Suppose I offer you $100 to write a blog post for me. Just 500 words. Sound like a good deal?

Okay, after a while, I am forced to lower the rate to $98 for a blog post. Still 500 words. Still okay?

After a while, I drop that to $90 per blog post, and I want 550 words. Okay?

Then, I drop that to $85 per blog post, and I want 575 words. Still good?

After that, I drop it to $72 per blog post and I want 600 words. How does that sound?

A bit after that, I decide on $65 per blog post, and I want 675 words. Still got a deal?

Then, I keep it at $65 per blog post, but I want 700 words. Okay?

So, then I again keep it at $65 per blog post, but I want 750 words. Deal?

A bit later, I still keep the offer at $65 per blog post, but now I want 1000 words. Have we still got a deal?

Later, I maintain the $65 per blog post offer, but I want 1500 words. Is that a deal?

Some time later, I opt for $60 per blog post, and 1800 words. Good?

A short while later, I offer $50 for a blog post and I want 2500 words. Is that okay?

Some time after that, I keep the $50 per blog post offer but now I want 3500 words. Okay?

Eventually, I’m still offering $50 per blog post, but I want 5000 words. Still a good deal?

So, do you continue working with me? Do you get frustrated? Do you decide at any point to just quit and look for opportunities elsewhere? Or, do you stick with it, and keep giving me what I ask for at the price I offer?

Anyone remember Logan’s Run? In the fictional world, people reported for execution, euphemistically reported to a “sleepshop”, when they reached a certain age. In the novel, the age was 21; in the movie, the age was 30.

In the slippery slope of a national health care plan which emphasizes reducing medical costs, how long before such an extreme situation could become reality? And, even if not to the extreme of being made law, how long before the aged would simply be viewed as burdens that should “hurry up and die” in order to free up resources for the younger set?

In a paper co-authored by Obama’s advisor, “Dr.” Ezekiel Emanuel, the point was made that health spending on the elderly should be reduced and the focus should be on those between the ages of 15 and 40. Apparently, even young children are considered low value.

In Oregon, which Obama praises as a good example, medical rationing for the elderly already occurs. A woman redeveloped lung cancer and her Oregon Health Plan denied treatment, instead offering to pay for assisted suicide.

It’s important to keep in mind that the national health care plan is not about expanding health care coverage for all Americans, as it is supposed, but reducing health care costs. Since the sick and elderly incur the most costs in health care, how else will health care costs be reduced but by reducing care?

No doubt there are bureaucrats that see no value in extending life by a mere few months or short number of years if the patient is not a “productive” member of society. But, for friends and family members, every additional minute of life and time spent with that loved one is precious. There is much to be said for companionship, passing along experience, and so many intangible things that may not be considered valuable to some bureaucrat but are to families and friends.

Think of young children. They often don’t remember much from their younger years, so for their parents that want them to enjoy the experience and to share in the lives of grandparents or great-grandparents, every additional moment that can be spent increases the likelihood of the children carrying some precious memory with them for the rest of their lives so that they too can share something of distant relatives with their own children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren some day.

You cannot put a price tag on life. And that’s what you get when government bureaucrats are deciding who gets care and who is thrown to the wolves.

Our current health system, while flawed, has done much to find ways to cure and treat diseases and other medical problems, adding months and years to people’s lives. Many things which were death sentences for people in the past are no longer so. Life is precious and we have, and we should, do everything we can to secure and extend life.

When a baby is dirty, you bath him or her and you dump out the dirty bath water. What Obama and his cronies are trying to do with health care is dump the baby and keep the dirty bath water. Such a strategy will dramatically reduce costs, but you won’t have the baby anymore.

“The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.”
~H. L. Mencken

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
~C. S. Lewis

“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
~Plato

“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.”
~Charles de Montesquieu

“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
~Thomas Jefferson

“When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.”
~H. L. Mencken

“The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich.”
~P. J. O’Rourke

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What? You didn’t pay anything for this post?

Well, I guess you’re out of luck then if you’re unsatisfied.

By the way, fruit flies are annoying. I think they are worse than houseflies. I don’t think catching a few dragonflies and releasing them indoors is the best option.

I think I’ll stop now, because I got nothin’. Wait! I can share some links!

This one is for Speedy: Chickens of Fire.

How about some Fancy Fast Food?

Who were the real leaders of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars? The answer may surprise you. Or not.

Too bad this shot didn’t count. The shooter’s team did win in overtime though.

Are you being controlled by a cat virus?

A rat-eating plant and some other new species.

Chuck Norris saved a bakery. For more fun, go to Google, type in “find Chuck Norris” without the quotes and hit the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button.

Th-Th-Th-That’s all, folks!

Blue moon:
You saw me sanding a bone,
Without a creamy Pop-Tart,
Without a stove out on loan.

Blue moon:
You know just what it was, therefore
You heard me sanding a pear for
Its skin was really tough before.

And then there suddenly was peeled before tea
The only pear that was foretold.
I heard somebody whimper “Please please peel me.”
And when I looked to you, moon, it burned so cold.

Blue moon:
Now it’s no longer a bone.
It’s just a broken wishbone,
Without a turkey for loan.

And completely overlooked it!

August 14th, Friday, was my 500th day of consecutive daily blogging. Sure, this blog has been around for over two years, but I didn’t post every day to start.

But, Friday, was my 500th consecutive post on this blog. And, you even got two–count them, two–posts out of the deal.

Not too shabby, eh?

You know what that means?

I can quit now! Ha ha!

See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile. See you later, golden tater. After a while, Mr. Lyle. See you later, bulk oil freighter. After a while, Miss Denial. See you later, mythic satyr. After a while, thirteen file.

So long. That’s all, food guy!

I haven’t done this in a while, or so it seems, so here goes another exciting round of ways people found my blog. Maybe you are among them? You didn’t find what you wanted but decided to stick around for the lingering disappointment?

creepy gu - If you like your gu creepy, this is the place to be, I guess, according to Google.

creative - At least Bing sends me some normal people.

Twitter - I’m thinking Bing rocks at this point.

Where do I see myself in year 2029 - Bing again.

aphids - Bing!

change - When people are looking for change, Bing sends them here.

Elgin Starburst Clock - Hey, Google is still around after all!

circle - Okay, maybe Bing is losing its mind at points.

dreams - Got dreams? Bing sends ‘em here.

things - Sometimes, I guess people just search for things. Bing sends them here for that too.

sexy ideas for her - Evidently, I was on page 2 of Google for this one for a bit.

my neighbor’s daughter debbie gibson - Two people found me in Google using this phrase. My blog doesn’t show up at all for this search term now. Weird.

daring bold jumping spider - Page one of Google. Woohoo!

cheese - Bing again. Apparently, if people are concerned about cheese not being consider part of “everything” then Bing sends them my way.

weird stuff on eBay - Page two on Google. Maybe I should do an updated one and get on page one again.

clock - I must try to figure out why Bing loves me so.

bread - Bing!

barbie kitchen carousel - Two people found me through Google with this search term that this blog no longer shows up for.

barbie carousel kitchen - Two people found me with this one too. The same ones?

shame - Is Bing trying to tell me something?

chair - Maybe I should start selling home furnishings. Is that what Bing is trying to tell me?

flowers - I told you Bing loves me.

vintage - I like Bing.

brisket rubber - Dang you, Google! My brisket did not turn out like rubber at all!

nude woman baking - Bing or Google? Yep, Google. Page two.

tiny fairy “wings” “her breasts” - I think perhaps Google is the search engine of choice for creepy people.

swine - I’m beginning to think Bing users don’t know they can search using more than one word at a time.

brisket with coke and liquid smoke - Hey, look, a Google search who can rhyme! Isn’t that sublime?

award winning blogs - Yeah, Yahoo, that’s what I’m talking about!

naked sultry - If you guessed Google, you were right!

Snowminator - Thanks, Google. Maybe I ought to make a short film…

creepy guy staring in window commercial - #1 in Google!

secret - Shh. It’s a secret that Bing sent them here.

naked - Guess I wrote too soon about all the creepy searches being on Google.

seriously - Seriously? Seriously. Seriously, Bing? Seriously. What do people think this is? Gray’s Anatomy? Seriously.

lilies - Bing loves some flowers.

retro - Ha ha! Bing loves me for some vintage and some retro! Maybe I ought to bring back Retroyears!

search for believe guy site - Who is the believe guy? I bet they were disappointed when they read that particular post.

seven of nine borg naked pictures - #5 in Google. Look where Google sent ‘em.

banana - At least Bing gave them what they wanted. Kind of.

hot photo - Good job, Google!

Long Tail Grasshopper - #1! Woohoo! Thanks, Google!

believe achieve - Was on page two, now on page three. Boo, Google, boo!

“women with tails” - You already know this was a Google search, don’t you?

real pictures of men in underwear - I think this Yahoo user may have been disappointed.

boysspace - I don’t want to know what this Google user might have been looking for…

failure - Really, Bing. That was uncalled for.

how to get the letters used in password which get dot if we type in email accounts - What are you asking me for, Google?

naked chics wearing aprons - I bet you realized this was a Google search too.

happy - C’mon, get happy with Bing!

oz of gold for loaf of bread - Sounds like a deal to me. I’ll give this Google search two loaves of bread for an ounce of gold even. Two for one!

fairy “wings” “her breasts” fly - You guessed it. Google.

tails for weird people - Weird people use Google to look for tails?

loser - Now Bing is just being mean.

hot woman bodies nake - The Google searcher was too anxious to find this that he forgot the “d”!

milkweed seeds - A two-word search from Bing!!!

love comes down upon us and it flows like water - Page one in Google! In French?

photos of men in their underwear - I need to write an eBook on underwear, with pictures, or something.

thinking - Bing thinks this is the place for thinking. You think?

what is the point of living sometimes without being childish - Google. Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Doctor Who.

how to make $1,000,000 in a week - When you find out, let me know.

“men in female underwear” - The Google searchers in Germany aren’t much better…

Dream act believe tattoo - Right now, someone could be out there with my avatar tattooed on them, hopefully in a not inappropriate location.

michelle gartner indiana - Someone’s looking for Michelle in all the wrong places.

women with tails pics - Oy.

shopping naked men - Are the naked men shopping or is someone shopping for naked men?

hot bottom chicks photos - Buy the apron, you yahoo!

free photo of burt ward nude - Sorry but you need to go here for a free photo of burt ward nude.

nude star trek actresses - Why don’t you try steampunk Star Trek instead?

hollydale mental hospital - Speedy needs to be careful with the comments he leaves.

For best results, read these directions in their entirety…

So, you want to make money online? Okay, first, you’ll need to start with a little money. But, don’t worry. You’ll put that money to work and make much, much more!

The first step is to go to eBay or Craigslist or something. What you want to find is an older computer, an old version of Adobe Photoshop, an older scanner that will work with the older computer and a decent inkjet printer that will also work with the computer.

Next, you need to get a crisp bill from your bank. A $10 will be good. Most people don’t pay attention to those.

Now, scan in both sides of the bill and make sure it looks nice in Photoshop.

Next, print them. You can probably get three to a sheet. Flip and print the back side. Print as many as you like! A ream of paper (500 sheets) will be $1500 if you decided on printing $10 bills! Not bad, eh?

Cut carefully with scissors.

Next, go to your bank and deposit all the money you made.

Now, at some point when you’re sitting in your jail cell, you’re going to realize you went wrong somewhere.

The problem is that you started with the wrong mindset. You were looking for ways to make money online.

It’s a problem that many would-be Internet marketers make. They don’t want to start a business. They don’t want to do any type of work. They just want to make some money.

The problem is that mindset gets you off in the wrong direction. As such, many people start getting into the wrong things, making the wrong decisions. They end up looking for a quick buck rather than something of long-term value.

Sometimes, that means they end up in situations where they make money by ripping people off. Like counterfeiting, it means they are trying to make money by offering nothing of value in exchange.

Instead of looking for ways to make money online, what you need to do is look for ways to earn money online.

That gets you started with the right mindset. To earn money, you need to offer something of value, something worth someone else parting with their money.

Think about it. When you spend money, you don’t spend it for the sake of spending it. You spend it to get something of value in return. Maybe it’s a pizza. Maybe it’s a book. Maybe it’s a night out on the town. Maybe it is for information on how to earn more money. But, the bottom line is that you want to gain something of value in exchange for handing over your hard-earned dollars to someone else.

Thus, the “secret” to earning money online is by offering something of value. That’s where you need to start. The “how do I earn money online” should be your starting question. Everything after that is wrapped around getting your valuable product into people’s hands.

Forget about making money online. Earn it!

Clouds gearing up for war! The battle is on! The skies are no longer safe!

Run for your lives!

Duck and cover!

Run. Don’t walk. Run!

Is this the best I can do for a Friday?

Apparently.

By the way, if you knew what I know, you would know what I know. And, if you didn’t know what I knew, you wouldn’t know what I know. Know what I mean? No?

Anyway, you might want to read up on some Practical Points in Nursing. Sure, the info is over 100 years old, but health care is a big issue right now, so it might be useful to know where we were. You know?

By the way, I’m about to post a political picture. So, if you don’t want to see it, look away now. Don’t scroll down. Stop. Turn around. Go somewhere else.

Go away now if you don’t want to see a political picture.

This is your last warning!

Obama’s Revealing Body Language

I’ll leave the reader to draw their own conclusions, if any.

This past spring, I posted a photo of my hibiscus from two years ago.

Well, it’s in bloom again! I took the above photo before work Tuesday morning.

You know what’s interesting? Look at the current photo and the two year old picture. Can you see what is in both pictures? Not planned at all, by the way. Just a happy coincidence. Might be hard to see, but it’s there. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?