OBOF TYMHM & MORE PART 14-20

 

 

WELCOME TO OPINIONS  BASED  ON FACTS (OBOF)

&

THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED (TYMHM)

YEAR ONE

YEAR TWO

YEAR THREE

YEAR FOUR

 

OBOF YEAR FOUR INDEX
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-01	Jan. 02, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-02	Jan. 09, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-03	Jan. 15, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-04	Jan. 24, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-05	JAN 30, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-06	Feb. 06, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-06 EXTRA	Feb. 09, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-07	Feb. 13, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-08	Feb. 21, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-09	Feb. 27, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-10	Mar. 08, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-11	Mar. 13, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-11    EXTRA	Mar. 15, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-12	Mar.  21, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-13	Mar.  29, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-14	Apr.  03, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-15	Apr.  12, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-16	Apr.  19, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-17	Apr.  26, 2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-18	May  03,  2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-19	May  10,  2014
OBOF TYMHM PART 14-20	May  20,  2014

 

Agenda

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will try to do better this coming Saturday.

 

 

 

THOUGHTS FROM FLOYD

A LITTLE ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, THIS TIME.

 

I seldom relate to me personally, however so much has been happening to me recently, that I am going write a little about it.  Some could affect you in future years, I hope not.   There will be more important things in this posting, so either skip this or don't stop after you read this. 

 

I am 90 years young, as of June 10, and I still do all my own housework, laundry, mow the yard, do my own grocery shopping, and publish this blog once a week.  That part is getting a little more difficult each week.  However, it does me good to keep up with what is going on in the world, and it's good, to think that maybe you are getting some value out of these posting too.

 

I also, produce stained glass lamps, stained glass window pieces, and right now, I am working on stained glass for a Church.  I have had to stop that project, as my hands are not steady enough without a medication that I will talk about later.  I am able to drive, but many times my Son takes me where I need to go.

 

Now, I have had quad-bypass heart surgery, both hips replaced, one broken leg, one back surgery, one neck surgery, Gaul bladder surgery, and a lot of Arthritis, all developed in the past 15 years.  I have severe pain in my legs, back, and neck.  There are other problems that developed more than 15 years ago, but I think that is enough to come to the point I want to make.

 

My retirement is, after 25 years, with the State of Illinois.  I   literally, saved the State many millions of dollars when I was an Administrative Ex.  I won't go into all that detail here.  The point is that I wasn't what you often think of as many Ex.s in government.

 

NOW, WHY HAVE I BORED YOU WITH ALL THIS ABOUT ME? I have been able to do all these things at 90 because of one particular medication that I have taken for the past 10 years.  It has permitted me to be active, productive, and enjoy life.

 

The State of Illinois changed the health insurance company that comes with my retirement.  They have denied coverage for this medication.  The previous insurance company covered this medication for more than 10 years, with no problem at all.  I appealed their decision and won.  But for almost a month I went without this medication and it has truly been hell.  Doctor gave me some other medication, but it did almost no good at all. 

 

I now have the medicine and am starting to feel better.  All of this is part of the reason I haven't been getting the postings out on schedule. 

 

Now, there is one other problem.  All my prescribed medicines have increased tremendously.  Supposedly, I am not on ObamaCare, but I am convinced that ObamaCare is causing these price increases.  For example, one that has cost me $65 is now $150 copay.  Another that has been $10 is now $79. 

 

I have been a strong supporter of our President, but I am extremely disappointed in many of his actions of late.  I believe there must be some health care reform and possibly ObamaCare is the beginning of that reform, however it needs some reform itself.  Possibly the single payer approach, I don't know.  What I do know is that I am unable to pay the kind of prices they are asking me to pay now.

 

The reason for telling you all this is, that I would almost bet that there are many of you that are experiencing the same things I have.  I do not think ObamaCare should be repealed, but it needs some improvements.

 

Our President is participating, Monday and Tuesday  May 19 and 20 in a conference relating to "The Pacific Partnership" (TPP) trade agreement.  I will try to write more about this next week.

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Florida girl graduates college and high school a week apart.

 

MIAMI (Reuters) - Last week, just days before her high school graduation, 16-year-old Grace Bush collected a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from a south Florida university, fulfilling her proud parents' cost-saving plan on tuition.

Bush will graduate from high school this Friday, but is already planning on heading back to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton for a master's degree in public administration before seeking a law degree.

Home-schooled until 13 with her eight siblings, Grace began reading around the age of 2, her mother Gisla Bush said.

"I sat her in my lap and read to her every day for a few minutes so I could move on to do what I needed to do with my other kids," Bush said.  "Then one day I saw her reading by herself and from that point on she did everything her other sisters did."

Grace Bush began taking college classes at 13 and enrolled in summer sessions to finish the college degree in three years.  She is the third of her siblings to combine high school and college, but the youngest to complete both.

The family's home schooling and early graduation came as much out of financial need as it did from the daughters' stunning abilities.  They discovered they could take college credits at FAU while studying at the high school on campus, saving both time and money.

Gisla Bush, 49, is a full-time mother - her youngest child is only 11 months old - and her husband works as a human resources analyst for the city of Pompano Beach.  Bush is the daughter of a roofer with a fifth grade education and is herself one of 10 siblings, all of whom graduated from college.

"Everything was paid for, tuition, books, transportation.  That was our benefit," she said.

Grace Bush rises at 5:30 a.m., arriving at school from the family home in Hollywood, Florida, before the first bell rings at 8 a.m. She spends the next 14 hours combining high school and college classes and playing the flute in two orchestras.

She's home by 11 p.m. to study for three hours before drifting to \leep in the middle of the night.

"Ultimately I would like to become a Supreme Court justice ... but between law school and that I'm not sure what I'll do," she said.

Gisla Bush, who studied architecture and law, credited Grace's grandfather, William Chennault, a World War Two veteran and grandson of slaves, for the family work ethic.

(Editing by David Adams and Dan Grebler)