Cryptowit Quote Puzzle 10-21-13 by William W. Lawrence Sr.
Tmbbk Nudftpmk, Danqdf Vmyqe
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Psalms
Cryptowit Quote Puzzle 10-20-13
Cryptowit Quote Puzzle 10-20-13 by William W. Lawrence Sr.
Hlte qzc esp Wzco; mp deczyr, lyo wpe jzfc splce elvp nzfclrp; hlte qzc esp Wzco!
Adlwxd
Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Dear God, I don’t know your plan for me and at times it can be scary, but I know you have a purpose for me and everything I am going through is for good reason.
Nishan Panwar
Hostage Taking Postponed to ML King Day
The government is open for business again. How nice. Too bad it wasn’t open before we, as a nation, made fools of ourselves in front of every other nation in the world. Or before several people lost money because of not being able to pay for student loans, which kicked their payment percentage all the way up ton 19%, or before billions of dollars of other costs incurred from loses due to programming and research that had to be done time, but was cut short, or ended, because of no funding for the scientists involved. I even read that some people mortgages were foreclosed on during that short period of time.
I’m sure those farmers who had thousands of cattle freeze to death during the ice storm in South Dakota and who couldn’t call anyone to help with their costs through their federal insurance when their whole economic futures crashed are happy. They would have been more happy if the Republicans in the House had done their jobs. No one knows what is happening with them now.
We at least know that there will be money until Martin Luther King Day. On that day they will begin to hold us all hostage again. Perhaps they will try to get us to stop celebrating Martin Luther King Day. That would be something that is important. Think of all of the money spent allowing us a weekend off where we can spend time with our families and loved ones.
We will see what our government will do then, but I have lost total confidence in them. Whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Conservative, or Liberal, or Libertarian, or a Socialist, I am sure you know a nut when you see one. It seems, unfortunately, that we have many, many nuts running the government now and woe are we. The congress is full of people who are more incapable than the least among us. When that happens in a country it is on the way to the bottom like a sinking ship.
Corbett Extends Children’s Insurance Through 2015
Governor Tom Corbett signed into law this week a bill to extend the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through 2015. The new law also eliminates the current six-month waiting period before a child can enroll in the program, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
CHIP provides quality, comprehensive health insurance coverage for routine doctor visits, prescriptions, dental, eye care and much more to uninsured children and teens who are not eligible for or enrolled in Medical Assistance. More than 188,000 children are currently enrolled in CHIP across the Commonwealth. Federal funds pay for approximately two-thirds of the total cost of CHIP.
The program, established in 1992, was set to expire Dec. 31. For information on CHIP, click here.
No Doubt I’ll Fit Right In
I’ve been absent from my blog lately because of my focus on the paper I’ll be presenting at an Oxford University Roundtable October 22-23. The task was even more demanding than I had originally imagined. I leave for England this weekend.
The roundtable consists of 13 presenters, 12 of whom (guess who 13 is) are college professors. The topic we’re addressing is “For-Profit Education” and the challenge it presents to contemporary higher education.
For the past nine months I’ve been preoccupied with researching and writing about a topic I had scant knowledge of this time last year. The university wanted an “outside” opinion, and hence my invitation to attend. So I’ll be standing among Oxford Ph. Ds armed with my diplomas (I may take them with me) from LaSalle and Rider colleges.
Hopefully, I’ll be seated close enough to King Arthur at the roundtable to ask him some questions that have obsessed me since my youth:
WPHT Rush Reprise Looms
Teri Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party reports that Rush Limbaugh will be returning to WPHT 1210 AM on Oct. 28, as will Sean Hannity albeit not live.
The new line up according to Teri is
5:30-9 a.m. Chris Stigall
9 a.m.-Noon Dom Giordano
Noon-3 p.m. Rush Limbaugh
3-6 p.m. Dick Morris & Gary R’nel
6-9 p.m. Rich Zeoli
9 p.m.-Midnight Sean Hannity
All Should Be Government Workers
I think I’ve finally found a way to solve the problems of high unemployment, and the growing dissatisfaction with Obamacare and the size of federal government: Guarantee the American workforce government jobs.
Let’s face it, the U.S. government is gigantic, and we don’t have a prayer of ever reducing its size. It’s grown steadily since 1965 and seems to have a life of its own.
Let’s shoot the moon and stop arguing over budgets and debt limits. It’s exhausting. And the dramatic gains in employment would make full economic recovery a reality.
Debt and deficits don’t seem to phase most of those in Congress and certainly not President Obama. The president drove the deficit over a trillion dollars for several years before it finally dipped south of a trillion this year. Damned Sequester.
Though the national debt stands at about $17 trillion, the administration is asking to raise the debt limit so it can borrow billions more.
So why not go with the flow and grow government even larger. Would anyone really care or even notice? Well, sure, you can count on Tea Party Republicans to spoil the fun and protest. Political extremism is such a drag.
Good news if you haven’t heard already. The government shutdown ended.
Think of it. Working for the federal workers would eliminate the contentious debate over the Obamacare. Thanks to U.S. taxpayers, federal workers have excellent affordable health care coverage and are exempt from those onerous Obamacare mandates.
Delco Daily Times’ Bizarre News Choice
The Delaware County Daily Times (Pennsylvania), today, Oct. 17, featured on their front page a photo of a Springfield, Pa.’ man’s Halloween decoration which was a plastic skeleton hanging from a tree garbed in an Obama/Biden shirt. Inside was a long story discussing whether it was racist.
Apparently some of the man’s neighbors who are Democrats and who may very well have worn similar shirts are upset. It is a white neighborhood it should be noted.
One wonders if they would be just as upset if the skeleton was wearing a Romney/Ryan shirt. One wonders if it would be a front page story if it were.
Actually, one doesn’t.
On the other hand one does wonder why there wasn’t a peep about the beating of a 15-year-old girl by nine teenage boys after an Interboro football game Monday night that is making national news. There are not a lot of details as to what might have motivated the attack in the CBS story. Think it could have involved racism? Wonder if there will be a discussion.
Dems, Media Ignore $17 Trillion Debt
Congress, last night, Oct. 16, passed a Democrat plan to increase our debt to $17 trillion to the cheers of the bankers, Chinese, government bureaucrats and the establishment media, who unlike the old media never ask probing questions. We were told we were going to default if the debt ceiling wasn’t raised? Was it spelled out how? Failing to incur more debt should not cause a default, and if it does then our economy and way of life is in far more danger than is being reported.
Was it noted that our debt has tripled since Clinton left office with a third of that coming in Obama’s first term? How many stories did you see showing the debt passed 100 percent of our Gross Domestic Product for the first time in history last December?
And how about all the stories they failed to run pointing out that for 150 days the debt stood at $16.699 trillion?
The American public has got to wake up to the reality that the news they are getting from the local networks and press and daytime television shows is basically propaganda produced for people who are basically thieves and whose interest is clearly not your own.
And thank you Pat Toomey for being one of the 18 senators who voted against this bill and for looking out for the little guy.
BAM Bookstore Discovery
Went to the Springfield Mall, today, for the first time in ages and found a bookstore. BAM or Books-A-Million can be found near the Macy’s end.
I meet Kerri (I think) and a lady whose name I won’t even try to guess at. Both were nice and helpful. They said they had been in the mall for about a year, albeit they never had a grand opening. They said they are doing well.
I found some neat books and will be returning.
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