Conservative Dialysis #updated { position: absolute; display: block; top: 0px; left: 0px; height: 120px; width: 120px; z-index: 99; } .recentcomments a{display:inline !important;padding: 0 !important;margin: 0 !important;} Monday, October 13th, 2008  4:15 pm - Monday, October 13th, 2008 On Sunday, I had to return Nick to the hospital. He had only been home for a few hours from his previous hospital stay when he became very ill and I had to take him back. Right how Nick is unable to swallow anything without immediately vomiting. He also has pain in his upper abdomen whenever he coughs or vomits. Right now things don’t look very promising, so we need all the prayers we can get.Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.Rene By: Rene | Permalink | 1 Comment » Filed under: Health Stuff Tuesday, October 7th, 2008  10:47 am - Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Nick was released from the hospital on Sunday, October 6th. His ankle surgery went fine and we thought that all would go well. As it turns out I had to return Nick to the emergency room within a few hours of bringing him home. Right after we got home, his blood sugar was up to 600 and he began to vomit profusely. SO, back to the hospital he went.Yesterday when they took Nick to dialysis, they discovered that his fistula (through which he receives dialysis) was completely blocked. So they sent him to surgery to have a temporary port put in his neck so he could receive dialysis.Today, we are waiting for the hospital to find a vascular surgeon to take Nick back into surgery to have his fistula unblocked (the blockage is due to a blood clot).So, that is where we are right now. I will update this page later when I have more information.Rene By: Rene | Permalink | 1 Comment » Filed under: Health Stuff Saturday, October 4th, 2008  2:36 pm - Saturday, October 4th, 2008 On September 30th, Nick fell on a piece of ice in our kitchen and fell hard. We were told in the emergency room that Nick had broken his tibia and fibula right as they join the ankle. Yesterday he had surgery on the ankle to correct the damage; they found that both broken bones had several other fractures as well. So, his ankle after surgery is now being held together with plates, screws and surgical pins. He will be using a walker for approximately the next eight weeks, they are going to place a removable “moon boot” on the ankle so he can check his foot daily for skin irritations or ulcers (this is common among diabetics).So, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. He has had a rough time lately with his health, and he really didn’t need for this to happen.Rene By: Rene | Permalink | 2 Comments » Filed under: Health Stuff Saturday, September 27th, 2008  6:00 pm - Saturday, September 27th, 2008 The current banking crisis was caused by the incredible number of home owners who defaulted on their mortgages in the past couple of years. Why did so many people fail to pay their mortgage? That’s easy — they couldn’t afford to make the payments. Why not? Because, for the most part, they couldn’t afford the mortgage they received from the bank.If they couldn’t afford the mortgage to begin with, why did the bank give it to them? Because, under a Jimmy Carter administration law called the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), to which huge changes were made by the Clinton Administration and passed by the Democrats in Congress, all financial lending institutions were required to make loans to minority applicants without regard to their ability to make the payments required by the loan. In fact, if the lending institutions didn’t make these loans, they faced huge financial penalties from the government.Democrats had been looking at mortgage statistics and found that minority applicants did not receive mortgages at the same rate that non-minority applicants did. Being Democrats, they cried, “racism!” and quickly drafted the CRA. It never occurred to the Democrats that the reason that these minority applicants were turned down was because their credit was bad; they simply decided that it had to be racism because everyone knows that the only reason banks don’t loan money to minorities is because they are keeping them down. So, the CRA instituted quotas for the lenders to meet, and the rest is history.Republicans saw this coming, and tried to get a new regulatory agency created to oversee the loan process and stop these bad financial practices, but the Democrats claimed that there were no problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and prevented anything from changing.Watch this video for a real good expanation of what happened:The head of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac during all of this was a man named Frank Raines. This is the man Senator Obama named as his Economic Adviser for his Presidential Campaign. What kind of economic advice do you think he would give to Obama if he is elected? Do you think it would be any different than what he did at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac? What does this tell you about Obama’s ability to make sound judgments when it comes to the nation’s economy? It tells me this: By: Nick | Permalink | 4 Comments » Filed under: 2008 Election, Culture War, Government, Politics Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008  8:00 pm - Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 By: Nick | Permalink | 2 Comments » Filed under: 2008 Election Tuesday, September 16th, 2008  8:38 am - Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 WARNING! Do not drink liquid and watch this video at the same time. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: Humor Monday, September 15th, 2008  6:00 am - Monday, September 15th, 2008 Voters looking for a candidate who can make the tough decisions required by the Office of President of the United States may want to question first-term Senator Obama’s penchant for avoiding tough issues in the Illinios Senate by voting “present” rather than taking a principled stand:In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature — to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried as adults, a position that risked drawing fire from African-Americans, or to oppose it, possibly undermining his image as a tough-on-crime moderate.In the end, Mr. Obama chose neither to vote for nor against the bill. He voted “present,” effectively sidestepping the issue, an option he invoked nearly 130 times as a state senator.Sometimes the “present’ votes were in line with instructions from Democratic leaders or because he objected to provisions in bills that he might otherwise support. At other times, Mr. Obama voted present on questions that had overwhelming bipartisan support. In at least a few cases, the issue was politically sensitive.The first thing you should note from the quote above is that it is from the NEW YORK TIMES, the Democrat Party’s Official Paper of Record and obvious, vociferous advocate for the election of Barack Obama. I guess someone forgot to tell the new guy that these types of stories on the paper’s favored sons are supposed to be spiked.The second thing you need to take from the quote, and from the rest of the article, is that Obama is drawn to the politically expedient action rather than to the action which would demand him to make a principled stand one way or another. This, according to the Democrat Party, is “leadership.”In Illinois, political experts say voting present is a relatively common way for lawmakers to express disapproval of a measure. It can at times help avoid running the risks of voting no, they add.“If you are worried about your next election, the present vote gives you political cover,” said Kent D. Redfield, a professor of political studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield. “This is an option that does not exist in every state and reflects Illinois political culture.”One thing we all know is that the President of the United States does not have the luxury of “avoiding the risks” of making a decision, especially in a crisis. What will an untested Barack Obama do when confronted with a critical international or national issue which needs a decisive resolution? It doesn’t look like making hard decisions in pressured situations is Obama’s strong suit. In fact, due to Obama’s lack of any type of executive experience whatsoever, noone knows what he will or will not do, including the Senator himself. This, according to the Democrat Party, is “leadership.”Obama claims he represents “change we can believe in.” However, it appears that on critical issues he doesn’t really know what he believes, so why should Americans believe in him? By: Nick | Permalink | 2 Comments » Filed under: 2008 Election, Politics Friday, September 12th, 2008  11:52 am - Friday, September 12th, 2008 Found on the Daily Kos on September 11, 2008: This picture was captioned: All this 9/11 worship is ghoulish and downright silly.A day of commemoration for nearly three thousand innocent people killed by radical Islamic terrorists, and Liberals make it the butt of a joke. Words fail me.While you are remembering and honoring those lost, please take a moment to remember one more thing: Barack Obama takes these people seriously.These images were taken from Right Wing News. which brought them to my attention. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: 2008 Election, Culture War, Human Stupidity, Politics, War on Terror Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008  4:57 pm - Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 If its entertainment you want, you can always count on the liberal protesters who show up to any gathering where there’s a camera present:Police arrests tally nearly 300 following sometimes violent confrontations this week, and more protests were planned for Wednesday and Thursday, the final two days of the Republican National Convention.Some protest organizers have promised to resume their often confrontational actions near where delegates are meeting in the Xcel Energy Center until the GOP convention ends its four-day run.Prior to the start of the convention, police raided several area buildings and found lots of protest materials:Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an “anarchist” plan to disrupt this week’s Republican National Convention.From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience.The show of force was led by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with the FBI, Minneapolis and St. Paul police, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies.…At least five suspected leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee, a self-described anarchist group, were taken to the Hennepin County jail, and another was being sought, said Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher.On Saturday afternoon, he displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine.“We know these things were going to be used as weapons,” Fletcher said, a charge protesters and their advocates vigorously disputed.Oh, OK. Why don’t you explain to us what exactly the buckets of urine and throwing knives were going to be used for then.To be fair, “anarchist” doesn’t automatically equate to “liberal”. Anarchists protested the Democrat convention in Denver as well, so this may just be a case of idiots using any excuse they can find to create mayhem and damage property. Trouble is, these types of “people” typically act like terrorists:THE LEFTISTS ALMOST KILLED US!Later when the GOP busses started to take delegates from Minneapolis to St. Paul the anarchists started throwing sandbags and cement bags at the busses.Unreal.The bus I was riding was hit with cement bags that the anarchists were throwing off the overpasses down on the interstate. The anarchists missed the bus in front of us and nailed our bus with a direct hit.The police had us slow down and then sent us under the interstate overpass when we were attacked.There were several women and senior citizens on the bus.It occurs to me that maybe the next time the GOP holds a convention, they should have it in Texas where the Second Amendment was considered a God-given individual right before the Supreme Court had to verify the obvious. Chances are, those anarchists would have been run off or worse by the older people on the buses. Remember, most of these “people” were protesting the war by committing violence on innocent individuals who, for all they knew, could have shared their opinion about the war.Remember back in the “good ol’ days” when protesters would typically stand around on sidewalks, marching in circles, carrying signs and yelling moronic chants at passers-by? Back then, the most offensive thing about the whole protest was their smell. Today’s protesters seem to have studied the terrorist’s handbook, as their main objective pretty much seems to be the wanton destruction of public and private property for its own sake. They seem to care little whether or not anyone understands or even knows why they are protesting. I call it Recreational Mayhem.Here’s hoping we can get through the entire week without one of these bastards killing someone. By: Nick | Permalink | 1 Comment » Filed under: 2008 Election, Politics Sunday, August 24th, 2008  5:47 pm - Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Freshman Senator Barack Obama has named Senator Joe Biden as his running mate for the 2008 Presidential Election. This is assuming, of course, that Obama gets the nomination of his party during their convention this week in Denver:Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party’s national convention after all — and quite a bit of it. Democrats officially will choose Barack Obama to run against Republican John McCain this fall.But in an emblematic move meant to heal divisive primary wounds, the vanquished Clinton name also will be placed in nomination alongside his during the traditional state-by-state delegation roll call vote at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.And, she gets her own plum speaking slot.So does her husband, former President Bill Clinton.Now, I don’t think that there is any chance in hell that Hillary is going to unseat Obama as the party’s nominee. However, this certainly portrays the Democrat Party as less united behind their Messiah as they have portrayed themselves. I mean, other than showcasing the fact that Hillary had nearly 50% of the Democrat vote during the primaries, what does this do? Not much by itself, but add it to this:The campaign of Republican rival John McCain wasted no time, immediately producing an ad featuring Biden’s previous praise for McCain and comments critical of Obama from an ABC News interview last year. Biden had said he stood by an earlier statement that Obama wasn’t yet ready to be president and “the presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”“There has been no harsher critic of Barack Obama’s lack of experience than Joe Biden,” McCain campaign spokesman Ben Porritt said in a statement. “Biden has denounced Barack Obama’s poor foreign policy judgment and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be president.”In addition to the comments above, Biden also said this:“I would be honored to run with or against John McCain because the country would be better off.”So, when you add all of these things together, what do you get? You get a picture of a political party which is:Trying to please (or appease) party leaders who didn’t get the nomination.Nominating someone for President with very little executive, economic, or foreign policy experience.Nominating someone for Vice President who stands by his statement that the Presidential candidate is “not ready” to be President, and that said the country would be better off if he were running with or against the other party’s nominee.Does this sound very united to you? I have never been a McCain supporter during this election. I feel most of his views are not only not conservative, but could very easily been seen as liberal. Even if McCain chooses a very conservative running mate, and this is a big if, I’m still not sure that I could come out and support him. However, chances are I will vote for him, if for no other reason than to keep Obama-Biden out of the White House.Watch the Democrat convention this week and look for the signs of division and anger; they shouldn’t be hard to spot despite the press’ almost religious worship of all things Obama. This will give you all you need to realize that Obama’s election isn’t as inevitable as the Democrats would like you to believe. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: 2008 Election, Politics Wednesday, August 20th, 2008  1:42 pm - Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 What happens when you take a classroom full of children, add in a teacher, and then prevent that teacher from doing anything which has to do with teaching? You get the Dallas Independent School District:Dallas public school students who flunk tests, blow off homework and miss assignment deadlines can make up the work without penalty, under new rules that have angered many teachers.The new rules will be distributed when teachers return to their campuses next week. But many who have already seen the regulations say they are too lenient on slackers, and will come at the expense of kids who work hard.For example, the new rules require teachers to accept late work and prevent them from penalizing students for missed deadlines. Homework grades that would drag down a student’s overall average will be thrown out.Think about this for a second: no penalty for turning work in late, low grades which would affect grade point average thrown out, and no grade lower than a 50. Excuse me for asking, but if we’re not going to grade a student according to his work, just exactly what are we supposed to grade them on?So, why is the DISD doing this? Well. listen to the dribble coming out of this educrat’s mouth:School officials said the new guidelines are needed to ensure that all district teachers operate under the same rules and to create a “fair system” for grading students.“The purpose behind it is to ensure fair and credible evaluation of learning – from grade to grade and school to school,” said Denise Collier, the district’s chief academic officer.Ms. Collier jumped the shark when she started talking about credibility in relation to these new rules.So, you say, where were the parents when this was happening? They likely didn’t even know it was happening:The new guidelines were developed by district staff and did not require school board approval.District records state that the changes are part of a switch to “effort-based” grading and are designed to give students multiple opportunities to demonstrate that they’ve mastered class material. Requiring teachers to contact parents instead of awarding zeros is designed to increase home-school communications, according to district materials presented recently to principals. Retests and deadline extensions are meant to motivate students to do better after initial failure.This is what happens when governmental entities like school districts go unchecked by the citizens. And by the way, what exactly is “effort-based grading”? Does that mean regardless of how poor you did on your work, you get a good grade if you tried real hard? I wonder how that would work out in Medical school — “Oh, that’s OK doctor. I know you killed the patient but at least you tried real hard. Here’s your fee.”More and more, local school districts are getting out of the business of teaching students and into the business of baby-sitting mobs of clueless kids between the ages of five and 18. The districts no longer care if the kids are or are not learning anything; they mearly have to appear to be trying to learn something. Regardless of the work done, all kids are guaranteed to pass and as long as that continues, the district officials crow about how great their policies are.Just remember this: fifteen to twenty years down the line, these are the people who will be running our financial institutions, designing and building our homes and bridges, and in general running things. Having given them this type of education, how much faith do you have in the future? By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: Culture War, Education  12:35 pm - Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Just got out of the hospital after contracting pneumonia. Not being able to breath isn’t a whole lot of fun. However, a couple days of respiratory therapy and antibiotics and I’m good as new.There are a couple of things that I really want to write about, but I have to look into them before doing so. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: Blog Announcements, Health Stuff Sunday, August 10th, 2008  8:31 pm - Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Well, the time off was sorely needed and I feel better than ever. For the past couple of weeks, I have literally ignored the news and instead concentrated on music, family, and taking care of myself. Also, I took a business trip to Colorado and had a great time. Its the first time since my kidney failure four and a half years ago that I have left the city, and it has reinvigorated me both mentally and physically.Well, while I was gone I see John Edwards was doing his best to become the next Bill Clinton. You know, it takes a special kind of douchebag to cheat on a spouse who is fighting cancer. Funny thing is, no one on the left side of the isle is talking about how this is going to end his political career. Things that make you go, “hmmmmmm?”I see that the Obamessiah is taking another vacation in Hawaii this week. Have you noticed that you have not heard much from his wife lately? Think he finally figured out the American public doesn’t like to be talked down to by someone who doesn’t even like America?Well, I’m going to catch up on the political scene during the next couple of days and get some more posts out. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: Blog Announcements  8:18 pm - Sunday, August 10th, 2008 In their never-ending quest to find more ways to extract every single penny they can from your wallet, the Democrats have decided to make guaranteed healthcare the primary plank in their convention platform.PITTSBURGH (AP) - Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama’s defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.The party’s platform committee moved smoothly through a range of issues for the fall campaign and approved a document that will go to the Democratic convention in Denver later this month for adoption.There was little dissent - or room for it - in the day’s meeting and a compromise on health policy took one flash-point off the table.You see, as is usually the case, the Democrats are not really concerned about whether or not this is something which is good for the American people; they’re more concerned about what will make the Democrats look united during their convention in Denver later this month. In fact, the Democrats, while “guaranteeing” healthcare for everyone, don’t even have a clue as to how they are going to actually implement this “guarantee”:Advisers to Obama and Clinton both told the party’s platform meeting they were happy with the compromise, adopted without opposition or without explanation as to how health care would be guaranteed.Once again, to the Democrats, it doesn’t matter whether or not they actually do what they are promising; it just matters what their intentions are. However, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.Other ways the Democrats plan to look good and feel good about themselves:The party also:_Promises “tough, practical, and humane immigration reform in the first year of the next administration.”_Favors restoration of the ban on assault-type weapons and other “reasonable regulation” that recognizes the constitutional right to own and use firearms._Favors helping religious groups provide social services as long as “public funds are not used to proselytize or discriminate.”_Promises to close the Guantanamo detention center._Promises to double the Peace Corps.Conservatives will see that these ideas are nothing more than tired, old liberal talking points which have been rejected by the American public for the last thirty years. I mean, what good will it do the U.S. to double the Peace Corps? Absolutely no good at all; its just another way to reach into the taxpayers’ pockets and extract more money to make the Democrats feel good about themselves. Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center? One more step in the Democrats’ attempt to convince terrorists that they understand them and want to help them. Afterall, they had really good reasons for what they have been doing for the past few years, right?If this is the future, I weep for it. By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: 2008 Election Monday, July 14th, 2008  3:09 pm - Monday, July 14th, 2008 Results of the procedure are that there is no significant blockage in any of my arteries. Therefore, the doctor did not place a stent as was planned. Of the three possible outcomes, this was the least likely. I don’t know what I did to deserve it, but I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I will simply say “Thank you” to all of you who offered thoughts and prayers. I have no doubt that these offerings were the source of my good fortune, and so I am indebted to all of you.Just so you know, I didn’t get off scott-free. As of Friday, my diet has been highly modified. No more red meat, eggs, salt, butter, or anything else which tastes good. From now on only cardboard, twigs, and the occassional leaf will have to sustain me. I guess I’ll have to find another “favorite” book! By: Nick | Permalink | Comments Off Filed under: Health Stuff « Previous Entries    This is a poll regarding current events. Will the Democrats' destruction of the mortgage industry be reported by the Main Stream Media? Are you kidding? No way! Possibly, but only after the Election. Sure, its news. View Results Results of All Polls  Mike Thomas: My best wishes for yourself and Nick during these tough times, Rene. Tell Nick he needs to get well... Mrs Smith: Will be praying for Nick! Sandra C.: I’m so sorry to hear about this, Nick, and am sending you many best wishes. 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