Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

• Surprise Surprise: A litter of babies revisited

  Thursday, February 12th, 2009

  The recent birth of eight babies to an unemployed, unmarried mother receiving public assistance, brought out anger in me to a level I try to avoid. How can it be justified that a mother with six other children, from seven to two years old, needed anymore kids? Why should we, the taxpayers, be saddled with [...]

• Why Work?

  Thursday, February 12th, 2009

  If you have read some of my earlier posts, you know that I have worked long and hard for many years as an RN. Most of the time I would pull overtime and worked parttime selling Amway, Herbalife, and stockings to fellow nurses. I even collected aluminum cans and had a small paper route. What [...]

• Profit over Safety

  Thursday, February 5th, 2009

  How many times in a country where the knowledge of food safety is readily available to companies, does the recall of tainted foods have to go on? These unsafe foods cause sickness, and yes death. This is unacceptable! Right now we are in the throes of having one of societies best loved foods, Peanut Butter, [...]

• The Second Time Around

  Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

  We have all heard this refrain but when it comes to talking about raising your grandchildren, its not so great. Many baby boomers are finding themselves in the position of having to take up the slack and raise their grandkids, left by their children, for a laundry list of reasons. Some of the reasons include, [...]

• What Can Happen In America

  Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

  On January 20, 2009, the cold and the wind failed to damper the spirits of BILLIONS of people all over the world, as our forty-fourth President was sworn into office. The city of Washington D.C., and the world, had a feeling of hope and promises to be met, as this man of vision came into [...]