Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Democratic Logo In Action

Gifts from Grandma!

From Dear Annie, this morning!

Dear Annie: The letter from "Disappointed Grandmother" reminded me of a story I heard many years ago. Two elderly ladies were talking about gifts given to the grandchildren. Esther lamented that she had sent money to each of her grandchildren for Christmas and didn't get a single thank-you note. Paula proudly said, "Every one of my grandchildren came personally to thank me for their gift." At the look on Esther's face, Paula simply smiled and said, "I didn't sign the checks." -- Michigan Grandma

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Interesting Statistics !



Here are 14 reasons illegal aliens should vacate America, and I hope they are forwarded over and over again until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them:

1. $14 billion to $22 billion dollars are spent each year on welfare to illegal aliens. (that's Billion with a 'B') http://tinyurl.com/zob77.html

3. $7.5 billion dollars are spent each year on Medicaid for illegal aliens. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 billion dollars are spent each year on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they still cannot speak a word of English!http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $27 billion dollars are spent each year for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 28% percent of all federal prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $190 billion dollars are spent each year on illegal aliens for welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 billion dollars per year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US . http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year 2005, there were 8 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our southern border with as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from other terrorist countries. Over 10,000 of those were middle-eastern terrorists. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroin, crack, Guns, and marijuana crossed into the U.S. from the southern border.http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, estimates that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion, or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period and nbsp; http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/publications.php?b=deportation

13. In 2006, illegal aliens sent home $65 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin, to their families and friends. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. The dark side of illegal immigration: Nearly one million sex crimes are committed by illegal immigrants in the United States ! http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

Total cost a whopping $538.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!

H/T to Charlie

Read the rest of the article here.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Another Young Muslim...but we can't 'Profile'?

A 22-year-old Alexandria man has been charged with shooting at military buildings in the D.C. region last fall, and federal officials said in court papers that he videotaped himself shouting "Allah Akbar" after he fired shots at the U.S. Marine Corps museum.

Yonathan Melaku, a Marine Reservist, was taken into custody Friday under suspicious circumstances at Arlington National Cemetery. At the time, he carried a backpack that held plastic baggies with ammonium nitrate, a material that can be used to make a bomb as well as a notebook that included references to Osama bin Laden and "The Path to Jihad."

Washington Post

Friday, June 17, 2011

Health and Exercise!




HEALTH MESSAGE: 

1. If walking/cycling is good for your health, the postman would be immortal. 
2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water and is fat. 
3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years. 
4. A tortoise doesn't run, does nothing ..yet lives for 175 years or greater

AND YOU TELL ME TO EXERCISE!
Of course, I don't think I want to live to be 175 years old!  Neither do my kids!!  LOL!

From my sis, who got it from IOTW!  

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Re-post!

Bounce This Along 
U.S. Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.

All this time you've just been putting 
Bounce in the dryer!          
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

2. 
Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

3. 
It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often. 
4. 
It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

5. 
Eliminate static electricity from your television or computer screen.

6. 
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet to keep dust from resettling.

7. Cleans
 soap scum from shower doors.

8. 
To freshen the air in your home, place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

10. 
Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet ofBounce before beginning to sew.

11. 
Prevent musty suitcases. Place a sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing. 
12. 
To freshen the air in your car place a sheet under front seat.

13. 
Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.

14. 
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets, place a sheet in the bottom of the basket. 
15. 
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

17. 
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

18. 
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

19. 
Deodorize shoes or sneakers place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight. 
20. 
Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

21. 
Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.

22. 
Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe love bugs off easily with the wet Bounce

PSA/Bounce





Read this through the Google Reader.  There are no margins, AGAIN!!!  What is the matter with Blogger, anyway!

 

Bounce This Along
U.S. Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away.

All this time you've just been putting
Bounce in the dryer!          
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

2.
Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

3.
It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
4.
It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

5.
Eliminate static electricity from your television or computer screen.

6.
Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet to keep dust from resettling.

7. Cleans
soap scum from shower doors.

8.
To freshen the air in your home, place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.

9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

10.
Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

11.
Prevent musty suitcases. Place a sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
12.
To freshen the air in your car place a sheet under front seat.

13.
Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.

14.
Eliminate odors in wastebaskets, place a sheet in the bottom of the basket.
15.
Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

17.
Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

18.
Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

19.
Deodorize shoes or sneakers place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.
20.
Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

21.
Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.

22.
Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe love bugs off easily with the wet Bounce
              
                     


 

Monday, June 13, 2011

Happy Anniversary!

Pickles Cartoon for Jun/12/2011

Happy Anniversary, sweet husband of mine!  I love you more and more!
Today marks 46 years, and counting!



Saturday, June 11, 2011

The Carpenter


The Carpenter    
Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side-by-side, sharing machinery and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch.

Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew into a major difference and finally, it exploded into an exchange of bitter words followed by weeks of silence.

One morning there was a knock on John's door. He opened it to find a man with a carpenter's toolbox. "I 'm looking for a few days' work," he said. "Perhaps you would have a few small jobs here and there I could help with? Could I help you?"

"Yes," said the older brother. "I do have a job for you. Look across the creek at that farm. That's my neighbor. In fact, it's my younger brother! Last week there was a meadow between us. He recently took his bulldozer to the river levee and now there is a creek between us.  Well, he may have done this to spite me, but I'll do him one better. See that pile of lumber by the barn? I want you to build me a fence an 8-foot fence -- so I won't need to see his place or his face anymore."

The carpenter said, "I think I understand the situation. Show me the nails and the post-hole digger and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you."

The older brother had to go to town, so he helped the carpenter get the materials ready and then he was off for the day. The carpenter worked hard all that day -- measuring, sawing and nailing. About sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job.

The farmer's eyes opened wide, his jaw dropped. There was no fence there at all.



It was a bridge .. a bridge that stretched from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work, handrails and all! And the neighbor, his younger brother, was coming toward them, his hand outstretched..

"You are quite a fellow to build this bridge after all I've said and done."

The two brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in middle, taking each other's hand. They turned to see the carpenter hoist his toolbox onto his shoulder.

"No, wait! Stay a few days. I've a lot of other projects for you," said the older brother.
"I'd love to stay on," the carpenter said, "but I have many more bridges to build."
 
Remember This
...  
God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but He'll ask how many people you helped get where they needed to go.  
God won't ask the square footage of your house, but He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.  


God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, but He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.  


God won't ask how many friends you had, but He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.  


God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.  


God won't ask about the color of your skin, but He'll ask about the content of your character.


God won't ask why it took you so long to seek Salvation, but He'll  lovingly take you to your mansion in Heaven, and not to the gates of hell.


God won't ask how many people you forwarded this to, but He'll ask why you were ashamed to pass it on to your friends...
 

Friday, June 10, 2011

Wild Pigs........and the loss of freedom



 Catching Wild Pigs 

A chemistry professor in a large college had some exchange students in the class.
One day while the class was in the lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter.
The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back.
He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question.
He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line.
The young man said this was no joke.
'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting some corn on the ground.
The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn.
When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.


When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.
They get used to that and start to eat again.
You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last side.
The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught.
Soon they go back to eating the free corn.
They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what happened in his own country and what he sees happening to America.
The government keeps pushing us toward socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, welfare, medicine, drugs, unemployment checks, etc.
While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.

One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free lunch!
Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America, then you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut! 
 
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have"


 
    Thomas Jefferson

H/T GeeeeeZ

Thursday, June 9, 2011

A Bad Day


You know you are going to have a bad day if you get one of these.
(Click on image to make larger)

Thanks, Josh!

Monday, June 6, 2011

AMERICAN LORD'S WARRIORS

On this day when we remember the Normandy landing, let's also remember our soldiers who are out there today protecting our country, and the countries around the world.  Lord, please keep them safe, and bless them and their families.  ROMANS 13: 1 - 4  



THE WARRIORS

He's a recent High School graduate;  he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.  He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and a 155mm howitzer.

He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.  He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and
reassemble it in less time in the dark.  He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.

He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.

He can march until he is told to stop, or stop until he is told to march.

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity.  He is self-sufficient.
The average age of the military man is 19 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who,
under normal circumstances is considered by
society as half man, half boy.  Not yet dry behind
the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old
enough to die for his country.  He never really
cared much for work and he would rather wax
his own car than wash his father's, but he has
never collected unemployment either.


He has two sets of fatigues:  he washes one and wears the other.  He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.

He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.  He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.

If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you;  if you are hungry, his food.  He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low..

He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands.

He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.



He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay, and still find ironic humor in it all.

He has seen more suffering and death than he should have in his short lifetime.

He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed..


He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away ' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking.  In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.

Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom.  Beardless or not, he is not a boy.  He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.



He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.  Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.

And now we even have women over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so.


As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot.....

A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets.





Prayer wheel for our military....
Prayer Wheel

'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands..
Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.'

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our ground troops in Afghanistan , sailors on ships, and airmen in the air, and for those in Iraq , Afghanistan and all foreign countries.

There is nothing attached....  This can be very powerful..

Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Coastguardsman, Marine, or Airman, prayer is the very best one.
I can't break this one, sorry.
Pass it on to everyone and pray.


Saturday, June 4, 2011

CURRENT EVENTS TEST


(Put on your thinking cap for this one).
This is a terrific test.
And it shows results in a number of ways.
It sure indicates that the majority of Americans don't know what's going on.
These results say that 80% of the (voting) public don't have a clue, and that's pretty scary
.
There are no tricks here - just a simple test to see if you are current on your information.
Test your knowledge with the questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how others did.


I got 11 out of 11 right!



Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Compare and Contrast

WHY GOD MADE MOMS




Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:

 
Why did God make mothers?
1.  She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2.  Mostly to clean the house.
3.  To help us out of there when we were getting born.


How did God make mothers?

1.  He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2.  Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3.  God made my mom just the same like he made me.  He just used bigger parts.


What ingredients are mothers made of?

1.  God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2.  They had to get their start from men's bones.  Then they mostly use string, I think.


Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?

1.  We're related.
2.  God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mom like me.


What kind of a little girl was your mom?

1.  My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2.  I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3.  They say she used to be nice.


What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?

1.  His last name.
2.  She had to know his background.  Like is he a crook?  Does he get drunk on beer?
3.  Does he make at least $800 a year?  Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?


Why did your mom marry your dad?

1.  My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world.  And my mom eats a lot
2.  She got too old to do anything else with him.
3.  My grandma says that mom didn't have her thinking cap on.


Who's the boss at your house?

1.  Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2.  Mom.  You can tell by room inspection.  She sees the stuff under the bed.
3.  I guess mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.


What's the difference between moms and dads?

1.  Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2.  Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3.  Dads are taller and stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friends.
4.  Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine..


What does your mom do in her spare time?

1.  Mothers don't do spare time.
2.  To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.


What would it take to make your mom perfect?

1.  On the inside she's already perfect.  Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2.  Diet.  You know, her hair.  I'd diet, maybe blue.


If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?

1.  She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean.  I'd get rid of that.
2.  I'd make my mom smarter.  Then she would know it was my sister who did it not me.
3.  I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.


WHEN YOU STOP LAUGHING  -- SEND IT ON TO OTHER MOTHERS, GRANDMOTHERS, AND AUNTS.... and anyone else who has anything to do with kids or just needs a good laugh!!!

Rules for Life...



1 * Accept the fact that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue!

2 * Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

3 * Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

4 * Drive carefully... It's not only cars that can be recalled by their Maker.

5 * If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

6 * If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

7 * It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

8 * Never buy a car you can't push.

9 * Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

10 * Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

11 * Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

12 * The second mouse gets the cheese.

13 * When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

14 * Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

15 * You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

16 * Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

17 * We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18 * A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

19 * Save the earth..... It's the only planet with chocolate.

20 * Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll create a life. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any grief, be ready to receive a ton of crap...