What a scam!

The latest on the health care reform road is the new "opt out" option that Democrats are saying is now available to the states. What some of them are trying to keep quiet is the fact that the "opt out" is that the states can opt out of having their residents forced to participate in the plan, but the states must still pay for it. Consider this...it would be the same as having a money back guarantee on a product but you don't get your money back if you return it, you are just allowed to return it. Sounds like a scam to me. Why don't these knuckleheads focus on reforming the system we have, making it more affordable and accessible without trying to nationalize it. Less government in this case is better!

So Sad...but So True!

When Comedians Should Just SHUT UP!!

So let me get this straight. You put a comedian (and not a very good one) on a talk show with three other women who are all riding their menstrual cycles like their hair is on fire...and all of a sudden she is a legitimate opinion writer? CNN is carrying a story by none other than the unbelievably intellectual (I am going to burn in Hell for that lie) Joy Behar that just proves why celebrities should stick to entertaining and not getting involved with anything more involved than which restaurant to eat in tonight. Though admittedly, she is not stroking the President to hard in this article...it drips of pandering to her love affair of everything Obama. This guy just can't do anything wrong to these bleeding heart liberals who think the most important issues to this country are gay marriage and closing Gitmo. What the hell has happened to this country? Our kids are failing in schools that don't have enough money, our roads are falling apart, and political correctness is now a worse virus than H1N1 and we are more concerned about making sure that two men can get married! OY!!! If people like Joy Behar would just shut up, maybe the sane people could be heard. Or maybe that is the problem right there...the majority is being too silent and the minority is being heard!

Let Me Get This Straight...

We're going to pass a Health Care Plan written

by a committee whose head says he doesn't

understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't

read it but, exempts themselves from it,

which is to be signed by a president who

smokes, with funding administered by a Treasury

chief who runs the IRS, but didn't pay his taxes,

overseen by a surgeon general who is obese,

and financed by a country that's broke.



What possibly could go wrong?

Some Uniforms Should Have Never Changed

Sorry to mix football on my "Observations" blog, but can't pollute my Vikings page with a picture of a Patriot...but this is one of the uniforms in the NFL that should have never been changed. I understand that often teams change their uniform to change their "image" (Atlanta), but more often than not it is to make people buy a whole new version of their favorite team's jersey. New England is one of those teams that should have never changed their uniforms...I loved their old version and do not think their current helmet logo is good at all. And why exactly did the throwbacks come around...again, for the money. The commercials run during the game to advertise the throwbacks. Anything to make money. I do, though, wish some of the teams would bring back the old logos: Denver and Tampa Bay to name a couple.

We're Not Crazy, We're Just Catholic!!

----------Reasons why people think we're "crazy"----------

-We like to keep Mass interesting. We sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing.

- It's not merlot and Ritz they're serving; it's the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. No, really.

- Forget a big meal afterwards, just pick up some of the breakfast tacos they're always selling after Mass

- Purgatory.

- We all have 20 cousins. On each side of the family.

- Infant Baptism isn't dumb; it's after-life insurance.

- $5.00 in the collection basket is the epitome of generosity. Anything more than that, someone has hit the lottery.

- A missal is a book, not a weapon. However, it has been known to pull double duty.

- The signs we make aren't just a mark of respect, they're a lot of fun to do.

- We really like statues. A lot.

- After every confession, everyone hits themselves on the head. This is because they have realized that they forgot that really big sin, and they know that it'll hang over their head til the next time.

- Contraceptives? Why?

- Altar boys continue well into their twenties.

- The 14 Stations has nothing to do with TV.

- We've always been taught that celibacy til marriage is the only way to go, forever and ever, amen. That being said...

- The Mass doesn't start for a few minutes not because of tardy parishioners. It's because the priest is running late.

- The Virgin Mary is not a God and we don't treat her as such. But she is without sin, gave birth to Jesus and did it without having sex. That warrants more than a little respect.

- 11:00 a.m. Mass means 11:15.

- We actually get all the jokes in Dogma.

- There are two very different, irreconcilable factions in every single church in the world. They are known as the Saturday or Sunday Mass bunch.

- St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. SNAKES.

- You miss JPII more than you miss some relatives...

- Bake Sales are a way of life.

- Your knees are more calloused than your feet.

- Priests have been giving us alcohol since we were little kids. No wonder any one of us can drink Protestants under the table.

- The Catholic way of dealing with a mid-life crisis is having another kid.

- Mass is nearly unchanged after almost 2000 years. We're a little stubborn.

- Whatever you gave up for Lent, you have it in your hands at 11:59 p.m. Saturday night, counting the seconds til midnight.

- Episcopalians are referred to as "Diet Catholics"

- You either love or hate the Stations of the Cross. There is no middle ground.

- We all know Da Vinci code is bogus and inaccurate. Yet we'll still read it if nothing else is going on.

- "Offer it up!" = "Quit bitching!"

- We have Midnight Mass so there are no interruptions on Christmas morning

- You've slipped out an Amen after the Pledge of Allegiance.

- Holy Water can kill just about anything. So Protestants are pretty much screwed if a vampire comes calling.

- There's no need for impromptu prayer; you can always fall back on the Rosary.

- Alleluia becomes almost a swear during Lent

- It's not uncommon for just one family to take up an entire pew or two.

- Boondock Saints is the greatest movie ever. E-Ver.

- Confession. Enough said.

- You're of the opinion that Stephen Colbert should be Canonized.

- When in doubt, say a Hail Mary.

- Peter Griffin, a Catholic!

- Whenever anyone in Star Wars saga says "May the Force Be With You", we get the urge to say "And Also With You" (coming soon: "And With Your Spirit)

- The Pope does indeed wear a funny hat. But it's way more interesting than Joel Osteen's suit and tie.

- Even though you never met her or been to a country she's been in, you're still willing to have "seen" a miracle by Mother Teresa.

- We're the oldest Christian religion. Period.

Gotta Love This!!!!

Think about this:

1. Cows

2. The Constitution

3. The Ten Commandments

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COWS Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington ? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow..

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THE CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

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THE 10 COMMANDMENTS The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse or Congress is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians .... it creates a hostile work environment.

World's Biggest Idiot!!

Is there a bigger idiot wasting good oxygen in the world today than Michael Moore? He is a continuing font of blithering idiocy!! He claims capitalism has done nothing for him, yet he is reportedly worth (financially anyway, otherwise he is worthless) $50 million. Looking at this picture, he isn't eating too poorly. This guy has done nothing but spew stupidity and hatred for the country that has allowed him to prove to us all that maybe not all abortions are bad. In his case, maybe his mother should have just held her water and drowned him! He twists the truth and tricks people into looking like they support him. But you know, there must be a lot of blind and stupid Americans. Not only did they pay to see his movies...the same people put our current president in office.