Fun Stuff...Off Topic(O/T)

[Peter Hansen]

The Loving Wife

A man breaks into a house to look for money and guns. Inside, he finds
couple in bed. He orders the guy out of the bed and ties him to a
chair. While tying the homeowner's wife to the bed, the convict gets on
top of her, kisses her neck, then gets up & goes into the bathroom.
While he's in there, the husband whispers over to his wife: 'Listen,
this guy is an escaped convict. Look at his clothes! He's probably
spent a lot of time in jail and hasn't seen a woman in years. I saw how
he kissed your neck. If he wants sex, don't resist, don't complain...do
what ever he tells you. Satisfy him no matter how much he nauseates
you. This guy is obviously very dangerous. If he gets angry, he'll
kill us both. Be strong, honey. I love you!'

His wife responds: 'He wasn't kissing my neck. He was whispering in my
ear. He told me that he's gay, thinks you're cute, and asked if we had
any Vaseline.
I told him it was in the bathroom. Be strong honey. I love you too.'

[Peter Hansen]

A business proposition!

Check this out - A SIGN IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS IN FLORIDA . . .

'WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QUAIDA TERRORISTS THAN ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER!"

This sign was prominently displayed in front of a business in Florida and you are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory sign.

However, we are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps one of our greatest liberties. And after all, it is only a sign, right?

You may ask: "What kind of business would dare post such a sign?"

Answer: A Funeral Home

You've gotta love it

God Bless AMERICA - and keep our Troops Safe!


POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON

[Karel]

Check this out - A SIGN IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS IN FLORIDA . . .

'WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QUAIDA TERRORISTS THAN ONE AMERICAN SOLDIER!"

[...]

It is nice to read the commentary of Snopes on this joke, especially as one of the earlier incarnations was something like:

In a German WWII concentration camp the prisoners are offered better conditions if they volunteer to work for the Germans. To the dismay of his mates, Ruben Goldstein steps forward and announces that he would be pleased to be of service.
"Really?" asks the officer.
"Yes, sir," replies Ruben, "I was always much more pleased to serve Nazis than Jews in my line of work."
"Wonderful," says the officer, signalling an aide to take a note, "and what was your occupation?"
"I am an undertaker, Sir."

Regards,

Karel

[Peter Hansen]

Us debt clock

So you thought only your wife spent like a drunken sailor ......check this out!

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

[Peter Hansen]

An OBAMA T-SHIRT

Finally a Wal MArt shopper of whom we can be proud of was wearing the following T-Shirt

"OBAMA LOVES AMERICA LIKE OJ LOVED NICOLE "

[Karel]

Finally a Wal MArt shopper of whom we can be proud of was wearing the following T-Shirt

"OBAMA LOVES AMERICA LIKE OJ LOVED NICOLE "

Sentiments like these make me feel, when I am really blue, that we are witnessing the selfdestruction of democracy.

On a more positive note: In our country, the Netherlands, the larger political parties are more or less obliged to present a reasonably detailed budget proposal, which is then fed into an economical model so that the models not only can be compared on their inputs (tax breaks etc.) but also on their likely outcomes (economic growth, jobs, how much people will be able to spend, etc.). Is something tike that available for the US, and if not, do parties/factions present detailed and reasoned budget proposals?

Regards,

Karel

[peanuts]

Sentiments like these make me feel, when I am really blue, that we are witnessing the selfdestruction of democracy.

On a more positive note: In our country, the Netherlands, the larger political parties are more or less obliged to present a reasonably detailed budget proposal, which is then fed into an economical model so that the models not only can be compared on their inputs (tax breaks etc.) but also on their likely outcomes (economic growth, jobs, how much people will be able to spend, etc.). Is something tike that available for the US, and if not, do parties/factions present detailed and reasoned budget proposals?

Regards,

Karel

No sir.

We elect jackasses and have them tend our pumpkin patch. The problem we face is that the jackasses only know how to eat pumpkin and not grow it.

[Peter Hansen]

Ibd obama analysis

Investor's Business daily writer's analysis of OBAMA......it ain't pretty but many people feel the same way.

IBD Editorials <http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/IBDEditorials.aspx> <http://www.investors.com/Rss.axd?path=EditorialRSS.xml>

On The Right
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A President In Over His Head Should Resign
By DOUG MACKINNON <http://www.investors.com/Search/SearchResults.aspx?source=filterSearch&amp;Ntt=DOU G+MACKINNON&amp;Nr=OR%28AuthorOUG+MACKINNON,Authoroug+Mackinnon%29> Posted 08/10/2011 06:52 PM ET
As our economy continues to self-destruct; U.S. credit is shockingly downgraded; home prices remain at historic lows; unemployment rises; small businesses continue to close their doors; public-employee-bloated cities, towns, states and employers continue to default; race riots flare, Mexican drug cartels cross our sovereign border at will to establish ultraviolent operations; test scores for public school children continue to plummet; the health care system falls under the control of a failed socialist model; terrorism rises, and the world outside our borders spirals into deeper and more dangerous chaos, a serious and very legitimate question needs to be asked:
In the best interests of our nation and the American people, should President Obama resign his office?
Supporters of the president will be offended by the very question and more than likely fire the usual "racist" accusations my way. But it's a question that at least needs to be debated.
Even if Obama loses the election in November 2012, he will still remain in office until Jan. 20, 2013. If, as many people now believe, Obama is in way over his head and dramatically ill-equipped to handle the critical responsibilities of his office, then it seems logical to assume he can still do quite a bit more damage to our nation from now until then.
As to why he is so far over his head and so unqualified to be president, one of his strongest supporters just outlined the answer in a lengthy article for the liberal (and Obama-defending) New York Times.
In the piece, Drew Westen, a committed liberal, articulated his hopes and disappointments of Obama. By doing so, he (in a Nixon-going-to-China moment) pinpointed exactly why the Obama administration has been such an unmitigated disaster.
"Those of us who were bewitched by his eloquence on the campaign trail chose to ignore some disquieting aspects of his biography," Weston wrote, noting that Obama:
Had accomplished very little before he ran for president, having never run a business or a state.
Had a singularly unremarkable career as a law professor, publishing nothing in 12 years at the University of Chicago other than an autobiography.
Had, before joining the U.S. Senate, voted "present" (instead of "yea" or "nay") 130 times, sometimes dodging difficult issues.
Bingo! This is an incredibly important moment and revelation. While conservatives have been making this exact same point for years, now that a liberal is saying it in the most powerful liberal publication in the nation, maybe others will not only start to pay attention, but give these "disquieting aspects of his biography" the scrutiny they deserve.
In one paragraph, Westen has pulled back the curtain to reveal a man so far out of his element as to be a true threat to the well-being of our nation.
This is not a game. This is not a TV show or a horror movie we can turn off. This is the United States of America coming off the rails and cascading toward true anarchy because in large part, our president, as outlined by a liberal in the liberal bible, "accomplished very little before he ran for president" ... had "never run a business or state" ... "had a singularly unremarkable career as a law professor" ... and is well-known for "dodging difficult issues."
Honestly, if more Americans knew of these indisputable facts, it's hard to see how Barack Obama could be elected mayor of a small town in Alaska, let alone president of the United States. And yet . .. here we are.
Since liberals and liberal publications are now starting to admit that the president may not be up to the job, maybe one of them can then offer up a scenario to get us out of this mess. Something like: have Joe Biden resign, have Obama appoint a competent and vetted vice president, and then have President Obama resign.
Liberals could do all that while finally conceding that real-world experience does matter and that Obama brought none to the White House. Hence, the train wreck.
• MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official and author of the forthcoming memoir, "Rolling Pennies in the Dark."

[billyjoe]

Pete,
For the last 10 years you could read any IBD article, eliminate all names and figure out the political party of the person they're writing about.
Everything to IBD is either black or white, all good or all bad. We all know what side IBD is on.

-----------billy

[Karel]

Investor's Business daily writer's analysis of OBAMA......it ain't pretty but many people feel the same way. ...

Thank you, Pete. Nobody is posting smear information from the left here, so I could not address it, but with your last attempt to propagate the crazily biased, you did manage to quote a right-wing piece that aligns itself with a (small part of a) left-wing piece spouting the same nonsense, you know: the part about the 130 "present" votes. It appears that Hillary Clinton started this. It is the same crap coming from the left or the right, so now I have a chance to attack both.

When persons are just interested in making things stick, instead of pesenting a reasoned argument, probably because they (rightly) assume that at least in the current political climate nobody is interested in the truth of the matter, you just present a fact like: "[Obama] voted "present" (instead of "yea" or "nay") 130 times, sometimes dodging difficult issues." (They really should have said 129 times, but if you want to make something stick, round numbers are preferable.) Not mentioned are that these 129 votes are among thousands of votes in the same period were Obama did vote "yea" or "nay". Obama gives "roughly 4000" as the number. That makes the "present" votes about 3% of his total. Now there are perfectly good reasons to vote "present", but the claim is that Obama was "sometimes dodging difficult issues". We dont get to know how often sometimes is, but it can't be 50% or more ("most of the time dodging difficult issues") 20%-50% ("surprisingly often") and I would place the number as suggested in the 0%-10% range and be surprised if it came close to 10%.

But what are we talking about? We are talking about Obama dodging political issues and how we could deduce this by the fact that Obama voted "present" a certain number of times, which might or might not indicate "dodging" some of those times. How much easier would it have been to just point out on what issues Obama actually did dodge! Nobody mentions those issues, right nor left, so until that information comes up, let us put the number of actual dodges at 0.

Where is Diogenes when you need him?

Regards,

Karel

[Karel]

No sir.

We elect jackasses and have them tend our pumpkin patch. The problem we face is that the jackasses only know how to eat pumpkin and not grow it.

I was afraid the answer was negative. But in my more positive (orange?) moods I could allow that it has more or less worked until now. From a too large distance, the problem seems to be that the majority vote currently is in favor of eating, regarding every tax cut as sacrosanct, if not a promise of more to come. But if someone finds a balanced budget on the current levels of taxation without killing the economy or creating havoc elsewhere, more power to him/her.

Regards,

Karel

[Peter Hansen]

Words Of Wisdom From A 90 Year Old!

Written by a 90 year old


This is something we should all read at least once a week!!!!! Make sure you read to the end!!!!!!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio .
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written.
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3.. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16.. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow..
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38... All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come...
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."

[Karel]

A blog post by Regina Brett, starting with the words "You don't look 90."

Regards,

Karel

[Peter Hansen]

Thanx For the Input

A blog post by Regina Brett, starting with the words "You don't look 90."

Regards,

Karel

Karel thanx ......very interesing addition to comments from this great lady.

[Karel]

Karel thanx ......very interesing addition to comments from this great lady.

You're welcome, Pete.