Tuesday, September 22, 2009

A stupid letter to the Editor

There is a little community paper in Avondale Arizona.

Roy A wrote a letter informing that Progressives are the real racists. This is just stupid. He is most likely a Republican. The Republican party was created when the Wigs, Democrats were locked in a fierce battle for the White. Lincoln was the first Republican Candidate.

Explain to me Roy how you condemn the "progressives" when Lincoln was a true radical, anti slavery, he wanted Emanticaption for all the Slaves, he drafted the Emanticaption Proclamation at least 17 times. He issued it after the great Battle of Gettysburg.

He wanted a quick resolution to rebuilding the South. So when President Johnson took over, he took a much different approach. Hughes taxes, Carpet Baggers, Roy A. Learn the d--- history before you embarrass your self and any family members that is proud to be a US Citizen.

Look at all the things that progressives have done. Lets see it wasn't World War I or World II,

Now lets look carefully lets look at Social Security, I am sure that you are going to willing to give up your social security benefits because it was created by by the progressives. If you follow your logic, you can never participate under Medicare, Medicaid, TANF benefits, or FS. I am sure that you would never allow your kin to apply for any of these progressives programs.

Of course I am sure that the US Government would appreciate a gift of 15,000,000, for use of the interstate system. Oh, no, A Republican President authorized the development of the interstate system. This Same President, Roy A, can you spell EISENHOWER also
appointmented the most Liberal Superement Justice can you spell Chief Justice Burger.

You have rights under the FMLA, OSHA, and many other agencies because of dedicated. pressives. Stop being an ill informed idiot. Read a book it a thing that is bound with paper, it has type or words in it. You need to learn the history, the nature of the Republic and yes, you have a right to have a gun. Do not shoot your self in the foot.

Jesse

Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Call of the Week

As previously stated, I am a proud worker of Social Agency. Our call center has had a lot of FTE (full time workers) fourloughed because budget cuts. So of course it is impossible to have better client service with fewer employees. Then during the week we have had problems with the trunk lines leading to call center. To make matters worse, the agency has been developing a new program to search for imaged documents.

Well I had an 18 year old, who has never had a job, never had to deal with the public, never been insulted by clients, give a hand full or so she thought. I have been on the phone for 20 minutes and I was hung off on. I explained we have technical problems we did not hang up on you, our system is working at a higher rate than it was ever intended. The she said and I had 10 wait 15 more minutes. (I was thinking holy cow Batman, only 15 minutes, it is normally about 35 minutes for the average wait time).

Then she said, I faxed documents 30 minutes ago and I want to take out the income. Explain to her that even on old system documents are faxed to a fax server, the images are down loaded, imaged, then profiled and then uploaded into the imaged case file. Well that was too much for this immature, stupid, rude, belligerent client, she demanded to speak to a supervisor. Before I could transfer the call I heard a supervisor say, I was monitoring the call. The client then got mad because we do not have the right to monitor calls. Of course we do, we do and we state that fact when the persons calls our number.

When asked how the supervisor could help, the immature bully said, ough, augh arge and several other words that I have never heard from my articulate client and silence on the line.

I wish that clients could here calls, good call, irate calls, just a normal mixture but of course it would not teach this unteachable fool manners.

Nows its the weekend, I hope that all have a great weekend.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Far Right Congressman

You can see how far the radical right winger will stoop. Congressman Wilson, received over 400,000 in campaign contributions from interests tied to health care. Of course he will protect his campaign funds. It does not matter that he is wrong, it does not matter that he brought disgrace to the Congress. (That is really quite hard but he managed to insult the President, who was graceful, articulate, and is actually doing what he stated that he would do.

Did you ever here a Democrat attack President Bush? A president who could not pronounce Nuclear. A President which was a average student, a president that deceived American on Weapons of Mass Destruction, violated the Hague Conviction (Whats a little treaty when it comes to rules of war.) Wasn't there trials after World War II, about crimes against humanity?. American has historically been the bright light against Genocide and war crimes. Why did we lower our standards.

Now lets go back to the congressman wilson, I do not think that he deserves to have either his title or name capitalized. He either lied or he does not what the health care reform bills are. (Not informed or a liar) I chose liar.

Lets stop that nonsense, the lies, people who will who prevent discussions. We need health reform. Read the proposals, address your concerns and for goodness sake understand the proposals. You just may say, may I would like continued converage even if I had a preexisting condition, or I got that promotion to bad I can't get coverage because I got sick five years ago.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Common Folks

In Arizona we have a special breed of parents. I would normally say that it was the result of inbreeding but it is not. Mr Horn Superintendent of School attacked President Obama speech as being politically motivated. A president takes time to encourage student. Oh no, if a student hears and listens to Democrat the child is on a slippery slope to becoming a liberal, then thinking and oh my goodness the evil of sitting goals. What the h--- is wrong with educators and parents who think this rubbish. Perhaps parents could get involved with the students education. Oh my, yes I know they have computer games, tv programs and of course the family that watches stupid programs stays together or do they?. I think that Mr. Horn has shown his hand, he wants to run for a more public office probably in a political party different the Democrat. Can you spell transparent Mr. Horn?

Lets look at some effects of sex education or a parents refusal to get involved.
Teenagers will practice unsafe sex. This can result in pregnancy or death. There was a campaign a few years ago, Get drunk or high, get stupid, get dead. Of course there are dangerous social diseases, HIV to AIDS, etc. Looks look at teenage pregnancy. Each day I speak to parents ages from 13 to plus 25. One parent had six children prior to her 23st birthday. She was demanding an extension of TANF 60 life time benefits had expired. I explained the process. She stated that she would just move in with her mother because it was too difficult to fill out an application with the associated hardship extension. I wounder what the mother is going to do to support her family. It appears that she will be willing to work at minimum wage. (Now how would goal sitting have assisted this young student prior to having the most of intimate relations.

When I was in high school, I hated high school. I lived on an Army Base. I thought that it would be the coolest thing to join the Army and go to special traing. I approached my parents they explained that it was the dumbest idea of many in my youth and they refused to sign the enlistment papers.

When I was a young Man I went to college a year earlier than my graduation. I studied and learned that the World was a big place. I had the opportunity of representing my Church on a Mission to Finland. I came home and I got drafted. Yes I served in the military. Because of my high test scores I was given special assignments. I extended for two years additional years and I had a blast working with lawyers, investigators, learning short hand, preparing permanent records. I then applied and got an ROTC scholarship. I got a BS, was commissioned an officers, was trained in Air Defense Artillery, as military police investigator and working in units above corp.

I then went to law school.

This Rambling note just means, set the highest goals possible. Make wise choices, discuss goals with parents, teachers, work hard. Graduate from High School. For young parents, finish high school. Go to college it is better to be a LPN than a cook at McDonalds. Some choices result in more hardship. Remember there are grants, student loans, some programs give greatly reduced fees for day care. I do not know how a parent can go to college and not have subsidized day care.

Just a few more notes. Social Service Clients each state has professional employers. If you miss a application date, its a late application. Don't demand expedited FS, you may not be eligible if you received FS in the month before. Don't threaten to fire me, you don't have the authority, If we follow the rules you probably do not have standing. Do you really think that you can justify a civil rights complaint if I treat you the same way as every customer. Just because you may not like what you hear does not mean that a supervisor will change our instructions to you. Oh yes, I am now well over 50 and I can allege age discrimination and I know how to draft a complaint. I am here to help. Don't be stupid, we are over work, stretch to the breaking. Treat us fairly, or at least polite. If you disagree request a Fair Hearing. I wish that you could spend a afternoon

Saturday, September 5, 2009

What its not in the Constitution?

We are having a spirited debate in our town fueled by the often poorly written and even less written.

They confuse a political purpose with a constitutional right. I have a right to have a gun, but I not going to be a part of a socialist health care program. What is interesting is that these same people will demand Medicare, Social Security pensions as an entitlement. But don't give them a political option for health care and buy goodness don't give them end of life counseling. (We all know that they will have death committees, actually that type is counseling is quite popular and its called Hospice.)

Lets looked at the 10th Amendment. Most of the Power of the Federal Governement steems from this Amendment. Our lives are better because of the FDA, FCC, FAA, Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, and a long line of other administrative agencies, including the EEOC, National Labor Relations Board.

Other Political programs is the vast interstate system Started in the 40's and finally completed when the last stretch was completed in Colorado. This was not created as a convienent way to travel but as a National Denfense Initiative.

So for those of you who do not want to be a part of this socialist country. You can call Social Security Administration and opt out of Medicare and Social Security. Yes I know that you contribute the money, however the employer contributes exactly the same amount. Oh my goodness we are forcing employers to help assist you in your retirment. OH no. You will have to pay the FIAC taxes but I am sure that Social Security administrative will welcome your contributions when they do not have pay you benefits.

For those of you who do no want to be a part of a strong federal government, go to Mexico and buy all of the unispected food, drugs, drive only on state roads which have never received state funds, Work for 90 cents a day, that is the rate of pay before the first minimun wage laws. You will give up your right to own and drive a car because drivers license and registration was first required in the 1930's.

So my well educated fellows and those who will not allow your children to hear a President of the United States encourage children to greater hights. One, grow up, two, learn about the federal governement, state governments. The three parts of the government. Read about the great depression, one of the main causes is that the President did not see a purpose is saving banks. This caused the run on banks and the FDIC was created when they saw the catstropic loss of wealth, income from this bad policy.

Remember, if you know that the Republican party was created as an ultra conservative party, against slavery and womens, do you know when it lost its way?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

To the Conservative idiots

Today I read some letters to the editor of a small community newspaper. They were ranting because universal health care is not in the constitution like the 2nd Admendment. Well lets take a look,

If they want to take a literal view of the US Constitution without viewing it as a livng documents, you can only have flint lock small bore rifles. Accuracey about 20 feet. (OK you can have precusion caps). We have an airforce, Oh my goodness we have to disband the airforce. We can not have a Coast Guard either if you take such a literal view.

For those of you who are worried that we are becoming a socialist society. One grow up. 2. You will be getting Medicare and Social Security payments at retirement age. I will help you out. I am sure that there is a way that you don't gave to receive these benefits. You will still have to pay the taxes but I am sure that the Federal government would not want to make you socialists.

PS the Republican party started out as being the liberal party in 1864. Rush probably does not know that.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

What you don't know

A college student called and wanted to know why her NA/FS case was closed. I verified the information, and low and behold there was a request for information. She "blew it off", because she was not earning any income and they were asking for income. Actually the request was very specific, student income, (loans, grants, expenses tutition, books, parking, etc.)

Well first of all she said, I don't have income. I explained that unless she was paying for college her self she had income. She applied for federal programs which required verification. Then she change the story but the expenses and income are the same. Then she further changed the story to be: I don't have to report the income. I replied you are right. However your case is now closed. She made a choice not to provide the information. Now her options are very limited. Provide the information to the local office by Monday, or she will have to reapply.

I tried to tell her that if she provides the information in the month of closure the local office may reopen the case. Well that was not good enough because she is a busy college student. The case will close on 08.31.09 she made her choice now she will be screaming in 09.09 when she has no medicaid or NA.

I even transferred her to the local office for her to speak to a supervisor. He hung up.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Medical Care Reform

With all this talk of medical reform I want to talk about a model which provides great service, all inclusive clinic in Washington State.

Group Health is a cooperative. I had the privilege of being a patient there. You had a primary care physician. You would visit your primary care physican and they would prescribe what ever services that were necessary. Needed an X-Ray walk to that clinic get an x-ray which was handed to you and you returned it to your physician in a few minutes. They had a pharmacy, get a prescription, get it filled at the same location. They also had physical therapy, Oncology, behavior health, post surgery, an emergency room. They literally had every type of treatment in one place.

If a clinic believed that they needed treatment they had a right to appeal. I was neve in a situation that I disagreed with the treatment nor was I ever dissatisified with the treatment.

A lot of the hospitals called it Group Death, just like the people screaming down their elected representatives. How ridiculous is it to believe that they would have end of life counseling. Will actually we do now it is called Hospice.

Now let me discribe how I receive treatment in my home state. I visit a physician. I get a prescription, I drive to a pharmacy. If I need X-rays I wait 1 hour to have the X ray taken, wait 4 days to have the X-ray sent to my physican. I just love driving to specialist and driving 50 miles some times.

I think that the Group Health Model would be one effective model.

Friday, August 14, 2009

That Special Call

Today I had a wild call. It seems like a client was greatly exercise because we were starving her family. Will actually she had not received NA/FS since April because of her income.

We verified the income on 08.11.09 through the worknumber.com. Oh No! Holy Cow Batman, her income was all wrong. She claimed that it had been reported incorrectly by her employer.

I asked her one question. If you have not been receiving FS/NA why did you wait four months to tell us of the problem. All He-- broke lose. I learned that she was a special military person. She was higher than most people and she had a special DD 214. I will decipher the code. She told me she was sick and did not have time to call and that I could not hold her accountable for not calling. Yes and No. She did not report the change so the change is actually for 09.09 because of our State Rule. Her high rank was a Private First Class. When I was drafted I started out as a Private Fist Class I retired as Major promotable. Has the military changed that much? Her special DD 214 was Other than Honorable Conditions for the convenience of the Military, probably a special discharge for that special military person.

Why did she go crazy over one question. In court it normally took 10 or so questions to make a witness angry. I have learned some new techique or I was dealing with a very fragil person. I requested the information necessary to consider the change. It will be up to her to provide the information or not provide the information. I still get off work at 4:00 pm, I will not lose sleep either way.

Why do clients, requesting social services think that that can yell, scream, theaten us, or talk to a supervisor. Unless we make a mistake a supervisor will support us. I am good at my job and did not make a mistake.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Call of the Week

Today a women called yelling and screaming. It seems that she received an ultra important message from our agency. Actually it was a letter reminding her that she needed to renew her application for Medicaid. She had an excuse for every suggestion that I made. I offered to mail an application to her. She said that she could not walk to the mail box. When I asked how do you get your mail she said I walk to the mail box. Well...

She then said I can't get the application in on time. Well lets see she received a letter reminding her to reapply six weeks ago. She did not want to read official mail. Well...

She lives in a apartment complex which has a fax machine a computer. She can't touch any thing that any body else has. Well...

She stated that she could not report changes because she did not have a phone number. But she was using a phone. Well... Three unreported changes...

Well I have a special option for her Office of Special Investigations.

When I told her that her option was to apply or not apply. Apply timely or wait up to 45 days for a decision. She even got ruder and meaner. I bet that she has been allowed to cause terror in case worker. But she called the wrong agent.

I just bet she gets that application on time. Or Will she?

Saturday, August 8, 2009

We Need Health Care:

The radical right is scarring the elderly, that universal health care would force them to have either no services or force them to be "laid to rest". This is ridiculous. Think about a few facts. In most states people who are laid off have the right to purchase health care through the COBRA. The problem is that people can't afford the the premiums. Then they apply for Medicaid, If they receive UI payments they are over income. Therefore, no insurance.

Myth of American Health care. It is not the greatest in the world. Even those rich and famous who have private physic ans can be killed by them. Remember that famous singer? Many studies show that we are one of the worst systems in the world. A few reasons, the obscene profits of the health insurance providers. Blue Cross and Blue Shield pay their top officers in excess of 30,000,000 a year. They have policies of rejecting applicants who have pre-existing conditions. Nurses in the 1930-60's received 1/3 of a physician's yearly pay. Now is a lot less. Physicans are skilled professionals they need to be reimbursed just to pay their 150,000 in student loans.

We need Tort Reform:

Why if a persons who is early 25,000,000 if he is injured in an Accident can receive millions of dollars for lost wages when his life time earning ability is between 500,000 and 750,000. Why millions of dollars for pain and suffering. Just a way to increase attorney's fees. Some attorneys charge 35 per cent for the fee and then tact on the entire cost of the litigation.

Town Meetings:

Conservatives are yelling and screaming at their representatives. Blogs are directing the radical right to shout down their representatives. They are being rude, crude and stupid. If they don't wont to be a part of the health care reform no problem. When they lose their coverage, can't pay cobra, can't qualify for Medicaid, they wait until the next open enrollment. If they have a catastrophic loss, they should not be eligible for the medical spend down program, since they have waived coverage. Also prevent them from filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy on the debt.

Remember we have higher mortality rates on new borns than the Third World countries. Recently in Arizona recently the State Treasurer's wife and new born died in child birth.

We can do better as a National. The radical right play fair, of course this may be difficult when you are more interested in yelling, screaming and making idots out of your selfs. Discuss, clearly, your proposals, but then you would have to have a plan, of yea, you are there to disrupt not to discuss or think. Remember Rush I think his name is, can't remember the last name is a druggie. A good person to listen if you ask me.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

This is Nuts:

A New York Women drunk 2 times over the legal limit, smoked marijuana while driving 3children and three other minor relatives. Stopped at a rest stop to call family members she reported she did not know why she felt disoriented and could not see properly. Duh. She was told to wait at the rest stop. A family member would pick them up. She agreed, droped the phone, 5 minutes later she was dead and she had killed 7 others because she went the wrong way on the interstate.

Should not the family have noticed just a few warning signs. I hope that her family is sued, and lose their property to pay for the 7 wrongful death actions. She properly is judgment proof. Half of all fatal accidents are caused by drunk drivers. Lets do away with the first time ok bs, Lets get tough, drunk or impared driving life time ban on driving. Driving with out a license first offense could be 1 year (no dealing) Second offense 2 years, Third Offense. 5 years, next offense life in prison. Drunk Drivers get off lightly until they perhaps kill a cop, a passenger or another driver. (Only for suspensions for impared or drunk driving.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

I work for a state government.

People in our state or concerned about racial profiling of people with color including illegal aliens. When an illegal resident has a child that child is a US Citzen (also called a anchor baby).

These Illegal residents, get Federal Emergency Services and the US Citzen can get Medicad, Food Stamps and Cash if the family group has no income. Even though that neither parent is eligible for Food Stamps, you know that they are eating the food.

Solutions to the problem. We are one the last countries to give citzenship to people born in the United States. Why? If a women is traveling aboard and gives birth say in England. She and the newborn are US Citzens, born abroad. The Department of State will fill out a Certificate of Live Birth Aboard. Lets stop this nonsense.

Second, Lets bill each Nation of illegal alien for the Federal Emergency Services including delivery of a child. If they don't reimbuse the United States, then the
illegal residents would be cut off of benefits. I am not being racist. If you moved
to Canada, try getting a job, medical benefits, or food assistance. (It does not exist there.

Oh My Goodness, we are racially profiling. Yes, so what. They have committed felonies. They are not US Citizens are not entilted to protections of the Constitution. Now I know that every single Legal Services Group, receives federal funds. They then sue the states, Get more money and then sue the States and get more money to hire lawyers. (Yes I worked for a County Assigned Counsel and worked mostly due offenses.

In our state these are the crimes committed by a few illegal aliens. A drunk ran a stop sign killed a police office. He had 7 DUI/DWI and had been deported 4 times.
Refugees from an Africa County ages 14, 12, 10, 9 raped an 8 year old. The parents of the 8 year old beat her up because she brought disgrace to the 4 young children.
(Did I miss something).

How about those Parades. In several States, Hispanic groups. Marched because they were being targeted. They were waiving various Flags. This is strange, they want to stay but will be loyal to Mexico. Solution get 100 buses. Put the marchers in in the buses and take them back. (Offer them lunches for 1.00).

Parades because illegal residents can not get State rates for colleges and University. You are not residents or citizens of the State pay the out of state rate. They also want student loans etc.

It is amazing how much we spend on FS. Lets do it fairer. Like cash assistnce, FS should not be a lifetime grant give them 5 years just like cash, The period would begin in the future.

Now the goal. Lets get every homeless person off the streets. This is a another problem that was started with good intentions. The States were holding hundreds of thousand of person in mental hospital against their will. Yes, they won their case
case now we have hundreds of thousand, homeless, insane, alcholics and drug addicts.

Lets get them in the hospial, get them the necessary evaluation and treatment. Then they either stay in the hospial, or they get places to live.

If people chose to use illegal drugs, lets regulate it and tax it. Get organized crime out of the picture. We do this with Methodone clinics. Why do this with most of the Level 1 drugs. (Meth) is out it is just poison.

Track down all the illegal residents. Have them sign a loyalty oath and then let them apply to be LPR. If they do any thing like walk in a parade with a Mexican Flag, commit any crime, deport them. If they are every detained again 10 years in prison.

I will also have a special call of the Week, the the States Call Center. Have a good thought