The announcement of retirement by AG Holder was greeted by President Obama with platitudes and soaring praise.....and by those seeking info on everything from Fast and Furious to IRS Misdeeds as
a shot indicating a possible mortal wound to the coverups!
Holder is fast running out of places to hide and thus has to depart. You don't suppose he is going to receive any form of executive pardon do you?
Hmmmm!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Notes on My 1,250 Miles In 22 Hours!
Monday at 5:45 in the morning I departed Rockford, IL following a visit with my daughter and her family there. At 2:45 the next morning I pulled into my driveway in Tampa, FL. Some notes on the trip:
First, Don't do such a stupid thing! Make it a two-day trip. It is now Wednesday afternoon and I have slept a total of 19 hours and still feel like the car must have dragged me most of the way home. At 30 years of age I might have bounced back faster, but at my current 70 plus years I bounce like a flattened basketball. I had made the trip up in about 27 hours, with an in-car nap of three hours at a Pilot station in Paducah, KY....just outside the Illinois border.
Second, my Hyundai Genesis V-8 is a fantastic road car. 4.6 liters, 388 hp, and it made the trip at 26.7 mpg! I held the car at 75 to 78mph in most areas where the speed limit was 70. The engine is turning at a slow 2,100 rpm at 78 mph. The car rode nicely, and even after all those hours the seat was still quite comfortable.
I drank lots of water driving both ways, and while I increased my stops for restrooms, I am convinced that holding down my food intake and hydrating kept my physical systems working in spite of the hours.
There still seem to be a considerable number of folks who insist on driving in the far left lane. The fact of having three or four lanes from which to choose does not seem to change these folks. They seem to feel it is their god-given right to drive in the left lane, giving one dirty looks if either horn honks or flashing of bright lights does force them over.
Gas prices were all over. Highest price paid, not unexpectedly; Rockford, IL. at $3.39 a gallon. While Georgia still stays in the price fray with the lowest prices paid at $3.04 and $3.05, their prices near the Florida or Tennessee lines climb back up. As a general rule I fueled at Pilot stations....they were plentiful and priced lower than most other chains.
Most-relaxed section of roadway: Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky. It is little-traveled, and while the speed limit is lower at 65, the lack of congestion and rolling countryside make this among the nicest stretches to drive.
All-in-all, it was a great trip and I thank Daughter Nancy, Son-in-law Jeff and my grandkids Jacalyn, G. Paul, Eddie and Ian for a marvelous time and a few days away from the Florida heat. It was 41 degrees on the morning of my departure....77 in Tampa when I arrived home.
Zoom-Zoom!
First, Don't do such a stupid thing! Make it a two-day trip. It is now Wednesday afternoon and I have slept a total of 19 hours and still feel like the car must have dragged me most of the way home. At 30 years of age I might have bounced back faster, but at my current 70 plus years I bounce like a flattened basketball. I had made the trip up in about 27 hours, with an in-car nap of three hours at a Pilot station in Paducah, KY....just outside the Illinois border.
Second, my Hyundai Genesis V-8 is a fantastic road car. 4.6 liters, 388 hp, and it made the trip at 26.7 mpg! I held the car at 75 to 78mph in most areas where the speed limit was 70. The engine is turning at a slow 2,100 rpm at 78 mph. The car rode nicely, and even after all those hours the seat was still quite comfortable.
I drank lots of water driving both ways, and while I increased my stops for restrooms, I am convinced that holding down my food intake and hydrating kept my physical systems working in spite of the hours.
There still seem to be a considerable number of folks who insist on driving in the far left lane. The fact of having three or four lanes from which to choose does not seem to change these folks. They seem to feel it is their god-given right to drive in the left lane, giving one dirty looks if either horn honks or flashing of bright lights does force them over.
Gas prices were all over. Highest price paid, not unexpectedly; Rockford, IL. at $3.39 a gallon. While Georgia still stays in the price fray with the lowest prices paid at $3.04 and $3.05, their prices near the Florida or Tennessee lines climb back up. As a general rule I fueled at Pilot stations....they were plentiful and priced lower than most other chains.
Most-relaxed section of roadway: Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky. It is little-traveled, and while the speed limit is lower at 65, the lack of congestion and rolling countryside make this among the nicest stretches to drive.
All-in-all, it was a great trip and I thank Daughter Nancy, Son-in-law Jeff and my grandkids Jacalyn, G. Paul, Eddie and Ian for a marvelous time and a few days away from the Florida heat. It was 41 degrees on the morning of my departure....77 in Tampa when I arrived home.
Zoom-Zoom!
Friday, August 29, 2014
Let It Out.....Time to grieve, and....
Time to be with yourself........I hate this. I have a long history of grieving after-the-fact, and sometimes far later.
When my Mom died, I was a stoic person through the funeral and the things that followed.....I later wrote a piece to express my feelings and I let it out to my family....pre-Facebook....Before Christmas as i shared a story called "The Empty Seat!".......I cried a lot.....
Now I lost my younger brother Mark DeLand.....he had many health problems and his death was not unexpected....but to me it is still my younger brother. By nearly 10 years....I remember him as the blonde little kid who was a trial to me, and my sibling at the same time.
Now he is gone....the 2nd of my siblings to pass before me.He and I had a relationship that was drive by the fact we never had the same goals/jobs/life experiences.....We truly lived lives different and alone one from the other.
However, we also spent a lot of time trying desperately to figure out life. We often, when in the same place.....mostly while he lived in Polk County and I worked there.....drinking a beer or a Jack and Coke (his choice for many years)......and we spoke of our parents and our relationship with them. Sometimes we met at a 7-11 or a similar place and got a 6 pack and sat in my car (then a country-owned car) and toasted life while discussing where we were.....
We never got as close as I would have liked.....whatever the reason.....BUT, that being said, I loved him from birth to death....and he left behind a marvelous son, Pete......I have loved Pete, and his cousin Mike from afar as they were the younger generation. Mike passed far too young at 41 from a brain aneurism....Pete remains and is a rock in my family.....the son of my Brother Mark.....
Life goes on and now I am blessed with my 1st Great Grandson......Gabriel.... He is now 4 months old and I will see him this weekend!
Life and family proceed, but My dear brother Mark...I will miss you.....and my remaining sibling Dawn....come on kid....let us defy the odds and live for another 10 to 20 years......
Life at 71 is happy and active for me.....I will NOT go softly into that dark night....You will have to drag me fighting and enjoying life!
I love and Loved you Bro........miss you more than you could ever imagine!
When my Mom died, I was a stoic person through the funeral and the things that followed.....I later wrote a piece to express my feelings and I let it out to my family....pre-Facebook....Before Christmas as i shared a story called "The Empty Seat!".......I cried a lot.....
Now I lost my younger brother Mark DeLand.....he had many health problems and his death was not unexpected....but to me it is still my younger brother. By nearly 10 years....I remember him as the blonde little kid who was a trial to me, and my sibling at the same time.
Now he is gone....the 2nd of my siblings to pass before me.He and I had a relationship that was drive by the fact we never had the same goals/jobs/life experiences.....We truly lived lives different and alone one from the other.
However, we also spent a lot of time trying desperately to figure out life. We often, when in the same place.....mostly while he lived in Polk County and I worked there.....drinking a beer or a Jack and Coke (his choice for many years)......and we spoke of our parents and our relationship with them. Sometimes we met at a 7-11 or a similar place and got a 6 pack and sat in my car (then a country-owned car) and toasted life while discussing where we were.....
We never got as close as I would have liked.....whatever the reason.....BUT, that being said, I loved him from birth to death....and he left behind a marvelous son, Pete......I have loved Pete, and his cousin Mike from afar as they were the younger generation. Mike passed far too young at 41 from a brain aneurism....Pete remains and is a rock in my family.....the son of my Brother Mark.....
Life goes on and now I am blessed with my 1st Great Grandson......Gabriel.... He is now 4 months old and I will see him this weekend!
Life and family proceed, but My dear brother Mark...I will miss you.....and my remaining sibling Dawn....come on kid....let us defy the odds and live for another 10 to 20 years......
Life at 71 is happy and active for me.....I will NOT go softly into that dark night....You will have to drag me fighting and enjoying life!
I love and Loved you Bro........miss you more than you could ever imagine!
What can this President NOT destroy.......??????
Obama has left us completely out of the loop, and in a position of being committed to NOTHING as a result of Putin's current incursion into The Ukraine.......He is also leaving us as a nation bereft of any form of response to the ISIS creation of a Calliphate in Syria/Iraq.......He acts as if nothing here is his responsibility...including his display of "I did not order the removal of troops from Iraq"..... BS Mr. President......you did and your crowing about the removal is still a matter of MANY video recordings.....
This President, were he a GOP.....would have been pilloried by the media...but strangely (yeah right) there is no chatter; no stories; no movement by this compliant media who are determined to protect our 1st "Black" (Yeah Right!) President......
Our country is in the hands of a calliphate of veteran pols who will do anything and everything to see they live on and protect THEIR places in Congress........They are not the reps of the people, but the people re-elect the names they have known. Idiots all....our electorate!
This President, were he a GOP.....would have been pilloried by the media...but strangely (yeah right) there is no chatter; no stories; no movement by this compliant media who are determined to protect our 1st "Black" (Yeah Right!) President......
Our country is in the hands of a calliphate of veteran pols who will do anything and everything to see they live on and protect THEIR places in Congress........They are not the reps of the people, but the people re-elect the names they have known. Idiots all....our electorate!
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Changes.....Constant.....
Just completed the last issue of the 14th year of the hospital newsletter I do.....Outcomes In Perspective.....I retired some 8 years ago and agreed to stay on and publish the newsletter.
Several things occurred to me as I finished the issue and converted the draft version to .pdf format.
Changes....in the newsletter, and its delivery. My 1st edition was completed in Word. It was a bit rough around the edges and needed a lot of attention. I discovered Publisher and that changed the newsletter completely. Easy to use and quick. I worked each month to complete the newsletter, work with my boss at the hospital to edit it and then I first drove the file to the printer. Later we devised a system of sending it online. Then about 5 years ago we went on the web entirely to the site for our 5,000 doctors. Now it was in color and much more attractive. Currently the consideration is underway to drop the newsletter completely and set up a web site with links to the articles allowing our docs to pick and choose their needs and interests. Changes!
As I was completing the issue it occurred to me there were equally earth-shaking changes in the hospital and treatment and by who!!!!! For a number of years we listed our new docs each month; welcoming them to the hospital. Today, my list of new "Medical Professionals" includes those with MD and DO and PhD.....but also some new titles....PA, CRNA, CNM, etc. As I reflected on this change it came to me that the care these new people give.....while not quite at the level of knowledge of an MD.....is probably better both knowledge-wise and technically than the care we were able to offer through our MDs just a decade ago.
Isn't progress marvelous? Every day at my hospital we implant organs in people whose own have failed or nearly-so....adding months to many years to their lives. One of our transplants, recently passed.....after MORE THAN 17 years of added life due our transplant capability.
As blogger-extraordinaire Professor Reynolds often puts it......."Faster Please!"
Several things occurred to me as I finished the issue and converted the draft version to .pdf format.
Changes....in the newsletter, and its delivery. My 1st edition was completed in Word. It was a bit rough around the edges and needed a lot of attention. I discovered Publisher and that changed the newsletter completely. Easy to use and quick. I worked each month to complete the newsletter, work with my boss at the hospital to edit it and then I first drove the file to the printer. Later we devised a system of sending it online. Then about 5 years ago we went on the web entirely to the site for our 5,000 doctors. Now it was in color and much more attractive. Currently the consideration is underway to drop the newsletter completely and set up a web site with links to the articles allowing our docs to pick and choose their needs and interests. Changes!
As I was completing the issue it occurred to me there were equally earth-shaking changes in the hospital and treatment and by who!!!!! For a number of years we listed our new docs each month; welcoming them to the hospital. Today, my list of new "Medical Professionals" includes those with MD and DO and PhD.....but also some new titles....PA, CRNA, CNM, etc. As I reflected on this change it came to me that the care these new people give.....while not quite at the level of knowledge of an MD.....is probably better both knowledge-wise and technically than the care we were able to offer through our MDs just a decade ago.
Isn't progress marvelous? Every day at my hospital we implant organs in people whose own have failed or nearly-so....adding months to many years to their lives. One of our transplants, recently passed.....after MORE THAN 17 years of added life due our transplant capability.
As blogger-extraordinaire Professor Reynolds often puts it......."Faster Please!"
Friday, August 22, 2014
"The most transparent administration....ever!" Hiding it all!
Security By Obscurity! The new government evasion of transparency......
But, not the only one.....The SEC joins in.....
It is all part of the WH/Administration/Federal Agency growth of power and ignoring the laws and the people in favor of even more power!
But, not the only one.....The SEC joins in.....
It is all part of the WH/Administration/Federal Agency growth of power and ignoring the laws and the people in favor of even more power!
Monday, August 11, 2014
Kill The USPS!!!!
They cost us BILLIONS....and most reports include the fact that the "mandated" cost of employees under federal union control is the reason! Given a free employee contract situation the USPS would flourish!
Federal Unions......death of the empire!
Federal Unions......death of the empire!
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