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Terry’s Tidbits

By Terry Gray

September 5, 2005

Bang!

Gunshot wounds are sucking dry indigent care?  Was the money that was earmarked for indigent care earmarked for everything but gunshot wounds?  It sure sounds that way.

Chief White said, “Obviously we’re targeting the right places” in reference to the areas that have the most gunshot wounds in Louisville.  Hey chief, how hard can that be?  Just listen for gunshots and hey…

Targeting is one thing; doing something about it is another.  And the use of the word “target” is odd.

According to the Courier Journal there have been 42 gunshot wounds since August 2003 in Louisville.  How many people have been treated for falling down stairs, bicycle accidents, car accidents, and accidental knife wounds?  How many gun owners didn’t shoot someone?

More Tobacco Propaganda

          The Minnesota Blue Cross and Blue Shield in association with anti smoking fanatics are celebrating.  Smokers taking advantage of the Minnesota BCBS’s smoking cessation program escalated to 228 people in August. Prior to the first week in August, membership in the entire state was about 90 people.  The way that this was reported was that membership increased by 65%.

          The Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco said their call-in help line DOUBLED from August 2004 to August 2005.  It is now at a whopping 221 calls.

          Minnesota has a population of roughly 5 million.  There are 1.25 million smokers.  Can someone please explain to me why these groups are bragging about increases of 138 and 111 smokers seeking help respectively - and why the media are covering it?

Pardoned! Just in Case

          Shouldn’t those who accept pardons also be fired or forced to resign from government jobs where they are employed by the public and in the public trust?

          At the beginning of last week, Governor Ernie Fletcher pardoned all employees associated with the state transportation department’s hiring improprieties.  The pardons included past, present, and future involvement with the fiasco and granted these pardons with no convictions for specific deeds.

          It has occurred to me that the pardons that a governor grants to his “people” are equivalent to licenses to commit.  With that a huge door opens to system abuse above and beyond the good old boy abuse to which Kentuckians are accustomed.  There is nothing to stop Governor Fletcher from clandestinely employing Mr. Wrongdoer and then pardoning him for past, present, and future crimes.

          In a press conference last week, Governor Fletcher said that he wished this was a new day so he could continue to move Kentucky into the future.  Translation:  Man, I wish this was over. 

          Governor Fletcher, we are going into the future with or without you.  The question is whether or not we want to move into the future with leadership that condones the disregard of our laws and uses his power to forgive those who commit those crimes.  Is this the kind of future that Kentuckians want or is it the kind that fulfills the desires of our governor?

Gas Crunch?

          On Friday morning at 10:00, I pulled into Kroger on New Cut Road to stock up for the weekend.  Next to the store, parked in a fire zone, was a fire engine, a huge vehicle designed to carry firefighters and equipment to burning properties.  Inside the store were 5 or 6 firefighters.  They were also stocking up for the weekend.

          I can’t help but wonder why these firefighters chose to take a gas guzzling fire truck to Kroger, at taxpayers’ expense in the face of a gas crisis.  Anybody?

Katrina      

          I have entirely too much to say about Katrina and the mess she created to say anything.  Besides, I think we are all Katrina’d out.

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