The Government's Healthcare System and New Testing Guidelines

Is it me or does anyone else wonder what impact the passage of the new government healthcare agenda has to do with the new guidelines for mamograms and cervical cancer screenings? It seems this thing is no sooner through the House than the guidelines for cancer screenings for women has changed. Ask yourself this, if these things are changing this quickly, what else will be changing if this atrocity passes the Senate?

Let's realize that the insurance companies will take any way out they can to save money. They are already more in control of your healthcare than your doctor. If you don't believe that wait until the next time the doctor wants you to get a test or procedure done that the insurance company won't cover.

Is the timing of the changes in cancer screening recommendations a coincidence? Personally, I don't think so, the timing is just too impeccable. When did the insurance companies and the medical industry ever line up so perfectly on something as this seems to be lining up?

While I will agree that our healthcare system is broken, and has been for a long time. This new healthcare bill is not the answer! What does the government ever control better than private industry? Even the insurance companies that we bailed out with taxpayer dollars are still paying big bonuses. Only thing is, now they are paying them with your tax dollars instead of their own money. Well, I know, it was always the customers' money but now it is also my tax money, and yours. Tell the government to stay out of healthcare until they learn to govern themselves. Hah! that would be something to see!!

And tell the government that they can no longer vote themselves a raise but that the people are going to do that from now on. If we feel that they deserve to get one. When one serves too much time in Congress they get to know too many cronies and gain too much power. That is why we need term limits, but that is another story for another time.

Oprah, Good Riddance!

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Oprah but let's face facts, she is not only the queen of the talk show hosts but the queen of liberalism, as well. For years she has promoted her liberal causes and I wonder how many viewers blindly followed her without thinking about the implications of the things for which she stood. I, also, wonder how many people will upgrade their cable to get the Oprah Network when it materilizes. Oprah said that the viewers have enriched her life, I should say they have, to the tune of $2.5 billion dollars. Don't get me wrong, she did some good things with the money, as many of them do to some degree, but she did a lot of damage to the conservative belief system in this country by promoting her liberal views. And whether or not she really leaves the air remains to be seen. We have seen many celebrities claim they were retiring only to be gone a couple of months and change their minds. I will believe she is gone when after 1 year she doesn't return to do another network tv show (Oprah Network excluded). In my opinion (that is part of the name of this blog), it should have happened a long time ago. I will admit I like Oprah's compassion but it, definitely, came with an ultra-liberal bend and did a lot of damage along the way.

Oprah's stepping down may make 2011 one of the best and most memorable years ever. Goodbye and Good Riddance!!

One Quality Restaurant (And It's Family Owned)

Today my wife and I had occassion to be in Hancock, Maryland. It was lunch time so we decided to stop at a family owned restaurant called Weavers. This place was great! The service was good considering they were very busy and our waitress had another waitress she was training in tow.

This restaurant cares, not only about the taste of the food, but also about the appearance. Every plate we saw brought out from the kitchen looked like something from a magazine. I ordered crab cakes which they get from Phillips seafood. Phillips is known as the best seafood place in Maryland. The crab cakes were cooked to perfection and had very little filler in them. They were the best crab cakes I have ever eaten. I ordered baby carrots and mashed potatoes and gravy as sides and, again, cooked to perfection. All of the portions were sizable as well. Even the coffee was fresh brewed and it was a large cup.

My wife ordered a salad, and a hot turkey sandwich. Real turkey on homemade bread with baked potato. Even the dinner roll I got with my meal was homemade, large, and delicious with melted butter on top.

They have their own bakery right in the restaurant where you can buy cookies, cakes, rolls, buns, pies, etc.

For desert my wife ordered a fudge brownie with peanut butter icing and I ordered a piece of carmel apple nut pie with vanilla ice cream. I had never had apple pie with nuts in it before but it was fantastic. Considering the sizes of the portions, the appearance of the food, the service, and most of all the taste, the prices were reasonable.

So, if you happen to find yourself in Hancock, Maryland and hungry. Weavers Restaurant on Main Street is definitely worth the stop. You will not be disappointed.