I haven’t seen a lot of mention of the fact that Obama’s comparison of FedEx and UPS to the post office is a little misleading on another level. When was the last time you tried to mail a letter through FedEx or UPS? They are not allowed (by the government) to compete in that arena… only packages. You might notice also that even when you mail a package via the post office, they sub-contract to UPS.

[Maybe that's why they're such good shots. - B]

Let them prove first that they can run what they already have properly and in the black and then we’ll talk about letting them have healthcare. Good luck trying to achieve that goal within a ponzi scheme.

Apparently ponzi schemes are illegal for everyone except the Federal Government.

[Now who can argue with that?! - B]

LBJ Lyndon Barack Johnson

I don’t want to go to camp this year.

We have camps for people like you.

The VA…oh, uh, I mean…

The Indian Health service….yeah, no. Ok, how about,

Medicare….erm….

Military hospitals? Been there, done that, no thanks.

Well, crap! These guys aren’t helping!

But with that said, govt running healthcare is a very, very, very bad idea that totally sucks monkey turds. If you think HMOs are cheap now with what treatments they allow, just wait ’til healthcare is “free” from Uncle Doctor Sam. Especially when the poor can already get treatment in any county hospital — on our dime. There really is no need to get the Govt involved in that.

And I also hate to say it, but I sincerely believe — from personal experience — that the majority of us govt employees are, like Basil’s relatives, very hard-working, dedicated to our missions, and trying to keep up with an ever-increasing workload with less and less staff.

It’s not the govt employees you hate, it’s the lazy minority of govt employees that make the rest of us look bad. It’s also a current President and a Congress that is unresponsive at best and hostile at worst. It’s also the inefficient bureaucracy and Federal, state, and local regulations under which we, the rank and file, have to operate or spend 5-10 in Leavenworth.

When I could not get hired in the private sector, even with 3 college degrees to my credit and a straight-arrow spotless reputation, my govt paycheck kept a roof over my head and food in my stomach; it “gave” (for lack of a better word) me practical, marketable experience. And being single with no other source of income, my govt paycheck also kept me off the unemployment line and the welfare rolls, and instead put me on the taxpayer rolls as well as enabled me to develop and use my education and experience in a productive manner.

And because I was raised to be grateful for what I have, I have also returned my relatively good fortune by donating cash and/or household goods of my own to individuals in need as well as to favorite local charities. I’m just a lowly civilian, but as a govt employee in a way I feel like I’m serving my country that is very worth serving…even when the current CinC is a communist idiot.

And yes, as an American citizen I also thank God that (for now) I have to freedom to express my less-than-flattering opinion of the current CinC.

I have no doubt what you all say about the “efficiencies” in the military are very true. My son is a full time Mandarin Chinese Linguist for the Air Guard. And while he can’t tell much of anything that goes on because it is all classified, I have always gotten the impression from him that there is a reason that Military Intelligence is considered an oxymoron.

But I think that the reason the military can, in spite of itself, do such an incredible job under every imaginable condition, is because the kind of people who are in the military are people who are volunteering to lay down their life for their country. People like that just get the job done whatever it takes.

At the DVM you get the kind of people who won’t lay down their donuts to wait on people in line if it’s their coffee break time. I think we all suspect which kind of people will be running government health care.

At first I thought you said “aroused” and I was very worried.