuction with "neither."
• Karon, "whom" is the objective case. The nominative case is the right one to use when the word is used as a subject.
• Karon, "apart" and "a part" do not mean the same thing, and they are not interchangeable.

So, Karon, since you have some time on your hands, you might benefit from some remedial English classes.

"Counselor suspended for post." The Dallas Morning News; April 19, 2013; p. 9B.

http://www.facebook.com/wfaachannel8/posts/10151383140146545

From the WIST (Wish I'd said that) File

 

"Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-sy)

 

This word best describes where our country is headed: a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers."

 

. . .Ronald Larsen, Fairview

It's already settled.

 

Jacquielynn Floyd says that the gay issue will be settled when "the response to someone's disclosure they they're gay isn't an avalanche of media attention, but a response along the line of, 'Okeydoke' or 'Fine' or 'Are you single? I think you'd like my cousin.'"

 

She says it will be settled when "it's fixed in our resistant collective noodles that some of us are gay, just like some of us are left-handed and some of us have red hair."

 

She says that as long as there's debate, it won't be settled.

 

Sorry to disagree (not really, I'm just trying to be polite), Jacquielynn, but the issue was settled a long time ago when God said, "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature." And again when he said, "And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet."

Incidentally, Jacquielynn, left-handedness and red hair are not abominations in the sight of God. You'll have to come up with a better analogy than that. So until you can get that into your resistant noodle, maybe you'd be better off being a little less politically correct.

"Mayor should support gay marriage vote." The Dallas Morning News; May 3, 2013; p. 1B.



How convenient!

 

I think I have heard it all now. Our local health department has opened up a drive-through window for WIC recipients. It seems it's just too darn much trouble for them to get out of the car and walk into the building to reload their WIC cards.

 

The director of the department says one of the main reasons for their recent move to a new location was due to the fact that the building had room for the drive-through. She says that the drive-through is a great service they are able to provide.

 

Gee, I wonder about the convenience for all those people who are paying for the WIC cards, not to mention for the expense to put in a drive-through window for these people who have children they can't afford. Is it convenient for them to roll out of bed every morning and go to work? I'll bet they all have to get out of their cars and walk into the buildings they work in. Is it convenient for them to pay for their own milk and cereal and eggs and juice? Is it convenient for them to get behind a WIC client at the grocery store and wait while the cashier rings up all six gallons of milk and five boxes of cereal and eight dozen eggs separately?

 

Of course, the other side of that coin is that the Health Department may have taken this step for the sanity of its employees. I'm sure they get tired of all the single mothers bringing their screaming, out-of-control, illegitimate children into the building.

 

"WIC opens new drive-through." The Paris News; May 2, 2013; p. 1A.

 

 

 

 

Why the death penalty is safer than life without parole.

 

The favorite argument of those who oppose the death penalty is that life without the possibility of parole serves the purpose just as well. My rebuttal to that has always been that, practically speaking, there is no such thing as life without the possibility of parole.

 

My point is proven in the case of Joanne Chesimard. Joanne just made history -- she became the first woman on the FBI's list of most wanted terrorists.

 

Joanne, a member of the terrorist Black Liberation Army, was pulled over by a New Jersey state trooper for a broken taillight about 40 years ago. As Trooper Werner Foerster approached her car, she opened fire. She then took Foerster's gun and shot him twice in the head as he lay wounded in the arm and abdomen. She was convicted in 1977. Sentenced to life in prison, she served less than two years before accomplices helped her escape. She has been in Cuba for years, railing against the U.S. and inciting violence against it.

 

Incidentally, Chesimard was the step-aunt and godmother of rapper Tupac Shakur. She also "inspired" rapper Common who wrote of her: "Your power and pride is beautiful." I guess Michelle Obama agrees with him -- she invited him to the White House poetry slam a couple of years ago. Doesn't it say something about the moral condition of our country when an FBI Most Wanted fugitive terrorist cop-killer is honored by the First Lady? How far we have fallen!

 

But I digress -- back to the original point. If we had executed Ms. Chesimard in 1978, we wouldn't still be trying to track her down 35 years later. Her life sentence didn't quite turn out to be life, did it?

 

"Reward for fugitive cop killer hits $2M." The Dallas Morning News; May 3, 2013; p. 4A.

That citizenship requirement is such a pesky thing!

 

 

From New Haven, Connecticut: Joelle Fishman, a member of the special commission charged with recommending revisions to the New Haven Charter,  has proposed that positions on city boards and commissions not be restricted to registered voters only, but to any resident of New Haven. That would mean that people who are not citizens of the United States, or even people who are in the U.S. illegally, could take appointed positions in New Haven city government.

By the way, Joelle is the Chairman of the Connecticut Communist Party USA whose most recent program calls for the end of capitalism in America.

 

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/revised_charter_could_put_immigrants_on_commissions/



Clothing optional?

 

How would you feel about walking down a city street next to a man who had no clothes on? How would you like for your little 6-year-old daughter to be subjected to that?

 

Did you know that it was perfectly legal in San Francisco? In September 2011, nudists gathered to protest a proposed ordinance that would put some restrictions on public nudity in San Francisco. The ordinance would prevent nudity in restaurants and require naked people to sit on a towel or other covering when sitting on benches or other public seats. Scott Wiener (I swear I did not make up that name), a city supervisor, introduced the ordinance in response to an increase of nudity in public places and restaurants.

 

In December 2012, Wiener introduced and got passed an ordinance banning public nudity in the city. As of February 1, 2013, public nudity without a parade permit in San Francisco is illegal. But people can still bare all at permitted street fairs and parades such as the city's gay pride parade and the Folsom Street Fair which celebrates sadomasochism. Heaven help us!

 

"Public nudity may get dressing-down." The Dallas Morning News; November 19, 2012; p. 4A.

 

 



Wait just a darn minute . . .

 

I am sick to death of hearing what a hero Jason Collins is for telling the world he's a queer. When the President and the First Lady laud a man for publically saying he likes deviant sex, you know our country is in deep trouble.

 

But what really caught my attention was something Jason Collins said: "I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled, but I'm not walking it alone."

 

Wait a minute . . . in attempts to justify their perversion, haven't they been telling us for years that they didn't choose their sexuality -- that they were born that way? Which is it, Jason?

 

"NBA player is out in front with declaration he's gay." The Dallas Morning News; April 30, 2013; p. 1A.

Kudos to Greg Abbott

 

The Texas Attorney General is to be commended for taking some stands that don't meet the politically correct agenda. The latest is his opinion upholding the constitutional amendment passed by 76% of Texas voters in 2005. The amendment defines marriage as being between a man and a woman and precludes any governmental entity from creating or recognizing "any legal status identical or similar to marriage."

 

Oops! Several Texas cities and counties have voted to provide benefits to unmarried partners. Can't do it, says Mr. Abbott. A political subdivision cannot create "a legal status of domestic partnership" and then offer "public benefits based upon it."

 

 

Thank you, Greg Abbott!

 

"AG says partner benefits illegal." The Dallas Morning News; April 30, 2013; p. 1A.

Global warming will kill us all!

 

Arkansas got snow this week -- the first time snow has ever been recorded in Arkansas in May.

 

This global warming is going to kill us all!

An Emily Litella Moment

 

Sandy Elkins of Plano says that she has never understood why the GOP is against contraception.

 

Just FYI, Sandy, the GOP isn't against contraception. The GOP is against forcing you and me to pay for someone else's contraception.

 

Ohhhhh! Never mind!

 

"Abortion will not go away." The Dallas Morning News; May 2, 2013; p. 12A.