Indiana doing pretty bad in health rankings

I keep saying Indiana with it's straight sides could slide down and sit between Mississippi and Alabama. The rankings are in of the healthiest and overall rankings. Well Indiana was not at the bottom but in the bottom 20% at rank 41, now back to Mississippi which came in at 49 and Alabama at 45. So Indiana would right at home.

On obesity Indiana is 32.7% with Mississippi at 35.5% and Alabama at 33.5% of a body mass index.  Now on smoking Indiana rank 44^th in the nation and lets check out Mississippi with a ranking of 45 and Alabama at 40^th.  OK let’s go to Diabetes where Indiana didn’t do too bad at 32 and our neighboring states got a ranking of Alabama 47 and Mississippi 48.

Our Great Governor wants to get rid of the EPA and burn more coal. So lets see how the rankings are doing for air pollution and almost the worst in the nation is Indiana at 47. So Governor Pence you only have three rankings to go to win the worst in the nation award. Here Alabama is trying with a 34 and Mississippi is the winning of these three with a rank of 27. Then again the other two states don’t make much.

In cancer deaths Indiana ranks 42, could that have something to air pollution. Maybe not because Alabama is 43 and Mississippi ranks next to last at 49.  Ok let’s look at people’s hearts, and Mississippi wins overall ranking 50 and not far behind is Alabama at 49 and surprise Indiana is 39. Maybe our smoking ratings will have something to do with the cancer deaths where we rank 44^th. Alabama was a little better at 40^th and Mississippi ranked 45^th.  No Kentucky was not 50^th it was 49^th and lost out to West Virginia that came is last.

We do have a drug problem in Indiana where we rank 35^th in the nation in drug deaths, but to my surprise Mississippi ranked 9^th and Alabama was 16^th. But we do rank number one in Meth production in the nation.

Now when it comes to immunization of adolescents Rhode Island comes in first, well it is a small state and they can go door to door and get everyone, now Indiana comes in at 42^nd and is bettered by Alabama at 35^th but Mississippi holds the record at 50^th as the worst in the nation.

Infant Mortality is a subject I hate we should all be close to zero, yet Indiana ranks 36^th and once again Alabama is at 49^th and Mississippi is last at 50^th.

Do we go to the dentist? Not everyone does and Indiana is ranked 45 and Mississippi took the lead ranking 49^th while Alabama was just beat out by a hair at 48^th.

So Governor Pence you will have to do better to get us at the bottom ranking across the board. But I must admit I am glad to see that you are working hard to keep us down in the dumps.

Canada To let in 25,000 Syrian Refugees.

Donald Oh Donald what are you going to do? You do know there are lots of places along the US Canadian border where there is just a sign that says border and in many places not even a sign. So are you going to build a wall between the US and  Canada and make the Canada pay for it to keep the Syrian’s out.

Another question Dear Donald what are you going to do about the Syrians that are Christians. You do know that there are a few left and they have been running for their lives. But they are Syrians?

And one more question then I leave you alone to work on more of your attack statements. Are you going to ask Mike Pence to be your VP since he is as dumb as you are.

New Scam for Today

A new e-mail just popped into my account a few minutes ago. Actually a new scam. Now I have to wonder how many people will fall for this one. I am sure the next step will be provide your Bank name and account number etc so we can sent you your winning.

BTW- it came from Rockweiler, David J (Services) (Services) David.Rockweiler@xerox.com

Maybe Xerox needs to shut down this account, Maybe the FBI needs to visit David.

Well in any case I didn't win the lotto or the PCH price. So I will still be here.

Happy Holidays everyone.
Joe

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Time to Dump Trump

The New York Daily News hit the nail on the head this morning showing “The Donald” with a sword cutting off the head of Lady Liberty. The in very large letters the following:  “ When Trump came for the Mexicans, I did not speak out – as I was not a Mexican. When he came for the Muslims I did not speak out – as I was not a Muslim. Then he came for …“

My Parents, Grandparents and a large number of Aunts and Uncles came to the United States because no one spoke out against Adolph Hitler. On my mothers side 95% of a very large family did not survive WWII. My grandparents on my mother’s side were machine gunned down by an open pit in Riva.

Because no one spoke out.

The Germans required all Jews to become registered, Trump was a Muslin Data base.

The Germans made the Jews stateless, Trump saying US Muslim Citizens who out of the country can’t return making them stateless.

The Germans considered all disabled have no valued and killed them, Trump made “fun” of a disabled reporter. Will he some day consider all disabled worthless…

Hitler in his 1933 raise to power told people what they wanted to hear not what was the truth, Mr. Trump seems to forget the truth many times.

It is my turn to speak out and to urge all the people of this land to speak out; it is time to stop the hate so many seem to have accepted, it is time Mike Pence to stop being a bigot. It is time to accept people, all people and let them practice what ever they wish. It is time to stop discrimination of any kind. If you don’t believe in gay marriage don’t marry someone of your sex, but what right do you have to stop someone else. If you believe in right to life or don’t believe what right do you have to press your belief against the other person. Don’t forget next it may be you that some jerk like Donald Trump that thinks you should be put into a camp and maybe even marched like my grandparents on Feb 1-2, 1942 to an open pit.

Immigration and Indiana

Unless you are a Native American the odds are you are or are a decedent of an immigrant and in many cases not because they wanted to flee to America. My parents came because if they stayed in their homeland a man by the name of Hitler would have had them murdered. In the 1700’s and earlier they came for religious freedom. We just had Thanksgiving with its roots in immigrants who came because of religious persecution.

 In the early 1800’s the Germans who were escaping economic problems and seeking political freedom and the great waves of Irish they came due to poverty and famine. By the late 1800’s we have Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian’s coming for freedom of religion and work.  In the 1930’s Jews who were under a death warrant from Hitler and early 1940’s if they could escape.  After WWII many people from a war torn Europe. In the 1980’s one third of the immigrants were Asian and Hispanics made up another 50% due to economic conditions and once again war. The primary reasons over the years have been religion, poverty  and war.

We are a nation of immigrants, our forefathers came not because they wanted to leave their homeland but in most cases they had too. So when our Governor puts up a barricade to three immigrants he is forgetting the millions of people who were immigrants who have built this great nation. He is forgetting his forefathers I am certain they too were immigrants. 

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Governor Pence I think you need to take a trip to New York Harbor and out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. You seem to have forgotten.

Why as a Republican you should vote for Greg Purvis.

We have a major problem in the City of Fishers and a run away government with no checks and balances caused it. The City government is 100% Republican, now some Republicans would say that is great. But you would change your mind if you start looking under the rocks. Well actually you can’t anymore since the city took all the rocks away and planted apartment houses, parking garages and office buildings were we used to have a very nice lawn with 100-year-old trees. OK I am a Boy Scout and a tree hugger. But start digging and you find they helped build these with TAX dollars that will never be paid back.

And now they same city leaders are calling for a tax increase. So to all you Republicans that are against tax increases you have been stabbed in the back.

Next have you driven on 116^th St at 5pm lately. When you add 100’s of apartments you add 100’s of cars. You know I guess they didn’t see that coming.  Solution add an exit at 106^th St. But wait all that vacant land at 106^th St will get office buildings etc and back to the traffic jams. You see no real planning is in effect, just doing and just doing what the developers want not what the citizens want. The developers fund the election of these few people so they are 100% beholding to them. Now I heard they are working on a comprehensive plan for the city. The problem is they are working the plan, none of you are working the plan. They “plan” on telling you what the “Plan” is when it is done, you have no choice. You have no say.  What you are seeing is special interest groups running your city. Is that what you want? I doubt it.

OK they are all Republican special interest groups and they are looking out for us. Think again. They are looking out for the developer’s bottom line. Why because they have to run in elections and the developers fund their campaigns. Tax benefits, projects all aimed at helping out their friends. OK now back to why you should vote for Greg next week. First of all he would be only one vote on the council and they will ignore him 99% of the time. What they can’t ignore is the back door deals, he will know all about them and therefore you the general public will know. What they can’t ignore are the secret deals. What they can’t ignore are the city contracts given to their buddies. What they can’t ignore is violation of law to serve their own purpose.

I would feel the same way if the City government was 100% Democrat. 100% of any government by one party does not work, does not give us good government. So next week be smart and vote for Greg Purvis.

Right vs. Left in Fishers

NO, no, no not politics. Right vs left in politics would be several pages long and no one would win.

This is about today on 116^th street. Just before the I-69 overpass going west was a sign “left lane closed” so I watch as cars and trucks maneuvered to the right lane and as soon as you went over the crest on the I-69 bridge in a large suv or truck you could see actually the right lane was blocked but small cars had no idea why the big cars all of a sudden were moving to the right until all of a sudden they were upon flashing lights.

Then it turned out just up the block the right lane was blocked again and after about another block the right lane was blocked again.

So my question is where was the road blocked in the left lane. I didn’t drive as far as Carmel and maybe it was blocked in Carmel.  I have no clue and by the way neither do the sign guys in Fishers.