From the HAYS DAILY NEWS
by R. W. Yeager Norton, Ks.
We need to show more sympathy for these people.
They travel miles in the heat, they risk their lives crossing a border, they don't get paid enough wages, they do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do, they live in crowed conditions among a people who speak a different language, they rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans...
I'm talking about our troops.
Doesn't it seem strange that the Democrats are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them? >:(
Received this and thought it was cute..
True... but also cute.. so instead of starting a new thread for just this I will post it to this one. :D
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old California rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Nancy Pelosi and her elevation to speaker of the house.
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Nancy is a post turtle."
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him just what was a 'post turtle'.
The old rancher said,
"When you're drivin' down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, well...that's a post turtle.
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.
"You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just want to help the dumb ass get down."
:DGreat story. This just sums it up nicely.
You're my kind of girl!
I think that describes the present Speaker of the House perfectly.
:) :) :) :) I agree,too. Jody
WARNING FROM PAKISTAN
This morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of Migration,
Mohammed Omar, warned the United States and Canada that if military action
against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's and Canada's
supply of convenience store managers.
And if this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next,
followed by Dell and Sprint customer service reps.
It's getting ugly! ;D
Let's call his bluff and keep our troops in Iraq until the unintelligible foreign accents have been banished. Well, maybe not. If listening to another telephone call that I can't understand will bring a boy home, keep calling.
just read that "warning" from Pakistan. Well, I'm sure glad they didn't threaten to take away all those rude motel managers. Then again, as far as I'm concerned they can recall all them too. However, I'm one of those that if it don't say "American Owned - American Operated" we don't stop.
I won't even make a reservation if I can't understand the reservation center's spokesperson. I have had 2 bad experiences with them either not having recorded my reservation or mistaking what I wanted for what I got.
School 1957 vs. School 2007
Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lockdown, the FBI is called, Jack is hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors are called in to assist traumatized students and teachers.
Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end
up buddies.
2007 - Police are called, SWAT team arrives and arrests Johnny and Mark. They are charged with assault and both are expelled even though Johnny started it.
Scenario: Jeffrey won't sit still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey is sent to the principal's office and given a good paddling. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra state funding because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.
Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some Aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares Aspirin with the school principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police are called and Mark is expelled from School for drug violations. His car is searched for drugs and weapons.
Scenario: Pedro fails high-school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by local human rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that making English a requirement for graduation is racist. US Civil Liberties Association files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover Independence Day firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up an anthill.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - Homeland Security and the FBI are called and Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. Teams investigate parents, siblings are removed from the home, computers are confiscated, and Johnny's dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
Scenario: Johnny falls during recess and scrapes his knee. His teacher, Mary, finds him crying, and gives him a hug to comfort him.
1957 - Johnny soon feels better and goes back to playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces three years in federal prison. Johnny undergoes five years of therapy.
We cannot see the future. We cannot change the past. We can only live in the now with an eye towards gaining enough power in the future to wreak revenge on the SOB who screwed us with all of the stuff that is happening now.
Wonderful story but is just the truth, too bad we can't go back to the good old times.
Definition of term
The following is the winning entry from an annual contest calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year's term: Political correctness.
And the winner is: . . .
"Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
That says it all!!!!
VERY INTERESTING READING.
A little history lesson. If you don't know the answer make your best guess.
Who made these statements?
1) "We're going to take things away from you on
behalf of the common good."
A. Karl Marx
B. Adolph Hitler
C. Joseph Stalin
D. None of the above
2) "It's time for a new beginning, for an end to
government of the few, by the few, and for the few
.... And to replace it with shared responsibility
for shared prosperity."
A. Lenin
B. Mussolini
C. Idi Amin
D. None of the Above
3) "(We) ...can't just let business as usual go on,
and that means something has to be taken away from
ome people."
A. Nikita Khrushev
B. Josef Goebbels
C. Boris Yeltsin
D. None of the above
4) "We have to build a political consensus and that
requires people to give up a little bit of their own
.. in order to create
this common ground."
A. Mao Tse Dung
B. Hugo Chavez
C. Kim Jong Il
D. None of the above
5) "I certainly think the free-market has failed."
A. Karl Marx
B. Lenin
C. Molotov
D. None of the above
6) "I think it's time to send a clear message to
what has become the most profitable sector in (the)
entire economy .... that they are being watched."
A. Pinochet
B. Milosevic
C. Saddam Hussein
D. None of the above
Scroll down for the answers.......
Answers:
(1) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/29/2004
(2) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 5/29/2007
(3) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(4) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(5) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 6/4/2007
(6) D. None of the above. Statement was made by
Hillary Clinton 9/2/2005
Be afraid, Be very afraid!!