Back from a vacation ... caught up with a buddy from school whom I'd not seen or talked to since 1984.
Was good.

heh hello

Hmm. not even a post a year. Look for me on twitter maybe.
No, I'm not giving my full name for that. look it up and see if you find me.
What?
Ya think I'm gonna make it easy?

let's try for a post a year.

basically if you read this, you've likely seen a reply by me and are just looking to see what kind of nut I might be. 

well, I am a bit of a grumpy bastard who suffers fools not at all. sad but true.

Yep. an update. . . . not

Yeah, I know. I don't post anything. This is not my primary, and i hardly post to that either. I'm a rather boring sort

6 months or so

I only seem to post here every 6 months or so.
Yes, I know, for someone who in real life talks a bit too much, I sure
don't type them out. . . Or do I?
I do have another blog on the intratubes, but even there, I am not
posting much. Just some talk of Bow Making (as Bowyer, not ribbons and
bows, or the bow of a boat. . . damned english language.) and a few
sparse comments on others' blogs and journals.
I gave up poking Liberals on certain forums, They have no reasoning and
have no idea how to argue a point. They also love to call people they
dissagree with liars, because you can prove your points. I don't take
being called a liar well.
The reason was someone was pooh-poohing the hardships of the take over
of Vietnam and Cambodia. "It wasn't that bad, John Kerry said so, himself!."
How many Vietnamese did this person know?, or had talked to in thier life?
NONE
But the RVN General I met, who got everyone in his family, and most of
his civilian staff, onto helicopters, at the expense of missing the last
flight out himself, causing him to hide in an Underground Railroad style
escape for quite some time, finally escape and get to the USA, find his
scattered family. Not a valid story. The old man I knew, who managed to
get here, save every penny and buy bicycles to be sent over there,
scrape and save by eating as cheaply as possible, FINALLY< get enough to
ransom that son out of the country to freedom...means nothing.
The customer I had who lost his parents while in a re-education camp,
manage to get enough of a bribe to get here, work years scrimping and
saving by wearing only his work uniforms for the Firestone tire store
and beat up old sneakers, finally saving enough to send the money to
bribe his wife's freedom and a plane ticket (The bribe was much much
higher than the ticket. . . and though they hate us, the Commie
officials sure love hard cash US Dollars by the buckets full). Well,
that's a nice story, but I am a liar because, although I gave them THAT
man's business phone number, His story is likely false, because Kerry
said the people he was led to by his keeper/guide when he went back
claimed they were treated just peachy in the Re-ed camps. . . those
torture stories? Well they would never say that. But if they did, even 
with the man who would have them killed for saying so right there, they
surely would tell the great Kerry if mistreatment happened.

After that bit. I was told I was lying about not having insurance and
getting Gastro Enteritis. Hospitals won't treat people without
insurance, everyone KNOWS that. No matter I still owe $4400 3 years
later. and my credit is shot from it draining what little I had left in
my accounts. I even put the $150 emergency room charge on a credit 
card, and the rest was billed. . . want to see the bill? Nope. I'm
lying, they turned some lady away in such and such. . . they saw it
somewhere. Did they know anyone, first hand, who was turned away? NO. Do
they know, an Emergency room turning one away and the person is either
more severely damaged or dies from lack of treatment leaves to door wide
open for John Edwards types to sue the everliving hell out of the
E-Room? Well, yeah. Do you know of any hospital that is willing to risk
that? They didn't. But I'm the liar.

See
I rant again. . . 6 months from now....I'll likely rant again

A bit on Stem Cells

As you may know, Pres. Bush Vetoed, again, a bill on embryonic Stem Cell research.

Now Mr. President has his reasons for this that rankle the hackles of the leftists out there and those who are wishing for miracles but really don't know what is really going on.

His reasons are his, and he is the CIC and POTUS, so he can do this. But his reasons, flawed I may find them (I do not believe in a god of any sort) helped kill a bill I wish to be killed.

Why would I feel this way?
Well, if you really look into the advances in stem cells, and there are plenty, and look at the lines showing great promise and best effects, you will find that none of these lines are Embryonic. ESC lines have so far managed to, when tested, do nothing much but kill the test subject. Oh, sure. They managed to treat Parkinson's in a few rats, but the cells then became tumors that killed the rats(in far less time than the rats would have lived with untreated Parkinson's), and other lines are better working and don't kill the test subjects. The lines showing promise are getting federal funds, i.e. my money, and I am fine with this.
Those lines are also getting lots of private funding. Private funding tends to go to things that will bring a good return for the money. Like investing in a stock or commodity, moneyed folk tend to hedge bets in medical funding. One hates to toss money down a black hole unless you're Soros or his like who see anything that pushes their agenda a good thing. Folk like that would fund a Dodo hunt or a moon shot powered by rubber bands if they could gain some political advantage from it. Or just find a way to blame Bush/Chaney/Rove/Libby if it failed.

So what we got here is an attempt to get us, the American Tax Payers, to pay for something the private sector avoids like the money pit it is.
Let me put it simply.
There are two medical treatments.
One shows good promise, has worked some in testing, is showing signs of expanding it's treatment abilities,
The other has failed every time and kills the test subjects with depressing regularity.
Which one would you want your money spent on?
Me too.

Political Schtuff

I see Venezuela has been co-opted to a dictatorship.
I wonder how Day by Day is gonna handle it?
I wonder how a sweetie I used to work with is gonna think about it. She
was 19 then..and as hot as Jan is.. but was one of those using a birth
as an "in" to get citizenship to the good ol' U.S.A. Came for a visit
when she was due and promptly enrolled her baby in SocSec and got her an
extended visa. Was about to start her testing for citizen just as I left
the company.

testing yet again

more testing of posts...not that anyone is reading this crap

Hmmm...what to try now.......

time for a change?

I think I may post a bit more here
but I want to change my blog's name.
What it will be is unknown right now...

testing email blogging

I've decided to poke around here a bit and see if things work...

Let's see what happens when I push THIS button..........
And immediately my connection craps out...attempting to resend