An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of. He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed his spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour. This continued off and on for several weeks.
Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: “I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every after noon your dog comes to my house for a nap.”
The next day he arrived for his nap, with a different note pinned to his collar: “He lives in a home with 6 children -- 2 under the age of 3 -- he’s trying to catch up on his sleep. Can I come with him tomorrow?”
I’m not talking about people who are only 24 inches tall ... I’m talking about those people who drive with the left foot on the brake pedal and the right foot on the gas pedal. Two foot drivers. I followed one yesterday from Veteran’s Rd. to Springfield Rd. going east on Allentown. The brake lights were lit up almost the entire way with exception of a few flickers when evidently the bumps in the road caused their foot to bounce off the brake pedal for an instant. These people are terrible because they may as well not have any brake lights at all if you can’t tell if they are speeding up or slowing down. I also bet they spend a lot of money getting new brake pads and their brake rotors turned or replaced. I’d rather follow a person who always leaves their blinker on because you might have a clue they were going to do something when the brake lights came on.
I guess it could be worse ... they could have had their left blinker on the entire time as well.
Yesterday turned out to be a beautiful Fall day. A bit cool and somewhat breezy ... but great for scooter riding.
Ben was a little upset because he left his book bag in the trunk of Tracey’s car and she drove it to work instead of riding her scooter. It worked out though because he had the books he needed ... he just had to take some pencils and paper with him and didn’t have the bag to carry it in.
I took a scooter ride into Tremont to deliver some forms for the medical clinic to fax to Walgreen’s to get my insulin in vials and syringes to stab me with. Caterpillar’s great cost saving ideas again cause me extra grief. I also went to the pharmacy in Pekin to get some more glucose test strips.
I am thoroughly disgusted with the so-called Democrats who have sold the country out in voting in favor of the Medical Mafia. I think a good old fashioned horse whipping might straighten out their priorities.
MjL 30 Sep 2009, 04:12 a.m.
I think, they are underestimating the level of the disappointment those that put them into office will feel if they do not pass a good health care reform bill. If they will not use the power we gave them they do not deserve to be in office. In my opinion they not only have a responsibility to vote in our interests but they also have a responsibility to apply the pressure necessary to make sure their Democratic legislators vote in our interest also. Never has it been more obvious that those voting against health care reform have sold out to the Medical Mafias.
If they do not pass meaningful health care reform with a strong public option, (should be a single payer system), I believe the result will be big Democratic losses in the upcoming elections.
Michael T. 30 Sep 2009, 07:55 a.m.
Unfortunately I’m afraid the Democrat jerks voting against us don’t feel the need for any allegiance to people or party ... they have been in office too long and their fortunes are assured. If Reid were to yank the dissenting Democrats from their committee jobs for going against the party, things would get moving in a hurry. He has that authority and power but won’t use it. You can be sure the GOP rule with an iron fist because their members know better than to go against the party.
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