Aint this the truth?

12 Rules of Life really are:

1. Never give yourself a haircut after three margaritas.

2. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape.

3. The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship are "I apologize" and "you are right."

4. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

5. Never pass up an opportunity to pee.

6. If he/she says that you are too good for him/her - believe them.

7. Learn to pick your battles; ask yourself, "Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day?"

8. When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.

9. If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!

10. Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship just might mean that the other person was right about you.

11. Work is good, but it's not that important. Money is nice, but you can't take it with you. Statistics show most people don't live to spend all they saved; some die even before they retire. Anything we have isn't really ours; it was given to us by God; He just letting us borrow it while we're here...even our kids. So enjoy it while you have it.

12. And finally.. Be really good to your family and/or friends. You never know when you are going to need them to empty your bedpan.

contributed by Scott Deeke

Clinton health plan for Americans only

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that immigrants living in the U.S. illegally would not be covered by her proposed universal health care plan.

The New York senator said she supports basic health services for illegal immigrants, including hospitalization and treatment of acute conditions. But she said the magnitude of the nation's health care challenge means her universal coverage proposal would not cover the 12 million people living in the country illegally.

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This perplexes me...

On the surface, this sounds great. I have supported some form of universal heath care for a while now. And now, the "liberals" leading candidate says that this heath care would only be available to Americans. If you were to accept this at face value, you'd have to say that was fairly reasonable.

What scares me is if Hillary and a few more liberals get voted into office, who's to say that the millions that are now in this country illegally would eventually become legal? There was nothing in this story that said anything about her heath care plan being available only to citizens.

There's no doubt that something needs to be done to get more, if not all, Americans covered with health insurance. I also feel that it should be a personal responsibility, not that of business owners. Unfortunately, like auto insurance, a great number of people would not participate unless it was somehow mandated.

Ms. Clinton's plan seems to be the the most workable. Question is, how much other liberal garbage will we have to swallow in order to achieve this?

Jason Whitlock: NFL buffoons leaving terrible legacy

You get one NFL Truth today. Watching Chad Johnson and Larry Johnson undermine their respective head coaches, Marvin Lewis and Herm Edwards, on Sunday gave me a singular focus, forced me to contemplate an uncomfortable truth.

African-American football players caught up in the rebellion and buffoonery of hip hop culture have given NFL owners and coaches a justifiable reason to whiten their rosters. That will be the legacy left by Chad, Larry and Tank Johnson, Pacman Jones, Terrell Owens, Michael Vick and all the other football bojanglers.

In terms of opportunity for American-born black athletes, they're going to leave the game in far worse shape than they found it.

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In football, it's all about discipline. More so than any other major sport. Guys like the ones mentioned have no discipline. Problem is that while you more than likely can't win with them, you sure as hell can't win without them.

I don't think you can blame the hip-hop culture for this. These individuals, along with many others cannot separate their profession from their social life, whatever that social life may entail.

Are we really foolish enough to think that life is imitating art here? Remember that for all the thugs in the world that listen to rap and hip hop, there are many, many more good if not outstanding citizens that enjoy the same genre.

These days, people watch professional sports as much to be entertained as to cheer on the local team. Until the public that dumps millions of dollars to watch these "buffoons" no longer considers their shtick entertaining, the list of TO wannbes will continue to grow...

...Regardless of the music they listen to.

Get well soon...

About 2 weeks ago, I decided to take a break from listening to talk radio, so news that one of my favorite talkers had come down with a staph infection while reporting on the rapid spread of this deadly disease, caught me by surprise.

Eric Von Wade has been a favorite of mine since I moved to this area a little over a year ago. I hadn't heard about this until tonight, but I guess he was hospitalized on Tuesday to remove the abscess from his chin. He has since been released, and is recovering at home.

From what I know of Eric, he's otherwise in good heath and takes good care of himself. I'm sure he'll recover from this just fine.

May God be with him.

Sympathy for cab drivers?

Unfortunately, this is the perception most folks these days have of cab drivers. So when cabbies turn to the general public for support of better working conditions in their industry, the plea usually falls on deaf ears.

As is the case with most situations, only the negative is news worthy. Stories of good deeds are usually shuffled to the back of the newspaper, while stories of tragedy make front page news.

As I get the news feeds for Cabbie Shack, I rarely see stories about the drivers that go beyond the call of duty on a daily basis to service the public (I know they're out there). Instead, about 90% of the news I get to post is negative.

I don't know what the answer is to reverse the trend.

New rant

Check out the gadget to the right to hear what would have taken me hours to type.

A day off...

Something's not right... It's 2:30pm, and I'm not in my cab or the bags van.

Wait a minute... It's Thursday. It's our day off!!!

That's right, after 75 plus hours (including a 15 hour day last night), we get to veg for a day.

Don't worry, we'll be right back at it tomorrow, but be advised...

Next week, we get 2 days off.

Not qualified to be a bus driver

I guess 26 years of professional driving wasn't enough.

And they wonder why I'm cynical.

The Redneck Bus Driver?

Doesn't have the same ring, does it? None the less, I dropped off an application with the RTA here in Corpus.

I always will love the taxi industry, but I need medical coverage. As I've stated before, I have no interest in retuning to Vegas, the only town I know where cabbies are deemed employees. I guess I need to start looking for another line of work.

This maybe harder than you think. There seems to be a stigma attached to cab drivers. Especially anyone who's been in it as long as I have. Most of the ignoramus consider cab drivers to be uneducated and lazy. While I'm not one of them, some cabbies are intelligent enough to be a part of Mensa. If you don't know what that is, then you must be dumber than me. Hmmmm...... As far as lazy... Well, I was working 60 hour weeks before the term "workaholic" became a part of the vocabulary.

Besides needing benefits, one problem I've noticed is that nobody I've seen in the last 10 years could run a cab company as well as I could (in my opinion of course). With 2 possible exceptions, most companies and or governing bodies have let their business go to the dogs. Especially here in Corpus. Problem is, I like the city too much to move on. So either I deal with it, or find another line of work.

Any Ralph Kramden comments will be swiftly deleted.