Shift in American Societal Culture

Events that have led to a major shift in the American societal Culture:

The SAFTEY-RAZOR. It removed the "razor-strop" from the American household.

The PANTY HOSE. It gave women a false sense of security.

The PILL. It gave women a freedom they were ill-equipped to handle.

The DR. SPOCK Revolution. It subjugated parents to their children.

The CIVIL RIGHTS Movement. It enabled an entire undercalass of entitlement dependency.

The FEMINISM Movement. It masculinized women.

The OPRAH Effect. It feminized men.

The PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN Class. It took government out of the hands of the people.

The WELFARE State. It turned the social safety net into a hammack.

The POLITICIAL CORRECTNESS Craze. It subdued our collective intellect to near insanity.

The GLOBAL WARMING Ruse. It mis-directed untold resources to gross uselessness.

The ENTERTAINMENT Fascination. It adulated entertainers to where we have become the United States of Entertainment.

The ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Breach. It over burdened social services to the breaking point.

Eeny, meeny, miney moe. Who do I vote fo?

McCain is too often in bed with the Democrats.
Hillary is not often in bed with Bill. He runs amuck.

Romney changes color like a chameleon.
Obama can't change his color.

Huckabee is on the chart with the religious fundamentalists.
Paul is off the chart with the Iraq War.

So. eeny, meeny, miney, moe. Who do I vote fo?

Hi, diddle, diddle!
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish
Ran away with the spoon.

This makes about as much sense as all the political rhetoric.

Thank God for Modern Medical Science

I brought my wife home from the hospital yesterday. She had been feeling weak and short of breath the past few months. It kept getting progessively worse.
Several days ago she went to the doctor. He ordered a chest x-ray and an EKG. When he saw the results he sent her directly to the local hospital ICU. Her heart rate was 160 beats a minute and her blood pressure was 185/105. The local hospital tried to control her heart beat by chemical IV injections. None worked. They had me take her to a cardiologist in Bryan. There is not a local cardiologist.
The cardiologist ordered an echocardiogram. He took one look at the results and sent her directly to St. Joseph's Hospital in Bryan.
First, they did a transesophageal exocardiography (TEE). It is done from inside the esophagus which lies just behind the heart. It gives a clear picture of the heart. A flexible tube about the size of the index finger is inserted into the mouth and down the esophagus. At the tip of the tube is a small probe that produces sound waves that create images of the heart on a video screen. This helps the doctor identify any problems such as heart infection or disease, or problems with the heart's walls or valves.
Then, shortly after the TEE they performed a catheter abaltion. This is a procedure where they insert a wire probe in the main vein in the right groin and push it all the way into the upper right chamber of the heart. There a slight scar tissue is burned to interrupt the run away electrical current that stimulates the heart to cause the heartbeat.
As explained by the doctor that performed the procedure my wife's electrical current was circulating in a tight loop in the upper right chamber and preventing a regular flow of electrical current to the "distribution box" (that's what he called it) in the center of the heart that distributes the electrical current to the correct parts of the heart in the correct order much like the timing of the engine in a car.
After the abaltion they did a second echocardiogram. It showed her heart rate was more nearly normal and she felt much better. She has to go back in a few days for another echocardiogram and a stress test to determine if there has been any damage to her heart.
Its amazing what modern medical science can do.
My poor wife looks like I beat her. Both arms are bruised from her wrists to her shoulders. They poked, punched, and squeezed on her so much she looks like she was in a bar room brawl. She wears long sleeves so people won't think I'm a wife abuser.

Things have been a little crazy recently and I've neglected my posts to the blog. I'll try to do better in the future. Several of my readers have complained that I've not posted recently. Thanks to the readers. I'll try to do better.