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In the days long ago, when you were just a twinkle in your Daddy’s eye, there was a group called the Village People. They were mildly successful, one of their biggest hits being Macho Man. The key lyrics in the verse are, “Every man ought to be a macho macho man. . . He’s a special person in anybody’s land.” Looking back, it now see it was a terrible song (really boring and repetitive), but the spirit of those words has persisted until today. Machismo is a Spanish/Portuguese words, now adopted into English, and it refers to the way in which a man carries himself, and the general social system in which men see themselves as the superior gender. The spirit of machismo is alive and well in North America and nowhere more so than in Mexico where men still strut their stuff, even into old age. But, as men age, their strutting can sometimes leave something to be desired. In the richer countries north of the Rio Grande (or the Río Bravo del Norte), this is less of a problem because more older men can afford the cost of the little blue pill (bought on Main Street, it’s quite expensive, but bought online, it’s quite cheap). South of the river, only the rich have access to the internet and the credit cards with which to pay. The mass of poor men have no remedy. In a country where machismo prevails, this is a real social problem. Every man ought to be macho, no matter how old he is. The answer has taken a little time to come, but it’s arrived with typical male panache. The scale of the problem the city is facing? The governor of the federal district including Mexico City estimates that 70% of the elderly may be suffering from erectile dysfunction. The idea that these men should be abandoned when their needs are greatest is unthinkable. So, as from December 1, Mexico City is going to start giving out free viagra to the old and poor. In Mexico, you understand, everyone has the right to be happy. And if this means an exercise in big government, using tax payers’ money to help out the old, then it’s all in a good cause. With a new President-elect caught on microphone during the US election campaign admitting he is in favor of redistributing wealth, it will be interesting to see whether this Mexican policy will inspire the north. Let’s put it in simple terms. Vast numbers of people on both sides of the border do not carry medical insurance and do not have access to routine medical care. The Mexican view is that a society that fails to provide adequate medical treatment for the elderly is treating them with disrespect. Alongside the viagra will be a general health screening process. It will give these men some of their dignity back and hopefully catch many other health problems at the same time. In the US, the elderly poor are finding that federal funding is being cut for their care. No cheap viagra for them.

One of the joys of watching the stock exchange is trying to guess what will happen and then trying to explain why you were wrong. It seems obvious that expensive drugs used for recreational purposes will be one of the first to feel the effects of the economic slowdown. You only have to look at the signs all around you. The banks are failing, the housing bubble has burst with foreclosures everywhere, and unemployment is rising. These are signs of a recession. So if people are going to struggle to keep a roof over the heads and put food on the table, nonessential drugs will be the first sacrifice. Except that the latest sales numbers out of Eli Lilly show that, in the sale of cialis, gross revenue jumped by 20% in the last quarter as against the same quarter last year. So, no matter what else may be going on in the world, there is one fundamental truth. Men will keep paying to treat problems of erectile dysfunction. Whatever else may be slowing down, the action is not slowing down in the bedroom. Perhaps the answer lies in male culture. There is still so much shame associated with erectile dysfunction. Men whose performance is affected feel, somehow, they are no longer “proper” men. If possible, they hide the problem. If hiding is unlikely to be effective, it comes down to two choices. Honestly discussing the problem with their partner helps to keep the relationship going. Sacrificing the relationship allows the man to save face without having to admit the failure. Why should the expensive branded cialis still be so popular? Well, there are two versions. The original version allows sexual activity for up to thirty-six hours. This gives almost complete flexibility allowing for sex whenever and wherever the urge comes. It’s as close to a natural response as you can get with only one pill. The other version is the once-daily tablet. This is a low dosage treatment that allows normal sexual responsiveness 24/7. The price for both versions is the same. It’s left to the man to decide which version is most convenient. When looking around to buy cialis, the standard approach is to go visit with your local healthcare provider, get a prescription and head down to your local drugstore. Except that traps you into buying this must-have drug at the prevailing retail price. Those of you who follow these things will know that the price for cialis has recently increased. Which is why you have come on to this site, where you can buy cialis at a rather less painful price without having to go get a prescription. This keeps your performance going without it straining your budget in a recession.

qWhen life is going along well, there are rarely temptations. You have everything under control and there’s no need to cut corners. But as the household budget comes under pressure, you have to keep the cost of essentials like auto insurance under control. No-one wants to risk driving out on the public roads without insurance. Cars are essential to most households. You don’t want to be put in the situation of having to choose between food and insuring the car. Yet, if you have picked up a traffic ticket, there’s a temptation not to pass the news on to your insurer. You’re almost certain the result will be a premium increase, particularly if it was a moving offense - insurers tend to think people who drive too fast or without paying proper attention to the rules of the road are more likely to get into accidents. So what are the issues? Most auto insurance companies treat the ticket as “important” for between three and five years, and raise your premium. The amount of the increase will depend on the offense. A speeding ticket where you were only a few miles per hour over the limit will not have a big effect. But if you were driving under the influence of drink or drugs, the effect will be significant. For starters, in many states, you will be caught up in the SR-22 scene. This is a certificate issued by your insurance company to your state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. It certifies that, even though you are a “problem driver”, you’re carrying the minimum liability covered required by your state. Except that many insurers are unhappy if you have a drink driving or DUI conviction and either refuse cover or charge a deterrent premium. That means getting the SR-22 can be expensive. So you’re tempted to keep quiet and hope your insurer will not notice the ticket(s). That keeps the premiums affordable. But, as and when the company finds out, your auto insurance policy will be cancelled. Your failure to disclose facts that were material to assessing the risks and setting the premiums can, if deliberate, be treated as fraud and you could find yourself the subject of prosecution or civil suit. Worse, no other insurance company will then insure you. It’s not that honesty is the best policy. It’s the only way you can get and keep a policy in place.

Drug manufacturers routinely lobby governments and the result is that both tend to say the same kind of things. On the question of whether people should be allowed to buy drugs without a prescription, both raise the question of public safety. Most medications are powerful and, unless patients are checked out before use, there can be unfortunate side-effects or, in the worst cases, serious injury from the use of the drug. When asked to comment on the rise of online pharmacies that will sell drugs without a prescription, the public safety issue is repeated. It’s bad if people can evade the measures put in place to protect them. Worse, there’s no guarantee that the online pharmacy will supply the right drug. And, in fairness, it’s always a good idea for people to consult their local healthcare provider before using any drug, and people should only buy online from pharmacies that come highly recommended (as in those reached through this site). All of which brings me to a case that’s making headlines on the inside pages of newspapers in Brooklyn. We’re interested in the activities of Elvis Elano. The Christian name gives away his age with his birth coming at the height of the King’s fame. Anyway, this forty-something man has been carrying on an affair with a fifty-something woman. He was determined to ensure his performance was never less than perfect so he relied on the little blue bill. There was just one problem. He could not afford to have suspicious plain brown packages arriving at his home address. So his mistress was more than happy to co-operate, allowing him to use her address for delivery purposes. So far, this all looks like a routine case of adultery except that there’s one small fact omitted from the description that converts this into a rather different situation. Elvis is not married. He’s a sexually experienced man who routinely bought his viagra online, knowing that he sometimes had problems. But the nature and extent of Elvis’ problems have grown in dramatic ways. He’s a Catholic priest, now suspended from his work in the diocese and the Catholic hospital where he also acts as a counselor and confessor. He’s accused of being predatory. The woman was going through a divorce and was looking for spiritual guidance from the priest. It’s alleged he said their meeting was not an accident, that a relationship with him had been ordained by God. This potentially coercive seduction technique found a willing party and, for seven months, the viagra worked its magic. Now, the knives are out and multi-million dollars of damages are being claimed from the priest and the diocese for failing to supervise him. All of which brings us back to the point that, if he had been forced to go to his own physician to get a prescription for the viagra, questions would have been asked about the vow of celibacy. Because he could buy viagra online, he avoided one of the methods for detecting inappropriate use. Not quite what the pharmaceutical companies would have had in mind, but it does fit their public safety concerns.