Poem for Newtown

When you put your foot to the ground
you never know what you've found
as you make your way down the trail
every mile, minute or inch feels like a nail in your soul
you take the pain, but you feel no gain as you hit your stride
just forget about your pride
there is not much time inside
into the place without a face
step aside and hold to be
for what we are, we can't quite see
we need to stop and hold the line
and don't tell me that you are fine
there is no rhyme this time
they're dead,
they're gone
and
I
am
sad.

Emmet otter's jug band christmas

Does any one remember Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas.  It was the best show I ever saw for christmas.  It summed up my life growing up with my mom back in philly and shoveling snow to get money for presents.  We never had much and my mom worked all of the time, she was and always has been a great inspiration to me a true old german woman who will tear you a new one but be there for you in the end.  I have not heard from her since before I went into the dream center I hope she is alright.  I have called and sent letters to no avail.  I do believe that no news is good news, though.

So Why did I get booted out of the Dream Center?  That seems to be the question on everyone's mind it has to do with a number of incidents in which I broke the rules and it ultimately landed me out of the program.  I have nothing but love for the center and the people there.  They are wonderful and I hope to see them all again sometime.  I made some good friends in there and I am hopeful that they will continue while I am on the outside.

Once a person is institutionalized the want for freedom becomes immense and I think that Is what I was after, I never want to be held down and forced to into rules that I don't agree with.  Call me the constant rebel but I believe that we are free for a reason in this nation and I love it to no end. 

The day I was booted out was the day of the Newtown shootings, what a horrible thing to happen and I see that the media and the president are jumping on the 2nd amendment control thing.  There is something to be said for gun control, I don't have one nor do I like them very much, I would rather carry a sword and face a man to face.  The sole purpose for a gun is to kill, hunters use them, I've used them but why do you need an ak-47 to hunt deer I don't understand, no wait I do when it is in your hands you feel in control and it is fun to rattle off those rounds but that is what the range is for.  I would rather hunt with a bow than a gun just because I am afraid of them not the gun itself but what it can do and I am fearful of the person holding the gun.  I don't know what is going through their head at any given time.  I will take my son out for his first hunt when it is time so that I know he respects the tool that he has to feed his family not to be a control mechanism.  So as for gun control I am against registering weapons but I think we need to clamp down on those that purchase guns at shows that might be a bit mental.  I know that it is hypocritical and alot of things that bring balance to the unverse are we just need to look past that.

The need to move forward

I have to rant about this idea that people of Congress are perpetuationg, the earth is only roughly 6 - 10,000 years old.  Once again I rely on my love of History and Science to help the hopeless in understanding how the movers and the shakers have trimmed the conceptual horizon into something more understandable and feasible. (yeah that sounded pretentious, but what the hell it's my blog if you don't like it then bugger off)

Let's take for instance Galileo Galilee, The man who was placed under house arrest for his beliefs and use of the telescope to prove that we are not truly alone when it comes to our little neighborhood in the solar system. Or Rene' DesCartes use of algebra to create a movement of rationalism and coining the phrase, "I think therefore I am" allowing for the realisation that man has within him the potential for understanding his universe,  These and countless other, DaVinci, Michaelangelo, et al. helped to move us from the dark ages into the renaissance and in turn allowed for personal assesment away from dictative dogma set by the growing influence of the church and state. 

The Scientific Revolution allowed us to set aside the outdated traditional thinking and move to a more rational approach to science, medicine, mathematics, language and the arts.  To step up and say in one sweeping assesment that all these years of discovery are simply the by-product of some huge conspiracy to keep the true knowlegde of the Earth's creation is not only foolish but downright ignorant.  As I was raised ignorance is no excuse. 

The hard and fast of it is that science has proven that all things are made of atoms and those atoms make up ccertain molecules into different tissues, organ, and systems or depending on the the molecules different inorganic substances.  All of these molecules have a certain lifetime in which they breakdown, we call this a Half-Life.  We can tell how old something is by reading the carbon atoms and where they are in their life cycle through a technique called Radio-Carbon Dating, say that with me.  Fossils are not placed their by people over the the past thousands of years they are the remnants of living tissue petrified in some manner.

The truth of the matter is this I may be full of shit, science changes everyday just as the church changes it's rules and regs over the years.  There really are no true solid facts in the world, save for a few.  But in the end lets not use religious banter to direct legislation, we have moved beyond that as a society.  Lets look to the best solutions for all involved.

Always remember Ben Franklin's quote, "Beer is proof that God loves us."

GordyC

My New Movie concept

Ok so here we go with my new take on "The Grifters"

Scene one:

Find a an old lady with a pension and a son that is struggling with lots of things.

Scene two: 

Wait for the son to screw up and then move in to get the old ladies attention and get her on your side.

Scene three:

Move the old lady out of state asap providing her with flush funds for the ride.

Scene four: 

Have the old lady send a 1000.00 dollars to help her son with rehab through the church.

Scene five:

Start telling everybody that you have spent your life savings and can't do anything we need that money back and the old lady is now broke.  So we have to put her in a home, but the Air Force pension and social security checks will come into the acount that we have set up for you here at the bank.

Scene Six:

Tell other people that the son can talk to his mom but, Not really...that would screw things up and always listen to the phone calls closely and monitor any and all e-mail accounts.

Scene Seven:
Son gets really pissed off and is ready to bring down holy hell upon Barbie and Skip!!!!

Fuck You Do you think I am that stupid you motherfuckers I am calling you out right now.

The death of a fag.

No, I am not inciting homosexual hatred get your mind out of the gutter.  Yesterday, Palmer was one more town on the chopping block for banning smoking and it did.. (A fag is british for ciggarette, you insolent drools)  This is how I take the whole thing in.  It is not just a question of smoking but rights that we have as individuals in this country. 

Imagine if you would a a big block of wood sitting on a desk and you have a hatchet.  Everytime a new law is passed that breaks down citizens rights you cleave a little bit off of the block of wood.  Now we have to take a huge chunk out of it for the Patriot Act thank you George the lesser, not that his dad was much better with his thousand points of light.  Idiot.  Now we have to start wittling off for other things as well taxes, healthcare, TV's all have to be digital, oil, and new regulations on whether or not Pizza is a vegetable.  Come on... we have hacked the the block of wood in half by now and now one more little bit.  We as a nation can't see the forest for the trees.  Every little liberty that is taken away will never be given back again without a fight.  We know that standardized testing is stupid with all of the available research yet NCLB is still in effect in many states. 

Yes, Smoking is bad for you I know it led to my own father's death and I am still smoking today and I want to quit, yes and I do at times for extended periods and someday I will but it will be MY choice not the governments not yours not his or hers but by my choice.  Thank you and good night.

Devils Advocate

Ok, I feel the need to play the devils advocate on something.  I have been watching and biting my tongue on the middle east and nuclear development.  Here is my take on it.  Netanyahu asked the UN to place a "red line' for when the world will step in to stop nuclear development in Iran.  Why?  As a soverign nation does Iran not have the right to develop and maintain a nuclear program that might well entail nuclear weapons.  We never asked for permission when the Manhattan Project went into full swing and neither did Russia after WWII.  In this day and age where the USA is the sole super power in the world save for China why must we force our beliefs and rules on nations that are emerging as soverign powers. 

The recent uprisings in the areas have led to much debate as to how we as Americans actually view the stereotypical middle easterner.  It is a sad state of affairs that we resort to stereo typing every muslim as a radical and view the Christian world as peaceful.  Think again folks Christianity has been responsible for more death and war than anything.  Although, I wouldn't mind Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition's comfy chair right about now.  How many legends were born out of the crusades, Robin Hood and Etc. 

Now that I have moved to the right from the topic I'll get back.  In "Redemtion Songs" Bob Marley said we should have no fear of atomic energy but now we have evidence that shows that maybe we should be afraid (Fukushima).  We all know that nuclear power and weapons can be extremely dangerous and I would never want to live through a nuclear winter, but to enforce sanctions against a nation that is simply evolving along the same lines that we have, and yes I said evolving.  Evolution is not a theory it is a process in which things change over a period of time, Iran is evolving as a nation and it should be allowed to develop it's own infrastructure.  In the same breath I should also say that I believe that we must have a good defense against such a horrific possibilty, which we already have.   So in the end what does it come down to a David vs. Goliath scenario in which many of the smaller countries are going to side with the former and lead us into something we don't really want to deal with. 

Just my insane ramblings and take on the world these comments are not supported by purina puppy chow or it's associates.

GordyC

Hello Mr. blue sky

Thankfully, the weather changed and the sun is beaming it's energy upon us.  It is a good day today. I woke up late and walked into town and got on the 'puter at the library.  Nice people all the way around. Chatted with some very nice folks and recieved a nice little care package from an angel at my campsite. 

I watchd the hunger games and now I want to read the series, Ethan is 2 books ahead of me, but I need to finish this star trek book that is nagging at me.  All in all today I feel Happy, My finger hurts but I am happy.

I wish the world a night of peace and prosperity, just one night.

Much love to you all,

GordyC

Jesus is Pissed.

I went into town last week to sell some comics and I totatlly jipped by the store that bought them.  It was my own damn fault because I don't like to haggle and I screwed.  Fuck you Bosco's but well played I must say.  while walking by the bus transit center I saw a guy with a sign that said "Jesus is pissed" and I said to my friend he knows what he is talking about.   Then we spent the money on food and got back in to palmer.  then fastforward to Mom leaving and being sent out to the airport in limousine, The local cab only costs 75 bucks to run into anchorage so you save the limo for real sakes Mom's an old sourdough, but I hope she enjoyed her self. 

I am pissed right now because my so called"spraind" finger is FUCKING Broken.  I am going to Sue the shit out of Mat-su Regional Hospital.  and my fucking toes hurt so there I need to calm down and relax a bit right now becuase right now I am seeing RED.

I know today is the primaries but you know what whatever candidate you  put in We have to remember that this is a government by the people and for the people. 

My finger hurts.

GordyC

Meine Familie sind nüsse

Ok, My family is far from functional in the most strangest of ways.  For some reason on my Mom's side there is this need for litigation.  It must be the German/Irish in them feeling that they deserve something that in real honesty they don't.  My cousin's fought over their inheritance from their parent's and left a rift almost deeper than the Grand Canyon.  I can understand that in a large family there is going to be in fighting.  My dad's family had 3 brothers that didn't always see eye to eye but instead of dragging the courts into it they worked it out themselves.  My Mom sued her brother along with her sister for their inheritance, I hate to say it but her other brother was probably lucky to have died and be spared most of it. 

I have only ever sued one company and that was a satellite dealer in TUS who sold me a bum dish for AK and he wouldn't take it back and I ended up spending more just to get the stupid satellite to work.  I am the type of person that likes to be eye to eye with a person.  If you have something to say, say it to me and let's take care of it, If I screwed up and said something out of turn bring it to me and we will work it out.  Honesty has and always will be my best policy.  If you ask me a question directly I will give you the God's honest truth even if it screws me over or you.  It is one thing that I learned from my dad, I am thankful for that.

So, today I had to go to court against my own Mom.  She had taken out a restraining order that was rather full of falicies.  I honoured it until we could make the court day.  She wanted to expand it to indefinetly.  Now as most of you know I have been taking care of her for a while now.  She can be rather combative if she thinks she is right and you are wrong.  ei, ei, ei, ei!!!  My cousin(The one I had to block for going around my back) out in Philly wanted Mom to move out there a while back when she and her husband were struggling to keep their house because they are on disability and on way to many prescription drugs if you were to ask me.  Mom told them "No" and that she would stay up here.  But now things have changed dramatically with what Mom wants to do and even how she wants to be buried(Coercion if you ask me).  I have General Power of Attorney and medical power as well.  I hate to have had to us it but I did today. 

Mom spoke her peace and then I countered and ultimately the judge sided with me.  The People that want to buy her house are hanging around quite a lot like they already own the place and it was my understanding that they were living there already.  I have only met them once and she has spoken to them via phone and in person a few times over the past months.  Not that they are bad people but I don't know them from Adam.  So right now I can go to the house with her permission (even though I have the Power of Attorney) and get my stuff and hopefully get a shower. 

If I have learned anything from this whole performance it is that Drama sucks,  I feel like I am in a Goddamned soap opera.  I hope that Mom and I can sit down and have a civil conversation.  I think I might give her a few days to settle down and see how she is on Friday .

Other than that what should I rant about...The folks that I am hanging with right now have their own problems as well.  I think if you don't have some problems and fight as a family to a certain point it is not a healthy situation.  My ex and I had some Knock down drag outs where she would scream at the top of her lungs and then she got physical which was to much for me.  I guess we as humans just need a better way to communicate our anger to others around us subtlety is good but some people need to be told straight to their faces "you are being an asshole, stop it"  I am probably one of them.  I think that is why I use comedy so much as a defense mechanism and it seems to work.  I feel for those who have no sense of humour. 

OK that's enough, except for this I saw on CNN that the GOP are whinnig little babies in this campaign.  I would tend to agree with that.  Obama is playing "Chicago-politics"  where do you think he is from????  I wish that HST had hung around for a little bit longer to see the Dems back in control.  The game is afoot and the arena are the campaigns.  Who are the gladiator's and who are the weak little one's coming to the slaughter.  It is just heating up there is a lot more to come.

Peace out,

GordyC

The trials of life.

Had a little run in with the law and went back to set my camp up and Police came asked if Iwas taking my tent down and I said no I am putting up they said ok and left.  And earlier my C-pap machine came backto me from some nice folks who found it in the forest after some un mentionables had ransacked my gear.  So there I was settling down to work at getting my tent torn down after I just put it up and I hear "ChickenMan" the teens in the park call me Chicken man because I once offered to share my roasted chicken with them, they were all hanging out and skating, which is never a crime!!!  So these two young ladies appear and ask if they could talk to me I said sure And we just talked about being homeless right now and how it sucks and How I do want to get my certificate back to teach.  Turns out they are girls from the local high school so you never know I might get my substitute cert back and see them again.  They left it was a nice conversation I was journaling and writing lyrics like always...I have to damned random thoughts running through my head at any given time, I thik I know Einstein felt.

Act two:
The popo return dadadummmmmmm!!!!  Mr.Chamberlin we went back and researched our ordinances and you can't camp here.  OK, so where can I camp.  They told me about a place down the old glenn across the river that I could take all of my stuff to and set up camp there. (Divine intervention here)  Well, all of my stuff is like a tent one big suicase a duffle bag and my food and back pack and abunch of other stuff and that is about a 2 miles away.  OH HAPPY DAY SWEET JESUS LOVES ME I GET WALK ON BLISTERED FEET ALL THE WAY DOWN THEIR, is what I thought.  But as sat there contemplating my next move the two young ladies returned with a meal fro Mcdonald's for me?????  Can you believe it!!!!   There is goodness and compassion in this world.  So they were able to give me a lift with all of my junk down to the river park where I hooked up with the folks from earlier in the day who gave me back my C-pap machine and we had a rip-roarin good time lastnight.

The is a power in this universe you may call it God, Buddha, Zeus or Jupiter or Wkan Tanka or maybe just universal Karma.  You never know.

On a more Bummer note I lost my cellphone I can't find it and when I had it last it wasn't really working anyway so until I get a new one somehow I will be only available via Face book and e-mail gordychamberlin@gmail.com,

I writing on borrowed time my battery is slowly dwindling as I write this.  My charger ist Kaput so I had to borrow to get this precious juice.

My night was an experience like ahab against his whale tent poles snapped waves of great crashing water fell down drowning most my stuff  But it will dry today seems like a nice break in the weather. Other than that I hoping to catch a ride with some one today over to the medical joint and see about my finger:

The swelling is getting worse and hurst likes a Motherfucker (Yeah I said, I never said this blog was G rated.)   I am taking alleve to no avail so something has got to be wrong.

I f anybody is in the palmer area and could give me a lift to the mat-su health sevices I would appreciate it.

GordyC

A comedy of errors

So last night was truly a test of patience.  I received a welcomed gift of a tent and began my night of wetness.  As I put up the tent one of the poles broke( I fixed with some good tape) and I ended up getting confused on the sleeves that you put the rods through.  eventually, I got it up in perfect Three Stooges fashion ate my supper of beef ravioli and set the night to sleep the rain came.  Some how the rod came undone and the tent deflated letting the water run in so in hindsight which is always 20/20 I should have put the rain cover on it, oh well.

I think I need to go back to doctor's my middle finger is swelling up bigger and bigger.  I really think they miseed something.  It might need to be reset but it hurts like the dickens and it's got a click in it.  Not good juju.  For thos who like good investment tips I think you should look into Insight100 A new technology that scans fluids for their content, where as most x-ray machines only see fluid not what type it is.

That's all for now, have great day!!!!


GordyC

19July2012

I love to blog. it get the primordial ooze that is in me out and into the world where we can all see it.  And I an sure one of you will through a cigarette butt on to it to kill it or maybe let it live and turn into a beatutiful Chimera that will run amuck in the streets.  We can only hope.  So here is the rundown I gave a bit of it on FB but now I can dileneate with great fortitude.  As I said I broke my hand which really hurts by the way, I am not having much love for the folks at Mat-su Regional Hospital.  All they did after I set it myself was say "oh we think it is sprained"  Left me in a hospital bed from Sunday to Monday giving opiates and phenobabrbital.  Now anyonew with an inliking of doctorin learning would know that I need some anti-inflammatories.  So the lead person there came and said that I was going to need to Anchorage for drug treatment, all the while keeping in mind they were giving me opiates and phenobabrbital.  Now I have attended AA, NA and other types of *A because pepple believe that I need to.  I have done to his to keep the peace and go witht the possibility that I migh have a problem.  So After I got out of the hospital I was sent home in a cab only to find a nice youg Police officer waiting for me at my house whom informed that MY Mother.  On the advice of the hospital staff and the police decided to set me up with a resteraining order.  In which she states that she is fearful for he life.  OK, Step back I Love my mom with all of my heart, she drives me crazy but I don't think I would off her, If II did all of the money would dry up.  So I was supposed to go off to some other place that would be at least 500 feet from her.  Don't get me wrong if Mom genuinely feels this I will move heaven and earth to make her feek better.  The thing is I think she was coericered into and that is wrong.  Mom is already starting with alzheimer's and the last thing she needs is this.  I am out of the hospital and not using the drugs that they were pushing on me nor and other ones.  So where does this leaves us, I am living in a field some where and talking to Mom to make sure sure she is taking care of.  I have power of attorney over her which is the last thing I want to use but made I need to get my own retstraining order on her.  In nutshell this is fucked up.

Friday the 13th, watch your back, Jack.

"There's a killer on the road, his head is squirmin' like a toad." -Riders on the Storm, the Doors.

I like Friday the 13th's not because of the movies with Jason running amuck hacking and killing.  But, in a sense it reminds me that somebody is having a much worse day than me in the world.  I might have had spilled my drink on myself or had to to do something extra and want to complain about things, but somebody in the world just died or is going hungry.   So in the grand scheme of things my problems are not so bad and I have to remember that each and every day.

I see that things are going better in Myanmar and on the other side Syria is coming apart at the seems.  It's a universal balance I guess that there will always be good and bad.  

Congratulations to Alaska for applying and getting the NCLB waiver it is about time and now we can restart real learning once again.

That's all for today.

GordyC

12July2012

Happy Thursday!

I had a strange day today got up kind of early, had trouble sleeping.  I have to many thoughts going on in my head all at once, it must be my ADHD kickin' in.  I have a tendency to put on this persona of the happy go lucky guy that nothing seems to chink his armour.  But like the Billy Joel song " The Stranger," I can wear a different mask for people without showing my true feelings.  I know that it might sound deceptive and it probably is but in the end I have to stay true to myself and know myself through and through and how I will survive it.

So anywho, I got up read the paper on Mom's kindle, she loves that thing, but present I ever gave her I think.  Did some 'puter stuff, emails and FB and so on,  Cleaned the bathroom, always a joy.  One of the best jobs that I ever had was as a janitor at St. Odilia's parish in Tucson.  I was free to do my own thing and take my time.  The work was monotonous at times but enjoyable.  I worked with good people made some incredible friends that I hold dear to my heart today.  I had a great friend and mentor in the pastor of the church Fr. Bardon.  I consider myself a recovering Catholic having gone to Catholic school as a kid and being around some rather unlikable priests in my teens, if you catch my drift.  Nothing truly bad ever happened to me but to some of my friends and some other types of things were quite personal.  But Fr. Bardon was different he was very open about his celibacy and his human nature to have to serve the human needs in the end.  But what I really loved about him was the fact that we could sit down and chat about religions and their bases.  We discussed Joseph Campbell and Alan Watts, he was never judgmental and very progressive as a Catholic priest.  He was opened to women priests, gays and lesbians allowed in the church and even close to a woman's right to choose when it came to her body.  Not that he condoned abortion but he was sympathetic and understanding about it.  Unfortunately, he is no longer with us but I still think of him often and fondly.

Back to my day, I was fighting a good headache so I laid down for a bit in the dark room and listened to some Springsteen.  Later on I had Mom watch a special webcast from the White House with me about the President's refinancing plan and how it might help us in lowering payments since we have federal loan on it.  The webcast was interesting in that the Secretary of Housing was rather specific when it came to banks such as Wells Fargo, with whom I have no loveloss for.   And how they will trick people in to paying up front for refinancing to a different type of loan and in the end they still screw over the house owner because the note is still held by them with a new loan and all of the fees that you had to pay upfront are sold into the loan and in the long run you end up paying more.  Caveat Emptor, I guess.  So we watched that and it was pretty cool to see how the White House is doing these web hangouts, where you can pose questions to the experts online.

It was getting close to dinner so, I made us my now famous, at least between the 2 of us, baked chicken and rice.  Then made some peanut butter cookies for dessert.  Then took my daily constitutional to the store for some needed things and picked up some trash on the way.  Now I am back home mom is slowly snoozing away in her recliner and I am watching "Supernatural."  I love that show and the books are pretty good as well.  I was think of doing my own online show and call it "Stupidnatural"  where the brothers go around hunting for stupids.  "Are you a stupid?  Out of the gene pool you!!!" Maybe someday.  I gotta work on a new song with a new direction so we will see how that goes.  So stay sane folks and as Red Green says, "Keep you stick on the ice."

Peace, love and understaning,

GordyC

11July2012

My toe hurts.  I have a blood blister that decided to pop itself.  So it hurts to walk, so I took a cab today to get the shopping done.  At least I got out and saw the snow on the mountains it's coming soon.  Strange weather, huh?

Listened to the Doors today, Morrison loved life, lived hard and died young.  That's to bad he was good poet.  I don't know maybe Billy Joel is right in "only the good die young."  Yet, I would like to think of the alternative live long and prosper, by pissing people off.

Last night I celebrated, I passed the stone that I have been fighting for a while.  I feel much better.

Still trying to call the boys to no avail, I'll keep trying.  I hope you all had a wonderful day!

10July2012

I think I might have to send out an APB for getting in contact with my boys.  I have been trying since Sunday to no avail.  I would kind of like to know what they are up to and what they are doing.  I know that Ethan's baseball tourney is over that ended yesterday according to him when we last spoke.  And I am sure that Connor, whom I am very proud of for his school work and scout work. (sorry I have to brag, their my kids for all get out)  I guess I'll just keep on trying, it took the Colorado river eons to cut the Grand Canyon.

On a lighter note the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting a bit longer as we keep spinning around the universe.  Our lives flow like the river, around bends, sometimes fast and sometimes slow but always full of fish and adventure.

Yeah, that's all I got for today.

GordyC

TODAY

I took a walk today.  The Sun was shining and there was a nice breeze.  I think it is important to get out at least for walk everyday.  It keeps me grounded and I get to see the beautiful things that the Earth has to offer.  Plus I meet new people all of the time.

I haven't blogged in years and the last time I did it got me into a lot of trouble with my life but I think it is important, at least to me to keep some sort of journal on how my life is evolving.  So I listened to David Bowie and some Elvis Costello to set the mood.  I like to explore real music, real artists that are willing to take risks and create something new.  I guess if Picasso had stayed with his ink drawings we wouldn't have the the wonderful murals that he created.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and one thing I can say is that humans are beautiful at times and ugly at other times but in the end people are basically decent.  We all have our faults and our great plumage I would rather focus on the beauty than the faults.

Neil Diamond wrote a song about America and so did a bunch of country artist but today I am glad to say that I am an American and I love this country from sea to shining sea and I am proud to be an American.  Thank you to all of the Vets we owe you a debt as nation and I am sure that this government will pay you back.

I tried to call my son today, I know that he had game but kind of got the runaround, which is fine I am sure that he knows that I tried and that is what is important.  I think if we can all do the best that we can with what we are given we can make this world a better place.  Thank you father for keeping me alive and fed today.  We'll do it all again tomorrow!

I need to rant

Oh it has been a while, but I am back in style.  So the world has changed a bit and that truly is the only permanence we have.  There is a lot pissing and moaning about Obamacare being upheld, well you know what I don't have insurance I refuse to be a drain on society and now I have to pay for my own insurance.  That kind of sounds like a good thing to me if it is affordable, I am out of work and taking care of my Mom in her golden years.  So hopefully the good people at insurance makers dot whatever will make it a bit easier for me to get insurance.  And you know what that job that was outsourced to India or China could have been used here.  Don't get me wrong, I am glad that you the 1%'ers have the insurance to take care of your families, God knows you are probably going to need it you had so many kids.  Good thing Obama will let them stay on your insurance.  And another thing America was founded by dogs (metaphorically) we are a nation of immigrants that needed a better life.  So get off your high horse and let the people who do the real work do it.  But than again I might just be a crazy Alaskan not thinking of anything but himself.