Major Mike’s Musings

Trip To Dallas

Goody. Goody. Goody. We’re on our way to Naples, FL, to spend three days with our good friends Bill and Pam Bache.One of the drawbacks of moving when you retire is that you leave dear friends behind. Bill and Pam are two of the folks we miss the most.I dug out this old photo of us. We were in Dallas, TX, on a day trip through Ambassadair, the travel club of ATA Airlines. It was a mystery trip; we didn’t know where we were going until we got there. It was a fun day as are all of them with Bill and Pam.

Quoted from Michele Malkin:

A Navy SEAL from Long Island who was killed while leading a reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines in Afghanistan will receive the nation’s highest military award for valor _ the Medal of Honor, President Bush announced Thursday. (more…)

I was dismayed to read that a school board in Maine decided to make “the pill” available to middle school students (10 year olds) without parental consent or knowledge.¹ In several of the “pro” interviews, the first thing the interviewee would say was, “First of all, abstinence education hasn’t worked.”Let’s get real. Of course abstinence education doesn’t work if you don’t use it. Condoms don’t work if you don’t use them. “The pill” doesn’t work if you don’t use it. So saying that abstinence doesn’t work is a specious argument.Here’s a little list of the effectiveness of abstinence, condoms, and the pill:Effectiveness against pregnancy if used:

• Abstinence: 100%
• Condoms: almost 100%
• The pill: almost 100%

Effectiveness against STDs if used:

• Abstinence: 100%
• Condoms: almost 100%
• The pill: 0.0%

Effectiveness against pregnancy and STDs if not used:

• Abstinence: 0.0%
• Condoms: 0.0%
• The pill: 0.0%

By the way. The article regarding giving children the pill was on the same page as an article explaining why folks are lobbying the FDA to not allow children to have cold medicine. Cold medicine: no; the pill: yes. Ironic, isn’t it?²

1. As long as a parent had signed a general consent form to have their child receive medical care at the school. [↩]
2. Before you jump all over me about this, yes, I know the cold medicine was for children under 6. But then, again, how long will it be before we begin issuing the pill to 6 year olds? [↩]

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

“Indecision may or may not be my problem.”

“We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex–but Congress can.”

As advertised by my host, IX Web Hosting, we were only off the air for a short while. Less than a day by my calculations. So now I can regale you with more nonsense.

We may be down for a couple of days. I’m switching the servers tonight.

I’m getting ready to change this site to newer servers at IX Webhosting. So if we go offline for a couple of days, you’ll know the reason why. Hopefully, all will go well and we’ll be offline only a short while.

“Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT’S bad for you!”