Those people walking around with little bags in their hands… I like them. Unfortunately, there are not enough of those people around. At least, I don’t see them much at my end of the lake.
I know that I live in Canadice. The home of the FREE and the brave; where you can hear people say: “We don’t take kindly to those city-folks coming in and wanting to change our laws to be like Rochester’s laws.” “Why, we can’t even burn our trash in the burn barrel anymore!”
I get it. More laws = less freedom. But that was then, and this is now. Somehow, along the way from then to now, the sense of “being neighborly” has seemed to disappear from view and practice.
Back then, your dog probably ran free. Sure, you were always taking a chance that your dog could get shot while running deer, or that they would not come home because they were dead on the side of the road. But your dog was out of site – out of mind.
But now, people generally do not let their dogs run free; they take them for walks. And many of those people walk around with little bags in their hands… I like them. Unfortunately, there are not enough of those people around. At least, I don’t see them much at my end of the lake.
What I see, are people without those bags, and plenty of “dog rockets” around to prove it!
The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” during his first 12 days in office, combined with his rhetoric during the 2008 presidential campaign.
NOT for future accomplishments. No, the Swedish Academy said it was for his previous accomplishments – up to and including those first 12 days one presumes.
I have heard that Mr. Obama is also one of the finalists for the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, since he has such special chemistry during his many many speeches. (See Chris Mathews - Obama Speech Caused ‘Thrill Going Up My Leg’)
He has accepted the honor and will forever be listed as a Nobel Peace Prize winner, along with people like Jean Henry Dunant – founder of the international Red Cross, Martin Luther King and Gandhi. Of course, that list also includes Al Gore for his work on Global Warming. (I think Gore also won a second Nobel Prize for Science, because he invented the INTERNET).
And this just in, Sarah Palin has just won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her new book - Going Rogue: An American Life. Of Course, no one has read her book, as it will not be released until November 17, 2009 but it is expected to be high on the New York Times Best Seller list. Way to go Sarah!
On a side note, rumor has it that Paul David Hewson (AKA Bono of U2 fame) is on the short list for an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, for his deep desire to make a MOVIE…lol
I think this is the end of the Nobel Peace Prize. C-Ya!
Quoting form President Obama’s – REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON HEALTH CARE - on September 9, 2009:
“The only thing this plan would eliminate is the hundreds of billions of dollars in waste and fraud, as well as unwarranted subsidies in Medicare that go to insurance companies — subsidies that do everything to pad their profits but don’t improve the care of seniors. And we will also create an independent commission of doctors and medical experts charged with identifying more waste in the years ahead.”
First, there is absolutely no legislation written in any of the Bills before Congress that says in any way on how this would be done. So I believe the President lied; To the Congress and to the American people.
Second, if these “billions of dollars in waste and fraud” exist, why are they not fixing Medicare and Medicaid (two government programs) NOW?
I get it; Congressman Joe Wilson was out of line calling the President of the United States a liar, during a joint session of Congress the other night.
But what gets me, is the President of the United States WAS lying; to Congress AND to the American people. And nobody seemed to care!
