{"id":15963,"date":"2015-08-31T13:45:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=15963"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T20:45:27","slug":"personal-update8312015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/08\/31\/personal-update8312015\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Update&ndash;8\/31\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I just returned from the Urologist\u2019s office.&#160; Everything was routine.&#160; The Lift bus was much more efficient than usual.&#160; Now, I want you to know that I REALLY struggled to resist the temptation.&#160; However\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"TCPee\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"TCPee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TCPee.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 2:44 (average 5:45).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2015-08-31-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Take<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2009\/09\/18\/783895\/-The-Teabagger-Socialist-Free-Purity-Pledge\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Daily Kos readers are awesome and send awesome emails:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I, ________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following:<\/p>\n<p>I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 1st Amendment Rights.<\/p>\n<p>I will complain about the destruction of my 2nd Amendment Rights in this country, while I am duly being allowed to exercise my 2nd Amendment rights by legally but brazenly brandishing unconcealed firearms in public.<\/p>\n<p>I will foreswear the time-honored principles of fairness, decency, and respect by screaming unintelligible platitudes regarding tyranny, Nazi-ism, and socialism at public town halls.&#160; Also.<\/p>\n<p>I pledge to eliminate all government intervention in my life.&#160; I will abstain from the use of and participation in any socialist goods and services including but not limited to the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Social Security <\/li>\n<li>Medicare\/Medicaid <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>State Children\u2019s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Police, Fire, and Emergency Services <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>US Postal Service <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Roads and Highways <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Travel (regulated by the socialist FAA) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The US Railway System <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Subways and Metro Systems <\/li>\n<li>Public Bus and Lightrail Systems <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rest Areas on Highways <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sidewalks <\/li>\n<li>All Government-Funded Local\/State Projects (e.g., see <a href=\"http:\/\/grassley.senate.gov\/issues\/upload\/Master-Approps-73109.pdf\">Iowa 2009<\/a> federal senate appropriations) <\/li>\n<li>Public Water and Sewer Services (goodbye socialist toilet, shower, dishwasher, kitchen sink, outdoor hose!) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Public and State Universities and Colleges <\/li>\n<li>Public Primary and Secondary Schools <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Sesame Street <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Publicly Funded Anti-Drug Use Education for Children <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Museums <\/li>\n<li>Libraries <\/li>\n<li>Public Parks and Beaches <\/li>\n<li>State and National Parks <\/li>\n<li>Public Zoos <\/li>\n<li>Unemployment Insurance <\/li>\n<li>Municipal Garbage and Recycling Services <\/li>\n<li>Treatment at Any Hospital or Clinic That Ever Received Funding From Local, State or Federal Government (pretty much all of them) <\/li>\n<li>Medical Services and Medications That Were Created or Derived From Any Government Grant or Research Funding (again, pretty much all of them) <\/li>\n<li>Socialist Byproducts of Government Investment Such as Duct Tape and Velcro (Nazi-NASA Inventions) <\/li>\n<li>Use of the Internets, email, and networked computers, as the DoD&#8217;s ARPANET was the basis for subsequent computer networking <\/li>\n<li>Foodstuffs, Meats, Produce and Crops That Were Grown With, Fed With, Raised With or That Contain Inputs From Crops Grown With Government Subsidies <\/li>\n<li>Clothing Made from Crops (e.g. cotton) That Were Grown With or That Contain Inputs From Government Subsidies <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a veteran of the government-run socialist US military, I will forego my VA benefits and insist on paying for my own medical care<\/p>\n<p>I will not tour socialist government buildings like the Capitol in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>I pledge to never take myself, my family, or my children on a tour of the following types of socialist locations, including but not limited to:&#160; <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smithsonian Museums such as the Air and Space Museum or Museum of American History <\/li>\n<li>The socialist Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The government-operated Statue of Liberty <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grand Canyon <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The socialist World War II and Vietnam Veterans Memorials <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The government-run socialist-propaganda location known as Arlington National Cemetery <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>All other public-funded socialist sites, whether it be in my state or in Washington, DC <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will urge my Member of Congress and Senators to forego their government salary and government-provided healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>I will oppose and condemn the government-funded and therefore socialist military of the United States of America.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>I will boycott the products of socialist defense contractors such as GE, Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Humana, FedEx, General Motors, Honeywell, and hundreds of others that are paid by our socialist government to produce goods for our socialist army.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>I will protest socialist security departments such as the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, TSA, Department of Justice and their socialist employees.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching eligible retirement age, I will tear up my socialist Social Security checks.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>Upon reaching age 65, I will forego Medicare and pay for my own private health insurance until I die.<\/p>\n<p>SWORN ON A BIBLE AND SIGNED THIS DAY OF __________ IN THE YEAR ___.<\/p>\n<p>_____________&#160;&#160; _________________________<\/p>\n<p>Signed&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Printed Name\/Town and State <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Perfect for viral email, my friends. You know what to do.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This was just too god not to share!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0831Cartoon\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0831Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/0831Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"406\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We can start with the name that fits them all: Hurricane Asshole!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just returned from the Urologist\u2019s office.&#160; Everything was routine.&#160; The Lift bus was much more efficient than usual.&#160; Now, I want you to know that I REALLY struggled to resist the temptation.&#160; However\u2026 Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 2:44 (average 5:45).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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