Archive for September, 2009
How “You Lie” was plotted
Sep 18
So it goes
Sep 16
An 85 year old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.
The doctor gave the man a jar and said, ‘Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.
The next day the 85 year old man reappeared at the doctor’s office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.
The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, ‘Well, doc…it’s like this…first I tried with my right hand, but nothing.
Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.
Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand,
then with her left, still nothing.
She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.
We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezin’ it between her knees, but still nothing…
The doctor was shocked!
‘You asked your neighbour?’
The old man replied, ‘Yep, none of us could get the bloody jar open.’
Life on a Marine base
Sep 15
Health Care
Sep 11
I get tired of hearing people referring to our health care system as “the best in the world”. Maybe the most expensive, but certainly not the best.
In fact according to a report by the World Health Organization the United States ranks 37th, just above Slovenia and Cuba. We need a change and we need a public option. A Co-Op is not going to be able to compete.
The VA and Medicare can compete due to the size of enrollment. The income of doctors is a salary. Not how many patients they see or how many procedures they recommend.
Today most doctors are “piece workers”. They are paid just like people that pick fruit or car salesmen that sell cars. The more the better. Quantity trumps quality.