http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:06:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just over a year ago, prospects looked bleak that a conservative could get elected in any district, much less one with 60,000 more registered democrats than republicans.  Who could have predicted what we have seen unfold in this past year? I am not pleased with the suffering of anyone and I ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/uncategorized/2010-is-history-in-the-making/ The orange rolls are eaten and the turkey is in the oven.  Both of my college "adult" children are home, and I am truly blessed. This is my favorite of all holidays and has been so since I made my first turkey thanksgiving dinner when I was a nurse in Army ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/tidbits/thankful-thanksgiving/ By now, everyone should be aware that the health care reform fiasco bill was voted for by the Senate and can now go forward for a full Senate debate.  Of course, it will be a better bill or the Senators wouldn't have voted for it to go forward! We also know ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/economy/flooded/ Eric Holder, the Attorney General, has decided that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other 9-11 terrorists will be tried in New York in the criminal defense system. I am entirely in favor of bringing them to trial swiftly and with the same representation that any war criminal is afforded.  These terrorists declared ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/defense/trying-war-criminals/ No, it is not yet winter in Iowa, nor is it a tenth year level economics course.  But it would be helpful if some in the current administration and congress had passed an economics course. 10.2 is the percentage of unemployment and it will be increasing. Having no crystal ball, how ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/economy/10-2-and-climbing/ What tremendous sadness today as I learned of the shootings on Ft. Hood.  I was stationed at Darnall Army Hospital on Ft. Hood for 2 years after returning from South Korea. This is a fine training hospital on the largest Army post and the only one with 2 active divisions-cavalry and ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/defense/tragedy-at-ft-hood/ Most of the election results are in, and as a whole the Republicans have done very well.  We tend to follow the "big" races, but there were numerous local and statewide races that were big wins for the Republicans. This aligns quite well with the last blog in which I reviewed ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/tidbits/ruling-republicans/ After several losses of Republican candidates earlier this year, there are interesting dynamics playing out on the national scene. Widely reported was that the majority of Americans identify themselves as conservatives.  This does not necessarily translate into Republican affiliation, but they are aligned more ideologically than with Democrats. The gubernatorial races in ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/tidbits/conservation-on-the-rise/ "Health Care Reform" should be dedicated to controlling costs and increasing affordability and accessibility.  However, we are presented with trillion dollar reform that does none of the above. It will take our exceptional, innovative system and dismantle it, while dramatically increasing the federal deficit and national debt.  The majority party is ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/economy/exceptional-health-care-reform/ Gold reached $1072 an ounce and then fell, and oil broke through $75 a barrel. Certainly, this is related to the dollar weakness just as when a barrel of oil escalated to the $140's last year. With a rise in the price of commodities and a falling dollar, there is the ... http://millermeeks.com/doctorsnotes/economy/whos-minding-the-dollar/