"Rooted" may be a better choice of words. What you see above is the top of an actual fence post that used to sit on my property.

The photograph above represents what I eventually came to see whenever I paid it a visit. So I brought it to life with my camera and some computer software simply as an exercise in creativity.

I can only attest for the 23 years I have lived here but local historians believe it's a good bet this post was probably placed in the ground over a hundred years ago. The general consensus is that it was set where it shouldn't of been; just outside my property line.

So last spring when the city of Alpine was reassessing it's property the location of my errant post was duly noted.

When I took down the fence [by demand] this post was so stubborn I had to pull it out with a tow chain hitched to the chassis of my truck. Apparently it was placed in the ground when it was still alive and as a result of an apparent "last gasp" effort, it sprouted roots. Seriously, a fence post with actual roots.

My wife has labeled me as a know-it-all (and as she is one herself she must certainly be correct). Know it or not it's her rhetoric reference to the the fact that my opinions are rooted in 62 years of experience. The fence post story illustrates the fact that right or wrong, in the end, even the most established and rooted of "whatever" can be dislodged with proper persuasion. So please feel free to attempt to dislodge any of my opinions that follow if deemed necessary.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

U.S. Government-Management Track Record

It seems we are hung up in arguing about the details of government health care which always leads to partisan accusations and fighting. That keeps us citizens divided. Without needing to read a health care bill or arguing about the cost and details, the following are legitimate reasons we shouldn’t want the government involved in managing health care:

  • Social Security - Broke
  • Medicare - Broke
  • Vietnam War - Failed
  • Discover Weapons of Mass Destruction - Failed
  • Postal System - Broke
  • Katrina Relief - Failure
  • Border Security - Failure
  • Energy Independence - Failure
  • Financial oversight - Failed
  • Fannie Mae - Failed
  • Freddie Mac - Failed
  • Congress - Corrupt
  • Judicial Branch - Politicized
  • White House - Corrupt
  • Budget Management - Failure
  • Immigration Policy - Failure
  • Medicare Fraud - Out of Control
  • Modernize Air Traffic Control - Failed
  • Deficit Control - Failed
  • U.S. Dollar - Falling
  • Alternative Energy - Failed
  • Nuclear Containment - Failed
  • Mustang Ranch in Nevada - Failed ...these folks can't even manage a Whorehouse and sell booze and sex and make money!
~ Health Care? ~ Please just give us all a BREAK, Hello!!!?

Credit to my friend DSG
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