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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Health Care Reform Resistance, Funny Political Cartoons - 20 Mar 2010

From Denny: "March Madness" sure is descriptive of the health care reform politics more than the basketball season that was drowned out by all the political cowards and hypocrites. I sure will be glad when the House votes tomorrow whether to pass or fail the health care reform bill. Look at it this way: pass the darned thing and tinker with what's wrong with it later, making adjustments as you go along, finding out what is more needed and what is not.

Included are cartoons both pro and con in regard to the health care reform issue. What I find striking is how those against the reform don't mention the huge fast-rising health care premium costs from the insurance companies. And those excessive Republican ads they are running in my state are complaining about how Obama Care is going to cost the taxpayer $60 million is an outright lie. Those ads are underwritten by the insurance companies, the same guys we pay premiums. Kind of annoying, don't you think? Using our money to produce and run lying ads.

The reality is Obama is saving $60 million by cleaning up Medicare by reducing waste and fraud. Yeah, that's right. The good news is Obama finally put some enforcement teeth into dealing with the fraud. Already, 16,000 companies who scammed the taxpayers during the Bush-Cheney years, have folded shop because they were found out to be shell companies. Now that's the enforcement the public was looking for from the Obama administration. Good government isn't always about throwing wads of money at a problem. Many times it's about being good stewards with that money. To do that you have to actually deal with those who are stealing from the public treasury.

The cartoonists had a good time lampooning both sides of the political aisle, calling it "health care reform resistance." They are still not happy with Israel's obvious peeing dog behavior on Vice President Biden. There is debate in Israel that it was not a smart move as well.

Between the public's high disapproval rating of Congress and the cartoonists' disdain there are a lot of cartoons expressing dissatisfaction. And what about crazy conservative Texas taking over our public school systems? Hard to believe that this one ultra conservative guy who is throwing out regular textbooks in Texas could affect the rest of America.

This so-called conservative revolution is nothing but a grab for money. These same textbooks were pushed and written by the likes of Newt Gingrich who altered the facts to his liking rather than face reality. The sad thing is if we allow this to stand then an entire generation of free-thinking minds go down the black hole into controlled minds for political gain.

Did you hear that Tiger Woods is showing up to play in the Masters? True. Expect those cartoons out the next week or so as I'm sure the cartoonists will have some interesting perspective. :) Take a look at this week's offerings and let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by for a visit!


Health Care Reform Resistance:


































































Public's attitude toward their state and federal politicians:

























America's neighborhoods:









Supreme Court wimp:






U. S. Census vs. privacy:






Israel's bad attitude of biting the hand that has fed them for decades:




















Fantasy education sponsored by the Republicans:





Conservatives re-write historical fact with their brand of fiction. Read that as Newt Gingrich wrote several of those fantasy factual "textbooks" to pass as educating materials in our public schools. Gingrich and his cronies stand to make a lot of money to their bank accounts once this Texas guy forces lies into the classroom across America.

First it's "throw the bums out" for the politicians. Now it's "throw the bums out" for teachers across America. The average 13 year old American child cannot read but on the third grade level. When did this country become a third world country? Don't worry, Baby Boomer generation. You will have a high-paying job for life plus 70 years at the rate the Republicans have taken apart the public school system. And it's getting worse if we allow The Gingrich Program to advance:










The Tiger Woods grand slam return to the world of golf... as usual, money trumps good character:





Your Toyota "ride":





March Madness:









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Friday, March 19, 2010

Funny News: Italys World Slow Day



Woman in Genoa, Italy, receives citation from cheeky Slow Warden for walking too fast on World Slow Day

From Denny: The Italians want us to slow down and stop to smell the roses - at least for one day. Yesterday they celebrated World Slow Day where everyone slows down the pace of their day and quit rushing around. The special day went by so fast I think they need to extend the celebration to a full week.

In Rome the city offered all kinds of goodies to entice the people, from free public transportation to slamming poetry contests. They even offered free exercise in the form of free yoga and Tai Chi lessons. Being true to the "holiday," the local police handed out mock fines for pedestrians walking too fast.

Who started this fun holiday? World Slow Day began in 2007 as the brain child of Bruno Contigiani, age 62, who is President of the Art of Living Slowly Association. The whole point of this special day is to get people to live at a normal natural speed. He promotes the Association's "14 Commandments" like getting up five minutes earlier to start your day with a leisurely breakfast. He also suggests to make traffic jams a celebration by striking up conversations with fellow stranded motorists.

Other cities in Italy who participated in the event:

Caltanissetta:
They offered free transportation on Monday and commuters were gifted with free copies of the "14 Commandments."

Milan and Genoa: These guys were far more cheeky and direct in promoting the holiday celebration. They decided to deputize "Slow Wardens" to chastise pedestrians who were walking too fast and issue them a mock citation. Pedestrians were also cited for taking too direct a route to their destination as well. Makes you wonder if the Slow Wardens went about their day following people to their destinations, clipboard in hand, and determined if the pedestrian was in need of a reprimand for living life too fast or too efficiently. After all, the whole point of World Slow Day is to slow down and savor the journey.

Benevento: They held a competition for the best Haiku poem that best described the day. Guys, haiku is short. You should have asked for a Shakespeare style soliloquy in poetry form. Now that would have been a slow journey - and witty!

Treviso and Palermo: offered free Tai Chi and yoga lessons.

In public parks all around Italy there were offered free Tai Chi and yoga lessons to help people relax and enjoy the special day. "Let's take this one day to stop and think about all the things we miss out on while we're rushing through our lives," Contigiani said.

Turns out that World Slow Day is now honored in 90 cities in 11 countries, including New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. It's linked to the Slow Food Movement.


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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Funny Sarcastic Sayings 4 Any Day

From Denny: This is an excerpt from this week's Cheeky Quote Day over at The Social Poets, enjoy! :)



When I think of the scrappy high-spirited Irish every Saint Paddy's Day I often think of how clever they have been over the centuries with the spoken word - like cheeky Oscar Wilde. They certainly knew hardship and irony and yet could always scrounge up a clever retort or biting sarcasm when the occasion warranted it. So, here's to you, my Irish friends around the world, a dedication of a few sarcastic one liners and other word fun to give you a grin. Lift a glass of green beer and toast the fun of word banter!





















Quotes



* If you are grouchy, irritable, annoying, or just plain mean, there will be a $10 charge given to those who have to put up with you. - Anonymous



* One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one. - Ann Landers



* I started out with nothing and still have most of it left. - Anonymous



* I pretend to work. They pretend to pay me. - Anonymous



* Does your train of thought have a caboose? - Anonymous



* Suburbia: where they tear out the trees and then name streets after them. - Anonymous



* Chaos, panic, & disorder - my work here is done.







*** ALSO: St. Patricks Day Funnies and History - Cheeky Quote Day 10 Mar 2010



Funny Sarcastic Sayings for St. Patricks Day - Cheeky Quote Day 17 Mar 2010



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Only White Theme: 26 Photos

From Denny: This is a collection pulled together from the wonderful Creative Commons photographers over at flickr. It's fun to explore the world to discover what so many dissimilar animals, flowers, insects, clothing, food, buildings, people and places all have in common: the color white.

You are free to use these photos on your blog or site as long as you give the name of the photographer, the site and a link back to their page like I've done here.

Hope you enjoy the choices! :)







Only White







White snowy owl by Tambako the Jaguar @ flickr







White peacock by be_khe @ flickr








White fungus and shrimp wanton by FotoosVanRobin @ flickr







White cat on white couch by pizazz @flickr






White birch tree in snow by Vitorio Benedetti @ flickr







White coffee cup by Vitorio Benedetti @ flickr






White sea foam by Vitorio Benedetti @ flickr







White rose by lilli2de @flickr






White spotted jellyfish by coda @ flickr






American White House entrance for 2008 open house holiday by KRSPO @ flickr







Albino peacock by The Real Darren Stone @ flickr







White Curly Scarf by zehhhra @ flickr







White torte by zoyachubby @ flickr







White bengal tiger underwater by Gore Fiendus (Jerry Frausto) @ flickr







White turban by jasleen_kaur @ flickr







White on white by James Jordan @ flickr







Wing waving white ermine by e3000 @ flickr







White Pelican by mikebaird @ flickr







White orchid by forteller.ipernity.com @ flickr






White Polar fox resting in hollow log in Switzerland zoo by Tambako the Jaguar @ flickr







White horse by Tambako the Jaguar @ flickr






White winter beach at dawn by James Jordan @ flickr







White arctic wolf by Tambako the Jaguar @ flickr






White day white gulls by eschipul @ flickr







White flowers by OliBac @ flickr







White moth white flower by Anvica @ flickr




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