Uh huh, sure....

Karl Rove's gone at the end of the month. He wants to spend time with his familia. Uh huh, sure. Rove's been with Bushie for, what, three decades? What's another measley 15 months? I'm think some shit's hit the fan. Hmm.

Kinda-sorta semi-unrelatedish (I know that is not a word), but does anyone else out there ever wish they could live just, like, a fraction of their lives back in, like, the 40's or something? Ya know, when everything was more simple and less fucking fucked up? I do. Ugh.

Being Unhealthy Could Cost You...Money.

For employees at Clarian Health, feeling the burn of trying to lose weight will take on new meaning. In late June, the Indianapolis-based hospital system announced that starting in 2009, it will fine employees $10 per paycheck if their body mass index [BMI, a ratio of height to weight that measures body fat] is over 30. If their cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose levels are too high, they'll be charged $5 for each standard they don't meet. Ditto if they smoke: Starting next year, they'll be charged another $5 in each check.

Clarian has been making headlines for its aggressive and unusual approach to covering escalating health-care costs. Rather than taking the more common step of giving employees incentives for merely participating in its wellness programs, such as joining a smoking cessation group or using a health coach, Clarian is actually measuring outcomes. And unlike most employers, it is penalizing workers for poor health instead of rewarding them for taking healthy steps.

Full article here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20090986/

I mean, really? I'm all about people being healthy and shit, but that's a little ridiculous. Just a little. I'm sure by July 1 of next year, folks will be getting surcharged for being gay and not believing in God. Hey, it's America - it could happen. Damn, I'll be broke.