Arkansas Blog

Consider the impact on rural America in general. The rising transportation costs have a cascading effect. The expense of the long commutes, shipping fees for food and other items, marginal profits of local small businesses disappearing and the resultant need to travel even farther to get supplies .... . Those who thought they could live in rural Arkansas on their retirement savings are seeing those funds nibbled away at all sides - rising costs and shrinking value of their invested savings.

Arkansas rural health care already was hurt during the previous administration's efforts to cut back staff and funding and closing clinics. This forced patients and staff to drive longer distances.

Heck, too much doom and gloom. I still haven't bought one of them new-fangled cell phone things, but I just saw a Dutch one that finally fills the bill. click on blue

The demand for energy from rapidly developing parts of the world on top of the United States' "addiction to oil" is adversely affecting nutrition needs not only in rural Arkansas but also -- and even more so -- in even poorer parts of the world. An article in Salone today says that an unpublished report of The World Bank contradicts the Bush Administration's claim that diversion of food crops to biofuel accounts for only three percent of the rise in food prices worldwide. The report claims that 70 percent of that increase is due to biofuel production to reduce dependency on oil. The writer wonders if the World Bank figure may be too high, but seems convinced that the Bush figure is too low. (The article speculates that the report may be unpublished in order to avoid embarrassment to the Bush regime.)

The Salone article doesn't say it, but I note that the "not more than 10 percent ethanol" fuel I put in my tank is not cheaper than pure gasoline, so biofuel doesn't help with meals-on-wheels delivery costs, it just increases the cost of the meals!

Obviously, I meant Salon, not "Salone"!

THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN THE STORY:
"But home care and Meals on Wheels keep people at home for a fraction of the cost of a nursing home. The state pays for care once they're in a nursing home. So our cuts may cost more than they save."

Now, obviously if we care about our elderly and invalids we would begin drilling in ANWAR and the Gulf of Mexico immediately. We should never regulate trading of oil futures, never. It would be unChristian to even consider it. It won't be unChristian to allow those who are no longer useful to starve to death.
Our nation should never use Strategic Petro Reserves to help lower inflated oil prices.

What say you chasv?

Maybe it's time to cut a bunch of people loose. I mean, how often does an elderly person produce more than they consume? Just what are we getting from our elderly? Do you all know how many trees must die just to make one Depends? Thinking about Jesse Helms in the rest home made me realize it is not efficient use of our resources keeping old people around decades after they're usefulness is over.

Plus, the sooner we bury em, the sooner they'll turn into fossil fuels this country will need in the future. A lot of them have valuable antiques which can be turned into instant cash for yer struggling family. Though granny's giant 1986 Mercury gets poor gas mileage, you can pack a whole Mexican village into one of them making their people per gallon rating surpass any of them pricey hybrids. If the damn thing doesn't run, it can house 2 complete Mexican families with the application of 4 used concrete blocks where the tires used to be.

All my old ones are dead and I can tell you their passing is something anyone can get over. We can save billions by forming a Congressional Review Board which will fan out across the country choosing who over 75 will live and who will die. I suggest if you can no longer wipe yer own butt...it's time to say bye bye. The elderly with no assets or family can be dropped over Iraq from 40,000 feet. Them towelheads will start waving the white flag the minute 1000 old bodies hit their roofs.....I promise ya!

So let's take this holiday weekend to review the important things in life......old people aren't one of them. They had their lives.....now get the FK out of the way and let me have 20 years of yer food and gasoline. Go on...fly to the loving arms of Jesus and quit hogging life. It's as simple as that......old people should quit hogging life!