Are Seniors Expendable?
I read this article today. I government health panel is promoting this. What captured my attention in the article was the number “65″. Here are some dots: Medicare at 65 (soon to go up), SS at 65 (now...
View ArticleWho Is TIME’s Person Of The Year?
It probably won’t be Jamie Foxx’s saviour again. Sandra Fluke seems to be the pick. Why not just the condom (oh, right. That ain’t a person unless it is on someones head). Why not the 50.5% of the...
View ArticleIf You Smoke, You Will Pay Dearly
Seems that something new has surfaced in ObamaCare. They intend to penalize smokers. 50 year olds that smoke pay an ADDITIONAL $4,100. If 60, $5,200. Why the penalty? If you talk cancer, birth control...
View ArticleScary Issue #2–Resistant Diseases Coming To A Town Near You
Over a half century ago, I learned in school that the Ganges River, which is held as a religious icon of sorts, carries in it some of the most horrid cooties know to man. Why? Because people bathe and...
View ArticleGenes Attributed To Behaviours
I could have told you that. The whacko behaviours are prevalent in many posters here but, then again, I pointed this obvious factor out long before this research came to light. Mine is even mentioned...
View ArticleDr. John Lott Comes To Sterling
I didn’t know it at the time but this was part of Patricia Phillips’ Ronald Reagan Lecture Series and my first attendance. Dr. Lott wrote “More Guns, Less Crime” and just came out with his next book,...
View ArticleMore Lunacy In Washington State–Abortion Healthcare
I never could grasp the reasoning behind the Roe v Wade murder law. Was it “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”? “It’s my body and I’ll do what I want to”? Women’s reproductive rights (there’s...
View ArticleNew Liberal Standard Carrying–Homosexual Fertility Rights
It’s not April Fools day (but these are some definite April fools) and I couldn’t make this up without trying to sound convincing. I could start by saying: “Just when you think you heard everything….”....
View Article4-12-13 Re-told News
Well, the LCPS is trying (a word without much meaning here at NVTH) to work a budget that doesn’t further soak taxpayers. Classrooms and teachers are the focus here. In a companion piece, it is trying...
View ArticleCongress Critters Are Better Than You And Me
It appears that with every passing day, that liberal law called the Affordable Care Act is proving anything but. Remember when all those unions and “special” groups were getting exemptions on it? Well,...
View ArticleSeniors Stay Healthy At Home
I have been busy and unable to keep pace with the blog (something to do with quality time that Mrs. ACT is constantly demanding) and since much of what I like to post is not commented on, I must pick...
View ArticleJuly 4th–Independence Day
We didn’t go to any fireworks shows. I didn’t set off any fireworks. Mama and I went to a movie and then tried out the new grill for a wonderful supper. Worked around the house and called it a day....
View ArticleIs Ted Cruz Grandstanding About The Budget?
Only a dolt like me would listen to the filibuster going on in the Senate. Ted Cruz started talking at 2:41 edt and I have been listening since I got home from work at 4. I have listened to all those...
View ArticleSo You Say You Want A Shutdown Of Government?
I mean, really, let’s take a quick look at where we are. The Senate hasn’t done its job for 5 years now coming up with a budget. That should be an ouster offense. The cloture vote went just like...
View ArticleConcierge Medicine Will Likely Rise Under “Obamacare”
One of the ironies of politics is that big government by its nature actually favors those who are more wealthy – thus big business loves big gov’t. A few months ago, I alluded in the comments that I...
View ArticleMarijuana Is No Worse Than Alcohol
This is what Obama said and feels the experiment should continue in Colorado and Washington. “Laws recently passed in Colorado and Washington legalizing marijuana recently went into effect. The...
View ArticleWho Needs Robots When We Have Obama
Let me explain. From the time I was a young child I always had an interest in science, gizmos and sci-fi–the “what if” science. All the books and magazines I read led to a future of robotic service to...
View ArticleAnother ObamaCare Summation
Don’t know why everyone is so ecstatic of what ObamaCare is doing for the general public. No matter how many articles are shown to the detriment of this law, it is lauded by the progs as a success....
View ArticleRose Garden Meet Pushing Up Daises
I watched this thing live yesterday and, even after taking some Tums and Dramamine, still felt nauseous. I knew it would be lies but, but holy guacamole, I thought I was looking at the Geico commercial...
View ArticleWhat’s In The News?
I must admit that I have been waiting for one of Gaius’s thoughtful posts to liven things up but I understand the rigors of the daily grind and children, so I’ll give you a rounding of what is...
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