Aren't you glad we have Obamacare?

Doctors are giving up their private practices to go to work for hospitals because of the uncertainty of Obamacare.

Last year, 64% of job offers filled through Merritt Hawkins, one of the nation's leading physician placement firms, involved hospital employment compared with only 11% in 2004.

What does this mean to you? I know personally one young doctor who has given up his family practice leaving his patients to find other primary care physicians -- which is increasingly difficult as the doctor shortage begins to make itself apparent.

"Worried doctors flee private practice for salaried hospital jobs." The Dallas Morning News; February 14, 2014; p. 7A.

What survey was that?

Brian Baldwin of Dallas supports the ACA (Obamacare). He says that most people like him support it as well.

"Most of us with better-paying jobs . . . support ACA subsidies that afford those in low-income brackets a lifestyle closer to our own."

Really, Brian? Most of us? Have you looked at the recent polls? On which poll are you basing your baseless hypothesis?

"Mandate to purchase insurance." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2014; p. 20A.

How lovely!

Anne Lindsey of Glen Meadows says that we should accept any couples who love each other, no matter what sex they are. "People do love outside of the accepted current social standards of a man and a woman. It is no less precious and no less worthy of respect; it is still love."

I would assume that Anne is completely accepting of incestuous relationships between consenting adults. "It is no less precious and no less worthy of respect; it is still love." And I would assume that she is completely accepting of polygamous relationships. "It is no less precious and no less worthy of respect; it is still love."

Alas, Anne, you are wrong. It is not love -- it is abomination. And I got that from the One who knows.

"Why is this so important." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2014; p. 20A.

What's good for this country?

Morris Fried of Richardson says, " . . . never in my memory has such venom been addressed at the duly elected president of the United States as now . . . This can't be good for the country."

I suppose Mr. Fried's definition of "venom" is disagreeing with the President's policies. The truth is that this President is what's not good for the country! If he were, perhaps so much "venom" would not be directed toward him.

"Venom heaped on president." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2014; p. 20A.

What is the AG saying?

Our esteemed Attorney General, Eric Holder, wants to fix the "flaws" he sees in the criminal justice system. One of those flaws, he believes, is that felons forfeit their right to vote. We must correct this injustice, Mr. Holder says.

You see, Mr. Holder contends, if we don't allow felons to vote, it disproportionately affects blacks. Well duh! It wouldn't disproportionately affect blacks if blacks didn't constitute a disproportionate number of the felons in this country!

"AG: Restore vote to ex-felons." The Dallas Morning News; February 12, 2014; p. 8A.

The New RQV

Texas is under attack by the queers. They expect us to legalize gay marriage. Their lawyer's argument goes something like this -- "The state says that gay people have the same rights as others -- they can marry anyone of the opposite sex just like anybody else can. That's like saying that I can hold your head under water, and you still have a right to breathe -- you just can't breathe air."

Well, not quite, Mr. Fancy Pants Lawyer. You see, the human body was not made to breathe water. Neither was it made for homosexual behavior. If your argument is correct, then we must go to the RQV (Revised Queer Version) Bible which changes this KJV passage:

"And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?"

to this:

"And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female and queer, And said, For this cause shall a man leave his two moms, and shall cleave to his husband: and they twain shall be one flesh?"

Kind of knocks dead the argument that Jesus never addressed homosexuality, doesn't it?

Matthew 19:4-5

And in other news, Yahoo has updated its profile gender options so that one "can select up to 10 gender identifications."

We're going to hell in a handbasket, folks!

http://news.yahoo.com/profile-feature-facebook-offers-choices-gender-identity-194757235--sector.html

How many words did you hear today?

You may think I'm making this up, but I swear it's the truth.

Poor children in Providence, Rhode Island, are being given digital voice recorders to carry with them to count the number of words they hear each day. The program is called "Providence Talks," and it's designed to erase the disparity between the number of words rich kids hear and the number of words poor kids hear. You see, research shows that rich kids hear more words than poor ones do. Social workers will make home visits and go over the word counts with the disadvantaged parents and give them tips on how to hear more words.

And how much does this cost? The outlay so far is $5 million in private funding; however, I predict that when that $5 million is gone, the liberals will insist that the nasty Republicans don't like poor children if they refuse to kick in government funds to keep it going.

From another perspective, I have to wonder who, besides the social workers, is listening to those recordings.

"Poor families given word counters." The Dallas Morning News; February 10, 2014; p. 4A.