Run and Hide

I see Congressman Gary Peters of Michigan, along with three dozen other members of the House who voted for ObamaCare have had "a change of heart."  He (and the others) have now voted to allow Americans to keep their insurance policies, you know, the way the President dishonestly told Americans they could.

The House bill, one tendered by another Michigan Congressman, Fred Upton, is really a lousy bill. Generally what it does is tell Americans, "Hey, we're not going to screw you until next year."

Gee, why did Peters do this sudden switch?  Certainly it couldn't be that 2014 is an election year, could it?

Perhaps, as I wrote my two US Senators, they should have read it first??????

And wasn't it great that Secretary Sebelius in Detroit the other day said something about "only a minority" have lost their health insurance policies?  Funny, when these doo-gooders (and I do mean "doo!") were so insistent on passing ObamaCare they never considered that it was "only a minority" who didn't have health insurance then.  I guess that begs the question, "When is a 'minority' not a 'minority?'"

I continually ask myself what fools would pass legislation that is thousands of pages long--thousands of pages!  I can't imagine it other than remember what Lee Iacocca called our elected representatives in DC, "Bozos."  And isn't the federal income tax law and subsequent code tens of thousands of pages?

What was it Jefferson (you know, the guy almost as intelligent as Obama)wrote?  "Most bad government results from too much government."

Here's one for us to consider, too.  Let's find out which candidates raised and spent the most money in their campaigns.  Then, let's vote for their opponents!  C'mon, let's have some fun!  It doesn't really matter if we elect Republicans or Democrats--we get lousy Presidents from either party; members of Congress are equally bad (well, maybe not "equally," but still bad).  And, this would then address the complaint that politicians buy their ways into office, that money isn't as important as it seems.  Then we can quit complaining about the Citizens United decision by the Supremes.  Yes, let's take the ball ourselves and run with it, you know, participate in our own government, a democracy.  Along the way, if we continue to elect those who raise the most money (and 90% or more of the time that's just what happens; the top money-raisers win), we can remember, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."  Yep......

It was good to see Miggy won the MVP again.  I think he deserved it.  The Tigers are just now beginning to reveal a little bit about how injured Cabrera was the last couple of months, yet played through it.  In fact, he refused to get a doctor's opinion until he was assured he wouldn't be taken out of the line-up!  He's without question the best hitter in the game.  I heard Al Kaline say so and suggest he's the best he's ever seen.  I know Trout is good, maybe the best all-round player out there.  But it wasn't just that Cabrera is the best hitter; it's that he drives in runs that matter.  Ask Mariano Rivera......

I understand, I think, the finances of baseball and, ultimately, it's a business.  But I can't for the life of me figure out how the Tigers can even consider trading Max Scherzer.  OK, so they may or may not sign him after '14.  So be it.  But at least they'd have one of the elite pitchers in all of baseball for that season.  I forget which Tiger recently said they need him to continue to win games, but also that he doesn't want to face him as an opposing pitcher/batter.