Happy Birthday Fred Turner! (plus some odds and ends)

I'd like to wish C.F. (Fred) Turner of Bachman-Turner Overdrive fame a most happy birthday!  I've already emailed him, but I'm still going to give him a shout here as well.

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As is with the case with last month, this month is threatening to have a different ending than what I envisioned when it started.  Yes, this is all due to the machinations behind the scenes, and my thinking is that I will be presented with what will be a difficult decision.......but a nice problem to have.  With what I know right now, I have it in my mind which way I want this to go, but there's some more information which needs to be gathered.  The decision has been made to gather that information.

Either way, I figure I'll come out ahead.  I just don't know which way will get me further ahead.

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As I write this, Ebola is very much in the news.  Conspiracy theorists will tell you that the Obama administration wants this on our shores very badly, which explains why first brought in two Americans with it over here for treatment, and then still refuses to ban incoming travel from west Africa even though we've had three cases here emerge within the past two weeks, with more to come.  Conspiracy theorists need to be regarded as such, but every now and then they are going to be right, and my concern right now is that they are right on this one. 

We're being told by the CDC (Center for Disease Control, though that should stand for Center for Disease Confusion) director that it's safe to ride the bus since you can't catch Ebola from the guy sitting next to you who has it.  The CDC director is also saying that if you have Ebola, to not ride the bus, as that you might give it to the guy who's sitting next to you.

This situation, more than anything, illustrates the level of contempt that President Obama has for this country. 

Do you think now that the government should take over health care?  Do you think now that we should have a "single payer" health care system, given the way that Ebola is being (mis)managed?

When will you wake up?  What will it take?

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That's it for now.

Here are some songs written and sung by Fred Turner:

Can You Feel It  (other Brave Belt tunes will follow this)

Blue Collar

Give it Time (live version, Winnipeg, 5/31/10)

Not Fragile

Blue Moanin'

Madison Avenue

Neutral Zone

Away from Home

Givin' it All Away  (written by Blair Thornton, vocals shared with Randy Bachman.....but I figured this would be a great last song)