Introduction: Some blessings of the Baby Boomer generation. The current state of politics is, of course, the reason for this essay. Somewhat strangely, the horrifying crisis in today’s politics clarifies… Read more Yo, Chicken Little, You’re right. The Sky is truly falling. Also, You folks who think the mouthy kid from next door is lying about The Wolf had best look to your flocks. A Right-Wingnut Wolfpack with Blood-Stained Teeth is on the Prowl! →
Okay, I have been quiet as a mouse in the last few months. I have been meeting other commitments that take precedent over the blog. BUT I have now HAD… Read more HEROES IN THEIR OWN MINDS →
Medicare will pay for a heart transplant, and it will be charged something like $1.3 million for that procedure. Medicare also covers treatment for end-stage renal disease that costs over $90 thousand per year. However, if an American living in the community develops early onset Alzheimers and needs monitoring for safety and assistance with meal preparation, personal hygiene, and dressing, Medicare will almost always ignore those needs. If an American of 85 in a nursing home has chronic conditions that require treatments and needs assistance as she or he bathes,… Read more Long-Term Care and the 2020 Election →
[An Essay by George] It is time that we honestly faced up to the basic issues concerning gun violence. For too long people on both sides have skirted around the core of the issue with worn out platitudes, specious arguments, and canned sound-bite justifications. The latest shootings in El Paso and Dayton raised our unbelievable tally of mass shootings to 251 in the last 216 days. They are commonplace in the US; a daily occurrence. Why is this so? Some say that it is caused by guns in the hands of criminals.… Read more DEATH AND VIOLENCE →
Support Among All Potential Primary Voters in Democratic Primaries The Democratic candidates seems to line up as a 4 plus a few. For all likely Dem primary voters, Biden holds at 33%; Sanders receives 19%; Warren and Harris receive 14% and 13%, respectively. The next tier of candidates are Buttigieg (5%), O’Rourke (3%), Booker (2%), and Yang (2%). After those eight, it is l% or less for all others. Support Among All Potential Primary Voters in Early Democratic Primaries For early primary voters (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada),… Read more Latest Polls on Dem Primary Voters →
I watch MSNBC with great frequency. Okay, it can get a bit repetitious with all the anchors chewing on the same story. But I am sick of their anchors’ near fetish for “BREAKING NEWS!” That news may be just another minor twist in the seemingly endless story of Deadbeat Donald’s, his family’s, and his friends’ perfidity. While their anchors so often use a microscope on their BREAKING NEWS, the real story of the effects of the Trump administration on Americans, especially vulnerable populations, slips along as unseen as a venomous snake in… Read more BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING NEW! MY ASS! →
Support Among All Potential Primary Voters in Democratic Primaries The Democratic candidates seems to line up as a 4 plus a few list. For all likely Dem primary voters, Biden holds at 33%; Sanders receives 19%; Warren and Harris receive 14% and 13%, respectively. The next tier of candidates are Buttigieg (5%), O’Rourke (3%), Booker (2%), and Yang (2%). After those eight, it is l% or less for all others. Support Among All Potential Primary Voters in Early Democratic Primaries For early primary voters (Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and… Read more Latest Polls on Dem Primary Voters →
POST FROM GEORGE All Democratic eyes are focused on the presidential primaries and on which of the twenty-some-odd candidates is their favorite. They focus on one policy promise after the next looking for those they like best. Tax reform that helps the lower and middle classes, closes the wealth gap, and reduces our soaring national debt. Medicare for All that makes health care a right and affordable. Tuition-free college education. Forgiveness of the massive burden of education debt. Investment in infrastructure. Legislation that puts an end to gerrymandering. And… Read more THE WHITE HOUSE ISN’T ENOUGH →
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