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

[Phoenix7]

I am "INDEPENDENT", and I am NOT endorsing any political party , but the following facts speak for themselves!

THE NEW WELFARE MAP

Make sure you read to the bottom...

Quite an eye opener...

These 11 States now have More People on Welfare than they do Employed!
Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2012,
between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other
benefits, the average U.S. Household below the poverty line received $168.00
a day in government support. What's the problem with that much support?
Well, the median household income in America is just over $50,000,which
averages out to $137.13 a day. To put it another way, being on welfare now
pays the equivalent of $30.00 an hour for a 40-hour week, while the average
job pays $20.00 an hour.

Furthermore:
There are actually two messages here. The first is very interesting, but the
second is absolutely astounding - and explains a lot.

A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting
statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health
Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after
diagnosis:
U.S. 65%
England 46%
Canada 42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within
six months:
U.S. 93%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six
months:
U.S. 90%
England 15%
Canada 43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:
U.S. 77%
England 40%
Canada 43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million
people:
U.S. 71
England 14
Canada 18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent
health":
U.S. 12%
England 2%
Canada 6%

And now for the last statistic:

National Health Insurance?
U.S. NO
England YES
Canada YES

Check this last set of statistics!!

The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the
private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know
what the private business sector is; a real-life business, not a government
job.

Here are the percentages.

T. Roosevelt.................... 38%
Taft................................ 40%
Wilson ........................... 52%
Harding........................... 49%
Coolidge......................... 48%
Hoover............................ 42%
F. Roosevelt..................... 50%
Truman........................... 50%
Eisenhower................ .... 57%
Kennedy......................... 30%
Johnson.......................... 47%
Nixon.............................. 53%
Ford................................ 42%
Carter............................. 32%
Reagan............................ 56%
GH Bush.......................... 51%
Clinton .......................... 39%
GW Bush........................ 55%
Obama............................. 8%

This helps to explain the incompetence of this administration:
only 8% of them have ever worked in private business! That's right! Only
eight percent---the least, by far, of the last 19 presidents! And these
people are trying to tell our big corporations how to run their business?

How can the president of a major nation and society, the one with the most
successful economic system in world history, stand and talk about business
when he's never worked for one? Or about jobs when he has never really had
one? And when it's the same for 92% of his senior staff and closest
advisers? They've spent most of their time in academia, government and/or
non-profit jobs or as "community organizers." They should have been in an
employment line.

[Phoenix7]

"PRAYER" FOR ALL GRANDPA'S !

Dear God, please send clothes
for all those poor ladies on
grandpa's computer . Amen

[billyjoe]

I watched my mechanically inclined 1 year old grandson trying to open a banana with a can opener last night. He then switched to a screwdriver. It never opened but the banana was destroyed. Mrs.billy recorded it on her i-pad. This non mechanical grandpa will try to figure how to post it.

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

[riverbabe]

delete please

[riverbabe]

Here is a brief history of what time is the Super Bowl.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/a-brief-history-of-what-time-is-the-super-bowl/283497/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Vox%20Sentences%202/5/16&utm_term=Vox%20Newsletter%20All

Just for some fun, type the question into Google. You don't even have to "enter". The answer automatically pops up!

[riverbabe]

Mimo, I hereby nominate you to the Supreme Court. To be a Justice, you do not have to be a lawyer, let alone a judge. Bet you'd do a good job anyway.

[mimo_100]

That was his name? Funny! Ziegenbock means "billygoat". (Sorry) My ancestors spoke only German. Your great-great would have been very happy in Waterloo with them. In fact, they emigrated to Waterloo (founded in 1800 by Pennsylvania Amish) mostly because German was the language spoken there. Quite sure they were never citizens of Canada or US. All of the rest of us were "natural born" Canadian citizens, just like Rafael. I am a dual citizen (naturalized American). If I give up my Canadian citizenship in favor of my naturalized American citizenship, does that make me eligible to run for President? Hmm...maybe should look into that!

The Constitution says any candidate for president must be 35 years of age, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a "natural born citizen." So what is a "natural born" citizen? The Constitution doesn’t specifically say.

... someone is a "natural born" citizen if they have citizenship at birth and don’t have to go through a naturalization process to become a citizen.


But the Supreme Court -- the ultimate arbiter of constitutional questions -- has never ruled on the matter. And that means a note of uncertainty remains.

"It would be reasonable to interpret the Constitution’s natural born citizenship provision to include children born abroad to U.S. citizens ..."

But is it 100 percent sure?

"Unfortunately, we cannot say for sure without either a definitive Supreme Court ruling, or an amendment to clarify the Constitution."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/aug/20/ted-cruz-born-canada-eligible-run-president/

[riverbabe]

River, I'm confused. Is Canada apologizing for letting him in or letting him out? One of my Great great Grandfathers was let out of Canada, came to Pennsylvania, but never became a citizen because he couldn't read English.

----------------billy (ziegenbock)

That was his name? Funny! Ziegenbock means "billygoat". (Sorry) My ancestors spoke only German. Your great-great would have been very happy in Waterloo with them. In fact, they emigrated to Waterloo (founded in 1800 by Pennsylvania Amish) mostly because German was the language spoken there. Quite sure they were never citizens of Canada or US. All of the rest of us were "natural born" Canadian citizens, just like Rafael. I am a dual citizen (naturalized American). If I give up my Canadian citizenship in favor of my naturalized American citizenship, does that make me eligible to run for President? Hmm...maybe should look into that!

[Phoenix7]

Remember Louis Armstrong .......well now you too can blow the trumpet and mess up Trumps hair! Funny http://trumpdonald.org/ Use your cursor to position the trumpet and press your mouse to blow the trumpet!

[billyjoe]

River, I'm confused. Is Canada apologizing for letting him in or letting him out? One of my Great great Grandfathers was let out of Canada, came to Pennsylvania, but never became a citizen because he couldn't read English.

----------------billy (ziegenbock)

[riverbabe]

Canada Apologizes For Weak Border Security, Allowing Ted Cruz To Cross

http://www.freewoodpost.com/2014/09/09/canada-apologizes-for-weak-border-security-allowing-ted-cruz-to-cross/

[riverbabe]

Everyone has an "Aunt Chippy" Funny!! https://www.youtube.com/embed/nxreQ6B_t6o

What a blast! Made my day (and it's just started).

[Phoenix7]

Everyone has an "Aunt Chippy" Funny!! https://www.youtube.com/embed/nxreQ6B_t6o

[riverbabe]

Ouch. And they didn't mention the dollar. In 2015 I bought Christmas and other presents from Canada and Germany at 30% off the top.

[mimo_100]

Here is another story on Canada

http://globalnews.ca/news/2352519/nobody-should-be-surprised-canadas-economy-is-in-bad-shape/