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 Not Looking Good for Bail Out
Back in 1990, the Government seized the Mustang Ranch  brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed.  Now we are trusting the economy of our  country to a pack of nit-wits who CANT make money running a whore house and selling booze?

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning, uphill... barefoot... BOTH ways

Yadda, yadda, yadda

And I remember promising myself that when I grew up,there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on my kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it! 

You've got it so easy! I mean, compared to my childhood, you live in a damn Utopia!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

  And I hate to say it but you kids today, you don't know how good you've got it!

When I was a kid we didn't have "The Internet". If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalogue!  There was no email!! We had to actually write somebody a letter, with a pen!   Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchhike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ'd usually talk over the beginning and @#*% it all up!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it!

And we didn't have fancy Caller ID either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your Bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances mister!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video Games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600!
With games Like 'Space Invaders' and 'asteroids'. Your guy was a little square! You actually had to use your imagination!! And there were no multiple levels or Screens, it was just one screen... forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died! Just like LIFE!

You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV to change the Channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you Hear what I'm saying!?! We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And we didn't have microwaves; if we wanted to heat something up; we had to use the stove... Imagine that!  But now that I'm over the ripe old age of thirty, I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. 

You don't have to live in the South to know that FOOTBALL IS KING!  But the game wouldn't be complete without the cheerleaders, and here are some of our finest:

The LSU'S Golden Girls

 

The Alabama Crimsonettes

 

 

 

The University of Tennessee Rocky Top Girls

 

Hey Fox, notify is not working at all this morning.  It is not just me, it is happening to others as well.

 

A cop was patrolling late at night in a well-known spot.  He sees a couple in a car, with the interior light brightly glowing. The cop carefully approaches the car to get a closer look.

Then he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a computer magazine.   He immediately notices a young woman in the rear seat, knitting.  Puzzled by this surprising situation, the cop walks to the car and gently raps on the driver's window.
The young man lowers his window. "Uh, yes, officer?" The cop says:  "What are you doing?" The young man says: "Well, Officer,I'm reading a magazine."
 
Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat the cop says:  "And her, what is she doing?" The young man shrugs: "Sir, I believe she's knitting a pullover sweater."
 
Now, the cop is totally confused. A young couple. Alone, in a car, at night in a Lover's lane.....and nothing obscene is happening!

The cop asks:"What's your age, young man?" The young man says "I'm 22,  sir."
The cop asks: "And her ... what's her age?" The young man looks at his watch and replies: "She'll be 18 in 11 minutes."

If you were around in 1919 (just before prohibition started) and came upon the following poster...

 

 

I mean, seriously, Would you quit drinking?

 

 

 

Grandma's letter. (eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car)

She writes:

Dear Grand-daughter,

I was stopped at a red light at a busy ntersection,
just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn't notice that the light had changed.

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a Honk if you love Jesus bumper sticker.  I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.  So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.   Boy, am I glad I did, what an uplifting experience that followed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus
because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed.  I found that lots of people love Jesus!
While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, ' For the love of God!' 'Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!'  What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.  I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love!

There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.  I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.  I asked my young teenage grandson
in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.  Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.  My grandson burst out laughing.  Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment  that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, I waved at all my brothers and sisters
grinning, and drove on through the intersection.
I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma

 

 A beautiful young blond, New York woman, was so depressed that She decided to end her life by throwing herself into the ocean. But just before she could throw herself from the docks, A handsome young man stopped her. 'You have so much to live for,' said the man. 'Look, I'm a sailor, and we're off to Europe tomorrow, And I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take care of you, Bring you food every day, and keep you happy.' With nothing to lose, combined with the fact that she had Always wanted to go to Europe , the woman accepted. That night the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he would bring her three sandwiches And make love to her until dawn. Three weeks later she was discovered by the captain During a routine inspection. 'What are you doing here?' asked the captain. 'I have an arrangement with one of the sailors,' she replied. 'He brings me food daily and I get a free trip to Europe ! Plus he's screwing me every night.' 'He certainly is,' replied the captain. 'This is the Staten Island Ferry.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

BARACK OBAMA : The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change ! The chicken wanted change !

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON : When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One! that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON : I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?  

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.  

JOHN KERRY : Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.  

AL SHARPTON : Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens. (Allen Case has black chickens)  

DR. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current probl ems before adding new problems.  

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.  

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.  

NANCY GRACE : That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty ! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.  

PAT BUCHANAN : To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.  

MARTHA STEWART : No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.  

DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told  

ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.  

BARBARA WALTERS : Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.  

ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.  

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.  

BILL GATES : I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.  

ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?  

COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one?

Please if you can help Operation Kindness the No Kill Animal Shelter in Carrollton.

Hope to see you tomorrow!!

This year, Operation Kindness has partnered with David Weekley Homes, to present our Annual Garage Sale!

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

7 am until 5 pm

David Weekley New Homes Center

3301 North I-35(on I-35 at Highway 121), Carrollton, TX  75007

We have tons of great stuff from housewares and pet items to furniture and electronics!

 

 

O.J. Simpson Found Guilty On All Charges

'Juice' Faces 15 Years To Life Sentence

POSTED: 1:03 am CDT October 4, 2008 UPDATED: 1:26 am CDT October 4, 2008

 

 

LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson has been found guilty on all charges in the alleged gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel room more than a year ago.

Simpson faces a prison sentence of 15 years to life.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.

 

I need to buy a large quantity of books.  Just from one author, Jack Higgins.  These can be used books.

My parents home was heavily damaged by Ike.  In fact, the insurance people were there yesterday and they are kicking them out because they found black mold everywhere.  They are having trouble finding a hotel but think they found one 60 miles away.

My Dad's bedroom had the roof blown away and everything in that room was ruined.  He goes to sleep every night reading.  All his favorite books, all by Jack Higgins was on his bed.

I would like to buy a large quantity of Jack Higgins books and thought I would ask my fellow bloggers the best way to do this.  Most books he gets are used so that would not be a problem.  He says there are around 50 from him.  Of course I don't want to buy that many but would like to get a large quantity to replace some of his.

I know there is half priced books but I don't buy many books and thought there may be something else out there.

If any of you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

 

One of my favorite actors.

Actor Paul Newman dies at age 83 Newman represented a coiled sexuality on screen and a humane decency off it Jay Stone ,  Canwest News ServicePublished: Saturday, September 27, 2008

He used to joke that his epitaph would read, "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown."

It was self-deprecation with a hint of truth: an impossibly handsome, blue-eyed film god, Paul Newman carried his good looks like both a gift and a curse, and it was when he went beyond them - into roles as a callous womanizer or a self-involved failure or, later in his career, as an aging and rueful rebel - that he showed he was also a fine actor.

The irony was that those roles were the farthest from what he was in real life. When he was dying, film critic Shawn Levy, who was working on a biography of Newman, wrote of him, "Funny, upright, smart, brave, moral, talented, faithful, honest, manly, wise, humble."

 Actor Paul Newman is shown during an appearance on "The Tonight Show" in 2008. But Newman was best when he was something else: in The Hustler (1961) as Fast Eddy Felson, the talented pool shark without the character to win; in Hud (1963) as the amoral womanizing cowboy who almost rapes ranch cook Patricia Neal; in Cool Hand Luke (1967) as the wild prisoner who can't be tamed even by a sadistic prison guard; in the coarse comedy Slap Shot (1977) as the hockey coach who will do anything to win ("Ever since Slap Shot I've been swearing more," he once said. "I knew I had a problem one day when I turned to my daughter and said, 'Would you please pass the f---g salt?'")
There were many more as well - Newman had an acting career that began on Broadway in 1953 and went on to span some 60 movies - and while his stardom wasn't just a function of his blue eyes, there was a rebel's charm and the lean swagger of his self-assurance that often overwhelmed the character. Think of his wildly popular roles as the ironic outlaw in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) or the cocky con man in The Sting (1973), and the image is of Paul Newman, movie star.

Later in his career, he could bring an unusual depth to the alcoholic has-been lawyer of The Verdict (1982) or the construction worker lusting after his boss's wife in Nobody's Fool (1994). It was then, as movie veteran, when we could forget about the blue eyes and see him get under the surface of the people he portrayed.

He was born on Jan. 26, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a Jewish owner of a sporting goods shop and his Catholic wife (he got his role as the Israeli leader in Exodus - the charismatic, handsome, rebellious Israeli leader - because director Otto Preminger wanted an actor of Jewish heritage who didn't look Jewish).

Newman died Friday after a long struggle with cancer.

He was in the U.S. navy in the Second World War but he didn't qualify to be a pilot because he was colour-blind. When his father died, he had a choice of careers and picked acting over sporting goods. He attended the Yale drama school and later, the Actor's Studio. He emerged with a reputation as the new Marlon Brando or the new James Dean, and indeed, he took over a role intended for Dean in The Left Handed Gun (1958).

His first movie was the dreadful costume epic The Silver Chalice (1954), which was so bad he took out an ad in Variety magazine to apologize to those who had seen it. His breakthrough came in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), the biopic of boxer Rocky Graziano, one of many lovable tough guys in his filmography. But he was also willing to take chances: the first of his nine Oscar nominations (he won one competitive Oscar, in 1986 for The Color of Money) was the role of the sexually ambiguous Brick in the Tennessee Williams story Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958).

He acted many times with wife, Joanne Woodward and directed her to an Oscar nomination in Rachel, Rachel (1968), the story of a lonely spinster who gets a last chance at love.

The picture was also nominated for best film. Newman directed only four theatrical films, but he got an Emmy nomination for the TV movie The Shadow Box (1980).

And while he came from the "Method" school of acting that relies on performers probing their own psyches, in private life, he didn't seem to care for that much fuss, saying, "A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs."

He became known for his liberal politics and his food company, Newman's Own, which has raised more than $200 million for various charities ("The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is now outgrossing my films," he said.)

He's been married to Woodward, his second wife, since 1958: they lived in Westport, Conn., far from the Hollywood glitz. He had tragedy in his life - his son Scott died of an accidental drug overdose in 1978 - and he reacted by setting up a foundation to educate people about drug use.

His great love in life was car racing, driving and owning a team of cars; at 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major race, the 24 Hours of Daytona.

His final film was about car racing: he was the voice of Doc Hudson in the animated movie Cars (2006). He announced his retirement from acting shortly after that, saying he was having trouble remembering his lines; last month, he stepped down as the director of a production of Of Mice And Men at Westport County Playhouse because of his health.

It was the end of a career that spanned the golden age of movie stars and the new generation of intense actors: glamour met the Method in Newman, and for half a century he represented a coiled sexuality on screen and a humane decency off it. He died a success, his eyes still blue.

jstone@canwest.com

© Canwest News Service 2008

Did I hear this right?  I was in the hospital and on some heavy duty IV's.  There was nothing in the blogs about it.

PETA has always been known for their radical positions.  I could have sworn I heard that they are asking Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream to start using mother's milk.

I had to have heard this wrong.  There is no way this can be true.  That is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.