As long as we're on the subject of health care . . . a week or 2 ago I went to the doctor just so she would renew my prescriptions. My previous doctor had prescribed the lowest dosage of Lisinopril, a blood pressure prescription. He said that it would protect my kidneys from my diabetes medicine, but my latest doctor said that my blood pressure is now officially high so she increased the dosage and added a water pill to the prescription.
I still had quite a few Lisinopril pills left, and goodness knows I don't like to waste medicine BECAUSE I don't like having to go to Kaiser-Permanente to get medicine; BECAUSE: 1) I don't like having to sit in the waiting room for an hour or so to see the doctor. 2) I don't like to be examined by the doctor. 3) I don't like having to stand in line leaning on my cane for half an hour in the pharmacy in order to tell the person in the window that my doctor has entered prescription(s) into the computer on my behalf. 4) Having to sit in the pharmacy waiting room for half an hour before my name shows up on the "board" to let me know that my prescription has been filled. 5) Having to stand in line teetering on my cane for half an hour in order to get back to the window to pick up my meds. 6) Having to spend a bunch of money for the privilege of spending half a day doing all the above.
Yeah, I know that all that stuff will seem like a day at the beach once the hell of Obama's crappy health care torture begins, but it's still a free market, so I'm still allowed to complain. These days of freedom will soon be gone the way of the dodo birds, once Barack Stalin-Obama has his way.
Anyway, I finally took one of the Lisinopril pills last night. I'm wearing a hole in the carpet between the computer and the john. I think that I might have to move my "home office" (which consists of a keyboard sitting on a TV tray, a monitor placed on top of a piece of furniture, the computer standing on top of an old TV stand, and a printer resting on top of a little step stool) to the bathroom and that would be a drastic move because I can't even see a TV from there. The TVs are all connected to DirecTV so there's no moving them.
I guess that when the government "health" care begins, my best bet will be just to request an appointment with the death squad counselors and get it over with.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Where Am I? How Did I Get Here?
It's July already? Still 2010? OK . . . I retired on February 26. I must have slept ever since then. I have no idea how I have remained so obese. Obviously I must have been sleep-eating and it also explains what has happened to my mattress.
Actually I had hoped to remain asleep until Obama left office, but I guess that I'll have to get another mattress first. I would have certainly preferred to have missed the appointment of the new Obama Health Care Plan czar, Dr. Donald Berwick. This guy strikes me as about as pleasant as Dracula taking a sunbath. He obviously will have no problem "offing" geezers such as yours truly. He's admittedly "romantic" about the horrific English health care plan--England has the worst cancer survival rate of any 1st world country. He has also stated that he views running American health care as an excellent opportunity to "redistribute the wealth".
Our stand-up guy president, snuck Dr. Berwick into his position, bypassing getting the U.S. Congressional approval by appointing him while the Congress was closed down for 11 days. He did this mainly because everybody expected Congress, and particularly Republicans therein to ask many embarrassing questions.
Obviously, this is no longer a "government of the people, by the people, or for the people" anymore, Honest Abe. It no longer consists of of 3 branches. It is government by the Executive branch only. There are no more checks and balances. Obama is packing all the federal courts with socialists just like him, who will generate new laws from their various benches. Now there will be more goofballs besides those in the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco to fear. You think that Kagan is a really cool chick? Poor you! She's so far left that she can't even see home plate anymore. The Judicial branch is merging into the Executive branch. Therefore with those 2 branches merging, there's not much need for the Legislative branch anymore, Comrade. The Senate and House of Representatives have dumbed themselves completely out of power. They are now no longer relevant.
Ho hum. Well America you had a spectacular run! You excelled in just about everything. Then you started listening to the devil, and oops! look what has happened. You are no longer excellent and as long as you keep electing people who want to tell you when and how often you are allowed to fart, the BEST you can hope for is pathetic dreariness and prayer that the Rapture happens real, real soon. However get those prayers in really soon, because before long, you won't be permitted to pray to the Lord God Jehovah or to Jesus Christ anymore.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Actually I had hoped to remain asleep until Obama left office, but I guess that I'll have to get another mattress first. I would have certainly preferred to have missed the appointment of the new Obama Health Care Plan czar, Dr. Donald Berwick. This guy strikes me as about as pleasant as Dracula taking a sunbath. He obviously will have no problem "offing" geezers such as yours truly. He's admittedly "romantic" about the horrific English health care plan--England has the worst cancer survival rate of any 1st world country. He has also stated that he views running American health care as an excellent opportunity to "redistribute the wealth".
Our stand-up guy president, snuck Dr. Berwick into his position, bypassing getting the U.S. Congressional approval by appointing him while the Congress was closed down for 11 days. He did this mainly because everybody expected Congress, and particularly Republicans therein to ask many embarrassing questions.
Obviously, this is no longer a "government of the people, by the people, or for the people" anymore, Honest Abe. It no longer consists of of 3 branches. It is government by the Executive branch only. There are no more checks and balances. Obama is packing all the federal courts with socialists just like him, who will generate new laws from their various benches. Now there will be more goofballs besides those in the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco to fear. You think that Kagan is a really cool chick? Poor you! She's so far left that she can't even see home plate anymore. The Judicial branch is merging into the Executive branch. Therefore with those 2 branches merging, there's not much need for the Legislative branch anymore, Comrade. The Senate and House of Representatives have dumbed themselves completely out of power. They are now no longer relevant.
Ho hum. Well America you had a spectacular run! You excelled in just about everything. Then you started listening to the devil, and oops! look what has happened. You are no longer excellent and as long as you keep electing people who want to tell you when and how often you are allowed to fart, the BEST you can hope for is pathetic dreariness and prayer that the Rapture happens real, real soon. However get those prayers in really soon, because before long, you won't be permitted to pray to the Lord God Jehovah or to Jesus Christ anymore.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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