Hopefully the Supreme Court will recall the wisdom of one of its own in determining the blatant unconstitutionality of McCain-Feingold…
“[A] representative democracy ceases to exist,” wrote Blackstone, “the moment that the public functionaries are by any means absolved from their responsibility to their constituents; and this happens whenever the constituent can be restrained in any [...]
Monday I had my annual physical and thought everything was good until Tuesday morning when my doctor’s office called and said I should get over to the ER for a blood transfusion since my hemoglobin levels were so very low. What? So I went to the ER and they had my paperwork from my doctor [...]
Yes, today was pretty much a pain-free day! Thank you God! I’m so glad that it doesn’t hurt when I transfer in and out of my chair and that my knee isn’t in constant pain any longer.
This weekend Norm and I visited the Desert Dog Regional Police K-9 Trials at Scottsdale Stadium. It was fun! It’s a dog competition between working police, military and security canines from around the US. We went for a couple of hours on Saturday and a couple of hours today, so we didn’t [...]
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… to fund adult stem cell research, not human embryonic stem cell research:
In a breakthrough trial, 15 young patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were given drugs to suppress their immune systems followed by transfusions of stem cells drawn from their own blood. The results show that insulin-dependent diabetics can [...]
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been dealing with a lot of pain — A LOT OF PAIN. Today’s not too bad, but yesterday was awful and Saturday was really bad too. Of course, all of this stems from my freak accident that damaged both of my knees. It’s mainly the right knee that’s [...]
Granny J. of Walking Prescott, Arizona has tagged me to play the birthday game. My birthday is October 16, so I hunted for the following information:
(Wikipedia is a great place to get the lowdown on a date in history.)
Three events
1781 — George Washington captures Yorktown, Virginia
1793 — Marie Antoinette loses her head.
1922 — the Walt [...]
I sat in my back yard this afternoon with my wheelchair tilted back and an ice pack on my knee. I started to talk with God and thank him for the fact that I was feeling somewhat better and asked for his continued healing in my body. While sitting there staring at the [...]
