The Government?

I Just Realized Something:
My dog sleeps about 20 hours a day.
He has his food prepared for him.
His meals are provided at no cost to him.
He visits the doctor once a year for his checkup and again during the year, if any medical needs arise.
For this he pays nothing and nothing is required of him.
He lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than he needs, but he is not required to do any upkeep.
If he makes a mess, someone else cleans it up.
He has his choice of luxurious places to sleep.
He receives these accommodations absolutely free.
He is living like a king and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever.
All of his costs are picked up by others who earn a living.
I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a ton of bricks ~
          

MY dog is a CONGRESSMAN!
MTW-I just thought that after all of these governmental nightmares- you know, the phony scandals, along with the AWESOME roll-out of government take over of your health care by causing many millions of folks to lose their health insurance and pay more for the forced health insurance (which is not the same as health care) by Obama and Sebelius because they know what is better for you than you do, we may need some levity. That was a mouthful. Also, if the shoe fits.... But what does this make Obama? Lost? Did anyone believe his non-apology? He apologized to other countries for the US a lot better and more often than he takes responsibility for his own actions with a genuine apology to his own Country for INTENTIONALLY lying. If he did not know, he is lost. The rest of the White House knew in July 2010, when Kathleen Sebelius wrote the "grandfather" statutes she KNEW as a former insurance worker would cause this. He heard about fast and furious, IRS and the Obamacare website problems on the news? Who tells this man what IS GOING ON? Anybody? Or are you playing dumb now Mr. President? "If you like your health insurance, you can keep it. Period."- Barack Obama around 30 times since 2009. The "if" came last week. Now he said IF your policy doesn't change after Obamacare passed. This is much worse than a website malfunction. Premiums and co-pays change every year. We finally see some of Obama's "Change". The cartoon below is from overseas. Do any of you wonder what they think of us now?

Maybe he has a secret that keeps him from worrying about the truth. I bet Obamacare covers it.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Blackout USA! Survive it.

To Earn Respect, You Have To GIVE Respect

President Bush knows how to treat our soldiers, with respect and gratitude. He was not the perfect president, but none can be perfect.
Surely, I didn't agree with everything he did, but he was a class act when it came to our military & their families.
God bless him, and God bless America.
              (THE LESSON NOW BEGINS)
1. Look them in the eye and give them a firm handshake.

       

No one appreciates a firm handshake more than a soldier.

       
2. If they prefer not to shake hands…

       

…then a chest bump will do.

        

Just make sure you do duck face afterward so they can laugh at you.

       

3. Admire their medals. They were hard-earned.

        
4. Always treat their families with great  respect.         

        
They have been through more than you could imagine.

       
5. Laugh with them!

         
Laughter is a medicine that works 102% of the time.

       

6. Sometimes it’s important that you treat soldier

            
the way you would treat anyone else.
7. If you know a soldier, call them on the 4th of July

       

It will make their day!

       
8. Or you can Skype them.

       
9. Each soldier has an amazing story.

       

10. Listen.

           
Listening is often the best gift you can give someone.

       

11. Give them a hug
Soldiers love getting hugged because most of them are big softies deep down.

           
12. Do a sport with them.       

       
Soldiers love being active.

       

President Bush golfs with wounded veterans at the Warrior Open tournament.
13. Make sure you are respectful. 

       

14. Cook them a big dinner if you can. Lots of meat.

        
15. But if you only have a minute, look them square in the eye…

        
And say, “Thank you.”

        

We promise you they will appreciate it.

       

God Bless America!

       

Very heartwarming…
Somehow, I can't imagine our current president doing anything like this!  

        
 MTW-Courtesy of Gaston College. He is doing a great job at destroying our economy, Country and our Faith that God is still on our side. Now any critics of Obama are called "racists" as far as Oprah (billions made from the folks she calls racist), Harry Belafonte, Chris Noth and MANY more liberals are concerned. We are not even allowed to wear goofy Obama Halloween masks for that is "racist" as well. Forget the fact that every president since Nixon has been made into a mask and mocked- specially GW Bush, as all of our problems are his fault. Obama is half white and half black. We have always had the RIGHT to disagree with our President. Just one more Right he is taking from us. He knows what is best for you, Obama the "All knowing Guru". Sorry, but I believe that you have him confused with GOD. The man has absolutely NO respect for us, the US Citizens or OUR MILITARY; he changes parts of the ACA law when it suits him. That is completely UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Get the Democrats OUT of the Senate, take the power from Harry Reid, so that we may finally impeach this emperor. Sen. Reid does Obama's dirty work in the Senate. Wake up Nevada!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

The Tao of Badass 

The Tiny Cabin

A social worker from a big city in Massachusetts recently transferred to the mountains of West Virginia and was on the first tour of her new territory when she came upon the tiniest cabin she had ever seen in her life. Intrigued, she went up and knocked on the door.
"Anybody home?" she asked.
"Yep." came a kid's voice through the door.
"Is your father there?" asked the social worker.
"Pa? ---Nope, he left afore Ma came in," said the kid.
"Well, is your mother there?" persisted the social worker.
"Ma? --Nope, she left just afore I got here." said the kid.
"But," protested the social worker thinking that surely she will need to intervene in this situation "are you never together as a family?"
"Sure, but not here," said the kid through the door. "This is the outhouse!"
Government workers are so very smart.  Aren't you overjoyed that they'll soon be handling all our financial, educational, and medical dilemmas?
MTW-Funny: yet sad but true. Just look at HHS and the IRS. Nothing is phony about this administration's inept and corrupt leadership, as mistakes earn promotions, while the truthful operator is fired. Obama lies as easily as he breaths. Wake up and pay attention to all of his admirers. Can we not just save America and leave any differences in ideology out of it? Pakistan does not need $1.6 billion from us, and Egypt has several F-16s that are ours. Look out for one another hear, rather than divide the Nation. No more "Political Correctness" or bending over backwards trying not to offend anyone. WHY OH WHY DID YOU SELL OUT ISRAEL MR. PRESIDENT? (Attack on SAMs in Syria on 10-31-13) Not a smart move. Remember Mr. Netanyahu, OUR Government is not really representing US at the moment. I am personally sorry. Some of us still believe that this is STILL a Judeo-Christian Country.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Paul Harvey's 'If I Were The Devil' Transcript

"If I were the devil … If I were the Prince of Darkness, I’d want to engulf the whole world in darkness. And I’d have a third of its real estate, and four-fifths of its population, but I wouldn’t be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree — Thee. So I’d set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches first — I’d begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: ‘Do as you please.’
To the young, I would whisper that ‘The Bible is a myth.’ I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what’s bad is good, and what’s good is ‘square.’ And the old, I would teach to pray, after me, ‘Our Father, which art in Washington…’
And then I’d get organized. I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting, so that anything else would appear dull and uninteresting. I’d threaten TV with dirtier movies and vice versa. I’d pedal narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.
If I were the devil I’d soon have families that war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves; until each in its turn was consumed. And with promises of higher ratings I’d have mesmerizing media fanning the flames. If I were the devil I would encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions — just let those run wild, until before you knew it, you’d have to have drug sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door.
Within a decade I’d have prisons overflowing, I’d have judges promoting pornography — soon I could evict God from the courthouse, then from the schoolhouse, and then from the houses of Congress. And in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and deify science. I would lure priests and pastors into misusing boys and girls, and church money. If I were the devil I’d make the symbols of Easter an egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.
If I were the devil I’d take from those who have, and give to those who wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And what do you bet? I couldn’t get whole states to promote gambling as thee way to get rich? I would caution against extremes and hard work, in Patriotism, in moral conduct. I would convince the young that marriage is old-fashioned, that swinging is more fun, that what you see on TV is the way to be. And thus I could undress you in public, and I could lure you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure. In other words, if I were the devil I’d just keep right on doing on what he’s doing. Paul Harvey, good day.”
MTW-Paul Harvey first wrote this as an article in 1964. I do not believe I need to say how applicable  it is to the Nation today. Almost prophetic.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Survive the End!
Free Credit Card Knife 
The Tao of Badass 

Social Security Raise To Be Among Lowest In Years

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER- Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients can expect an historically small increase in benefits come January 2014. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January.
Preliminary figures suggest a benefit increase of roughly 1.5 percent, which would be among the smallest since automatic increases were adopted in 1975, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
Next year's raise will be small because consumer prices, as measured by the government, haven't gone up much in the past year.
The exact size of the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, won't be known until the Labor Department releases the inflation report for September. That was supposed to happen Wednesday, but the report was delayed indefinitely because of the partial government shutdown.
The COLA is usually announced in October to give Social Security and other benefit programs time to adjust January payments. The Social Security Administration has given no indication that raises would be delayed because of the shutdown, but advocates for seniors said the uncertainty was unwelcome.
Social Security benefits have continued during the shutdown.
More than one-fifth of the country is waiting for the news.
Nearly 58 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,162. A 1.5 percent raise would increase the typical monthly payment by about $17.
The COLA also affects benefits for more than 3 million disabled veterans, about 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors, and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental Security Income, the disability program for the poor.
Automatic COLAs were adopted so that benefits for people on fixed incomes would keep up with rising prices. Many seniors, however, complain that the COLA sometimes falls short, leaving them little wiggle room.
David Waugh of Bethesda, Md., said he can handle one small COLA but several in a row make it hard to plan for unexpected expenses.
"I'm not one of those folks that's going to fall into poverty, but it is going to make a difference in my standard of living as time goes by," said Waugh, 83, who retired from the United Nations. "I live in a small apartment and I have an old car, and it's going to break down. And no doubt when it does, I'll have to fix it or get a new one."
Since 1975, annual Social Security raises have averaged 4.1 percent. Only six times have they been less than 2 percent, including this year, when the increase was 1.7 percent. There was no COLA in 2010 or 2011 because inflation was too low.
By law, the cost-of-living adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, a broad measure of consumer prices generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It measures price changes for food, housing, clothing, transportation, energy, medical care, recreation and education.
The COLA is calculated by comparing consumer prices in July, August and September each year to prices in the same three months from the previous year. If prices go up over the course of the year, benefits go up, starting with payments delivered in January.

Graphic shows annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;
This year, average prices for July and August were 1.4 percent higher than they were a year ago, according to the CPI-W.
Once the September report, the final piece of the puzzle, is released, the COLA can be announced officially. If prices continued to slowly inch up in September that would put the COLA at roughly 1.5 percent.
Several economists said there were no dramatic price swings in September to significantly increase or decrease the projected COLA.
That means the projection shouldn't change by more than a few tenths of a percentage point, if at all.
Polina Vlasenko, a research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, projects the COLA will be between 1.4 percent and 1.6 percent.
Her projection is similar to those done by others, including AARP, which estimates the COLA will be between 1.5 percent and 1.7 percent. The Senior Citizens League estimates it will be about 1.5 percent.
Lower prices for gasoline are helping to fuel low inflation, Vlasenko said.
"In years with high COLA's, a lot of that had to do with fuel prices and in some cases food prices. Neither of those increased much this year," Vlasenko said. "So that kept the lid on the overall increase in prices."
Gasoline prices are down 2.4 percent from a year ago while food prices are up slightly, according to the August inflation report.
Housing costs went up 2.3 percent and utilities increased by 3.2 percent.
Advocates for seniors say the government's measure of inflation doesn't accurately reflect price increases older Americans face because they tend to spend more of their income on health care. Medical costs went up less than in previous years but still outpaced other consumer prices, rising 2.5 percent.
"This (COLA) is not enough to keep up with inflation, as it affects seniors," said Max Richtman, who heads the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. "There are some things that become cheaper but they are not things that seniors buy. Laptop computers have gone down dramatically but how many people at 70 are buying laptop computers?"
The cost of personal computers dropped by 10.6 percent over the past year, according the CPI-W.
That's a small consolation to Alberta Gaskins of the District of Columbia, who said she is concerned about keeping up with her household bills.
"It is very important to get the COLA because everything else you have in your life is on an upward swing, and if you're on a downward swing that means your quality of life is going down," said Gaskins, who retired from the Postal Service in 1989.
MTW-How about some truth. Obama did give a single Cost Of Living Adjustment in his first term- mine was $20 per month. It was in 2012 that he did, and it was 50% of 1 of the 3 COLAs Bush gave us the first four years I was on disability. Usually $40 per month. His (W) last one was in 2009. Obama not only figured out a new formula to calculate these Adjustments to give us less, he slapped the word "Federal Benefit Check" on OUR MONEY. F YOU OBAMA. He is our Nation's destroyer, and has all of his loyal Dimocrats drinking his Jim Jones Kool-Aid defending him. Heaven forbid you disagree with almighty Obama, his feelings are hurt, thus, it makes you a racist, not a person with a brain in your head. He has also threatened to stop our payment TWICE to get his way. We have a total asshole for a president who continues to make us look like fools to the World for electing him. For the record, I NEVER voted for him. He cannot be gone fast enough. I for one am pissed off. How is the COLA lower under Obama with the economy the way it is now as opposed to under Bush. He has added over 6 trillion dollars to the deficit, nobody has a fulltime job because of Obamacare, and everything costs more. How is it that we are receiving a smaller COLA? BO figured out a better and more economical equation to save the federal government money. Not quite qualified for the job Mr. Obama, are you. That is a statement, not a question. Behold, the Destroyer of the United States:

GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Fort Hood and President GW With Laura Bush

A doctor had his TV on in his office when the news of the military base shootings at Ft. Hood, TX came on. The husband of one of his employees was stationed there.  He called her into his office and as he told her what had happened, she got a text message from her husband saying, "I am okay." Her cell phone rang right after she read the message. It was an ER nurse, the one who just sent you a text, not your husband.
I thought it would be comforting but I was mistaken in doing so. I am sorry to tell you this, but your husband has been shot 4 times and he is in surgery."
The soldier's wife left Southern Clinic in Dothan, AL and drove all night to Ft. Hood. When she arrived, she found out her husband was out of surgery and would be OK. She rushed to his room and found that he already had two visitors there to comfort him.
He was just waking up and found his wife and the visitors by his side. The nurse took this picture:

What? No news crews and cameras?
This is how people with class respond and pay respect to those in uniform. 
I sent my cousin in Fayetteville, N.C. (Retired from Special forces) that picture of Geo. W. visiting the wounded at Ft. Hood.
I got this reply:
What is even better is the fact George W. Bush heard about Fort Hood, got in his car without any escort, apparently they did not have time to react, and drove to Fort Hood. He was stopped at the gate and the guard could not believe who he had just stopped.
Bush only asks for directions to the hospital then drove on. The gate guard called that "The President is on Fort Hood and driving to the hospital." 
The base went bananas looking for Obama. When they found it was Bush, they immediately offered escort. Bush simply told them it was o.k. and to let him visit the wounded and the dependents of the dead. 
He stayed at Fort Hood for over six hours, and was finally asked to leave by a message from the White House. 
Obama flew in days later and held a "photo opportunity" session in a gym, and did not even go to the hospital. 
All this I picked up from two soldiers here who happened to be at Fort Hood when it happened.
This Bush/Obama/Ft. Hood story is something that should be sent to every voter in the US .
Those who wanted "change". You certainly got it.
Someone, PLEASE, show me anything that will tell us that Obama has ANY respect for the country he leads!
I'm looking for just a little sign of respect. 
MTW-This was sent to me via e-mail. It says a lot about how to be PRESIDENTIAL- Bush did anyways. Obama could not be out- scooped by Bush, his go-to scapegoat. He then proceeded to call it "work place violence" rather than what it is: TERRORISM. This screwed over the families of ALL of the victims out of any compensation. Class act, Obama. 
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy

Just What Is In That Chicken Nugget?

Reuters- By Kathryn Doyle

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stand-up comedians have long joked that some things, like the actual components of chicken nuggets, are better left mysterious.
Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken."
The nuggets came from two national fast food chains in Jackson. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope.
The first nugget was about half muscle, with the rest a mix of fat, blood vessels and nerves. Close inspection revealed cells that line the skin and internal organs of the bird, the authors write in the American Journal of Medicine.
The second nugget was only 40 percent muscle, and the remainder was fat, cartilage and pieces of bone.
"We all know white chicken meat to be one of the best sources of lean protein available and encourage our patients to eat it," lead author Dr. Richard D. deShazo of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, said.
"What has happened is that some companies have chosen to use an artificial mixture of chicken parts rather than low-fat chicken white meat, batter it up and fry it and still call it chicken," deShazo told Reuters Health.
"It is really a chicken by-product high in calories, salt, sugar and fat that is a very unhealthy choice. Even worse, it tastes great and kids love it and it is marketed to them."
The nuggets he examined would be okay to eat occasionally, but he worries that since they are cheap, convenient and taste good, kids eat them often. His own grandchildren "beg" for chicken nuggets all the time, and he compromises by making them at home by pan-frying chicken breasts with a small amount of oil, deShazo said.
"Chicken nuggets are an excellent source of protein, especially for kids who might be picky eaters," said Ashley Peterson, vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the National Chicken Council (NCC), a non-profit trade group representing the U.S. chicken industry.
According to the NCC, its member producers and processors account for about 95 percent of the chicken produced in the U.S. "This study evaluates only two chicken nugget samples out of the billions of chicken nuggets that are made every year," Peterson said. A sample size of two nuggets is simply too small to generalize to an entire category of food, she told Reuters Health.
Two nuggets is a small sample size, deShazo acknowledged, and some chains have begun to use primarily white meat in their nuggets - just not the particular restaurants he visited.
"Chicken nuggets tend to have an elevated fat content because they are breaded and fried. But it's no secret what is in a chicken nugget - most quick service restaurants have nutritional information posted in the store or on their website," Peterson said.
"And every package of chicken nuggets in the grocery store by law contains an ingredient list and a complete nutritional profile, including fat content," she said.
The brief chicken nugget exploration was not meant to be an exposé of the chicken industry or fast food generally, but to remind consumers that "not everything that tastes good is good for you," deShazo said.
He and his colleagues chose not to reveal which chain restaurants they visited.
Consumers aren't necessarily being misled, since much of the nutritional information they need is readily available, he said.
"We just don't take the time to understand basic nutritional facts."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/16Inpg8 American Journal of Medicine, online September 13, 2013.
MTW-I always wondered, and thought so. Now I know. Nasty. I never much cared about food quality as an extremely drunk young man, hanging out with my friends; yet even so I bit into a few Mcnuggets, and I could swear that I was chewing on tendons or cartilage- I did not know, but I do now. That was in 1988. I stopped eating there then, a we began to eat Taco Bell or Denny's as our "drinking excessively" food. Turns out Taco Bell's beef was filled with the same Pink Slime that McDonald's burger "beef". What happened to this Country IMPROVING as former generations made happen? In general over the years I mean. It does not make sense, and now we are the most obese Nation in the World. A lot of boredom in today's youth leads to anything from overeating to shooting and killing a nice young man from Australia. The government, with all of their aid and welfare, Obamacare adding to the lack of jobs causing many to never enter the workplace and learn a good work ethic, move up in the World financially and have a decent life tells me that we are in serious trouble when OUR Representatives in DC do not care for the very ones of us who need their attention. Instead there is one side trying to negotiate- for US, and a President and Senator Reid behaving as if they are the all knowing Gurus. God forbid you openly attack an Obama policy, that makes you a "racist", or a "Tea Party terrorist", rather than what we are- informed American Citizens. Our Rights are being used by the Obama crew to hurt us and cause Conservatives' constituency to force the Republicans to give in. He will fight his fellow Americans, without negotiation, yet he goes out of his way to meet Iran's president- who will most likely lie in their faces to get sanctions lowered, all the while working in Iran to buy time to get that ICBM not to reach Israel, US. He will negotiate with Putin and Assad. But not Congress. This is all a great distraction from the Obamacare sign-up fiasco. Most of the things- like the debt ceiling- are the very things on which he opposed GW Bush, and openly mocked him about. The same goes for many other things, none more terrible than the deficit. Bush added $4.9 trillion in the 8 years he led the Country. Obama called that Unpatriotic and Un-American, as he proceeded to add over $6 trillion in less than 5 years, blaming Bush for problems to this day. What does that make him? He campaigned on cutting the deficit in half in his first term or he, and I quote, "will not run for re-election". It makes him a liar and a hypocrite. He should be quite the golfer by now. If only he did not run the second time. The Government would not be shut down, the deficit might be lower than $17 trillion and Obamacare would not be the nightmare it looks to be. I think we need to put the blame squarely where it belongs: OBAMA. For EVERYTHING. That is what he did to Bush. Pray folks.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
Posted by Michael T. Wayne- A Little Crazy