Posted on 31/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
In the last two days, I have heard how the government handling of federal highway funds is being squandered on things such as bicycle paths. I agree that we need safe bridges and good roads, but I disagree that we don’t need bike paths. A bike rider has every right to share the road with [...]
Filed under: Conservative, Government, Society, Sports, economy, family, liberals | Tagged: Bicycle Commuter, Bicycle Path, Bicycle Tourist, Bicycling, excercise, Federal Highway Fund, health, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Law, League of American Bicyclists, League of American Wheelmen, Linear Park, Obesity, Old Plank Road Trail, Safe Roads and Bridges | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 30/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
Last week, a friend of mine went to see a doctor at Saint James Hospital. Without getting into the specifics of why he was there, I will tell his story. The man is very tall, perhaps six foot four or taller. He is a big guy. He weighs in at two-ninety or more. When I look [...]
Filed under: Conservative, Cooking, Society, family, liberals | Tagged: Discrimination, Doctors, Medicine, Obesity | 1 Comment »
Posted on 28/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
It’s obvious now why Obama went to Russia to negotiate a new nuclear bomb agreement. He is planning to use the surplus bombs on this country. Oh, excuse me please, I am being sarcastic again. That is my style, sarcastic satire. The so called change we are getting is not good for the country. POTUS believes [...]
Filed under: Cartoons, Conservative, Government, Society, economy, liberals, politics | Tagged: Abortion, Atomic Bomb, Backward, Bomb Shelter, Castro, Chavez, Euthanasia, health care, Mantra, Master Race, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Winter, Obama, socialism, Stupid Americans, term limits, Tired Old Ideas, Toxic Waste | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 28/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
In an interview with Wolf Blitzer of CNN, Bill Maher called the people of the USA stupid. Does anyone really care what Bill Maher says? Although Bill Maher’s comments usually make me puke, this time I agree with him. After all, we did elect Obama.
Filed under: Conservative, Election, liberals, politics | Tagged: America, Bill Maher, CNN, Obama, Stupid, WOlf Blitzer | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 27/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
In my world of engineering, I studied project management. Last week, I thought about one of the basic tenets of the training. A light went on above my head. A picture emerged on the subject of health care. There is a rush by the democratic snake oil salesman to sell the American public on the need for [...]
Filed under: Conservative, Election, Government, Manufacturing, Society, economy, family, liberals, politics | Tagged: Crazies, health care, illegal aliens, Mandated Advisor, Obama, Project Management, Reform, Second Amendment, Snake Oil Democrat | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 27/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
The yellow thirty-two duece hot rod in American Graffiti is the icon of hot rodders across the states. It is mine too. I love hotrods, especially street rods. The car that drives me wild is a thirty-four Ford three window coupe that has been channeled, chopped and modernized with a hot fuel injected engine, power disk [...]
Filed under: Characters I knew, Manufacturing, Movie Review, Society, Warm and Fuzzy, family | Tagged: American Graffitti, Chevy, Coupe, Cruise Night, Duece, Ford, Frankfort, Good Guys, Hot Rod, Mercury, NHRA, Roadster, Street Rod | 3 Comments »
Posted on 23/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
He’s baaack. A few weeks ago, I noticed a huge garter snake on the front lawn. He is easily seven hundred and sixty centimeters long, and three centimeters in diameter. I was curious, and moved closer to take a look. He slithered off into the Barberry shrubs and disappeared. Oh well, I forgot about him. The [...]
Filed under: Garden, Gardening, Pond, Ponds, family | Tagged: Childhood Fears, Garter Snake, Master Gardener, Poppies, Slinky | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 18/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
Alot of speculation is taking place on the news about the new health care bill. First of all, why the rush? Everyone seems to want universal health care, so a good proposal should pass easily. I happen to believe the rush to get it done has nothing to do with health care. It has to [...]
Filed under: Cartoons, Conservative, Election, Government, Society, economy, liberals, politics | Tagged: Health Care Insurance, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Old Guys, POTUS, Wheel of Fortune | 1 Comment »
Posted on 18/07/2009 by Grumpa Joe
It is not that I don’t trust big government with my health care dollar, it is that I don’t trust big government with any of my dollars. I see a record of tired old ideas that have failed to produce the utopian society that they were invented for. Take education, as an example. We spend [...]
Filed under: Cartoons, Conservative, Election, Government, economy, family, liberals, politics | Tagged: Abortion, Acorn, Congressional Healthcare, Drug Enforcement, education, Energy Policy, health care, Medicaid, Obama Care, Tax Dollars, UAW | 1 Comment »
