FAT AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT NO MORE!

FAT AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT NO MORE!

(Los Angeles Times/Frazer Chronicle)

So it's finally come down to this, no more pretense, no more "it's what’s inside," no "well he's got a great personality," just the brutal, "hey fatso, push yourself away from the dinner table," or "why not try a little road work mixed in with your mashed potatoes and gravy."

I knew it was coming; it was plain as the nose on your face, fat is unhealthy, doctors say it, and health insurance companies talk about the ballooning problem, hell even the President's wife has gotten on board with her thunder-butt and all.

Now let’s see, you can't ride in a car, or drive one without first strapping on a seat belt, seat belts don't make you a better driver, they protect you from.....yourself and your poor driving habits, and they protect you against the other driver.....and his bad driving habits.

Some states have helmet laws for motorcycle operators and riders, I never really figured that one out, I mean usually and biking accident pretty much mangles a person up, it's kinda like, "the bodies dead, but the head is in great shape."

Kids under a certain age can't ride in the front seat of a car or truck, they gotta be strapped into one of those ugly car seats, you know, the seat where the kid pees and poops because their pissed off that their mommy and daddy are strapping them into that torture chamber of a car seat.

Life belts for all on board a pleasure craft on a lake of any kind and size, no wake zones, and definitely no alcohol. I've watched those "over the limit, or beach party" shows on Tru T.V. those cops don't let anything slide.

I could go on and on about the regulations we come across every day here in the "land of the free and the home of the brave,".....but I won't. Oh what the hell, just one more. Smoking, everybody knows it's bad for you; it's bad for those people around you, and causes all sorts of health problems.

So how did we solve that little problem, we made it illegal for people to smoke in public places as well as some private. Gee, pretty quick, the only thing that will cause death will be living, you know, "old age," and if the insurance companies ever figure a way around that one, they won't have to pay any benefits at all.

Let’s, just for a minute, examine the obese cops, their duties, and exactly who benefits from the healthy build of a man or women. More importantly, if there are suggestions about how to "slim down," who pays the bill.

PONY UP THE DOUGH RAY ME:

Stuff today costs so much money, I'm not sure how the "stuff" gets paid for; I mean hundreds of dollars for rent, for food, and for cable. And if you own your home, wow, repairs, mortgage payments, general maintenance, taxes and insurance, I get out of breath just thinking about it.

We pay for security, police, fire department, military force, health care and so many little "hidden" costs that it makes my head swim. And now.....possibly a "fat tax," give me a break. I don't care if Rose next door weighs 400 pounds and at death will have to be lowered into the ground with a crane. Too bad, so sad.....but so what.

Now comes the kicker, here's the "so what," the insurance company has to pay for the burial, has to pay of death benefits to family and friends, and the health insurance company just got done spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to keep fat old Rose alive for as long as they could.

It's fine and dandy that people worry about good old fat Rose, but even though she has health and death insurance, the insurance company can't leave it alone, they want to collect the premiums, and then make no payouts, it's called a "win-win," and it's what the insurers want.

Actually what some of these "fat advocates" want is for the government to pay for some sort of "fat clinic" system around the country to help with the fat issues that we have. Clearly as a people, we have, here in the United States a "fat problem." We sit on our butts too much of the time, watching television, "I try and limit myself to only five or six hours a day," and eat snack food.

OBESE COUNSELING:

I have a sugar problem, I have hyper tension, I have a bit of a weight problem, I see my doctor every six months or so, and he kicks my butt about my weight, my eating habits and my lack of exercise. Since June 1st. of this year, I've lost 9 pounds, joined a health club and work out every other day.

Other then the weight loss, the only thing I've taken away from my work-out ritual is sore joints and muscles. Oh sure, I needed to work out on a regular basis, but at my age and station in life, I'll never regain whatever it is that I lost. It's gone, over the hill, on the down side of life.....and you know what, I don't care.

I decided to join a health club, I decided to take advantage of the tools at the health club, I made these decisions for two very good reasons, my doctor kept bugging me and my wife wouldn't shut up about my expanding "dunlap."

That was my counseling, I paid for one, "my doctor," and I live with the other, "my wife." I respect my doctor, and I love my wife, so what was I supposed to do, ignore both of them.....I don't think so.

The best incentive for people is.....themselves, those that can't "self motivate" are their own worst enemy, and probably are beyond help. To those people I raise a Big Mac with double cheese and an extra large bag of fries, topped off with a milk shake.

But for us to pay for your "fat counseling," my answer is a big fat no, you’re on your own there.

THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES!

THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES!

(Aljazeera/Frazer Chronicle)

Actually today's blog could have been called "the skies have a thousand eyes," but what the hell, I always like Bobby Vee, so while researching for today's topic, I stumbled across an article about "Prying eyes in U.S. skies raise privacy fears, and immediately thought of Bobby Vee's big 1963 hit. Call me a romantic; I just couldn't help dragging up a bit of nostalgic music to use as a title for today's "op-ed."

It's really strange, "at least to me," that a bit of movie future shock seemingly is coming to pass, "I can remember several movies that use unmanned drones to blow things up, or gather information from unsuspecting politicians, or gangsters or the man next door.

I remember James Bond movies, Blade Runner, or that cop movie with bullets that could go around corners and those little drone things that could inject lethal poison. I thought they were just movie stuff, but of course now, we all know that the stuff and ideas that makes movies fun to watch isn't quite so funny in real life and the 2^nd decade of the 21^st century.

These pesky little unmanned aerial vehicles; (UAV's) could be flying through U.S. neighborhoods as early as 2015 to aid all sorts of police, FBI, Homeland Security, and ATF investigations.

Not that my retirement village would be a target, but hell, who knows what little old granny is doing in her basement next door. And I in my blanky, sitting back for a good night of Tru-T.V. and a bowl of my favorite cereal and maybe, just maybe a toke of.....well you know, does this mean that I'm a target to?

POWER AND CONTROL:

Law enforcement anymore isn't to "serve and protect," it's all about control, have you ever seen a cop who wasn't a control freak, I don't think so. And spies…..spies, they want to be secret, take taxpayers money, and never, never tell where it's going, how it's being spent, or how much will be kept.

Homeland Security, now there's a beauty of a protecting agency here in the United States, Hitler used many of the tactics that have been incorporated into the modus operandi of the security. Republicans talk about down-sizing government, yet, during the Bush administration, the creation of the Homeland Security was the biggest arm of the fed, possibly ever, nobody knows how far their reach is, or how many agencies are involved.

A major shift in U.S. airspace control is under way, after the Federal Aviation Administration legislation was passed by Congress earlier this year. The act fully integrates drone technology by 2015, meaning that UAV's "unmanned aerial vehicles" or the "skies over America won't be quite so friendly."

And although the drones won't be used for tactical use, "raining down hellfire missiles," they have the capability to do so. Now I ask you, "how long will it be before some jerk decides missiles are mounted machine guns on these little devils aren't in the best interest of the country?"

J. EDGAR ALL OVER AGAIN:

There was a time in our country when one man was the overbearing control freak of all law enforcement organizations. J. Edgar Hoover kept lists on everybody, for everything. It didn't matter the position that a person might hold, everybody was afraid of J. Edgar.

Now we seem to be returning to those times, in the name of protection and national security, what a sorry joke we are headed for. Unless you think that our countries intelligence was top notch before September 11^th 2001. Have you forgotten about September 11^th what happened that day, and what now has been going on for more than 10 years in the aftermath of that September day.

In the times of the F.B.I and Hoover, 1924 to 1973, the country suffered some of its darkest hours in law enforcement. One man deemed that there was no Mafia, no organized crime, that Communism was the country's biggest threat, and that "red" was the color of the enemy.

At the present time, there are no clear cut laws protecting us individuals from "our" law enforcement machinery. From our grocery lists, to the books we read, to which web sites we access on our computers, we can be monitored.

The fed says "trust us," we won't abuse intelligence gathering processes….SURE….when donkeys fly and I win the lottery. Just fess up intelligence people, you just want more info, more control, it's called "job security."

Mark my word; "once the drone program is in place," it'll be here to stay.....forever. I remember when President Bush wire-tapped without proper authorization, because it was war time, therefore he had the power, that issue has been tempered, but much of the "guts" of the wire-tap statutes are gone.

It seems that now is the beginning of a new era in the United States, it's the time when states protection supersedes the people, and that my friends is sad, dangerous and probably fatal for our way of life.

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD BYE!



  

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING IMMIGRATION REFORM!

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING IMMIGRATION REFORM!

(News & World Report/Huffington Post/Frazer Chronicle)

So Marco Rubio is making the rounds, testing the waters....."Of presidential politics," and offering his opinion about a subject he feels that he is qualified to opinionate about because he.....is Cuban. But wait, he was born in Miami, Florida in 1971, his parents were the ones from Cuba, immigrating to the United States back in 1956.

So how does that connection make Rubio, "who I thought might have been Italian," an expert on immigration rules and regulations in the United States.....?”Oh wait," he's Cuban, so he has to know all about immigration, legal or otherwise.

Rubio's parents were naturalized as U.S. citizens in 1975, some four years after Marco was born, so actually Marco is much more American than either of his parents. Although immigration hasn't been a "hot button" issue until Obama wanted to grant "some" illegals a reprieve from deportation, Rubio quickly stepped forward and pointed the fickle finger of politicking at the President.

I haven't blogged about immigration basically because I feel that the United States already has enough laws in place to deal with the issue. Our elected officials and hired law enforcement simply needs to carry out the laws already on the books.

I live here in "little old Green Bay, Wisconsin," thousands of miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, yet there is a presence of illegal workers here. Meat packing facilities are the culprit in "Packer-land," don't try and tell me the industry is going to bend over backwards to cooperate with the federal government with regards to illegal workers.....because they won't.

The Wisconsin farming community stands shoulder to shoulder with the meat packers in using illegal workers.....they say they need low cost employees to make ends meet. Huh, I watch these jerks drive around in their Cadillac's, and take winter trips to Florida.

I do not care why these people, no matter the race, come to America and work and live here illegally, it's against the law.....Nuff said. The question of immigration IS political, is a law enforcement question and is easy to address.....follow the laws of the land.

I could care less if a Mexican is having a tough time in his native Mexico City, or wherever, I feel for their plight, I have compassion for their lot in life.....but hey, it's not my problem and it's not my fault. So Marco Rubio has immigration as one of his "pet" projects.....big deal, the only way he can identify with illegal Spanish-Mexican-South Americans is under what race he was born, that's as far as it goes.

The issue of illegal immigration is what I call a "bend issue," both political parties use "bend issues" to keep the voters’ minds occupied.....away from the real issues, whatever they might be. Let's get back to following the law(s) of the land.....as they are written, okay.....Teabaggers.

IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO!

IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO!

(National Center for Policy Analysis/Frazer Chronicle)

I had an interesting and vigorous conversation with my doctor this morning about, first my own personal health,  then about the state of the health insurance industry and finally about how many doctors today,  are preforming. It was an education for me to say the least, and sadly, not so much for my doctor.

First and foremost, my doctor is a flaming conservative, a dyed in the wool "less government is better" kind of guy. I think that my doctor is one of the very best in the entire Green Bay area, with his "down home," personal approach to doctoring, I look forward to my visits every 3 to 6 months, depending on what my blood work dictates.

My doctor is engaging, always informative, and comes directly to the point with regards to my condition, what I need to do, and what will happen if I don't. He has been "on point" with every aspect of my health and my wife's as well, we are lucky to have him for our health needs.

As most of us know, our health system is in big trouble, not so much for the services offered, but how payments are made, and how easily we can get these services. I have blogged before about how a health clinic sees us as we walk through the door, whether we have insurance or not and to what extent our injury or condition will add to their coffers.

It's okay, I understand, health care is a business, and they have a bottom line the same as a super market, a cafe or a foundry. There are expenses that are generated through their services and they have every right to regain them and to make a profit as well. People in need of medical treatment or health maintenance, in the final analysis are the "life-blood" of a medical clinic and the doctors that work there.

What my doctor told me created questions.....not answers, and to me, seemed to make the subject way more complicated then it needed to be. I do not feel that things are as complicated as people make them out to be. Most of what we need in our everyday world is basic, boring and easy to see and understand.

Each and every one of us needs "3 hots and a cot," that's it, everything else is window dressing, and actually unnecessary.....for life. We are born, we live and we die, can it be any simpler then that, what we acquire along the way is baggage, isn't ours and we can't keep.

My dad, when informed that he "couldn't take his money with him when he died" responded, "then I'm not going." Poor silly father, we buried him when he was 74, and divided his money amongst us kids.

Health care and how we pay for it is quite like my father, a misunderstood subject, with all sorts of illusions. Doctors want their share, clinics want theirs, hospitals and insurance companies also want their "slice of the pie."

The real worry here isn't for the patient, rather for each person's wallet who provide services, and again, it's okay. However, $25 dollars for an aspirin, $140,000 for a hearing procedure, $5,000,00 to inject a liquid into a person's back.....come on, "get off my back."

Want to fix the system, here's the easy answer.....as well as the complicated one, I can sum it up in exactly one word.....schedule. That's right, for each and every medical procedure, there is one scheduled cost, band aids and aspirin included.

Who makes up the cost schedule, and how can the schedule be safeguarded against ramped fraud, aha.....again, easy. You appoint a panel of doctors, health care workers, insurance reps and concerned citizens and they meet....."in a public forum" and decide the costs of all medical procedures.

A doctor doesn't want to abide by the schedule, a clinic, or a hospital won't work within the established system.....again easy, they lose their licences, they are no longer allowed to practice, or offer services in the United States.

Does this solution sound like socialized medicine.....I don't care, where we are going with the system that is in place today in the United States is breaking well over 50% of the citizenry. Doctors, clinics, hospitals and even insurance companies can make a comfortable living under the system I am proposing, and it only took me an hour to think it up.

Oh how does my plan get paid for, again easy, a tax on (everybody), anybody that works for a living, gets unemployment, is on relief, anybody who generates an income, they pay their health care tax 1st. that's it, uncomplicated as hell.

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY.....MAYBE!

SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY.....MAYBE!

(Paul Rosenberg, Random Lengths News/Frazer Chronicle)

Narg, narg, narg, it's funny to me, "Narg is like a Curly of Three Stooges fame laugh," it's a ha, ha subject.....at least to me. The struggle between liberals and conservatives has evolved into an all consuming debate that has, and will continue to escalate toward a point of no return.

After the fall of the former Soviet Union, Russia, the United States floundered; the U.S. had lost its way. We had nobody to fight, nobody to liberate and nobody to protect, it was a terrible time for much of the conservative thinking people of America.

The cold war between Russia and the United States had been a passion for many a conservative, a communist ideology, that a true American conservative could wrap his/her arms around, embrace and feel warm and fuzzy about.

Mostly the cold war was a chest bumping, Mano y Mano test of testosterone, a time of "hot breathing" where nothing really happened.....except an extraordinary build-up of military hardware unlike any in the worlds history.

From 1980, "Ronald Reagan," to Bush 41, to Bill "Slick Willie" Clinton, to George W. Bush, and finally to Barack Obama, first the search for a new cold war partner and then once a new candidate was found….terrorism, to Osama bin Laden, to Saddam Hussein, to Qaddafi, the search has brought some fruitful results.

We vanquished each and every one of them, rid the world of some truly ugly vermin, and yet with each success, nothing really changed. We continued our quest to uncover yet another bad guy, maybe there's still a Hitler out there "cutting his teeth" on his own people, perfecting his terror skills before he takes on bigger and better fish.....the U.S.

The only presidents in the past 30 plus years to negotiate in any real way has been Bill Clinton, during his two terms in office, and Barack Obama in his first term of office. And let's face the facts of negotiations; they weren't the best that the U.S. could offer.

Obama has offered the olive branch to terrorists and the conservatives here in the United States more than any other president over the past eight administrations, and democrats and republicans have been split right down the middle during these past 32 years. But lately, U.S. conservatives have lost their minds.....a little, they have looked in all sorts of places for an enemy, under rocks, in sand piles and in wrecks of buildings in cities I can't even pronounce the names of.

Obama realizes that the left and the right, liberals, conservatives, republicans and democrats must work together to accomplish much of anything. After all, politicians are supposed to be in Washington to do the bidding of the people, to make government and our way of life work.

But even Obama hasn't gotten it right, you negotiate with an opposing people for so long, and then you push them to except your proposals, because.....you believe in your proposals and you will not compromise, ever.

Obama seems to fail in his vision of the conservative parties, "Tea Baggers and Republicans," and that their thinking is flawed, you simply do not offer monetary bail-outs in times of peril. You do not continue tax breaks and financial incentives to industry and at the same time take away from the countries needy.

For Obama to get into bed with conservatives would be disastrous for both the democrats and for the country. The United States needs a two party system, it's what the country was built on.....so, Obama, sleep with your own kind.....liberals. Sleeping with conservatives, even though they might be good looking, is much like having sex with a watermelon, it feels good for a little while, but the novelty soon wears off.

NO REALLY DOES MEAN NO!

NO REALLY DOES MEAN NO!

(Politifact/Frazer Chronicle)

What the hell’s the deal, don't people get it, oh wait, maybe their driven by God.....to do God's work, to spread the word. You know, one time in an airport, (where I was renting a car, I do not fly) a woman in her 40's, who was behind the desk, mentioned the fact that all liberals were sex perverts. Wow, I have yet to figure out where she was coming with that one.

I had some time to kill, and was making small talk with the rental car attendant, talking about the "loser" war in Iraq, how Bush was taking the country down the wrong road when she said that “I must be a liberal.” I asked her "What was wrong with a liberal?" and her retort was the sex pervert thing.

Now I run across a Michigan state legislator, Lisa Brown who has been banned from speaking on the Michigan house floor because she uttered the word.....are you ready for this.....VAGINA. Oh the shame of it, the utter outlandish nerve of this Jewish women to say the word.....VAGINA.

The word is tied to another hot topic issue, "I don't mean any disrespect.....using the term (hot topic)," it's just a figure of speech.....anyway; the hot topic is abortion and all the religious connotations the subject brings to the table.

Come on, I used to drive a truck, I've seen those signs talking about "stopping a beating heart", and "abortion kills." It's funny, "not in a ha-ha way," but that in many ways we, as a culture have attempted to move into the 21^st century, yet in other ways, we are mired in the dark ages.

Throughout our nation, political people are made up primarily of men, and men aren't really equipped to deal with such a feminine issue. I don't get past the initial issue with the raping of a woman, the helpless, violated feeling that seems to haunt the victim. I just can't figure it out, I mean I know "having your way when a female objects is wrong and against the law," but the event wrecks some women for life. I really am sorry that I don't get the attitude; I feel that I am somehow missing something that I should know.

Now we have this women legislator in Michigan seemingly voicing her opinion and getting socked down by the "good ole boys." Look, here's the deal, nobody, I mean nobody has the right to quiet a person on a legislative floor debate for an opinion, an idea, or a word anywhere in the United States of America.

It may be crude, or rude, but it's only a word.....and you know the old saying, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names and words will never hurt me." And shock of shocks, that old statement still applies in today's world.

Would I have said the word in public, probably not, I would probably have used the term "mommy parts," or "down there," but hey, I'm not a women, so in the case of using the word VAGINA in a conversation, I don't really count.

In our world today, we make so much fuss about being politically correct and not hurting people with words. Forget kicking the crap out of some protester on Wall Street or in some public park. Forget about law enforcement tazing some wasted drunk to the point of death.....to serve and protect, so it's okay.

We seem to be a society bent on saving people from themselves, "it may be your body, but what’s going on inside it is our business." Wrong-go-bongo," I do not agree with abortion, I would never want any of my family members to make that decision.....but in the final analysis, it's their choice, and they will have to live with it.

After so many weeks, then I do believe that the laws of the land should take over.....with regards to the termination of the little life. Rape, incest or retardation of course is special, and special rules should apply. But make no mistakes, if a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy because it might be an inconvenient issue, (after a certain number of weeks), I say "rotten luck baby, you played.....now you pay."

Of course the issue is a hot topic, gets people's blood boiling, but at the end of the day, we need to be cool, and remember, our bodies are ours and nobody has the right to dictate what happens to them, that is, "until after a certain period of time has elapsed" then moral beliefs need to take control.

So in the end, before a certain number of days have been achieved, "No really does mean.....No."

 

IS THE UNITED STATES BECOMING A ROGUE NATION?

IS THE UNITED STATES BECOMING A ROGUE NATION?

(Asian Times/Frazer Chronicle)

Is the United States becoming a "rogue" state, have we been a rogue state.....and whatever happened to a rogue lover? I've been a rogue in my time, I always thought it was kinda cool to be a rogue, you know, a guy that the other fellas didn't trust around their women......and a guy that women couldn't trust THEMSELVES being around, "Hey, that was me."

Did you ever look up the meaning of the word.....rogue, a rogue is a kind of dink, a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.....a scallywag. Now there's a really neat word, scallywag, I didn't use the word in the title of this blog, figured to many people would think I was making up the word scallywag.

But it does mean almost the same as a rogue, except it was pretty much used during the Civil War to describe a white southerner who supported reconstruction policies after the war. Why the fascination with rogues or scallywags, well, I watched a documentary last night on H.B.O. "41". It was about George H.W. Bush, his family, his life and of course, his presidency.

I voted for Bush "41" in 1988, thought he was a good guy, with lots of experience, and a fella with genuine ideas and the good of the nation. I didn't look into his background, like where he came from, how his family made their money, like most everybody else I listened, read, talked with a few people and then voted.

Like most of you all, I understand that most political figures come from money, or are businessmen/women and pretty much have lived a fortunate life style. Private schools, college degree(s) at least, (sorry Scott Walker) and a pretty structure life.....compared to most of us.

The United States has become a much different country then many others in the world today, in many ways we are more structured, have a somewhat different value system, and hold important some things that other countries simply don't care about. We are "westernized", we pretty much value a dollar bill and what it can bring you.

Some other countries value family first and foremost, and will put family before everything else, wealth, position, job, title. Some countries are brutally honest with themselves, seem to realize their shortcomings and conduct themselves within those guidelines.

It seems, here in the United States (sometimes) presidents are rated by how aggressive they act with regards to their foreign policies. In the H.B.O. documentary I watched, Bush "41" go to great lengths to explain how he felt "justified" in going to war, "Desert Storm" with Saddam Hussein.

Here's the thing with regards to America making war, "I know, I know," you understand how I feel about war, but it's true, the United States has made war on foreign ground since December 8^th1941, with the exception of September 11, 2001. Did you ever think about how many wars and skirmishes the U.S. has been in? How much they have cost us, and how many lives have been lost?

I'm a jovial guy, I love to joke, I love to make people laugh and I really don't care if the jokes on me, as long as we laugh and have a good time, I think that's part of my job as a human, to make people laugh. But when it comes to war, and the seeming pre-occupation we have with war.....well, it's no laughing matter.

History has proven what former presidents wanted, what some in their administration desired, what presidents have achieved, what they have built up, or torn down. Whether for the good of the union, or for the worse, as a country, we have stood by our presidents for better or worse.

We don't need more war, we don't need more deaths caused by war, and we sure as hell don't need the financial damage the war causes. I personally don't give a crap about Iraq, Iran, or Afghanistan. I care about how Wisconsin is operated, how our national transportation system is repaired, how we can all access health insurance and how, as a nation, we can clean up our cities, wash away the ignorance and lower the cost of an education.....for everybody.

George H. Bush was, in my opinion a crazy war making idiot, swayed by some of the worst advisers ever collected in one administration. Barack Obama ran his campaign partly on getting the U.S. out of the Middle East.....and hasn't done it.

We now have problems in Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, of course Cuba as well as the horn of Africa. I'm sure that there are more, I just don't have the clearance to know, and if I did.....I'd have to kill you after I relayed the information.

There is a wall at C.I.A headquarters that lists those agents that have lost their lives during the efforts that they made in their jobs. No names, just stars on a white wall.....what a joke, spooks to the end, even when they aren't around to voice an opinion.

President Obama, or future president Romney are both on board in expanding the country's military reach.....protecting our foreign interests as well as spreading our way of government and keeping the world a "hot bed" for democracy, capitalism and a conduit for the money flow to the rich and shameless of the world.

Is the United States a rogue state, a rogue country intent on forcing it's way on other peoples of the world, well.....you be the judge. We don't send envoys, or diplomats anymore, we "drone" our advisories, a heartless way of letting people, governments, terrorists and opponents know exactly where we stand on a subject, and where other nations stand with regards to our wants and desires.

Politicians talk about their legacy, just the other day Erik Holder was asked how he wanted his legacy to read.....what a ridiculous question, I say "let the chips fall where they may," just do your job. Everybody should do his/her job.....and question.....question almost everything that comes out of Washington, or from a politician’s mouth.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!