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ebonlockOk funniest thing I've seen on tv in ages - NewsMax magazine schilling for subscribers by attempting to drum up fear of terrorists and offering a free emergency radio to all new subscribers. You'd think they'd have updated and now be threatening people with dire warnings of the civil war to come now that the US is starting its inevitable (and horrifying!) slide towards Socialism. C'mon, people, keep up!
Of course why I was able to see said commercial is because I decided a mental health day was in order. Why you might ask?
1. Hachi is now pooping worms. Dozens of them. I had a minor freak out yesterday when I discovered it, photo-documented it and then got in touch with Sharon regarding her suggestions for treatment. Poor little kitty, she's really won the parasite lottery. Though this time it's just tapeworms and without fleas to act as an intermediary for their eggs they can't be spread. If I can clear her that should do the trick.
2. Tweaked my back doing a ton of yard work this weekend. On the plus side it's done! The far side of the house that borders my neighbor's driveway is now completely trimmed, edged and re-mulched so all it should require in future is a bit of trimming to keep it in shape.
3. Master bath toilet backed up and nearly overflowed last night. So off I went to OSH today for a toilet auger. Thankfully it did the trick but was unbelievably gross to do and managed to scratch up the porcelain pretty badly. Cheap toilet *sigh* add replacing that to the list of things to do I guess.
4. Monitoring my main credit card as it didn't work at the gas station when I filled the car up yesterday. Twice. I switched credit cards and the other one worked. Weird. I checked the account online and I don't see anything odd yet, but I'm on high alert right now.
5. So stressed out by the above that I didn't get much sleep and woke up a zombie.
It was just one of those days where going back to bed seemed the wiser course of action so I did. And now I'm better rested, still in a bit of back pain but I'll do some loosening up exercises for that. The toilet is cleared out and cleaned up. The cats are fed and resting and have cleaned out litterboxes.
On the plus side it's official, HCR made it through the House and it looks like the Dems have succeeded pretty much in spite of themselves. Is it everything we progressives wanted? No. Is it going to make the lives of millions of people, myself, friends and family included, a whole lot better? Yes indeed. I'm having trouble imagining life without the terror of one relatively bad illness completely decimating me financially, and/or losing any future health coverage because of it. I can't quite wrap my brain around it yet but I look forward to doing so.
The other plus side, of course, is the massive freak-out the wingnuts are currently engaging in. You've got everything from David Frum's morose declaration that the loss on the HCR front is the GOP's Waterloo to commenters over at Confederate Yankee declaring Civil War:
We have a war now, should this become law. The little liberal weenies who have been crying about illegal wars over seas are about to have a real reason to cry. This shall not stand in my land.
Never.
Posted by: Odins Acolyte at March 22, 2010 09:47 AM
D. Aristophanes at Sadly, No! labels this "Excellence in the Field of Impotent Rage" and ends his post with "Ragnarok, bitchez! Indeed.
Apparently the preferred method of Righty-y resistance is stamping their little feet and tossing out their census forms:
Right now my census is on top the fridge not filled out. After losing our liberty today it's staying there.
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I was thinking the same thing when it became clear this was going to pass.
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I too was on the fence. No longer. This made my choice easy.
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Me too!
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...I threw mine in the trash last week. F-EM!
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... The census form I "never got" is sitting on the bottom of my trash can.
To which Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog replies:
Wow -- maybe the recorded population of every red state in the union will plummet. If so, thanks! More federal dollars and seats in Congress for us up in here in Commie Land!
So I expect we can look forward to Rush Limbaugh leaving the country any day now, right?
Of course why I was able to see said commercial is because I decided a mental health day was in order. Why you might ask?
1. Hachi is now pooping worms. Dozens of them. I had a minor freak out yesterday when I discovered it, photo-documented it and then got in touch with Sharon regarding her suggestions for treatment. Poor little kitty, she's really won the parasite lottery. Though this time it's just tapeworms and without fleas to act as an intermediary for their eggs they can't be spread. If I can clear her that should do the trick.
2. Tweaked my back doing a ton of yard work this weekend. On the plus side it's done! The far side of the house that borders my neighbor's driveway is now completely trimmed, edged and re-mulched so all it should require in future is a bit of trimming to keep it in shape.
3. Master bath toilet backed up and nearly overflowed last night. So off I went to OSH today for a toilet auger. Thankfully it did the trick but was unbelievably gross to do and managed to scratch up the porcelain pretty badly. Cheap toilet *sigh* add replacing that to the list of things to do I guess.
4. Monitoring my main credit card as it didn't work at the gas station when I filled the car up yesterday. Twice. I switched credit cards and the other one worked. Weird. I checked the account online and I don't see anything odd yet, but I'm on high alert right now.
5. So stressed out by the above that I didn't get much sleep and woke up a zombie.
It was just one of those days where going back to bed seemed the wiser course of action so I did. And now I'm better rested, still in a bit of back pain but I'll do some loosening up exercises for that. The toilet is cleared out and cleaned up. The cats are fed and resting and have cleaned out litterboxes.
On the plus side it's official, HCR made it through the House and it looks like the Dems have succeeded pretty much in spite of themselves. Is it everything we progressives wanted? No. Is it going to make the lives of millions of people, myself, friends and family included, a whole lot better? Yes indeed. I'm having trouble imagining life without the terror of one relatively bad illness completely decimating me financially, and/or losing any future health coverage because of it. I can't quite wrap my brain around it yet but I look forward to doing so.
The other plus side, of course, is the massive freak-out the wingnuts are currently engaging in. You've got everything from David Frum's morose declaration that the loss on the HCR front is the GOP's Waterloo to commenters over at Confederate Yankee declaring Civil War:
We have a war now, should this become law. The little liberal weenies who have been crying about illegal wars over seas are about to have a real reason to cry. This shall not stand in my land.
Never.
Posted by: Odins Acolyte at March 22, 2010 09:47 AM
D. Aristophanes at Sadly, No! labels this "Excellence in the Field of Impotent Rage" and ends his post with "Ragnarok, bitchez! Indeed.
Apparently the preferred method of Righty-y resistance is stamping their little feet and tossing out their census forms:
Right now my census is on top the fridge not filled out. After losing our liberty today it's staying there.
****
I was thinking the same thing when it became clear this was going to pass.
****
I too was on the fence. No longer. This made my choice easy.
****
Me too!
****
...I threw mine in the trash last week. F-EM!
****
... The census form I "never got" is sitting on the bottom of my trash can.
To which Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog replies:
Wow -- maybe the recorded population of every red state in the union will plummet. If so, thanks! More federal dollars and seats in Congress for us up in here in Commie Land!
So I expect we can look forward to Rush Limbaugh leaving the country any day now, right?
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Date: 2010-03-22 08:41 pm (UTC)