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- Although it's still kind of hard to figure out, the Dallas Morning News has announced it will start charging for some of its online contact. And by "some" it sounds like any story authored by a Dallas Morning News reporter. This will be interesting.
- And in one of the comments on the story, someone used the phrase/words: "sesquipedalian verbosity." Wow.
- One year ago at this very moment, I was on a completely vacant Costa Rican beach.
- I think Jon Gruden does an awful color commentary job. Last night, while commenting on Stanford QB Andrew Luck during the Orange Bowl, he said, "He's an incredibly accurate passer which is often the most overlooked aspect of the position." Really? Accuracy is overlooked?
- I've never thought being very bright is a requirement to be an NFL coach. Case in point: John Madden.
- Weird: News of over 3,000 birds falling dead to the ground in Arkansas over the weekend. They now believe they were spooked by fireworks and then crashed into each other and objects.
- The "feel" of our courthouse has changed a lot over 20 years. And not in a good way.
- I still haven't seen Inception because all I can think of is that it will be like Memento and Memento hurt my head.
- Are we headed for record breaking low temperatures around Monday, January 17th? Some people think so.
- Forgot to mention how weird it was to see that the Rose Bowl was on ESPN.
- The new House of Representatives will read the Constitution out loud. Let the showboating begin.
- And then they've scheduled a vote to repeal Obamacare. Let the showboating really begin.
- We got news yesterday of another wrongful Dallas County conviction -- this one caused a man to be incarcerated for 30 years. Hey, the next time you're on a jury and the judge tells you to find the defendant not guilty if you have a reasonable doubt about his guilt, do it.
- Ended up watching most of the original pilot of Six Feet Under last night before I went to sleep. Greatness.
- Edit: Forgot to mention Rick Perry throwing millions of taxpayer money at one of his buddies.
54 comments:
It means people from Sesquipdalia talk a lot.
Loved every minute of Six Feet Under! And....now we have Dexter!
Oh my....she may be the hottest girl you've had on here. Ever. Natual and not too skinny. (This could mean that I've been a single woman far too long...wow!)
I hated having the Rose Bowl on ESPN. The parade was on ABC and NBC but the game was relegated to cable.
Most of the bowl games this year have been, or are on ESPN. The only one left that will be broadcast over the air is The Cotton Bowl. Kind of a bad time for me to dump cable, but I'm getting more done around the house this year.
What?? The Republican-controlled Congress is doing what the majority of Americans want? What are they thinking? (I guess that's a Liberal's definition of "showboating.") It's certainly not what Democrats were thinking when they passed Obamacare.
And whattaya know...the Obama administration implemented death panels via Medicare payments to doctors (economists call that incentivizing an activity,) despite the provision being dropped by Congress. Who needs laws? Now a government-hired doctor gets paid (with your tax dollars) to ask Grandma questions like "You don't want to be kept alive artificially and be a burden to your family, do you?"
Yeah, nobody should be against that.
" read the Constitution out loud", "vote to repeal Obamacare". BRING IT ON, BROTHER! America has spoken, and time for King Obamy to listen up!!!
In reference to your comment about the wrongful conviction and obvious inference that the jury panel has a reasonable doubt, but aren't finding defendants "Not Guilty"...you should be ashamed of yourself. You sound like a stereo typical defense attorney. Are mistakes make? Sometimes. But to impune an entire jury panel's integrity is just plain shameful. I'm curious on how many panels you've been seated on.
wordkyle- what part of allowing medicare to pay for voluntary counseling do you not understand?? Way to go with the typical fear tactics.
WK - I agree with Barry that it's showboating since there is no way the appeal will actually pass. The Dem Senate won't vote to repeal, and BO certainly won't sign a law repealing.
Slick Willie's impeachment had a much better chance of actually happening than this repeal.
I heard that further testing of the dead fish and birds revealed they both actually died from shock, after hearing the House Tea-baggers had taken the oath.
AL
You have redeemed yourself for yesterday's skank. Nicely done, Barrister.
As for the wrongful death, the judicial system in America in NO WAY considers one innocent until proven guilty. With coerced and bullied defendants and over-zealous prosecutors, and a public out for blood no matter what the TRUTH or INTENTION was, anyone is truly guilty until they can prove their innocence. I'd rather see 10 guilty men go free than one innocent go to prison!
Bring on the record cold temps! I'm so sick of this warm and temperate winter....bring on some snow and ice!
The birds killed by fireworks is all over the news. However the carnage caused by politically correct wind turbines goes unreported. Like the 80 golden eagles killed every year at the Altamont Pass facility outside Oakland, California. Or the estimate of 25,000 total birds killed per year that can grow to as many as 1,800,000 if the bird chopping industry reaches their goals for 300,000 megawatts. If you want to see this happen then go on youtube and watch soaring hawks being whacked.
I served on the Wise County grand jury for two terms while you were DA. Based on the way you presented cases I think the wrongfull convictions might be for cases that should have never been taken to court. You did a great job of bringing us cases that had merit instead of everything that crossed your desk. Thanks for your service to the citizens of Wise and Jack counties.
That old guy is on cloud 9!!!
"sesquipedalian verbosity." Wow.
Wow, indeed. There's a couple of fi'ty cent words for ya!
I would agree that being bright is not a requirement for being an NFL coach. The requirement is that you know football and know how to get your team to play it well. Single-mindedness is a great asset for a head coach. Being media savvy and articulate in front of a camera is icing on the cake. It's unfair to judge what Madden has been on TV the past twenty years and ignore what he did with the Raiders in their heyday
the mass death-by-fireworks theory in Arkansas doesn't seem to pan out. We have reports this morning of the same thing happening yesterday in La. Maybe they were all so despondent over having to fly over AR and LA that they made a mass suicide pact
"Quoth the raven: 'Nevermore!'"
Triple Fake Alfred Hitchcock's revenge from beyond the grave
A few birds dropped over Arkansas because of fireworks....who cares? They were obviously of inferior genetics or just suicidal from living in Arkansas. I, on the other hand, survived the Austin Hula Hut fire that was ignited by a fireworks display. The Hut's back bar is closed so I still suffer, but I will carry on.....
When it comes to CFB bowl games, I have Good Old Days Syndrome. The Sugar Bowl should be played on New Year's Eve and aired on ABC. CBS should air the Cotton Bowl early afternoon New Year's Day. NBC then airs the Rose Bowl in late afternoon and the Orange Bowl in the evening of New Year's Day. All previous conference affiliations should remain as closely as possible.
Your TMRT girl redeems your dreadful "Lunch Time Upchuck" from Monday. Thank you.
MisterMind - If trying to enact what the majority of Americans want constitutes "showboating," then what do you call the Democrats defying the will of those Americans?
guinjames - 1) Medicare is doing what Congress specifically omitted in the Obamacare legislation; i.e., the Obama administration is surreptitiously making law. (Democrat Congressman Earl Blumenauer: "The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.")
2) Obama's head of Medicare Donald Berwick has already admitted that rationing is inevitable, and specifically targeted the terminally ill and those toward the end of their lives as being the subjects of some "difficult conversations" when it comes to healthcare costs.
3) Liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman admitted that the implementation of death panels "is going to save a lot of money."
Why don't you guys just say what you mean? You always use euphemisms to hide the truth. Democrats always intended for "death panels" to be used to eliminate the high cost of healthcare for those who are terminally ill and the elderly, and for government funds to be used to pay for abortions. (Despite what Obama promised.)
Way to smack that liberal weenie down with facts, Word. Watch out, because now he will come back with something mean to say about you and not support his own argument with facts.
WHAT!!! NO HAPPY ENDDING!!!!! He went to the wrong PARLOR!!!! He needs to go get happy endding, and they love him long time!!!! LOL
Isn't that typical, 11:30. They NEVER have anything meaningful or truthful to say.
Wordkyle speaks the truth.
Six Feet Under had the greatest ending of all time! No stone left uncovered!
Skippy, Are you saying that we are going to have to shovel global warmism out of our driveways on Monday?
What happened to Anobiters blog?!
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Wordkyle - I think that some difficult conversations need to be had regarding the funneling of millions of dollars to people who are without a doubt going to die soon. There is no reason to continue to treat/prolong the life of a terminally ill patient. Money should instead be spent on preventative measures. You always seem very smart and well-informed but you seem to be having trouble wrapping your mind around this obvious truth. Additionally, I don't believe the rhetoric "death panels" helps cast an accurate light on the subject, so it might behoove you to remove it from your vocabulary. It is simply propaganda.
Otherwise, as you were.
Of course we all remember Nancy Pelosi's quote from her speech to the National Association of Counties..."We have to pass the (health care) bill so you can find out what is in it."
Couple of really good posts, WK. I'm hearing only crickets chirping when a response would be appropriate.
If history holds true, several in Washington will use this issue to obtain maximum personal exposure, but that's OK if there is substance and sense in their proposals.
So I get Medicare with death panels
and our good ole boys in government get top notch health care that I'm paying for. Reckon we will get morphine to ease us out on our way to Glory?
103 - Of course I realize the high cost of treating certain patients, along with the savings if they die sooner rather than later. Everybody does. Currently the patient, the doctor, and the family make the decision. Under Obamacare, a government bureaucrat does. Why don't the Democrats simply admit that's part of their agenda? Why do they keep denying it?
As for the term death panels, why should I adopt a euphemism simply to make you more comfortable? Again, from Liberal Paul Krugman: "The advisory panel which has the ability to make more or less binding judgments on saying this particular expensive treatment actually doesn't do any good medically and so we are not going to pay for it." Does changing what it's called change what it does?
If we the taxpayers are the ones funneling money to these terminally ill people, 1:03, I agree. Why should I have to foot the bill for someone else outside of my family. Not my problem.
If the terminally ill's "personally paid" insurance company, themselves or their family is paying the money what right do you or I have to tell them what to do? It's not our business.
The health care bill righted some egresious wrong. They need to leave it alone.
Furthermore, Wordkyle, Limbaugh, and the rest have fanned the flames of ignorance about the bill. It is very similar to the bill proposed by the Republicans as an alternatiave to Clinton's bill. Go figure. It has more to do about being against Obama than what is in the bill.
Will it need fine tuning. Of course. Insurance Co's like Wall St never sleep looking for more ways to screw the little guy.
Both parties need to start solving problems instead of grandstanding. And it is infantile to argue who started first. Both should stop
We need to drastically cut entitlements, defense spending, subsidies for the rich, and tax breaks for corps who create jobs overseas......yes I said overseas.
We wouldn't go overseas if the Unions were demolished in this country! Why can't anyone understand this???? If I owned a company you can bet the bank I would go overseas before I hired anyone in a union.
Unions are nothing but scams. I feel so sorry for any employer who has to put up with that crap.
146 - You use right and wrong very casually. You fail to mention that what you consider "wrong," other people might not; and that the methods used to "right" a situation can make other things "wrong," particularly when the government is involved. Consequences, a mysterious concept to some.
Since you claim that I "fan the flames of ignorance," can you cite anything I've said that is demonstrably false? Do the deceptions practiced by Democrats -- the Medicare end-around on "advisory panels;" the fact that abortions are being paid for; the incorrect numbers on costs -- constitute informing the public? A 2000-page bill, mostly unread by the Democrats who passed it? The constant denial that premiums will go up and that rationing will occur?
Puh-leeze. Why do Democrats insist on peeing on America's leg and then tell us it's raining?
Oh my god, he said overseas twice, we better take him serious!!!
The health care bill was the forcing of the will of a minority on the majority. All polls showed that the American people opposed it. That is okay with most Democrats because they do not respect or desire a rule by the majority. A vote to repeal the bill will demonstrate and make public the positions of the members of the new Congress. It will not make it past the Senate but we will know whose ass to kick out the next election.
RE Governor Perry doing business with a supporter:
What's $4.5 million between friends? Just a pittance! Oh Rick, you make my head hurt. And my wallet ache. And my moral compass spin wildly. All that Consort for Men has fried your frontal lobe in the judgment area.
My Other Brother Darryl
1:34 - Even though the insurance premiums may have been paid by the end consumer, thus granting him/her the right to choose their own "ending", the money shelled out by the insurance company (often times in the hundreds of thousands of dollars) towards these possibly "fruitless endeavors" effects the entire marketplace by way of ever-increasing premiums for every consumer. This is currently pushing the cost of health care outside of most american budgets, including my own. Either way, I agree that I have no right to tell someone else what they can or cannot do. But we must admit, it is a particularly difficult situation to be in because everyone wants to live forever but we do not have the resources. I definitely applaud America wanting to save everyone, but this is really no different than a wealthy person having (5)50" LED televisions and a poor person having nothing. Healthcare just seems to matter to us more.
PS - I think I won the rambling award. Lot of work distractions. This work is really interfering with my commenting on blogs only a handful of people read. No offense BG.
I agree with 1:03. As a registered nurse, I see patients kept alive all the time who would be much better off dead. Some families want "momma" to stay alive no matter what...can't eat, can't move, has NO CHANCE of recovery, but let's do everything we can to keep that shell breathing. I think it's ridiculous. As a nurse for over 30 years, I think we treat our animals much more humanely than our humans. I, for one, want to be ALLOWED to die when there is no real hope of recovery or before a terminal illness makes me a burden on those I love. That's just pure reality and unselfishness. To want to live at all costs to those you love is pure self-centerness and denial of the inevitability of death. I think some folks need counseling or "advice" on how to deal with the dying loved one, as they tend to make decisions based on emotion rather than common sense. Your neighborhood vet has the right idea...I'm old and sick? Put me out of my misery and allow nature to take its course.
wordkyle -- you still do not understand the word voluntary. This means one allows, without coercion, receiving information regarding end of life. No where does it say a government employee dictates when to pull the plug.
Yep. I for one think the Insurance companies SHOULD be able to cancel us for no particular reason (even if we have paid our payments for years and years). Especially if we get really sick. I also think if we do end up terminal for some crazy reason (Gods will or whatever) we should be left to fend for ourselves without any coverage or help at all. After all it must be our fault.
Repeal every part of that damn Obama-care!!!
Double Fake
Wing-nut Insurance Agent/Company
The size of that
photo is great!
404 - Predatory or deceptive practices by insurance companies should not be allowed. If, --if-- rescission was a predatory or deceptive problem, then perhaps insurance regulators should have addressed it. Democrats used a 2000-page howitzer to kill houseflies.
guinjames - I understand more than you realize. 1) Doctors receive money to "advise" recipients of their end of life options; 2) Obama officials have already designated terminally ill and elderly patients as potential targets for lowering costs via denial of healthcare; 3) The way doctors "advise" patients will clearly influence the patients' decisions. (See my example from this morning.) 4) It's no stretch at all to see that doctors will promote quicker ends to save the government money, if that's what the government wants.
Obamacare was a boondoggle from the start. It forces people to buy insurance who don't want it, raises costs on those who do want it, and still leaves 25 million Americans uninsured. And all of it forced through by Democrats against the will of the American people.
Can't we all just get along!?!?
4:04 True but, it doesn't take 2,800 pages to fix a problem like that.
3:30 you had me all the way until you said this.
"really no different than a wealthy person having (5)50" LED televisions and a poor person having nothing."
Why do you people continue to be so gullable when it comes to poor people? They are poor because of the life choices they make. Kapeesh?
If Obammycare is so great, why are they giving waivers to companies and unions to opt out of it?
If the entire Constitution is read aloud in the House, I'll bet it'll be the first time many of them have heard it. Of course, they've got to stay awake.
You just proved Perry is'nt stupid. he did'nt leave it to
an enemy.
Do the windmills kill any "ducks"?
Just visited with a friend over Cristmas weekend.He is an Ausie who came to America because he hated their liberal, facist,socialist way they live now.His sister had passed away,she could have lived a least three more years with surgery but the government would'nt let it happen because it would cost to much money for the results.They already have OBAMACARE
If you were on the beach, it wasn't vacant.
3:40 What hospital do yo work in? I want to stay as far away from that death house as I can get. How dare you as a professional claim that someone in your care is better off dead. When were you elevated to God?
LEL
Wordkyle..you are my hero!!! love it that you spelled it out in black and white for folks to see what the truth really is..and it is all there for the reading. Thanks for taking the time to do it!!!
As for the RN, and I use the term loosely, who is for the death panels, I hope to GOD that I am never in your care. So what that folks want to keep Granny, or Mom or Sister alive..it's THEIR choice and not some damn beaurocrat (sp?) calling the shots. I bet you wish you had some morphine to quietly give patients that YOU deem are non-recoverable. Who the hell do you think you are?? I'll bet your coworkers just loooove working with someone like you. Thank God I don't. I have been in healthcare for 28 years, and I have seen.taken care of the patients you are referring to. The difference between me and you is I don't wish them dead.
Just make sure your family knows to call the local vet when it's your time to go, honey. It's all about choice.
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