Saturday, October 23, 2004

Shining the Light…

Have you noticed the INSANE ramblings from the Left lately? I’m sure it’s hard to miss. You’ve got some upstanding Brit(he’s British, so he’s obviously smarter than you or I) praying Bush loses and short of that, he gets assassinated. This was found over at ASV.

On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod’s law dictates he’ll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?

Then you have people over at Metafilter cackling over this delusional nutjobs’ “satire”.

All his assassination would mean is that I wouldn’t have to wait another 30 or so years to piss on his grave.

Charming…

But hey, they’re in the mainstream now. Most people agree with them. You know, I NEVER recalled hoping Clinton get capped, hell, I just thought he was an embarrassment, but I never was to the point of calling for his assassination.

The Left is diseased right now...and if the aftermath of November 2nd shows a Bush rout, they had better be prepared to defend themselves if they try ANYTHING.

Team America Review

Short Review: Best performance by Michael Moore. Ever. But much like his mustard-stained representation in the movie, he will fail in trying to oust President Bush.

“America, F**k Yeah”...best theme song…

Only problem was that this movie did seemed rushed, since there were so many dead spots. But all the Film Actors Guild players dying neat deaths drew applause from everyone at the local cinematorium.

This is Heartbreaking…

Remember the hubbub over the Gitmo prisoners and why we’re keeping them there? Seems a few of them have rejoined the fight.

Some of the detainees have rejoined the Taliban and al-Qaeda network after releasing from the US notorious detention center at Guatanamo Bay of Cuba, US military confirmed Saturday.

“We have evidence that eight individuals from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries have joined the terrorist organization of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighting the government of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the coalition,” Scott Nelson told journalists here.

**Cue Imperial March**

However, he claimed these outlaws have already been diminished.

“We have strong evidence these individuals have been captured or killed who were actually released from Guantanamo Bay,” emphasized the Major.

“Ahhh...Freedom!! Fighting for Allah again....” Oops…

I for one have never thought keeping terrorists at the notorious GIT to be anything to get stressed out over. Let them rot there. But then, this could be the whole point of letting them go to begin with. Let them back into the wild and deal with them there.

Healthcare Blogging

Michelle Malkin points to a disturbing trend about the rise of the federal role in healthcare and who is behind it.

The Kerry campaign, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, health insurance lobbyists, and other assorted statists have concluded that the federal role in the health insurance market is simply too small. They think the feds should cover the costs of privately insured beneficiaries who incur high medical expenses (e.g., more than $50,000 in a year--a sizable proportion of those who are seriously injured or really sick.)

This sickens me from the standpoint that I work in the healthcare industry(on the billing side) and see first hand how things work financially. Two of my worst enemies from a billing/posting standpoint are Medicaid and Blue Cross. Medicare is the 5,000 pound goon who seems to be able to strongarm all other insurance companies to follow their lead.

I contend that rising premiums are a good thing, since it means people are paying more for their healthcare and not simply relying on their employers to eat most of the costs of giving them insurance. I pay a ridiculous $22 per pay period, being that I’m single of course, and that’s after a $19 discount.

The other thing I can’t get over is why someone like Republican Bill Frist wouldn’t be behind Flex Spending Accounts. You put in your own money, you don’t pay ANY taxes on it and your taxes are actually lower because your contributions are deducted. Sure, you have to spend that money before the year is up, but so what? Figure out how much money you might need, and maybe it will mean less freaking hypochondriacs running around clogging up the doctor’s offices around the country.