This Just Might Work!

Let's put Seniors in jail, and the criminals in a nursing home!

This way, "we" seniors would have access to showers, hobbies, and walks, receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs, etc.

They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance. Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned.

A guard would check on them every 20 minutes, and bring meals and snacks to their cell. They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose.

They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool, and education, simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request.

Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens.

Each senior could have a PC, TV, radio, and daily phone calls

There would be a board of directors, to hear complaints, and the guards/nurses would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

The "criminals", on the other hand, would get cold food, be left all alone, and unsupervised. Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week.

Live in a tiny room, and pay $5000 per month, and have little hope of ever getting out.

Hmmmmmm, kinda' makes you stop and think, doesn't it?

Grizzly Adams, Clara Barton

This posting is for my sister, Janet.

Do you remember "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams", a 1972 novel, a 1974 film, and the NBC TV series? Do you know about the "real" Grizzly Adams?

Born in Medway, MA, Adams spent many years in the mountain ranges of the U.S. west (mainly CA) living around animals and sometimes capturing them for zoos. His famous companion was a bear named "Ben" (short for Benjamin Franklin), who died in a zoo that Adams opened in San Francisco in the late 1850s. Adams died while on tour with P.T. Barnum in 1860. He was buried in nearby Charlton, MA, his tombstone paid for by P.T. Barnum.

Also in nearby North Oxford is the Clara Barton Birthplace Museum, operated as part of the Barton Center for Diabetes Education, a humantarian project established in her honor to educate and support children with diabetes and their families.

Clara Barton was known as the "angel of the battlefield" during the Civil War, and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross, and serving as it's first President.