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Compression socks

  I ordered some “compression socks” from Amazon. My doctor wants me to use them.

“Compression stockings and socks are specialised hosiery items designed to increase blood circulation. Their main theraputic purpose is to provide graduated pressure on the lower leg and foot and, in some cases, the thigh, to alleviate circulatory problems such as edema, phlebitis and thrombosis. Unlike traditional dress or athletic stockings and socks, compression stockings use stronger elastics to create significant pressure on the legs, ankles and feet. Compression stockings are tightest at the ankles and gradually become less constrictive towards the knees and thighs. By compressing the surface veins, arteries and muscles, the circulating blood is forced through narrower circulatory channels. As a result, the arterial pressure is increased, which causes more blood to return to the heart and less blood to pool in the feet. There are two types of compression stockings: Gradient and Anti-embolism…”

 

  I do not think I am going to like them.   I hate having clothing on anyway.  Most of the time when I am home alone I am nude or just have on a t-shirt.  
  I am going to look and feel like a fucking fool sitting here at the computer nude except for socks on that run up to my thighs.  
 

    I just had an idea!  I wonder if since compression socks are forcing blood up from you feet and legs if some of that blood might head to your penis?  I might end up loving compression stocking. 

Mitt Romney needs to know how to give the GOP position

  God love him.  Yes, I am talking about Mitt Romney.  He gave us a sound and video byte that we can run over and over again.  How could we ask for anything better than Mitt Romney himself saying that he did not worry about the poor.
  He is so clueless about being a rich man.  If we did not want to beat him so bad we might even feel sorry for him.

  I posted about his remark and commented on it yesterday here on ShowMeBlog.  You can even see the video of him making the statement and repeating it over and over again.  Since then he has defended the statement. 
  It must be nice to be that rich.  So rich that you do not understand things like saying you will bet someone ten thousand dollars etc.
 
  I said yesterday that the Republicans would be upset with him.  I looked at some of the evil empire blogs and yes they are pissed at him.  They are mad that he would give the Democrats the ammo to use.  The Republican Party has always been the party of the rich so when stuff like this comes up it hurts.
  It is interesting that Republican blog after Republican blog sort of made the same sort of comments on it.  They are upset that Romney did not know how “articulate” the conservative position on the issue.   In other words if he had been asked about the poor he should have come up with the right wing talking point. 

  So when asked about the poor he should have said something like “Yes, Republicans care about the poor.  It is the Communist Democrats that want to keep them poor.  We know the best way to help them out of being poor.  That is by giving tax cuts to the rich.  Then they will start businesses and that will make jobs for the poor.”
  Something like that would be the party line.  The Republicans say it is the Democrats that want people to be poor. 
  So this happening is another reason for those Republicans that hate Romney to attack him and say they want someone else.  But it looks like it is going to be Romney vs President Obama.

  If you been reading my comments about the election and about Mitt Romney you know that I been saying that Romney might have the ability to beat President Obama.  I feel better now.  I do not think Romney is as big a threat as I was thinking.
 
  I am not shape on turn outs and polling and all that but it looks like the turn out for this election was less than before in FL.  That is telling people that there just is not a real interest in turning out by the Republicans.
  Now of course there will be more of a desire when it to prevent President Obama from having a second term.  But I think deep down yes the Republicans hate President Obama with a passion but they just are going to have a hard time having any real passion for Mitt Romney.
  The election will be close but I think President Obama can win.  If we can just keep getting Mitt Romney to talk.

  Did you ever wonder what it would be like if you could go back in time and say go back to the 1850s and go to the South and visit a slave owner at his home?  I think you would find a guy like Mitt Romney.  He would be rich and have a large family and they would welcome you and they would see like very nice people.  But when you talked with them they would be just clueless about how wrong it was to own slaves.  You would be sitting there and you would just wonder how they could be in their own little world and be so out of touch with the real world.

Medications

  I got my medications from CVS the other day. 
The Furosemide (water pill) I can now try and see what works best for me.  The doctor said take two of the Furosemide (each is 40 mg) at the same time or I can take one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
  So I am going to take 80 mg in the morning and see how that works for me.  I did that this morning and I think it is working.  It will take some time to find out.
  Because I am taking more of the Furosemide now I have to take a Potassium pill each day.  It is a big ass pill. I am going to have a problem getting it down.  Plus because of the Furosemide and Potassium I will have to have lab work done in about a month.  I have not taken the Potassium yet.  I may wait a few days. 

  Remember the water problems and the photo of the water leak in the parking lot.  Well they worked on that Sunday and fixed it.  So they did not need to turn off the water on Monday.  But we had “hot” water that was not very hot.  I took a shower and I did not use any cold water at all the the hot water was not very hot. 
  Well last night at 0300 I went out for a walk around the parking lot.  The driveway was filled with water all the way around the apartment complex.  The leak was coming up out of the ground next to the sidewalk in front of our building.  It was hot water.  I went to the office today and they said … yes they just fixed the hot water leak next to the office and now there is a leak next to our building.  They said they would have a plumber out tomorrow to fix it.
  We do not have to pay for water here.  I am glad of that because these people must have one big ass water bill. They have water leaks all the time here.

Get the hell out of the United States

Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on Feb 1, 2012

"Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) was a guest on Soledad O'Brien's Starting Point Tuesday morning, and was confronted with questions about his now-infamous, "get the hell out of the United States" comments from over the weekend, directed at Democrats Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks down the CNN clip.
*http://www.mediaite.com/tv/soledad-obrien-allen-west/
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/soledad-obrien-allen-west/

Rectal Exam Amendment to Anti-Abortion Bill

Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on Feb 1, 2012

"To protest a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound before having an abortion, Virginia State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax) on Monday attached an amendment that would require men to have a rectal exam and a cardiac stress test before obtaining a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur explain on The Young Turks.
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/mandatory-ultrasound-bill-virginia-ant­i-abortion_n_1242627.html

I’m not concerned about the very poor…

  Is Mitt Romney an undercover Democrat?  Is his plan to become the Republican running to beat President Obama but in truth he is going to do everything in his power to hand the election to President Obama?
  Or is Mitt Romney just stupid?   No, I think he is a very smart guy.
  Mitt Romney said on TV today “I’m not concerned about the very poor; we have a safety net there.  If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.”

  My God think how many times we are going to see that video clip running during the election.  In the debates with President Obama he better have some good statement to come up with when he is asked about that statement or when President Obama makes some statement about it.

  Mitt Romney has now another problem and that is with the statement “If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.”  The right wing Republicans do not want someone that is going to “fix it” they want someone that is going to smash it and do away with the safety net.
  So Mitt Romney will not even get any support from the right wing on his full statement.

 

 

  Mitt Romney is so rich that he is just out of touch with the rest of us.  It is sort of sad that he could be so smart but so out of touch with the real America and the real Americans.
  I hate to bring religion into this discussion.  I do not think it should matter what religion someone is to hold any political office in the United States.
  BUT no Catholic or even right wing Baptist or any other person from any of the religions would every say “I am not worried about the poor.”  I hate to say it but I think Romney’s religion and his teaching has something to do with him thinking and saying something like that.
 
  If you are a Catholic and you decided to be poor and work with the poor you would be saint.  If you were a Baptist and spent a life helping the poor your fellow Baptist would think you were living your life like Jesus Christ and following the Bible.
  I do not know much about the Mormon religion.  But I think that they expect each Mormon to be a success and to get ahead in life  and take care of their family and get big time to the church.  I do not think that they teach that Jesus loves the poor and the meek.

Kansas Speaker O’Neal ask House GOP to pray for Obama’s death!

  The following is from Examiner.Com:

“Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal is under fire after asking Republican House members to pray for President Barack Obama’s death. O’Neal made the request via an email he forwarded to GOP colleagues in the House. In an email sent in December, O’Neal asked his fellow Republicans to pray Psalm 109, which contains the following lines:

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

The email has become the subject of a mini-media frenzy. Numerous major news outlets began reporting the details surrounding the disturbing prayer request on Friday.

The relevant verse from Psalm 109 is considered a prayer for vengeance, a prayer for the death of a leader. The most damning part of the prayer is lines 7-12:

'When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor.
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.'

Think Progress reports that O’Neal forwarded the prayer with his own message:

“At last — I can honestly voice a Biblical prayer for our president! Look it up — it is word for word! Let us all bow our heads and pray. Brothers and Sisters, can I get an AMEN? AMEN!!!!!!”

News of the email is a sad commentary on Republican politics in Kansas.  In addition, the email prayer request indicates an astonishing disregard and disrespect for the office of the presidency. For a government official to pray for the death of President Obama, and encourage other government officials to do the same, is not only morally reprehensible, it is also treason.”

 

  Is it treason?   If you believe in pray then I think it is treason.  If you believe in God then I think it is treason.
  It is un-American for sure. 
  I think not only should he resign as Speaker of the House but I think he should resign from the House.  Plus everyone that he sent that email to and did not object to it and call for him to resign should not hold office of any sort.

  Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal sent an email in the past to his follow House Republicans and called Michelle Obama “Mrs. YoMama.” 

   Some Kansas ministers have a 30,000 signature petition calling on House Speaker Mike O’Neal to resign.
   I read some comments made about the ministers and most of the comments attack the ministers;  “bozos posiing as reverends”,  “dishonest ‘reverends’” etc. 
   Again you can see the true color of the Republicans.  They wrap themselves in the American flag but they are un-American to their very core.

Let’s make a deal

“WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an incentive to bring the Taliban to peace talks. Meanwhile, Afghan officials told The Associated Press that a plan to give Afghanistan a form of legal custody over the men if they are released satisfied their earlier objection to sending the prisoners to a third country…”

 

  My guess is that the Christian right of the  Republican Party will object to this action.  They will attack President Obama if it happens.
  They should welcome it.  Because the Taliban and the Christian right are the same sort of people.  The Christian right would act like the Taliban if they got control of the United States.  They would want to impose right wing Christian beliefs in the United States.  They would have Christian pray in schools.  There would be censorship of radio, television and movies.  There would be dress codes and certain speech would not be allowed.
  There would not be much difference between the Taliban and the Christian right if the right could get control here.

Ron Paul Supporter Stomped on by Gingrich Security

“When Eddie Dillard showed up outside a polling place in Florida wearing flip flops, he didn't expect it to be a problem.

According to Yahoo News, the 29-year-old decided to hold a Ron Paul campaign sign outside a polling place in Windermere, a suburb near Orlando, after he saw someone there with a sign for Newt Gingrich.

Unfortunately for Dillard's toes, it was the exact place Gingrich's campaign had picked for the candidate's first stop on Tuesday.

Gingrich's security team members asked Dillard to leave after they noticed the Ron Paul sign's proximity to Gingrich and his wife, Callista. When Dillard refused, a security team member dug the heel of his shoe into Dillard's bare foot like he was putting out a cigarette.

Dillard said he was shocked and snapped a picture of the man with his phone, which was then knocked out of Dillard's hand.

"Just block him!" a Gingrich campaign aide said. "Everyone step on his toes!"

In response, Ron Paul's presidential campaign issued a statement on his website that calls on Gingrich and his campaign to apologize.

Paul's campaign also tweeted a photo of Dillard's bruised foot.”      Story from Huffington Post

 

  Now come on Ron Paul supporters….  You go to a protest where there are going to be a lot of people in flip flops?  What did you think would happen.
  You guys are Ron Paul supporters you should have on steel toe boots or at least steel toe shoes.

  You people also have to consider that these security people are thinking that if Newt wins there is going to be the need for a lot of security officers.  Just think if they could get the contract for the state of Gingrich on the moon.  Yes,  Newt said that before his second term was over he would have a base on the moon and that it could become the 51st state. 

Bondage and semen-filled spoons from elementary teacher!

“Los Angeles (CNN) -- A Los Angeles elementary school teacher allegedly took bondage photos of more than two dozen students in his classroom, including some with suspected semen-filled spoons at their mouths, investigators said Tuesday.

The young students "didn't realize they were victimized," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Dan Scott told CNN Tuesday.

"They thought they were being blindfolded and gagged as a game," he said. "And they were rewarded with cookies or spoons full of sugar (but) they did not realize the spoon contained semen."

The photographs also showed "a large 3-inch cockroach that would crawl on their face," Scott said.

Mark Berndt, 61, was arrested on child molestation charges at his Torrance, California, home Monday and is being held pending $2.3 million bond in a Los Angeles County jail, according to Sheriff's Lt. Carlos Marquez…”  

 

    You see these stories and you think it can not be true.  You must have read the story wrong or something.  You have to read it again.  Then you can not believe that someone could get away with doing something like that and you can not believe that someone would be so stupid.
    The guy was a teacher for 30 years!  How many times must he have done this and how many victims over the years must there be?
     You got to wonder how is it that no one found out about this in the past?   You would think that a kid would go home and say the teacher tied me up or something and warning bells should have been going off big time.
    
      There has to be some high tech answer to things like this now days.  How about a webcam in each class room that runs 24/7.  Each parent of a student in that classroom should have access to that video 24/7.  Plus a few others should have access.  School administration and school security.     

Norwegian Jarlsberg

  I got my new telephones today.  I like them.
I went for my doctor’s appointment today.  The bus ride made my arthritis hurt.  I just put up with the pain most of the time and rare for me to take Aleve for it.  But it was hurting so bad I was glad to get home so I could take an Aleve.
 
  The doctor ordered a lot of blood tests.  He wants them done in about a month and then wants to me come in and see him after he gets the results.  He is not happy with the swelling of my left foot and leg.
   He has increased my Furosemide (water pill) and he wants me to take one potassium each day now.
   The doctor wanted me to take a cholesterol medication.  I told him I was sorry to go against his advice but that I did not want to take any cholesterol medications.

   Last time I saw him, about a year ago, he wanted me to start using compression socks.  I did not do that…. So I told him this time I would buy some and start using them.
   They push the blood up from your feel and legs so the heart can put it out.
  

    I just had some Norwegian Jarlsberg (cheese).  I love cheese.  It was not very good.  First time I have had it as far as I can remember.

   I took an Aleve.  The pain is so bad from the arthritis I am going to bed and see if I can sleep.

Rights for the people not for corporations

Uploaded by coffeepartyusa on Jan 29, 2012

http://www.coffeepartyusa.com/otc-amendment-28
Filmed Jan. 20, 2012 in direct response to the 2nd anniversary of the "Citizens United" Supreme Court decision granting corporations and other special interest entities the "right" to spend unlimited and undisclosed money to influence the outcome of elections in the United States of America. Artwork and spectacle produced by The Backbone Campaign, as part of Occupy the Courts, organized by Move to Amend.
The demonstration included speeches by David Cobb, Thom Hartmann, Annabel Park, Shahid Buttar, Jill Stein, Will Rice and many others, as well as a performance by The Backbone Campaign.
After the Amendment artwork, created by Stephon Moody, was placed at the foot of the US Supreme Court steps, Cobb and Move to Amend hosted a strategy session in the Methodist Building next door. Meanwhile, protestors from #OccupyDC at McPherson Square and #OccupyWashingtonDC at Freedom Plaza removed a police barrier and were able to get as far as giant columns that hold up the words "EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW" before US Supreme Court Police Officers pushed them back to the sidewalk. Nine arrests were made.

Police stop

  My grandson has to be at work early often.  I told you about him having to walk to work one day.   It was about 5 AM and the police stopped him.
  Well today he had to wake up at 3 AM to be at work.  But his boss picked him up so he did not have to walk.  After they left here the police stopped their car.  The police did a check on them.  His boss is not black.  My grandson is half black. 
   The police said they were looking for a car that had been driving around the area with the lights turned off.
   The officer wanted to know where they were coming from and were they were going.  When they said they were going to work the officer wanted to know where you go to work at that time in the morning. 

   I am not anti-police.  A lot of people are very much anti-police and a lot of people hate the police.  You see a lot of comments left on YouTube and other sites about the police.
   I do worry about my grandson.  He has never had any problems with the police.  He does not drink, smoke or do any drugs.  I worry that he is going to run into the wrong police officer someday.
   He often has to walk to work and it is an hour walk.   We live in a nice apartment complex but the area around here is not the best.   He a couple of times when walking had a big dog go after him.  I can not remember if it was the same dog or not.  One time the dog ripped his pants leg.
   I worry more about the police than a mad dog.

Collection calls on Sunday?

  Maybe I should have transferred over my Skype number to my new Charter Phone service.  I went with a new number.  I been getting one or two calls a day.  They appear to be from creditors trying to collect money.  I think a female by the name of Smith had this number.
  It is funny she is getting calls from creditors trying to collect money and from services that are offering to help with people that have money problems.
  One call from a collection service came today and it was a recorded message.  I did not know that collection people could call you on Sunday.  Also is it legal for them to do recorded messages.  Plus the message made it clear that it was a collection service.  It seems that would not be legal. 
  I hate phone calls.

  In a couple of days I will have my new phones.  They are Panasonic KX-TG6512B coreless phones. 
  I did not think I would need one of the features but I guess now I will be using it.   It allows you to block unwanted calls.  You put in the number and then when a call comes from that number they always get a busy signal.
  One of the  callers the other day calling for the woman Smith was a live call.  He was offering a service to help people in debt.  So I told him that I just got the number the other day and there was no smith here.  He just hung up in my ear right away.  He must work on commission.  He should have said he was sorry and he would take me off the list or something.

   I hate people that do phone sales.  My daughter Hilary did that sort of work for years.  She was excellent at it.  She worked some places and they could not believe how good she was at the job.  You got to have something inside you that lets you do that sort of work.  I do not have what it takes.
   I feels sorry for people that do that sort of phone work.  It is hard work. 
   I did the other day put my new phone number on the national do not call list.
   You know you can collect money if those people call and do not follow the rules.  But there are so many loop holes in the rules.  I think bill collectors can call you even if you are on the do not call list.
   
    It is to bad when you get a “new” phone number that you have to deal with the number having been used by someone that had problems.   I guess there is no way to get around it.  It seems like there should be some system to “clear” the number.  When it is no longer used by someone that company that had it could send out a no longer notice and then the company that takes the number should have to hold the number for x amount of time.
    I guess there are reasons that would not work.
   
   Right now I got a “new” phone number and I think I am going to have to deal with calls from bill collectors for someone named Smith.