RACHEL MADDOW LISTED HER RULES FOR LIVING AND CHALLENGED HER VIEWERS TO DO THE SAME

I thought I'd give it a try. 

It is good now and then to reevaluate 

your relationship with your self. Only After I'd made my own list 

did I discovered that I live my life by bumper stickers.

Here are Maddow's rules for living:

Maddow Rule #1: Don't lie.
Maddow Rule #2: Don't threaten to shoot people.
Maddow Rule #3: Never underestimate a breakfast implement.

Snowball's rules for living:

1. Don't lie.
2. Don't whine.
3. Don't hold grudges. (You only hurt yourself)
4. Don't forget your shoes on a hot day. (really important in CA)
5. Always eat dessert first.
6. Question authority. (but not your mother)
7. Read banned books.
8. Speak truth to power with humor and a smile.
9. Don’t worry about what idiots think, they don’t do it very often.
10. Walk your talk. (Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.) 
11. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
12. Never lick a steak knife. (I confess, I lifted this from the comments - but it is important)

Because,
in the imortal words of buckaroo bansai:

Wherever you go, there you are.

 

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Washington Post has a handy, dandy calculator to help you figure out how health care reform could affect you.

The most important thing to remember is that if you have insurance and are happy with it, you probably won't notice the changes. The strength of this bill is in its stopping the most egregious practices of the insurance companies.

ALSO: Rachel Maddow has kept a close eye on the happenings, pro & con, concerning this bill from day one. Her NEW BLOG is here.

"If we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth. This was the moment – this was the time – when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves, and our highest ideals. Thank you, God Bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America." - Pres. Obama on the night of the final Democratic primary

* If you are an intrepid soul interested in reading the full text of the bill, you can find it HERE.