President vs. Private Citizens

Obama feels empowered. He should-he told the world he wanted to install socialism in America, that we can't have economic growth without big government, and that people need to rely on him and liberals rather than on themselves.

And he won. He didn't hide anything--we all knew all these things from the beginning. His empowerment now has damaged him somewhat. He and his minions feel threatened by a private citizen: Rush Limbaugh.

Now Rush is a private citizen, as is Michael Moore. The only difference is whom the Presidents bestows his grace upon. Since he feels threated by Rush, he has been lashing out against him, which is something that hasn't happened for quite a while in national politics. Why would a sitting president worry so much about a private citizen, especially one whose ideals have been ignored by a lethargic and fat Republican party since Newt left lo these many years ago.

It's more than a little frightening to see how liberal minions take the President's directives and mobilize the message, taking cues from Obama to make the issue as divisive as can be: "Are you with Obama or Rush?"

He was also defined in the article as "an extreme partisan," completely ignoring his repeated and loud criticisms of the GOP in the past few years. Not that we look to liberals for logic, but this is scary. With the foundation of a revised "Hush Rush" bill being laid, anyone who values his ability to criticise stupidity (Obama's policies, proven to be failures under Roosevelt, definitely qualify) should be concerned.

Remember Joe the Plumber? Obama's campaign has a definite pattern of attempting to either silence the message or dig up dirt on the messenger.

Keep loaading up on the ammo, folks, and write your blog entries now. Apart from a few zeroes to the left of the decimal, you and I are no different than Rush--private citizens who know the policies of socialism are inherently untenable.

My concern is how much longer we can say that.

Stalin on the March

Well, we've been told that we can't do it by ourselves. We need Big Brother's help to get ourselves out of this economic mess.

Yes, that's the same government who has handled Social Security masterfully, writes tax laws that they can't follow, and whose members are continually embroiled in sex, ethics, and financial scandal.

The same government that prolonged the Great Depression by foolish socialist programs now intends to do the same to another generation, and here's the frustrating thing:

Those of us who have learned from history (despite public education) are forced to repeat it at the hands of those who haven't.

Update from the Fitness Phront

I'm into Week 3 of my workout/diet front, and the payoff is starting to show.

1) Reduced daily Humalog usage
2) Reduced Lantus usage
3) Reduced weight
4) Increased vigor

I was previously taking between 20 and 30 units of Humalog per day to regulate my blood sugar levels; now it's in the 12 to 16 range.

I was taking 20 to 25 units of Lantus (long-lasting, basal) per night, depending on exercise level; I now take 20 max per day. I hear that's not too bad for a guy who has had diabetes for over 20 years and weighs what I do, regardless of body fat.

I'm 3 pounds lighter. (224.8 this a.m.)

I'm doing better on less sleep.

Anecdotally, my love handles are reducing in size (they weren't huge, but for a guy who has been sub 6%, they seemed huge), and all major muscle groups are more toned. And that's just 3 weeks into it.

I also found a place to get diabetes test strips for much cheaper than I was paying for the cheapest at Costco! I can get 50 strips for a meter called the "Clever Check" for $19.00 plus shipping. The meter cost $3 with purchase of 100 strips. That's only $.40 per test--roughly $.15 to $.20 less than what I was spending.

I had to chuckle, though, when that site posted a story that someone (it had to have been someone struggling to think up a master's level project) had proved that low-carb diets can produce lower average blood glucose levels. So let me get this straight--eat less sugar, blood sugar levels are lower. Sure glad they got that straightened out!

Motivation, motivation, mot...

I've had so stinking many irons in the fire lately, I've felt guilty about not blogging for the last few weeks, but not super guilty.

Every day I see ten things I want to rant about, but that's the problem. There are too many things right now! From spineless Republicans to bloated, disgusting Democrats, there's certainly no paucity of topics.

I can't decide, so I'm going to table all my rants and simply give more details on what's happening in the way of fitness. More specifically, FitnessPhysiology.com.

I started FitnessPhysiology.com in 2003 so I could train people and deliver health-related topics to corporate groups. Now I'm hoping to do something similar at the Asotin County Family Aquatic Center, or ACFAC.

The ACFAC has been the topic of local debate, as it has had difficulty getting profitability traction. The fitness center should provide a great monthly revenue stream, but the only drawback is the lack of fitness experts at the center, which is primarily focused on swimming.

I hope to offer personal training, wellness programming, and health lectures there prior to starting the day at Sun Pest Management. Might as well earn money as sleep, right?