Any number of drugs currently in the marketplace are being promoted with (paraphrased) “Please seek the advice of your physician before taking–insert drug name–”. Unfortunately, there are millions of uninsured Americans that don’t have the luxury of ever seeing a physician thanks to the recalcitrant party of “no”–AKA Republicans and the party of “indecisive”–AKA Democrats. Put away the defibrillator. Healthcare reform is no longer on life support. It’s time to call the coroner.

Election 2010 is on the horizon. This could be an excellent opportunity to replace both D’s and R’s en toto and see if the Republic can still be salvaged with a new batch of negotiators willing to meet somewhere mid-stream.

“God is on everyone’s side … and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.”

Jean Anouilh (1910-87)

French playwright.

Healthcare reform? No. High unemployment? No. Skyrocketing deficit? No. Inflation? No. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? No. Wall Street and/or banking bonuses? No. But finally a YES…The Obama Administration and Utah Senator Orrin Hatch (R) are pushing the Justice Department to review the legality of the controversial college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) selection process. If that’s “change one can believe in” then it should come as no surprise that growing numbers of the populace are fed up with both parties of leadership (<<<using the term loosely) in Washington.

It should come as no surprise that a recent ruling by a Kansas Judge will allow confessed killer Scott Roeder to spout and support his misaligned reasoning behind the wonton murder of Wichita abortion doctor, George Tiller as part of his (Roeder’s) defense. After all, it was but a few short years ago (2005) that this same state mandated Intelligent Design be taught in public schools alongside Evolution. The apple certainly hasn’t fallen far from the tree in Kansas.

What a wonderful surprise when venturing into Boulder County at 5:30AM on Thursday morning to discover that the Boulder County snowplows and sanders were hard at work clearing the county roads. It was equally surprising heading into the city of Boulder to discover that their full snow removal compliment of two BMW’s and one SAAB were outfitted with Teflon coated spatulas duct-taped to their front bumpers and salt shakers provided by Dolan’s. Congratulations to both…

While lamenting the Denver Bronco’s 8 and 8 season and elimination from post season consideration. Ponder the following:

The combined records of the teams New Orleans played were 108 wins 144 losses. New Orleans played 6 games against teams that finished last in their division. New Orleans played 4 games against teams that finished third in their division and played 4 games against teams that finished second in their division while playing 2 games against teams that finished first in their division. New Orleans only played six games against teams with winning records. New Orleans played ten games against teams that were .500 or less.

Who’s in the playoffs? New Orleans…

When the current mouthpiece for the Republican Party, Dick Cheney, speaks about the lack of terrorism control; he need look no further than his bathroom mirror to see where the biggest attack of this type occurred on US soil during his and Mr. Bush’s watch. There isn’t a muzzle big enough to stop his vitriol aimed in the wrong direction.

As healthcare industry insurance executives and lobbyists looked at the Obama Administration healthcare bills emanating from the House of Representatives and/or the Senate…Their prime objective was not in determining how to comply with the new strictures of the legislation but, instead, to learn how to get by the new regulations. After a thorough review of the results of both proposals (House/Senate) they were heard to exclaim as they rode into the sunset…”We’ve Won!!!”

Dear Coach McDaniels:

How much easier was it to answer questions about the Denver Broncos when the record was 6W and 0L versus a team that is now 8W and 7L. What happened to the luster and swagger?

Quite inadvertently the United States Senate has discovered the answer to all of society’s ills. Don’t have health insurance? Go buy some. Hungry? Purchase food. Need warm clothing? Go to Wal-Mart. No shelter? Rent or buy a house. No access to meaningful work? Get a job. Undereducated? Get admitted to a college. Depressed? Move to a warmer sunnier climate. Health insurance compliance? The United States Senate has covered that base too–Failure to comply will result in cash penalties. If there’s a discouraging element it’s that it took the Senate all this time to come to an answer that was obvious all along. Who hasn’t heard “pull yourself up with your own bootstraps!”. What’s been lacking has been an incentive which the Senate answers with failure to comply penalties. Where, pray tell, do we get in line to thank the Senate?

D. Kent Lloyd–Gladstone, OR