Every time I walk into a doctor’s office I feel like I’m dealing with the mafia.  Not because of the doctor but because of the insurance companies behind the doctor.  There is no regulation of insurance companies.  They can do what they want to sick people,  to doctors, to poor people.  Of all the developed countries in the world we have the worst health care system.  If a person can get better health care or better insurance across state lines, then they should be able to do it.  The whole system needs an overhaul, but I’m not hopeful this will happen in my lifetime.

This author sounds woefully uptight.  I’m over sixty, have young and old friends on FB, and once in a while we get into interesting discussions (last one was on "personality driven economics").  My previous professors and classmates are on FB and it’s nice to keep in touch that way. Exulting over an achievement by posting on FB is simply a way to let your friends share your joy.  Never occurred to me that it was boasting or obnoxious.  And all of my friends who are in business for themselves use Facebook to keep in touch.   It’s online socializing and usually is good for business.   If FB makes you nervous, stick to email. 

I’d open a liquor store.  Booze is still selling.  Wine sales are up.

Nothing is more recession proof than a 100 proof.

Just recently on The View, Elizabeth Edwards told the women that even if the baby is John’s she won’t leave him.  Then she said something that made my jaw drop, "I just wish the whole thing would go away."  Perhaps the cancer drugs are affecting her brain but it was one of the most obvious displays of cognitive dissonance I’ve ever seen.  Why on earth would she write a book and do a book tour if she wishes it "would go away?"  She’s much sicker than she knows and probably should stay home and get more bed rest.

You really should read Jane Fonda’s book.  Even with the service of your brother and many brave soldiers, Vietnam was an idiotic war.  My father was a military man, and he said, "It’s ridiculous to send men into a war where they can’t tell the friends from the enemies."    Iraq is an even worse mistake.  Jane fingered the politicians, the leaders, who sent the soldiers to die.

She was passionate, true and patriotic, and I supported her all the way.  Now she’s fantastic in "33 Variations." an interesting play about life and the other side.  She never stops learning, listening and revising her opinions.  She is nobody’s fool.

Excellent summary.

And all unforgettably true.

As the Russians would say, "It would be funny if it weren’t so sad."