Tuesday, September 22, 2009

(Sept.) Douche Bag Award.....


I would like to thank the American Health Care Insurance Industry, for spending some of their billions in profits to provide the American people with a limp-dick quadruple-loophole infested political fart, known as the Senate Finance Committee Health Bill, brought to you by The Health Care Lobby, Max Baucus, and a choir of Congressional A-holes. You guys are good. You can change the subject from Health Reform to Socialism faster then Glen Beck can lose advertisers. But the real tragedy about this issue is that the Obama Administration didn't try to replace you Blood Sucking Douche Nozzles with a Single Payer, Medicare for All Program, or at least regulate your disgusting Industry like a Utility. Only in America is the Government more despised then an Industry that makes billions of dollars off the ill, an Industry that makes decisions based on profit, instead of human life. This Months Douche Bag Award goes to The Health Care Insurance Industry, and The CEO's who run them. They are Americas true "DEATH PANEL".


The numbers are numbing, which is why we should do something about this.

  • United Health Group
    CEO: William W McGuire
    2005: 124.8 mil
    5-year: 342 mil

  • Forest Labs
    CEO: Howard Solomon
    2005: 92.1 mil
    5-year: 295 mil

  • Caremark Rx
    CEO: Edwin M Crawford
    2005: 77.9 mil
    5-year: 93.6 mil

  • Abbott Lab
    CEO: Miles White
    2005: 26.2 mil
    5-year: 25.8 mil

  • Aetna
    CEO: John Rowe
    2005: 22.1 mil
    5-year:57.8 mil

  • Amgen
    CEO: Kevin Sharer
    2005:5.7 mil
    5-year:59.5 mil

  • Bectin-Dickinson
    CEO: Edwin Ludwig
    2005: 10 mil
    5-year:18 mil

  • Boston Scientific
    CEO:
    2005:38.1 mil
    5-year:45 mil

  • Cardinal Health
    CEO: James Tobin
    2005:1.1 mil
    5-year:33.5 mil

  • Cigna
    CEO: H. Edward Hanway
    2005:13.3 mil
    5-year:62.8 mil

  • Genzyme
    CEO: Henri Termeer
    2005: 19 mil
    5-year:60.7 mil

  • Humana
    CEO: Michael McAllister
    2005:2.3 mil
    5-year:12.9 mil

  • Johnson & Johnson
    CEO: William Weldon
    2005:6.1 mil
    5-year:19.7 mil

  • Laboratory Corp America
    CEO: Thomas MacMahon
    2005:7.9 mil
    5-year:41.8 mil

  • Eli Lilly
    CEO: Sidney Taurel
    2005:7.2 mil
    5-year:37.9 mil

  • McKesson
    CEO: John Hammergen
    2005: 13.4 mil
    5-year:31.2 mil

  • Medtronic
    CEO: Arthur Collins
    2005: 4.7 mil
    5-year:39 mil

  • Merck Raymond Gilmartin
    CEO:
    2005: 37.8 mil
    5-year:49.6 mil

  • PacifiCare Health
    CEO: Howard Phanstiel
    2005: 3.4 mil
    5-year: 8.5 mil

  • Pfizer
    CEO: Henry McKinnell
    2005: 14 mil
    5-year: 74 mil

  • Well Choice
    CEO: Michael Stocker
    2005: 3.2 mil
    5-year: 10.7 mil

  • WellPoint
    CEO: Larry Glasscock
    2005: 23 mil
    5-year: 46.8 mil

  • Wyeth
    CEO: Robert Essner
    2005:6.5 mil
    5-year: 28.9 mil

TOTAL 2005: 559.8 mil

TOTAL 5-Year: 14.9 billion


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Friday, September 18, 2009

Something to Smile About......



"I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life."

Ernie Harwell


Maybe because I'm a Stay at Home Dad, But I seem to have an overwhelming amount of estrogen running through my body since I took the position of "House Mother". Watching Ernie Harwell address the Comerica Park crowd on Wednesday night put a huge lump in my throat. But there were no tears from Harwell, what I saw Wednesday night was a man who in the twilight of his life, tried to make us feel comfortable like he had during his entire broadcasting career, the thing is he is the one facing death. Ernie Harwell is almost 92 years old and has been struck with cancer of an incurable sort. The man I grew up with, even if only over the radio, will be leaving us soon. Harwell a man of deep faith, has said with a natural peace, he is ready for his next adventure, and I believe him. The problem is, we are not ready to let him go.


"The greatest single moment I've ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrup's triple in the seventh game of the World Series in St. Louis. It was a stunning moment because not only were the Tigers winning a world championship that meant so much to an entire city, they were beating the best pitcher I ever saw—Bob Gibson."

Ernie Harwell


You may be saying to yourself, how does this put a smile on your face? The answer is simple. Take a second to think about all of the magical baseball moments we have spent with Mr. Harwell. Remember Gibby's homer off the Goose in the 1984 World Series? also in that same year do you remember when Jack Morris threw that no hitter against the White Sox? What a magical year 1984 was for Detroit, those moments will live forever in my memory. For another generation that year was 1968. I'm sure my father has the same sort of unforgettable memories, with Ernie Harwell being our common thread. However, since I grew up in a TV dominated era, the big games were often televised. So many of my generation often heard another during those games, either a Local or National television broadcaster. But not in Detroit. Many Detroiters would turn the TV sound down and turn the Radio up, so we could listen to Ernie Harwell call the big game. For all of the big games he called, I will remember Mr. Harwell as the man who made the "everyday game" come to life. Hearing Ernie say when a foul ball went into the stands. "A young man from Wyandotte MI. just snagged that one" always made me smile. It was listening on the way home from work, or just on the way home, it was listening while sitting on the porch grilling steaks, it was listening while playing cards with friends, it was listening with an ear piece at a friends wedding, or at the game itself. In my eyes Ernie Harwell will always represent what is good about baseball, not the players and records, but things like the feeling I had when I first saw Tiger Stadium at night, the rumbling of the old stadium when everyone stomped their feet, wishing for that big hit or strikeout, the companionship a son has with his father at a ball game. If you can't smile about that, what can you smile about?





Ernie Harwell Tribute at Comerica Park - 09/16/2009

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Has Race Played a Role in the Opposition to Obama Reforms...

Former President Jimmy Carter said in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams this week:

“I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he is African-American,


Do I believe this to be true? Not entirely.


But either does the White House.



NBC News and news services

updated 7:27 p.m. ET, Wed., Sept . 16, 2009


WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama doesn't believe he's being criticized because of his race.

Spokesman Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that Obama — the nation's first black president — doesn't think that criticism of his policies is "based on the color of his skin."

Gibbs was asked about the topic following comments on Tuesday by former President Jimmy Carter. Gibbs says some people have disagreements with some of Obama's decisions but that those concerns were not because of his race.


Unfortunately, The White House is wrong.......along with Fox News. Everyone wants to put the "Race Question" in a box and tuck it away neatly under the bed. Why? because it brings back memories of an ugly time in American History, a time we are not proud of but remains our history nonetheless. Simply dismissing the obvious segment of the population who still has racist tendencies is dangerous. I'm not saying everyone who disagrees with Obama and his polices are racist. I will leave that argument for Fox News. I'm not saying Jimmy Carter is a stupid peanut farmer, or hemorrhoid on the ass of America like Rush Limbaugh stated. Jimmy Carter is over 80 years old and grew up in the Jim Crow south. This man is overly qualified to discuss the issue of race relations in America. He has seen first hand the awful circumstances that racism can lead to. Dismissing this man, a man who was President of The United States in the way some prominent voices for the GOP have, is disgusting. Unfortunately this is the world we live in. We don't engage in civil discourse, we call names and dismiss people who have something important to add to the topic. Jimmy Carter is correct in my opinion, there is a portion of the United States who disagree with anything Obama, and I believe some are flat out racist. I do not believe its a overwhelming number though. I believe many are afraid of the Debt, change in Health Care, change in the Economy, Unemployment, Tarps and Bailouts. These people have a right to be frightened. But there fear is being fueled by partisan bickering. Can you imagine the fear that must be harbored by people who just watch Fox News? The White House is going to Kill Grandma, there going to create a National Police Force like Nazi Germany's SS, there going to create a Socialist Country, there going to Brain Wash our children, There going to tell us what we can and can't eat, (that's my favorite from Michele Bachmann) there going to Fund Health Care for Illegals, should I go on? The opposition is so fixated on just beating Obama they could care less what people think or do with their information, as long as they beat Obama. When you look at Fox News ratings, which are always higher then the rest of the news agencies on cable, maybe I'm wrong and Carter is right. Maybe there is a larger section of the population that is racist, But I believe only a small segment believe Fox News is scripture, and those that do are probably scared shit less sleeping with shot guns under their beds waiting for Obama's SS to scoop them out of bed and into internment camps. President Carter is more qualified then most about this subject and certainly more qualified then me. Basically he is a man without a party. The GOP don't respect him and the DEM's won't claim him. So a partisan explanation for his comments is probably moot. I truly hope and pray that he has overstated the problem, because the alternative is very dangerous.


What kind of person circulates the above photo? Would you believe a doctor in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. David McKalip is a f-ing neurosurgeon who had a leadership role in the American Medical Association, before he was forced to resign after Dr. Racist got caught. So the argument that only Nascar Guy and Poor White Trash are racist is false. Racism is not a heated action or outburst by some South Carolina Congressman. Racism is deeper more of a systemic attempt or belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities. Nobody is suggesting that because you disagree with Health Reform your racist. (except Fox News) What we might be seeing because of all the political correctness in our society, is a push back of a different sort. We can't yell fire in a crowded theatre and not expect consequences, and we certainly can't say you distrust the President because of the color of his skin in our society today. However, just 40 years ago you could say humans were not equal, and you could say it in public with pride in many parts of the Country. But you still could not yell fire in a crowded theatre. You might be saying what is your point? My point is now we can't say you believe in inequality without any backlash, but you can say the President wasn't born in this country. (Birther Movement) You can bring the Rebel Flag to a Tea Bagger event. You can say he is a Muslim, or Hitler, or an Illegal Alien, all these statements basically try to reduce the man to something "Less Than" what he is, without having to invoke those awful terms people used some 40 years ago. The term "Less Than" is exactly what racism is.

So with the above statements, (rather eloquently put from a diaper changing, seldom showering mess of a man) You may be asking yourself, what has the Obama Administration done wrong? I believe they are handling the situation of race like politicians trying to get legislation passed. Which I understand, but what I would really like to see is some Leadership. I want a President who fights the good fight, no matter how difficult the subject matter. I believe there is a real teaching moment being missed here. Not a "Beer Summit" moment, but a opportunity to really address the racial divide that still exists in this Country, no matter how large or small it is. But what is unacceptable in my eyes is the excuse, "he was voted in as President, how could there be any racism involved?" My answer to that question is simple. Did you see the posters at that 9-12 rally in D.C.? If you have not, do some research. I'm not saying there is an epidemic of racism in this country but I am convinced that it exists here and now, and it was in some cases up front and center at the 9-12 rally. To brush it off as the Fox News Network has, as just a partisan issue that the left is conjuring up to get the message off the Health Care debate, is disturbing in my opinion. If you want to argue numbers at the event, or the value of the group that came together fine, but if you don't acknowledge a portion of that rally as racially charged, I believe your head is in the sand. But hey, I am just a Stay at Home Dad...


Sources:

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200909160016 (Limbaugh about Carter)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32886020 (msnbc- racist signs...etc)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32885951 (Princeton Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article1021553.ece (Dr. Racist)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Pro Football Players Use Their Heads, While Fans Have Heads Inserted In Ass.


Boston University medical school and The Universities Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy wants to better understand the long-term effects of repeated concussions. Enter Matt Birk, Lofa Tatupu and Sean Morey all NFL Football Players and respected ones at that. They have agreed to donate their brains after death to help further the study. This is a very selfless act by men who want to help understand an issue that affects many players later in life. It is sad that I had to stipulate “after death” because it seems that all to many players act like they have already donated their brain to science. Plaxico Burress the guy who shot himself in the leg at a New York City night club comes to mind, and we can’t forget Michael Vick who served time in Federal Prison for sponsoring and participating in a Dog Fighting Ring. Unfortunately the list goes on. With that being said, its nice to see a uplifting story coming out of the NFL that shows the camaraderie the leagues players have for each other, instead of the "me" first attitude we continue to read about. I believe Birk, Morey and Tatupu should be celebrated during a time where the NFL’s perception is closing in on the NBA’s “thug” reputation.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4472274


I Know Fan Is Short For Fanatic But Really?

Did anyone watch Monday night football this week? Well if you didn’t, why? Are you some sort of fruit? Anyway, Boston’s “Golden Boy” Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to victory by throwing 2 touchdown passes in the final 2 and 1/2 minutes of the game. But to make this happen the New England special teams forced a fumble by Leodis McKelvin kick returner for the Buffalo Bills after New England scored its first comeback TD. McKelvin who made a bone-head play running the kick out of the endzone with only 2 minutes left in the game. Compounded the problem by fumbling the ball faster then a “Tea bagger” could yell “Hitler” at an Obama rally. After that the rest was history, or was it? According to Hamburg Police in N.Y. McKelvin’s home was vandalized. So let me get this straight, dude drops ball so he gets his yard Toilet Papered or worse? Please don’t tell me were becoming Europe or God forbid South or Central America were their athletes are taken out like f-ing Sonny Corleone at the Toll Stop! Remember what happened to Donovan McNabbs house in Arizona last year? I think some dudes burned something in his front yard. No, not a cross. This isn’t the GOP National Convention or anything. But they took a Gas can and wrote something in his yard, with fire! This shit is getting dangerous and I personally can’t wait until someone gets caught by like....Richard Seymore who is pissed anyway because he got traded to the Oakland Raiders, which is the NFL’s Siberia, if he gets a hold of one of these knuckleheads well. Did you see that Movie Hancock? when Will Smiths character goes to jail and jams one inmates head in another inmates ass? And the Mexican dude watching yells ”Dios Mio!”.......Richard Seymore is big and strong enough to inflict some serious pain on someone with a helmet and pads. What would he do to an intruder? These players have families and friends to worry about, and personally I can’t wait until a player goes Zohan on one of these out of control fans and twists him into a pretzel. These are the Ramblings of a Stay at Home Dad.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4476626

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sean Hannity is a Clown

I remember when I wrote this shit in March after watching The Hannity Show. I was going to write a book about that little Irish Bastard because I finally realized what a douche he really is....Check out what I wrote back then....



It is Monday March 23rd, 2009. I cant stop thinking about what a weasel Hannity is. The Market has just rose about 500 points and housing numbers were up 5%. But what is that little gnome bitching about now besides his usual we’re a Communist country, and Obama is breaking promises, and how Geitner needs to be fired because he is a tax cheat. The little Irish guy is giving me the definition of “punch drunk” because some reporter asked President Obama if he was punch drunk. Really Sean? are you not the guy who just a couple of weeks ago was leaning on every downturn in the market. Now the market is non existent. Could it be because it has been up for 10 of the last 12 sessions? Nope you are reporting the important news, like how Senator McCain did better then President Obama when picking winners during the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Then you mention in passing how they both had 14 out of the Sweet Sixteen teams. Mr. Sean Patrick Hannity you my friend are a clown.


Why the word Clown? It just fits so well. Sometimes Clowns are funny like Bozo running around honking his horn. Sometimes Clowns are flat out scary, you know like Mr. Marbles from Seinfeld. Sometimes Clowns are sad like Crusty the Clown on the Simpsons. That Clown would do anything for attention. Other famous Clowns according to the Ministry of Clowns (true story with web site) are Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Abbott and Costello. Can you guess who else was on the Ministry of Clowns web site? This is to good to be true but Hannity’s Messiah. Rush Limbaugh. According to the Ministry and I quote.

“Rush Limbaugh has the courage of a clown to call something what it plainly is, and boldly declare that the Emperor has no clothes. While self-proclaimed journalists ignore the fact that President Obama’s hand-picked nominee to enforce the tax code is, himself a man with over ten thousand dollars in past due taxes, Rush Limbaugh points out the absurdity of the situation - “demonstrating absurdity by being absurd,” which is indeed what a true clown should do.

A true clown indeed, nobody but Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity has pointed out that Tim Geitner had a tax issue. The fact of the matter is every news agency reported about Geitners mistake. According to clowns, it is ignored if they dont remind us everyday that Geitner filed his taxes incorrectly. Almost every show to date since Geitners appointment, Hannity addresses Secratary Geitner as “Tax Cheat Geitner”. Well clowns, maybe you should address Limbaugh as “Ilegal drug user Limbaugh” every time we mention his name. Have you seen the cover of this book? ( I had a picture of Hannity in drag) maybe we should address Hannity as a “Cross Dressing Possible Homosexual” every time he is seen. I mean have you seen the female talent on Fox News its like a Hawaiian Tropic Bikini Contest. Thats not for Hannity, he would rather have Dick Morris and Karl Rove as nightly guests. At least O’Reilly has the local talent on. Come on clowns should we address President George W Bush as the Cocaine using Cheerleader? Of course not, those are mistakes, it doesn’t take away what a person has accomplished . By the way what did W accomplish anyway? So lets review Limbaugh is a clown. Backed by the Ministry of Clowns who go on to say.


“Likewise, people who would denigrate and marginalize Rush Limbaugh act shocked that a conservative would oppose President Obama’s massive increase in government spending and taxes. Why? Isn’t that what you would expect a political conservative to do? Is it because his audience continues to grow, while theirs continue to dwindle, or is it more than a case of sour grapes?

Wow, Bravo Ministry of Clowns who would have thought that clowns were so politically charged! Other non-clowns may contest that Limbaughs attempts at humor or clownish behavior have been irresponsible at best. But dwindling audience?...just because the fat man has 10 million crack head listeners does not make his agenda correct or relevant. If I am not mistaken the election was a near landslide. Do you all remember Britt Hume for the Fox Network when they announced the closing of the polls for Ohio on election night? five minutes later they called the State for Obama. I thought Hume had torrets he was stammering and studdering all the way to commerical. Limbaugh is an entertainer who gets paid to be outrageous. His listeners are much like the 10 to 14 year old girls who love “The Jonas Brothers” those guys could play “Danny Boy” on a Organ Grinder and sell a million CD’s. Rush in much of the same way calls the Government Communist and hopes for failure of our current President and his policies and feeds the conservative base its much needed “red meat” God, Guns and Socialism, much like the Jonas Brothers when they get a new haircut or say they are looking for a new girlfriend. But for the Ministry of Clowns to imply that we should not be shocked when a Conservative would oppose government spending is absurd, just because you say your conservative doesn’t mean you are fiscally responsible. Tell me the last Republican President who did not have huge deficits when they were in office or when they left? does anybody remember the first tarp? you know the one that Bush said must be passed or the world would end. Yeah that was on his watch, and needed to be passed because of lack of responsibility from his administration. Hannity often says Bush tried to deal with the Fannie Mae problem. Really, who did he tell about it? He certainly did not bring it to the American people, you know the ones he was supposedly working for. I mean really how many times did W address the nation? it was always after they fucked up, never before. 911, Katrina, Housing Crisis, Iraq, should I go on? But now were Socialists because tax rates for two percent of the nation is growing from 36% to 39.5%, really clowns? are we supposed to follow Hannity and Limbaugh right into the gas chamber because they are saying this is fact. I used to believe that Republicans were the party for business and ideas but it has reduced itself to the party of “God their way” and “class inequality”. The only thing shrinking in regards to Rush Limbaugh is the size of his Republican Party, and we all know something else should be shrinking on that man.



This Clown like behavior is compelling but not the reason why I wanted to write this book. I was compelled to do so after one comment from the Clown this book is named after. “Obama Recession” these words were first uttered from the Irish Gnome himself soon after the election but before the innaguration on the Hannity and Colmes show. The guest at the time was Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Hannity had enough, he could not handle the lost election. Colmes was beaming like a school girl and Huckabee was being to gracious for Hannitys liking. and then it came out. “how are we going to deal with this Obama recession governor Huckabee?” If Colmes had a drink in his mouth he would have looked like Johnny Carson after a Rickles joke. Even Huckabee was agast at the notion of an Obama Recession. But Hannity pushed on with his reasons being linked to the stock market, then in true Hannity fashion ended the segment with Colmes and Huckabees comments being squashed by a commercial break. This moment alone struck a serious cord with me. I have voted Republican my whole life up until this election. I truly believed that the rhetoric wrapped in an American Flag coming from guys like Hannity was sincere. I thought Country was more important to them then status or greed. I liken that comment “Obama Recession” To a child who brought his Baseball Bat and Ball to the park to have a game. But little Hannity did not get on the team he wanted, so he packs up his shit and goes home. This moment in Hannitys career is a keystone moment for me. which was like finding out the Tooth Fairy wasn’t real. Oh shit! that means Santa and the Easter Bunny is bullshit too. Say it isn’t so.....But it is. The Clown Car full of Political Pundits from Hannity to Limbaugh to Levin and Ingram is all bullshit. There audience is Conservative, they write the checks and henceforth they can do no wrong. But is this constructive? Should people believe that these guys are standing up for something or are they just insiting the riot? Would Hannity be happy if there was some sort of uprising over Obamas policy? Does he want a coup de ta? or does he want the American Economy to collapse so he can say he was right. I believe this guys ego would rather be right on these issues then have the economy succeed. Hell the Gnome had a poll on his website asking which type of insurection would his viewers want to have. I think the choices included Civil War and Coup. Really Sean are we there? 60 some days into the Presidencey and you want a coup...These type of comments and actions bring me back to the little boy with the ball and bat. This guy is coming off like a spoiled little brat. But is it dangerous? I have heard people parrot all of Hannitys generalities. especially the socialism angle. Somebody show me some proof of Socialism. Are we Socialist if we address Health Care? I have heard nothing of a single payer program but according to Hannity it is. Is it Socialist to address Education? Does Hannity advocate status quo but lower taxes? is that a platform? think about the last eight years. Every State of the Union from President Bush was virtually identical, but nothing was even attempted to be corrected....is that what Hannity is advocating? The Staus Quo but with more tax cuts.(that would be a sweet bumper sticker) With that being the Conservative Mantra is there any question that the country made the right choice for President. Yes, I think we choose a solid President one with promise and vision. as well as the determination to try to accomplish something in that stinking pit called Washington D.C. So I am basically writing this book to make myself feel better......


Well So much for the book......But reading this shit today makes me think I was right.....look how far the right has taken their arguments......Death Panels, Hitler signs and the like.....Anyway at least I have this Blog.....It's much cheaper then a Psychologist.