Sorry I haven’t been around to help Booman with posting. I was someplace without internet or TV service so my knowledge of real world events over the last 10 days has been minimal. I assume we’re still in Iraq, still threatening Iran, the media’s still bitching about Obama’s something or other, Bush managed to make an ass of himself somehow, McCain’s faults are still being overlooked, Democratic sex scandals are getting more TV time than Republican sex and bribery scandals, people are still being tasered by police just for shits and giggles, our “mental recession” is still hurting everyone who doesn’t earn a MILLION DOLLARS a year in income and many of you are in dire straits financially, emotionally, or health wise.
For my family, my wife was refused an accommodation to extend her short term disability while she waits for the long term disability claims process to resolve itself (amazing how S-L-O-W insurance companies can be when it comes to actually dealing with claims rather than demanding premium payments) so we will have to start paying for our own health insurance under COBRA next month. We have some savings and I expect we will be using it all up by the end of this year. One more reason I support universal health care under a single payer plan. Not sure how all this will effect my ability to blog, but I hope I’ll be able to continue to contribute here at the Tribune.
God or Goddess or The Flying Spaghetti Monster Bless all of you whatever your current situation. I have to run and take care of some errands, but I’ll check back later. Sorry for the hit and run. All my best to you.
