The stroke survivors club

A while back, I decided that I might enjoy meeting with others who have had strokes.  What I miss most since having my stroke is the kind of social life I used to have.

Sure enough, my occupational therapist knew about such a once-a-month stroke survivors meeting at the hospital.

I went to my first meeting in January. That meeting was all about what Obamacare was supposed to do to help us. Nobody else at the meeting seemed the least bit concerned about how all these freebies would be paid for.  Besides, all of the supposed benefits discussed were sometime in the future.

The other night, I attended the February meeting. This time, the presentation was all about the county freebies that the disabled could get. Again, nobody else there seemed the least bit concerned how all this stuff gets paid for. And, at this particular meeting, people were bitching about needing even more freebies from the county.

The people at the meeting don't look like they're down on their luck. Just the opposite, in fact. Still, they are looking into just how many freebies they can get.

The above outlines what is wrong with America today.

I'm going to attend the next meeting, I guess.  Maybe they will discuss a topic that I'm actually interested in!

Outlaw everything!

You can't make this shit up!

This morning, on the local news, I heard about this:

Buying a ski mask isn't illegal, but could restricting their sale help prevent crime?

The notion is stirring debate among some Northwest Washington residents after reports of robberies committed by men wearing ski masks. The frequency of the robberies also has caught attention of police, who say one neighborhood crew is frequently purchasing masks at a local sports store for the express purpose of committing robberies.

"They clearly are a problem. Otherwise, we wouldn't see it being mentioned in all the reports," said Faith Wheeler, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission member from the Takoma neighborhood in Northwest.

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On a Metropolitan Police Department-run listserv, Ms. Wheeler was one of several people who broached the subject of trying to discourage the sale of ski masks in the neighborhood, or asked legislators whether there are other ways to ban their sale....

As Duck says, "We are a sorry people"!

The Slaughter of Little Kids?

And just a few days before Christmas, too!

The grief in Newtown must be unreal.

Before the blood had even stopped flowing, the liberals were screaming about the need for more gun control.

THE PROBLEM IS NOT GUNS!

THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE LOSS OF MORALS IN OUR SOCIETY!

ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT PARENTS DON'T TELL THEIR KIDS, "NO! STOP THAT!"

JUST LOOK AT THE DAMN TV SHOWS AND VIDEO GAMES NOWADAYS!

Give me the Western channel and reruns from way back when - not the awful stuff kids watch today.

The world really isgoing to hell in a hand basket!

The News

I hate watching the news.

I'm not talking about politics.

I'm talking about all the things that the talking heads and news reporters say are good for you and these wonderful things that you should get.

Lots of people try whatever that product is.

Next, out comes the "new information." The product is bad for you and will even kill you!

Or else the product is illegal, which makes even more people want it.

I'm sick of the merry-go-round!

Don't even get me started bitching about the commercials for wonder drugs. They have side effects that would scare the coldest-blood hit man in the Mafia.

I should stick to watching You Tube and reruns of "Two and a Half Man."

Hell, even old reruns of "House" and "Cold Case" are better than the stupid news, which constantly says one thing, then turns around and says the total opposite.

Even "The Three Stooges" has more brain matter than most of these idiots on tv news.

Facts to Consider

Thanks, Will, for emailing the following to me!

Doctors


(A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000.


(B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000.


(C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171


Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.


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Now think about this:

Guns

(A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000.


(Yes, that's 80 million)


(B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500.


(C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188


Statistics courtesy of FBI


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So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.


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Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.'


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FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN,

BUT

Almost everyone has at least one doctor.

This means you are over 9,000 times more likely to be killed by a doctor as by a gun owner!!!


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Please alert your friends to this alarming threat.

We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand!!!!!


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Out of concern for the public at large, we withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention!

Restricting Fun On The Beach

I grew up in Southern California and went to the beach all the time.

Times were freer then.

Now, the beach has become a place of less freedom:

beach-goers may toss balls and Frisbees with Lifegauds permission on beaches in Los Angeles County between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Back in the day, we knew how to behave ourselves at the beach. And we didn't need permission from lifeguards to send those Frisbees sailing through the air.

Glenn Beck Has This One Right

The woman took her pants off too many times, and now she wants somebody else to pay for her screwing parties:





Beck's money quote:

Lady. Did you have your pants off maybe too many times in your life? Is that possible? Is it possible? What are you out doing? What are your children out doing? I’d like to know. How many of them are even mowing somebody’s lawn? How many of them are actually out trying to take any job, any job? Not a good job. Any job. What is it you have done? Have you thought about birth control? Here’s an idea. Have you thought about marrying a man?


Have you thought about marrying a man or not having kids with a man who isn’t going to jail? Have you thought about, you know, maybe we should slow down on the sex thing? Accountable? I’m not accountable for your life. I am accountable for my life. I have been working my ass off, lady. What have you been doing?”

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No Decency, No Respect

Back in the day, when I used to put up our outdoor Christmas decorations, I'd have hunted down the thieves and given them the ass whipping of their lives because that's what they deserve:


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