Tuesday, March 21, 2006
May this day ...
May this be the day when it all comes together * happiness in your heart * serenity in your soul * success in all the things you do * time enough to reach for your dreams * patience to see you through * inner beauty * an open mind * days that find you feeling wonderful * confidence, strong and lasting * strength to do what needs to be done * believing in tomorrow * living in today * knowing the right way is the only way * clearing out the confusion * facing the facts * not being afraid * never giving up * finding hope in hard-to-find places * putting smiles on other people's faces * knowing when to talk * and knowing when to listen * standing by the truth * being firm in your commitments * using your insight to set you right * going from rock bottom to mountain top * learning from mistakes * understanding the greatness within * looking for the good that is always there * sharing the things that need to be shared * remembering that it can all be a puzzle, but solving problems is one of the sweet joys of life * you can always pick up the pieces * and you can always make things right.
I love this Comeback ... Iraq War
One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also. But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, " Yes, I always wear it and probably always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi. A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid. "Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
IF YOU AGREE, Pass this on to all your proud American friends.
Our Congress is Defunct!
Ok ... This is repulsive. Wake up America!!! Get a grip! Come on! How much more bending over can you take? Is this whole country enjoying this anal abuse?
I have a solution to this blatant gross negligence by the very Congress Persons who are supposed to be representing the best interests of their constituents. You may not like it. It involves everyone one of us to actually get up and do something. Stand up for ourselves and this for Country.
We need to excise all of these politicians, all the way up the chain of command. Excise them like the cancer that they are. They should be charged with treason for violating or betraying the trust of every American Citizen. Now deport them. Deport every single one of them, along with all of the illegal immigrants that flood our borders.
Then we start all over. Elect new Officials, Politicians, Department Heads, Judges, etc. Institute a new salary scale commensurate to the working poor and middle class.
The United States Government has no business aiding any country in the process of instituting a government when it's own entity is plagued with corruption & greed.
If you don't, or won't, do something, then you lose the right to bitch or complain about the status or position of this Country and should be deported right along with the rest of this criminal syndicate.
Thank you for your time. I hope you put some thought into what you're going to do come the next elections.
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NOTES: I've found some nouns and adjectives that adequately describe our political system as it is today.
1. Defunct
adj 1: no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization" [syn: dead] 2: having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe": a defunct political organization.
2. Negligence
n 1: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance] 2: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern [syn: neglect, neglectfulness]
3. Traitor
n 1: someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn: treasonist] 2: a person who says one thing and does another [syn: double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer]
4. Trea·son n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.
5. Com·men·su·rate adj.
Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance. Measurable by a common standard; commensurable.
6. sloth
n 1: a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Definition: inaction
Synonyms: dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, laziness, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time-killing, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating, vegetation
Definition: immorality
Synonyms: anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, evil-doing, fault, gluttony, guilt, immorality, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccability, peccadillo, peccancy, pride, shortcoming, sinfulness, sloth, tort, transgression, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongness
7. Organized Crime
n. criminal activity on the part of an organized and extensive group of people —compare RACKETEERING
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Congress Is Empty, Get Used to It
The House Has Spent 19 Days in D.C. So Far This Year
March 21, 2006 — - The seats of Congress are empty this week, with the nation's lawmakers out of town for the St. Patrick's Day recess.
The empty seats are a sight that is becoming more common in the Capitol with Congress on track to set a modern-day record for the least amount of time in session. The House plans to be in Washington 97 days this year.
When the nation's representatives are not in the capital, they're not on vacation, but Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., says some more time in Congress would be useful.
"If Washington, D.C., is where the action is for lobbyists, it certainly ought to be where the action is for members of Congress," Lungren said.
The average American has worked more than 50 days in 2006, but, so far, the House has worked in Washington just 19 days, a total of 118 hours. The Senate is not far behind with 33 days at the Capitol.
"If we get much shorter, I mean, we're going to have a drive-through Congress," said Mary Boyle of Common Cause.
The House calendar is already set for the rest of the year. The representatives will meet for two weeks in April, a week in May and July, and all of August. Even a national newspaper points out that with fewer than 100 days scheduled, the House is on track to be in session less than what President Harry Truman called the "do-nothing" Congress of 1948.
Republican Rep. Jack Kingston defended the schedule while meeting with children in his Georgia school district on Monday.
"The work isn't all about Washington and voting," Kingston said. "We really have three jobs. One is voting in Washington. The other is getting out there on the streets. And the third job is one-on-one casework."
It's also an election year, and Republican leaders have made sure members can spend plenty of time talking to voters and maintain the Republican hold of the House majority.
Copyright © 2006 ABC News Internet Ventures
I have a solution to this blatant gross negligence by the very Congress Persons who are supposed to be representing the best interests of their constituents. You may not like it. It involves everyone one of us to actually get up and do something. Stand up for ourselves and this for Country.
We need to excise all of these politicians, all the way up the chain of command. Excise them like the cancer that they are. They should be charged with treason for violating or betraying the trust of every American Citizen. Now deport them. Deport every single one of them, along with all of the illegal immigrants that flood our borders.
Then we start all over. Elect new Officials, Politicians, Department Heads, Judges, etc. Institute a new salary scale commensurate to the working poor and middle class.
The United States Government has no business aiding any country in the process of instituting a government when it's own entity is plagued with corruption & greed.
If you don't, or won't, do something, then you lose the right to bitch or complain about the status or position of this Country and should be deported right along with the rest of this criminal syndicate.
Thank you for your time. I hope you put some thought into what you're going to do come the next elections.
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NOTES: I've found some nouns and adjectives that adequately describe our political system as it is today.
1. Defunct
adj 1: no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct (or dead) law"; "a defunct organization" [syn: dead] 2: having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe": a defunct political organization.
2. Negligence
n 1: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: carelessness, neglect, nonperformance] 2: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern [syn: neglect, neglectfulness]
3. Traitor
n 1: someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn: treasonist] 2: a person who says one thing and does another [syn: double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer]
4. Trea·son n.
Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, especially the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies.
A betrayal of trust or confidence.
5. Com·men·su·rate adj.
Of the same size, extent, or duration as another.
Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate: a salary commensurate with my performance. Measurable by a common standard; commensurable.
6. sloth
n 1: a disinclination to work or exert yourself
Definition: inaction
Synonyms: dawdling, dilly-dallying, dormancy, droning, goof-off time, hibernation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, joblessness, laze, laziness, lazing, leisure, lethargy, loafing, loitering, otiosity, pottering, shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggishness, stupor, time-killing, time-wasting, torpidity, torpor, trifling, truancy, unemployment, vegetating, vegetation
Definition: immorality
Synonyms: anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, evil-doing, fault, gluttony, guilt, immorality, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccability, peccadillo, peccancy, pride, shortcoming, sinfulness, sloth, tort, transgression, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongness
7. Organized Crime
n. criminal activity on the part of an organized and extensive group of people —compare RACKETEERING
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congress Is Empty, Get Used to It
The House Has Spent 19 Days in D.C. So Far This Year
March 21, 2006 — - The seats of Congress are empty this week, with the nation's lawmakers out of town for the St. Patrick's Day recess.
The empty seats are a sight that is becoming more common in the Capitol with Congress on track to set a modern-day record for the least amount of time in session. The House plans to be in Washington 97 days this year.
When the nation's representatives are not in the capital, they're not on vacation, but Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., says some more time in Congress would be useful.
"If Washington, D.C., is where the action is for lobbyists, it certainly ought to be where the action is for members of Congress," Lungren said.
The average American has worked more than 50 days in 2006, but, so far, the House has worked in Washington just 19 days, a total of 118 hours. The Senate is not far behind with 33 days at the Capitol.
"If we get much shorter, I mean, we're going to have a drive-through Congress," said Mary Boyle of Common Cause.
The House calendar is already set for the rest of the year. The representatives will meet for two weeks in April, a week in May and July, and all of August. Even a national newspaper points out that with fewer than 100 days scheduled, the House is on track to be in session less than what President Harry Truman called the "do-nothing" Congress of 1948.
Republican Rep. Jack Kingston defended the schedule while meeting with children in his Georgia school district on Monday.
"The work isn't all about Washington and voting," Kingston said. "We really have three jobs. One is voting in Washington. The other is getting out there on the streets. And the third job is one-on-one casework."
It's also an election year, and Republican leaders have made sure members can spend plenty of time talking to voters and maintain the Republican hold of the House majority.
Copyright © 2006 ABC News Internet Ventures
Saturday, March 18, 2006
DontDateHimGirl.com--Revolutionizing the Way Women Date!
DontDateHimGirl.com--Revolutionizing the Way Women Date!
This is some funny stuff. Very similar to what I've already done since 2004.
This is some funny stuff. Very similar to what I've already done since 2004.
