Ok, enough of this crap! Bring on the socialism.

I wasn’t going to write too much regarding the health care reform issue because I thought that eventually all the lies and mis-direction being tossed around by some republicans and their radical followers would eventually stop. Well, it hasn’t.
I’m going to do my best to break this down in a sort of language that some people that are still not on board with reform can understand. That language will be FRIGGIN PLAIN OLE ENGLISH.

At this point and time health care is being run by 3 entities: The insurance companies, the drug companies, and Wall Street. They really decide who gets insured, for what, how much it will cost, what medicines they can pawn off on you, the cost and allowable doses. Now who is really in a position to kill grandma?
The insurance companies can raise the premiums on an average of 37% a year, the drug companies can continue to raise the costs of medications and Wall Street can assist in the free for all by providing the insurance companies and drug companies a running daily tally of how richer they are becoming. If their stock goes down in any way, RAISE THE COSTS OF THE COVERAGE AND MEDICINE.
The drug companies and the insurance companies cannot call the shots regarding medicare. You know why? Because it’s goverment run. The goverment, if allowed to intervene in health care, could regulate the insurance companies and keep them honest. They can provide sanctions and penalties for any types of price gauging. They can keep tabs on how much drug companies are charging for necessary drugs that help people. There aren’t any “death panels” either. The article 1233 in the house reform provision just allows for people to have ‘advanced directives’. Active military personnel, as well as veterans like myself, all have that option. It just allows for you to have doctors or nurse practioners to discuss your wishes should you become terminally ill, comatose or outside of your faculties. This allows a scenario where your family and/or doctors don’t have to guess what your intentions or wishes would be.
This is not brain surgery. This is understood by more people than the republican lawmakers are revealing. This is becoming more of an issue to defy the “Black President” than it is to actually look out for your fellow mankind.
We should actually strive for more socialism. Medicare and SSI are examples of socialism. These are avenues to where not only the rich and decision makers are covered or helped. These systems work. Some people argue that it would drive out some insurance companies and screw up their current coverages. Not true! The President has stated about a thousand times that if you like your current coverage you can keep it. The fact that there would be competition wouldn’t ruin the fabric of health care facilities any more than UPS or Fed-Ex has ruined the post office. Which is a goverment run entity by the way. Why is this so hard to understand? There have been more than a couple of republican lawmakers that have voiced their hopes that President Obama fails at health care reform. Is this the type of world we want to live in? Where partisan gamesmanship is the order of the day rather than humanity?
Some republicans and radical conservatives are asking what’s the rush. Why the need to push this through?
It took our goverment 250 years to free the slaves, another 100 years to give us equality. How many years did it take before women were officially able to vote and be equals? The time is now people. We aleady have a history of waiting too long to equal the playing fields. Below I’m going to add the definition of socialism and why it actually needs to be a way of life in many areas.

Here’s a synopsis of “Socialism” folks. Take a look, then follow down at the end of this post.

Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating state, worker or public ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals with an egalitarian method of compensation. Contrary to popular belief, Socialism is not a political system; it is an economic system distinct from capitalism.

Socialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital and derives its wealth through exploitation, creates an unequal society, does not provide equal opportunities for everyone to maximize their potentialities and does not utilize technology and resources to their maximum potential nor in the interests of the public. Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society that allows for the widespread application of modern technology to rationalize economic activity by eliminating the anarchy in production of capitalism[4], allowing for wealth and power to be distributed based on the amount of work expended in production, although there is considerable disagreement among socialists over how and to what extent this could be achieved.

So please people, don’t let hatred or animosity be the reason. Health care should be available to all.The Veterans hospitals can really be the model to follow. We, as well as all of congress and the senate, are a part of a goverment run health plan. Are we contributing to socialism? You’re damn right! Put you and your family’s health care decisions back in the hands of the doctors and youself rather than Wall Street, Insurance companies or drug companies.
Don’t lie and sabotage something just out of spite, partisanship or racism. Do the right thing people. If happen to see, or are in any way close to one of those crazy gun totin hostility buckaroos, please calmly inform them of the truth.
I guess that’s all for now.
Good morning, good afternoon & in case I don’t see ya, GOODNIGHT!

The Big Quotatious, bringing the funny!

Here are some of my most popular Twitter “tweets”. For those of you not on Twitter. I am @The_Troy_Show. I believe there will be something here that everyone can relate too in one way or the other. Again, please don’t take any ass kickings personally…

And away we go:

I mixed Rogaine with Viagra… now I’ve got hair like Don King.

When I was married. Sometimes I would wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep.

Life is full of uncertainties…of course, I could be wrong about that.

Live as long as you like. It won’t shorten how long you’re dead.

Hypochondria is the only disease I feel like haven’t got.

I met this guy who said he loved children, then I found out he was on parole for it.

Pre-middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

 I thought I was wrong once, but it turns out I was mistaken.

My ex-wife says that she will dance on my grave. I’ve now arranged to be buried at sea.

Birthday cake is the only food you can blow on and spit on and everybody rushes to get a piece.

There are only two times when I drink…when I’m alone or when I’m with someone.

I must admit, my ex-wife brought religion into my life. I never believed in hell, until I married her.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Ignorance can take you to a lot more interesting places than knowledge.

There are those who think that I’m vulgar. To that I say BULLSHIT!

f you treat every situation like a life or death matter, be prepared to die a lot of times.

If you don’t believe in oral sex, keep your mouth shut.

A smart man covers his ass and wise man leaves his pants on.

The only problem with being best man at a wedding is you never get a chance to prove it!

Remember, you are not alone. Everybody’s family is crazy.

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, “Well, that’s not going to happen.”

Treat anger like gold. Spend it wisely or not at all

Love is an evil trick that nature plays on people to get them to breed.

A used car is not always what it’s jacked up to be.

You ever think that maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

I graduated with a 4.0 … Blood Alcohol level

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom’s wise words: “Don’t pick that up, you don’t know where it’s been!”

Do paranoid schizophrenic agnostic dyslexic insomniacs lie awake at night wondering if they might be the dog that’s out to get them?

I tried to get a life once, but they were out of stock.

My ex-wife used to say I never listened to her….. or something like that…

If you’re happy and you know it see a shrink.

I  was born at a very early age.

You know you should go to sleep when the sheep your counting start to hit the fence.

I saw a want ad: “light housekeeping.” They said “Here, change this bulb.” I said “I’ll need some friends.”

I wasn’t sleeping. I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance.

First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down.

Sometimes I feel like the whole world is a car wash and I’m riding a bike.

Right now, my complexion is so bad, I look like the goalie for a dart team.

The trouble with some self-made men is that they worship their creator.

I’m abandoning my search for truth. I am now looking for a good fantasy

The opinion of the intelligent is better than the certainty of the ignorant.

If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go

ASCII a stupid question and you get a stupid ANSI.

Some people are discovered, others are found out.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

First National Bank of Dad. Sorry, closed.

There was this Eskimo chick who spent the night with her boyfriend. Next morning she found out she was 6 months pregnant.

Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare, nor, in many cases nowadays, well done.

Golf is a lot like sex. You don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it.

Marriage? Sorry, I can no longer mate in captivity.

Hookt aun Fonix reelie wurkt fur mee!

Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

Tact is the ability to close your mouth before somebody else wants to.

When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start getting clothes for Christmas!

The best way to combat criminals is by not voting for them.

Be naughty next year. Save Santa the trip.

NyQuil - The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.

I went to a meeting for premature ejaculators. I left early though.

A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine.

For some people, death is God’s way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

I would kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

I  think God’s going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

Kinky sex involves the use of duck feathers. Perverted sex involves the whole duck.

The difference between gossip and news is whether you hear it, or tell it.

Although we all came on different ships. We are in the same boat now.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s intolerance.

My ex-wife used to give me sound advice. That’s 99% sound and 1% advice.

DARE to keep cops off donuts.

I don’t mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch!

The Lord gave us the power to procreate. So, let’s practice!

Frankly, Scallop, I don’t give a clam.

Don’t ever confuse an open mind with one that’s vacant.

One of the side effects of Viagra is a headache. Every time I take a pill, my date gets a headache.

The safest place during an earthquake would be in a stationary store.

I am amazed at radio DJs today. I am firmly convinced that AM stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.

You know you’re getting old when when you are cautioned to slow down by your doctor instead of by the police.

I went to school to become a wit, but I only got half-way through.

How many vegetables had to die to make your salad?

Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.

Worry is the darkroom in which ‘negatives’ are developed.

     I will end this post here, but I have many more to add that will be appearing in “The Big Quotatious Part 2″ Coming soon….

Things that make you go “Hmmmmm”

Ok, below I will briefly talk about some topics that have made me go “Hmmmm” here of late. These arguments are not meant to in anyway be a partisan rub-a-dub, but rather issues that I personally feel are just a tad bit ridiculous if they are really thought about rather than be used as a way to bolster a political parties bargaining power with ‘John-Q-public’.
 

               1:  The Mob at Town Hall Meetings:

This situation is completely sad. first of all let me clear up some issues that really chap my hide. I have read article 1233 of the House Reform Provision and I will attempt to break it down here now so that even the ‘friggin cheap seats’ can see it more clearly for what it actually does represent.

There seems to be a claim that health care reform will create “death panels”, (in Sarah Palin’s words), that will somehow create a situation where the Goverment will somehow determine when an elderly person would be put to death in some manner because it  doesn’t want to pay for their care any longer. It’s a complete fabrication of course. The provision requiring that Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling was introduced by Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican, yes Republican of Georgia, who says that it’s “nuts” to claim that it has anything to do with euthanasia.

Ex-Governor Sarah Palin, as well as Newt Gingrich, were all for “advance directives” for medical care in the event that you are incapacitated or comatose. That’s exactly what is being proposed. I am a US Army Veteran and I, as well as any other Veterans or military personnel, can tell you that we are offered “Advance directives” too. All this option means is that you have the oportunity, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, to receive counsel from a doctor or nurse practitioner to relay your wishes regarding critical care or hospice care should the situation arise, so that no one, especially your family members or doctors, would have to guess what your wishes are if you should become say, comatose, or terminally ill and have a loss of you mental capacities. However, all the mobs at the Town Hall Meetings are being loud and obnoxious in their ignorance of this fact. They obviously haven’t taken the time to investigate or even wait to be correctly informed. It’s turned into just basically disruption & talking points to discredit our President and his goal to insure everyone. Being insured should be a right and not a privilege in this country. The reform provision also does not have an article in it to insure illegal aliens, as it has so falsely been claimed. The bill does not have options for sponsoring abortions, again like it has been falsely claimed. The insurance companies stand to lose billions of dollars if a “public health option” is passed. They have used lobbyist to spread money around to provide this misinformation and confusion so that the real facts of this bill get cluttered. I saw one couple arguing in one of the meetings that didn’t even have health care. They were just arguing because the bill is being proposed by the democratic party and a President that they don’t want to support. Is this productive? Can people really look at themselves in the mirror and actually believe that the President of the United States wants to put old people to death? Oh, by the way, CONGRESS AND THE SENATE HAVE GOVERMENT RUN HEALTHCARE!

 ”Hmmmmm….”

 

               2: The weakness that is the Democratic backbone.

The democratic leaders have not done a good enough job of spreading the facts regarding the house healthcare reform bill. Because of this lack of direction, all types of misinformation has had it’s chance to be born. The sad point is, even when it was determined how much bullshit was actually being spread by radical conservatives, the powers that be in the democratic party acted like deer in the headlights and cowered at the fact that they were being bullied. That’s not leadership! I cannot faithfully follow someone or a party that cannot even stick to the guns that they themselves have loaded. It makes no sense. There are no “jedi mind tricks” that the President can conjure to un-ring the bell of perceived weakness. The conservatives smell blood in the water and know now that they can win the battle of a smear campaign against a party that actually has control of the house. It’s ludicrous.

“Hmmmmm…”.

 

              3: Firearms at Town Hall Meetings:

Can anyone really believe that the several people carrying guns and assault rifles to a venue that the President of the United States is present at productive? The argument they convey is that they are enforcing their right to bear arms. In the history of Presidential gatherings there has not been one instance of people carrying loaded weapons to the event without the President being shot at or killed. Do you think that had the Secret Service seen Lee Harvey Oswald walking around with a rifle before even getting into the Book Depository President Kennedy would still be alive? Would Reagan have been shot if a gunman was seen walking around with a loaded weapon before he walked out to his vehicle? To allow individuals to do it now is idiotic. This is a receipe for tragedy. If President Obama was assasinated it would tear this country apart. There would be worldwide racial riots. Has anyone thought this far out? What happens if some minority groups go to a conservative senators gathering with some weapons? Would it be as welcomed or tolerated? If I wanted to express my right to freedom of having sex, should I go to a Town Hall Meeting with my dick out? The funny part is, President Obama hasn’t attempted to alter any gun laws at all. His stance is no different than President Bush’s was. To have loaded weapons in such close proximity to a sitting President is inherently dangerous. Racial wars can be started that way ladies and gentlemen.

“Hmmmmm”.

                4: Pyscho babble:

There are so many people now seemingly convinced that they are somehow losing their country to “Socialism”.

HELLO!!!!! Medicare is socialized medicine. Veterans and military health care is socilaized medicine. SSI is socialism. These are goverment run programs people. All the elderly people complaining now should opt out of their medicare programs immediately. I’d hate for you to be communist right? All the complainers that happen to be receiving SSI benefits should opt out right? Have your family and friends that are on SSI or Medicare remove themselves from it so that they cannot be considered as helping to take away the country. By the way, did I mention that President Obama did not invent SSI or Medicare? I wish people would wake up. What happens if you get what you’re asking for? Do you know where your conscience begins and ends? Oh, and to the remaining “birthers” out there, “GROW THE FUCK UP”!!

“Hmmmmm”.

I guess that’s it for now. I’m sure that radicals will disagree but that’s what so great about our country. They can. Also, I don’t believe that all conservatives have this point of view. Just the ones that are being blatanly televised. I believe that the democrats should just pass the reform bill on their own and people can watch their premiums drop and the uninsured insured while the radicals continue to babble.

 As usual, that’s just my opinion. However, If you do think I’m wrong, please leave a comment of substance and not just a talking point. That’s the problem now in my belief. Partisanship replacing actual fact.

Insults Galore

You’re so poor, I saw your mama kicking a can down the street. I asked her what she was doing and she said “Moving”.

Words cannot describe your outfit so I’ll just throw up!

You’re so poor that when I went to your house and used the bathroom, a rat tripped me and a cockroach took my wallet.

They can’t measure your intelligence. The scale won’t go that low.

You are so stupid that you took a ruler with you to bed to see how long you slept!

Appearances can be deceiving. Or in your case, disgusting.

I promise not to make fun of your height. I would never stoop that low. 

I’m glad you’re tall. It gives me more of you to dislike.

I think you stepped on something smelly. Like your feet!

Are you going to eat that apple, or gum it to death?

Your mouth’s the perfect size… for your foot.

Know what I like about your face? Me neither.

Know what goes best with a face like yours? A paper bag.

Why don’t you do something different with your hair? Like, wash it.

You’re a person of rare intelligence. It’s rare when you show any.

You’ll never lose your mind. You can’t lose what you never had.

You’ve made this date a night I won’t forget… no matter how hard I try.

I know why they call this a “blind date.” Because now that I’ve seen you, I wish I were blind.

You’re a nice girl, it’s just that you’re like disposable diapers…always getting dumped.

“What are you doing Friday night”?  ”Trying to forget you just asked me that”.

“What’s he got that I haven’t”? “You want it alphabetically”?

I’d like to see things from your perspective, but I can’t get my head that far up my ass.

Your girlfriend is so ugly,  even the trashman won’t pick her up.

You’re so short, when you sit on the curb, your feet dangle.

Your house is so dirty, when I walked outside I had to wipe my feet.

You so fat that you put your belt on with a boomerang.

You’re so stupid you had to call 411 to get the number for 911.

You’re so poor you had to fart in your pocket to make a scent.

Why don’t you slip into something comfortable…like a coma.

You’re so stupid, you looked in the mirror and said, “Who’s that”?

If  your brains were a fart, there wouldn’t be enough to stink!

You’re so dirty, when you take a shower you lose weight!

Are you really that bald or is your neck just blowing a bubble?

You’re so short that when it rains, you’re the last to know.

You’re so poor, I walked in your front door and I was in the backyard.

You have “mint” breath. You must have ‘Mint’ to brush your teeth and forgot!

He’s so stupid that when he sends a FAX, he puts a stamp on it.

I’d slap you, but shit splatters.

I’ve seen better looking butts in an ash tray.

Tell me everything you know…I have a few seconds to waste.

Your teeth are so crooked that when you smile, your teeth throw me gang signs.

The gap between your teeth is so big, I don’t know whether to smile back at you or kick a field goal.

You’re so ugly, you have to Trick or Treat over the phone.

Your teeth are so yellow that when you close your mouth, your stomach lights up.

Your teeth are so yellow that your tonsils need sunglasses.

You’re so stupid, you thought a quarterback was a tax refund.

You have so many gaps in your teeth, it looks like your tongue is in jail.

“As an outside observer, what do you think of the human race”?

“Hey, how’s your face feeling”? “Fine. Why”? “Because it’s killing me”!

You’re so ugly, you have to get you hand drunk just to masturbate.

                                                                   What time is it?

In America, they say it’s 10:00 do you know where your children are?

In England, they say it’s 10:00 do you know where your husband is?

 In Paris, they say it’s 10:00 do you know where your wife is?

 And in Poland, they say it’s 10:00 do you know what time it is?

 

Your head’s so big, that when it rains your clothes don’t get wet!

Your armpits smell so bad that the teacher gave you an A just for not raising your hand.

You’re so poor, every time the wind blows, your address changes!

You’re so fat that when you step on the scales it says, “One person at a time please.”

Your breath is so bad, when you talk your lips go numb.

Your breath is so bad, when you talk your teeth duck.

You’re so stupid, you asked for a price check at the 99-cents store.

You’re so fat, you could sell shade.

Your mama’s so old, she farts dust!

Your mama’s so fat that she couldn’t be born by a C-Section. She had to be born by a C-D-E-F-G Section!

                                                             Who’s a moron?

How do you keep a moron busy?
Look below.
How do you keep a moron busy?
Look above.

 Your mama’s so ugly, her vibrator went soft!

Life’s like a bag of Jelly beans, no body likes the black ones.

Is it too late for love?

 I will start this post with thanks to all my readers out there. I appreciate your comments.

I am randomizing here because I have been told that it is a great way to help yourself learn how to be a writer.

With that said, I guess I should stay away from political topics here because I like to report and discuss facts rather than just spitballing.

I didn’t have a clue as to what I was going to write about here. What I will do is write about what I’m thinking about and feeling right now.

Let’s talk about love. I am still not 100% convinced that I have really been in love with a woman. This hypothetical does not include family members. I know that I have cared deeply for some women. I mean hell, I’ve been married twice. I’m just not sure that what I had with them was true love. I know that I am ready for it. I’m not going to seek it though. I want the love and romance scenario that I see happen to others or that you see on TV or movies. Is that asking too much? Do I deserve it? I mean, the statements that I made earlier in this post theorectically could disqualify me from the “give this brotha a break“ category. I am prepared to earn the love of my life. I sometimes wonder if I’ve met or seen her already and I missed it. I hate that thought but I just can’t seem to shake it either. Wow, that’s just another brick in the wall huh? Now I’m being paranoid though. That’s just what the average woman wants right? A paranoid loved starved lunatic. Oops, I digresss…. back to my fantasy. You people are getting me off track.

I remember being so frivalous & egotistical in my earlier years. So I also wonder if “karma” has caught up to me. Remind you now, I was never rude, disrespectful or bullish to any women. However, I must admit that I thought that I was “Dash Riprock” for a long time. Has karma now made it my legacy to never find love? Have the books been settled in the fictional love court? I hate the thought. I must have faith. I look at the positives I have going for me. I think I am marginally handsome, I am honest, I have an industrial strength humorous side. I’m a single father, a good son and brother. Would that be enough? I hope I’m not coming off as too needy here? That’s not it at all. I guess I’m just curious as to whether the fairy tale ever comes through for men as well.

Ok, everyone can dry their eyes now. I’m almost running out of random thoughts here and I don’t want to cheat the process by taking a break. This is pretty fun though. I suggest to any new writers like myself to give it a try and be brave enough to just go ahead and post it. Just in case this sucks though, I’d like to phone a friend….. Oops, there it goes again. Sometimes I just can’t keep my mouth shut. I wonder if that has come into play in my quest to be the only un loved man. I guess time will tell. Sometimes I just can’t get a hold on my Add. I believe that I have a totally new strain of that disease. I hope there is still a chance for me.

If this post has saddened or touched you in anyway… Please send $19.99 to “Get this brother a date” reality show starting this Fall.

 This is definitely just my opinion, I could be wrong. (Or just screwed, your call)