AARP Asshats

See the posts at atlasshrugs.com and michellemalkin.com on AARP shilling for ObamaDeathCare.

We get the AARP magazine. I read a couple and realized it was a waste of time, I could read HuffPo or NYT and see the same barf. So, I just wrote to AARP at this address:
http://www.aarp.org/about_aarp/contact/a2003-01-22-membershipfaq.html

Please remove me from your mauling list. I just turned 50 and, because your organization’s political views are so far to the left and support the ObamaDeathCare proposal (which I READ), I want nothing to do with your disseminated disinformation.

My husband, Dr. Happy, who also resides at this address would like to have his name removed as well. He is a physician who, in 1985, saw the demise of true “health care” coming through the vehicle of “HMO”s.

This ObamaDeathCare lead up to single-payer “health” care will be as disastrous - if not more so - than those in Canada or UK.

It will cause thousands of doctors to LEAVE medicine (as he did),

cause more suffering for patients (why do you think the wealthy come to the USA for treatments and Ted Kennedy didn’t go to hospitals in his HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS?)

and cause people to LOSE CHOICES (in UK, thyroid patients are being told they only have 2 options and, if they choose dessicated thyroid meds, they will not be eligible for further treatment through the NHS.)

Stop pushing the Euthanasia For Seniors and Other Useless Eaters Bill and go back to doing something useful - getting seniors discounts for “stuff”.

Sincerely
Peanut
A Grandma, but not-quite a Senior

Probably will still get their crap just like the Scientology drones, but - heh! - I tried to save a tree...LOL

On the Iranian Election...

My son called me chortling about the Iranian election. His take:

Bush made sure that the former Evil leader in Iraq was tried fairly in a court of his peers and that his sentence was carried out by the government of Iraq. i.e., a vicious dictator was toppled. People in Iraq - even the bad ones - have freedom. History, after all is said and done - will be kind to W, just probably not until the Obamabots are all dead and the Universities purged of people that should be in prison (Ayers/Churchhill/Doern).

That said, this toppling of Saddam and freeing of the Iraqi people emboldened the Iranians (who are, over all, the second best educated country in the Middle East). Almost 90% of the eligible voters went to the polls. And we are to believe that: (a) Amanutjob won by a landslide, (b) the three top contenders ALL LOST by 80% margin in their HOMETOWNS, (c) the results of a HAND COUNTED BALLOT were available only a couple HOURS after the polls closed (in the USSA, even with computers, it took days to complete the counts!) and (d) that many people all went to the polls just to ensure Amanutjob would remain in power?

Oh, and the foriegn journalists needed to be arrested ahead of time, cell phone towers disabled and internet service disrupted in order to “secure the peace”?
N-a-a-a-a-a-w, even Joe Biden isn’t that stupid. But I am ABSOLUTELY SURE ACORN and Obamessiah are very busy taking notes on how they can effect this scenario here in the USSA.

“If we could only do something about those pesky gun-n-God-clingers,” muses Obamessiah outloud…

My thought: There is probably not much difference between the candidates' policies. Dr. Happy says that the other folks were just running on the platform of wiping Israel off the face of the earth on different timetables. Different toots, same smells...

OMG - Will We Never Wake Up From This Nightmare???

First there is the Moron Sotomayer being nominated to SCOTUS. This woman believes that she is more qualified than any white man BECAUSE she's a Hispanic woman. Yeah, with her 60% rate of reversal - we are in for a wild time, FER SURE. We can only hope that the other Justices beat/talk some sense into her thick skull so she is unable to do TOO much damage.

Next on our OMG list, FINALLY Obama begins coming clean on his "Muslim Roots". Too late for the morons in this country who VOTED THE ASSHOLE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE. AAARRRUUUGGGG! (Just think, Hillary could've been POTUS. Yup, works like ipeicac for me, too. Yeah, yeah - someone DID piss in my cornflakes this morning. Ate 'em anyway, thank you very much.)

Then, our president doesn't know about certain DOD Government Agency. He learns about it at a BURGER JOINT. Just gives me more confidence in the guy - he can really pick his advisors, eh? Here's the agency description:

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a Department of Defense combat support agency and a member of the national Intelligence Community (IC). NGA develops imagery and map-based intelligence solutions for U.S. national defense, homeland security and safety of navigation.

NGA provides timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence in support of national security objectives. The term "geospatial intelligence" means the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth. Geospatial intelligence consists of imagery, imagery intelligence and geospatial (e.g., mapping, charting and geodesy) information.

To top that, Obama thinks the United States is "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". Umm-humm, 0.6% Muslim and it is one of the largest. Indonesia: 200 million Muslims. India: 156 million Muslims. Pakistan: 150 million Muslims. United States: 2.3 million Muslims (according to the Pew Research Center).

Nice to know we beat out the other 57 Muslim countries...how's the Saudi king gonna take the news, I wonder? Guess we should get ready for that freaking TAX, too.

Nice to know we beat out the other 57 Muslim countries...how's the Saudi king gonna take the news, I wonder? Guess we should get ready for that freaking TAX, too.
Then there were the two shootings: Tiller the Baby Killer in Kansas and an Arkansas Army Recruiter. Obama gets all weepy and indignant about Tiller being murdered by a Christian Extremist. Can't just say - nut job murderer, gotta insult the religion of 90+% of the country. Not a peep - even condolances to the family - the 20-something young man who just finished bootcamp and was gunned down by a Jihadi Convert newly trained in Yemen. Sends shivers down my spine for the military folks. Great behavior for their CinC. *sigh*

Lastly - airplanes are the targets again.

The airliner that disappeared may have been downed by Jihadis. From the comments section of lgf2:

Two grim possibilities come to mind regarding the crash…

1) Some kind of sudden structural failure crippled the jet at high altitude, leading to an immediate, explosive decompression and a rapid disintegration of the airframe. While rare, this kind of freak accident has happened before, more than once.

2) Terrorists on the flight itself detonated a bomb that brought the plane down.

Le Monde has reported that up to five middle-eastern passengers (three Morocca and two Lebanese) were on board. (Note from P: Was actually Thaindian that listed the passenger nationality list and it was two Morrocans, one Turk and five Lebanese - but, as we know, Muslims come in ALL nationalities. Among the dead: A 25-year-old descendant of Brazil's long-defunct royal family was also on the passenger manifest.)

It may well be that severe weather or some type of freak structural failure brought that plane down, killing everyone.

Or, maybe it was . . . something else

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And someone is shooting at airplanes in Texas:

A Continental Express pilot reported seeing a "missile or rocket" flying near his aircraft over Friday night over Texas, the Houston Chronicle reported.

The pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration an object was spotted within 150 feet below his airplane around 8:15 p.m. Friday night over Liberty County, Texas, the newspaper reported.

Lord, my head hurts. That's what I get for not doing my yoga the past 10 weeks.

Mexico Flu, Pandemics and Fear-mongering

Yup. I believe that this one was a "man-created disaster", to quote our "favorite" DHS Director.

Obama declares Swine Flu emergency; plays golf. He can play golf because Bush prepared for a pandemic and Obama can breath a sigh of relief.

And look at this from David Brown of the Washington Post:

U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn't learn that the deaths were caused by a rare strain of the influenza until after Canadian officials did...
Whether delayed communication among the countries has had a practical consequence is unknown. However, it seems that U.S. public health officials are still largely in the dark about what's happening in Mexico two weeks after the outbreak was recognized...
The earliest case found in Mexico was a 39-year-old woman who died April 12 of severe viral pneumonia in San Luis Potosi, a city of about 700,000 in central Mexico.

Here are some links to keep you amused while I fight off a minor rhinovirus (common cold).

Before the Storm Hits - practical things to do in case of prolonged isolation issues.
Preparing for No Power
Map of the Swine Flu Outbreak in North America

Vinny wrote a great flu transmission path and the most LOGICAL description of the current flu's current course:

With that in mind, I want to reflect on the infamous 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. This virus was also a swine-flu virus, and it led to widespread human-human transmission. It is estimated to have killed 20-100 million world-wide and 500-675 thousand in the US. It typically killed about 5% of those infected, while this current outbreak in Mexico may have a kill rate of 0.5%. Yearly flu epidemics in America might lead to death 0.002% of the time.

Why was the Spanish flu of 1918 so deadly? One should remember that the world had just emerged from a world war, many were starved and in poor health even prior to contracting the flu. When pathologists examined lung samples of those 1918 flu victims, most deaths were attributed to secondary bacterial pneumonia. It is theorised that that particular flu strain was very effective at destroying the respiratory epithelium and preventing the self cleaning function of our airways I described above. This way, the affected individuals became very susceptible to bacterial infections. Although such pneumonia is now easily treated with antibiotics, these drugs were not available at that time. Penicillin was only discovered in 1928.

A side note on that guy (not covered my Mexico's National Health Care) that shook hands with D'uhbama and died of the flu:

Jose Isaac Cepeda, who has had fever, diarrhea and joint pains since Friday, said he was turned away from two hospitals — the first because he isn’t registered in the public health system, and the second “because they say they’re too busy.

Oh yeah, that's what WE want in America, PERFECT Health Plan to limit the number of people NEEDING health care....and this "pandemic" will probably just be another "crisis" for Obamessiah & Co. to exploit for their own nefarious plots and schemes...Perhaps, if you STILL want Obama's Health "Care" Plan implemented, you might take a gander at this opinion based on Obama Administrative statements by John Lott at FOX...

Mexican National Health Officials have now ordered all people in affected areas to get immunized against the flu. They will be administering shots of this wonder elixer in announced locations. The name of the flu shots: Tequila.