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God and Country

June 27th, 2002 | Comments Off

The furor over the “Pledge” and the courts is tough. On the one hand, the Founding Fathers probably would never have imagined that anyone would ever question things like prayer in school or the Ten Commandments on a wall of a city hall. Separation of church and state to them meant that the national government would not also head a religion, such as exists in England to this day. So, in our electronic age, as we suspect that mere exposure to a subject influences the minds and thought of children, how do we separate church and state? For, logically, to a non believer, the word God has no more power than the word spaghetti. So, sentences that use the word God merely have a meaningless word in them. In spaghetti we trust, … Read entire article »

Filed under: American Politics, Commentary, Original writing, Politics, Religion

You might be a hoochie mama if

June 24th, 2002 | Comments Off

With due respect to a very funny comedian… You might be a hoochie mama if… your twelve year old daughter was ever sent home from school because the skirt she borrowed from you was too short you have ten separate and distinct shades of red lip gloss and your husband can’t tell them apart your breasts ever fell out of your halter in public your breasts ever intentionally fell out of your halter in public your spiked heels ever poked holes in the headliner of a pickup you ever said “Oh, is that where I left it?” with regard to an item of underwear when you walk down the street in your town, more men then women call you by name your hairdresser has ever told you that if he weren’t gay… With affection for all the hoochie mamas I … Read entire article »

Filed under: Original writing

Something to Ponder

June 3rd, 2002 | Comments Off

He has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Ever hear that expression? Not sure who it applies to, perhaps the Pope of the President of the USA. Anyway… Had a call for a female diabetic on Saturday morning. Came in to the house and found a very upset young man, late teens, and a pretty woman, who looked about 25. She was blank, sitting there with no expression, that stage of a diabetic problem just before unconsciousness. We began treatment, the paramedic gave her IV glucose, and she woke up. And, wide awake, she was a very pretty 43 yr old woman. The change in her face, lines, wrinkles, expression, was amazing to me. By regaining full consciousness, she aged nearly 20 years in appearance. Don’t get me wrong, she … Read entire article »

Filed under: East Rochester Ambulance, EMS, Original writing