Chritsy's Ebola Choas - A Primer for the Oval Office

Maine nurse Kaci Hickox observed the same isolation precautions when caring for Ebola patients in West Africa as those recommended by the CDC and as followed in the US. One could make an argument that in fact health care workers there are better at it than in the US given the amount of practice they have had. Furthermore the CDC has made it clear that Ebola patients are not contagious until symtopmatic, and do not recommmend blanket quarrantine for those who have cared for Ebola patients. What then is Govenor Christy's rationale for doing just that? Is it as simple as fear, arrogance, ignorance and bigotery? 'Clearly West Africa cant do anything right, thank god I - Govenor Chris Chrity - am here to save the people and set the CDC right'.

I'd say if west Africa is a place that cant do anything right then perhaps Gov Chritsy shoud move there - he'd fit right in. I'd say that save for the fact I could not wish such a fate on any people - not even those in New Jersey.

If its not bigotry and fear driving Christy's decsions then by logical extension he simply has no choice but to put all health care workers who have cared for Ebola patients into 21 day quarantine - including those in the US. Or maybe he could just shut up and let the CDC - the people who know what they are talking about - lead us through this crisis.

My Boat

Im a neophyte but already know shell take care of me. And if not - it will be a wondrous death

She’s alive with a quiet, deep, ancient presence - thousands of years in the making, beautiful

She'll take me - anywhere, everywhere

She brings me to my knees - physically, emotionally, redefining my very life, while exposing who I really am

a small price to pay for any great love

Clowns and actresses

Cindy McCain thinks Gwyneth Paltrow a joke. Sort of like when her husband choose Sarah Palin as his VP and lost his bid for the presidency. 

War

Governments start wars.

People pay the price - horribly so

Then they get to pick up the pieces and relearn peace and forgiveness.

Thirty years later - we do it all over again.

Go Ban Yourselves

Whatever happened to sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you?
My god America - grow up.
I could give a rats patoot if some team owner is a racist in private.
I could care less if a president lies about an affair.
My wife is Jewish - I don't care if some country bumpkin fool gets on national TV and pronounces his hatred of Jews.
Who cares?

Oh the outrage, the indignation, the fuss - for days and days.
Banned for life. Impeached. Shunned.
How dare they?

Here's what I say to you - blah, blah, blah.

There are a lot of people who aren't going to like you, treat you fairly, or act with the purity and to the standard you feel they should. As long as they are not acting on their words, or what they do causes real harm, who cares?

And what about you?

Millions starve in a world of plenty while you ignore them, too busy whining about the latest name caller. Hundreds of thousands are murdered in unnecessary wars you are hardly aware of - you too distracted by some player lying about oral sex.

Why don't you take a good look at yourselves

Is it possible to ban yourselves?

Wounded Elephants

I once had a boss who told me I wrote like a wounded elephant.
He should know - he was married to one.

Easy Prey and Cowards

Those who lobby against federal and state support of higher education by and large represent student loan lenders - predators all. 

Since by law you cant just walk away after defaulting a student loan or even dismiss the debt in bankruptcy I would then have to ask what reason the high interest rates? What reason the systematic defunding of our universities and colleges by government resulting in rising tuition that for many, is unreachable - except through student loans and strangling debt. 

Student loan predators and a corrupt government overly influenced by them and their lobbyists - that's what.

So hey, good idea. Prey on our future scientists, physicians, researchers, and engineers, poets, novelists for a quick buck today - never mind bankrupting our future.

People spend 20 years in prison for drug offenses. By those standards these predators should die by lethal injection. The harm they do - immeasurable.