It is a very nice day in Western Kentucky. 41 degrees at 8:30 AM and cloudy. The cat (Polly I) was wet when she came so I assume that it has rained.
We have human beings in space moving a 1200 lb. gas tank around in space. This is just a matter of fact day in space. "Loyd Hav Murcy!"

Health Care Abortion

I heard someone argue that they would not vote for the health care bill if it paid for abortions.
I had no answer for that thought until this morning when a caller at C-Span explained to me what it was like in the 1950's and 1960's in the hospitals in those days. He said where he worked (in the emergency room back then) four or five cases a week would come in where young women performed their own abortions.

It is better for a doctor to do what a young women asks than let her do it on her own. That was why the law was changed. Society could not let young women do abortion while their minds raced with emotions.
Today we have clinics that sooth young women and do try to give them all the facts about birth and abortion. Which is still rather emotional but well controlled.
So lets think twice before going back to pre-1960 abortions and what is in this health bill.

Health
1 a : the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially : freedom from physical disease or pain b : the general condition of the body
2 a : flourishing condition : well-being b : general condition or state
3 : a toast to someone's health or prosperity

This Sunday morning is a mixture of old and new

Television is like a huge cartoon network. It is were your senses are bombarded with color and sound.
I remember back in 1950 at night on a TV set there would be test pattern usually in the shape of a full screen logo. It was used by TV repairmen to adjust horizontal settings, vertical settings, contrast, brightness and color on the tube.
What do these people want to tell you and where are they leading you.
I remember during the ice storm that there was no electricity and any thought from this brain would have to be penciled into a notebook.
It is early Sunday morning and my life has been very physical until these last few years. I remember moving rock as in a chain gang. The work makes my muscles sore.
Hard work drives out the time to ponder and to muse.
I learned that work is part of life and part of the ability to survive. Being paid to work is a bonus. Work has nothing to do with society; it is strictly a personal thing.
I grew up thinking that a human being had to work a nine to five job and that if you did not work for society you were a slacker. That thought is pushed into the minds of human beings in our society and creates a false sense of moral values of doers and slackers.
The world has learned to abuse the ability of work by creating slaves to do their work; causing me to think that work is part of the evil when in realty it is the man that controls the slave that is evil; not the work.
Where ever you find a group of men working as slaves you always see a few men that are content with their lives and you wonder why. I know why now.
Yes we must free man from slavery; not free man from work; pounding rock is not evil.
We should also free man from the propaganda implanted in the brain about work.

Today I am reminded of the complex beings that we are. We use our bodies to handle intense physical manipulations.
Our bodies handle dexterity with grace. The younger and stronger child with will and determination can climb a sheer wall.

In my life I have had a yearning to work very well and it showed.
I was not into vanity or dressing to fit in.
I was into work, what the body does to fulfill human desire, to achieve the light in the blue sky.
At that time I had no clue of any talents in my possession, other than a good work habit.
How could I know how to climb a creative ladder?
I thought what I created was meager, as I do now.
The difference is that I want the world to know that I exist.
The ego has stepped to the forefront.
The dazzling red cape is teasing the bull.
I am getting older and I want all the world to see the day.

What happens when you suppress the ability to work or you by physical inability stop working?
That energy has to go somewhere.
Now that I am old I do not have the physical ability to work. I cannot just watch TV or those patterns of color, my body has to move that energy from the body to the world with out abusing tired and old muscle. I can stretch and twist but at my age (worn out body) I either have to die or do something.

Happy Birthday Jimmy

Optional Government Health Care Available Today

1. FEHBP Open Season: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program gives government employees and Congressmen a government health care option.
2. The US Department of Veterans Affairs: The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides patient care and federal benefits to veterans and their dependents including health care.
3. Medicare: Medicare is the federal health insurance program that covers most people age 65 and older. Some younger people who are disabled or who have End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure) are also eligible for coverage.
4. Medicaid: If you can't afford to pay for medical care. Medicaid is available only to certain low-income individuals and families. Medicaid is a state administered program.
5. Children's Health Insurance Program: Health care coverage for children in the United States.
6. Tricare: Government Health care for the Military.


Number 1 is the Democratic Party's government option proposed for everyone in the United States.
The Republican's in Congress that have this insurance oppose it for the entire nation.

Go Figure

I spent the day doing maintenance on our yard equipment then I created a newsletter for our NARFE friends in our chapter.

China Censors President Obama

President Obama - No one in China heard his word.
They asks us for a lot and they give money freely. Could you imagine the United States governed by an extreme right wing Christian Bureaucracy or a Red Chinese Dictator.
We can't do that they are not white or Chinese.
We can't do that they are not Christian or too religious.
We can't do that they are gay.
We can't do that there is too much leg showing.
We can't do that their hair is fuzzy or too long.
You are allowed only one male child.
Your newspaper is now ours.
You work and keep your mouth shut or die.
Did you see what happened at the Olympics and after the Olympics. They treated their people like crap.
Chinese dictatorial ideas are not wanted in America or their money after treating our President like crap.

Thursday Morning and a little warmer today. It is still wet and cool.
My sister Sandy posted a note about a woolly worm she saw yesterday who was entirely black. We saw one three weeks ago which was black on each side and a very dark brown in the middle.
We spent the day yesterday at our NARFE meeting in town. The Marion Cafe was standing room only. Hunters and folks from the court system were there for lunch.

It is quiet and peaceful in our home. There is activity in our neighborhood being so close to our high school and middle school. The buses are all out on their runs to pick up school children and a few cars with young adults are driving by.
The laws in our state and country ask each citizen to be quiet and peaceful. On average in our community they do obey the laws of the land.

It is dark out this morning and 43 degrees. Yesterday was a fall wet day that chilled our home, our deck shines with moisture - today may be the same.
Every day Motherkitty endures the pain in her back. She is active for as long as she can then stops because of the pain. We have not heard whether workers comp will allow her to have a test to see what is wrong with her back. Her doctor asked her to take the test but workers comp refused to pay for it. Were waiting for their approval so she may take the test.
The day before yesterday she had the tens unit (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) on her back and something rippled horizontally (that is not how the tens unit works) across her back and over her spine giving her a spasm that was surprising and uncomfortable. She turn off the unit and I removed it from her back.

IRS Gets Secret Account Data From 14,700 Americans (Update)

Iran condemns Oxford University over Neda scholarship

From CNN:

"Agha-Soltan was shot dead during a government crackdown on protests in the wake of June elections that opposition politicians said were rigged to give a landslide victory to hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The 26-year-old's final moments were captured on amateur video and beamed worldwide via the Internet. Iran says it is investigating her death, but rejects opposition claims she was shot by Iranian security forces."

I remember when brand names meant quality.

Maytag and Oster were brands that always meant quality for me. There are other names that have let their guard down and let the fast generation move them over to China where quality is not assured when shipping to the United States.

A note to Oster about my Toaster

The slide that lets the bread fall is jammed and will not let our bread fall. The toaster is out of warranty but I thought you would like to know that I will not buy another toaster from Walmart with your name on it. I will shop at some other store with another brand name. I will post this on my blog online.

One moment at a time.

Tonight is trash night.
I watched Kentucky play basketball and I was alarmed at the way they played. When faced with a wall it was alarming to see them stopped. I guess when someone plays Kentucky it is a feather in their caps to do so. So we need to feel that that when we play some team it will be a feather in our cap to get that done. Why is that emotion heightened when faced with a crowd of fans 23,000 strong. How can the mind deal with that kind of pressure.
One moment at a time.