Torn up your AARP card yet?

The AARP is NOT an advocate for seniors. It is a very liberal organization. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people are tearing up their AARP cards because of the group's support of Obama Care. Obama Care means nothing but cuts in services and increases in out of pocket expenses for seniors.

Feel like you need AARP? There is an alternative. The American Seniors Association more accurately reflects the conservative views held by many American Seniors. They're currently offering you a two-year for the price of one year subscription ($15.00) if you send in your cut up AARP card.

Incidentally, one of their four pillars is keeping benefits out of the hands of illegals. That, in itself, is enough to get me and Mr. Essie May to join.

The Paris News funny for the day: Connie Beard says that it's up to the city to say "yay or nay" to a certificate of occupancy for the La Quinta Inn. Yea, it appears Connie didn't use her dictionary.

http://www.americanseniors.org/

Father of the Year

I nominate Shaheed Wright of East Orange, New Jersey for father of the year. With the police after him, Shaheed hid several baggies of cocaine in his son's jacket pocket and told him it was candy. The 4-year-old shared his candy with several of his day care friends. Luckily, none of the children was seriously injured.

"Police: Boy, 4, shared drugs his father said were candy." The Dallas Morning News; September 20, 2009; p. 8A.

Democrats -- the party of compassion

Democrats paint Republicans with the "unfeeling," "hard-hearted," "greedy," brush all the time just because Republicans believe in personal responsibility. They paint themselves as compassionate, caring, and generous. (I must admit they are generous -- with other people's money!).

John Edwards is a Democrat. He promised his mistress that as soon as his cancer-stricken wife died, they'd get married in a New York rooftop ceremony with the Dave Matthews Band. To protect his political aspirations, he tried to find a doctor who would falsify a DNA test to lend credence to his denials of paternity of his own daughter. Yes! He is the epitome of compassion!

"Edwards may soon declare paternity." The Dallas Morning News; September 20, 2009; p. 4A.

Is it really free choice?

There is a bill pending in Congress called the Employee Free Choice Act. As with "Change we can believe in," "Universal health care," and other nice sounding things touted by the Obama administration, the Employee Free Choice Act is not what it seems.

Take this one provision: Under the EFCA, workers will lose their right to a private ballot, which means they could be required to vote in the presence of a paid union representative. They also face the risk of threat or coercion if they're opposed to or undecided about union participation.

Doesn't sound much like free choice to me. But Obama has said, "We will pass the Employee Free Choice Act."

"Employee Free Choice Act a union power grab." The Dallas Morning News; March 19, 2009; p. 17A.

How do they really know?

Scientists say that Tyrannosaurus rex had a "pint-sized precursor, remarkably similar in appearance but no heavier than a human being." This is based on "a single fossil" smuggled out of China.

There is no detail on exactly how large that "single fossil" is. It could be a tooth. "Scientists" have been known to build an entire animal from a single jawbone. How do they know what the animal looked like from such scant remains? They don't. So until they show me what they actually found, I'm quite skeptical. The same goes for the recently discovered "Ardi," the purported next step to the missing link.

"T. rex had a puny predecessor." The Dallas Morning News; September 18, 2009; p. 18a.

What happens when the government runs health care.

Michelle Lyons, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said more than 45,000 convicts will receive the swine flu vaccine before it is made available to the general public. The prison system has asked for 158,000 doses. Prison officials say the policy is set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And who do you think they are taking orders from? Lyons said the prisons were like a nursing home or a college dorm. NO THEY'RE NOT! They're full of blights on society! They say if the flu starts there, it could spread quickly. Well, excuse me, but aren't these people, in effect, quarantined? I have no problem with prison personnel being innoculated -- in fact, I think that is highly advisable. But the prisoners aren't going anywhere -- at least they shouldn't be. But that's a whole 'nother blog.

"Inmates may get flu shots first." The Dallas Morning News; October 28, 2009; p. 2B.

Mandate that, Mark Clark!

Mark A. Clark of Weatherford, Texas, is amazed that people are upset with AIG bonuses only because they received a taxpayer bailout. Why else should I care what AIG spends its money on? I'm not an investor, I'm not a customer. If I don't like the way AIG spends its money, I take my business elsewhere. That's what the free market is all about.

But Mark thinks he should have the right to tell AIG how to run its business. I'll grant you, since we've bailed them out, we do have that right, but that's not what he's talking about. He's talking about telling businesses how to structure their payrolls when they're not taking taxpayer dollars. He says executives must have their pay limited to a factor relative to the lowest-paid person at the company. Well, Mark, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Let's mandate that you draw a salary limited to a factor relative to your IQ. That should put you a little less than minimum wage!

Paris News funny for the day: Mary Madewell wrote a column about breast cancer awareness month. She told us about her "lastest" mammogram. She also said that women are "proned" to check their breasts after an injury. I guess the lastest thing The Paris News will ever be proned to do is hire some good proofreaders.

"Salary excess never appropriate." The Dallas Morning News; March 12, 2009; p. 14A.