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It's improbably, I know, but the best fish tacos I've ever had were from dumpy taco stands in Fresno, CA. For some reason, they do it right there.
Would you eat a shipped fish taco?
Even though I am in Tennessee I listen to the show through KPOJ's web site. I find myself jonesing for fish tacos from Hawthorn or Corbett fish house. Do they ship them?
As for Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, I watched him on O'Reilly yesterday. Although he did not utter the line about hoping the Taliban offs the PFC (that might be from another interview), he is the only one out there who is calling this one straight. The military confirms the soldier as a deserter. The excuse from the Taliban's propaganda tape was a lie. Dude left his weapon and walked off outside the wire.
LAND SHARK!
Lore,
'boy' these days is equivalent to 'friend' or 'buddy'. It's been used in pop culture for at least a decade. I use it all the time '.. check out my boy in this picture..' or '.. out with the boys tonight..'
you're really reaching here with the slavery bit. get outside among the people more often, get that fresh air.
joe
OH MY FARGING DEITY . . . I hate fatalism and the pre-destiny folk . . .
The deity of my choice chose to give me free-will . . . OR . . . The twisting and turnings of carbon atoms allows me to interpret my omniverse to the best of my understanding through my given senses and through the filters of my interpretation of my experiences, knowledge and understandings. Either way, nothing is written in stone AND if it were I can buy a sledgehammer. That includes stars, also.
Side Note: (Going back to the 'it ain’t their book' conversation . . .) The nevi’im (prophets) are speakers of truth to power; NOT woogie-woogie chicken-bone throwers. Divination is a sin . . . A discouraged as superstition.
I'm still recovering from the Gilbert Eriksen interview.
I work with high schoolers and if a student of mine acted and talked like Eriksen, I'd put him on my mental "watch for signs of drug use" list.
Helen,
i am sorry. I was writing my post while you were writing yours and I didn't see the story you wrote until after I had posted my comment.
That sounds like some of the nightmares I have experienced with dental care, too. We definitely need to have dental care as part of our public plan. If more money from a public plan is provided to low-income clinics, they will be able to offer much better care, hopefully.
I am sorry you are going through this pain and worry right now. Teeth issues can be very scary.
How the heck did it happen that teeth, drugs and mental illness are not considered basic healthcare?
If you have problems with any of those, you are not healthy.
It's nuts. It's gotta change.
I have been thinking about Thom's comment concerning Peter Defazio's concern about the schedules for Medicare payment to Docs and how cost of living increases are figured.
I think that for this very first go-around this isn't important and that we can fix these Medicare issues as time progresses. I feel the goal for the first round is to simply be sure that all Americans can get a regular checkup and the medication they need. Even an imperfect public option will assure this.
We already have many clinics that provide services to people on Medicare and the numbers of those clinics will increase and more than likely be very grateful for the much-needed extra revenue. I am more than willing to go to a clinic that provides services to Medicare patients who other Doctors aren't willing to see.
Also, Doctors may self-regulate themselves and encourage one-another to take on more Medicare patients if suddenly there are thousands of people on the public plan.
The worries about the public plan are coming from people who already get to see a doctor and are nit-picking about service details. Those of us who simply want to see a doctor for various ailments we have been self-treating for the last two decades don't have time for this kind of arguing. We don't care if we see a recent grad, a retired doc, visit a clinic or a high class hospital. We simply want some basic care.
I don't think we should worry about these details right now. i think we just need to get this bill passed so millions of Americans who can't get basic care will be able to get that care. Care for patients no on will see right now, because they have NO money, can be provided by clinics staffed by doctors hoping to reduce his student loan costs or whoever wants to work there.
listening to the Health care discussion I have to add in that Dental needs to be covered also. It wasn't included in Medicare and Medicaid has cut most.
One and one-half years ago in the Fall, I had excruciating pain in left back molar area, jaw and ear, and went to Doc because I thought I must have an ear infection. He (not my regular Doc) said it was not an infection but just from tooth grinding and I should take many, many OTC pain drugs... eventually the pain lessened but I continued daily NSAIDs at a lower level
last fall a similar problem only on the RIGHT side and this time a large swelling on the gum just below the molar. My Doc was in that day and gave me an Antibiotic, prob omoxicilin or something like that... After two courses of it there was still a bit of swelling but no pain...
So a few weeks ago I go to my Doc for my regular checkup and she casually mentions that since there is still a bit of swelling that comes and goes, I MIGHT have an abscess.
Also that my liver function is off, probably as a result of too many OTC pain pills
I dont'have a regular dentist, since I don't have any insurance and am on a low fixed income. I do have Medicare but dental isn't covered.
So I went into the local low-income clinic for an exam and they did find an abscess on the left and also a possible one on the right... but they don't do extractions or root canal repair... so they gave me a list of clinics so I can call around, but hinted that the only place I could get it done was at the University where they have a dental course and train endodontists, etc. If they need a case like mine for teaching they might do it for free.
They also do plain extractions for about $100 so will do that if the ENDO clinic doesn't want to use me for training... Private fees for Endodontists would be in the multiple thousands I am sure... and I am already trying to pay down my credit card debt...
Reading about Abscesses I see they can cause death... or brain damage...
I have always taken good care of my teeth, brushing flossing, etc, but have poor dental genetics and have had several root canals and many cavities over the years... etc.
This is so annoying: 23 years ago, also with no Medical insurance I walked around for a couple of years with a Quarter sized lump in my breast.
The minute I qualified for Medicaid (couldn't work anymore because of other health problems) my then Doc had the lump tested and it was malignant... so had operation, etc. no recurrenc
But NOW my current Doc wanted an ULTRASOUND ON the Scar tissue from the lumpectomy and finds a "suspicious" area. Come on, I've never had ultrasound, just mammograms... so eveything there is going to look different. It's just a dense mass of scar tissue.
Now she wants to do a biopsy with ultrasound guidance. I wonder if they're training ultrasound techs?
But she can't help me with my abscess....
Research shows that fixing the two root canals would be a minimum of $1500 each. Extraction would be about $1000 for both...
I am on SS and medicare and medicaid and trying to pay down Credit cards...
Wow, Gilbert Eriksen is absolutely painful to listen to.
The sniffing, the heavy breathing, the NOT GETTING TO A POINT is horrible.
Interesting discussion on MSNBC's Morning Meeting today re: Bernanke's arrogance (my words) and the finanacial meltdown:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/32083493#32083493
THIS name of God was traditionally only spoken once per year by the Head Priest during the Days of Awe. The High Priest would open the doors to the Holiest of Holies (an empty room) and implore that God give his people another year to worship God. The vowels to yud-chei-vav-chei are unknown, although it is felt by a good number of folk that the name of God is pronounced as a breath drawn in then a breath expelled . . . Thus the name of God is the sound of life itself and the soul is the breath of life.
The YHWH is the American from the German from the Latin from the Greek translation of the Hebrew. In short, it ain’t their book and they lack the social and cultural references to fully interpret it. Like any time one folk assumes the understanding of another group of folk, they tend to impose their social, ethical and /or cultural references upon that understanding . . . Often pooching the screw in the attempt.
Side Note: If the breath of life is the soul . . . Most forced anti-abortion folk are incorrect in their interpretation of the beginning of life question.
BUT I digress and ramble . . .
B Roll,
Thanks...similar hearts, I think...
Quark - Thanx for the sympathy - we recently observed the 8th anniversary of his passing - time doesn't really heal all wounds, but it does get one used to living with them. We try to remember the happier times with him, and not allow ourselves to dwell on the pain of his loss or the "could've-beens" - that, my friend, is the road to insanity.
Richard Adlof - YHWH is simply the English-alphabet represenation of יהוה. :)
Quark,
Your message to mstaggerlee is part of the reason I'm so fond of you.
I'm going out now, but will respond to your Akenaten post later.
mstaggerlee,
I SAY I don't allow myself to imagine the pain of losing a child, but I'm sitting here thinking of you and your wife and I can't stop the tears...
thank you b. roll
Quark,
I see no reason for you to apologize for not using the Hebrew spelling of a name that actually is meant as a substitute for the real name which can't be spoken.
For more information read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh or Google for other references.
mstaggerlee,
My heart aches for you and your wife. As a parent, I don't allow myself to imagine that pain (of losing a child.)
Thanks for your explanation of your understanding of Yahweh. I think it's very interesting, tho/and I have alot to learn.
Quark -
Yahweh is actually in itself a substitute for the unpronouncable name of God. At least, that's how they 'splained it to me in Hebrew School (at a Reform Temple - Orthodox & Conservative Jews may have a different take).
Here is the best summation of the health care debate I've ever seen.....
WaPo's, Steven Pearlstein
Among the range of options for health-care reform, there's one that is sure to raise your taxes, increase your out-of-pocket medical expenses, swell the federal deficit, leave more Americans without insurance and guarantee that wages will remain stagnant.
That's the option of doing nothing, letting things continue to drift as they have for the past two decades as we continue to search in vain for the perfect plan that would let everyone have everything they want and preserve everything they already have while getting someone else to pay for it.
So the next time you hear someone throwing a hissy fit because health reform might raise taxes on some people, or steer people into managed care, or require small businesses to contribute $2 a day for each employee's coverage, just remember to ask yourself: And that's compared with what?
It's the trials and tribulations, the problems we live through and overcome that makes us stronger and more enlightened, not extreme physical pain! That's just cruel!