> Wow... 82 years is a loooong time to have a car!
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> Subject: A REAL ONE OWNER
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> This man owned & drove the same car for 82 YEARS! Can you imagine having
> the same car for 82 years! I guess it was no longer under warranty...
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> "How Long Have You Owned a Car?"
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> Mr. Allen Swift ( Springfield , MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce
> Picadilly P1 Roadster from his father - brand new - as a graduation gift
> in 1928. He drove it up until his death last year... at the age of 102! He
> was the oldest living owner of a car from new. Just thought you'd like to
> see it.
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> He donated it to a Springfield museum after his death. It has 170,000
> miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, dead silent at any speed and
> is in perfect cosmetic condition. 82 years - that's just a bit over 2000
> miles per year...
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> Just thought you would find this of interest...
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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Cherokee Bill wrote: Here's something pretty amazing. The photo linked below is a "Human Statue of Liberty" formed by 18,000 soldiers at Camp Dodge, Iowa in 1918!
I'm not a fan of Snopes but they had a good writeup on this:
There's a site called Spokeo.com that's a new online USA phone book w/personal information: everything from pics you've posted on FB or web, your approx credit score, pics of where you live, income, age. Remove yourself by searching your name, find the page for yourself, copy the URL and then go to the bottom of the page and click on the Privacy link to remove yourself.
I had myself removed last year, but there are many of my friends and family listed complete with a picture of their house and phone number.
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
That http://www.spokeo.com had me listed 4 times. 2 times at this address and 2 at my previous address. After 2 were deleted, they gave me a prompt that I could not delete any more addresses without another e mail. Probably just digging for more info, so I went to the trouble of a gmail account to finish removing my info.
HOKIE wrote: That http://www.spokeo.com had me listed 4 times. 2 times at this address and 2 at my previous address. After 2 were deleted, they gave me a prompt that I could not delete any more addresses without another e mail. Probably just digging for more info, so I went to the trouble of a gmail account to finish removing my info.
I didn't like the idea of having to give them my email either, but I had myself removed about a year ago and haven't had any problems.....yet.
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Cherokee Bill wrote: Here's something pretty amazing. The photo linked below is a "Human Statue of Liberty" formed by 18,000 soldiers at Camp Dodge, Iowa in 1918!
I'm not a fan of Snopes but they had a good writeup on this:
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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This is a wonderful piece by Michael Gartner , editor of newspapers large and small and president of NBC News . In 1997, he won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. It is well worth reading, and a few good chuckles are guaranteed. Here goes...
My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right. I should say I never saw him drive a car.
He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet.
"In those days," he told me when he was in his 90s, "to drive a car you had to do things with your hands, and do things with your feet, and look every which way, and I decided you could walk through life and enjoy it or drive through life and miss it."
At which point my mother, a sometimes salty Irishwoman, chimed in:
"Oh, bull shit!" she said. "He hit a horse."
"Well," my father said, "there was that, too."
So my brother and I grew up in a household without a car. The neighbors all had cars -- the Kollingses next door had a green 1941 Dodge, the VanLaninghams across the street a gray 1936 Plymouth, the Hopsons two doors down a black 1941 Ford -- but we had none.
My father, a newspaperman in Des Moines , would take the streetcar to work and, often as not, walk the 3 miles home. If he took the streetcar home, my mother and brother and I would walk the three blocks to the streetcar stop, meet him and walk home together.
My brother, David, was born in 1935, and I was born in 1938, and sometimes, at dinner, we'd ask how come all the neighbors had cars but we had none. "No one in the family drives," my mother would explain, and that was that.
But, sometimes, my father would say, "But as soon as one of you boys turns 16, we'll get one." It was as if he wasn't sure which one of us would turn 16 first.
But, sure enough , my brother turned 16 before I did, so in 1951 my parents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend who ran the parts department at a Chevy dealership downtown.
It was a four-door, white model, stick shift, fender skirts, loaded with everything, and, since my parents didn't drive, it more or less became my brother's car.
Having a car but not being able to drive didn't bother my father, but it didn't make sense to my mother.
So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she asked a friend to teach her to drive. She learned in a nearby cemetery, the place where I learned to drive the following year and where, a generation later, I took my two sons to practice driving. The cemetery probably was my father's idea. "Who can your mother hurt in the cemetery?" I remember him saying more than once.
For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the driver in the family. Neither she nor my father had any sense of direction, but he loaded up on maps -- though they seldom left the city limits -- and appointed himself navigator. It seemed to work.
Still, they both continued to walk a lot. My mother was a devout Catholic, and my father an equally devout agnostic, an arrangement that didn't seem to bother either of them through their 75 years of marriage.
(Yes, 75 years, and they were deeply in love the entire time.)
He retired when he was 70, and nearly every morning for the next 20 years or so, he would walk with her the mile to St. Augustin's Church.
She would walk down and sit in the front pew, and he would wait in the back until he saw which of the parish's two priests was on duty that morning. If it was the pastor, my father then would go out and take a 2-mile walk, meeting my mother at the end of the service and walking her home.
If it was the assistant pastor, he'd take just a 1-mile walk and then head back to the church. He called the priests "Father Fast" and "Father Slow."
After he retired, my father almost always accompanied my mother whenever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go along. If she were going to the beauty parlor, he'd sit in the car and read, or go take a stroll or, if it was summer, have her keep the engine running so he could listen to the Cubs game on the radio. In the evening, then, when I'd stop by, he'd explain: "The Cubs lost again. The millionaire on second base made a bad throw to the millionaire on first base, so the multimillionaire on third base scored."
If she were going to the grocery store, he would go along to carry the bags out -- and to make sure she loaded up on ice cream. As I said, he was always the navigator, and once, when he was 95 and she was 88 and still driving, he said to me, "Do you want to know the secret of a long life?"
"I guess so," I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre.
"No left turns," he said.
"What?" I asked.
"No left turns," he repeated. "Several years ago, your mother and I read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when they turn left in front of oncoming traffic.
As you get older, your eyesight worsens, and you can lose your depth perception, it said. So your mother and I decided never again to make a left turn."
"What?" I said again.
"No left turns," he said. "Think about it.. Three rights are the same as a left, and that's a lot safer. So we always make three rights."
"You're kidding!" I said, and I turned to my mother for support.
"No," she said, "your father is right. We make three rights. It works."
But then she added: "Except when your father loses count."
I was driving at the time, and I almost drove off the road as I started laughing.
"Loses count?" I asked.
"Yes," my father admitted, "that sometimes happens. But it's not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you're okay again."
I couldn't resist. "Do you ever go for 11?" I asked.
"No," he said " If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day. Besides, nothing in life is so important it can't be put off another day or another week."
My mother was never in an accident, but one evening she handed me her car keys and said she had decided to quit driving. That was in 1999, when she was 90.
She lived four more years, until 2003. My father died the next year, at 102.
They both died in the bungalow they had moved into in 1937 and bought a few years later for $3,000. (Sixty years later, my brother and I paid $8,000 to have a shower put in the tiny bathroom -- the house had never had one. My father would have died then and there if he knew the shower cost nearly three times what he paid for the house.)
He continued to walk daily -- he had me get him a treadmill when he was 101 because he was afraid he'd fall on the icy sidewalks but wanted to keep exercising -- and he was of sound mind and sound body until the moment he died.
One September afternoon in 2004, he and my son went with me when I had to give a talk in a neighboring town, and it was clear to all three of us that he was wearing out, though we had the usual wide-ranging conversation about politics and newspapers and things in the news.
A few weeks earlier, he had told my son, "You know, Mike, the first hundred years are a lot easier than the second hundred." At one point in our drive that Saturday, he said, "You know, I'm probably not going to live much longer."
"You're probably right," I said.
"Why would you say that?" He countered, somewhat irritated.
"Because you're 102 years old," I said..
"Yes," he said, "you're right." He stayed in bed all the next day.
That night, I suggested to my son and daughter that we sit up with him through the night.
He appreciated it, he said, though at one point, apparently seeing us look gloomy, he said:
"I would like to make an announcement. No one in this room is dead yet"
An hour or so later, he spoke his last words:
"I want you to know," he said, clearly and lucidly, "that I am in no pain. I am very comfortable. And I have had as happy a life as anyone on this earth could ever have.."
A short time later, he died.
I miss him a lot, and I think about him a lot. I've wondered now and then how it was that my family and I were so lucky that he lived so long.
I can't figure out if it was because he walked through life,
Or because he quit taking left turns. "
Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Forget about the one's who don't.
Believe everything happens for a reason .
If you get a chance,take it & if it changes your life, let it.
Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it."
ENJOY LIFE NOW - IT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE!
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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We need her and several thousands more like her, of course the pro-criminal, anti-second amendment folks would surely try their best to see to it that she died in prison.
They ain't got the sense or heart that God gave a billy goat,
Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
Billie Ray Cyrus sad over having no control over his daughter and says success has ruined his family, would erase it all( speaking of the Hanna Montana show mainly.)
Divorce has been filed, I don't know if it's finshed?-Duke
He also reportedly stated:
"He said his entire family was baptized before leaving Tennessee for Los Angeles to protect themselves from evil, and he believes Satan is attacking his family."
I've never heard of being baptized to protect anyone from evil. What kind of pastor would knowingly take part in that?
Some thoughts from a man that has made many mistakes and bad decisions(Duke);
I think Billy Ray himself needs to get closer to God and I think at least some of the troubles in his own life had already started before "Achie(sp?) breaky heart" came on the scene.
I didn't watch the TV show that came after where he played a character, but I wonder what kind of things he allowed done on there?
Simply put, what kind of examples did he personally show to the kids in his business and at home? Parents need to be parents, period no matter who they are.
I have failures in my life to back that up and of course there is millions of good parenting examples out there to prove the difference.
A lot of us saw things happening some time ago, but could do nothing to help them, I'm sure there were at least a few people that knew them personally that tried to help, apparently not taken to heart enough though.
Success is wonderful, but the road to success should be carefully studied.
Some people follow the road carefully and wisely, while others see only the goal and make too many bad decisions along the way.
Disney has it's part in this and some others' lives too, there's sad cases and there is some that turned out fairly well.
They needed our prayers back then and need them now, things can surely get better when the Lord is allowed to take control.
A good lesson for all of us to remember, money and success has never and will never buy true love, peace and happiness.
It is better to live in a trailer house or even a tent in righteousness than to be filthy rich and own mansions in unrighteousness.
Do pray for them, how wonderful it would be to hear true testimonies of how God put their lives on the solid rock, put His peace and love in their hearts, yes thank God it can happen,
Duke
Note, I wanted to add this in;
Jesus volunteered and was sent and just one of the many things that is done is mend broken hearts and lives.
The main thing that ties God's hands so to speak is for the broken hearted not to truly humble themselves and fully call on Him.
There's many examples in the different fields of entertainment and in all walks of life that show God's handy works.
People's lives that seemed to never be able to be brought to peace have been changed.
God so dearly loves them and us and has said and will continue to say; come unto me.
Mat 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
My life was a really bad mess and one night I just had to call on Him, verse 28 is one of the ones that He spoke into my heart that helped me totally open up to Him.
I can say, my life has never been the same after that awesome meeting.
What He's done for others He WILL do for you.
Come to Him, open up completely, He already knows what you are going through and is waiting on you to answer His call to you?
Call on Him while He is near, don't let yet another opportunity pass by.
Last edited on Wed Feb 16th, 2011 06:09 am by Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
Draw near to God resist the devil and he will flee from you.
As I kinda remember reading in Acts of the Apostles, there were 7 sons of a priest named Sceva that called on the people to come to them that had devils(possessed of devils). They said to the devils in one man "we adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches to come out of him."
The devil(s) answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know but who are you?" and the man beat up all seven of them and tore their clothes.
We must put on as the scriptures make clear the whole armor of God.
One doesn't do that unless they have a close relationship with God.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
In His love for all,
Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
JustJoyce wrote: Take note Americans, before it's too late!
Will you be one of the sheeple to turn yours in?
WHY? You will need it.
I don't have a gun, don't believe they are a good thing to own, don't have to worry about turning it in.
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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This is a quote from one of the founders of the USA.
"The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will be evidently greater where the whole legislative trust is lodged in the hands of one body of men, than where the concurrence of separate and dissimilar bodies is required in every public act." --James Madison, Federalist No. 63, 1788
Trouble is, I think he was wrong.
The "people" have betrayed their own interests. Through ignorance or just plain old stupidity, the people elected representatives, from the pres down, that not only said that they would work against the people's interest, but are doing it.
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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(Ret)
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In the early 60's through the 70's I was a teacher's assistant, a niece who started teacning in public school in 1977 lasted 4 yrs. She went to nursing school in 1982, and is still in nursing. A cousin started teaching in public school in 1967 and in 1969 was teaching 8th grade (which was jr. high at the time). My cousin and 3 other teachers went before the school board in 1972 about the students that could not read . . . . . . it would take to long to tell you the events that went on, but to make a long story short, the other 3 teachers backed down (or lose their job, and never teach in the state of NC). My cousin was fired, but was hired by a christian school in the next town.
I have 3 great, grandchildren in public school, 1 in the second grade, 2 in the third grade. Through my grandchildren I still keep up with whats going on, and i'm more frightened than ever for our children in the public school system.
For all the caring teachers, my heart goes out to you, and my prayers.
THE TRUTH ABOUT TEACHING
By Coach Dave Daubenmire
February 10, 2011
NewsWithViews.com
I spent twenty-five years as a public school teacher and I think I have a pretty good handle on what the profession is all about.
I left public education in 2000 as a result of my battle with the ACLU for my God-given right to pray with my football teams. I walked away, I was not fired. In fact, my last year of coaching, our football team went undefeated. The “public” schools no longer represent the values of the public.
I walked away and started Pass The Salt Ministries to awaken Christians to the anti-Christ agenda of those in positions of power within the educational establishment. They control what is taught and “The Creator” is persona non grata.
As I watch the events in Madison, Wisconsin, Columbus, Ohio and soon, your state as well, I feel it necessary to shed some light from my experience and what I see going on regarding “public” (government controlled) school teachers.
These are merely observations, and although they are accurate ones, they do not necessarily apply to all teachers in all states. These are some things I have observed here in Ohio.
Most teachers do not really support the teacher’s union. In Ohio, a teacher is required by law to be a member of the “bargaining unit,” which is a code word for forced union dues.
The NEA takes the forced union dues of the teachers and uses it to promote far-left agendas. The rank and file teacher has no idea what the money is used for, nor do they care, as long as they have “legal protection” that they believe the union provides.
Bucking the union is a head ache that most teachers do not want to deal with. They would rather pay their monthly dues and be left alone than to stand up and fight. Most do not realize that the “paperwork” and policies that they despise the most are policies put into place by the far-left activists that their union dues helped to elect.
My guess is that a very small percentage of those in the streets in Wisconsin and Ohio are actually teachers. The bussed-in crowds are rounded up by the same far left organizations funded by the teacher’s union dues that “community organizers” have used to sow discard all across this nation. Every group wants the other group to make the sacrifices…class warfare.
The average teacher has no idea what the hell is going on in the political world. Like every other line of work only those with an agenda, or a bone to pick, get involved in work-place activism.
Teachers just want to be left alone.
Teaching is hard work, especially if you do a good job. The hardest working teachers are the ones just out of college. They get the worst assignments; the worst behaved students, and tend to head up the co-curricular clubs that older teachers don’t want to deal with. The longer you teach, the better your job becomes. Eventually you settle in and teach the same subjects year after year, working with the best students, from the same lesson plans that you used the previous ten or so years. After fifteen years, you are on cruise control.
In Ohio, the teacher is contracted to work 183 days per year, with 180 days actually spent in the classroom. My last year in public education my “union negotiated” contract allowed me 15 sick days, which accumulated if unused. In other words, if I didn’t miss any work days in year one, I had 30 sick days available in year two. I was permitted to accumulate 220 sick days over my career. Beyond that, it was “use it or lose it.” Upon my retirement, my severance pay would be 25% of my accumulated sick days (88) at which I would be paid my daily rate. Some districts pay out more than 25%.
In addition to the 15 sick days, each teacher had 3 “personal days” which could be used as time off for any reason. Plus, we were each granted 3 “professional days” which could be used for conferences, etc.
One of our greatest fringe benefits were “calamity days,” days in which school was not in session for weather related incidents. We called them “snow days”. The State of Ohio determined that each school was permitted 5 calamity days that would not need to be made up…5 days that the teachers were paid for not working. (Sometimes, the legislature excuses more days if it was a particularly bad winter.)
So let me help you with the math. In Ohio, a teacher was contracted for 183 days…minus 15 sick days…minus 3 personal days…minus 3 professional days…minus, (if old man winter cooperated) 5 calamity days…157 days of work. (Plus a substitute must be hired for each day).
My first year of teaching (1975) I signed a contract for $6700 to teach high school physical education, assistant football, wrestling, and baseball coach. Those were the days when teachers really were under paid. But I never complained. I knew what the job paid when I signed up for it.
But things are different today. One of my buddies (Bill) who started with me back in 1975 is still working at one of the more affluent schools in Central Ohio and his 2010 contract paid him $104,000 for teaching physical education. My guess is that Bill is not the best teacher in the district, merely the highest paid, based solely on longevity, not performance.
Let’s work some numbers. Bill makes $104,000 for 183 days of work…$585.31 per day. Using the scenario from above citing all of the “days off” the contract allows, the 15 sick days, 3 personal days, 3 professional days, and 5 calamity days adds up to 26 days of pay for which he did not work…$585.31 per day equals $15,218 for doing nothing.
Did you know that while little Johnnie enjoys his 5 snow days it doesn’t even compare to the joy that my buddy Bill has…those 5 snow days paid him $2926.55 for sleeping in. Gotta love that collective bargaining…getting paid not to work.
But that is not all. While elementary teachers work a full load, high school teachers are far more pampered. The average school day is 7 ½ hours, usually consisting of 9 class periods, each 50 minutes in length. Most contracts call for a teacher work load of 6 classes, one lunch period, one study hall duty, and one conference (free) period. In essence, 7 periods of class at 50 min. each totals 5.8 hours working directly with students. That’s how they keep the teacher/student ratio low…more teachers working fewer hours. Bill makes $108.86 for each hour in the classroom.
One of the things that JQ Public doesn’t understand is that the contract automatically has a built in raise for teachers each year. Take a look at this salary scale from a school in Colorado. Notice that at each step along the pay scale the teacher receives an automatic “step increase’ of 3% per year. In addition, they receive more money for levels of education, (BA +15). While the “average” salary in this district may be $55,000, it is possible for some teachers to make $100,000. Even a “pay freeze” is a misnomer. Teachers always get their yearly increase.
And here is another kicker. When my buddy Bill retires this year at age 58 after 35 years in public education he will be paid 70% of his highest salary as a pension. Yep, that’s right: Bill will retire at 70% of his $104,000 or $72,800 per year until he dies…plus his “severance package from unused sick leave…88 days at $585 per unused sick day…$51,480.
Oh, did I mention that Bill’s wife is also a teacher? Her deal is nearly identical to Bill’s. Florida, here they come!
I must have a hole in my head. If I had just shut my mouth and quietly given up my God-given rights I would be sittin’ in high cotton.
Hmmm. I wonder who is on the hook for the pension. Ohio’s State Teacher Retirement System is currently only 46% funded.
This cannot go on. It is not about the teachers, and as they have shown us in Wisconsin, it certainly isn’t about the children.
It is all about the math.
So let’s not stop in Wisconsin. Bust up the NEA. Eliminate the National Department of Education. Let’s give the schools back to the people.
Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President of Pass The Salt Ministries http://www.ptsalt.com and Minutemen United http://www.minutemenunited.org, is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.
____________________ "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man." Psalms 118:8
Great article Bonds7! Thanks for posting it! Yeah they've got a good gig going on don't they!
There was an article in the paper a week or so ago about the local school district here. It said that the average teacher's salary is 70,000 a year. Not bad for working just a little more than half a year! So again I ask, what are they crying about?!
P.S. Nice to hear from you Bonds7!
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Zsa Zsa Gabor born 1917 as Sari Gabor, claim to infamy-cop slapper and serial bride.
At 94 one of her legs has been partially amputated due to gangrene, the blood flow to the other has stopped, she has so far refused to have it removed.
Without the surgery she has a 50/50 chance of making it through this yr.
Pray for her eternal spirit and soul.
Recent Pic.;
1993 pic. of her in Midland, Tx. approx. 76 yrs. old ;
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year old grandson.
The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his step faltered.
The family ate together at the table. But the elderly grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.
The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess.
'We must do something about father,' said the son. 'I've had enough of his spilled milk, noisy eating, and food on the floor.'
So the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There, Grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner. Since Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl.
When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had a tear in his eye as he sat alone. Still, the only words the couple had for him were sharp admonitions when he dropped a fork or spilled food.
The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, 'What are you making?' Just as sweetly, the boy responded, 'Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mama to eat your food in when I grow up.'
The four-year-old smiled and went back to work.
The words so struck the parents so that they were speechless. Then tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done.
That evening the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him back to the family table.
For the remainder of his days he ate every meal with the family. And for some reason, neither husband nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk spilled, or the tablecloth soiled.
____________________ If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.
~Author Unknown
Dead at the young age of 81 from diabetes complications.
David Broder Washington Post columnist had covered every presidential race since 1960 and worked into his 80's.
He was one that believed reporters should spend more time talking with everyday people.
These days far too many reporters only spend time with people of their choosing rather than get a true feel for all kinds of citizens, no wonder so many people see them as the media elite or lame stream media,
Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
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GaCDBFan wrote: legitlinda wrote: I had a slow drain in my bathroom sink. I just used zip-it, and unclogging tool I picked up at Home Depot for around $2.00.
It worked in just a couple of seconds, but I'm a little nauseous now.
"Disgusting! But the two dollar thing works great!!!"
I made a good extractor from a coat hanger, it grabs the hair when I twist/turn it, I cut the wire and made little cork screw turns on the end of it with my needle nose pliers,
Duke
Edited in;I've been making and replacing them for well over 30 yrs., it just became obvious that I needed something like that.
Last edited on Tue Mar 15th, 2011 07:16 pm by Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
"Disgusting! But the two dollar thing works great!!!"
I made a good extractor from a coat hanger, it grabs the hair when I twist/turn it, I cut the wire and made little cork screw turns on the end of it with my needle nose pliers,
Duke
Edited in;I've been making and replacing them for well over 30 yrs., it just became obvious that I needed something like that. You should have patented it Duke!
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Like many people I've had all kinds of ideas, just don't have the ability to get financing to do anything with them.
I even have an idea for a surf electricity generator that takes into account the different sizes of the tidal waves. * It even generates on outgoing water also and can be safely taken off line to protect it during storms so the way to high waves wouldn't tear it up.
An ergonomic hair thingy that yr. after yr. I see others selling things on TV that is getting very close to being like mine, oh, someone will eventually do it.
I had a dream some while back that gave me an idea on weather and other alerts, no, not the radios. In the dream I was awakened by it, I thought more on it while talking in "Pacific Quake" and realized all that is needed is a simple box used almost like a retrofit added to make that dream a reality.
I love observing things and seeing ways to make them more efficient too.
For yrs. I'd been hoping for someone to come with a cheaper way of talking on the phone so I could get rid of the leaches that sucked way too much money from others and I, the MagicJack did that and I use it, is it perfect? No, but is good for me. Those folks had an idea and followed through with it.
I tried my best to get a daycare owner that had the building that got flooded by as much as a foot of water every few yrs. to use my simple ideas to fix his problem;
One of those was a water detector that would automatically call his home when the water level reached a certain heigth, the other was using easily installed and removed when not needed water barrier inserts at the doors and painting up a few feet on the outer walls with pool paint, that was shot down and within months the place flooded yet again and I helped carry kids out on my back to higher ground, the flood insurance paid off again too.
I truly love to see people using their brains and I love seeing good things happen,
Duke
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One of my past neighbors showed me his invention and I told him that what he had invented was what is called a perpetual motion device and that it absolutely would not work due to the energy loss that plagues all machines.
His idea was a loop system of pipes that would generate electricity by water turning an internal wheel, it started out with a small motor to start the water flowing and then would shut off and just let the downward weight of the continuous flowing water run a generator.
He wouldn't accept that the water also had to rise on the otherside of the looped system and would need a constant or at least an intermittent pump.
Surely the water flow would keep going for a minute or so, but would stop flowing by the law of nature after that, I felt sorry for him.
The only way it could possibly work is for the pumping motor to use much less energy than the generator took to make electricity
Some people get things in their minds and are so zoned in on it and some sadly tune good sense out.
With improved efficient electric generators, it may be possible some day that the power to run the pump uses less power by gas or electricity or both in some way to produce more than is used.
Maybe kick in some solar powertoo and that might help also.
At this time, I still think my assessment of his invention was/is right,
Duke
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Duke wrote: One of my past neighbors showed me his invention and I told him that what he had invented was what is called a perpetual motion device and that it absolutely would not work due to the energy loss that plagues all machines.
His idea was a loop system of pipes that would generate electricity by water turning an internal wheel, it started out with a small motor to start the water flowing and then would shut off and just let the downward weight of the continuous flowing water run a generator.
He wouldn't accept that the water also had to rise on the otherside of the looped system and would need a constant or at least an intermittent pump.
Surely the water flow would keep going for a minute or so, but would stop flowing by the law of nature after that, I felt sorry for him.
The only way it could possibly work is for the pumping motor to use much less energy than the generator took to make electricity
Some people get things in their minds and are so zoned in on it and some sadly tune good sense out.
With improved efficient electric generators, it may be possible some day that the power to run the pump uses less power by gas or electricity or both in some way to produce more than is used.
Maybe kick in some solar powertoo and that might help also.
At this time, I still think my assessment of his invention was/is right,
DukeYou were and are and always will be exactly right, except for the part about improving efficiency making it work someday. The most efficient you can make something is 100%, and that will only be true in theory. There are always frictions of various sorts that you can never completely get rid of, just reduce. The MOST energy the generator can produce ever, even ignoring friction, is exactly the same as the energy the pump put into the water to raise it up. Of course there is friction and less than perfect efficiency there too. The only thing you can do is make efficiency better to the point that it will run a little longer, but it will NEVER run forever.
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Duke wrote: At this time, I still think my assessment of his invention was/is right,
Duke
It is.
Just as using an electric car, you can recharge, going down hill, but if you turn around and drive back up the hill, you will have less charge than when you topped out on it before.
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I told him if I thought his invention would actually work I'd go to very great lengths in helping him get the credit and at least royalties that would make him very very rich.
He just wouldn't hear what I had to say and I suppose to this day he has those drawings and thinks other people are fools for not seeing it as workable.
If I had an invention that would help the world as much as that one would if for real, I'd try to get some royalties at least, but if that failed I'd donate it to all the industries I could find to send the info to.
Solar energy is free for the getting, but is expensive to put in use on a scale large enough to take a home off the electrical grid.
I did some researching into it a few weeks ago and decided that even as a DIY project it would take up way too much space and still cost quite a bit.
I have at times given thought to water heated by direct sunlight, that is a cheaper system and could be used to heat water for the house and for heating the house part time, that would still require automatic or manual switches, a lot of copper tubing and some plumbing connecting to the house system for heat transfer. Transfer of heat because one wouldn't want to actually use the fluid or water from those pipes directly,
Duke
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Duke wrote: Some people get things in their minds and are so zoned in on it and some sadly tune good sense out.
In drilling and production operations, we refer to them as "engineers".
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Edited in update note; In the 96th Post, I explain that what I thought I had invented mentioned in this 55th post is already being marketed on the Internet. (It is an ant free pet feeder.)
I just remembered another thing I did a make shift thingy to see if it would work and it did.
It's so very simple and just about everybody that feed pets outside would appreciate having one.
I just fall short when it comes to patents, getting it manufactured, and sold. I know the overall needs, just fall short on getting it actually done
I've never seen one anywhere, just my little experiment that worked well.
Would it sell? Yes big time, my guess is easily over a million within a yr. of being well marketed and more over the yrs. would still be being bought.
I think it would sell better in the southern states, but would also be useful in many of the lower northern states would see the need of it.
Any thoughts on getting it done would be appreciated.
I'd settle for reasonable royalties and still get plenty of money, I don't think I'm a greedy person. I will not give much details on the product though until he right time and place.
This I know, getting something patented is good, but after 5 yrs. of non manufacturing and sales makes it open for anyone to step in and go with it themselves. There is also the thing called circumvention where things can be changed just a bit as in making improvements, that way they can sell that new improved product. There has been a lot of good things taken that way that leaves the original inventor out in the cold so-to-speak.
A lot of people remember the story of the guy that invented the intermittent wipers, the big time car companies just waited for 5 yrs. and cut him out of the loop, he wrecked his life fighting them and lost.
Their greed was notorious, they could have cut some kind of money deal with him, but choose to walk over him,
Duke
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____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
I'm a bit more foggy headed than usual, I woke up in pain at 12:41 AM and haven't gone back to sleep yet, I'll be worn out not long from now and will get some much needed sleep.
I fed the cats early while my darling was leaving for school,
Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
Duke wrote: I'm a bit more foggy headed than usual, I woke up in pain at 12:41 AM and haven't gone back to sleep yet, I'll be worn out not long from now and will get some much needed sleep.
I fed the cats early while my darling was leaving for school,
Duke You take care Duke.
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin
My brother sent me that, along with this explaination.
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! About 8 C Btry soldiers pull up on a main street in Toms River,NJ= some holiday.They're in a standard issue WWII type Willys Jeep. In the span of about 5 minutes they completely disassemble the vehicle and reassemble it and drive off in it fully operable! The idea being to show the genius that went into the making of the jeep and its basic simplicity. Fantastic.
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This has been posted here in various ways, but I just came across this version I hadn't seen before. Feel free to link it anywhere else you wish to post it - I never edit nor delete files from my 'bucket
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No known physical injuries to the people living just outside San Jose, Ca. after a large rockslide has either 33 residents or 33 home?s of the residents trapped because the road in and out is heavily covered.
Authories say, they do not know when the road will be cleared.
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
As new members join the board, I sometimes glance at their "profiles" to get a snapshot of them.....their age, occupation, interests, etc.
Unfortunately, the "trend" still seems to be that very few new members input any data about themselves other than the bare basics. I understand that many either want or need to remain as private as they can nowadays. But a little info would be helpful to other members in knowing how to respond to others.....i.e., is the new member 18 years old or 75 years old? Are they a truck driver or an accountant? Do they have similar interests?
I'm sure most who have "bare basic" profiles do so for privacy/security reasons. However, an interesting trend I have noticed is the occasional trolls/pot-stirrers who join the board have all had "bare basic" profiles.
Interesting.
I may have brought this up a couple of years ago and I think Duke has mentioned this also. Just wondering if anyone else has thoughts on it.
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~Author Unknown
Cherokee Bill wrote: As new members join the board, I sometimes glance at their "profiles" to get a snapshot of them.....their age, occupation, interests, etc.
Unfortunately, the "trend" still seems to be that very few new members input any data about themselves other than the bare basics. I understand that many either want or need to remain as private as they can nowadays. But a little info would be helpful to other members in knowing how to respond to others.....i.e., is the new member 18 years old or 75 years old? Are they a truck driver or an accountant? Do they have similar interests?
I'm sure most who have "bare basic" profiles do so for privacy/security reasons. However, an interesting trend I have noticed is the occasional trolls/pot-stirrers who join the board have all had "bare basic" profiles.
Interesting.
I may have brought this up a couple of years ago and I think Duke has mentioned this also. Just wondering if anyone else has thoughts on it.
I agree that it would be nice to have a little information on the person.
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I like to look at profiles, it does help to get some idea who people are.
I can understand the need of some privacy, but some people wil nt even list their birthdate or what state they are in.
A lot list absolutely nothing, their right of course.
It does cause a bit of mistrust in some peoples minds though.
If people knew how many times I have been threatened with violence, some may wonder why I would still have as much info about myself in there as I do, that is not the norm on here though and I'm known for getting into serious conversations.
I have little to no respect for liars, deceivers, conspiracy freaks, KKK, Neo-Nazies, Black Panther Party members, socialists and communists, anti-Americans which are sometimes the enemy within this country, etc.
Even without the info in profiles those folks soon show themselves in just a few posts.
Some things I like about profiles is peoples interests, where they are from, their birthdays, and some have some really interesting signatures and avatars,
Duke
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Several illegal aliens were caught dressed like U.S. Marines and were driving a vehicle with a stolen gov't. tag on it.
At this point it is believed that the law breakers/illegals were just using that as a way to get into the country to steal jobs.
That said, I thought it was illegal also to impersonate the Military and also using a stolen tag.
It is most apparent that the U.S. has failed in getting the message out that it is illegal to enter this country illegally and that there are real consequences to doing that.
The message is that we will treat them with respect and they may get shamesty.
The way Mexicans treat illegals in their country is in stark difference to ours!!!
We need real leaders seriously seriously bad,
Duke
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Duke wrote: I like to look at profiles, it does help to get some idea who people are.
I can understand the need of some privacy, but some people wil nt even list their birthdate or what state they are in.
A lot list absolutely nothing, their right of course.
It does cause a bit of mistrust in some peoples minds though.
If people knew how many times I have been threatened with violence, some may wonder why I would still have as much info about myself in there as I do, that is not the norm on here though and I'm known for getting into serious conversations.
I have little to no respect for liars, deceivers, conspiracy freaks, KKK, Neo-Nazies, Black Panther Party members, socialists and communists, anti-Americans which are sometimes the enemy within this country, etc.
Even without the info in profiles those folks soon show themselves in just a few posts.
Some things I like about profiles is peoples interests, where they are from, their birthdays, and some have some really interesting signatures and avatars,
Duke I was told by a dear member of this board that I should be very careful of what I post on the internet because there are former members of this board who would hurt me if they could. So, sadly, we do have to be very careful....
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Duke wrote: Several illegal aliens were caught dressed like U.S. Marines and were driving a vehicle with a stolen gov't. tag on it.
At this point it is believed that the law breakers/illegals were just using that as a way to get into the country to steal jobs.
That said, I thought it was illegal also to impersonate the Military and also using a stolen tag.
It is most apparent that the U.S. has failed in getting the message out that it is illegal to enter this country illegally and that there are real consequences to doing that.
The message is that we will treat them with respect and they may get shamesty.
The way Mexicans treat illegals in their country is in stark difference to ours!!!
We need real leaders seriously seriously bad,
Duke I saw that this morning on Fox. If we don't start cracking down hard we are just asking for trouble.
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
There's an old saying about "a penny for your thoughts." And I doubt we would get even that for our thoughts but it's good to know we're all basically on the "same sheet of music" about this.
Linda, thanks for sharing your info. Sorry to hear that.
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~Author Unknown
legitlinda wrote: Duke wrote: I like to look at profiles, it does help to get some idea who people are.
I can understand the need of some privacy, but some people wil nt even list their birthdate or what state they are in.
A lot list absolutely nothing, their right of course.
It does cause a bit of mistrust in some peoples minds though.
If people knew how many times I have been threatened with violence, some may wonder why I would still have as much info about myself in there as I do, that is not the norm on here though and I'm known for getting into serious conversations.
I have little to no respect for liars, deceivers, conspiracy freaks, KKK, Neo-Nazies, Black Panther Party members, socialists and communists, anti-Americans which are sometimes the enemy within this country, etc.
Even without the info in profiles those folks soon show themselves in just a few posts.
Some things I like about profiles is peoples interests, where they are from, their birthdays, and some have some really interesting signatures and avatars,
Duke I was told by a dear member of this board that I should be very careful of what I post on the internet because there are former members of this board who would hurt me if they could. So, sadly, we do have to be very careful....
I have had threats too, although not through this board. I don't really worry about them becaus they have been from the cowardly, socialist, libtards that are afraid to stand up and be counted, with out a crowd to back them up.
They might find it hard to hurt me.
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I don't fear when anyone threatens me on here, if I were to be concerned it would be for others not for myself. If I even took the threats seriously.
I can protect myself well enough.
I've done more harm to myself through accidents and stupid things, much worse than anyone else has ever done to me.
Fear? No, I try to look at life and the things in it realistically.
I've done my best to teach my wife to be alert in life's situations and to stay calm about it, I never want her to fear, just be aware of her surroundings and for example if she has that uneasy feeling in a parking lot, either find another place to park or go on to her next thing to do on her list.
I now remind all members mostly the ladies, that if they are in a place, most places will have someone walk you to your car if you feel like you would feel safer in asking for it.
Another thing I try to keep in mind is not to get emotional or frantic about making a turn that is very close to being missed, just got to the next exit, better to take it easy rather than risk others being put in a jam because of my sudden maneuver.
Simple things that at times others have put us in danger because they just had to get into the turn they should have by passed.
It's sad but true that people fall into seeing other vehicles as obstacles to be dealt with rather than keeping in mind that others are as important as themselves.
Well I rambled as usual, but I think I got my point across that giving things some thought in life helps in many situations.
Duke
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legitlinda wrote: Duke wrote: Several illegal aliens were caught dressed like U.S. Marines and were driving a vehicle with a stolen gov't. tag on it.
At this point it is believed that the law breakers/illegals were just using that as a way to get into the country to steal jobs.
That said, I thought it was illegal also to impersonate the Military and also using a stolen tag.
It is most apparent that the U.S. has failed in getting the message out that it is illegal to enter this country illegally and that there are real consequences to doing that.
The message is that we will treat them with respect and they may get shamesty.
The way Mexicans treat illegals in their country is in stark difference to ours!!!
We need real leaders seriously seriously bad,
Duke I saw that this morning on Fox. If we don't start cracking down hard we are just asking for trouble.
With what we have in DC, I have been getting the opinion that nothing is illegal for an illegal. Thanks, obama and holder.
____________________ Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to attain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
There's an old saying about "a penny for your thoughts." And I doubt we would get even that for our thoughts but it's good to know we're all basically on the "same sheet of music" about this.
Linda, thanks for sharing your info. Sorry to hear that.
Thanks CB.
____________________ for now,
Linda
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Winston Churchill
Apparently the Mayor of Mount Juliet and the State Rep. for Mount Juliet are the same person ...Linda Elam!
Can anybody say "Double Dip"? Even a local judge has ruled that this is legal.
I also enjoyed the March 9th post where the DemocRAT received over 8,000 votes in a precinct where there are only 1,400 registered voters!
Last edited on Mon Apr 4th, 2011 03:16 am by KeepTheChange
____________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Apparently the Mayor of Mount Juliet and the State Rep. for Mount Juliet are the same person ...Linda Elam!
Can anybody say "Double Dip"? Even a local judge has ruled that this is legal.
I also enjoyed the March 9th post where the DemocRAT received over 8,000 votes in a precinct where there are only 1,400 registered voters!
That shows how determined and dedicated the Dims. are, they even vote after they are dead.
I doubt that driving a wooden stake through their hearts after death would stop them.
I know the calls for honesty and fairness sure hasn't,
We used to have a thread called "Good News," "Happy News," or something to that effect. We thought at the time it was a welcome alternative to all the bad news going on. That thread is long gone and, goodness knows, the majority of news now is still bad so here's a "cheerful news" story:
Report: Immigrants Use Welfare System More Than Natives
A day after a "civil justice" group asked why Florida needed new immigration laws, a Washington think tank offered a dollars-and-cents answer.
The Center for Immigration Studies on Tuesday reported that U.S. immigrants -- legal and illegal -- use welfare programs at a higher rate than the native population.
____________________ Reno
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -- Benjamin Franklin
I loved your story and what a wonderful outlook on life for you to grow up under.I just read this by Mr.Bill gates and he too has a great outlook .
Please read his thoughts farther down on this page.
~ Bill Gates ~
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room..
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
*Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you'll end up working for one..
If you can read this... Thank a Teacher. If you can read this in English... Thank a Soldier!
And for life and everything else you have... Thank God!!
Now.... think about this and smile if you agree and please pass this on...
If you don't agree, go stick your head in the sand and take a deep breath!
I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august occasion. It's about time. Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you; you'll have enough smoke blown your way today. And you can bet your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration.
You may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. This isn't the first time you're not going to like what someone has to say … your bosses, for instance. Things change today. There will be a lot less pandering to your every whim, and a lot more demands for performance. You will remember what I had to say though. Especially after about 10 years out there in the real world. This, of course, does not apply to those of you who will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees … or as college professors.
You've heard the old saying that those who can - do. Those who can't - teach. That sounds deliciously insensitive. But there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion. Say good-bye to your faculty because now you are getting ready to go out there and do. These folks behind me are going to stay right here and teach.
By the way, just because you are leaving this place with a diploma doesn't mean the learning is over. When an FAA flight examiner handed me my private pilot's license many years ago, he said, 'Here, this is your ticket to learn.' The same can be said for your diploma. Believe me, the learning has just begun.
OK .. it's time for you to hear something – to learn something – that may, but should not, come as a complete surprise.
You are the victims of a terrible fraud. You have just completed your travels through an educational system that had no real intention of educating you … at least not too much.
You're pretty hot at research right now, aren't you? While those skills are still with you, perhaps you would like to put them to work studying the start of compulsory government education in the early part of the last century. Do you really think that the goal of our compulsory government education system has been to actually educate you?
Did you study H. L. Mencken? In 1924 he wrote an article for the American Mercury where he defined the true aim of our then-fledgling system of education. Listen carefully:
The aim of public education is not to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence. ... Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim … is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is the aim in the United States and that is its aim everywhere else.
Think about this. Who owns the schools? The government. Who mandates attendance? The government. Who staffs the schools? The government … with government workers. Who directs the work of the schools? The government. Can you see where it is in the best interests of government to suppress dissent and originality? Can you understand why government would want a standardized citizenry? Those who dissent; those who produce originality of thought; those who exceed the standards are a threat to what? The status quo, that's what … and government likes the calming influence of the status quo.
There's an amazing book that you need to put at the top of your reading list … now that you don't have to focus on college texts any more. The book is by John Taylor Gatto, and it's called "The Underground History of American Education." Gatto was the teacher of the year in New York City. He wrote an extraordinary letter to the Wall Street Journal in 2001. Let me share the first part of that letter with you:
I've taught public school for 26 years but I just can't do it anymore. For years I asked the local school board and superintendent to let me teach a curriculum that doesn't hurt kids, but they had other fish to fry. So I'm going to quit, I think.
I've come slowly to understand what it is I really teach: A curriculum of confusion, class position, arbitrary justice, vulgarity, rudeness, disrespect for privacy, indifference to quality, and utter dependency. I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in.
I just can't do it anymore. I can't train children to wait to be told what to do; I can't train people to drop what they are doing when a bell sounds; I can't persuade children to feel some justice in their class placement when there isn't any, and I can't persuade children to believe teachers have valuable secrets they can acquire by becoming our disciples. That isn't true.
Just google "I quit, I think" and you can read the rest of Gatto's letter to the Wall Street Journal. You've been had .. big time. Read the letter. You'll see how ---- and how bad.
Can you see why government would want to keep you dumbed down and placated? Gatto's book explains it all. He talks about the effort to bring the Prussian style of education to the United States in the early 1900s. He describes his shock that Americans were to eager to adopt what he calls "one of the very worst aspects of Prussian culture … an educational system deliberately designed to produce mediocre intellects, to hamstring the inner life, to deny students appreciable leadership skills, and to ensure docile and incomplete citizens in order to render the populace "manageable."
So … do you think you know enough to be a threat to the ruling class?
How many of you can name your two US Senators? How about the Vice President? Who is your congressman? How often is he elected? Can you give me the gist of the 10th Amendment?
Am I trying to insult you here? No, I'm trying to illustrate something.
What are the three branches of government? Who officially represents the government of this state – not the people, the government -- in Washington?
How strong is your economic knowledge? Do you believe that the rich should pay their fair share? If so, can you tell me what percentage of total income the hated top 1% earns and what percentage of income taxes they pay? If you can't, don't worry too much. I've interviewed presidential candidates who can't tell you.
Here's a toughie …. What is the difference between a profit and a profit margin? Do corporations pay taxes? If so, where do they get the money?
A person who cannot answer virtually all of these questions is a person who is going to present absolutely no threat at all to current political thought. This is a person who will repeat government feel-good slogans and political mantras .. and then turn to a discussion of the last episode of "Lost."
Feeling pretty good about your education now, aren't you?
Now, I realize that most of you consider yourselves Liberals. In fact, you are probably very proud of your liberal views. You care so much. You feel so much. You want to help so much. After all, you're a compassionate and caring person, aren't you now? Well, isn't that just so extraordinarily special. Now, at this age, is as good a time as any to be a Liberal; as good a time as any to know absolutely everything. You have plenty of time, starting tomorrow, for the truth to set in. Over the next few years, as you begin to feel the cold breath of reality down your neck, things are going to start changing pretty fast .. including your own assessment of just how much you really know.
So here are the first assignments for your initial class in post-graduate reality: Pay attention to the news, read newspapers – as long as we have newspapers -- and listen to the words and phrases that proud Liberals use to promote their causes. Then compare the words of the left to the words and phrases you hear from those evil, heartless, greedy conservatives. From the Left you will hear "I feel." From the Right you will hear "I think." From the Liberals you will hear references to groups --The Blacks, The Poor, The Rich, The Disadvantaged, The Less Fortunate. From the Right you will hear references to individuals. On the Left you hear talk of group rights; on the Right, individual rights.
That about sums it up, really: Liberals feel. Liberals care. They are pack animals whose identity is tied up in group dynamics and the principal of looting. Conservatives and Libertarians think -- and, setting aside the theocracy crowd, their identity is centered on the individual – individual worth and achievement.
Liberals feel that their favored groups, have enforceable rights to the property and services of productive individuals. Conservatives (and Libertarians, myself among them I might add) think that individuals have the right to protect their lives and their property from the plunder of the masses.
In college you developed a group mentality, but if you look closely at your diplomas you will see that they have your individual names on them. Not the name of your school mascot, or of your fraternity or sorority, but your name. This group identity nonsense needs to go away … now. Your recognition and appreciation of your individual identity should begin immediately.
There's a chance that, over the next eight to ten years, the lessons of life will not have brought you to the rational thinking processes of a libertarian or a conservative. If you find that to be your reality when you reach the age of 30 … 35 tops … then you need to rush right back here as quickly as you can and apply for a faculty position. These people will welcome you with open arms. They will welcome you, that is, so long as you haven't developed an individual identity. Once again you will have to be willing to sign on to the group mentality you embraced during the past four years.
Something is going to happen soon that is going to really open your eyes. You're going to actually get a full time job! You're also going to find that you have a partner. This partner isn't going to help you do your job. This partner is just going to sit back and wait for payday. This partner doesn't want to share in your effort -- just your earnings.
Your new lifelong partner is actually an agent; an agent representing a strange and diverse group of people. An agent for every single mother raising an illegitimate child. An agent for a research scientist who wanted to make some cash answering the age-old question of why monkeys grind their teeth. An agent for some poor aging hippie who considers herself to be a meaningful and talented artist ... but who just can't manage to sell any of her artwork on the open market.
Your new partner is an agent for every person with limited, if any, job skills; for every person who ignored all proffered educational opportunities, for every loser dreaming of nothing more than a job at City Hall. Your partner will be an agent for tin-horn dictators in fancy military uniforms grasping for American foreign aid. An agent for multi-million-dollar companies who want someone else to pay for their overseas advertising. An agent for everybody who wants to use the unimaginable power of this agent's for their personal enrichment and benefit.
That agent is our wonderful, caring, compassionate, oppressive Imperial Federal Government. Believe me, you will be awed by the unimaginable power this agent has. Power that you do not have. A power that no individual has, will have or should have. This agent has the legal power to use force – deadly force – to accomplish its goals.
You have no choice here. Your new friend is just going to walk up to you, introduce itself rather gruffly, hand you a few forms to fill out, and move right on in. Say hello to your own personal one ton gorilla with a gun. It will sleep anywhere it wants to.
Now, let me tell you, this agent is not cheap. As you become successful it will seize about 40% of everything you earn. And no, I'm sorry, there just isn't any way you can fire this agent of plunder, this looter, and you can't decrease it's share of your income. That power rests with him, not you.
Does it bother you that I'm not particularly fond of our government? Well, be clear on this: It is not wrong to distrust government. It is not wrong to fear government. In certain cases it is not even wrong to despise government for government is inherently evil. Oh yes, I know it's a necessary evil, but it is dangerous nonetheless ... somewhat like a drug. Just as a drug that in the proper dosage can save your life, an overdose of government can be fatal.
Now – let's address a few things that have been crammed into your minds at this university. There are some ideas you need to expunge as soon as possible. These ideas may work well in academic environment, but they fail miserably out there in the real world.
First – that favorite buzz word of the media, government and academia: Diversity!
You have been taught that the real value of any group of people - be it a social group, an employee group, a management group, whatever - is based on diversity. This is a favored liberal ideal because diversity is based not on an individual's abilities or character, but on a person's identity and status as a member of a group. Yes – it's that liberal group identity thing again.
Within the great diversity movement group identification - be it racial, gender based, one of the fourteen different classifications of sexual proclivities, or some other minority status - means more than the individual's integrity, character or other qualifications.
Brace yourself. You are about to move from this academic atmosphere where diversity rules, to a workplace and a culture where individual achievement and excellence actually count. No matter what your professors have taught you over the last four years, you are about to learn that diversity is absolutely no replacement for excellence, ability, and individual hard work. Unless, of course, you are working for the government or academia.
From this day on every single time you hear the word "diversity" you can rest assured that there is someone close by who is determined to rob you of every vestige of individuality you possess.
We also need to address this thing you seem to have about "rights." We have witnessed an obscene explosion of so-called "rights" in the last few decades, usually emanating from college campuses.
You know the mantra: You have the right to a job. The right to a place to live. The right to a living wage. The right to health care. The right to an education. You probably even have your own pet right - the right to a Beemer, for instance, or the right to have someone else provide for that child you plan on downloading in a year or so.
Forget it. Forget those rights! I'll tell you what your rights are! You have a right to live free, and you have a right to whatever wealth you are able to produce with your labor. You'll be disappointed to learn that you have no right to any portion of the life or labor of another.
You may think, for instance, that you have a right to health care. After all, the president said so, didn't he? But you cannot receive health care unless some doctor or health practitioner surrenders some of his time - his life - to you. He may be willing to do this for compensation, but that's his choice. You have no "right" to his time or property. You have no right to any portion of his or any other person's life.
You may also think you have some "right" to a job; a job with a living wage, whatever that is. Do you mean to tell me that you have a right to force your services on another person, and then the right to demand that this person compensate you with their money? What if he doesn't need your services? I can't wait for you to point that one out for me in our Constitution. I sure would like to be a fly on the wall when some urban outdoorsmen (that would be "homeless person" for those of you who don't want to give these less fortunate people a romantic and adventurous title) came to you and demanded his job and your money.
And while I'm on the subject of jobs … let's straighten out a bit of a misconception you may have. Jobs belong to the employer, not to the employee. You will go "look" for a job. Well, if the job belonged to you wouldn't have to look very far would you? Businessmen create those jobs. The jobs belong to them, not you. They will, with conditions, offer you that job if they believe them to be capable. And guess what? They're not going to pay you what you're worth. They're going to pay you less. Know why? Because if every employer out there paid every employee exactly what that employee was worth, where is the profit for the employer? You are there to make money for the person who gave you the job. To do that you have to produce wealth. You get a good portion of it … but some must go to the employer. There is simply no other reason to hire you. And another thing … there is no "shipping OUR jobs overseas." They are the employer's jobs, not yours. They can do with them what they wish. Get used to it.
The people who have been telling you about all the rights you have are simply exercising one of theirs - the right to be imbeciles. Their being imbeciles didn't cost anyone else either property or time. It's their right, and they exercise it brilliantly.
By the way, did you catch my use of the phrase "less fortunate" a bit ago when I was talking about the urban outdoorsmen and the poor, poor, pitiful, pathetic poor? That phrase is a favorite of the Left. Think about it, and you'll understand why.
To imply that one person is homeless, destitute, dirty, drunk, spaced out on drugs, unemployable, and generally miserable because he is "less fortunate" is to imply that a successful person - one with a job, a home and a future - is in that position because he or she was "fortunate." The dictionary says that fortunate means "having derived good from an unexpected place." There is nothing unexpected about deriving good from hard work. There is also nothing unexpected about deriving misery from choosing drugs, alcohol, and the street instead of education and personal responsibility.
If the Left can create the common perception that success and failure are simple matters of "fortune" or "luck," then it is easy to promote and justify their various income seizure and redistribution schemes. After all, you didn't work for the money, did you? You were just lucky, and here we are just evening out the odds a little bit, aren't we?
This "success equals luck" idea the liberals like to push is seen everywhere. One time Democrat presidential candidate Richard Gephardt liked to refer to high-achievers as "people who have won life's lottery." He wanted you to believe they are making the big bucks because they are lucky; all they did was buy the right lottery ticket. What an insult this is to the man or woman who works that 60 hour week to provide for a family.
It's not luck, my friends. It's choice. One of the greatest lessons I ever learned was in a book by Og Mandino, entitled "The Greatest Secret in the World." The lesson? Very simple: "Use wisely your power of choice."
That bum sitting on a heating grate, smelling like a wharf rat? He's there by choice. He is there because of the sum total of the choices he has made in his life. This truism is absolutely the hardest thing for some people to accept, especially those who consider themselves to be victims of something or other - victims of discrimination, bad luck, the system, capitalism, whatever. After all, nobody really wants to accept the blame for his or her position in life. Not when it is so much easier to point and say, "Look! He did this to me!" than it is to look into a mirror and say, "You S.O.B.! You did this to me!"
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.
Some of the choices are obvious: Whether or not to stay in school. Whether or not to get pregnant. Whether or not to hit the bottle. Whether or not to keep this job you hate until you get another better-paying job. Whether or not to save some of your money, or saddle yourself with huge payments for that new car.
Some of the choices are seemingly insignificant: Whom to go to the movies with. Whose car to ride home in. Whether to watch the tube tonight, or read a book on investing. But, and you can be sure of this, each choice counts. Each choice is a building block - some large, some small. But each one is a part of the structure of your life. If you make the right choices, or if you make more right choices than wrong ones, something absolutely terrible may happen to you. Something unthinkable. You, my friend, could become one of the hated, the evil, the ugly, the feared, the filthy, the successful, the rich.
Quite a few people have followed that tragic path.
The rich basically serve two purposes in this country. First, they provide the investments, the investment capital, and the brains for the formation of new businesses. Businesses that hire people. Businesses that send millions of paychecks home each week to the un-rich.
Second, the rich are a wonderful object of ridicule, distrust, and hatred. Few things are more valuable to a politician than the envy most Americans feel for the evil rich.
Envy is a powerful emotion. Politicians use envy to get votes and power. And they keep that power by promising the envious that the envied will be punished: "The rich will pay their fair share of taxes if I have anything to do with it.'
The truth is that the top 10% of income earners in this country pays almost 50% of all income taxes collected. I shudder to think what these job producers would be paying if our tax system were any more "fair."
You have heard, no doubt, that in America the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Interestingly enough, our government's own numbers show that many of the poor actually get richer, and that quite a few of the rich actually get poorer. But for the rich who do actually get richer, and the poor who remain poor ... there's an explanation -- a reason. The rich, you see, keep doing the things that make them rich; while the poor keep doing the things that make them poor.
Speaking of the poor, during your adult life you are going to hear an endless string of politicians bemoaning the plight of the poor in America. So, you need to know that under our government's definition of "poor" you can have a $5 million net worth, a $900,000 paid-for home and a new $160,000 Bentley, all completely paid for. You can also have a maid, cook, and valet, and $10 million in a checking account, and you can still be officially defined by our government as "living in poverty." Now there's something you haven't seen on the evening news.
How does the government pull this one off? Very simple, really. To determine whether or not some poor soul is "living in poverty," the government measures one thing -- just one thing. Income. It doesn't matter one bit how much you have, how much you own, how many cars you drive or how big they are, whether or not your pool is heated, whether you winter in Aspen and spend the summers in the Bahamas, or how much is in your savings account. It only matters how much income you claim in that particular year. This means that if you take a one-year leave of absence from your high-paying job and decide to live off the money in your savings and checking accounts while you write the next great American novel, the government says you are 'living in poverty."
This isn't exactly what you had in mind when you heard these gloomy statistics, is it?
Do you need more convincing? Try this. The government's own statistics show that people who are said to be "living in poverty" spend more than $1.50 for each dollar of income they claim. Something is a bit fishy here. just remember all this the next time Katie Couric puffs up and tells you about some hideous new poverty statistics.
And please remember this: The average person in this country described as "poor" has a higher standard of living than the average European. Not the average "poor" European, the average European.
Why has the government concocted this phony poverty scam? Because the government needs an excuse to grow and to expand its social welfare programs, which translates into an expansion of its power. If the government can convince you, in all your compassion, that the number of "poor" is increasing, it will have all the excuse it needs to sway an electorate suffering from the advanced stages of Obsessive-Compulsive Compassion Disorder.
Well, it looks like I'm about to be given the hook. The faculty looks a little angry. Come to think of it … some of you look a little ticked off too. Are you starting to get it? The fun times are fading … it's time to get down to business, and the people you will be working for have a much tighter grip on reality than these people who have been teaching you for the past years have. Why don't you try occupying the boss's office the next time something doesn't go your way. Let us all know how that works out for you.
Well … I'm guessing that they've already changed their minds about that honorary degree I was going to get. That's OK, though. I still have my Ph.D. in Insensitivity from the Neal Boortz Institute for Insensitivity Training. You're about to start studying for yours. I learned that, in short, sensitivity sucks. It's a trap. Think about it - the truth knows no sensitivity. Life can be insensitive. Wallow too much in sensitivity and you'll be unable to deal with life, or the truth. So, get over it.
Now, before the dean has me shackled and hauled off, I have a few random thoughts.You need to register to vote, unless you're part of the moocher class. If you are living off the efforts of others, please do us the favor of sitting down and shutting up until you are on your own again. While we're paying the bills you can keep your gripes to yourself. As long as we're taking care of you we would appreciate it if you would just sit down, shut up and get a skill. Or have the decency to just stay out of our way so we can get the job done.
When you do vote, your votes for the House and the Senate are more important than your vote for president. The House controls the purse strings, so concentrate your awareness there. Try to put as much importance on learning your congressman's name as you do remembering the name of your aerobics or yoga instructor.
Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument of plunder. If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.
Don't look in other people's pockets. You have no business there. What they earn is theirs. What you manage to earn is yours. Keep it that way. Nobody owes you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and leave you the hell alone.
Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The winners drive home in the dark.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Finally (and aren't you glad to hear that word), as Og Mandino wrote,
1. Proclaim your rarity. Each of you is a rare and unique human being.
2. Use wisely your power of choice.
3. Go the extra mile ... drive home in the dark.
Care as much about America's future as you do about American Idol.
Oh, and put off buying that flat screen as long as you can.
Now, if you have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get the hell out of here and never come back.
____________________ Every Day, I Wake Up With The Benefit Of The Mercy Of Jesus, The Love Of My Wife, And I Do It As An American.
I'm Up By 3 Just Starting Out The Day!
Thank You Charlie Daniels For The Opportunity To Utilize Your Message Board
He recites pretty much that same speech every year about graduation time. He actually delivered it to some students at Kennesaw State University I think it was. It wasn't the "official" graduation though. Most universities are too liberal to allow such truths to be uttered to their students.
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Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
INDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.
loner1115 wrote: Talk about a load of "you know what".
Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
INDIANAPOLIS | Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.
Some people may just resist anyone breaking into their home, be they cops or criminals. And they may just shoot first and ask questions later!
____________________ "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she
should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren't good
for the environment.
The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the
green thing back in my day."
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. The former
generation did not care enough to save our environment."
He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing in its
day.
Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer
bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to
be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same
bottles over and over. So they really were recycled.
But they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an
escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the
grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every
time they had to go two blocks.
But she was right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have
the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy
gobbling machine burning up 220 volts - wind and solar power really
did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their
brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that old lady is right, they didn't have the green thing back
in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house - not a TV in
every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a
handkerchief, not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the
kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn't have
electric machines to do everything for you.
When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a
wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic
bubble wrap.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to
cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to
run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right, they didn't have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using
a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water.
They refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new
pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of
throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But they didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their
bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their
moms into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in
a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances.
And they didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal
beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find
the nearest pizza joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful the
old folks were just because they didn't have the green thing back
then?
~Author Unknown~
____________________ Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to attain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
There's some very good posts within this topic, good reading, good ideas, news and some good news, etc.
I had to add something to my 55th post, an update.
I found out one of my so-called inventions has been on the market for some time now.
Many people have new inventions or improvs, or improvements on things.
After doing some testing of my idea and finding that it does work.
I had never seen one so I thought I invented it, actually in not knowing they already existed, I kinda sorta did as far as an idea, it's just as I've said before; many people do think of the same kind of things, it's the ones that git'r done that count.
Well I finally out of curiosity got around to doing an Internet search "ant free feeders" and there they were, several sites selling ant free pet feeders for outdoors or indoors where pests(ants) are problems.
One of the designs is exactly like I had envisioned one being made, there is one design that I didn't see though.
I'm glad they are on the market because many pets already do not have to deal with pesky ants in their food dishes and I like that.
I could feel sad because I found out they are already being sold or stupid for thinking I invented it, but I'll stick with just being glad they are on the market and pets and strays are benefiting.
It is really simple; it's a moat of water surrounding the dish, the ants do not like getting in the water.
I took one container for water that is a little larger than the feeder dish so it will sit inside.
The sizes needed is determined by the size of the pets.
When they get cheaper, I'll by 7 of them for my stray cats until then I'll improv, it works for me for now.
I enjoyed the thinking process and the fact that I took two things and made them work together for double duty, I encourage all to keep thinking about things and never beat yourselves up over failures.
There are many things that are very useful that came into being after failures, I'm glad the inventors didn't give up,
Duke
____________________ “The truth is, politics and morality are inseparable."– President Ronald Reagan
I am putting this in here because it really doesn't fit in any other thread.
These people claim to support free speech while putting their names on a paper to limit other people's speech.
Stuck on stupid.
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
Sorry about leaving out the link. I was gone all weekend and didn't realize I'd goofed.
Thank you for putting it in.
____________________ MGySgt USMC
(Ret)
Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
Interestingly, I am originally from Springfield, MA where the owner of the car was, but I didn't know Mr. Swift personally.
for now,
