You get the government you deserve

And when you elect a fucking Nazi like Obama, you get a Gestapo Department of Justice, don't you?

In its latest effort to protect followers of Islam in the U.S. the Obama Justice Department warns against using social media to spread information considered inflammatory against Muslims, threatening that it could constitute a violation of civil rights.

Freedom of Speech?  That's so last century.

Oh, and for the record, Islam is a "religion" of backwards, pedophile, 13th century barbarians that is inconsistent with modern civilization. 

The Possible Future of Health Care in America

No insurance.  Cash on the barrel.  Cheaper, better health care.

Dr. Michael Ciampi took a step this spring that many of his fellow physicians would describe as radical.

The family physician stopped accepting all forms of health insurance. In early 2013, Ciampi sent a letter to his patients informing them that he would no longer accept any kind of health coverage, both private and government-sponsored. Given that he was now asking patients to pay for his services out of pocket, he posted his prices on the practice’s website.

The change took effect April 1.

(.....)

But the decision to do away with insurance allows Ciampi to practice medicine the way he sees fit, he said. Insurance companies no longer dictate how much he charges. He can offer discounts to patients struggling with their medical bills. He can make house calls.

“I’m freed up to do what I think is right for the patients,” Ciampi said. “If I’m providing them a service that they value, they can pay me, and we cut the insurance out as the middleman and cut out a lot of the expense.”

If people actually knew what their health care cost, and how much insurance pays the doctors, and how much of a financial burden insurance and government regulations are to the health care industry, they might just begin to understand what's wrong with the health care system in this country.  I expect a lot more doctors to go this route and Obamacare begins to destroy the current health care system.  As more doctors practice under the bootheel of the government, more and more of them are going to try to find a way out.

More power to 'em. 

"Mating Deception"

"Overspending may act as a false signal of wealth, and although it is a false signal, sometimes this deception is effective. In fact, given how core deception is in human mating, it seems clear that overspending has become a modern form of false signaling, or mating deception."

So says this essay, which I can't find too many things to argue with.  It's all about putting on that facade, to make women find interest in you.  Or men, I guess, although generally it's women who care about how much a guy makes, not the other way around.

Now....  let me ask this question - exactly what kind of a mate are you trying to attract if you're putting out the false flag of financial force?

Back when I lived in Seattle, I listed to the Tom Lykis show quite a bit.  And his stated goal was to get men laid.  Not exactly something to aspire to if you have morals, but still....  millions of listeners, and his advice got 'em laid, so Lykis obviously had something going.  And just about every bit of advice he gave with his "Lykis 101" hour revolved about using women's base instincts against them to get into their pants.  One of the tips he used to give was to withdraw as much money at one time as you can from an ATM, and then put the money right back into your banking account.  BUT....  you kept the receipt from your withdrawal in your wallet, and at just the right moment, you "accidentally" drop it where the young lady you wish to get intimate with will see it.

Worked like a charm, from what I could see.  I was dating the Ragin' Mrs. at that point, so I didn't go out clubbing or trying to get laid, but Lykis had a huge following in Seattle, and his pointers worked.  They worked because there are enough women out there who allow those base instincts to control them, and that allows men to control the women.

If you're attracting women by putting out a show of wealth, guess what kind of women you're going to attract?  Hmmmmmm.......

As for me, the Ragin' Mrs. married me when I was dirt poor, so I don't have to worry about her trying to get my cash.  Hell, my goal has been to improve our situation every year, so that by the time I retire we'll be richer than we ever were.

Dear Gerry N.

I was going through the comments today, and checked the spam filter for the first time in months - found a bunch of your comments in there.  I don't know why they were labeled as spam, but I checked them as "Not Spam" and set them free.

Sorry 'bout that.  Again, don't know why it happened, but it seemed to be only your comments in there.

Memorial

Click for full size.  I took this while in Washington D.C. a little over a year ago, having the honor of being the Color Guard at a reunion of WWII vets.

Everyone has seen the photos.  But I don't think there is a single photo out there that can convey what that monument conveys in person; panel upon panel of black stone, covered with names, seemingly stretching on forever.

Have your BBQ, I know I will.  Have your beer, because I know I will.  And pour a little out for the people who gave that to you.

I know I will.

UPDATE:  It looks like Blogger shrunk the photo, so there is no full size for the clicky-clicky.  If you do want the full sized photo, just email me and I'll send it to you.

Songs that make me drive too fast

It's like someone pushed my foot on the accelerator when this song comes on the radio.



Maybe it's just me.

Ragin' Dave's Quote of the Day, paraphrased edition

Be the kind of person who, when your feet hit the floor in the morning, the Devil says "Crap!  He's awake!"

It was on a sticker I saw.  Don't know if I got the wording right, and don't remember where I saw it.  It just popped back into my head five minutes ago.  My brain is funny like that.

Memorial Day Weekend

I figure there will be a few more of these along the way.

Hey, remember when.....

I said that progressives were pushing for younger and younger kids to have sex?

Yeah.

Look, I know that kiddy-diddling doesn't have a political flavor, supposedly.  But there's only one side who seems to not only try to make it acceptable to diddle kids, but who is trying to make it easier and legal to diddle kids.

NAMBLA doesn't vote Republican, OK?

So Stupid only a University Student would say it

Saw this on the old intertubes:

I'm sure that some dipshit thinks that he just came up with something witty.  But my immediate response was simple: 

We asked for all those things to come here, and they call came here LEGALLY.  Then they assimilated themselves into American society.  Unlike the border-hopping criminals currently demanding citizenship simply because they could walk across the Rio Grande.

This is the kind of brainless idiocy currently running our country.  Blah.

0530 start time yesterday

And I tumbled back into bed sometime around 2330.  Slept somewhat, and now I get to take care of all the things I still need to do around the house.

Ain't being an adult fun? 

Things I've yelled at the radio in recent days

Especially when Lois Learner pleads the Fifth Amendment, and then claims "I've done nothing wrong"....


If you've done nothing wrong, then WHY THE FUCK DID YOU JUST PLEAD THE FIFTH AMENDMENT, YOU STUPID BINT?

You know what the worst part is?  The low-information voters, those dipshit fuckheads who keep electing that fucking nazi Obama, actually believe her.

Compare and Contrast

Dictators hate to stand out in the rain. 


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Grrr Snarl Growl

Work sucks.  There's not much more to say on that front.  I'm still busy, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

By the way, I love how the AP and other various assorted media outlets are all outraged over Obama's abuse of power when it's against them.  But let's face it - the MSM, aka the Obama Propaganda Machine, is the picture perfect definition of "Useful Idiots".  If they had half the brains they thought they had, they would have read a few history books and discovered that the Useful Idiots were some of the first people put up against a wall and shot by Uncle Joe once their usefulness was outlived.

In short, the commie fascists like Obama use the Useful Idiots, and then do away with them.  Welcome to the party, you fucking morons.  Your turn to get bent over and ass-fucked with a sandpaper condom.  Now you know how it feels to be a patriotic American who actually gives a shit about the Constitution.  I say "feels like" because I'm pretty sure that after this, you're going to go right back on your knees, slurping at your Communist Christ's soiled crotch, just like you have since 2007.

Pray for the people in Oklahoma

Especially those who don't know if their loved ones are alive or dead.

The future of Amerika

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Daddy got his new pair of shoes

New Balance 810v2.  They're my transition into minimalist running shoes, but they have good cushion, and when I ran my test lap around the store they kept my feet in the proper position.

Light, too.  REAL light.  And they're trail running shoes, since I run about half on pavement and half on dirt.

We'll see how they do.

Clean-up day

Got some plants to remove, other plants to put in the ground, things to pick up, mead to bottle, more mead to start, and various other activities that need to be completed.

Sorry.  No free ice cream today.

Ragin' Dave's Quote of the Day, publik skool edishon

From Clair:

Behavioral health problems means “lack of obedience” or “trouble with the factory skool model” which requires long hours of sitting and a read and regurgitate methodology of ‘teaching’. 

 I honestly believe at this point that putting your kids into the publik skool sistim is tantamount to child abuse.  The best case scenario is that your child will come out functioning at lower levels than kids who go to private or charter schools, but won't be a raving psychotic sociopath.  The worst case?  Well, just go look at the inner cities of places like Compton, Oakland, Detroit, Washington D.C., Baltimore, etc etc etc......

Ragin' Dave's Quote of the Day

From Headmissy SondraK

# of Marines deployed to protect Obama and TURKISH Prime Minister from water: 2

# of marines deployed to protect US Ambassador from brutal rape and 3 other Americans from murder: 0

I now know that pResident Pissy-Pants hates to get his hair wet.  I already knew that the Marines holding the umbrella over that fucking oxygen thief's head have more integrity and honor in their left nostril than pResident Pissy Pants has in his entire body.