Asking Service men to pay pay health insurance

I do recall that the Administration discussed a plan earlier this year
that would have resulted in private insurance paying for some
service-connected injuries. I do not know if the quote is accurate.



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From: Sam Kegley [mailto:skegley@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:24 AM
To: Francis, Adam
Subject: Fw: FOR OUR VETERANS AND THOSE SERVING CURRENTLY . . . .



WHAT A SELFISH ...............





...but remember....before he became THE most powerful man in the
world with the largest and most deadly military arsenal ever known to
man at his disposal...he WAS a "community organizer"!!!





Whether you served in the military or not is not an issue. The
point is, is this the kind of SOB you want for the president of the USA?





PRESIDENT OBAMA

HERE IS HIS RESPONSE WHEN HE BACKED OFF FROM HIS DECISION TO LET THE
MILITARY PAY FOR THEIR WAR INJURIES. WHAT AN EMPTY HEADED PERSON HE
MUST BE. SEND THIS TO EVERYONE TO SHOW JUST WHAT HE THINKS OF OUR
MILITARY WHO FIGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY AND GET HURT PROTECTING OUR
FREEDOM!!!

Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart,
led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry
private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost
to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military
personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President
admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his
proposal.

"Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made
these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now
they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute."
"I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their
country," Obama continued. "I wasn't asking for blood, just money.
With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd
have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help
reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of
some of my fellow Americans."



----- Original Message -----

From: Sam Kegley

To: Congressman Pat Tiberi

Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:30 AM

Subject: Fw: FOR OUR VETERANS AND THOSE SERVING CURRENTLY . . . .



Adam,



Did the president actually say this?



Sam



----- Original Message -----

From: Holl, Alma J

To: undisclosed-recipients:

Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:33 AM

Subject: FOR OUR VETERANS AND THOSE SERVING CURRENTLY . . . .





These are not my quotes . . . . . please excuse some of the language .

Shockingly astonishing! Can you believe this...

We must believe all of this because it is happening, Alma. Osama is a lot smarter than his lackey obama and the plan is so clever. Even if he is dead, his plan is perfectly in place. It is much more diabolical than the Twin Towers destruction. We are deeply into a dictatorship and the demolefts could not be happier. The left won the election. Whoopee!

God, please bless America with strength to overcome this devil.
----- Original Message -----
From: Holl, Alma J
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:31 AM
Subject: C'mon, that will never happen i




What would you say if I gave you 11 reasons why the elections in 2012 will be the most important in the history of the United States ?
1. What if I had told you in October 2008, before the last presidential election, that before Barack Obama's first 100 days in office, the federal government would be in control of both the mortgage and the banking industries? That 19 of Americas largest banks would be forced to undergo stress tests by the federal government which would determine if they were insufficiently capitalized, so they must be supervised by the government? Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

2. What if I had told you that within Barack Obama's first 100 days in office the federal government would be the largest shareholder in the U.S. automakers: GM and Chrysler? That the government would kick out the CEO's of these companies and appoint hand-picked executives with zero experience in the auto industry and that executive compensation would be determined, not by a Board of Directors, but by the government? Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

3. What if I had told you that Barack Obama would appoint 21 Czars, now
(33) without congressional approval, (which is needed) accountable only to him, not to the voters, who would have control over a wide range of US policy decisions. That there would be a Stimulus Accountability Czar, an Urban Czar, a Compensation Czar, an Iran Czar, an Auto Industry Czar, a Cyber Security Czar, an Energy Czar, a Bank Bailout Czar, and more than a dozen other government bureaucrats with unchecked regulatory powers over US domestic and foreign policy. Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."
4. What if I had told you that the federal deficit would be $915 billion in the first six months of the Obama presidency - with a projected annual deficit of $1.75 trillion - triple the $454.8 billion in 2008, for which the previous administration was highly criticized by Obama and his fellow Democrats. That congress would pass Obama's $3.53 trillion federal budget for fiscal 2010. That the projected deficit over the next ten years would be greater than $10 trillion. Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

5. What if I had told you that the Obama Justice Department would order FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high-value detainees captured on the battlefield and held at US military detention facilities in Afghanistan . That Obama would order the closing of the Guantanamo detention facility with no plan for the disposition of the 200-plus individuals held there. That several of the suspected terrorists at Guantanamo would be sent to live in freedom in Bermuda at the expense of the US government. That our returning U.S. Veterans would be labeled terrorists and put on a watch list. Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

6. What if I had told you that the federal government would seek powers to seize key companies whose failures could jeopardize the financial system. That a new regulatory agency would be proposed by Obama to control loans, credit cards, mortgage-backed securities, and other financial products offered to the public. Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."
7. What if I had told you that Obama would travel to the Middle East, bow before the Saudi king, and repeatedly apologize for America's past actions. That he would travel to Latin America where he would warmly greet Venezuela's strongman Hugo Chavez and sit passively in the audience while Nicaraguan Marxist thug Daniel Ortega charged America with terrorist aggression in Central America. Would you have said, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

8. Okay, now what if I were to tell you that Obama wants to dismantle conservative talk radio through the imposition of a new "Fairness Doctrine." That he wants to curtail the First Amendment rights of those who may disagree with his policies via internet blogs, cable news networks, or advocacy ads... That most major network television and most newspapers will only sing his praises like the state-run media in communist countries? Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."

9. What if I were to tell you that the Obama Justice Department is doing everything it can to limit your Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. That the federal government wants to reinstate the so-called assault weapons ban which would prohibit the sale of any type of firearm that requires the shooter to pull the trigger every time a round is fired. That Obama's Attorney General wants to eliminate the sale of virtually all handguns and ammunition, which most citizens choose for self-defense. Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."
10. What if I were to tell you that the Obama plan is to eliminate states rights guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment and give the federal government sweeping new powers over policies currently under the province of local and state governments and voted on by the people. That Obama plans to control the schools, energy, production, the environment, health care, and the wealth of every U. S. citizen. Would you say, "C'mon, that will never happen in America ."
11. What if I were to tell you that the president, the courts, and the federal government have ignored the US Constitution and have seized powers which the founders of our country fought to restrict. That our last presidential election may have been our last truly free election for some time to come. That our next presidential election may look similar to the one recently held in Iran . (And maybe under review by ACORN.) I know what you will say. That will never happen in America.

If we don't do everything in our power to stop this madness in 2012, may GOD have mercy on our souls. Do you believe it now!!!??

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Aisle seat

Thanks Jackie Brown!

----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Brown
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 12:58 PM
Subject: Fw: [Norton AntiSpam] Fw: Aisle Seat





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Subject: Aisle Seat



The Aisle Seat



Two Radical Arab Terrorists boarded a flight out of London . One took a window seat and the other sat next to him in the middle seat... Just before takeoff, a U.S. Marine sat down in the aisle seat..



After takeoff, the Marine kicked his shoes off, wiggled his toes and was settling in when the Arab in the window seat said, 'I need to get up and get a coke.'



'Don't get up,' said the Marine, 'I'm in the aisle seat, 'I'll get it for you.'



As soon as he left, one of the Arabs picked up the Marine's shoe and spat in it. When the Marine returned with the coke, the other Arab said, 'That looks good, I'd really like one, too.' Again, the Marine obligingly went to fetch it. While he was gone the other Arab picked up the Marine's other shoe and spat in it. When the Marine returned, they all sat back and enjoyed the flight.



As the plane was landing, the Marine slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened. He leaned over and asked his Arab neighbors... 'Why does it have to be this way?' 'How long must this go on? This fighting between our nations? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes?'







THE FEW. THE PROUD. THE MARINES

Profound short paragraph- Thanks Ted!

These are probably the 5 best sentences you'll ever read. This is one paragraph that should be in every book in every school room in every city in every state in our great Union . Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and beat these words into every head in every class in every state in these United States of America. (And into the head of every legislator and politician!)

Profound short paragraph

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."*

*Adrian Rogers, 1931



Comments are welcomed.

Nurse describes her heart attack

Thanks Judi Cole!

This has been around before but well worth a re read.




I recommend you read this account. I hope you never need it, but it could
give you or someone you knowthe info you need to make sense of symptoms you
would not expect.





*NURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE

*This has been passed on from an ER nurse and is the best description of
this event that she had ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it
on!

*FEMALE HEART ATTACKS
*
I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best
description I've ever read.

Women and heart attacks (Myocardial Infarction). Did you know that women
rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart
attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat,
grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. Here
is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.

I had a heart attack at about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior
emotional trauma that on e would suspect might've brought it on.

I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my
lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually
thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy
Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've been
in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of
water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball
going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You
realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more
thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down
to the stomach. This was my initial sensation---the only trouble was that I
hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m.

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing
motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my
aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my
sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering
CPR).

This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into
both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening -- we all
have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an
MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to20myself and the cat, 'Dear God, I
think I'm having a heart attack!'

I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step
and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart
attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or
anywhere else ... but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that
I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment.

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next
room and dialed the Paramedics . I told her I thought I was having a heart
attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my
jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said
she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was
near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor
where they could see me when they came in.

I unlocked the door and then lay down on the floor as instructed and lost
consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination,
lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the
call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we
arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical
blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He
was bending over me asking questions (probably something like & nbsp;'Have
you taken any medications?'' but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he
was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until
the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram
balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they
installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.

I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at
least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took
perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude
are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to
the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped
somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.

Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want
all of you to know what I learned first hand.

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the
usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum
and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of
their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one and
commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn
preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when
they wake up ... which doesn't happen.

My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise
you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've
not felt before.

It is better to have a 'false alarm' visitation than to risk your life
guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said *''Call the Paramedics*.'' And if you can, take an
aspirin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!
Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER you are a hazard to others on
the road.
Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking
anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.
Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live and if it's at
night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or
answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry
the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do,
principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.

3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal
cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated
reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or
accompanied by high blood pressure). MI's are usually caused by long-term
stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly
hormones into your system to sludge things up in there.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we
could survive.
*
A cardiologist says, if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people,
you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

**Please be a true friend and send this article to all the friends (male &
female) you care about!***