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Volume 14, Issue 16 Sunday, April 22, 2012
Hello All,
It’s been a long time since I was able to publish a “Bleat”. I’d have never guessed that being retired would be so busy. Besides our expected retirement activities, we’ve had quite a few medical issues that we didn’t expect. In the last 12 months, Annette has had 8 surgeries and we’ve both experienced some heart issues.
Fortunately, diabetes has been one disease that we’ve maintained in tight control (though we both did go through a period of problems with Hypoglycemia.) In fact, Dr. Rushing has cut Annette’s “sugar” meds by a third.
And, due to the surgery to correct ruptured disks in Annette’s neck, she no longer needs any blood pressure meds. After years of chronic neck and back pain, she can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Family wise things are going well.
David, Bobbie, Dustin and Zac are doing well. David has added Jeep mechanic to his work and off the job skills. Bobbie has a reputation as a “go to” teacher for difficult situations. Zac got into horse riding to go with his academic activities and Dustin has added a football championship ring to his “bling.”
Jimmy, Vanessa, Josiah and Ethan are progressing with the Mission Church plant in Magnolia. Jimmy is also managing the Magnolia Airport and Vanessa is working in the high school cafeteria. Josiah is learning to box and Ethan constantly demonstrates his command of the Taylor / McClellan brand of extremely dry humor (an example Jimmy was watching “The Princess Bride” with the boys and Ethan didn’t like it. Jimmy commented; “Boys, the older I get the more I like this movie.” Ethan replied; “Well, it’s obvious that I’m way too young to watch it.”)
Now … on to Earth Day.
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"The problem is here and now. The time for talk is past. The time for action is now."
Comments on the first Earth Day -_- James F. McClellan via John "Fuzzy" Thurman
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics - [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120421/D9U9CK080.html]
By DINA CAPPIELLO
WASHINGTON (AP) - A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today.
A light-rail line zips past the spot where a now-defunct Portland, Ore., gasoline station advertised in 1972 that it had run out of gas.
A smoking Jersey City, N.J., dump piled with twisted, rusty metal has disappeared, along with the twin towers of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan that were its backdrop.
Forty years after the Environmental Protection Agency sent an army of nearly 100 photographers across the country to capture images at the dawn of environmental regulation, The Associated Press went back for Earth Day this year to see how things have changed. It is something the agency never got to do because the Documerica program, as it was called, died in 1978, the victim of budget cuts.
AP photographers returned to more than a dozen of those locations in recent weeks, from Portland to Cleveland and Corpus Christi, Texas. Of the 20,000 photos in the archive, the AP selected those that focused on environmental issues, rather than the more general shots of everyday life in the 1970s.
Gone are the many obvious signs of pollution - clouds of smoke billowing from industrial chimneys, raw sewage flowing into rivers, garbage strewn over beaches and roadsides - that heightened environmental awareness in the 1970s, and led to the first Earth Day and the EPA's creation in 1970. Such environmental consciousness caused Congress to pass almost unanimously some of the country's bedrock environmental laws in the years that followed.
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I’m not a Libertarian. But ... I do agree with them that many laws and regulations are counterproductive (see “War On Poverty”.) However, when we sponsored the first Earth Day activities at Southern State College, there was a glaring need for regulatory guidance in the US.
Here in South Arkansas, SO2 emissions were practically unregulated. You could see the ruined land from careless salt water discharges and garbage was dumped along county roads.
The clean water and clean air acts did much to help turn those situations around. But like most government programs, the bureaucrats felt that they had to continue to write regulations to justify their jobs. Now the EPA has created a nightmare of regulations that siphon capital and manpower into activities that don’t really protect the environment. But they do hinder production and job creation.
They also drive jobs out of the US since folks in other countries don’t have to comply with our regulations. So a “widget” made in the US often cost 2 or 3 times what one made in an unregulated country costs. That wasn’t a problem when we had tariffs on incoming products. But under “free trade” the laws and regulations here just enable other countries to take our business.
As for the success of current environmental regulation, one of the first Environmental Science graduates in the US, Chuck Van Meter, said it best; “You can either comply with environmental regulations or protect the environment, you can’t do both.”
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RIP Prison Fellowship's Chuck Colson
According to the Christian Post, Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries, Chuck Colson suffered a brain hemorrhage in late March, while at a conference in the Washington DC area. He was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to remove a clot on the surface of his brain.
Following the surgery Colson was said to have been resting comfortably, but was listed in "critical condition." He is 80-years-old.
"We are so thankful for the prayers of many friends from around the world," said Colson's wife, Patty.
Colson succumbed to his illness on Saturday, April 21.
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Too many managers, NOT enough Leaders. Managers try to do things RIGHT. LEADERS do the RIGHT THINGS!
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Ethan: Mom, I don't like school.
Vanessa: I thought you loved school?
Ethan: Well, I like Shakyria.
Vanessa: Don't you like Ms Smith, too?
Ethan: yes, I like Ms Smith, but it's complicated. It's just that they make me work ALL day.
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Stories from days gone by at Dow Chemical. One night, we got a call from a guy in town. Seems one of our coworkers had a date and decided to show her the beauty of one of our pipeline roads down through the swamps. He'd got his truck stuck (at 1 am) and used his CB to call a friend who called the plant. We had a motor pool at work so we jumped in one of the trucks and headed down the pipeline to pull him out. We got stuck so we called the plant on the radio to have them send out the winch truck. It got stuck. This was serious, we couldn't let management know we'd been using company vehicles to get out private vehicles. So we proceeded to get more equipment. ... The next morning, management was surprised to find all the company vehicles lined up in the mud along the Right Of Way. And absolutely no one knew how it had happened????????
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The American Chemistry Council on Thursday praised Dow Chemical's plan to build an ethane cracker in Texas. "Dow's announcement is further evidence that the chemistry industry is a growth engine helping to revitalize America's manufacturing sector," said ACC President and CEO Cal Dooley. "Thanks to abundant, affordable natural gas, the nation's chemical companies have entered an era of renewed global competitiveness, which can help generate new domestic investment, jobs and manufacturing exports."
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AskBob - Microsoft Office Alternatives April 20, 2012
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Microsoft Office is the gold standard for business productivity suites. But it can cost a lot of gold, even at today's low street prices. The Office Home and Business edition costs $200, and the Professional edition goes for $350. Fortunately, there are plenty of good alternatives to Office; many are free, and even those that do cost money cost less than Office. Here are some of the best alternative office suites...
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The latest from Michael Yon, the foremost “milnews” blogger on the web.
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If you would like to encourage US Troops overseas, but are not sure just how to begin, visit www.anysoldier.com for ideas.
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Music Brings Joy In Congo - - DarynKagan.com DarynKagan.com@darynkagan.com - - Today's stories remind me that joy and what's possible can pop up in the most unsuspecting places. [http://darynkagan.demo.nimbussoftware.com/world/2012/jw_120420_music_joy_in_congo.html]
Hands down, one of the best stories I've ever seen on 60 Minutes. Want to smile? Watch this.
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On this day, 04/19/1874, the athletic "cup" made its debut in the professional hockey league as standard safety equipment.
On this day, 04/19/1974, the safety helmet became standard equipment in the professional hockey league.
Apparently, it took the men 100 years to decide their brain was also important.
Thanks to Daphne for this insight.
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BreakPoint - - Chuck Colson Passes Away April 21 - - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Colson]
Thank You, Chuck
The Next Chapter
By: John Stonestreet|Published: April 20, 2012 8:03 AM
Topics: Apologetics, Chuck Colson, Transformed Lives
Loss is difficult and even disorienting, but we can be certain of a few things. I’m John Stonestreet. Stay tuned to BreakPoint.
Even as I record this, our friend and leader Chuck Colson is near death. After early hopeful news about his recovery from surgery, we now face the reality that short of a miracle, Chuck will soon enter the presence of the Lord. Please pray for Chuck and his family.
Quantifying his impact would be impossible, but you know I meet those who have been impacted by him all the time – they read his books, or they listen to BreakPoint, or maybe their children were loved by Angel Tree volunteers while they were incarcerated, or they found Jesus Christ after hearing his story of redemption.
My friend Greg launched an internationally recognized public policy think tank in New Zealand after reading the book How Now Shall We Live? that Chuck wrote with Nancy Pearcey.
And it’s fitting that this weekend’s “BreakPoint this Week” broadcast features Gabe Lyons, an innovative Christian thinker and collaborator. Like Greg, Gabe points How Now Shall We Live? as the book that changed his understanding of Christianity and led to the work of cultural restoration that he’s leading today. I’ll be talking with Gabe this weekend on “BreakPoint This Week.” I hope you can tune in or catch it at our website, BreakPoint.org.
I’ve been impacted by Chuck, too. For years I heard him on this daily broadcast BreakPoint, but I’ve gotten to know Chuck personally, and worked with him on projects like the Doing the Right Thing tour, the Manhattan Declaration, and I’ve co-hosted with him on “BreakPoint this Week.”
I first met Chuck just before speaking on worldview to a class of Centurions. Chuck launched the Centurions Program to train adults around the country in Biblical worldview, and I was honored just to have the invitation to be a part of the teaching faculty. I’ll be honest: I didn’t expect Chuck to stay in the room when I spoke! My knees were knocking so loudly, I was just hoping people could still hear my words.
These last two weeks, I’ve been honored to host BreakPoint along with Eric Metaxas, another person whose life was impacted by Chuck.
You know, Chuck spoke often recently about the next generation and what he hoped to see from those of us who follow his lead. In an age when so many young Christians find their passion in causes of social justice and are skeptical of Truth, it’s worth mentioning that Chuck was doing social justice before it was cool. He went from prisoner, to prison minister, to prison reformer.
And yet Chuck taught us that social justice, and any cultural work, must be undergirded by Truth, Truth with a capital T – something he learned from the late Francis Schaeffer. For Chuck, Biblical worldview is more than theoretical posturing, it’s embracing and living out Truth with courage. And that Truth sets us free.
Chuck knew that personally.
Of course, what set Chuck’s life apart was that it was not his own. It had been bought, by Christ, and returned to Chuck, redeemed.
You know once in a sermon, Dietrich Bonheoffer said, “Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.”
What transformed Chuck’s life is now what transforms his death. I’m reminded of what C. S. Lewis wrote to close the Narnia adventures. I think it applies here: “now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."
For BreakPoint and my friend Chuck Colson, this is John Stonestreet.
Further Reading and Information
How Now Shall I Live? - - Chuck Colson & Nancy Pearcey | Tyndale | 1999
BreakPoint This Week: Gabe Lyons - - John Stonestreet | BreakPoint.org | April 21, 2012 [http://www.breakpoint.org/features-columns/discourse]
Doing the Right Thing [http://www.doingtherightthing.com/dtrt-home]
Centurions Program [http://www.breakpoint.org/resources/centurions]
ManhattanDeclaration.org [http://manhattandeclaration.org/home.aspx]
Copyright © 2012 Prison Fellowship. All Rights Reserved
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If you haven’t discovered Chuck’s books, I strongly encourage you to pick up any of his works and see what a difference it makes in your understanding of God’s plan here. My favorite is “The Body.”
(This is not a complete list. Colson had a long list of publications and collaborations, including over 30 books which have sold more than 5 million copies. He also wrote forewords for several other books.)
1976 Born Again
Chosen Books ISBN 978-0-8007-9459-0
1979 Life Sentence
Chosen Books ISBN 0-8007-8668-8
1983 Loving God
HarperPaperbacks ISBN 0-310-47030-7
1987 Kingdoms in Conflict (with Ellen Santilli Vaughn)
William Morrow & Co ISBN 0-688-07349-2
1989 Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages (with Ellen Santilli Vaughn)
Servant Publications ISBN 0-89283-309-2
1991 Why America Doesn't Work (with Jack Eckerd)
Word Publishing ISBN 0-8499-0873-6
1993 The Body: Being Light in Darkness (with Ellen Santilli Vaughn)
Word Books ISBN 0-85009-603-0
1993 A Dance with Deception: Revealing the truth behind the headlines
Word Publishing ISBN 0-8499-1057-9
1995 Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission
(co-edited with Richard John Neuhaus)
Thomas Nelson ISBN 0-8499-3860-0
1996 Being The Body (with Ellen Santilli Vaughn)
Thomas Nelson ISBN 0-8499-1752-2
1998 Burden of Truth: Defending the Truth in an Age of Unbelief
Tyndale House ISBN 0-8423-3475-0
1999 How Now Shall We Live (with Nancy Pearcey and Harold Fickett)
Tyndale House ISBN 0-8423-1808-9
2001 Justice That Restores
Tyndale House ISBN 0-8423-5245-7
2004 The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions About Intelligent Design
(with William A. Dembski)
Inter Varsity Press ISBN 0-8308-2375-1
2005 The Good Life (with Harold Fickett)
Tyndale House ISBN 0-8423-7749-2
2008 The Faith (with Harold Fickett)
Zondervan ISBN 0-310-27603-9
2011 The Sky Is Not Falling: Living Fearlessly in These Turbulent Times
Worthy Publishing ISBN 978-1936034-543
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Residents of Columbia County, Arkansas are represented in Congress by:
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Senator John Boozman (R_ AR)
1 Russell Courtyard
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-4843
http://boozman.senate.gov/
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Senator Mark Pryor (D_ AR)
Phone 202_224_2353
FAX 202_228_0908
http://pryor.senate.gov/
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Representative Michael A. Ross (D _ 04)
Phone 202_225_3772
FAX 202_225_1314
http://ross.house.gov/
Other states congresspersons can be found at: [http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/]
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10 Things Your Dentist Can See - - By Charles W. Martin, DDS, Founder, - - DentistryForDiabetics.com
There are many diseases that your dentist may spot the early symptoms of while you're in the
chair – long before you notice any other symptoms. Here is a list of 10 diseases that may be
spotted during a routine dental exam. The original list was compiled by the American Dental
Association and Dr. Joseph Kravitz of the Center for Dental Health in Washington, D.C.
Oral Cancer – Typically this shows up as a white spot on the gums or anywhere in the mouth. It
can be a tiny growth or sore that just doesn’t go away.
Heart Disease – Inflamed gums, cavities and missing teeth are clues to heart ailments.
Sometimes it's linked to an infection around the third molar or related to root remnants of decayed teeth.
Type 2 Diabetes – Bad breath, bleeding gums, dry mouth and receding gums have all been linked to diabetes.
Kidney Disease – If you have a metallic or otherwise nasty taste in your mouth that could
indicate kidney problems.
Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) – This is not heartburn. GERD is when acid
backflows from the stomach into the throat, or esophagus.
Osteoporosis – If your jaw doesn't look as dense at it should, this could be a first indication of
osteoporosis (bone loss). Rapidly progressing gum disease or tooth loss are symptoms too.
Leukemia – Swollen gums, bleeding gums, bad breath and impacted teeth are all symptoms of
this cancer of the blood cells.
Stress – You know the symptoms – a sore or stiff neck, aching jaw or teeth and headaches.
Sometimes poorly aligned bites or missing teeth can be a problem as can nightly tooth grinding
and clenching.
Sleep Apnea – You may actually stop breathing for a few moments and wake gasping for air.
Bulimia – An eating disorder characterized by binge eating followed by purging. Repeated
exposure to acid from your stomach can eat away at your tooth enamel.
Good health care starts with your active involvement and leadership. If you haven't seen your
physician within the last six months, there's no better time to schedule an appointment. If it's been a while since your last dental check up you may want to call and schedule a special consultation.
Your good health may depend upon it.
For more information about dental care for people who have diabetes, visit
http://www.dentistryfordiabetics.com and Dr. Martin's blog,
http://www.dentistryfordiabetics.com/blog. To learn more about the two-way connection between diabetes and gum disease, check out Dr. Martin’s other columns on dLife or Dr. Martin's book, Don't Sugar Coat It.
NOTE: The information is not intended to be a replacement or substitute for consultation with a
qualified medical professional or for professional medical advice related to diabetes or another
medical condition. Please contact your physician or medical professional with any questions and
concerns about your medical condition.
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BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS
http://breakingchristiannews.com/
Americans to Unite on May 3 for National Day of Prayer
Press Release (Apr 17, 2012)
"One Nation Under God" is the theme for the 61st annual event.
Read Full Story [http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=10037]
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Prayer Alert: Update on Chuck Colson
Aimee Herd/PF Staff (Apr 18, 2012)
"As Chuck would say, 'Remain at your posts and do your duty—for the glory of God and His Kingdom.'"
Read Full Story [http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=10047]
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GCF: Tennis Camp
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At the start of a tennis camp for youngsters, the instructor asked, "Can anyone tell me what a good sport is?"
A 5-year-old raised his hand and said, "Baseball."
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GCF: Diamond Necklace
A wife calls her husband on his cell phone and asks, "Where in God's green earth are you?!?"
"Darling, you remember that jewelry store where you saw the diamond necklace and totally fell in love with it and I didn't have money that time and I said 'Baby it'll be yours one day'?"
"Oh, yes!! I remember that, my love!!"
"I'm in the bar right next to that shop ..."
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GCF: What's Your Secret?
A gushy reporter told Jack Nicklaus, "You are spectacular, your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What's your secret?"
Nicklaus replied, "The holes are numbered."
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GCF: Retirement Quiz
Ready to retire?
Take this quiz to find out.
Question: How many days in a week?
Answer: 6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday
Question: When is a retiree's bedtime?
Answer: Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch.
Question: How many retirees does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: Only one, but it might take all day.
Question: What's the biggest gripe of retirees?
Answer: There is not enough time to get everything done.
Question: Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?
Answer: The term comes with a 10% discount.
Question: Among retirees what is considered formal attire?
Answer: Tied shoes.
Question: Why do retirees count pennies?
Answer: They are the only ones who have the time.
Question: Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage?
Answer: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.
Question: What is the best way to describe retirement?
Answers: The never ending Coffee Break.
Question: What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?
Answer: If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.
Question: Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he used to work with?
Answer: He is too polite to tell the whole truth.
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GCF: Gym Application
My friend sat down with a new client at her gym to review her application. For the question "To what do you attribute your fitness issues?" the woman wrote, "Horrendous eating habits."
"What makes you answer that?" my friend asked.
The woman replied, "I can't spell atrocious."
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GCF: At the Bar
Sitting in a bar having drinks with a friend, I casually pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us. I said, "That's us in ten years."
He said, "That's a mirror, you idiot!"
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GCF: Piano Tuner
The doorbell rang and the lady of the house discovered a workman, complete with tool chest, on the front porch.
"Madam," he announced, "I'm the piano tuner."
The lady exclaimed, "Why? I didn't send for a piano tuner."
The man replied, "I know you didn't, but your neighbors did."
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GCF: Caddy Advice
Standing on the tee of a relatively long par three, a confident golfer said to his caddy, "Looks like a four-wood and a putt to me."
The caddy argued with him a bit and suggested that he instead play it safe and hit a four-iron then a wedge. The golfer was insulted and proceeded to scream and yell at the caddy on the tee telling him that he was a better golfer than that and how dare the caddy under estimate his game.
So, giving in, the caddy handed the gentleman the four-wood he had asked for. He proceeded to top the ball and watched as it rolled about fifteen yards off the front of the tee.
Immediately the caddy handed him his putter and said, "And now for one long putt..."
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GCF: At the Amusement Park
My friend was working at an amusement park when a couple stopped him. "Excuse me," said the woman, pointing to a pond. "What is that water made out of?"
Bemused, my friend replied, "Two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen."
"See?" she said to her boyfriend. "I told you it wasn't real."
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GCF: Helmsman Training
A young man, who wants to see the world, signs on to a steamship to be trained as a helmsman. He masters the classroom instruction, then starts his practical training on the wheel of the vessel. In his first lesson, the mate gives him a heading, and the young fellow holds to it. Then the mate orders, "Come starboard."
Pleased at knowing immediately which way starboard is, the young man leaves the helm and walks over to his instructor.
The mate has an incredulous look on his face as the helm swings freely. Then, rather gently considering the circumstance, he asks politely, "Could you bring the ship with you?"
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GCF: Picking Up
Carl listened from the other room as his wife Holly patiently said to their five-year-old, "Please pick up your toys, Maureen."
After a few minutes, Holly again reminded their daughter.
Finally Holly asked, "Why aren't you picking your things up?"
Carl rolled his eyes when he heard Maureen answer, "I'm playing house and I'm the dad, so I don't know where anything goes."
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GCF: Staff Meeting
The boss always scheduled the weekly staff meeting for four thirty on Friday afternoons. When one of the employees finally got up the nerve to ask why, he explained.
"I will tell you why… I've learned that's the only time of the week when none of you seem to want to argue with me."
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GCF: Good Work
My wife is a teacher; it's really weird to live with a teacher. I'd be on the phone, doodling on a piece of paper, leave the house, come back in two hours and that same piece of paper is now on the refrigerator with the words "Good work!" and a big smiley face on it.
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GCF: Fast Bugs
Heading down the interstate, our car passed through a huge swarm of gnats so dense that their bodies made popping noises as they hit the windshield. "I can't get over how loud they are," my wife said.
"Well, we are hitting them at 65 miles an hour," I pointed out.
Her reply left me speechless. "There's no way bugs can fly that fast!"
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GCF: Getting a Passport
Before she died, an old lady wanted to visit England, the home of her ancestors. She went to the Federal Office and asked for a passport.
"You must take the loyalty oath first," the passport clerk said. "Raise your right hand, please." The senior citizen raised her right hand as the clerk asked, "Do you swear to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, domestic or foreign?"
The sweet old face paled and the voice trembled as she responded, "Well, I guess so, but ... will I have help, or will I have to do it all by myself?"
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Words to live by.
ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.
FIVE.. When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye..
SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE.... Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.
TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'
FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.
SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice
TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Oscar Wilde
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From a Child's Mouth...
Several years ago, when I lived in New York and flew to customer sites often, my wife would usually drop me off at Newark (N.J.) airport and pick me up when I returned. On one trip, I was only going to be gone for a few days, so I drove myself and parked the car at Newark.
When I returned, the weather was lousy, and it was late at night. I wanted nothing more than to get home to the comfort of my wife and my own bed. When I arrived, the storm was very loud, with crashing thunder and severe lightning. As I came into my bedroom about 2 a.m., I found my two children, Alex (3) and Cindy (12), in bed with my wife, Carolyn, apparently scared by the loud storm.
I resigned myself to sleeping in the guest bedroom that night. The next day, I talked to the children and explained that it was okay to sleep with Mom when the storm was bad, but when I was expected home, please don't sleep with Mom that night. They said okay.
After my next trip several weeks later, Carolyn and the children picked me up in the terminal at the appointed time. Since the plane was late, everyone had come into the terminal to wait for my plane's arrival, along with hundreds of other folks waiting for their arriving passengers.
As I entered the waiting area, Alex saw me and came running, shouting, "Hi, Dad! I've got some good news!"
As I waved back, I said loudly, "Hi, Alex! And what is the good news?"
"The good news is that nobody slept with Mommy while you were away this time!" Alex shouted.
The airport became very quiet as everyone in the waiting area looked at Alex, then turned to me, and then searched the rest of the area to see if they could figure out exactly who his mom was.
Received from ArcaMax Jokes.
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Wal-Mart Shoppers
A husband and wife are shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The husband picks up a case of Budweiser and puts it in their cart.
"What do you think you're doing?" asks the wife.
"They're on sale, only $10 for 24 cans," he replies.
"Put them back, we can't afford them," demands the wife. So he does and they carry on shopping.
A few aisles further on along, the woman picks up a $20 jar of face cream and puts it in the basket.
"What do you think you're doing?" asks the husband.
"It's my face cream. It makes me look beautiful," replies the wife.
Her husband snorts: "'So does a case of 24 cans of Budweiser, and it's only half the price."
On the PA system: "'Cleanup on aisle 25. We have a husband down."
Received from Rick Widdison.
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Shampoo Alert!
As I was conditioning my hair in the shower this morning, I took time to read my shampoo bottle. SHOCK---The shampoo that runs down my entire body says "for extra volume & body." Seriously, why have I not noticed this before?
Now I understand why I am so "full-figured."
Tomorrow I am going to start using "Dawn" dish soap. It says "dissolves fat that is otherwise difficult to remove."
(via my friend, Pam T.)
Received from Paula.
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Jealous Eve
After Adam stayed out late a few nights, Eve became suspicious. "You're running around with another woman... admit it!" she demanded.
"What other woman?" Adam shot back. "You're it!"
That night, Adam was fast asleep when he was awakened by Eve poking him in the chest. "What are you doing?"
"Counting your ribs."
William Halliday takes credit for this joke.
Received from nobody special.
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Pay Your Taxes
The other day, my little brother, Clay, and little sister, Laura, were waiting in the truck with my mom when my brother got a worried expression on his face. He asked, "What does the government do if you don't pay your taxes?!"
My mom replied, "Well, they'll send you a letter that says that if you don't pay your taxes, you'll go to jail."
My brother got very upset at this thought and said, "We don't pay our taxes."
My mom quickly explained that you only have to pay your taxes once per year, and he just hadn't ever noticed my dad when he was paying ours.
"But no! I and Laura have never paid our taxes!!"
Received from D. Barley Riggs.
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Good Tax Accountant
/* GCFL hopes that you find lots of (legal) tax deductions!
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How do you know you've met a good tax accountant?
He has a loophole named after him.
Received from ArcaMax Jokes.
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Girls
After Sunday school two little boys were standing in the church lobby. As they were talking a pretty little girl from their class walked by them.
One of the little guys said to the other, "When I quit hating girls, she's the first one I'm going to quit hating."
Excerpt from _The 10 Commandments of Love_ by Larry Wynn.
Received from Dennis Sierawski.
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Password Audit
/* Despite the slowing economy, our donation drive was a great success! Thank you all so much for your continued generous support of GCFL! You guys are awesome! */
During a recent password audit by a company, it was found that an employee was using the following password:
"MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento"
When asked why she had such a long password, she rolled her eyes and said, "Hello! It has to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital."
Received from Dennis.
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Animal Noises
Some young children were sitting in a circle with their teacher. She was going around in turn asking them all questions.
"Davy, what noise does a cow make?"
"It goes 'moo.'"
"Alice, what noise does a cat make?"
"It goes 'meow.'"
"Jamie, what sound does a lamb make?"
"It goes 'baaa.'"
"Jennifer, what sound does a mouse make?"
"Errr..., it goes... 'click!'"
Received from Thomas Ellsworth.
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Smoke Rings
A guy traveling through the prairies of the USA stopped at a small town and went to the local cafe. He sat at the end of the counter, ordered a Coke, and lit up a cigar.
As he sipped his drink, he was quietly blowing smoke rings.
After he blew nine or ten smoke rings into the air, an angry American Indian stomped up to him and said, "One more remark like that and I'll bust you in the mouth!"
Received from Andychap.
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Not Hanging Around
O'Reilly was in a bit of a fix. He was filling in an insurance form and was asked to state how his parents had died. His mother was not a problem, she had died of a coronary at the age of 71, but his father had been hanged for murder at the age of 46.
He did not want to say this, though, so after a bit of thought came up with a solution and filled in the form:
"My father died at the age of 46 when a platform collapsed at a public occasion."
Received from darksplash via funtrivia.com.
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Groaner: Talkers
Did you hear about the self-help group for compulsive talkers?
It's called On & On Anon.
(from Beckie Shiles)
Received from Stan Kegel.
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Can't Swim
I worked in the biology department at Buffalo State College in New York. The Great Lakes Laboratory, also stationed at the college, employed a licensed boat captain to man its research vessel. It was common knowledge that the captain couldn't swim. When newcomers learned of this, they would approach him about it.
"Is it true?" one of them asked incredulously. "You, a boat captain, can't swim?"
"No, I can't," he replied. "Can pilots fly?"
Received from Thomas Ellsworth.
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Bank Robbery
As we all know, April 1st is that day we traditionally play practical jokes on each other. In this particular town, it was the custom for such jokes to end at noon.
Last April 1st, John and Big Hoss, two rookie policemen, were patrolling the downtown business area. They decided to stop in the local coffee shop for a coffee and a donut.
The time was 11:55 AM.
Three minutes later, they got a call on their police radio: "33 in process, man in bank dressed as a banana."
Well, there was only one bank in town; in fact, it was just across from the coffee shop.
And a "33" was an armed robbery, but it was also just 11:58 AM. John and Big Hoss decided it was the dispatcher playing a joke on them.
They continued on enjoying their coffee break.
At 12:01 PM, they got a second call on their radio: "Repeat, urgent, 33 in process, man in bank dressed as a banana."
Realizing it was past noon, they rushed across the street, but arrived 30 seconds after the banana split.
Received from Bill Rayborn.
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A horseback-riding reader asked me to write a tax-related limerick. Here’s what I came up with:
Reining In Your Returns (Limerick)
To the folks who find horseback transcendent,
Please beware, you could be a defendant,
If when doing your tax,
You err to the max
By declaring your horse a “dependent.”
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"At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable."- Christopher Reeve
"If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?" - Hillel the Elder
"There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep." - Edgar Watson Howe
"Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world." - Arthur Schopenhauer
"Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr
"It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities." - Eric Hoffer
"A man can't be always defending the truth; there must be a time for him to feed on it." - C. S. Lewis
"Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings." - W. Lee Grant
"Someone's boring me. I think it's me."- Dylan Thomas
"The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel." - Horace Walpole
"Vigorous writing is concise. Omit needless words." - William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
"Be moderate in all things, including moderation." - Oscar Wilde
"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything." - Mary Hemingway
"Three-tenths of a good appearance are due to nature; seven-tenths to dress." - Chinese Proverb
"Subdue your appetites, and you've conquered human nature." - Charles Dickens
"When most the world applauds you, most beware: 'Tis often less a blessing than a snare." - Edward Young
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“A political class of Republicans and Democrats that look after themselves, not the Nation. A media hostile to the very precepts of this nation. A generation of Americans who see morals as vices, and are ignorant of America's Actual History.”
"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." - - Theodore Roosevelt
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"We may not be able to cure the world, but we don't have to make it sicker." __ "Bug"
"There just ain't enough fingers for all the holes in the dike." _ _ "Bug"
"It's no big deal doing what God tells you to do. A big deal would be NOT doing what God tells you to do. Just ask Jonah." _ _ Paul Troquille
“Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.” Knowledge is power. _ Francis Bacon
"The problem is here and now. The time for talk is past. The time for action is now."
Comments on the first Earth Day _ James F. McClellan via John "Fuzzy" Thurman
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Bugs Bleat - - Debt Limit
Volume 13, Issue 30 Friday, August 05, 2011
Hello All,
Congress approved—and President Barack Obama immediately signed—the long-awaited deal to raise the nation's debt limit from 14 Trillion to 17 Trillion Tuesday. Our debt now equals roughly one half of the entire world’s money supply. How much is 17 Trillion anyway? Does anyone know?
But wait, the bill also “cuts” federal spending by 917 billion over 10 years with another$1.5 trillion in cuts (over 10 years) to be “promised” by a bipartisan panel. Humm ....
Didn’t we already have a bipartisan panel and the president ignored their recommendations? But this time there are “triggers” that will automatically cut defense and social security if congress doesn’t. Unless they vote to turn off the triggers. Wonder if they will ....?
Oh, and by the way, these “Cuts” are to be implemented over a 10 year span while the extra THREE TRILLION in borrowed dollars is only supposed to hold us for 2 years when we will AGAIN be required to raise the debt limit!
BO and others who think that government spending is the solution to all our ills, ran out before the ink was dry to announce that it would require more revenue to meet the spending cut goals. ??? How does taking more of our money equal cutting spending? Oh, I understand. They didn’t mean to cut the federal government’s spending, they meant to cut the citizens spending by ensuring that they had less money to spend!
Now I understand.
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Speaking of voters ... Check out Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Myths about Independent Voters. [www.centerforpolitics.org]
[http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/aia2011070702/]
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I'm a registered Democrat with Republican leanings who votes independent. My question is; "If independents don't matter, why do we have Democrats and Republicans elected to the Presidency? Could it be that some of these "independents" switch choices from one party to the other on different elections? Or, is it that the party that "energizes" their base best will win? In any case, I believe that those of us who identify as "independents" are basically dissatisfied with the traditional parties. We are looking for candidates who will vote for preservation of the union instead of spending 90% of their time promoting their own party and only allocate 10% (if that) to the Nation. Of course, these mythical candidates would also have to meet my basic litmus tests (i.e. pro-life, fiscal conservative, Libertarian leanings, etc.)
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My friend and brother in the Lord, Buddy Farrar, shared this with us.
“This was sent to me by one of my closest friends, the Hawk. He reminds me so much much of my cussin, Jerry Matthews. We were in a lot of classes together, but I must not been listening! Where do they come with all these words? Hope all enjoy. Lol”
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Subject: Arguing with Fools
Hawk: Yesterday on the news there was an announcement by the Atlanta Office of Sustainability, (just the fact that there is such an office is a story in itself) that they are looking into a "fee" (read TAX) on citizens of Atlanta that collect rainwater and use it in their homes. With a straight face a bureaucrat explained that by collecting this water off roofs and filtering it and using it, it would then enter the sewer system, thereby creating a burden on the city. They had a tree-hugger woman on the news that had installed a system to collect the water off her house and filter it in the basement and store it to use, thereby reducing her water consumption from the city, and she actually thought it was a good idea to be taxed for "going green" and spending all the money to filter and store rainwater. Neither of these two addressed the fact that the rainwater was going into the sewer system whether she caught it or not, so evidently she's already drinking the kool-aid and believing that she and everybody else should pay to catch water.......BUT, it should be good for the economy, because now we will have to have Water Wardens to go around and check people's houses to see if they have a collection system, thereby creating thousands of new jobs, which will be paid for from the revenues from the "water collection tax". Now all of us need to go out and start working on a system to collect our rain, use it in our homes, save money by reducing our water bills, and then take the money we save and pay our collection fees before the Water Wardens lock us up for pilfering rainwater. Ain't bureaucrats wonderful?
Back around 1990, I had a customer who ran a fairly large sawmill in East Texas. As you know, logs have to be cut and hauled out of the woods when the ground is dry, so the log trucks won't get stuck in areas where there are only crude "logging roads" ... They were then stacked on the "yard" during dry times so they would have logs to saw during wet periods. In order to keep the logs from drying out (dry logs don't make good lumber cuts), they had a "sprinkler system" using well-water that showered the stacks of logs and kept them moist. Makes perfect sense... except to the govm't. You see, the water ran off of the logs, and eventually some of it found its way into a nearby little stream (or "branch").. which, supposedly found its way into a lake in the vicinity. The EPA said the runoff water was "polluting the lake" ... Now, that doesn't make much sense to me, since we're talking about trees and well water... But anyway, the EPA made him discontinue his sprinkler system.. which created lots of problems with having a backup supply of logs.... But he made considerable adjustments to his work/operating schedule, and accepted the fact that he'd have dryer/tougher logs, which caused problems with equipment, required frequent shut downs to rotate/sharpen saw blades, etc... Then the EPA came back and said that every time it rained, the rainwater fell on the logs and then found its way to the stream, and eventually polluted the lake... and that there would be a substantial fine of several thousand dollars EVERY DAY IT RAINED when he had logs on the yard. He shut down the sawmill, putting 80 men out of work... Far as I know, every time it has rained since then, the rain STILL falls on the trees and finds its way into the branch... but the EPA is satisfied.
I had another customer, in Dallas, whose facility had a roof-top air conditioning unit... and as you know, AC removes moisture from the air, and typically is drips down onto the ground.... His water dripped onto his parking lot.... It gets HOT is Dallas, just like in Atlanta... Most of the time, however, the condensated water evaporated on the parking lot concrete.. But the EPA folks didn't like that. Called CONDENSATED WATER a "polluting factor" and forced him to make extensive and expensive changes to his AC system... flushing the dripping water into his facility sewer system (which was the regular city system)... You cannot argue with Fools... They'll win every time.
You CANNOT have a rational nor reasonable discussion nor debate with someone who is totally irrational. I quote from G.K. Chesterton's book, "Orthodoxy":
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment. He is not hampered by a sense of humor or by charity, or by the dumb certainties of experience. He is the more logical for losing certain sane affections. Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything EXCEPT his reason. The madman's explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory. Or, to speak more strictly, the insane explanation, if not conclusive, is at least unanswerable; this may be observed specially in the two or three commonest kinds of madness. If a man says (for instance) that men have a conspiracy against him, you cannot dispute it except by saying that all the men deny that they are conspirators; which is exactly what conspirators would do. His explanation covers the facts as much as yours. [snip] Or if a man says that he is Jesus Christ, it is no answer to tell him that the world denies his divinity; for the world denied Christ's.
Nevertheless he is wrong. But if we attempt to trace his error in exact terms, we shall not find it quite so easy as we had supposed. Perhaps the nearest we can get to expressing it is to say this: that his mind moves in a perfect but narrow circle. A small circle is quite as infinite as a large circle; but, though it is quite as infinite, it is not so large.
Now, speaking quite externally and empirically, we may say that the strongest and most unmistakable mark of madness is this combination between a logical completeness and a spiritual contraction. The lunatic's theory explains a large number of things, but it does not explain them in a large way. I mean that if you or I were dealing with a mind that was growing morbid, we should be chiefly concerned not so much to give it arguments as to give it air.
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"All along," [Poirot] said, "I have been worried over the why of this case... It is no answer to say the man was mentally unhinged. To say a man does mad things because he is mad is merely unintelligent and stupid. A madman is as logical and reasoned in his actions as a sane man given his peculiar biased point of view. For example, if a man insists on going out and squatting about in nothing but a loin cloth his conduct seems eccentric in the extreme. But once you know that the man himself is firmly convinced that he is Mahatma Gandhi, then his conduct becomes perfectly reasonable and logical." Agatha Christie, "The ABC Murders"
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If you’re on Face book, check out the "Columbia County Historical Society (Magnolia, Arkansas)" Facebook page. This page is an offshoot of the "You know you from Magnolia if....." Facebook page.
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Here are a few “Words of Wisdom” from my friends, relatives and neighbors:
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… remember that we are saved by our faith in Jesus, by grace, and not by having our doctrine correct in every detail. - - Joe Tudor via Patrick Mead
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Amy Staten McNeil - - All I ask is the chance to see if money will make me happy...Just sayin' ...
Treat every stressful situation like my dog does: just pee on it and walk away...
Never confuse caring about someone with feeling sorry for them. It just don't work...
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Jimmy Malone - - Be a fountain, not a drain. ~ Church Sign
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. ~ D.L. Moody
The number one exercise in America is jumping to conclusions. Often practiced in a group setting. Also a great team sport.
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John Britton - - The confusion that comes in this world many times comes from the people talking not from the people doing.
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Larry Joe Kingsbury - - A word on integrity from a former NCAA player from OU, of all places: Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. ~J.C. Watts
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Michael Maris - - "If you wait to get faith when u need it, you've waited too long!" -Smith Wigglesworth
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Nancee Davis Law - - Thought for the day: Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can spare it.
copied from KLOVE-- I was going to complain again about how hot it is, and then I realized that at least... 1) It isn't 110 degrees; 2) I'm not 5,700 miles from home; 3) I'm not dressed in a full BDU uniform & helmet & carrying 70+ lbs.; & 4) There is very little chance that anyone will shoot at me or that I might drive over a bomb in the road today! Thanks to all who serve!!
needs some retail therapy with someone else's money. :)
OK, the Devil can breathe now. I'm going to bed.
"Good morning! I will be handling all your problems today. I will NOT need your help, so just sit back, relax & enjoy your day!" ~~GOD
Resentment is letting someone live rent-free in your head. Forgiveness is handing that person an eviction notice.
If you're having a tough time thanking Him for what you got, try thanking Him for what you don't got: HIV, AIDS, Sugar-diabetes, Cancer, and the list goes on!!
You know that feeling when you arrive at work in the morning excited for the new day; looking forward to new challenges? Me neither.
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Norma Kay Rowe - - Never allow yourself to be defined by someone else's opinion of you...
The difference between a friend and an enemy is you know who your enemies are
?If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan
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Kit Lange - - "When somebody loves you, there's no comfort like that. When somebody needs you, there's no drug like that."--Heather Nova, "London Rain"
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Ricci Leever Black - - TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
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Robert Lyons - - Give the federal government control of the Sahara desert and in five years there will be a sand supply crisis.
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Rosemary Cragan Dolliver - - What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it’s all about?
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America is not at war. The military is at war. - - America is at the mall, or watching the movie stars. [http://icasualties.org/] [http://www.godvine.com/Rhema-Marvanne-Sings-a-Tribute-for-Soldiers-238.html]
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The latest from Michael Yon, the foremost “milnews” blogger on the web.
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Greetings,
Excellent initiative by Soldiers' Angels is moving forward.
Please see, "Day of the Deployed." [http://www.michaelyon-online.com/day-of-the-deployed.htm]
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Please see this short dispatch.
[http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the-texan-who-would-be-king.htm]
Very Respectfully,
Michael Yon
Your Writer,
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BreakPoint - - Crying
The Tragedy of Sex-Selection Abortion
By: Chuck Colson|Published: July 8, 2011 1:30 PM
Topics: Gender Issues, Health & Science, Human Rights & Persecution, Life Issues, Marriage & Family, Politics & Government, Sexual Ethics
Did you know that abortion fuels the sex trade? It’s a tragic truth that abortion advocates can’t admit.
On Sunday, June 26, CNN aired a heart-breaking report, “Nepal’s Stolen Children.” The documentary, narrated by actress Demi Moore, told the story of Nepalese girls who were sold into slavery and turned into prostitutes in neighboring India.
During the broadcast Moore broke down and cried and spoke about making sure this kind of thing never happens again.
While no one can disagree with that. The problem is that we are ignoring an important part of what is driving this inhumane traffic in innocence.
That “part” was the subject of a New York Times column the day after the broadcast. The title, “160 Million and Counting,” referred to the number of “missing” women in the world. Not “missing” as in “disappeared,” rather, as in “never born in the first place.”
As Times columnist Ross Douthat reminded readers, twenty years ago the number of “missing” women was estimated by experts to be 100 million. They examined the skewed sex ratios in places like China and his native India and rightly concluded that something terrible was happening.
Twenty years later, the estimate has grown by 60 percent and now, as then, people who ostensibly are concerned about these sorts of things are still reluctant to name the cause: abortion.
Citing the work of social scientist Mara Hvistendahl, Douthat points out an uncomfortable truth: what Times readers would no doubt see as “female empowerment” lies behind the missing women. According to Hvistendahl, in places like India, “women use their increased autonomy” to abort their daughters and “select for sons,” who enhance their social status.
While the practice of sex-selection abortion originated among the more affluent, it eventually spread down the social ladder. And this brings us back to the tragedies in Nepal.
The impact of selective abortion goes beyond the lives ended in the womb, horrid as that is, it affects society. A 2008 article by two Loyola Law School professors found that by reducing the number of potential brides, selective abortion in India increased the demand for sex workers.
And one way that “demand” is being filled is through the Nepalese girls featured in the CNN documentary. The “lucky” ones are “smuggled and purchased from poor countries like Nepal and Bhutan to be brides for Indian men.”
The more unfortunate are sold into the Indian sex trade.
The social ills and the accompanying suffering caused by sex-selection abortion is why India and China have outlawed the practice. But the practice and suffering still continues. Cultural norms are hard to overcome.
That’s as true in the West as in Asia. Douthat notes that sex-selection abortion puts Western liberals “in a distinctly uncomfortable position.” They can’t deny the reality of the practice but, at the same time, their own worldview leaves them hanging in mid-air.
After all, they insist “that the unborn aren’t human beings yet, and that the right to an abortion is nearly absolute.” 160 million missing women and the suffering that radiates in all directions tells you where that kind of thinking inevitably leads.
It’s hard to imagine a better example of the poverty of modern thinking: faced with a great evil and unable to address the answer. That’s something more to cry about.
Further Reading and Information
Saving Nepalese Children From a Life in Slavery
The CNN Freedom Project | thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn..com | http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/22/saving-nepalese-children-from-a-life-in-slavery/
Gender Discrimination Fuels Sex Selective Abortions
Kristi Lemoine & John Tanagho | Loyola University of Chicago School of Law | http://www.luc.edu/ministry/pdfs/conference%20docs/CallingToJusticeConferenceFeb232008TanaghoLemoine.pdf
United for Children
UNICEF | www.unicef.org | http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html
160 Million and Counting
Ross Douthat | New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/opinion/27douthat.html?_r=4&ref=opinion
It's Raining Men
Kim Moreland | BreakPoint Blog | http://www.breakpoint.org/tp-home/blog-archives/blog-archives/entry/4/16686
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FAX 202_228_0908
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Representative Michael A. Ross (D _ 04)
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Hello All,
Congress approved—and President Barack Obama immediately signed—the long-awaited deal to raise the nation's debt limit from 14 Trillion to 17 Trillion Tuesday. Our debt now equals roughly one half of the entire world’s money supply. How much is 17 Trillion anyway? Does anyone know?
But wait, the bill also “cuts” federal spending by 917 billion over 10 years with another$1.5 trillion in cuts (over 10 years) to be “promised” by a bipartisan panel. Humm ....
Didn’t we already have a bipartisan panel and the president ignored their recommendations? But this time there are “triggers” that will automatically cut defense and social security if congress doesn’t. Unless they vote to turn off the triggers. Wonder if they will ....?
Oh, and by the way, these “Cuts” are to be implemented over a 10 year span while the extra THREE TRILLION in borrowed dollars is only supposed to hold us for 2 years when we will AGAIN be required to raise the debt limit!
BO and others who think that government spending is the solution to all our ills, ran out before the ink was dry to announce that it would require more revenue to meet the spending cut goals. ??? How does taking more of our money equal cutting spending? Oh, I understand. They didn’t mean to cut the federal government’s spending, they meant to cut the citizens spending by ensuring that they had less money to spend!
Now I understand.
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Speaking of voters ... Check out Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » Setting the Record Straight: Correcting Myths about Independent Voters. [www.centerforpolitics.org]
[http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/aia2011070702/]
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I'm a registered Democrat with Republican leanings who votes independent. My question is; "If independents don't matter, why do we have Democrats and Republicans elected to the Presidency? Could it be that some of these "independents" switch choices from one party to the other on different elections? Or, is it that the party that "energizes" their base best will win? In any case, I believe that those of us who identify as "independents" are basically dissatisfied with the traditional parties. We are looking for candidates who will vote for preservation of the union instead of spending 90% of their time promoting their own party and only allocate 10% (if that) to the Nation. Of course, these mythical candidates would also have to meet my basic litmus tests (i.e. pro-life, fiscal conservative, Libertarian leanings, etc.)
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My friend and brother in the Lord, Buddy Farrar, shared this with us.
“This was sent to me by one of my closest friends, the Hawk. He reminds me so much much of my cussin, Jerry Matthews. We were in a lot of classes together, but I must not been listening! Where do they come with all these words? Hope all enjoy. Lol”
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Subject: Arguing with Fools
Hawk: Yesterday on the news there was an announcement by the Atlanta Office of Sustainability, (just the fact that there is such an office is a story in itself) that they are looking into a "fee" (read TAX) on citizens of Atlanta that collect rainwater and use it in their homes. With a straight face a bureaucrat explained that by collecting this water off roofs and filtering it and using it, it would then enter the sewer system, thereby creating a burden on the city. They had a tree-hugger woman on the news that had installed a system to collect the water off her house and filter it in the basement and store it to use, thereby reducing her water consumption from the city, and she actually thought it was a good idea to be taxed for "going green" and spending all the money to filter and store rainwater. Neither of these two addressed the fact that the rainwater was going into the sewer system whether she caught it or not, so evidently she's already drinking the kool-aid and believing that she and everybody else should pay to catch water.......BUT, it should be good for the economy, because now we will have to have Water Wardens to go around and check people's houses to see if they have a collection system, thereby creating thousands of new jobs, which will be paid for from the revenues from the "water collection tax". Now all of us need to go out and start working on a system to collect our rain, use it in our homes, save money by reducing our water bills, and then take the money we save and pay our collection fees before the Water Wardens lock us up for pilfering rainwater. Ain't bureaucrats wonderful?
Back around 1990, I had a customer who ran a fairly large sawmill in East Texas. As you know, logs have to be cut and hauled out of the woods when the ground is dry, so the log trucks won't get stuck in areas where there are only crude "logging roads" ... They were then stacked on the "yard" during dry times so they would have logs to saw during wet periods. In order to keep the logs from drying out (dry logs don't make good lumber cuts), they had a "sprinkler system" using well-water that showered the stacks of logs and kept them moist. Makes perfect sense... except to the govm't. You see, the water ran off of the logs, and eventually some of it found its way into a nearby little stream (or "branch").. which, supposedly found its way into a lake in the vicinity. The EPA said the runoff water was "polluting the lake" ... Now, that doesn't make much sense to me, since we're talking about trees and well water... But anyway, the EPA made him discontinue his sprinkler system.. which created lots of problems with having a backup supply of logs.... But he made considerable adjustments to his work/operating schedule, and accepted the fact that he'd have dryer/tougher logs, which caused problems with equipment, required frequent shut downs to rotate/sharpen saw blades, etc... Then the EPA came back and said that every time it rained, the rainwater fell on the logs and then found its way to the stream, and eventually polluted the lake... and that there would be a substantial fine of several thousand dollars EVERY DAY IT RAINED when he had logs on the yard. He shut down the sawmill, putting 80 men out of work... Far as I know, every time it has rained since then, the rain STILL falls on the trees and finds its way into the branch... but the EPA is satisfied.
I had another customer, in Dallas, whose facility had a roof-top air conditioning unit... and as you know, AC removes moisture from the air, and typically is drips down onto the ground.... His water dripped onto his parking lot.... It gets HOT is Dallas, just like in Atlanta... Most of the time, however, the condensated water evaporated on the parking lot concrete.. But the EPA folks didn't like that. Called CONDENSATED WATER a "polluting factor" and forced him to make extensive and expensive changes to his AC system... flushing the dripping water into his facility sewer system (which was the regular city system)... You cannot argue with Fools... They'll win every time.
You CANNOT have a rational nor reasonable discussion nor debate with someone who is totally irrational. I quote from G.K. Chesterton's book, "Orthodoxy":
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment. He is not hampered by a sense of humor or by charity, or by the dumb certainties of experience. He is the more logical for losing certain sane affections. Indeed, the common phrase for insanity is in this respect a misleading one. The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything EXCEPT his reason. The madman's explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory. Or, to speak more strictly, the insane explanation, if not conclusive, is at least unanswerable; this may be observed specially in the two or three commonest kinds of madness. If a man says (for instance) that men have a conspiracy against him, you cannot dispute it except by saying that all the men deny that they are conspirators; which is exactly what conspirators would do. His explanation covers the facts as much as yours. [snip] Or if a man says that he is Jesus Christ, it is no answer to tell him that the world denies his divinity; for the world denied Christ's.
Nevertheless he is wrong. But if we attempt to trace his error in exact terms, we shall not find it quite so easy as we had supposed. Perhaps the nearest we can get to expressing it is to say this: that his mind moves in a perfect but narrow circle. A small circle is quite as infinite as a large circle; but, though it is quite as infinite, it is not so large.
Now, speaking quite externally and empirically, we may say that the strongest and most unmistakable mark of madness is this combination between a logical completeness and a spiritual contraction. The lunatic's theory explains a large number of things, but it does not explain them in a large way. I mean that if you or I were dealing with a mind that was growing morbid, we should be chiefly concerned not so much to give it arguments as to give it air.
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"All along," [Poirot] said, "I have been worried over the why of this case... It is no answer to say the man was mentally unhinged. To say a man does mad things because he is mad is merely unintelligent and stupid. A madman is as logical and reasoned in his actions as a sane man given his peculiar biased point of view. For example, if a man insists on going out and squatting about in nothing but a loin cloth his conduct seems eccentric in the extreme. But once you know that the man himself is firmly convinced that he is Mahatma Gandhi, then his conduct becomes perfectly reasonable and logical." Agatha Christie, "The ABC Murders"
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If you’re on Face book, check out the "Columbia County Historical Society (Magnolia, Arkansas)" Facebook page. This page is an offshoot of the "You know you from Magnolia if....." Facebook page.
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Here are a few “Words of Wisdom” from my friends, relatives and neighbors:
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… remember that we are saved by our faith in Jesus, by grace, and not by having our doctrine correct in every detail. - - Joe Tudor via Patrick Mead
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Amy Staten McNeil - - All I ask is the chance to see if money will make me happy...Just sayin' ...
Treat every stressful situation like my dog does: just pee on it and walk away...
Never confuse caring about someone with feeling sorry for them. It just don't work...
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Jimmy Malone - - Be a fountain, not a drain. ~ Church Sign
If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself. ~ D.L. Moody
The number one exercise in America is jumping to conclusions. Often practiced in a group setting. Also a great team sport.
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John Britton - - The confusion that comes in this world many times comes from the people talking not from the people doing.
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Larry Joe Kingsbury - - A word on integrity from a former NCAA player from OU, of all places: Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. ~J.C. Watts
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Michael Maris - - "If you wait to get faith when u need it, you've waited too long!" -Smith Wigglesworth
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Nancee Davis Law - - Thought for the day: Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can spare it.
copied from KLOVE-- I was going to complain again about how hot it is, and then I realized that at least... 1) It isn't 110 degrees; 2) I'm not 5,700 miles from home; 3) I'm not dressed in a full BDU uniform & helmet & carrying 70+ lbs.; & 4) There is very little chance that anyone will shoot at me or that I might drive over a bomb in the road today! Thanks to all who serve!!
needs some retail therapy with someone else's money. :)
OK, the Devil can breathe now. I'm going to bed.
"Good morning! I will be handling all your problems today. I will NOT need your help, so just sit back, relax & enjoy your day!" ~~GOD
Resentment is letting someone live rent-free in your head. Forgiveness is handing that person an eviction notice.
If you're having a tough time thanking Him for what you got, try thanking Him for what you don't got: HIV, AIDS, Sugar-diabetes, Cancer, and the list goes on!!
You know that feeling when you arrive at work in the morning excited for the new day; looking forward to new challenges? Me neither.
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Norma Kay Rowe - - Never allow yourself to be defined by someone else's opinion of you...
The difference between a friend and an enemy is you know who your enemies are
?If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan
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Kit Lange - - "When somebody loves you, there's no comfort like that. When somebody needs you, there's no drug like that."--Heather Nova, "London Rain"
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Ricci Leever Black - - TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE, SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
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Robert Lyons - - Give the federal government control of the Sahara desert and in five years there will be a sand supply crisis.
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Rosemary Cragan Dolliver - - What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it’s all about?
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America is not at war. The military is at war. - - America is at the mall, or watching the movie stars. [http://icasualties.org/] [http://www.godvine.com/Rhema-Marvanne-Sings-a-Tribute-for-Soldiers-238.html]
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The latest from Michael Yon, the foremost “milnews” blogger on the web.
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Greetings,
Excellent initiative by Soldiers' Angels is moving forward.
Please see, "Day of the Deployed." [http://www.michaelyon-online.com/day-of-the-deployed.htm]
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Please see this short dispatch.
[http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the-texan-who-would-be-king.htm]
Very Respectfully,
Michael Yon
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BreakPoint - - Crying
The Tragedy of Sex-Selection Abortion
By: Chuck Colson|Published: July 8, 2011 1:30 PM
Topics: Gender Issues, Health & Science, Human Rights & Persecution, Life Issues, Marriage & Family, Politics & Government, Sexual Ethics
Did you know that abortion fuels the sex trade? It’s a tragic truth that abortion advocates can’t admit.
On Sunday, June 26, CNN aired a heart-breaking report, “Nepal’s Stolen Children.” The documentary, narrated by actress Demi Moore, told the story of Nepalese girls who were sold into slavery and turned into prostitutes in neighboring India.
During the broadcast Moore broke down and cried and spoke about making sure this kind of thing never happens again.
While no one can disagree with that. The problem is that we are ignoring an important part of what is driving this inhumane traffic in innocence.
That “part” was the subject of a New York Times column the day after the broadcast. The title, “160 Million and Counting,” referred to the number of “missing” women in the world. Not “missing” as in “disappeared,” rather, as in “never born in the first place.”
As Times columnist Ross Douthat reminded readers, twenty years ago the number of “missing” women was estimated by experts to be 100 million. They examined the skewed sex ratios in places like China and his native India and rightly concluded that something terrible was happening.
Twenty years later, the estimate has grown by 60 percent and now, as then, people who ostensibly are concerned about these sorts of things are still reluctant to name the cause: abortion.
Citing the work of social scientist Mara Hvistendahl, Douthat points out an uncomfortable truth: what Times readers would no doubt see as “female empowerment” lies behind the missing women. According to Hvistendahl, in places like India, “women use their increased autonomy” to abort their daughters and “select for sons,” who enhance their social status.
While the practice of sex-selection abortion originated among the more affluent, it eventually spread down the social ladder. And this brings us back to the tragedies in Nepal.
The impact of selective abortion goes beyond the lives ended in the womb, horrid as that is, it affects society. A 2008 article by two Loyola Law School professors found that by reducing the number of potential brides, selective abortion in India increased the demand for sex workers.
And one way that “demand” is being filled is through the Nepalese girls featured in the CNN documentary. The “lucky” ones are “smuggled and purchased from poor countries like Nepal and Bhutan to be brides for Indian men.”
The more unfortunate are sold into the Indian sex trade.
The social ills and the accompanying suffering caused by sex-selection abortion is why India and China have outlawed the practice. But the practice and suffering still continues. Cultural norms are hard to overcome.
That’s as true in the West as in Asia. Douthat notes that sex-selection abortion puts Western liberals “in a distinctly uncomfortable position.” They can’t deny the reality of the practice but, at the same time, their own worldview leaves them hanging in mid-air.
After all, they insist “that the unborn aren’t human beings yet, and that the right to an abortion is nearly absolute.” 160 million missing women and the suffering that radiates in all directions tells you where that kind of thinking inevitably leads.
It’s hard to imagine a better example of the poverty of modern thinking: faced with a great evil and unable to address the answer. That’s something more to cry about.
Further Reading and Information
Saving Nepalese Children From a Life in Slavery
The CNN Freedom Project | thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn..com | http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/22/saving-nepalese-children-from-a-life-in-slavery/
Gender Discrimination Fuels Sex Selective Abortions
Kristi Lemoine & John Tanagho | Loyola University of Chicago School of Law | http://www.luc.edu/ministry/pdfs/conference%20docs/CallingToJusticeConferenceFeb232008TanaghoLemoine.pdf
United for Children
UNICEF | www.unicef.org | http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html
160 Million and Counting
Ross Douthat | New York Times | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/opinion/27douthat.html?_r=4&ref=opinion
It's Raining Men
Kim Moreland | BreakPoint Blog | http://www.breakpoint.org/tp-home/blog-archives/blog-archives/entry/4/16686
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Residents of Columbia County, Arkansas are represented in Congress by:
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Senator John Boozman (R_ AR)
1 Russell Courtyard
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-4843
http://boozman.senate.gov/
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Senator Mark Pryor (D_ AR)
Phone 202_224_2353
FAX 202_228_0908
http://pryor.senate.gov/
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Representative Michael A. Ross (D _ 04)
Phone 202_225_3772
FAX 202_225_1314
http://ross.house.gov/
Other states congresspersons can be found at: [http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/]
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Madeleine Begun Kane Latest Column - - http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/
Limerick Ode To A Plunging Stock Market
August 5th, 2011
Limerick Ode To A Plunging Stock Market
By Madeleine Begun Kane
The stock market’s falling apart,
And it takes neither science nor art
To see that we’re screwed.
Wall Street matches our mood.
Yes, we’re losing both money and heart.
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"The problem is here and now. The time for talk is past. The time for action is now."
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Bug's Bleat - - Aluminium Overcast
Volume 11, Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A couple of headlines caught my eye today.
First, "Energy secretary calls on U.S. to prioritize carbon emissions"
The U.S. should concentrate on addressing its carbon emissions before seeking to impose tariffs on energy-intensive products from China, India or other nations, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said at a summit.
Hummm . . . so we should saw off our legs before requiring the rest of the world to compete on a fair basis with us?
There are two ways to get people to change. One is to encourage them to change by rewarding them for making changes. Then there's this administrations way ... punish all of us to force change.
Meanwhile congress lets incentives for change expire (like the tax credit for installing tankless waterheaters.) These folks want us all to suffer NOW!
~~~~~
The second headline was, "EPA orders review of BP's expansion plan for refinery"
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Indiana regulators to review BP's operating permit for expanding its Whiting refinery to make sure it complies with the Clean Air Act. The move is in response to a petition from environmental groups that said state regulators have been too easy on BP. "We're surprised, to say the least, considering that EPA signed off on the operating permit a little over a year ago," a BP spokesman said.
So having a permit to build doesn't mean a thing. Any business plan can be trumped by the whim of the Administration's anti human agenda.
~~~~~
Basicly, these folks will only be satisfied when the survivors of the human race are living in caves and eating "organicly" raised berries and leaves.
~~~~~
Don't be discouraged. We only have a little over three years of this insanity left. Speaking of insanity, here's a smile for you . . .
GCF: Calls to the Golf Course
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: What are your green fees?
Staff: 38 dollars.
Caller: Does that include golf?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I need to get some information from you. First, is this
your correct phone number?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, we have a tee time for two weeks from Friday. What's the
weather going to be like that day?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I had a tee time for this afternoon but I'm running late.
Can you still get me out early?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have one of those areas where you can buy a bucket of
golf balls and hit them for practice?
Staff: You mean a "driving range"?
Caller: No, that's not it...
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I'd like to get a tee time tomorrow between 12 o'clock and noon.
Staff: Between 12 o'clock and noon?
Caller: Yes.
Staff: We'll try to squeeze you in.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have any open tee times around 10 o'clock?
Staff: Yes, we have one at 10:15.
Caller: What's the next time after that?
Staff: We have one at 10:22.
Caller: We'll take that one. It will be a bit warmer.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: How much to play golf today?
Staff: 25 to walk, 38 with a cart.
Caller: 38 dollars?
Staff: No, 38 yen.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: What do you have for tee times tomorrow?
Staff: What time would you like?
Caller: What times do you have?
Staff: What time of the day?
Caller: Any time.
Staff: Morning or afternoon?
Caller: Whenever.
Staff: We have 16 times open in the morning and 20 open in the
afternoon. Would you like me to read the whole list?
Caller: No, I don't think any of those times will work for me.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have a dress code?
Staff: Yes, we do. We require soft spikes.
Caller: How about clothes?
Staff: Yes, you have to wear clothes.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have a driving range there?
Staff: Yes.
Caller: How much for a bucket of large balls?
Staff: Sorry, we're all out of large balls. But we can give you twice
as many small balls for the same price.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Can I get a tee time for tomorrow?
Staff: Sure, what time would you like?
Caller: Something between 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock.
In the morning, if possible.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you rent golf clubs there?
Staff: Yes, they're 25 dollars.
Caller: How much to rent a bag?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, my husband just called me on his cell phone and told me he's
on the 15th hole. How many more holes does
he have to play before he gets to the 18th?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have a driving range there?
Staff: Yes.
Caller: How much for a large bucket?
Staff: Four dollars.
Caller: Does that include the balls?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have a twilight rate?
Staff: Yes, it's 15 dollars after 2 o'clock.
Caller: And what time does that start?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I'd like some info about your golf course.
Staff: OK, what would you like to know?
Caller: I don't know, that's why I called.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: My kids just came home with pockets full of range balls and said
they stole them from your driving range.
Would you like to buy them back?
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Stop for a visit, leave with a smile!
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A couple of headlines caught my eye today.
First, "Energy secretary calls on U.S. to prioritize carbon emissions"
The U.S. should concentrate on addressing its carbon emissions before seeking to impose tariffs on energy-intensive products from China, India or other nations, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said at a summit.
Hummm . . . so we should saw off our legs before requiring the rest of the world to compete on a fair basis with us?
There are two ways to get people to change. One is to encourage them to change by rewarding them for making changes. Then there's this administrations way ... punish all of us to force change.
Meanwhile congress lets incentives for change expire (like the tax credit for installing tankless waterheaters.) These folks want us all to suffer NOW!
~~~~~
The second headline was, "EPA orders review of BP's expansion plan for refinery"
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered Indiana regulators to review BP's operating permit for expanding its Whiting refinery to make sure it complies with the Clean Air Act. The move is in response to a petition from environmental groups that said state regulators have been too easy on BP. "We're surprised, to say the least, considering that EPA signed off on the operating permit a little over a year ago," a BP spokesman said.
So having a permit to build doesn't mean a thing. Any business plan can be trumped by the whim of the Administration's anti human agenda.
~~~~~
Basicly, these folks will only be satisfied when the survivors of the human race are living in caves and eating "organicly" raised berries and leaves.
~~~~~
Don't be discouraged. We only have a little over three years of this insanity left. Speaking of insanity, here's a smile for you . . .
GCF: Calls to the Golf Course
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: What are your green fees?
Staff: 38 dollars.
Caller: Does that include golf?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I need to get some information from you. First, is this
your correct phone number?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, we have a tee time for two weeks from Friday. What's the
weather going to be like that day?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I had a tee time for this afternoon but I'm running late.
Can you still get me out early?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have one of those areas where you can buy a bucket of
golf balls and hit them for practice?
Staff: You mean a "driving range"?
Caller: No, that's not it...
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I'd like to get a tee time tomorrow between 12 o'clock and noon.
Staff: Between 12 o'clock and noon?
Caller: Yes.
Staff: We'll try to squeeze you in.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have any open tee times around 10 o'clock?
Staff: Yes, we have one at 10:15.
Caller: What's the next time after that?
Staff: We have one at 10:22.
Caller: We'll take that one. It will be a bit warmer.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: How much to play golf today?
Staff: 25 to walk, 38 with a cart.
Caller: 38 dollars?
Staff: No, 38 yen.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: What do you have for tee times tomorrow?
Staff: What time would you like?
Caller: What times do you have?
Staff: What time of the day?
Caller: Any time.
Staff: Morning or afternoon?
Caller: Whenever.
Staff: We have 16 times open in the morning and 20 open in the
afternoon. Would you like me to read the whole list?
Caller: No, I don't think any of those times will work for me.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have a dress code?
Staff: Yes, we do. We require soft spikes.
Caller: How about clothes?
Staff: Yes, you have to wear clothes.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have a driving range there?
Staff: Yes.
Caller: How much for a bucket of large balls?
Staff: Sorry, we're all out of large balls. But we can give you twice
as many small balls for the same price.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Can I get a tee time for tomorrow?
Staff: Sure, what time would you like?
Caller: Something between 9 o'clock and 10 o'clock.
In the morning, if possible.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you rent golf clubs there?
Staff: Yes, they're 25 dollars.
Caller: How much to rent a bag?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, my husband just called me on his cell phone and told me he's
on the 15th hole. How many more holes does
he have to play before he gets to the 18th?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, do you have a driving range there?
Staff: Yes.
Caller: How much for a large bucket?
Staff: Four dollars.
Caller: Does that include the balls?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Do you have a twilight rate?
Staff: Yes, it's 15 dollars after 2 o'clock.
Caller: And what time does that start?
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I'd like some info about your golf course.
Staff: OK, what would you like to know?
Caller: I don't know, that's why I called.
Staff: Golf course, may I help you?
Caller: My kids just came home with pockets full of range balls and said
they stole them from your driving range.
Would you like to buy them back?
_ _____________________________________ _
/ )| Thomas S. Ellsworth |( \
/ / | tellswor@kcbx.net | \ \
_( (_ | http://www.kcbx.net/~tellswor | _) )_
(((\ \>|_/ )_____________________________( \_|\\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ////
\ / Who edits fishing shows? \ /
\ _/ How do they decide \_ /
/ / what's too boring? \ \
*** Good Clean Fun ***
Stop for a visit, leave with a smile!
Visit the Good Clean Fun web site at http://www.kcbx.net/~tellswor/
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