]> http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/ baseeker's Blog en-us © 13:23:10 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, Feb 13:23:10 8 GMT 30 http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/half_mast_11-10-09.html We stand in rows to honor them whose lives were taken by another like them also in uniform but not uniform in purpose. Fine men and women in uniform trained with their weapons standing ready to fight as such brave volunteers, there for country, desperation, or lack of job, prepare to defend as they did in World War II when the Enemy also had guns and uniforms and stood in line. Our Enemy has no uniform except a uniform hate burning in desire for revenge of supposed wrongs and real wrongs d ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/half_mast_11-10-09.html#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:53:58 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/fear_sharps.html No not sharks! – stop that movie music! –sharps, those pesky music marks that look like the pound sign on your cell phone. It started when I became a Christian a few years ago, and as another change of life act, dragged out my old clarinet that had been idle for decades and then began to be asked to play something at church. Well, I soon found that the piano that I was supposed to play with was keyed in C and the clarinet was keyed in b-flat, a complication that required me to add two ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/fear_sharps.html#comments Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:09:15 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/big_change_needed.html I am a supporter of Obama , but not a supporter of the “war” in Afghanistan. We, under Bush, originally attacked the Taliban in Afghanistan because they were harboring Al Qaeda, who claimed to have attacked The US. Then we attacked Iraq because they supposedly had connections with Al Qaeda and supposedly had nuclear weapon possibilities ( possibly also with an ulterior motive of getting control of the oil). Then, under Obama, the Democratic Party (and I am a member) decided that we mus ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/big_change_needed.html#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:49:04 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/1252473816.html 4 more died today the demos are in, i heard them say but 4 more died today we stopped those right wingers, held them at bay but 4 more died today how can we help it, what part can we play 4 more died today we'll meet and plan, please don't delay 4 more died today we do hope to change things, what more can we say 4 more died today it is NOW we must we change the game that we play because 4 more died today 4 more died today 4 MORE DIED DIED DIED DIED TODAY! ------------------------- I put th ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/1252473816.html#comments Wed, 9 Sep 2009 05:23:36 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/mountains_molehills.html I think we always remember our embarrassments. Years ago, I was a brand new BS chemical engineer on his first airplane flight to New Jersey to be interviewed by Esso (as Exxon Mobil was called in those days). At the fancy dinner that night with the families of a couple of possible future bosses, I was asked how I liked the flight. One of the most impressive things to me was flying over the Appalachian Mountains, and as much as I tried to suppress it, the statement popped out in an excited ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/mountains_molehills.html#comments Thu, 3 Sep 2009 02:50:42 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/poor_spirit.html They said God helps those who help themselves. I tried hard to conform. The program called for drink and drugs. Live hard and fast was the norm. God seemed to not care - he wasn’t around. “There is no God”, they said. So live it up in the here and now. ‘Cause when you’re dead, you’re dead. But God just laid back and gave me rope. Enough to hang on it’s true. But when I got to the end of that rope There was God there too. He seemed to say “I help them all, whom I made and lo ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/poor_spirit.html#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:49:40 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/not-for-profit_health_care_insurance.html For a number of years I worked for a not-for-profit company dedicated to research that would benefit an entire industry. We had no stock and all income was divided between salaries and research equipment. We even had competition from another company doing much the same thing. All in all it worked out fine. Nobody got super rich, and we produced a useful product, software based on our research. Now it seems the health care insurance industry is dead set against a public option because they ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/not-for-profit_health_care_insurance.html#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:11:11 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/medicare_all.html I heard something that made sense to me today. Someone said, "why not just remove the requirement 65 and over from Medicare?" I have Medicare and it works fine. My wife had a serious disease costing over $18,000 to get under control and I paid a total of about $1600. Of course I have it backed up by AARP sponsored United Health Care, which is very affordable. I think most would be happy with Medicare; it has the advantage of being a successful program already set up, and it does not shut o ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/medicare_all.html#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:12:26 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/death_panel_.html Wow, I just read on the web that Sarah Palin is calling the Democrat's health plan "Evil" and warning against an Obama Administration "Death Panel" that would decide, under their proposed health plan, who was eligible to get treatment and who must be allowed to die for the good of society and the solvency of the health fund. Good grief! Can any one point out to me where this language appears in the bill? Was she reading Brave New World instead and got confused - if so who gave her Huxley t ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/death_panel_.html#comments Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:04:52 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/afford_red_blue_pill.html As the president speaks today I have to say drug prices are too high. Thought about that and quickly decided that profits are the reason why. They say "but we need this extra for research and so forth, you know". Well the "so forth" amounts to those stupid ads, and the research just has to go. The "so forth" also means clever combinations of pills. So red and blue become one - this service passed on to our bills. What do we do? Something new. Limit profits to be less obscene. Give tax dedu ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/afford_red_blue_pill.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:21:34 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/congressional_priority.html Obama says we must change it, We need health care now and for all. We agree, but we so need a vacation; We'll think about it more in the Fall. http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/congressional_priority.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:02:55 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/pope_liberal_knew-_politics.html Something I snatched off Politics Daily about none other than the Pope: "But what is clear, whether one reads every word or just excerpts, is that the pope is a liberal, at least in American political terms. He says this is not a document proposing "technical solutions," and stresses the greed and sin at the heart of the current economic crisis. Yet he rigorously and consistently applies the Golden Rule to economics and finance, calling for greater regulation of the markets and -- get this ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/pope_liberal_knew-_politics.html#comments Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:00:12 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/1246130814.html What's New? (by Bob Haggart and Johnny Burke) "What's new? How is the world treating you? You haven't changed a bit Lovely as ever, I must admit" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The death of Michael Jackson, reminded me of the songs of my era. The above is one – beautiful hauntingly sad melody - as sung by the late, great Frank Sinatra, who also had quite a following. And that made me remember I have not chec ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/1246130814.html#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:54 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/guantanamo_prison_blues.html "Stuck in Gitmo prison, black and blue as I can be Stuck in Gitmo prison, black and blue as I can be Obama said he'd spring us But nobody wants us if we're free" Well yeah, I can see that side: "Not in my back yard!" But maybe we are missing a great opportunity. I was thinking: Instead of torturing these guys to make them admit to something they probably did not know much about (that is how the network works - need to know basis) why do we not - Assign to them the very best forensic psycho ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/guantanamo_prison_blues.html#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 17:28:44 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/tribute_good_guy.html I used laugh when people commented on old folks reading the obituaries - not any longer. That is where the names of my friends appear in print - usually for the first time. Dina and I went to a Memorial Service for our friend Cliff Saturday - it was actually a joyful experience, as so many Christian memorials turn out to be. They know the Jesus words that if you believe (love God and love others) you will have ever lasting life - and they do believe it. They are sure that Cliff is now havi ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/tribute_good_guy.html#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:49:32 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/earth_day_2009.html Billions of billions Huge blazing balls of fire Wildly careening at tremendous speed in all directions. In a corner of this massive display A tiny spinning speck of dirt With brown and green organic matter. What is the significance of this brown and green Organic matter? I don't know But the owner's Son says He cares about it. http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/earth_day_2009.html#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:41:58 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/cides_man.html I was doing the second Spring mowing today and noticing the weeds popping up in spite of fertilizer that was supposed to contain herbicide. So I got to thinking about all the “-cides” we have: “herbi-“ for plants we don’t like, “insecti-“ for bugs we don’t like. Then it gets worse: “geno-“ for people we don't like(large groups),"homo-" for people we don't like(small groups), and“sui-“ when we don’t even like ourselves – and slipping further into the morass: “i ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/cides_man.html#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:34:37 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/aaadd.html With thanks to Mike, the best 86 year old clarinet player I know, who sent it to me, and to whoever sent it to him. AAADD I've got it for sure! KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ! Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better even knowing I have it! Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A...D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it ne ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/aaadd.html#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:58:36 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/palm_sunday_pope.html I am not Catholic, but one of my sons is and he gave me the elegant little book, "Jesus of Nazareth", by Pope Benedict XVI. I read about a paragraph a day so as to try to absorb it, and the paragraph for yesterday just happens to fit very well with the week before Palm Sunday, so I hope the Pope will not mind if I share it, and I quote: “The great period of preaching at Galilee is at an end and we are now at a decisive milestone: Jesus is setting out on the journey to the Cross and issui ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/palm_sunday_pope.html#comments Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:30:02 GMT http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/course_correction_titanic_redu.html The new Captain has rushed to the bridge, grabbed the wheel and spun it hard to the left. Bearing down on the iceberg, passengers hold their breath and watch as the bow slowly, ponderously shifts to the left - this time we may make it! Country coach, the RV maker down the road, is getting some money finally from Wells Fargo, a few workers are being hired back - best of all our favorite little gourmet lunch place, Xenon, is going to open again and was able to hire back its original chefs! M ... http://my.greasy.com/baseeker/course_correction_titanic_redu.html#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:03:49 GMT