WHAT YOU Wanted To Know?

WHAT YOU Wanted To Know?
Or is it "Whatyouwabtedtoknow? (typo title version)

Sunday, November 1, 2015

If I Were the Devil . .

Paul Harvey's speech was broadcast by himself, none other than the legendary (And Long-lived and Prosperous, awarded MEDAL by President Bush) ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on  April 3, 1965:

If I were the Devil . . .

I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness,
I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness.
I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population,
but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree,

so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States.

I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent,

I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you please.”  

To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.”

I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around.

I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”.  (Be Hellishly Angelic, Goody Two Shoes Is Not Cool!)

In the ears of the young marrieds,

I would whisper that work is debasing, that

cocktail parties are good for you. (And the US Supreme Court,too!)

I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. (Go ahead, be a bamboo, this was, that way, as the wind blows!)

And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting.

I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa.

And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized.

I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing

and less work, because idle hands usually work for me.

I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction.
(PSSSST! Trying to score? I Got...But Hey, Ya Can't Legalize Morality...The Mob Will Sell the Booze Then!)

And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. (Designer Drugs Stay One Step Ahead of the Law and Get a Prescription,"Doctor, Please...some more of these...What a drag it is getting...sober!)

If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . (All You Need Is ...Emotions, I FEEL Yo Pine! er... Yer PAIN!)

let those (Let Those Emotions Run WILD,EMO! Let's Go To A Rave!) run wild.

I would designate an athiest to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” (Now Who Could Be That SPECIAL?)

With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and  thus,
(Hey, The Lawyers and Judges Say Porn Is FREE SPEECH!)

 I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, (In the 1960s)

and then from the houses of Congress and then, (Hold Your Breath For This One.)

in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, (And You Know Who You Are!)

and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control them.(Like those Wise Guys Were on "Planet Krypton" Climata Change Is Going To GET YOU! Buy Carbon Credits I'm Creating Out of Thin Air!)

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, (From the Pagan Fertility Spring Rite)

and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. (See Cute L'il Booze Ads at Chrismas and Hannakah Time!)

If  I were the devil, I would take from those who have

and I would give to those who wanted, until (See 54,000 page IRS Manual)

I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. (To Work hard, Do Over-time and Get Ahead)

And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. (2016?)

Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, (Got Village? 'Cus , It Takes a Village!)

women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. (Got Gulag? Do Got FEMA Camps...)

In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Obamacare Is Ridiculously EXPENSIVE For What We Get

Temporarily ensconced in this proverbial "land of milk and honey" we are a rich prosperous nation.  Able-bodied welfare recipients, illegal aliens, government workers, and politicians active and retired are all enjoying "the good life" while you and I my friend are providing tax money as the grist for the mill, fat, happy and oblivious to reality. My advise ia - don't be a SHEEPLE - rediscover scepticism. It served our ancestors well. Take the time to READ different sources so you, too, can peel back the onion. Robber barons monopolized markets so that they could pay as little as possible for America's crop production like COTTON. A few RATIONALIZED and told themselves,"THE SOUTH HAS SLAVES of various colors, many are BLACK, producing COTTON, many are DIRT POOR WHITE FARMERS who grow all manner of crops which WE buy at DIRT CHEAP PRICES, such as COTTON. Many of these farmers grew cotton which was picked by family members since their "social security" was based on their children taking care of them IF they lived long.
AFTER the Civil War, when "slaves" were "free", there was much disarray, devestation, poverty, disease, crime, and other factors that contributed to the "misery index".

Many were and still are ranchers of various colors who SEEM TO UNDER PAY cowboys of various colors, taking advantage of them because they have NO UNIONS because A) They were born too "early" i.e. between 1790 and about 1890. Many were so poor that they had no idea there was a depression and "Wall Street fell".

The "mass media" has even MADE A BIG "POINT" that "farmers earn $10,000 to $12,000 per YEAR" which has perhaps contributed to "how ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm?"

How many small farm inheriters LOST THEIR OWN children to "run away to the city-ism- you will die broke on the farm" propaganda - which caused them to be A) over-worked B) under paid from lowered production C) lonesome for their children who did not want to inherit the farm or ranch because of the "propaganda" and quite possibly BANKRUPT due to LOW PRICED IMPORTED FOOD, COTTON,etc hammered further by inflated wages and wage-expectations of those who COULD help them SAVE THE PROPERTY. Enter Willie Nelson and "Farm-Aid".
Presently, many small farmers and ranchers rely on A) housing B) feeding and C) having young, healthy employees to HELP THEM whether family members or HIRED HELP much the same as from 1791 to 1890.

During FD Roosevelt and the Democrats' "ruling the roost" time, government grew "like a jungle" full of "alphabet departments" each with a life of its own, each wanting a bigger budget and more employees every year.

Americans, don't look now - but we've lost control of our health. Like Neo in "The Matrix", we've been totally unaware how cheapened and commoditized our lives have become. We work like robots, vacation like scrooge, and continue to create opportunities for businesses to rule our lives.

President Richard Nixon Feb 18, 1971:

In winding up a HUGE SPEECH Nixon DID NOT FAVOR "SINGLE PAYER" Healthcare because
even Nixon KNEW the USA could NOT AFFORD IT!

That in mind he said:

also urge the Congress to take further steps to improve Medicare. For one thing, beneficiaries should be allowed to use the program to join Health Maintenance Organizations. In addition, we should consolidate the financing of Part A of Medicare-which pays for hospital care--and Part B--which pays for outpatient services, provided the elderly person himself pays a monthly fee to qualify for this protection. I propose that this charge--which is scheduled to rise to $5.60 per month in July of this year be paid for instead by increasing the Social Security wage base. Removing this admission cost will save our older citizens some $1.3 billion annually and will give them greater access to preventive and ambulatory services.

WHY Is A NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PARTNERSHIP BETTER THAN NATIONALIZED HEALTH INSURANCE?

I believe that our government and our people, business and labor, the insurance industry and the health profession can work together in a national partnership to achieve our health objectives. I do not believe that the achievement of these objectives requires the nationalization of our health insurance industry.

To begin with, there simply is no need to eliminate an entire segment of our private economy and at the same time add a multi-billion dollar responsibility to the Federal budget. Such a step should not be taken unless all other steps have failed.

"It is health which is real wealth," said Gandhi, "and not pieces of gold and silver." That statement applies not only to the lives of men but also to the life of nations. And nations, like men, are judged in the end by the things they hold most valuable.

Not only is health more important than economic wealth, it is also its foundation. It has been estimated, for example, that ten percent of our country's economic growth in the past half century has come because a declining death rate has produced an expanded labor force.

Our entire society, then, has a direct stake in the health of every member. In carrying out its responsibilities in this field, a nation serves its own best interests, even as it demonstrates the breadth of its spirit and the depth of its compassion.

Yet we cannot truly carry out these responsibilities unless the ultimate focus of our concern is the personal health of the individual human being. We dare not get so caught up in our systems and our strategies that we lose sight of his needs or compromise his interests. We can build an effective National Health Strategy only if we remember the central truth that the only way to serve our people well is to better serve each person.

Nineteen months ago I said that America's medical system faced a "massive crisis." Since that statement was made, that crisis has deepened. All of us must now join together in a common effort to meet this crisis--each doing his own part to mobilize more effectively the enormous potential of our health care system.

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Ian Somerhalder