http://www.keitharaney.com Musings, Thoughts, Etc From the Mind of Keith Raney Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:16:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know if Roger Clemens ever used performance enhancing substances or not and if he did I think it would be terrible.  But what an incredible irony it is regarding what he is being charged with. Roger Clemens is being charged with lying to Congress.  Think about that.  He is ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=148 Read this posted by someone recently, "When Jesus said, “Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and give to God the things which are God’s,” I don’t think he would mind paying taxes to improve roads, revamp Social Security or improve failing schools; as opposed to funding a war ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=144 The deficit for April was $82 billion.  That is four times larger than last April.  April is normally a non-deficit month (there is a special day of celebration for the IRS in April, the 15th, remember?) for the treasury.  How's that 'Hope and Change' working out for you? http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=142 It continues to amaze me that the University of Memphis has to vacate their basketball wins and Final Four appearance and Duke does not.  Both teams played with what the NCAA considers an ineligible player.  Both teams were National Runner-Ups.  Yet only one team has to vacate their wins and their Final ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=135 We are being told by congress that everyone must purchase health insurance.  Why?  Well the argument is based on the "logic" that when someone doesn't have insurance and they go in for medical treatment they cost everyone else because the taxpayers have to pay for it.  That would be a ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=118 Just so everyone knows, Park Rangers are not good at distances.  When they say a mile they might be guessing and are likely to not be very close.  Marie and I walked a trail recently that was marked as a mile in distance.  Now I didn't have a pedometer (that's ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=116 Years and years of entitlement mentality have so corrupted our view regarding our rights that we now as a nation believe that health care is a right. I believe it is just a matter of time that as a whole we will accept this as fact and it will be ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=109 For some reason in the recent national debate concerning health care it seems we have created a new synonym.  Somehow health care has come to mean the same thing as health insurance.  Health care is something that is provided by medical professionals and managed by the individual receiving the care ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=106 When it was all being debated the Porkupus, er stimulus bill was suppose to create between 3.5 and 4 million jobs.   Well here we are and instead of millions of new jobs unemployment is at 9.4%, the highest rate since 1983.  Now some will argue where would it be if they ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=99 For some reason we've all become hyper-sensitive about the idea of people being offended.  Lets face it, sometime, somewhere, we are all going to get offended.  Its part of being alive and living among other people who have their own opinions and ideas.  During the recent health concern involving the Swine ... http://www.keitharaney.com/?p=96