Nightmares Are Made Of These

"Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason." ~ anonymous

A Match Made in Hell ~ Harry Reid & Nancy Pelosi

Scary Bridge Segment: This is the Harry (not to be confused with the Harry pictured above) Nice Memorial Bridge in Maryland. What's that thing in the middle? It looks like a carnival ride. Won't be driving on this bridge either.

This will be a short post today. The Olympics are beckoning us to be one with our recliners and celebrate the American spirit of couch potatoes watching athletes on TV. America rocks!!

Universal "Health Care"

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. - Thomas Jefferson

The paragraph below is from Laura Ingraham (July 2008).

"THINK GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE IS A GOOD IDEA? Think again. Closing out today's show, Shona Holmes, a Canadian brain-tumor survivor, recounted her personal health-care horror story. Fortunately, she managed to flee to the States for a life-saving operation. Joining her was Peter Pitts, president of the new website, BigGovHealth.org. Republicans are already struggling to counter Obama's message of free health care, and that's what makes this site so useful. Where else will you read stories about the likes of one Christine Preuth?:

"Christine Preuth, 72, of Keywood Avenue, a Sunbury pensioner, was told she was too old to receive treatment for a head injury at Ashford 24 Hour Walk-In Centre. While making her daily trip to the shops on Beechwood Avenue she tripped and fell on the pavement. Bleeding from the head and concerned she may be suffering from concussion, she went to the centre for a check up. But the check up was cut short when another nurse said she was not able to receive full treatment because she was over 65 and her complaint was a head injury."

See link below for another case of the Canadian "health care" system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4u5x9XAsAs

Scary bridge segment: These are pictures of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Is it just us or does the thought of driving on this bridge make everybody want to lose their lunches?

Founding America: A Timeline

1775 - On April 19, military conflict begins with skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. On July 3, George Washington takes command of the newly formed Continental Army outside Boston. In July, Benjamin Franklin proposes a Plan of Confederation to the Second Continental Congress.

Truth in Politics - Is That an Oxymoron?

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this — you haven't."– Thomas Edison

The site below claims to analyze candidates statements for accuracy and then reports their findings. We can't see that it leans either right or left, but please check it out and make your own determination.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

This is a bridge in France, which we will never drive over because France isn't on our list of must-see destinations. However, it is definitely a bridge that we would never want to cross.

Seventh Installment of Founding America: A Timeline

1773 - In January, Hutchinson opens the Massachusetts legislature with a speech explaining why Americans should recognize the supremacy of Parliament. On September 11, Benjamin Franklin publishes Rules Whereby a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One. Parliament adopts the Tea Act, giving the near-bankrupt East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in America. On December 16, a group of sixty radicals stage the Boston Tea Party in Boston Harbor; dressed as Mohawk Indians, they board three ships--the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver--and destroy 342 crates of East India Company British tea.