Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Chip Head proposed a new federal health care program appropriately named Simple Health Insurance Trust. SHIT would cover every American except those in Congress, the White House, and the federal bureaucracy.

Untold numbers of people wanted to know what Mr. and Mrs. Head planned for those government employees not covered by SHIT. Their health care program would be Benefits for Active and Retired Feds. BARF would come out of legislation for all those public servants that are so poorly compensated for their 40 hours a week.

July 10th, 2009 | Big Brother, Head Note, The Reign
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Mr. and Mrs. Chip Head are making an open proposal to all federal lawmakers concerning the health care crisis. (Everything in President Obama’s life is a crisis. The man needs to take up yoga, for crying out loud!)

Our proposal is an enlargement and simplification of the current Health Savings Accounts (HSA), with some off-the-shelf technology thrown in for good measure. We believe an appropriate name would be Simple Health Insurance Trust. SHIT will cover every living American except those in Congress, the White House, and the federal bureaucracy.

July 9th, 2009 | Big Brother, Head Note, The Reign
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In honor of America’s pops, Reverend Obama delivered a Father’s Day sermon. As usual, the Reverend instructed America’s dads in how to live their lives.

Celebrating the good deeds of our wonderful selfless fathers would not be keeping in character with the Reverend. One has to wonder if our Reverend in Chief was inspired by the old Saturday Night Live Church Lady or by Chicago’s Reverend Wright?

June 30th, 2009 | Big Brother, The Reign
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Now that Mr. Bush has left the White House, it is safe to say he accomplished at least one good thing during his Presidency; he did not allow his Attorney General to kidnap children at gunpoint and send them to communist countries (Elian Gonzalez) or attack innocent Americans causing 75 deaths (Waco Siege and Massacre).

Given President Obama’s marvelous talent to talk to his enemies without precondition, we can rest assured the Gestapo tactics of the Clinton/Reno reign will not be repeated during the current administration. Thank heaven for small favors.

April 30th, 2009 | Big Brother, Good Bad Ugly
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This little history of governmental gun control has been floating around the Internet. Usually, words401 publishes original content, but this is some history we all need to keep in mind:

In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1935, China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1938, Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1956, Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1964, Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

In 1970, Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.

During the 20th Century, in the guise of gun control, nearly 56 million defenseless people were rounded up and exterminated.

April 18th, 2009 | Big Brother, Good Bad Ugly
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When the President of the United States has a law degree from Harvard Law School and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago, one would expect that President would respect the rule of law, as opposed to the rule of men. When it took a few days for President Obama to think about his position concerning the AIG bonus issue, one had reason to be concerned. After all, isn’t a contract a contract?

Surely the President would show respect for the rule of law and insist those retention bonus contracts be paid.

Surely the President would use the teachable moment to explain to the American people the necessity of honoring such valid legal contracts.

Surely the President would show the leadership needed to squash the dangerous populist uprising inflamed by the United States Congress.

Surely the President would not rush to the head of the line to lead the rule of men mob, leaving the rule of law folks all to themselves.

Then again, isn’t this the same President that thinks the biggest contract of them all, the Constitution of the United States, doesn’t mean what is means?

March 25th, 2009 | Big Brother, Raw Politics
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There are rumors the Obama Administration will support legislation to assist the country’s bitter clingers with a reduction to their unsophisticated cultural tendencies. The bill introduced to the House yesterday by Speaker Pelosi includes replacing American Idol with European operas and classical symphonies. Some legislators intend to offer an amendment to substitute World of Poetry for Wheel of Fortune. The estimated cost of the cultural stimulus is $34.8 billion.

With the implementation of the Fairness Doctrine imminent, Mr. Rush Limbaugh is said to have his agent inquiring about hosting the venerable World of Poetry program. A permanent host has been sought since the death of Charlton Heston last April.

February 18th, 2009 | Big Brother, The Reign
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Once upon a time in America anybody could freely wander throughout all public areas in any airport. Up and down concourses, right up to the gates. No metal detectors. No ticket requirements. No body or luggage searches. No screening lines. No full body X-rays. Nothing but unhindered access.

After a few well publicized hijackings (sometimes referred to as skyjackings) in the the late 1960s airports began introducing security measures. Beginning January 5, 1973, the FAA required airlines to screen passengers and carry-on baggage.

Just another thing we took for granted.

October 13th, 2008 | Big Brother, Good Bad Ugly
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The Presidential Campaign of Barack Obama. Saga Number 25.

At the time of this writing, the following is posted on YouTube (search using obama children sing venice):

“Sing for Change chronicles a recent Sunday afternoon, when 22 children, ages 5-12, gathered to sing original songs in the belief that their singing would lift up our communities for the coming election. Light, hope, courage and love shine through these nonvoting children who believe that their very best contribution to the Obama campaign is to sing. Sing for Change was a confluence of hard work, good will, and shared vision. Inspired by ideas raised at a grassroots Obama fundraiser, a music teacher, Kathy Sawada, and the children composed and rehearsed the songs in less than two weeks. Several musicians heard of the effort and volunteered to accompany the children. Parents and older siblings designed and provided the T-Shirts and the banner. There’s a first for everything, but rarely do so many firsts come together at once: for the children and their parents, this is their first performance, first video, first banner, and first involvement with grassroots work on a presidential campaign. As Sunday approached, a neighbor volunteered a home. Production wizards got wind of the project and offered their help in recording it. The likes of Jeff Zucker, Holly Schiffer, Peter Rosenfeld, Darin Moran, Jean Martin, Andy Blumenthal, and Nick Phoenix rearranged schedules to participate. Holly Schiffer was able to get three High Definition cameras (Panasonic HVX250’s), and an AVID editing facility. When Jeff Zucker went to pick up the camera package, Ted Schilowitz happened to be there and offered a RED camera set up on a Steadi Cam. What we accomplished in a few hours on a Sunday afternoon embodies the nature of the Obama campaign: its grassroots inspiration, its inclusiveness, its community building. People pitched in quickly for a cause that resonated with them. There were not many conditions: “Think this is a good idea? Want to help? Great. Sunday at 12:00.” At the heart of the project were 22 children and their music. The willingness of all involved to come together for them was a testament to our hope, unity, courage, joy and belief in the future represented by these children. We are offering the video to everyone, the Obama campaign and all media with high hopes that we can all join together to Sing for Change. Technical info: Running time = 3 minutes; Standard Definition and HD Broadcast quality WE’RE GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD Music and lyrics by Lily Campbell, age 9 We’re gonna spread happiness We’re gonna spread freedom Obama’s gonna change it Obama’s gonna lead ‘em We’re gonna change it And rearrange it We’re gonna change the world. SING FOR CHANGE Music and lyrics by Kathy Sawada Now’s the moment, lift each voice to sing Sing with all your heart! For our children, for our families, Nations all joined as one. Sing for joy and sing abundant peace, Courage, justice, hope! Sing together, hold each precious hand, Lifting each other up; Sing for vision, sing for unity, Lifting our hearts to Sing! YES WE CAN Music and lyrics by Kathy Sawada Yes we can Lift each other up In peace, in love, in hope Change! Change! sing…vote http://www.barackobama.com http://www.singforchange.com/” [Emphasis added]

The video itself has been blocked. One comment posted by member BigDumbApe1 on the profile page of member kathysawada, who originally submitting the video, is enlightening:

“Apparently (from what I’ve patched together online) initially the Obama campaign linked to the video officially, but when word of it spread and it left SUCH a foul taste in the mouths of sooooo many people, the Obama people cut off the direct link.

And now given the reaction the video got, apparently the campaign actually requested to have the video pulled ENTIRELY since it was creating just too much of a bad image nightmare for them.”

The video with additional editing is available here.

October 1st, 2008 | Big Brother, Obama for President
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There is trouble in cyberland. Anybody trying to reach their U.S. Representative (apparently concerning the Wall Street bailout) got the following message today, if they even got a message:

“The House of Representatives is currently experiencing an extraordinarily high amount of email traffic. The Write Your Representative function is therefore intermittantly [sic] available. While we realize communicating to your Members of Congress is critical, we suggest attempting to do so at a later time, when demand is not so high. System engineers are working to resolve this issue and we appreciate your patience.”

The people must be mad about something.

September 30th, 2008 | Big Brother, Good Bad Ugly
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