Coffee!!!!!!
Posted on Jul 19, 2009 - 7:31am by Everitt Mickey in Health, Lifestyle
Back before the Democrats destroyed the economy I was in a war. Some of you might have heard of it. Viet Nam it was called. The conflict. Back then the enlisted folk didn’t get much in the way of money. By the time all the deductions came out of my paycheck there just wasn’t much left at all. Thank god for the USO, And the chow hall. The USO had multiple coffee pots going at all hours or the day or night. Free. So did the chow halls. So did many other locations on base.
Consequently at the young and tender age of twenty or so I learned to drink coffee. It was either that or nothing. As I said I was poor as a church mouse. I couldn’t afford anything that was sold and local water was dangerous, it contained all kinds of “squiggliles” . The base water was safe but reeked of chlorine, and tasted bad. South East Asia was hot. Dehydration was a real problem. Drink or die. What to drink was the question.
So I drank coffee. Copious amounts. Multiple pots a day even.
I’ve continued that habit. Thirty-eight years and hardly a day has gone by that I’ve not consumed multiple POTS of coffee. Never mind cups, I’m talking pots.
All those years and I’ve endured people telling me that coffee is bad for me. Every day it seems. I’ve got used to it. Naturally if I enjoy something then it’s either a sin, fattening, illegal or bad for me.
So, you can imagine my surprise to discover that Mrs. Grundy was wrong. Coffee is NOT bad for me. Actually the reverse is true.
According to about eighteen THOUSAND studies over the last several decades …
Yup. Good ole coffee.
The more the better and the stronger the better. No downside for most people. Cheap too. Coffee is one of the cheapest beverages commonly available, barely more expensive than tapwater. Fairly amazing.
In addition coffee has a synergistic effect with other mean nasty drugs. Like alcohol, and tobacco.
So if you’re one of those unrepentants who can’t seem to take the words of Mrs. Grundy or the MSM to heart, rejoice.
Coffee to the rescue.
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Right again, Everitt! Coffee IS good for what ails ya. In fact, there are several old ‘cures’ that call for applying coffee internally via the OTHER end, not that the idea sounds like my cup of tea! And, here’s another idea that need some major revision-butter! Ever since I found out margarine is one molecule removed from plastic, I knew I had an excuse to not eat the crappy tasteless stuff! The savings is false economy: buying margarine is about a dollar a month cheaper than buying real butter. My grandma used to tell me how, when ‘oleo’ first came out, they had a little packet of yellow dye you mixed in-otherwise it looked just like lard. And, I could go on about the advantages of real lard as opposed to the other crap. But, under the new government-mandated health care, it’ll all be outlawed anyway. We’ll all be eating taseteless cardboard vegetables and soy-based funny-meat. Hot dogs and bacon will be outlawed. Eggs will be rationed to two a week. And in order to get your grocery order-which the govt will make up from the approved grocery list, we’ll all have to jog 8 miles a week. If your BMI isnt in negative numbers (meaning you’re under-nourished), you’ll have your grocery ration cut and lose your health care. Isnt life under socialism and heavy-duty drug company propaganda grand? Here, have another cup!
“Democrats destroyed the economy” ? Where did you come up with that one? Under Reagan and the 2 Bushes,we massively increased the size of Govt and the federal debt. And now Obama inherits 2 wars (that we should never be involved in-as we never should have been involved in Vietnam), an economy thats the worst since the depression and a health system that needs replacement. If we don’t fix health care,we cannot solve the future fiscal insolvency of the country. Of that,there is no doubt. We cannot continue our present system which is much more costly and less effective that any of the first-world countries.
Yup. The Demoncrats. Except for a brief period which ended just a few years ago the Demoncrats have been in control of Congress since before WWII. A president can only sign or veto legislation. The rest is up to Congress.
As for Regan? He was a good guy no matter what the Revisionists are saying now. He (somehow, against demon crat opposition) managed to throw a life preserver to the economy after it started sinking due to the depravations of the Carter Administration.
Barry has thrown the economy an anvil. He “inherited” an economic depression that wasn’t near as bad as what Regan inherited from Carter and he’s managed to turn it into a depression. Perhaps (hopefully not but I’m not optimistic) worse.
As far as the Wars? The demoncrats were for them before they were against them.
As far as Health care? We have the best health care system in the world. It could be better yes. Get rid of some of the problems caused by too much government intervention, the medical union, and the Trial Lawyers and it’s be much, much better. Barry is crafting a lead weight for it too.
The only time. The ONLY time that Federal Tax revenues increase is when taxes and regulaltions are decreased. The Demoncrats are doing the opposite.
So far the democrats have quadrupled the national debt. Not bad for six months in office. Wonder what they’ve got in mind…I’ve heard the number $24 Trillion in debt. Yup…I can beleive they’d do that.
Just a few points:
- it is the Pres who proposes the initial budget (not Congress). And not once did Reagan or either Bushes ever propose a balanced budget. Clinton did .
-It took 2-3 years after Reagan took office before the economy starting improving.
-Obama inherited this economy and fiscal calamity from W. Much much worse than what Reagan ever faced.
-As for the wars-both parties were fools in Nam and about Iraq. As for Afghanistan,we need to get out ASAP. It’s another Vietnam.
-The USA’s system is rated by the WHO the 37th in the world. France is #1 and they pay far far less with much better results. Every country in Europe is rated higher than us. Use facts not fables.
-If you believe Obama has ” quadrupled” the Natl debt then you are probably using more fables. The Natl Debt that Obama inherited was about 11 Trillion. That means (using your calculations) the Natl Debt is about 44 Trillion. I can tell you,that is complete nonsense.
-certainly the Dems have added problems to the country ,like Nam etc,but Bush ,in my book,was the worst Pres in my lifetime.
Point to your points.
—–The Pres might propose but Congress Disposes. All budgets except for a few (12 years of Republican control of congress I think?) in living memory have been democratic budgets. And Clinton’s “balanced” budget was due to the “Peace Dividend”, which was an accounting gimmick. It should have been called “the rape of the military”.
—So you admit that Reagan did the right thing. Thank you. Reagan managed to convice he democratic congress to cut takes and roll back regulations. The economy took off. It took the combined forces of Clinton and two bushes to slow it down to a stop. Now it’s going backwards. Barry isn’t helping. In fact he’s doing the exact WRONG thing just like FDR did.
—wrong. Regan inherited a much worse mess from carter. Compare all indicators, Unemployment, interest, inflation. All worse. Regan threw the economy a life jacket. Barry threw it an anchor.
——on the wars? Agreed. Viet Nam was a mistake.
——-and you beleive anything the World Health Organization says? WHO is an anti american organization from the get go. They do everything in their power to make us look bad. And they lie. They admitted as much regarding the AIDS non-epidemic some years back. Where’s their creditibility?
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—-I’ll admit to being mistaken on the deficiet/debt. Barry quadrupled the deficiet. The debt will be (already is but for accounting gimmicks) ungodly (I forget the exact number of trillions…thirty? sixty?) when Medicare go’s broke. Real soon now.
—–Bush was the worst President in your lifetime? Wow. You argue really good for a nine year old. I would never have guessed.
I don’t know who was the worst in my life time. There are SO many contenders. I’d say Regan was the best, although Eisenhower and Truman are well thought of.
-Glad you agree that it is the Pres who proposes the budget. and in the last 30 years,the GOP has controlled the Senate for about 20 years and the house for about 12 years. Since 1981,20 of the 30 years ,the budget was proposed by a GOP Pres and as shown above,the GOP has controlled one or both of the houses in most of those years. Don’t you just hate facts?
-Reagan cut taxes,spent like a drunken sailor and never cared about deficits. Yes ,the economy grew -but at what cost. The 2 Bushes did the same. Was only Clinton who tackled deficits and Govt spending and left a surplus budget. again ,those darn facts !
-Reagan inherited a 7.4% unemployment which ballooned to 10.8% in Dec of 1982. Again more facts.
-Where do you get this idea that WHO is “Anti -american” ??? Limbaugh??? Lets accept your theory then that the WHO hates the USA-then on what FACTS do you rely on to show that the USA’s health system is best in the world??? Virtually the whole world relys on the WHO-so who do you rely on for Medical info.Then we’ll go get their facts.
-Again the FACTS-Obama has not “quadrupled the deficit”.Thats pure nonsense.There is no economist who will say that under Obama the deficit is now 44 trillion! NOT ONE!
-and you want to call me “a nine year-old” because of my opinion about Bush. Guess you cannot argue the facts so start insulting me ?
-the worst for me was Bush II and Reagan and Nixon.. I liked Truman,FDR ,Ike,JFK ,Clinton,BUsh I and Obama
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Seems like youre getting a mite hot under the collar.
Regarding the nine year old remark. It was a joke. (I hate it when I have to explain jokes..but I will). You said Bush II was the worse president in your lifetime. Rounding numbers and all with bushes eight years in office and Obama’s time in office is something less than 9 years. Clinton was a bad president, or he wouldn’t have got impeached, only the second or third in history. Carter was a horrible president. Sooooooooo.
Regarding WHO, let’s expand it to the UN. Observe what’s happened since their inception and tell me they’re not anti-american? If theyre not they hide it well.
When folks start getting all hot and bothered then it’s time too coool it. So I will. I’m outa here.
And all this from a post on coffee?
Nice chatting with you though.Good luck
Few points:
-you are correct on the “Deficit” (an annual figure)being 4 times as much. I was responding to the Natl “Debt” (long term debt).which is about 11 plus trillion. And the reason the deficit is so high this year is the 700 Billion stimulus plus some of the bailout money required. And those issues were inherited from Bush. Thats not to say the Bush Admin caused those problems,but the action required to correct the problems inherited required a stimulus and bailout plan of about a trillion dollars.
-As for that Federal deficit figure,you are correct again.And there is the #1 issue,in my mind,that this country faces. Just a few facts to ponder. The Govt takes in about 3 trillion per year in Revenues and spends about 3.5 trillion giving us an annual deficit of about 400-500 billion. To cover that debt ,the USA borrows from China,Japan,So Korea etc over a billlion a day to cover that deficit. We now owe about 12 Trillion. And many of these countries may decide not to lend us any more money. We used to be the largest lender country-now we are the largest in debt.And our upcoming medicare,medicaid and SS costs will drive this long term debt into the stratosphere. And the main thing driving those costs so high is how much we pay for health care in the USA versus all other countries. The country cannot sustain our medical costs and still survive. All the experts say that.That is why we need to correct the health care system now.
-as for myself,I sell and rent semi- trailers in Maine for the last 30 years.. Vietnam vet.We are also an agent in Maine to register trailers in Maine. 700,000 trailers are registered in Maine (1 of every 7 trailers in the usa ) due to no sales tax and $90 for 5 year plate.
-Would consider writing an occasional comment.Thanks,Sam 1800 883 5181