tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28554972247417783482024-03-05T21:34:31.513-06:00Daddy Kaos - The Blog FatherPostings on life in general from the pespective of a retired 60 something Californian now living somewhat unwillingly in the Central part of the USA.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.comBlogger502125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-36402144789401384732011-04-21T21:04:00.003-05:002011-04-21T21:14:31.206-05:00Don't Let Hate Win!<div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >There are those in this country that believe that it is their right to protest the "gay" activity here by bringing their message of hate to what they call a "pep rally" which is really the funeral of another brave citizen that has given his/her life to ensure the right of these morons to spread their abhorrent beliefs.<br /><br /></span></div> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Tomorrow I will attend a counter to the attempt to spread their hate at the funeral of a Council Bluffs soldier because we need to eliminate the hate, even though I know that their head has overwhelmed any compassion they ever had in their hearts.<br /><br />This is their message of hate!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.htm">http://www.godhatesfags.com/schedule.htm</a>l<br /><br />This is the call to counter these so called christians.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/#%21/event.php?eid=114788391937092"><br />https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114788391937092</a><br /><br />Join the cause to eliminate the hatred by changing your Facebook picture to the attached photo on April 22nd.<br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8Dws-2uovhqeVzyqsnCzkUgRG92QB59SyIbqdpbCDjZByx227d7gCbL-lDDMT9kci01kk4OC8lNotNaGiZzLSUXgIijYByHhyphenhyphen08F7bYwCnMOi3hcJZUJBtYrdJExhQUIlcAFBuc3F_0/s1600/halfmast.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8Dws-2uovhqeVzyqsnCzkUgRG92QB59SyIbqdpbCDjZByx227d7gCbL-lDDMT9kci01kk4OC8lNotNaGiZzLSUXgIijYByHhyphenhyphen08F7bYwCnMOi3hcJZUJBtYrdJExhQUIlcAFBuc3F_0/s400/halfmast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598224860762032114" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /></span></div></span></div>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-5986589888937979912011-04-14T20:35:00.005-05:002011-04-14T20:59:10.484-05:00Now That Was Something!<div>Every once in a while something from the present triggers a memory from the past. We decided to have Frito boats for dinner tonight, you know, chili, Frito's, onions & cheese....all stuff that is good for you. Well at least it tastes great.<br /><br />Anyway, this got me thinking about a place that was very dear to many of us youngsters growing up in a small town. We had a pizza joint but no McD's. We had the best ice cream any of you could every want. We had an A&W (that's where we had our first Frito boats) and we had Burt's.<br /><br />Burt had a 47 cent special every day; a hamburger, fries and a coke (maybe Pepsi but you get the picture). There wasn't a week that went by that I did not eat there for lunch at least once. Can you imagine getting a burger, fries and a coke for 47 cents today....and it wasn't fast food, they cooked the burger to order. He also had chili burritos, deep fried, smothered with chili.... also so very healthy.<br /><br />But the best memory I have of Burt's Dari-Delight is sitting in my 68 metallic blue Road Runner with my best friend on November 10th 1968, the day I asked her to be my wife.<br /></div>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-62747763100894983672011-02-28T14:53:00.005-06:002011-02-28T15:15:04.385-06:00Kind of ExpectedOn January 20<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> I sent Congressman Steve King, Iowa a message regarding his comments to Lawrence O'Donnell. My message was:<br /><br />After watching your interview on "The Last Word" I am appalled that you would be willing to sacrifice an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">additional</span> 21 citizens of Iowa or any other state by not supporting a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">restriction</span> that would limit the number of rounds in a magazine to ten.<br /><br />Your statement that someone would just solder two magazines together was moronic. If the shooter in Tucson had soldered two together, it is likely that he would have fired 21 fewer rounds and maybe a 9 year old girl or a Federal Judge would still be alive today.<br /><br />I urge you to support legislation designed to eliminate the sale of high capacity magazines.<br /><br />Today I received a response from Congressman King in which he rehashed who was shot and what a <em><strong>"...senseless act of violence..." </strong></em>it was, adding that he was <strong><em>"...deeply shocked and saddened..." </em></strong><br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Evidently</span> he was neither "shocked" or "saddened" enough to see beyond the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">spewing</span> of the NRA and the gun lobby, nor did he address my main point which did not infer any restrictions on the ownership of guns (although I do not believe anyone needs to possess an automatic weapon for legitimate purposes), only on the high capacity magazines which are not mentioned as a right in the First or Second Amendment to our Constitution.<br /><br />The main portion of his response, below, is simply a regurgitation of the right wing agenda:<br /><br /><strong><em>"This tragedy is the work of a deranged individual, it is not the result of political rhetoric from either side of the aisle, and it could not have been prevented by tighter gun laws. Some in the media, and even some in Congress, have sought to use this tragedy for political gain and as a rallying cry for efforts to impose new restrictions on our First and Second Amendment rights. I oppose these efforts, and I will do all that I can to ensure our liberties and constitutional freedoms are not compromised."<br /><br />Signed:<br /><br />Steve King<br />Member of Congress</em></strong><br /><strong><em></em></strong><br />He apparently places the liberty and constitutional freedom of some well above others.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-18225298122669196012010-07-23T09:30:00.002-05:002010-07-24T22:03:32.157-05:00People You Meet In BarsWhile in Portland my brother and I visited the bar in the hotel where we were staying to have a beer before our family dinner. <br /><br />We engaged in our normal anti Fox news conversation while a man (I'll call him Abe) & woman (I'll call her Marie) to our left were involved in a video conference on his Mac. As their conversation went on it became more profane with Marie telling the guy on the other end that he was fu#*ing full of s*it and did not know anything.<br /><br />While we tried to carry on our own conversation it became more and more difficult to ignore Abe and Marie as the conversation became louder and more heated. The subject was "Chemtrails", those vapor trails that appear in the wake of military aircraft.<br /><br />Marie is convinced that there is probable forensic evidence that the government is spraying us with chemical or biological agents, the guy on the other end was debunking her theory and Abe kept poking the stick and stiring the pot.<br /><br />As we were about to finish our beer, I told my brother that I was amazed that he had not become involved in the conversation since he is one that always likes to stir the shit pot. He just kind of shrugged but when we got up to leave he walked over and told the two that he was from Santa Cruz and they knew all about Chemtrails there. <br /><br />This excited Marie to the point that she put her arms around my brother and started rubbing her tits against his arm. This prompted Abe to mention that my brother was now getting a boob rub from a 16K boob job while Marie just kept asking my brother if she was right about chemtrails while Abe was kicking him in the leg trying to get him to say yes while the bartender and I were trying to control our laughter while the guy on the other end of the conversation kept insisting that anyone getting a boob rub like that would agree with anything.<br /><br />Needless to say the entire family enjoyed the story during dinner.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-69344769955676014292010-06-18T11:06:00.000-05:002010-06-18T11:07:05.840-05:00Pinto Syndrome<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=46410"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-17270741311683397242010-05-29T19:57:00.002-05:002010-05-29T20:36:43.481-05:00Born On the 4th Of JulyOn May 27th, Cpl. Jacob Leicht, USMC became the 1000th American to die in Afghanistan since the conflict began in October 2001. He was just a little over 1 month away from his 25th birthday, July 4, 2010, This was his 2nd tour in Afghanistan, his first tour lasting only a few weeks when the Humvee he was in hit an explosive device and spent 2 years recovering. This time, one month into his 2nd tour he stepped on a land mine that ended his life.<br /><br />As we celebrate Memorial Day on Monday we are poised to remember Jacob and those who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as those that have survived wars past. We will also reach a milestone on June 7th as we move into the 104th month of the Afghan war, surpassing Vietnam and the lengthiest war in United States History.<br /><br />As a Marine Corps Veteran of the Vietnam conflict, I would be remiss if I did not comment on this milestone. To say that there are mixed opinions on the progression of this effort is an understatement, emotions run high on both sides; end it now or press on and eliminate the "terrorist" threat to our country, much like we attempted to "win" and eliminate the communist threat in Vietnam.<br /><br />What we need to remember when we consider whether or not we should attempt to attain "victory" is that we have not won a conflict or whatever you want to call it since World War Two (unless you count Ronald Regan's little invasion of Grenada in 1983).<br /><br />We did not "win" anything in George Herbert Walker Bush's war in 1991, we did not win the second Bush war (ongoing) even though he declared "Mission Accomplished" and we will not "win" a war in Afghanistan. <br /><br />Some argue that our sons and daughters will have died in vain if we end this conflict without "winning". To me this only means that they are willing to sacrifice other sons and daughters until the futility of the conflict is finally recognized.<br /><br />As we celebrate the life and death of those that have served this country on Monday, let us consider the lives that can be saved by removing all of our brave men and women from harms way before they become just another tick on the wall of some future memorial.<br /><br />Thank you Jacob, for your service and your sacrifice, your efforts were not in vain, only the prosecution of another war that cannot be "won" will end in vain.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-6174281981385962322010-05-10T18:56:00.001-05:002010-05-10T18:59:00.029-05:00Stop the Leak<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=44766"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-61442886078823436052010-03-19T18:26:00.003-05:002010-03-19T18:27:45.061-05:00Freaky Friday<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=42284"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-19935384628296285022010-03-17T18:40:00.000-05:002010-03-17T18:41:08.793-05:00Wordless Wednesday<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=42152"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-40733161559170618392010-03-16T18:26:00.004-05:002010-03-16T18:31:05.596-05:00Tuesday Toonlet<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=42078"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-28094785828495285922010-03-08T06:00:00.000-06:002010-03-08T06:00:08.384-06:00To My YoungestHappy birthday little girl, here is a picture from your birth year.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446094717967499842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-KZOrV83MkNIvWOpBLeZoLOui2UXfB0rMpaP7arc0EKivWUUCG6Z5yHr264q-Qo09NKCE_wObgjfiyqyOSfOALIDhKUWnF88_egcqdFwuoJlkyG2mym29S2AX2ABaDWESZNhOVVwre8/s400/Cami+1977+(6).jpg" />DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-11942361991853904202010-02-27T11:13:00.000-06:002010-02-27T11:15:41.232-06:00Saturday Thoughts<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=40991"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-53343113835838294542010-02-17T07:00:00.000-06:002010-02-17T07:00:11.004-06:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJhAi1UgkhmzKnzmjZTFF0-fd3Iz2Vtv9C_HXTYKry0sAY2W_zjfT4tR8MlRseR-EpDwV9XhgNwGGGIE9ErP_TEf4E2yDyHLbXPzGbqJYcDKxCmWFGhHVUvzjHj3YPc0U4MOj6atI6eM/s1600-h/Snow+Art+(17)+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438972840617615810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJhAi1UgkhmzKnzmjZTFF0-fd3Iz2Vtv9C_HXTYKry0sAY2W_zjfT4tR8MlRseR-EpDwV9XhgNwGGGIE9ErP_TEf4E2yDyHLbXPzGbqJYcDKxCmWFGhHVUvzjHj3YPc0U4MOj6atI6eM/s400/Snow+Art+(17)+copy.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQNw_YrnKadPuP7dTrvWy2C_khJBMbZpghjt_QAFhyphenhyphenEOhzLjzyg8kdTDUdVo2Oe0pFfZqGSaX1H7onqxMo35h9lVFtgY0iaB9NdYFrlhVdCJCBELwF8NkELOlhjxWbsMg2T1Afmxtlj4/s1600-h/Snow+Art+(15).JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqKSQtZPWHlPlIPrMRQYSPCK0Zj2C_OrlqyslSjsCHMkssCOIf8y_kzHQeCJfZfb1mP1nMFL_MNEfspD9LldTo0xo2LHkMKEBN9EpCkNrI-XZkEuN5yOFU35kE2mHYht-T1QJR4ceskQ/s1600-h/Snow+Art+(17).JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfM6LSERfqKBEpr5SHFV6erKqmYCeC3yVao6IYdVDB2ojz2ZLwz8WApgEpENP7-x3jazVVG4KQJB5c68YpEEe1XU_t4FuBqCpM0Hrs3lWEgW2EVKFExrQmhygwibpm0oGSnPgTGlwU0g/s1600-h/Snow+Art+(17).JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHLhSZ6QmvlnyRNTWkGZaq1zkFFf3aDOs1sLfEC7fnh4SJ33pcNN7zV6gnI1UEIfkaFxYBPWQcBvQ7483iDTxxSRCw845HLvCl0___BiJGx-REx0c1eYE-WUAMGdVoH9UlgGtor6Mc7A/s1600-h/Snow+Art+(15).JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-40210121158468242282010-02-08T12:21:00.004-06:002010-02-08T13:34:23.742-06:00Found - A long lost friendI have been searching for years without any luck. I tried to find him when I visited Washington D.C. and I have searched and searched the internet. My real problem was I that I did not know his hometown only that he was from the Seattle area and really only knew him as Mac.<br /><br />Today, because a friend sent me a link, I was able to find him. His name was Timothy James McMahon, born March 7, 1946, died September 18, 1966. He died because the human body is not built to withstand the intensity of a hand grenade exploding underneath it.<br /><br />You see, Mac was a Navy Corpsman, his job was to save lives, patch a person up to give them a chance to make it to a hospital. This time he saved lives by giving his own.<br /><br />It's been a long time my <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dm/McmahonTJ03a.htm">friend</a>, I'm glad I finally found you.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-47958749648820545462010-01-29T08:00:00.001-06:002010-01-29T08:00:00.221-06:00Police Order - No ParkingAs some of you already know, we live near a high school. Most of the time this is not a problem but because the school does not allow Freshman to park in the school parking lot, we sometimes have a problem with cars parked in our neighborhood, not to mention the trash they throw out on the street, especially when there is snow on the ground.<br /><br /><br />This past week, I called the school twice to complain about the parking situation. There is a police officer on duty at the school (it is his full time assignment, sad as it is). The first time I called he said he was aware of the problem and had already driven through the neighborhood....although nothing was done and it was just the same the next day. So, I waited a couple of days and after I saw the garbage truck (it was trash day) stop at the beginning of our street and then drive on I called again. All I got was "are they illegally parked"?<br /><br />I asked the officer if it was legal to block a mailbox with a parked vehicle or if was legal to park in such a way that an emergency vehicle like a fire truck or ambulance could not get through....no response. He suggested I call the city to have them do a better job of cleaning up the snow and I hung up.<br /><br /><br />Yesterday, when <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">NK</span> when out to get the mail, she saw the sign, actually there were many signs,<br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431896321500561570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQmuldj4FupKIdR5pAn-CHDaTTE94WrYbpF_PRmWJXf2k_EfTxzVnm0A6IqsDGDD2FRuvdagfJMox1BnYtgQR24_ep9KB41-Mcbwgo7QczKC0bVUjd8PgOMVJMoWeZjFYZKZI1dBh_ww/s400/DSC_0064.JPG" />up and down the street. No Parking signs.....on the opposite side of the street from our house.<br /><br /><br /><br />Now I hope we won't see this anymore:<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431898531807248098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9rLDHIDqAX3O9ToPCKU1Kn_vVMOOV_vvnNkJrUjwzDDaa15_O0ynrC-HD2gioRzAikTwDUKxSGBZn8THWKalXZ-WXCY2iegPVuCYNgoIIhrcUb6o0o-nS6FwlKdZ2lFuEA3FAEiiPzs/s400/DSC_0065.JPG" />DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-89871614511044830962010-01-28T13:29:00.007-06:002010-01-28T14:19:20.279-06:00Avoiding EmbarassmentIn the late 60's and through the 70's there was a daytime game show called "The Newlywed Game". If you have never seen it, the show had couples that had been married a year or less on and asked them questions about their mate and /or their life together. These questions often provoked a funny, provocative response. Questions like where was the weirdest place you have ever gotten the urge to make whoopee? The response from one newlywed was: "in the ass". She was bleeped of course and her husbands response was "in the car", but none the less her embarrassment has been recorded for posterity:<br /><br /><br /><embed style="WIDTH: 540px; HEIGHT: 440px" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.ca/googleplayer.swf?docid=" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" hl="en&fs="></embed><br />via <a title="Where is the Weirdest Place You've Ever Made Whoopee?" href="http://www.videosift.com/video/Wheres-The-Stranged-Place-you-Made-Whoopee"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">videosift</span>.com</a><br /><br /><br />Somewhere between July 1979 and December 1970, my love and I decided that it would be fun to try out for the show so we sent in an application and received an invitation for a try out. They sent us the address in Hollywood, we lived in the L.A. area at the time, and the time for the interview, so off we went.<br /><br />Now, my one true love has never been very good with a map, and being a guy, I never was real big on asking for directions so after driving around for some time, we never were able to find the place so we gave up and went home.<br /><br />Today we both feel fortunate that we did not have a GPS unit then. If we had we might not be married today.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-66277237175802786272010-01-24T11:14:00.004-06:002010-01-24T11:56:54.227-06:00Defining a DecadeAfter contemplating my navel for the past few weeks I have decided that I needed to come up with a word to describe this decade. One word, a single utterance that defines the raison d'etre for those controlling our lives. <br /><br />I know, it's early yet but I have really been formulating this opinion for some years. Current events have allowed me to finally propose that <strong><em>poliunicorps</em></strong> be added to our vocabulary. While it rolls off the tongue easily, it has a tendency to leave a bad taste in my mouth as it spills into the atmosphere. <br /><br />Poliunicorps, a combination of three words that have fostered disrespect throughout their existence must now be merged to form one. <br /><br />The first part, poli, comes from politician which is defined by dictionary.com as "a seeker or holder of public office, who is more concerned about winning favor or retaining power than about maintaining principles."<br /><br />Next comes uni, from the word union. Like politician there are many ways to describe union but for my purpose it will simply be a group of individuals joined together for a common purpose.<br /><br />Finally comes corps, from corporation. A corporation, again according to dictionary.com is an "organization enjoying legal personality for the purpose of carrying on certain activities.". Of course those "activities" are only for the good of the corporation.<br /><br />There you have it, the make up of poliunicorps which I will now define as an entity that exists only to perpetuate itself with no regard for the well being of those outside of its body.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-24606373005384532222010-01-20T11:19:00.001-06:002010-01-20T11:20:53.464-06:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0fCAAPiwkZnnO6j60z-VOKfPxRlB15LT6kGPaFKTRhA8eC9yPzcaOEqQfY5jpPmN9JEEcVKqi-wuSjQ26ySAqHrwZnKjNJC9N5rVGr2fFkj0Ya7XfJtkMBLGnAICj4RSIojTq1_GaMk/s1600-h/1972+Escape+Attempt.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428873173412339346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0fCAAPiwkZnnO6j60z-VOKfPxRlB15LT6kGPaFKTRhA8eC9yPzcaOEqQfY5jpPmN9JEEcVKqi-wuSjQ26ySAqHrwZnKjNJC9N5rVGr2fFkj0Ya7XfJtkMBLGnAICj4RSIojTq1_GaMk/s400/1972+Escape+Attempt.jpg" /></a>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-81081769704945978782010-01-19T13:42:00.002-06:002010-01-19T13:46:43.548-06:00WhyWe have listened<br />but we have not heard<br />We have looked<br />But we have not seen<br />For you have not said <br />What we must hear<br />And you have not done<br />What we need see<br /><br />You may have listened<br />But you do not hear<br />The screams in the night<br />Or the anguish of those<br />That have lost<br /><br />You say you have looked<br />But you cannot see<br />The emptiness in the hearts<br />Or the vacant stare<br />Of those that do not understand<br />Why death has visited their homeDaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-46320776324409030252010-01-06T16:42:00.001-06:002010-01-06T16:46:43.641-06:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTRoPc6DxKFtCD8GUG6mtaREYts2KFmRdWZZkjncmVN3Ge56h4mLAihUXHKh9nJ6TbowtyLpQhUS-SvJyUB_FckuVp-q_clSNJ3T40B8sPYA5qbUFZsVGMRgAwCNzCQ32HC9L0CAQOpA/s1600-h/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423761923399650354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTRoPc6DxKFtCD8GUG6mtaREYts2KFmRdWZZkjncmVN3Ge56h4mLAihUXHKh9nJ6TbowtyLpQhUS-SvJyUB_FckuVp-q_clSNJ3T40B8sPYA5qbUFZsVGMRgAwCNzCQ32HC9L0CAQOpA/s400/DSC_0009.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-80775876600578123652009-12-21T11:14:00.003-06:002009-12-21T12:18:30.602-06:00All We Get Is CoalThe Senate was finally able to gather up 60 votes to bring what they call health care reform to a vote. So what will it provide?<br /><br />1. Access to coverage for 31 million Americans that are or may be currently without health insurance.<br /><br /> Depending on the source, there are anywhere between that 31 million figure and up to 86 million over that last 2 years. That leaves 55 million still without insurance if you believe that there are 86 million uninsured. And the bill only provides for access, with fines up to $2,250.00 per family by 2016.<br /><br />2. Single people with an income of less than $43,320.00 will qualify for a sliding subsidy scale and families of 3 (and I assume or more) will qualify for the subsidy with an income of $73,240.00 or less. <br /><br /> According to the <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_Number_of_households_in_us">U. S. Census </a>32.6% of the households in America are 2 person households. That equals 68,836,092 million people in 2 person households. I can't tell from these figures how many 2 person married couples there are, but I'm sure it is a significant amount and they will not be qualified for the subsidies.<br /><br />3, There will be no Public Option. There will be 2 nations insurance plans, 1 non-profit and 1 for-profit. The plans will only be offered to those without employer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sponsored</span> health insurance.<br /><br /> So, if you currently have employer provided insurance that you can no longer afford either you don't qualify or you would have to give up your current plan to qualify for something that may not provide the same type of coverage (that is if you can qualify by giving up your present plan).<br /><br />4. There is an "age rating" provision that will allow private insurers to price premiums up to <strong>THREE TIMES <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">HIGHER</span> </strong>for older people.<br /><br /> According to the 2000 census there were 35 million people age 65 & up, living on retirement income that has dwindled significantly that will be forced to pay higher premiums for any Medicare supplement plan.<br /><br />So, back to my original question, what will the Senate bill provide? Not much beyond adding a new segment of poverty and possibly and increase in the divorce rate (you see, single people qualify for the subsidy).DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-82670880092726012272009-10-26T22:15:00.002-05:002009-10-26T22:19:27.595-05:00Public ScrewingShort and sweet, if the bill presented today by Sen. Reid is the best our leaders in Washington can provide, we are all screwed. Those of us that have insurance should just drop it and do the same as those without insurance today, don't get sick or die quickly.<br /><br />Thanks alot Harry.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-10583614287547799122009-09-23T13:47:00.001-05:002009-09-23T13:50:01.015-05:00Wordless Wednesday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqm7am1DFbXbBTeVibzlwKtI3vMThAuepQorE84_i-ueOvDeJdUmIMAaDj68420h9O1ol95f7ou4rb3a5MtISUSCpy5Cub3p792f3_jS0ValNgtGEgF6pDF9IVS_JLxJO5xm1Rcoal2hA/s1600-h/er+s.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqm7am1DFbXbBTeVibzlwKtI3vMThAuepQorE84_i-ueOvDeJdUmIMAaDj68420h9O1ol95f7ou4rb3a5MtISUSCpy5Cub3p792f3_jS0ValNgtGEgF6pDF9IVS_JLxJO5xm1Rcoal2hA/s400/er+s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384737020338504466" /></a>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-80735148844614365292009-08-23T20:07:00.001-05:002009-08-23T20:07:44.143-05:00Letterman Wanabe<script type="text/javascript" src="http://toonlet.com/embed/strip?i=31747"></script>DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2855497224741778348.post-33655721056938348892009-08-12T09:59:00.003-05:002009-08-12T10:52:38.436-05:00The Most Violent Element<strong>"The most violent element is society is ignorance".</strong> One more time, "The most violent element in society is ignorance". This is a quote from Emma Goldman (1869 - 1940) in response to an objection about anarchism that stated "anarchism is violent and destructive".<br /><br />My son had this quote on a bumper sticker on his car. Before the car was traded in, I removed the sticker and put it on my truck. Eventually it faded to nothing so I no longer have it but I have not forgotten.<br /><br />Now don't get me wrong, I am not an anarchist, an advocate of anarchy, nor do believe that anarchy is a solution for what ails any country. I do believe that the quote above is true however and is relevant in today's world just as it was when she penned the thought in 1910.<br /><br />Why do I believe this? I <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">believe</span> it because every day television brings vivid images of ignorant people into my home. People that believe in "death panels", people that believe that the correct way to engage in a discussion is to keep the discussion from taking place. There are also those that believe that they will no longer have access to their current private insurance, and that 120 million people will be deprived of health care.<br /><br />What leads someone that would normally behave in a rational manner, why are all these people so worked up? Some say race is involved, that the realization that this country has elected a black President has hit home. Others believe that the President is leading the country down a path toward total socialism. Why to they believe this?<br /><br />Because they are ignorant! They do not know the truth, don't want to know the truth and I'm sorry <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">MSNBC</span> no matter what Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Rachel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maddow</span> or Keith <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Olbermann</span> says, they remain ignorant because they aren't watching you.<br /><br />The fact of the matter is that ignorance causes fear and those listening to the corporations and causes that wish to derail heath care reform have played their cards well. I just wish some good investigative journalism would come out of this. These poor ignorant souls that are on our TV screens every night would make wonderful candidates for an in depth expose. Do they have health care, how much do they pay for it, if they do not want any government <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sponsored</span> health care plan are those on medicare willing to give that up? They should not be that hard to find, just go to a town hall meeting somewhere, pick them out and when it is over and their emotions have subsided interview them.<br /><br />In the early 1980's I told a person he was ignorant, he never spoke to me again. You see, he thought I called him stupid even after I explained the difference between the two words. Maybe I was wrong then, perhaps he was stupid and perhaps all of these people aren't ignorant, just stupid but it would be nice to find out.DaddyKaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05848793163463286335noreply@blogger.com1