Points to Ponder

[Judy Harder]

2 Tough Questions

Question 1:

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphillis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.

Question 2:

It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three candidates. Who would you vote for?

Candidate A

Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologist.  He's had two mistresses.  He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.

Candidate B

He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C

He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife.

Which of these candidates would be our choice?

Decide first... no peeking, then scroll down for the response.


Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Churchill.
Candidate C is Adolph Hitler.


And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:

If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it?  Makes a person think before judging someone.


Wait till you see the end of this note! Keep reading..


Never be afraid to try something new.


Remember:

Amateurs. .built the ark.
Professionals...built the Titanic


And Finally, can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:


* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse
* 7 have been arrested for fraud
* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks
* 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
* 3 have done time for assault
* 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
* 8 have been arrested for shoplifting
* 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
* 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year...


Can you guess which organization this is?

Give up yet?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress.

The same group that crank out hundreds of new laws each year, designed to keep the rest of us in line.

[pam]

lol now we know why they pass the laws they do!

[flo]

  before I scrolled down, I had picked A - his bad personal habits has no bearing on whether he can do the job or not is my thinking, whether right or wrong.

of the 117 that have bankrupted 2 businesses, that number is about to become 3 businesses cause think they are about the bankrupt the U.S.

[Teresa]

Speaking of bankrupt...

Mark told me last night on the way out to burn that Ace Hardware is going belly up...
And Coleman claimed Bankruptcy..
I don't know if anyone will buy Coleman and try to make it a go again.. but Ace is pretty much over I think.

I haven't had any time to look any of this up.. so this is just standing at the farm fence and gossiping. 

[flo]

Coleman has been down-sizing for many years, so not surprised.  I went into an Ace Hardware a few years ago to get something, don't remember what now, and  at the prices they charged, probably no-one shopped there more than once.  I sure didn't.  So that might explain that . . . . AND, hate to keep harping on this, but Wal-Mart is not doing any of these businesses any favors.  They move in, run the others out of business, then up their prices.  oops - that's soap box day, right?