From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 07:51:29 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:51:29 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] How the liberal Democrats deceive on healthcare statistics Message-ID: <006d01ca6396$db085100$9118f300$@com> What follows is a perfect example of how the "radical" liberal Democrats in D.C. will say anything they think sounds to convince you of their position - God forbid you actually do research check out what they say as I do. One of my favorite quotes in history is by Mark Twain when he said, "there are three kinds of lies...lies, damned lies and statistics." One of the favorite arguments of poor healthcare in the United States is how our infant mortality rate statistically is about twice that of European countries. But as Karnak the Magnificent might say, "may a crazed Arab hold your ponies until you have all facts." Read the story below from U.S. News and World Report - what many consider to be a "liberal" publication, I might add. See what a M.D. who is a regular columist has to say about the reported "high U.S. infant mortality rate.' What you must ask yourself as a reader is the question, "who determined the criteria by which you rate a given country's quality of healthcare?" "Who says it has to be based on the Infant Mortality Rate?" Wouldn't a better way to judge a country's healthcare quality is by what percentage of people receive care that allows them to continue living productive lives? Nope, God forbid the U.S. healthcare be judged on how many elderly receive care compared to Canada and European countries where most elderly run the risk of dying while waiting for needed care. The radical liberal NEVER talk about that comparative statistic. By the end of reading the below story then decide whether or not it's the U.S. or European countries who have the lower infant mortality rate. http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/060924/2healy.htm John Scurich From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 08:59:03 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:59:03 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] Blood Drive Reminder Message-ID: <00b201ca63a0$4b3f7e90$e1be7bb0$@com> Please see attached flyer with details about a very important blood drive being held this Saturday at Gulf Coast Bank for one of our dearest employees that has been diagnosed with Leukemia. In addition to blood donors, we also encourage people to bring donations, either monetary or in the form of a prize that can be raffled off. There will be food and drinks available for those who participate and we are asking anyone that wants to bring baked goods to please do so and those items will be sold with all proceeds going to Ms Stephany. Lastly we do need volunteers to stay for a while and help out. We have a spacewalk for the kids, and a DJ that will be playing music during the event. Thanks in advance and I hope to see everyone there. Best Regards, KEVIN A. REICHERT Mortgage Lending Officer Office: (504) 561-1307 Fax: (504) 569-1901 E-Mail:KevinReichert at GulfBank.com Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company 1801 E. Judge Perez Drive Chalmette, LA 70043 ------------------------------------------------- Gulf Coast Bank Blood Drive Saturday, November 14, 2009 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Business Center Branch 1801 E. Judge Perez Drive Chalmette, LA 70043 We are holding a blood drive to help our friend and co-worker Henrietta Stephany. Please come out and donate. From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 20:52:45 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:52:45 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] The American Flag Message-ID: <039401ca6403$ff37ffe0$fda7ffa0$@com> Great Video..hope you enjoy...s http://www.coolestone.com/media/292/Robin_Williams_as_the_American_Flag/ From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 21:01:48 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:01:48 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] Don't leave it on the desk Message-ID: <03aa01ca6405$429ed500$c7dc7f00$@com> This is GOOD. GOD IS GOOD. Sometimes we have to look at it a new way. DON'T LEAVE IT ON THE DESK There was a certain Professor of Religion named Dr. Christianson, a studious man who taught at a small college in the western United States. Dr. Christianson taught the required survey course in Christianity at this particular institution. Every student was required to take this course his freshman year, regardless of his or her major. Although Dr. Christianson tried hard to communicate the essence of the gospel in his class, he found that most of his students looked upon the course as nothing but required drudgery. Despite his best efforts, most students refused to take Christianity seriously. This year, Dr. Christianson had a special student named Steve. Steve was only a freshman, but was studying with the intent of going on to seminary for the ministry. Steve was popular, he was well liked, and he was an imposing physical specimen. He was now the starting center on the school football team, and was the best student in the professor's class.. One day, Dr. Christianson asked Steve to stay after class so he could talk with him. "How many push-ups can you do?" Steve said, "I do about 200 every night." "200? That's pretty good, Steve, " Dr. Christianson said. "Do you think you could do 300?" Steve replied, "I don't know.... I've never done 300 at a time." "Do you think you could?" again asked Dr. Christianson. "Well, I can try," said Steve. "Can you do 300 in sets of 10? I have a class project in mind and I need you to do about 300 push-ups in sets of ten for this to work. Can you do it? I need you to tell me you can do it," said the professor. Steve said, "Well... I think I can...yeah, I can do it." Dr. Christianson said, "Good! I need you to do this on Friday. Let me explain what I have in mind." Friday came and Steve got to class early and sat in the front of the room. When class started, the professor pulled out a big box of donuts. No, these weren't the normal kinds of donuts, they were the extra fancy BIG kind, with cream centers and frosting swirls. Everyone was pretty excited it was Friday, the last class of the day, and they were going to get an early start on the weekend with a party in Dr. Christianson's class. Dr. Christianson went to the first girl in the first row and asked, "Cynthia, do you want to have one of these donuts?" Cynthia said, "Yes." Dr. Christianson then turned to Steve and asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Cynthia can have a donut?" "Sure!" Steve jumped down from his desk to do a quick ten. Then Steve again sat in his desk. Dr. Christianson put a donut on Cynthia's desk. Dr. Christianson then went to Joe, the next person, and asked, "Joe, do you want a donut?" Joe said, "Yes." Dr. Christianson asked, "Steve would you do ten push-ups so Joe can have a donut?" Steve did ten push-ups, Joe got a donut. And so it went, down the first aisle, Steve did ten push-ups for every person before they got their donut. Walking down the second aisle, Dr. Christianson came to Scott. Scott was on the basketball team, and in as good condition as Steve. He was very popular and never lacking for female companionship. When the professor asked, "Scott do you want a donut?" Scott's reply was, "Well, can I do my own push-ups?" Dr. Christianson said, "No, Steve has to do them." Then Scott said, "Well, I don't want one then." Dr. Christianson shrugged and then turned to Steve and asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Scott can have a donut he doesn't want?" With perfect obedience Steve started to do ten push-ups. Scott said, "HEY! I said I didn't want one!" Dr. Christianson said, "Look!, this is my classroom, my class, my desks, and these are my donuts. Just leave it on the desk if you don't want it." And he put a donut on Scott's desk. Now by this time, Steve had begun to slow down a little. He just stayed on the floor between sets because it took too much effort to be getting up and down. You could start to see a little perspiration coming out around his brow. Dr. Christianson started down the third row. Now the students were beginning to get a little angry. Dr. Christianson asked Jenny, "Jenny, do you want a donut?" Sternly, Jenny said, "No." Then Dr. Christianson asked Steve, "Steve, would you do ten more push-ups so Jenny can have a donut that she doesn't want?" Steve did ten....Jenny got a donut. By now, a growing sense of uneasiness filled the room. The students were beginning to say, "No!" and there were all these uneaten donuts on the desks. Steve also had to really put forth a lot of extra effort to get these push-ups done for each donut. There began to be a small pool of sweat on the floor beneath his face, his arms and brow were beginning to get red because of the physical effort involved. Dr. Christianson asked Robert, who was the most vocal unbeliever in the class, to watch Steve do each push up to make sure he did the full ten push-ups in a set because he couldn't bear to watch all of Steve's work for all of those uneaten donuts. He sent Robert over to where Steve was so Robert could count the set and watch Steve closely. Dr. Christianson started down the fourth row. During his class, however, some students from other classes had wandered in and sat down on the steps along the radiators that ran down the sides of the room. When the professor realized this, he did a quick count and saw that now there were 34 students in the room. He started to worry if Steve would be able to make it. Dr. Christianson went on to the next person and the next and the next. Near the end of that row, Steve was really having a rough time. He was taking a lot more time to complete each set. Steve asked Dr. Christianson, "Do I have to make my nose touch on each one?" Dr. Christianson thought for a moment, "Well, they're your pushups. You are in charge now. You can do them any way that you want." And Dr. Christianson went on. A few moments later, Jason, a recent transfer student, came to the room and was about to come in when all the students yelled in one voice, "NO! Don't come in! Stay out!" Jason didn't know what was going on. Steve picked up his head and said, "No, let him come." Professor Christianson said, "You realize that if Jason comes in you will have to do ten push-ups for him?" Steve said, "Yes, let him come in. Give him a donut." Dr. Christianson said, "Okay, Steve, I'll let you get Jason's out of the way right now. Jason, do you want a donut?" Jason, new to the room, hardly knew what was going on. "Yes," he said, "give me a donut." "Steve, will you do ten push-ups so that Jason can have a donut?" Steve did ten push-ups very slowly and with great effort. Jason, bewildered, was handed a donut and sat down. Dr. Christianson finished the fourth row, and then started on those visitors seated by the heaters. Steve's arms were now shaking with each push-up in a struggle to lift himself against the force of gravity. By this time sweat was profusely dropping off of his face, there was no sound except his heavy breathing; there was not a dry eye in the room. The very last two students in the room were two young women, both cheerleaders, and very popular. Dr. Christianson went to Linda, the second to last, and asked, "Linda, do you want a donut?" Linda said, very sadly, "No, thank you." Professor Christianson quietly asked, "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so that Linda can have a donut she doesn't want?" Grunting from the effort, Steve did ten very slow push-ups for Linda. Then Dr. Christianson turned to the last girl, Susan. "Susan, do you want a donut?" Susan, with tears flowing down her face, began to cry. "Dr. Christianson, why can't I help him?" Dr. Christianson, with tears of his own, said, "No, Steve has to do it alone; I have given him this task and he is in charge of seeing that everyone has an opportunity for a donut whether they want it or not. When I decided to have a party this last day of class, I looked at my grade book. Steve here is the only student with a perfect grade. Everyone else has failed a test, skipped class, or offered me inferior work. Steve told me that in football practice, when a player messes up he must do push-ups. I told Steve that none of you could come to my party unless he paid the price by doing your push ups. He and I made a deal for your sakes." "Steve, would you do ten push-ups so Susan can have a donut?" As Steve very slowly finished his last push-up, with the understanding that he had accomplished all that was required of him, having done 350 push-ups, his arms buckled beneath him and he fell to the floor. Dr. Christianson turned to the room and said, "And so it was, that our Savior, Jesus Christ, on the cross, plead to the Father, 'Into thy hands I commend my spirit.' With the understanding that He had done everything that was required of Him, He yielded up His life. And like some of those in this room, many of us leave the gift on the desk, uneaten." Two students helped Steve up off the floor and to a seat, physically exhausted, but wearing a thin smile. "Well done, good and faithful servant," said the professor, adding, "Not all sermons are preached in words." Turning to his class, the professor said, "My wish is that you might understand and fully comprehend all the riches of grace and mercy that have been given to you through the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He spared not His only Begotten Son, but gave Him up for us all, for the whole Church, now and forever. Whether or not we choose to accept His gift to us, the price has been paid." "Wouldn't you be foolish and ungrateful to leave it lying on the desk?" From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 21:08:34 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:08:34 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] How the liberal Democrats deceive on healthcare statistics Message-ID: <03ae01ca6406$350d83e0$9f288ba0$@com> " What follows is a perfect example of how the "radical" liberal Democrats in D.C. will say anything they think sounds to convince you of their position -" John Scurich Jer Responds: Good discussion, John. Thusly, if I can go a step further and it's getting repeated many times by me. IF (strong IF), the current congress/senators wish to take the route following the extremist views of the socialist, Reid, Pelosi, and 0-B-1, this makes every one of them "guilty by association". In this manner, consider the crimes against Americans here. Falling economy, horrific welfare/communistic ObamaCare health bill, deflating dollar, immoral statutes, --all criminal activities against the goodness and ever moral-seeking Americans. IF they continue their quest for socialism in America, the house and senate, being guilty by associating with the 3 stooges agenda--mark themselves as socialist themselves. Calling them radical liberal Democrats is being gentle with the type of leadership each and every one is attempting to thwart the American way of life toward an archaic form of government (ie. 1917 revolution and the 1950's cold war). I don't care if it's a Republican voting in their favor or what the liberals call blue-nose or brown nose: siding with these socialists is bringing into our nation an atmosphere of destruction via their cause. Many great Americans today will feel the hell-fire sting for eons to come simply based on what has transpired in the past year to date. I've sat in long lines for 2 days before at a charity hospital awaiting treatment. Yes, they need Charity hospitals, but making all hospitals, doctors, medical centers and waiting rooms have an equal-playing field is beyond comprehension. The middle class will find illegals, "low class" individuals, and those unable to afford any kind of care (ie, out of work, low-income, etc.) will be in the same rooms at your doctors offices increasing the wait time, paper work galore, red tape bureaucracy to detain and devalue the experience and much more distasteful moments are ahead simply because this foreigner who claims to be born in Hawaii wants all to be "comrades" in arms, brotherhood of equals and other socialists attributes together. His communistic Utopia. Pitiful. --jer-- From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 21:09:14 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:09:14 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] Veterans Recognition Program held Thursday, November 12 Message-ID: <03af01ca6406$4cc39d30$e64ad790$@com> Veterans Recognition Program held Thursday, November 12 St. Bernard Parish President honored veterans at monument in Chalmette St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro, Jr. and Col. David Dysart, Parish Chief Administrative Officer, held a recognition ceremony for all veterans who bravely served our country in the armed forces on the morning of Thursday, November 12. The ceremony took place at the Veterans Memorial Monument located at the corner of Judge Perez Drive and Jean Lafitte Parkway on the grounds of the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center. President Taffaro thanked the veterans for their service at the ceremony that included patriotic music, a flag-raising and speeches before a closing ceremony that recognized local veterans in attendance as well as veterans who are employees of St. Bernard Parish Government. As the veterans' names were announced, they took their place at the foot of the monument in front of their respective branches of service. As the keynote speaker, Major General Hunt Downer, the Assistant Adjutant General for the Louisiana National Guard at Jackson Barracks, reminded the group that we should honor veterans every day, not just on Veterans Day, and he said it's the soldiers who have come before us that give us the rights we enjoy. The Rev. Henry Ballard, a veteran, gave the opening prayer. ### From Westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 21:26:22 2009 From: Westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:26:22 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] Coast Guard to hold meeting Monday, Nov. 16 at Lynn Oaks about channel markers Message-ID: <03b101ca6408$b178cb40$146a61c0$@com> Coast Guard to hold meeting Monday, Nov. 16 about channel markers Public input wanted at meeting in the Lynn Oaks School Cafeteria The U.S. Coast Guard will hold a public meeting to gather information about channel markers lost or missing since Hurricane Katrina. The meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Lynn Oaks School Cafeteria. "We need the assistance of the mariners and commercial fishermen to give locations of beacons that were in place before the storm and new locations needed to compensate for the land loss in regards to navigable waterways in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes," Councilman Fred Everhardt said. For more information, call Councilman Fred Everhardt at 504-650-0720. ### From westley at da-parish.com Thu Nov 12 21:50:48 2009 From: westley at da-parish.com (Westley Annis) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:50:48 -0600 Subject: [StBernard] BPW Meeting - Monday, Nov. 16 Message-ID: <03b901ca640c$1b52b230$51f81690$@com> I will be giving a presentation on why and how you should protect your electronic data at the BPW Meeting this coming Monday night, 6:00 PM, at the St. Bernard Council on Aging Building. I can promise you that the presentation will not be dry and stuffy. Of all the groups I have presented it to, only the weird folks from Pascagoula, MS didn't seem to like it much (I'm trying not to blame on the fact that I said St. Bernard was better than Pascagoula). With flames of fire and metal melting through metal, you will be entertained and "if you're not too careful, you might learn a thing or two." (Brownie points for those who recognize that quote.) If you are in the area, come by and hear what it is all about. Westley