Yesterday I spent the day in bed and slept through everything, including most of my Broncos game. Sad news to report there.
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:01. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
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Today, I still feel pretty rotten. I hope to catch up replying to comments. Have a great day.
Yesterday my symptoms returned with a vengeance. I spent the day in bed, but I still feel much too crappy to do the research necessary to maintain the quality to which I aspire here. Therefore, I need to take the day off.
I could not complete today’s Jig Zone puzzle. To do it, Click Here.
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I’m sorry that this is all I have for you today.
Yesterday I visited my entire blog roll while listening to the health care debate on C-SPAN. Today is my day to rest and follow …umm… religious pursuits in the First Church of the Ellipsoid Orb. Go Broncos!
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:34. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
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Have a peaceful Sunday.
Yesterday I felt a little better, so I did a little visiting. Then I reorganized my closet. Too much too soon. 
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:11. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
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What’s up for the weekend?
I have long claimed that only the poor are stuck with free enterprise, while the rich get all the benefits of socialism. Every once in a while, however, the extremes to which these people consider themselves entitled above the rest of us just boggles the mind!
News that US swine flu vaccines, meant to be prioritized for the nation’s most vulnerable, are being distributed to Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs sparked uproar Thursday. The New York Department of Health said Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have applied for supplies of the H1N1 vaccine and are eligible because they are large employers with in-house clinics.
With H1N1 vaccines often scarce and populist anger already raging at Wall Street for last year’s financial meltdown, the news triggered furor.
Anna Burger, secretary-treasurer for the largest US health care union, the SEIU, said it was "obscene" that powerful and wealthy private organizations got vaccines when "at-risk Americans are either waiting in line for hours or getting turned away.
"Last time I checked, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not prioritized Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and other Wall Street executives over the rest of America," Burger said.
Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, from Connecticut, declared he was "stunned."
"It is shocking to think that private firms would be prioritized ahead of hospitals when the vaccine supply cannot meet the demand," he wrote in a letter to US Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius… [emphasis added]
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In my condition, the GOP flu could kill me. I fit the high risk criteria. I cannot get a shot, because my doctor cannot get vaccine. What gives these pigs the right to move to the front of the line? I want a name. I want to know who is responsible for dispensing this vital resource based on net worth instead of actual need? I want that person to join the ranks of the unemployed today!
Then I want those Wall Street pigs regulated until they beg for Vaseline to sooth their back passages. Since their action proves they have no regard for our very lives, they cannot be afforded even the most miniscule leeway with which to enrich themselves at our expense!
I managed to stay caught up on replying to comments yesterday and even visited a few blogs. Today, I’ll see how I feel. It’s touch and go.
Since there will be articles on the Fort Hood incident everywhere, I won’t dedicate an article to it today in order to wait until more is known. In case you have not heard, Maj. Hassan was not killed after all. He is alive and in stable condition. Despite the many rants from the extreme right that this was motivated by Islamo-fascist terrorism, there is no evidence to date to support that. My one thought is that our military is altogether worn out if our troops’ stories are so horrific that a psychiatrist, whose job was counseling thousands of them went off the deep end. But that’s only speculation on my part, a gut feeling. I cannot support that was the basis for his motivation and I make no such claim.
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 6:08. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
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TGIF!!
Yesterday I managed to get caught up with my replies to comments and I even managed to visit one blog, where the author was feeling down. Her state suffered a severe infestation of pig on Tuesday. I’m gradually starting to improve.
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:49. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
The guys from Red State Update are so stupid this weekend that it’s hard to tell the difference between them and real Tea Baggers until the end. If you’re not familiar with them, this is satire.
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My Medicare card arrived yesterday. I spent my limited recourses of energy starting to get health care squared away after going virtually without for years. Thus I didn’t even reply to comments here, let alone visit.
I’m not going to dedicate an article to election coverage. I anticipated the results in NJ and Virginia. I was pleased with the 23rd of NY. I was saddened over Maine’s proposition one. While I agree with the right that people don’t deserve special right just because they are LGBT, I also recognize the statement as the smoke screen that it is. Permission to marry the consenting adult of your choice is not a special right. It is equal protection under the law. Maine became the 31st state to vote to deny a basic Constitutional right to LBGT Americans. Shame!
Today’s Jig Zone puzzle took me 4:44. To do it, Click Here. How did you do?
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Happy hump day to all!
