Know what I notice everyday on the news these days? Someone out there is demanding something, some interest group or the other is demanding something, and most of the time that “something” is an item or service that someone else is expected to pay for.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I always looked at it like my rights ended where the other person’s pocketbook begins. I owe myself, and if I need more than I can provide for personally then I need to be gracious, thankful, and humble if someone decides to give it to me. If they don’t, they didn’t owe it to me in the first place. And, based on everything I’m seeing and reading these days, I guess I’ve been lookin’ at it bass-ackwards!
Y’all know exactly what I mean. Every day I see people on TV demanding that we owe them “free” healthcare. Or demanding that we owe them mortgages on homes even though they can’t afford them. Or that we owe them educations, loans, new cars, and more. The list of “owes”, if anything, seems to be growing and growing and then growing some more. “Rights” are growing faster these days than a rabbit’s penis hopped up on Viagra.
What I’ve learned throughout all this is that I’ve had my head screwed on wrongly about this subject. And in that spirit I think I need to start thinking about what I need, what I want, and maybe come up with a list of what I think everyone else owes me. Hey, if I can actually get it, then the system is truly working, and I’ll extol its virtues in article after article for months to come. So America, here’s what I want you to pay for, no hell, here’s what I expect you to pay for and why:
1. Free Dairy Queen Blizzards anytime I want them.
Don’t I have an inalienable right to be happy? And talk about a cheap way of providing said happiness! A large Blizzard only costs around five bucks, and if I could enjoy one a week I’d be very, very happy! Fifty-two weeks times five bucks ends up being only two hundred sixty bucks, so talk about a cheap way of providing me with happiness! Taxpayers ought to be more than glad to ante up!
2. A DVD collection of every Kay Parker adult movie ever made.
Kay Parker, in my opinion, was the hottest adult movie actress of all-time. She hails from Britain, had some training as an actress, and was as pretty and as hot as any woman ever. One of her movies, “Taboo,” is either the top or close to the top of the list as being the most rented/purchased adult movie of all-time.
How does me owning all of Kay’s DVDs help out taxpayers? Well, the answer to that is simple. Most of this talk from our leaders as to why they need to spend so much of our tax money comes from their need to provide the economy with a stimulus. Hell, that’s exactly what these DVDs are for me, a stimulus! In fact, Kay may be one of the best stimulus inducers I’ve ever encountered over the course of my life! So, if the government wants to stimulate things with our tax dollars, then there can be no better “investment” than this – I promise I’ll be stimulated to the point of tentedness if I get these DVDs!
3. Quarterly trips to Vegas, with extra money for gambling and “incidentals.”
More wisely invested stimulus dollars - I promise that every tax dollar I get from the government assigned to be spent in Vegas will be spent! Every last cent of it! And think about it, those dollars will stimulate the casinos, the shows, the restaurants, the ladies of the even……uh, no need to say more, y’all get the picture!
4. Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket season football tickets.
If people can get thousands of dollars for worthless “clunkers” (cars), then I can see no reason not to ask the feds for this. And, if y’all give me enough time then I can probably come up with some logical argument as to why getting these tickets makes sense, in fact, they’ll probably make a lot more sense than some of the other items our tax money is getting tossed away on!
5. Smoochies from the following ladies – Selene, Mandy, Christina, Bethie, Annie, Kathryn, Anita, Vivian, Esther, Tammy, Ariel, Sensational Sadie, Melissa, Arlene – anytime I want them.
Talk about a pure as a baby’s ass stimulus! It might not help the economy at all for these ladies to give me lots of smoochies, but it damn sure would help me, and I’m certainly not the only person who’s ever held their hand out for government assistance with that thought in mind, now am I? Gimme, gimme, gimme, GIMMMMMEEEEEEEE!
I’m feeling better now that I’ve said all this, I’m feeling much more aligned with the times and with the prevailing attitude these days. I’m convinced now that I’m owed something for simply drawing breath, and if I get any of the five things listed above I’ll be more than happy and pleased with our elected leaders. In fact, I’ll even go so far to say that I’ll vote them all back in again if they’ll go along with me on this, as in the future I’d love to have a new computer, Hawaiian cruise tickets, skydiving lessons, Atomic Fireballs……………………………..
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Smoochies,
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SWAT!
damn
I mean
SMOOCH!!!!!
Smoochies and a nicely reddened ass thanks to you,
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f*** those free hand outs for the able bodies~
You dear, get better and better, like a fine wine!
Smoochies,
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now what was that about fine wine?*
DRINK ME EDDIE DRINK ME!!!! =D
Le sip-able smoochies,
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SWAT!!!!!
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Pink and flesh tinted smoochies,
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O wait~ I was raised with work ethics~ crap
Seriously Eddie this mentality of gimmie just cuz is stoopid weak homonid sh**~
You do what you gotta do to feed yourself and your family~if it came down to it I'd happily don a Burger King hat *besides I could so work it* and make the best of it just thankful thet I got a da** job in this sh** economy~
You are something special, darlin'!
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Double smoochies,
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-double smoochies-
(Not pretty right now, though. I bathed my dog in this dog shampoo that's supposed to whiten his coat. I bathe him in the bathtub with me in it, too, and I'm apparently allergic to it so I'm all broken out.)
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You win for making me blush the most today!
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*now I better go give attention to the other Gutter posts before the gutter crew gets pissy* ;)
Later Eddie
SMOOCH!
Infinity smoochies,
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I think I would agree with you if we weren't in the spot we are in. I can't imagine what my medications are going to cost without insurance...in addition to the insulin I am on 9 different medications...and I dropped 2 of them already because of money. arrgh
Smoochies, and best of luck to y'all,
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We do need consumer protection and some sort of cushion to help pay the Cobra benefits. Not a total giveaway, but a subsidy. There must be some way to "clean up" our current system without torpedoing the whole process.
I guess I just get queasy when I hear the gov't say they're going to fix something, God forbid......
Great post!
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Thanks for the best early morning laugh,
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Smoochies,
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I've shoveled lots of crap in my time, but that was for free ~ they were my horses.
And, I'd give you the smoochies for free ~ mmmuuuaaahhh ~ I'm not into it, but I'll throw in a swat if that's what you really want.
Bethie ~ pleased to be on your smoochie list
Saturday smoochies,
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Bethie
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There's this girl who is in a work program for us, gets paid by the county. She is single, 21, has 3 children, 2 two year olds (not twins, they are 10 months, 4 days apart) and a one year old. I think she's pregnant again. For heaven's sake, if you can't take care of the ones I have, stop being a human Pez dispenser!
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This comment may open up a new can of worms. If it does, sorry.
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BWAHAHHAHAHA~
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Hi ~ restopping to sandwich you with Elizabeth~ =D
~ SLURP ~
This comment may open up a new can of worms. If it does, sorry."
How about tax cuts for voluntary sterilizations? It will have a HUGE ROI (return on investment). A big source of our economic problems is overpopulations. The job market has to keep up with the increasing numbers of those entering the workforce, which is not doing at present. Decrease in population = decrease in stress on the economy, as the result of less people in need, or lack thereof for that matter.
I'd actually say force sterilizations PERIOD, but no need to be worse than China (at least in some respects *lol*).
Why should we work to let people stay stoned and be able to buy drugs.
I do not agree with manditory drug testing for work...BUT would agree to it to be a stipulation to being able to collect money.
I give ya more than smoochies darlin', Licks all over ya!
Smoochies,
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I still think you're the smoochiest, though!
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Jennifer, I see over 50% of my paycheck going out to various government municipalities every two weeks. I have every right to complain, who's worrying about helping me?
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Smoochies,
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It was seen from the beggining by the DEMS as something that would be unworkable.
More and more news daily about how it does NOT work.
Costs were never consdiered into the equation, problem one.
Problem two, it was never figured out if the state could actually afford it.
Families that make less than 300 percent of the poverty line (with children under age 19 only) can get commonwealth care for about 100 a month per adult. not that bad.
once the children are 19 - even thought the parent is paying for college,ooops. that becomes a family of two.
families that make 300 or 301 percent of the poverty line - no dice. have to pay about 12 grand a year for coverage. oops they cannot afford it.
massachusetts has one of the highest cost of living. Your cost of living would triple, based on the rental values we saw in SVNHA.
Didn't think so.
I take it you are financially well taken care of, but unless you are filthy rich, well...it doesn't work.
housing: 2K, 2K healthcare two adults, 200 month gas for SUV, 300 month utilities...500 month groceries...that is 5 K a month right there.
So 60K base expenses, plus auto insurance.
Movies? Tuition? Clothing? Books? Computer?
oh sorry. No money. You're out.
Does this mean no more chocolate covered strawberries?
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I still maintain it's all about the choices....
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Great comment!
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I simply said some of those 45 million choose not to be covered - and they do. Some of them work with me, for example. They're young, don't want coverage. I should have to pay for them anyway? Hardly.
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Nice debate, I do understand your points, appreciate how well you've stated them!
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After living in Oz under their "system" and watching a friend die who would most likely still be alive if she lived here, I know that what we have, although far from perfect, is MUCH BETTER.
btw, I don't use the emergency room. I have a doctor, and I make the sacrifices I need to make to pay him. I am also making monthly payments every month on my hospital bill and I buy my meds directly from the drug company. I am making it work. I don't want the government interfering.
Smoochies,
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NONE of this is ment to be temporary... ON THE CONTRARY....
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977783137
Ed, I do not mean to get personal but have you WEE-WEED-ED, yourself today??
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Have a great Saturday,
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Universal, single-payer health care is about people deciding to act collectively to provide themselves with health insurance that is comprehensive, guaranteed and divorced from the profit motive that the insurance companies have attached to your illnesses.
Forget the fact that it ensures a healthier society by allowing everyone to see a doctor, by employing preventive medicine at the early stages of health concerns rather than expensive and invasive corrective measure when health problems become so great that intervention trumps all other (read: financial) concerns. Forget the fact that is produces a more productive society by allowing people to concentrate on their work and business and stop being distracted by untended health concerns, by costly insurance schemes, by having to include exhorbitantly expensive group health plans in employee compensation packages.
Forget all of that.
Just concentrate on the fact (the indisputable fact, the undeniable fact, the well proven fact) that the most expensive form of health insurance in the world is the American private insurance model.
Wise up, folks.
I'm not missing it, Rory - I don't want univeral, single-payer health care. And apparently I'm not the only person who feels that way.
Best to you,
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Let's say you're 67, you start having issues with heart palpitations, you go to your doctor, but you have "aged out" under Obama's plan so you can not get a pace maker.
Your doc says, "well, they will pay for end of life counseling"..
Don't know about you, but I don't think I'd be very happy in that situation.
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I embrace capitalism!
Smoochies, darlin',
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I DEMAND to be put on the smoochies list. LOL
Saturday morning special smoochies,
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Smoochies right back to you Ed.
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Too bad us who want simply things can't get them, but those who live high on the hog get everything...
smoochies to ya Ed.
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(a screwed up health care system is keeping too many people from even being able to function - all that bankruptcy and loss of productivity is really bad for the economy)
And I never compromise on goin' to Vegas, I wanna go right now!
You're the best,
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Maybe it's only a choice of one of two things. A, Government: or B, even more money for the insurance industry.
And this article seems to miss the point anyway - being very silly about welfare. People on welfare already get health care and the debate has never been to stop welfare. It's about the middle class. The middle class work very hard and make the bulk of our American society, and they are the ones who have been seriously ripped off by the insurance industry. I would never say the middle class are demanding someone else's anything when they are doing the real work. Tax the rich.
And actually, the point of the article was to have fun with a current topic and tie it into my own "stimulus", not get into a huge health care debate. I realize it's sensitive and that people's opinions are all over the map.
You have a good day,
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You take care, always good to have you here,
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I haven't watched porn in years, don't know who Kay Parker is...although I do know who Vanessa DelRio is "Inside Vanessa DelRio" is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen...I actually went to a costume party as her mother from that movie...all the guys knew who I was, go figure...but I digress.
Never been to Vegas, either...
Do I qualify for the stimulus? Where's the line? Do I need my birth certificate?
And you realize I'm biting my lip on those last three questions, you are baitin' me, darlin'!
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Just tryin' to lighten the situation, my dear.
~wink, sly laugh~
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Smooch! Gotcha first!
You darlin', obviously have watched lots of porn. No wonder I like you!
Smoochies,
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Go for the Heath Bar Blizzard.
The only problem I have with porn is that the women always look......bored. It's like she's laying there thinking, "Biege, I think I'll paint the ceiling biege."
Re politics, I really thought I'd take something current and poke some fun at it, I think I've learned my lesson. There's a reason I've stayed away from politically-based themes, and I'm damn sure understanding why today!
Smoochies darlin',
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Talk about what you want.....some people around this place need to seriously lighten up. I have enough stress in my day to day life. I don't write about it here. I come here to destress and have a little fun. Hence there are certain posts, people and topics I stay clear of.
Smoochies darlin', I'm with you!
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I have no clue what is on the news in Georgia but, in the National news and C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 & 3, I see Congress debating where our tax dollars will go and it is NOT working America. It is Big business which have been deemed “ Too big to fail“ The average Citizen is struggling in a recession and National unemployment kissing 10% these people are not asking for anything but a job. There are angry folk who will rhetorically shout out a demand for themselves while voicing against the “Corporate Welfare” some companies are receiving when they beg and demand help when they fly to D.C. in individual corporate jets enemas.
The glory days of inner growth has come to a halt, 4 banks closed last week and NO NEWSPAPERS which prior to the Health Care Reform Scare were suffering, praying for their next advertiser or even the sale of a news printed the previous night. Meanwhile Congress is still deciding (although they are on recess) who they will gift and give and allow to see another day in the sun.
The Health Care Reform debate in the streets and the Congress are much hubris and has stirred up an undue amount of anger and apathy against a POTUS who is working hard to fix all that has been broken (a noble cause) yet, he is not favored by the GOP and it appears that a party which is in shambles is still capable of disrupting the equilibrium of the voice of the everyday public with propaganda and decelerations of failure for the POTUS. This is the most vitriolic level of criticisms I have seen in my awareness of politics reaching back to Harry S Truman leaving the World to Eisenhower.
I am ashamed of my fellow citizens who refuse to accept a Democratic process in the Republic--there is a dearth of understanding in every issue POTUS44 introduces. There is no faith and based upon the fact that the Electoral College (gave him 365 votes McCain = 173) and the Popular vote = 69,456,897 based upon the belief in his ability to “Change things in D.C.” Now the process of “Change” has become a war between party ideals and shouting matches from the unlearned, poorly read and vindictive.
So Ed, when you hear someone --a private citizen, demanding rest assured that they are falsely demanding what Congress is all to willing to give to Big Business. I feel their pain.
Last words:I have been retired for 10 years as of last Sept. I have Medicare and my medical services are better than when I worked at 4 times what I now receive monthly. I was a medical professional, Chemistry for 25 years and a Psychologist for 15 years. I know what is broken in Health Care and I hope and pray the reform goes through before 2010.
You take care,
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