Priorities

Recently, I've been getting some pretty rabid emails from folks who seem to be certain that the effect on our country of the Health Care legislation recently passed by the Obama administration should be counted on a par with what that pesky meteor did to the dinosaurs. Well, maybe it should. But I came across something on the web today that suggests that I'm not the only one who wonders what standards folks are applying in reaching their conclusions, and why some are suddenly awake to goings on in Washington, when it would have seemed to be to them a fairly uninteresting topic for much of the past decade. So, in case you missed this, I thought I'd share.....

"You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.

You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed energy company officials to dictate energy policy.

You didn't get mad when the president ignored the clear and timely warning that terrorists were going to hijack planes and fly them into the WTC towers.

You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us.

You didn't get mad when the weapons inspectors, who said there were no WMDs, were ignored.

You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war.

You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq.

You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people.

You didn't get mad when hundreds of thousands of people died in Iraq.

You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.

You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.

You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans.

You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden.

You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed.

You didn't get mad when we let a major US city, New Orleans, drown.

You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich.

You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark.

You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick.  Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans...oh hell no."

Being silly...a calling

My granddaughter, Caris, a while back (when she was 2-3-ish) began to say that Popi is silly, and then giggle with the fun of it. Later, it became a point of pride with me that, when questioned by her dad about who's the silliest person she knows, the answer is always: "Popi". Sometimes my exalted status is also expressed by her as: "Popi is soooo silly." And now her younger sister has taken up that refrain - and seemingly spontaneously.

So here I am.....a 65 year old lawyer, accountant, business executive, mover and shaker.... and one of my greatest joys in life comes when Caris or Caleigh giggle ferociously, point, and once again confirm that there's something at which I am the very best......