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 My uncle, Ed Goodin, of Tilton NH, died Friday. At 79, he suffered a heart attack after having a stent put into his heart two weeks ago and told by his doctors to "lay low." He got restless after about a week and mowed not only his lawn but his neighbors 'lawns. (Eddie had a thing about groundskeeping; he worked the cemetery for his local parish for two decades just because, I guess, he loved it.) He gave a lot of himself. He was a Fox news guy, far to the right of where we live. But, like Kennedy-McCain, on an admittedly lesser level, we got on well. For one, we were golf buddies. We liked each others' sense of humor and tolerated each others politics. He sent me this joke e-mail the week he died. I thought I'd share it. It may have already made the rounds in the right-wing circles Eddie frequented on the web, but not in my world. Unlike some of the groaners Eddie forwarded, I chuckled at this one and commended him for his post-op rehab and his sense of humor coming back. Yeah, there's a black-humor aspect to the joke, back when he sent and it now. But give it a read. It's a funny bit. Eddie's comment about the joke: "Uh oh, I'm in deep shit now!"
     
Democrats, realizing the success of the President's "Cash For Clunkers" rebate program, have revamped a major portion of their National Health Care Plan.
President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Sen. Reed are expected to make this major announcement at a joint news conference later this week. I have obtained an advanced copy of the proposal which is named....
    "CASH FOR CODGERS" and it works like this... Couples wishing to access health care funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to turn in one old person. The amount the government grants them will be fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more prescription dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.
  Special "Bonuses" will be paid for those submitting codgers in targeted groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds over their government prescribed weight, and any member of the Republican Party.
 Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda, fried foods, potato chips, lattes, whole milk, dairy products, bacon, Brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout Cookies.
 All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts harvested to keep other codgers in repair.