On March 29, 1997 I observed, “Evil rarely loses.”
Saddam Hussein is long, long dead. Osama bin Laden is recently dead, and Muammar Kaddafi is too. With the demise of all of these despots, peace has reigned supreme.
The establishment is talking about taking aggressive action regarding Syria and Iran. Ringo Starr, the leader in Iran (Ahmadinejad), is threatening to block the Straits of Hormuz, which is not in the interest of peace.
We have also sold billions of dollars worth of aircraft to the Saudis and we are training on how to use the airplanes. This is another hysterically bad mistake that the United States is making.
In the interest of free choice, Michelle Obama is now pressuring restaurants to serve smaller portions of food. What? Huh?
Meanwhile, we have made it through another year, and we have all had (as far as I can tell) enough to eat. Let’s keep up the good work.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
A proponent of peace
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
(449) HO, HO, HO -- HA, HA, HA
First, if there is anything going on in politics that you don’t like, write a letter. The only way the climate will change is if the politicians who are in office think there is a chance they will lose in the next election. A sanely-written letter will get their attention, and if enough letters arrive, it will change their actions.
We have a military presence in more than 100 countries. Could we get by with a military presence in only 50 countries?
On health care, let everyone deduct all of their health-care costs from their gross income. Simple solution, without 20,000 pages of regulations. If there are people who do not have any income, the government should pay for all medical costs without thousands of pages of regulations. If the doctor prescribed it, pay for it. In so doing, the cost of medicine will reduce because we would not be paying thousands of bureaucrats to parse-out how many toenail clippings a person can get every year.
It would also be nice if we stopped these stupid drug wars.
The year has not been all bad: Pukeface, the Dictator in North Korea, cashed in.
The year was all bad: Now Pudge Pukeface, his son, is going to take over, and no one knows what will happen next, or the military will seize control of North Korea.
All the revolutions produce is uncertainty. Look at Egypt. The old regime is looking better all the time.
*****
In the meantime, drink a glass of wine, make love, listen to rock-n-roll music or Mozart–either way, your life will be enhanced.
Happy Holidays!
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
Your servant of peace
We have a military presence in more than 100 countries. Could we get by with a military presence in only 50 countries?
On health care, let everyone deduct all of their health-care costs from their gross income. Simple solution, without 20,000 pages of regulations. If there are people who do not have any income, the government should pay for all medical costs without thousands of pages of regulations. If the doctor prescribed it, pay for it. In so doing, the cost of medicine will reduce because we would not be paying thousands of bureaucrats to parse-out how many toenail clippings a person can get every year.
It would also be nice if we stopped these stupid drug wars.
The year has not been all bad: Pukeface, the Dictator in North Korea, cashed in.
The year was all bad: Now Pudge Pukeface, his son, is going to take over, and no one knows what will happen next, or the military will seize control of North Korea.
All the revolutions produce is uncertainty. Look at Egypt. The old regime is looking better all the time.
*****
In the meantime, drink a glass of wine, make love, listen to rock-n-roll music or Mozart–either way, your life will be enhanced.
Happy Holidays!
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
Your servant of peace
Friday, December 16, 2011
(448) A VOICE OF REASON
Christopher Hitchens died at age 62–a voice of reason has been stilled. My favorite observation by Hitchens (and there have been many) is that he found Bill Clinton to be hateful in his behavior to women, pathological as a liar, and deeply suspect when it came to money and politics. He was, of course, absolutely right. He wrote a clever book about Clinton, No One Left to Lie To. He also loathed Hillary Rodham Clinton as much as I do. She sat there on 60 Minutes beside Slick Willy and lied to the world when she said that Jennifer Flowers was a liar.
When the Muslim world demanded that the Danish newspaper apologize for publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, Hitchens said, “It is now demanded that such a preposterous claim be made immune from any inquiry, any critique, and any ridicule."
I already miss him.
*****
At last, one of President Obama’s promises has sort-of come true. We are, in theory, leaving Iraq. The death toll was more than 4,000 Americans, and the total wounded was over 30.000. Despite the enormous cost of the war, the real cost will be in taking care of our service women and men who have been wounded in this fiasco. Meanwhile, back in Washington, the political establishment is having a difficult time getting together on anything. The problem is that there are true believers on both sides. Thinking that they could be wrong is beyond their ken.
On one specific issue, rather than have 2,000 pages that explain Medicare, start by letting everybody deduct all of their medical expenses from their taxes. A great start and a very simple solution compared to the nonsense being foisted upon us by Washington. Also, if the money that is being generated toward Medicare is insufficient, double the rate. Private insurance carriers, when they are losing money on the premiums they charge, raise the premium to cover the cost. After the premium has been raised, pay everything and stop employing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bureaucrats to monitor and control our health care.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
Life in the fast lane
When the Muslim world demanded that the Danish newspaper apologize for publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, Hitchens said, “It is now demanded that such a preposterous claim be made immune from any inquiry, any critique, and any ridicule."
I already miss him.
*****
At last, one of President Obama’s promises has sort-of come true. We are, in theory, leaving Iraq. The death toll was more than 4,000 Americans, and the total wounded was over 30.000. Despite the enormous cost of the war, the real cost will be in taking care of our service women and men who have been wounded in this fiasco. Meanwhile, back in Washington, the political establishment is having a difficult time getting together on anything. The problem is that there are true believers on both sides. Thinking that they could be wrong is beyond their ken.
On one specific issue, rather than have 2,000 pages that explain Medicare, start by letting everybody deduct all of their medical expenses from their taxes. A great start and a very simple solution compared to the nonsense being foisted upon us by Washington. Also, if the money that is being generated toward Medicare is insufficient, double the rate. Private insurance carriers, when they are losing money on the premiums they charge, raise the premium to cover the cost. After the premium has been raised, pay everything and stop employing hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bureaucrats to monitor and control our health care.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
Life in the fast lane
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
(447) TORA, TORA, TORA
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor.
After Pearl Harbor, we waged a war against stupid aggression and genocide. One would think that when peace broke out, the world would have learned its lesson. However, we have been embroiled in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East. The United States has successfully engineered the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein. Surely that would make the world safer. Unfortunately, it hasn’t.
While all of this is going on, I saw Ben Stein on television the other day, and he reported watching one of his grandchildren play a game called Zombies. It occurred to him that the political establishment is zombie-like. They can see a problem and walk right past it without ever noticing it or trying to solve it. At the present moment, Ahmadinejad (“Ringo”) and the fruitcake in North Korea are doing a lot of saber rattling. We are, again, stuck in a quagmire of uncertainty. For my money, I think we need to get out of the Middle East, ASAP. Korea will have to wait.
Peace,
Donald M. Heavrin
After Pearl Harbor, we waged a war against stupid aggression and genocide. One would think that when peace broke out, the world would have learned its lesson. However, we have been embroiled in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East. The United States has successfully engineered the demise of Muammar Qaddafi and Saddam Hussein. Surely that would make the world safer. Unfortunately, it hasn’t.
While all of this is going on, I saw Ben Stein on television the other day, and he reported watching one of his grandchildren play a game called Zombies. It occurred to him that the political establishment is zombie-like. They can see a problem and walk right past it without ever noticing it or trying to solve it. At the present moment, Ahmadinejad (“Ringo”) and the fruitcake in North Korea are doing a lot of saber rattling. We are, again, stuck in a quagmire of uncertainty. For my money, I think we need to get out of the Middle East, ASAP. Korea will have to wait.
Peace,
Donald M. Heavrin
Friday, December 02, 2011
(446) STEVE JOBS, IRAQ, AND RAND PAUL'S TAKE ON 9/11
I have been buried under Steven Jobs’ information. The story that is being circulated is that he was a computer genius. However, the truth of the matter is far, far removed from Jobs being a genius with computers. The Apple II computer from top to bottom was designed by Steven Wozinak. The Apple II was a tremendous instrument in its day. Jobs was apparently jealous of the success of Wozinak, and he designed the case for Apple III. No matter how much the engineers protested that it was impossible to get the processors in the computer that Jobs wanted in that size a case, Jobs insisted on using the case that he had designed. As a result, many add-ons had to be put in the computer on an after market basis, and his computer was a mammoth failure. He was also known to cry if he did not get his way. He had no regard for personal hygiene, walked around barefooted, and smelled bad. He denied paternity of his first child, and was abusive and abrasive to servers most of the time. With the invention of the Lisa, which was named for the daughter that Jobs had abandoned, rather than admit it was named after his daughter, Apple said that Lisa stands for ‘Local Integrated Systems Architecture.’ Apple got back on track, but Apple engineers, not Jobs, designed the computer. Jobs was good at designing cases, but the computer technology was left to Wozinak and other engineers.
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At last we’re supposed to be getting out of Iraq. It only cost us 4,000 lives and 40,000 wounded. However, we did get rid of Saddam Hussein, which has caused a continuing strife in the country, and may for the next hundred years.
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I read an interesting editorial by Rand Paul. He makes brilliant observations. He states that Al Quaida was not formidable, the Department of Defense withheld intelligence from the FBI. The FBI was advised time and time again by its field agents who were in possession of lap top information that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. As a result of this bureaucratic bungling, we’re now being strip searched at the airport, and, as Rand says, we are subject to the failures of imperfect men and women in bloated bureaucracies. The fact that the government is taking away our liberty in the name of fear and protection should not be allowed, and I say the only way to stop this is to let your representative and your senators know that they will not be re-elected unless this bull dung stops.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
A concerned citizen
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At last we’re supposed to be getting out of Iraq. It only cost us 4,000 lives and 40,000 wounded. However, we did get rid of Saddam Hussein, which has caused a continuing strife in the country, and may for the next hundred years.
* * * * *
I read an interesting editorial by Rand Paul. He makes brilliant observations. He states that Al Quaida was not formidable, the Department of Defense withheld intelligence from the FBI. The FBI was advised time and time again by its field agents who were in possession of lap top information that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. As a result of this bureaucratic bungling, we’re now being strip searched at the airport, and, as Rand says, we are subject to the failures of imperfect men and women in bloated bureaucracies. The fact that the government is taking away our liberty in the name of fear and protection should not be allowed, and I say the only way to stop this is to let your representative and your senators know that they will not be re-elected unless this bull dung stops.
Respectfully submitted,
Donald M. Heavrin,
A concerned citizen
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