James Hauenstein's Blog, page 43

I did not kiss her derriere!

I'm the proud
Papa
of seven children.I started having kids late in life though.Which means,my last three children were born 1 year apart from each other.Meaning,I had three kids in diapers at the same time!The oldest of the three was a little instigator.Always daring the younger two to do something funny
or foolish.While she sat back
and watched.Like all parents,whenever my kids got an 
owie,I would say,"Should I kiss it to make it feel better?"Kids all over the
World
believe if there parents kiss theirboo-boos,everything feels so much better.One evening,after a long hard day at work,I came home to find the three little ones watching the Disney Channel.As soon as the eldest saw me,she leans over,from her sitting position,like she was pointing her butt at meand says,"Daddy I fell down and hurt my bottom. Will you kiss it and make it feel better?"All three kids,still wearing diapers mind you,started rolling on the living room carpet hysterically.They wouldn't stop laughing.That is baby humor at its best.And no,I did not kiss her derriere!
This is,Still Willing To Kiss Boo-Boos If They Ask Me To,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.” - Rodney Dangerfield -

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Your Vote Counts - Use It

Every now
and then,I will hear someone say, "My one vote doesn't count." If you knew your history,
you might think twice before making that statement.The election of 1948 was so close at the time the presses had to roll at the Chicago Tribune that they decided, surely Dewey was going to win, so we'll just print our papers saying he has. Here are some examples of one vote making a difference.1645: 1 VOTE gave control of England to Oliver Cromwell1649: 1 VOTE approved the beheading of Kings Charles I1800: 1 VOTE made Thomas Jefferson president instead of Aaron Burr1845: 1 VOTE brought Texas into the United States1850: 1 VOTE admitted California and Oregon into the United States1868: 1 VOTE saved President Andrew Johnson from Impeachment1875: 1 VOTE ended the monarchy in France for a voting democracy1876: 1 VOTE made Rutherford B. Hayes a United States President1876: 1 VOTE elected the Indiana Electoral College member who voted for Hayes1923: 1 VOTE placed Adolph Hitler as the leader of the Nazi Party1941: 1 VOTE kept the military draft operational just weeks before Pearl Harbor1992: 1 VOTE selected a member of the Town Council of Trinity, Alabama1992: 1 VOTE decided the final member of the Selma, Alabama city councilHow decisions that change history are determined by just a few votes.1788: 3 VOTES ratified the U.S. Constitution in New York1790: 2 VOTES ratified the U.S. Constitution in Rhode Island, making it approved in all 13 states1960: 1 VOTE changed in each precinct would have defeated John Kennedy1976: 1 VOTE changed in each Ohio precinct would have elected Gerald Ford and not Jimmy Carter1993: 1 VOTE by Al Gore approved the largest tax increase in American historyIf you want to find more up to date examples, you need to do the research. I'm tired of typing examples to prove my point. My other point is, like part of the name of this
Post
says, "Ask what you can do for your country!" I have a solution just for you. We the People, your voice in our Government.A great website where you can get involved. It has everything the Laziest Couch Potato could want to have a say on some of the issues of today. Right at your fingertips and your keyboard. The main reason I like the website is because this is where I was able to sign a petition which I feel effects us all. Here, you can search through all the Open Petitions going on right now and sign the ones that affect your life, or you can start a petition of your own. If you feel there is something that needs to be addressed. Computers and the Internet can be used as wonderful tools in the right hands. Now take a stand, take ten minutes away from playing games, social networking, or shall I say it, you favorite porn sites and Feel the Power of Participating by Doing Something For Your Country!
This is,I Don't Just Talk About The Issues - I Petition On What I Feel Is Right,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” - Issac Asimov -

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I Rant And Rave About The Political Climate

A lot of times I get away from what I believe is important about
writing my 
Blog.
I forgot my original intent for writing here.
Lately,
I want to 
Rant and Rave 
about the 
Political Climate 
we are in.
 
I could say that I have been baited a few times into my rants,
but I have to take responsibility for my actions.
If you have read some of my 
Posts 
from months
or years gone by,
you would have come across my 
Political View 
more then once
or twice.
I,
like most people in this 
World,
know just enough about 
Politics 
to be 
Dangerous.
I am like all 
Armchair Pundits.
I have my views
and I stand by them. 
Everyone else is wrong!
I'm just kidding about everyone is wrong.
I hope everyone has a view on the 
Issues 
and the 
Candidates 
we are going to be voting for this fall.
But I need to get back to basics
and the first thing I can do to get there is to thank everyone who has
read,
or is reading,
and those who are telling their friends to read my 
Short Story; 
A-L-I-V.
It has quickly become my most read 
Post 
and 
Original Short Story 
since I started writing this 
Blog.
I am going to start writing more 
Storiesagain.
Hopefully,
you will enjoy them.
Leave me a 
Comment 
on why you like my story 
A-L-I-V.
I would appreciate it.


This is,
Saying You Should Check Out Other Great Poetry, Short Stories, Flash Fiction, A Novelette, & A Novel You Can Buy, And Music Videos By TwoBuckHowie With The Exact Change On My Blog
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets, liabilities, and the economy, few speak about the greatest asset of all…YOU.”
- Rasheed Ogunlaru -
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We Need Male Dumb Blond Jokes

I overheard a conversation today between aFatherand hisBlond Teenage Daughter.Father, "Did you study for your English exam?"Daughter, "Dah!"Father, "OK. What are the vowels in the alphabet?"Daughter, "ahh...eh...I...oh...you...sometimes?....why? Why Dad? Why are you asking me?"Father, "Close enough."
A blonde grabbed a large thermosand hurried to a nearby coffee shop.
She held up the thermosand the coffee shop worker quickly came over to take her order.
"Is this big enough to hold six cups of coffee?"the blonde asked.
The coffee shop worker looked at the thermos,hesitated a few seconds, then finally replied,"Yeah. It looks like about six cups to me."
"Oh good!"the blonde sighed in relief."Then give me two regular, two black, and two decaf."
A young woman said to her doctor,"You have to help me, I hurt all over."
"What do you mean?"asked the doctor.
The woman touched her right knee with her index fingerand yells,"Ow, that hurts."Then she touched her left cheekand again yells,"Ouch! That hurts, too."Then she touched her right earlobe."Ow, even THAT hurts." 
 The doctor asked the woman, "Are you a natural blonde?"
"Why yes,"she said.
"I thought so,"said the doctor."You have a sprained finger." 
Blonde: "What does IDK stand for?"
Brunette: "I don’t know."
Blonde: "OMG, nobody does!" 
Q: Why can't a blonde dial 911?
A: She can't find the eleven.
 Why did the blonde tip toe near the medicine cabinet?Because she didn't want to wake the sleeping pills!! This is,You Never See Male Dumb Blond Jokes.Thank Goodness Too!I Was A Natural Blond Before I Grew Taller Then My Hairline!Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
- Steve Martin -

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Happy Whale

I have never beenWhale Watchingever since I have been living inCalifornia.First,I'll let you in on a little secret.I hate swimming!Oh,I can swim.That is not the problem.The problem is,for some treason,I don't like the water.When my kids were littleor when my grandchildren want to go to the beach,I take them.I will get wet,but most of the time I will be sitting under the large umbrella watching everyone to make sure they areOkay.I have tried surfing but it is extremely physical.I have done boogie boarding which is a lot easier.I've been skiing.But for some reason,I just don't care for swimming.What has this to do with my story for today?It is my excuse why I haven't goneWhale Watching.I don't like being on a boat for hours.I don't like being under the hot sun for hours.I rather be typing up a good story,reading a good book,or playing with my grand-kids.With that being said,my new favorite website is,Happywhale!You submit photos of your marine mammal encounters
We identify your whales by their unique markings
Happywhale tracks your whales around the globe
Now this sounds like funand I can contribute to their scientific community.
This is,Going To Try To Go Whale Watching This Year,Jim Haunstein,
And,

"Aye, aye, it must be so. I've over-sailed him. How? Aye, he's chasing me now; not I, him. That's bad."- Herman Melville -

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Presciption Greed

I hope this story is true.California could be 1st state to sell own prescription drugsCalifornia could become the first state with its own prescription drug label  By  ADAM BEAM Associated Press
Three of my prescriptions have gone up from $0 copay in 2019 to $45 in 2020.It's not because these drugs cost more to manufacture,it's becauseDrug Manufacturersare price gouging for higher profits!
By Brit McCandless Farmer & Ayesha Siddiqi on CBSNews.com "On 60 Minutes, correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on a lawsuit against dozens of generic drug manufacturers. According to the suit, the price of hundreds of generic prescription drugs jumped in a single year—and plaintiffs say the drug makers colluded to do it. Manufacturers have denied allegations of collusion. It's not the first time 60 Minutes has reported on the exorbitant expense of prescription drugs. Last May, correspondent Lesley Stahl reported from Rockford, Illinois, an industrial town that paid the healthcare costs of its employees, rather than use an insurance company.
As Stahl reported, the mayor of Rockford realized his town was bleeding money as their pharmaceutical costs were skyrocketing. He said the costs were keeping him from hiring police and firefighters. "Everybody's asking the question, 'Why is health care so expensive?' Because the fix is in," Rockford's mayor Larry Morrissey said. "That's the answer."
Morrissey said Rockford's prescription spending largely came down to one brand-name drug: Acthar, a drug used to treat a rare condition called infantile spasms. In 2001, Acthar sold for about $40 a vial. By 2018, it sold for more than $40,000—an increase of 100,000 percent.
This is, Saying Enough Is EnoughJim Hauenstein,
And,

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
- Mahatma Gandhi - 

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A Suggestion On A Book I Think You Should Read

I have a suggestion on a book you should read if you are from the United States Of America.It is calledRed Fighting BluebyDavid A Hopkins He isPolitical Scientistand aProfessoratBoston College.I am sure he doesn't need my help to sell his book but since we are in an election year I thought reading about how our two parties system's ideologies are setup it might help you understand what is going on today.He doesn't pick a sideor says 1 political party is better than the other.He tells us how we got to this point in today's political climate.*****I find that,
the more time I have because I am retired,
the more I have to do.
I will be busy for the next couple of days but will try writing
something here when I can.
This is,
Thanking You For Your Patience
And Patronage
Jim Hauenstein,

And,
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
- Martin Luther King Jr -



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Finding Extra-Terrestrial Life

It is getting colder outside these daysand when I forgot to put the heat on,I wake up with a bit of a cold.So,I am sure all of you,whomever you might be,all do the same thing when you are not feeling good.You sleep a lot,On & Off,all day long.When I sleep,I dream,and from talking to other people,I am in the minority of folks who remember their dreams.What set off my dreams today,was an article I read this morning.
Strange Star has E.T. Seekers looking closely for Signs of Life.
by David Perlmann for SFGate Newspaper.com
"Berkeley astronomers on a new hunt for E.T. are aiming one of the world’s most powerful radio telescopes at the most bizarre star ever detected. They have tuned the big telescope at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia to listen for signals from an object in space called Tabby’s Star, whose implausible behavior is puzzling astronomers all over the world. That star might conceivably be a sign that some civilization far more advanced than our own is, or has been, building some kind of giant structure far off in the Milky Way, they say. The Berkeley team has also mobilized a second huge telescope in Australia to search for E.T. signals from another unique star — the closest of all the stars to Earth, just a few trillion miles away. The new push to enlist two of the world’s biggest radio telescopes in the quest for signs of alien life is centered at UC Berkeley in a $100 million effort called Breakthrough Listen, financed by Yuri Milner, the Russian-born physicist and tech billionaire in Silicon Valley."
 It would be wonderful if we found evidence ofExtra-Terrestrial Life
in our lifetime!Please forgive me,I'm just not up for writing today
and will try to have something interesting tomorrow.
This is,Dreaming Of Aliens,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.”
- Ellen DeGeneres -
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Here are some of the Aliens I believe in.

For The Deranged Paranoid Schizophrenic In All Of Us

It's a brand new year
and I am once again trying to sell my new manuscript to an
Literary Agent.
I'm spending a lot of time doing this,
so for your reading pleasure,
my
Post
from
November 20th 2016
called
Hoping I Enlightened At Least One Person To Be More Open-Minded In The Future
 *****
Don't get me wrong,I love a goodConspiracyas much as the nextDeranged Paranoid Schizophrenic.That is why I feel it is time to talk about the;
21 Goals Of Illuminati for 2017 Leaked By Intelligence Whistle-blower.
By: Jacky Murphy @NeonNettle on 19th November 2016 @ 6.06pm "The Illuminati's plans for controlling humanity was uncovered in 1993 by Dr. John Coleman - he found that the satanic elite group controlled every aspect of our modern world including money, politics, religion, banking and even the drug trade. According to YNW, the list of 21 goals the Illuminati have for humanity has finally come to light since an intelligence Whistle-blower leaked it. In the list, you can even see that many of their goals have come to fruition in 2016."

Oh,wait.The bogus websiteNEONNettle.comis just trying to insight fear in humanity.BecauseFearreally sells these days.They even ask you up front,on the top of the website toSupport Us! What a bunch of crap!The
Illuminati's
habits have been known well before1993.
It's one of the oldest conspiracies around. The site
Neonnettle.com
is trying to have you believe that theIlluminati,which I believe is a real organization,who already controls most of theWorld's Moneyand their members already holdPowerful Positionsin all the world'sGovernments,want toCollapse The Global Economiesto causeCatastrophic Chaos?Any fool knows they wantMore Controlover people notChaos!
This would effect their bankrolls. Now,you maybe wondering why I brought this up,about the Illuminati.It is really my round-about way of telling you whyWebsiteslikeNeonnettle.comstrive in today'sWorld.In the past,people used to do research on the internet toFind Out The Factsabout a subject they were interested in.So they could be educated about the subject.To help them make the right decisions,on whether it was right for them personally. To way thePros & Cons
on a subject and if it will help them in their lives.Today,people havePreconceived Notionsabout almost everything in lifeand they look for InformationwhichReaffirmstheir beliefs.Even in the face ofOverwhelming Evidenceto the contrary!They don't want to beEducated,or to beInformed.They want to believe that all of their decisions that they make are the correct ones.
That they are never wrong. Even when the opposite is true!
I'm talking about you
Flat-Earthers!
This is,Hoping I Enlightened At Least One Person To Be More Open-Minded In The Future,Jim Hauenstein,
And,

“Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.”
- Brandi L. Bates, -
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Guaranteed Happiness

An advertisement in the future sent directly into the cerebral cortex implants of every citizen of the People's Republic of China.Announced to them by an android.  *****"Citizens of the Red Dragon. How would you like to guarantee the happiness of your children and their children?""Our great leaders have decided to grant everyone the possibility of having 2 children!" "Until recently, with the Human Birth Tax, only the rich and affluent could still have children in the People's Republic. Not any longer." "With the new generation of Crispr technology, we can guarantee that any new born child will be happy and live a long life."  "Of course, by the wishes of our great leaders, there will be no Human Birth Taxes associated with these children. You will be able to have two children and choose what type of sex they will become." "So sign up at your local government hospital for a chance to pass on your heritage."   "When signing up you agree to the following stipulations. Your children will be genetically enhanced to be happy in whatever station in life that will be assigned to them. Be it a janitor, a brick layer, a soldier in the People's Republic Army, or any other type of job the government sees fit. In this way we can guarantee everyone will be employed. They will not be able to advance further then their assigned station in life. They will not be able to go into politics or be leaders in any capacity. Their lives will be strictly monitored. But they will be happy in their complicity. They will never have the need or the want to be anything else because of our Crispr technology. We guarantee it!"
This is,Would You Give Up Your Children's Individuality For Their Guaranteed Happiness?Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.”
- Charles de Gaulle -
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P.S. CRISPR technology is a simple yet powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. Its many potential applications include correcting genetic defects, treating and preventing the spread of diseases and improving crops.By Aparna Vidyasagar - Live Science Contributor