My daughters are growing up.  I haven't posted in a loooooooong time. Time to catch up. And I'm going to become even more active as time goes by.

I have been off to take care of many issues here at home.  In the meantime, the kids are growing and becoming quite the little ladies.

DEATH PANELS AND NATIONAL SALES TAX

Paul Krugman is a die-hard progressive who believes that DEATH PANELS & SALES TAXES  are the answer to the government’s problems with the rising cost of healthcare.  His statements on TV programs and to groups he speaks to (not long ago he was speaking to a synagogue – go to Youtube and do a search on his name and death panels, or just click on the link) he says that we are going to HAVE to have death panels to get control of the healthcare costs, now that we have government funded healthcare. 

For those of you not familiar with death panels, they are based on what is called the Complete Lives System(do a search on the internet, or just click on the link), whereby the age and productiveness of an individual determine what kind of healthcare you will receive, if you get any at all.  The idea  is that those who are 15 – 40 years old are at the optimal time of their lives, able to produce the most, so they are the ones who will have the most choices as to what healthcare will be available to them. The top of the bell curve is around the age of 25 - 30 years old.  This is being represented as steps taken to ensure that younger and older people do not get medical care because in the opinion of the panels, it does not  do any good medically. 

Hey, tell that to those elderly people who need a heart operation, or cataract surgery, or a hip replacement.  Or to the parents of the newborn who needs to be on life support because it was born too early.

The TRUTH, which is not being spoken, is that the government has no use for someone who is not producing / doing any work which is perceived as useful by the government, and therefore  you won’t be given any procedures that will cost more than the government will be able to recoup.  If you read the information on the Complete Lives System, those who are around 15 years old are the ones who begin to get an increased amount of healthcare, because there has been an investment in these youngsters in the form of education. 

OK, for those of you who don’t understand this, the “investment” in kids around 15 years old is the progressive stink-think of indoctrination that has been going on in our schools and colleges for decades.  Why do you think we have so many young people (and even college professors) who do not teach our kids HOW to think, but rather WHAT to think.  If you don’t repeat what they tell you to believe, you are given a failing grade. 

I wonder what would happen if more young people went through these courses standing up for what is right, rather than spout the dribble and hate that many of these brainless nitwit rejects espouse, and with most of the students failing – I think it would actually reflect badly on the professor and the college, rather than the students.  Just think,  every college campus having millions of bright and highly intelligent students failing because they actually have brains enough to disagree with stupidity.  But I am dreaming…

These death panels are exactly what Sarah Palin had been ridiculed by the left for…but Palin was telling the truth.  And now the left is beginning to come forward and admit that what she was saying was EXACTLY correct. 

And, get ready for it folks…  there are those who are now putting forward that we have a NATIONAL SALES TAX!  Alright, kiddies – this will affect those of us who are not rich the worst (present company included).  We don’t have a lot of money – spent most of it adopting our kids and paying for their school, food, clothes, extra-curricular activities, etc……    But now, they want to fund the healthcare system by imposing a “value-added” tax, which is what they are calling the National Sales Tax idea…   yeah… how sweet.  MORE FREAKING TAXES.  Obama only said he wouldn’t RAISE taxes on the middle class… he didn’t say he wouldn’t create new ones.  

Y’all need to learn to read between the lines.  

Genesis 3 - a must see video

I saw this video at church and searched Youtube for it.  It is probably one of the very best interpretations of the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden that I have ever seen.  Please watch!

 

Obamacare in one sentence... video

Cirque Shanghai on Labor Day

We saw Cirque Shanghai at Chicago's Navy Pier again this year (also saw them last year).  I was able to take a few pics of the show (photography is allowed without flash, and no video taping!) before my camera got hot.  It kept shutting down on me several times claiming there was an error.  I'll have to have it checked out because I love this camera for a point-and-shoot.

Anyway - this year's show was even better than last year's... and last year's was good.  Hope you enjoy the pics!

On the way back home, we again stopped at a KFC for their buffet lunch.  Roy was talking about the photo book that Richelle's orphanage had given us, with pictures of her as a baby, and pics of her as a little toddler, and he remembered a picture of one of her poops.

To which Richelle quipped, "Let me guess... below it said 'Actual size'.  And you had to fold out the page."

Where does an 8 year old get this kind of humor????  I didn't pee my pants this time, but we couldn't talk for a while for laughing with tears flowing down my face. 

St. Louis - a GREAT Vacation Place!

We're back from from a trip to St. Louis, MO.   I have to say, I never thought this city would be much - but we had a great time and I found out St. Louis has a lot to offer in the way of entertainment.  We didn't get to do as much as we wanted to, but what we did was great.

First we went to see the Gateway Arch.  I had told myself all my life growing up that I would NEVER get inside that thing and ride to the top... it just didn't seem safe to me.  But then, I have kids, and they were anxious to go inside and see the sights from up high.  The arch is 630 feet high at the top - and you can see so much from up there...   it's a beautiful view of the city.  And it's such a beautifully simple and elegant piece of architecture...  the stainless steel plating on the outside of the arch shines and reflects differently depending on the time of day and angle you are viewing it from.  

  Underneath the arch, there is a lot to see as well.  They have the Museum of Westward Expansion, a theater and gift shop. The museum is free - just walk through it. They had several animals (done by a taxidermist) such as a horse, bison, and longhorn steer.  They also have the robots that talk like at Disney. The kids thought they were creepy.  

  
We then took the kids down to the Mississippi River to take a river boat ride.   They thoroughly enjoyed being on the boat and seeing the city from the river.  I've been on one of these rides when I went to Minneapolis for a visit to a friend's house. 

The bad part was when we had to go back to the hotel.  There are 63 steps to climb up to get back to the park area at the Arch.  The kids ran up them like Rocky Balboa...  LOL!

We were staying at the Hilton at the Ballpark... it is just down the street from Busch Stadium - home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Traffic was somewhat of a mess when it was game day (which was every day we were there). I really wished we could have gone to a game, but the girls weren't interested. Maybe someday. There are some very nice parks nearby, and the girls enjoyed the fountains. As you can see, one of the game days the water was turned red in the fountain. Go Cards!

 We also went to the City Museum.  My camera battery went dead, so I couldn't take many pictures, but click on the name and it will take you to the website. This place was incredible...  a kid's dream come true with places to crawl/walk through, hide in, and explore.   It's $12 per person, but really well worth the price.  The food court was reasonable on their prices (I've seen worse, and they give you good sized sandwiches.) Everything here is made with recycled materials.  And you'd be amazed at what was used throughout the entire place.

  
Other places I would recommend in St. Louis is the St. Louis Zoo (free), the St. Louis Science Center, or take a carriage ride around the river/downtown area.  Also, there's the St. Louis Botanical Gardens (kids 12 and under get in free).  Here's a link to "25 Things to Do in St. Louis".  I really enjoyed the trip and want to return to finish seeing the things we didn't get to the first time.