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Picking On The Disabled

Monday, September 7th, 2009

chirnside

This is a fella I have over the years had contentious debate with in a Amateur Messaging Network. His name is Wayne Chirnside and to see his writings, you would think he sees himself as the most successful person in the world. He lives on Social Security Disability in the Southeastern USA and the above photo is his booking photograph from an arrest for Criminal Trespassing in 2007.

This man claims that because of the contentious debates he and I have and had, that I am somehow picking on the disabled. I am still trying to figure out how disagreeing with this guy constitutes picking on the disabled?

Well there is the constant parading by him of every single ailment that he has, and that his bad back which is what qualifies him for SSDI is the fault of the Police because they made him run from them. It could be the constant bragging about heroic feats from his able bodied past, most unbelievable or which could be construed as contributing factors to his current disability.

Waynes problem is that he reveals way too much detail on his life both past and present and what is worse, in painstaking detail as if he is publishing a biography. Don’t ask him where he was born, it wont be a simple answer as city and state, you will get a presentation on the cities history and what it represents.

When you debate controversial subject matter with strangers that produce an adversarial footing, the one card one should keep close to ones vest is the one that contains that information which your debating opponents can use against you. Ordinarily most people should ignore personal information as a tool to torment a debating opponent with, that is until the person after having revealed such personal information freely starts casting out or passing judgement towards others with no room to talk himself.

If you are going to pass judgement onto others its best to have a leg to stand on.

So I guess not believing the tall tales, calling him out on them and just disagreeing with him, constitutes picking on the disabled? I guess its true, the pen is mightier than the sword?

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Universal Childrens Health Care

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

The State Of Hawaii, not a poor state among the 50 US states, enacted Universal Health Care Coverage for children 70 months ago, but now have since discontinued it.

The idea of the Hawaii program was to enable parents whom could not afford health insurance for their children to have some coverage provided free of charge by the state, with most Doctor visits only involving a $7 co-pay.

The problem was, many parents whom could afford to provide insurance to their children, were discontinuing such coverage in favor of what amounted to be a state funded freebie.

($7 co-pay, what costs does that defray?)

As a result, the state had major budget shortfalls.

Link To Story

Universal Health Care has always come up as a political topic, often being promised by those seeking elected office to the Federal Govt, going back as far if not farther than 1992 with then Presidential hopeful Bill Clinton.

What just happened in Hawaii will happen everywhere and not just with children’s health care if these people get their way.

People will drop coverage in favor of a freebie everytime. Wouldn’t you like to pay less or no premiums each payday or month?

Anything that gets done about health care in the United States should be aimed at reducing the costs, by extension this would make getting insurance more affordable.

My .02

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Experience

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

It is funny to watch all the political posturing following the DNC and RNC conventions.

McCain picks a running mate whom wasn’t even picked by the pundits to be considered, has modest credentials as a executive, is female and one whom has managed to congeal the party base behind the whole ticket.

This will be a election of historic firsts and long time firsts.

  • Will be the first time since 1960 that a SITTING US Senator will assume the Presidency, of course barring some miracle win by a third party candidate, not very likely.
  • If the DEMS win, we will have the very first black President, worthy of note, Barack Hussein Obama’s mother is Caucasian though.
  • If the GOP wins, we will have the very first Female Vice President.

Right now, the Obama campaign and all the pundits in favour of the Democratic Ticket are mocking the experience of the GOP VP nominee, Sarah Palin.

WTF!!

The US Presidency is an executive office, the US President is the head honcho for the Executive Branch Of Government as set forth in the US Constitution. The United States Government is broken up into three adversarial branches:

  1. The Executive: The President, Vice-President, Cabinet and Agencies associated therein.
  2. The Legislative: US Congress, Both Houses.
  3. The Judicial: United States Supreme Court and all lower Federal Courts.

Looking back within my lifetime, the American People have had a tendency or rather the political parties have had a tendency to front nominees that held prior executive experience.

  • 1964 – Lyndon Baines Johnson – (Vice President to Kennedy)
  • 1968 – Richard Nixon – (Vice President To Eisenhower)
  • 1972 – Nixon Re-elected
  • 1976 – Jimmy Carter – Former Georgia Governor
  • 1980 – Ronald Reagan – Former California Governor
  • 1984 – Reagan Re-elected
  • 1988 – George H. W. Bush – (Vice President to Reagan)
  • 1992 – Bill Clinton – Former Arkansas Governor
  • 1996 – Clinton Re-elected
  • 2000 – George W. Bush – Former Texas Governor
  • 2004 – Bush Re-elected

Lets look at what this experience thing is in relationship to the current slate of people on both tickets..

DEM

Barack Hussein Obama

  • Graduates from Harvard, teaches Law at University of Chicago, was a community organiser for Chicago’s southern side.
  • Illinois State Senate -  1996-2004
  • US Senate – 2004 – present

Joseph Biden

  • New Castle County Council – 1970–1972
  • US Senator – 1972 to present

GOP

John McCain

  • Former US Navy Fighter Pilot, survived fire on board the USS Forrestal, later shot down over Hanoi and held as a POW.
  • US House Of Representatives 1982 – 1986.
  • US Senate – 1986 to present

No executive experience here for the entire Democratic ticket and the top half of the GOP ticket!!

Sarah Palin

  • Wasilla Alaska City Council – 1992–1996
  • Mayor Of Wasilla Alaska – 1996 – 2002.
  • Governor Of Alaska – 2006 to present

Yes, I see executive experience here, it isn’t as extensive as that which some prior Presidents had, but it is much more than that which the entire Democratic ticket has and what the top half of her own ticket has.

So what’s the problem here with experience???

I think Barack Hussein Obama and his supporters need to take a hard look at themselves and their ticket before crying about anyone else’s experience.

Perhaps no one really can hold a prior position that properly prepares one for the US Presidency, but if you are going to cry about someone else’s qualifications, at least have a leg to stand on.

AMEN!

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