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8月31日

THE PASTORS DONKEY


                The pastor entered his donkey in a race and
                 it  won.
                 The pastor was so pleased with the donkey
                 that he entered it in the race again, and it  won again.
                
                 The local paper read:
               
                 PASTOR'S ASS  OUT FRONT.
               
                 The Bishop was so upset with this kind of
                 publicity  that he ordered the
                 pastor not to enter the donkey in  another race.
               
                 The next day, the local paper headline read:
 
                 BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.
               
                 This was too much for the bishop, so he
                 ordered the pastor to  get rid of the donkey.
               
                 The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a
                 nearby convent.
               
                 The local paper, hearing of the news, posted
                 the following  headline the next day:
               
                 NUN HAS BEST ASS IN  TOWN.
               
                 The bishop fainted.
               
                 He informed the nun that she would have to
                 get rid of the donkey,  so she
                 sold it to a farmer for  $10.
               
                 The next day the paper read:
               
                 NUN SELLS ASS FOR  $10.
               
                 This was too much for the bishop, so  he
                 ordered the nun to buy back the
                 donkey and lead  it to the plains where it could  run
                 wild.
               
                 The next day the headlines read:
               
                 NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND  FREE.
               
                 The bishop was buried the next day.
               
                 The moral of the story is being
                 concerned about public opinion can
                 bring  you much grief and misery . Even shorten  your
                 life. So be yourself and enjoy life.
               
                 Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and
                you'll be a lot happier and live  longer!
8月30日

OLDER 'N DIRT

Older 'n Dirt!!

 

    'Hey Dad ,' one of my kids asked the other day, 'What was your favorite

fast food when you were growing up?'

 

    'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All

the food was slow.'

 

    'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?'

 

    'It was a place called 'at home,'' I explained. 'Grandma cooked every

day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining

room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to

sit there until I did like it.'

 

    By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to

suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I

had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I

would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have

handled it:

 

    Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf

course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later

years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good

only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there

is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died.

 

    My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we

never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds,

and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house

until I was 11, but my grandparents had one before that. It was, of course,

black and white, but they bought a piece of colored plastic to cover the

screen. The top third was blue, like the sky, and the bottom third was

green, like grass. The middle third was red. It was perfect for programs

that had scenes of fire trucks riding across someone's lawn on a sunny day.

Some people had a lens taped to the front of the TV to make the picture look

larger.

 

    I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was called 'pizza pie.' When

I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung

down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the

best pizza I ever had.

 

    We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our

family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a 'machine.'

 

    I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in

the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had

to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using

the line.

 

    Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was.

 

    All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers.

I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which

I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I

had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were

the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least

favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection

day.

 

    Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the

movies. Touching someone else's tongue with yours was called French kissing

and they didn't do that in movies. I don't know what they did in French

movies. French movies were dirty and we weren't allowed to see them.

 

    If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want

to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just

don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing.

 

    Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?

 

 

    MEMORIES from a friend:

 

    My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and

he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a

stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my

daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or

something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board

to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am

old.

 

    How many do you remember?

 

    Head lights dimmer switches on the floor.

    Ignition switches on the dashboard.

    Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall.

    Real ice boxes.

    Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.

    Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner.

    Using hand signals for cars without turn signals.

 

    Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones

you were told about Ratings at the bottom.

 

    1. Blackjack chewing gum

    2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water

    3. Candy cigarettes

    4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles

    5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes

    6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers

    7. Party lines

    8. Newsreels before the movie

    9. P.F. Flyers

    10. Butch wax

    11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933)

    12. Peashooters

    13. Howdy Doody

    14. 45 RPM records

    15. S&H Green Stamps

    16 Hi-fi's

    17. Metal ice trays with lever

    18. Mimeograph paper

    19  Blue flashbulb

    20. Packards

    21. Roller skate keys

    22. Cork popguns

    23. Drive-ins

    24. Studebakers

    25. Wash tub wringers

 

    If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young

    If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older

    If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,

    If you remembered 16-25 = You're older than dirt!

 

    I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my

life.

 

    Don't forget to pass this along!!

    Especially to all your really OLD friends....

8月29日

GEORGE BUSH AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS...

 George  Bush has been in  office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was  fine.   

A little over one year ago:
  
 1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year  high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a  gallon;
3) the unemployment  rate was  4.5%;
4) the DOW  JONES hit a record  high--14,000 +
5) American's were buying new  cars, taking cruises,  vacations o'seas, living  large!
 
But American's wanted "CHANGE!" So, in 2006 they  voted in a DEMOCRATIC Congress & yup--we got  "CHANGE" all right!!
  
1) Consumer confidence has  plummeted;
2) Gasoline is $4 a gallon &  climbing;
3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 22%  increase);
4) Americans have seen their home  equity drop by $12 TRILLION  DOLLARS  & prices still dropping;
5) 1% of American  homes are in foreclosure;
6) as I write, THE DOW  is probing another low~~11,284--$2.5  TRILLION  DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL  FUNDS  INVESTMENT  PORTFOLIOS!
 
 
YUP, IN  2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE!  AND WE SURE AS HELL  GOT IT!!!  NOW THE DEM'S CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT  CLAIMS HE'S GONNA
REALLY GIVE US CHANGE!!  JUST  HOW MUCH MORE "CHANGE" DO YA THINK YOU CAN  STAND???

 

                       
A SEPARATE STORY--- A SUICIDE WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA...WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK, BUT NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.....WATCH THE WITNESSES...
 
8月28日

RED NECKS DOG

One hot summer day, a redneck came to town with his dog. He tied the dog under the shade of a tree, and headed into a bar for a cold one.
 
Twenty minutes later, a policeman entered the bar and asked, 'Who owns the dog tied under that tree outside?'
 
The redneck said it was his.
 
'Your dog seems to be in heat.' the officer said.
 
The redneck replied, 'No way. She's cool 'cause she's tied up under that shade tree.'
 
The policeman said, 'No, you don't understand. Your dog needs to be bred.'
 
'No way,' said the redneck. 'That dog don't need bread. She ain't hungry 'cause I fed her this morning.'
 
The exasperated policeman said, 'NO! You don't understand. You dog wants to have sex!'
 
(You gotta love this)
 
The redneck looked at the cop and said, 'Well go ahead. I always wanted a police dog.
8月27日

HARRY TRUMAN---WHY DON'T CANDIDATE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO HIM...

Harry Truman told it like he saw it.

The Buck Stops Here!

'It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.' Harry Truman.

When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year. When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, 'You don't want me. You want the office of the president, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale.' Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, 'I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise.'

We now see that other past presidents, have found a new level of success in cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale.

Was good old Harry Truman correct when he observed, 'My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a *****house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current politicians.
8月26日

BEST DRUNK STORY OF THE MONTH.....TUESDAY HUMOR

BEST DRUNK STORY OF THE MONTH



A drunken man walks into a biker bar, sits down at the bar and orders a drink.
Looking around, he sees three men sitting at a corner table. He gets up, staggers to the table, leans over, looks the biggest, meanest, biker in the face and says: 'I went by your grandma's house today and I saw her in the hallway buck naked.

Man, she is one fine looking woman!' The biker looks at him and doesn't say a word. His buddies are confused, because he is one bad biker and would fight at the drop of a hat. The drunk leans on the table again and says: 'I got it on with your grandma and she is good, the best I ever had!'

The biker' s buddies are starting to get really mad but the biker still says nothing. The drunk leans on the table one more time and says, 'I'll tell you something else, boy, your grandma liked it!' At this point the biker stands up, takes the drunk by the shoulders looks him square in the eyes and says................... 'Grandpa;....... Go home! Your drunk.

8月25日

SOCIAL SECURITY---WHY CONGRESSMEN DON'T PAY...

How can we get a bill started?

 
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT !


KEEP IT GOING!!!!

2008 Election Issue !!

GET A BILL STARTED TO PLACE ALL POLITICIANS ON SOC. SEC.


This must be an issue in '2008' Please! Keep it going.

----------------------------------

SOCIAL SECURITY:

(This is worth reading. It is short and to the point.)

Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years.

Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into       Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it.

You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of       their rare elevation in society . They felt they should have a special plan for       themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan.

In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it.       After all, it is a great plan.

For all practical purposes their plan works like this:

When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die.

Except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments..

For example, Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may       expect to draw $7,800,000.00 (that's Seven Million, Eight-Hundred       Thousand Dollar s), with their wives drawing $275, 000.00 during the last       years of their lives.

This is calculated on an average life span for each of those two       Dignitaries.


Younger Dignitaries who retire at an early age, will receive       much more during the rest of their lives.

Their cost for this excellent plan is $0.00 . NADA..!       .ZILCH...

This little perk they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick       up the tab for this plan . The funds for this fine retirement plan       com e directly from the General Funds;

' OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK '!

From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid)       into, every payday until we retire (which       amount is matched by our employer). we can expect       to get an average of $1,000 per month a fter retirement.

Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000       monthly benefits for 68 years and one (1) month to equal Senator! Bill       Bradley's benefits!




Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.

That change would be to:


Jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and       Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with the rest of us


then sit back.....


and see how fast they would fix it.

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted       and maybe good changes will evolve.



How many people CAN you send this to?


Better yet.....


How many people WILL you send       this to ?
 
8月24日

RECIPES -- WILL ADD A FEW POUNDS OR INCHES....

Tortillas (flour):
 
4 cups of flour
3 tsp of baking powder
1 tbsp of salt
1/2 cup of shortening or (lard--lots of calories but make the best tortillas)
1 1/2 cup of warm water.
 
Mix and make dough (about the size of a small biscuit) and roll with rolling pin and dry flour.  Cook on a hot metal plate.  Makes about a doz.  GREAT FOR MAKING QUESADEAS.  
 
 
 
 
ANGEL BISCUITS
 
5 CUPS OF FLOUR
1 TBSP OF SALT
1 1/2 PK. OF YEAST
1 1/4 CUP OF WARM WATER
1/2 CUP OF SUGAR
1 CUP OF MILK
6 TBSP OF SHORTENING
 
 
SCALD MILK, SALT, SHORTENING, SUGAR--LET COOL.
ADD EGG BEAT, AND THEN ADD YEAST.  ADD 3 1/2 CUPS OF FLOUR
TO MAKE SOFT DOUGH. KNEAD DOUGH IN REST OF THE FLOUR.  KNEAD UNTIL SMOOTH AND SATIN.  LET RISE TO DOUBLE BULB.  MASH DOWN, MAKE ROLLS, LET RISE DOUBLE THEN BAKE IN HOT OVEN UNTIL BROWN.  425 DEGREES.
 
 
THESE ARE MY WIFES RECIPES FOR FLOUR TORTILLAS AND ANGEL BISCUITS.  IT IS CHEAPER FOR US TO BUY TORTILLAS NOW, BUT ANGEL BISCUITS, WELL, THESE ARE GREAT WITH DINNERS OR WHAT EVER.  GREAT WITH BUTTER..THAT IS FOR SURE.  DON'T TELL MY WIFE I GAVE THESE AWAY...SHE  RARELY READS MY BLOGS....HEHEHE...ENJOY...RALPH
8月23日

COLON CANCER --ONE YEAR LATER

YESTERDAY, WAS ONE YEAR AGO I HAD MY COLONOSCOPY AND A BIOPOSY WAS DONE ON A GROW.  OF
COURSE, IN A FEW DAYS IT WAS RECIEVED THAT IT WAS CANCEROUS.  IN SEPT 13, 2007, I HAD 12" OF
COLON REMOVED IN THE DESCENDING SIDE.   A MONTH WOULD PASS AND I WAS BACK TO WORK
BECAUSE I WAS GOING STIR CRAZY. 
 
WELL NOW I AM DOING FIND BUT SUFFER A MINOR PAIN IN THE INCISSION THAT WAS MADE WHEN I BEND OVER TO WORK ON EQUIPMENT AND LAY BY BELLY ON IT.  OVER ALL, I AM DOING GREAT AND
VALUE LIFE A LITTLE MORE.  I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME GOOD DOCTORS, NURSES, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY IN SUPPORT CHEERING ON AND PRAYING FOR ME IN MY TRIALS. 
 
MY WIFE HAD A COLONOSCOPY YESTERDAY ALSO.  SHE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A GOOD COLON AND NO
PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WHICH I THANK GOD.  HER DOCTOR, WHOM I MET, WAS VERY NICE AND VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ALONG WITH THE NURSES IN ENDOSCOPY SECTION.  SHE WAS MOSTLY SICK FROM ANATHESIA, SHE ALWAYS GET SICK FROM IT.  SHE SLEPT FOR THE MOST PART YESTERDAY.
 
FOR SOME OF YOU, IF YOUR OVER 40 YEARS OLD, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER HAVING A COLONOSCOPY,
JUST TO CHECK.  COLON CANCER IS THE EASIEST TO DETECT.  IT IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS CANCER, BECAUSE IF NOT DETECTED, IT SPREADS THOU YOUR BODY THE FASTEST SINCE ALL THE BLOOD GO TO YOUR INTESTINES AND PICK-UP FOOD AND CANCER CELLS.  SO DO YOURSELF A FAVORITE AND GET CHECKOUT....I PROMISE, I WILL PUT CARTOONS, AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS FUNNY ABOUT COLON CANCER FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT ITS BECAUSE I AM A SURVIVOR AND I THANK GOD...TAKE CARR
FRIENDS, I WANT TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF YOU.  RALPH

GENOCIDAL HADITH AND THE MINDS OF MUSLIMS

August 22, 2008

Fitzgerald: That genocidal hadith and the minds of Muslims

Robert Spencer reports that “the MSA of the University of Southern California became a focal point of this effort [to repudiate the genocidal hadith about Muslims killing Jews to bring on the end times] because it hosts a major online hadith collection here, which of course included the genocidal hadith. When this was brought to the attention of USA Provost, C. L. Max Nikias, he declared that ‘the passage cited is truly despicable...The passage in the Hadith that you brought to our attention violates the USC Principles of Community, and it has no place on a USC website.’ Said Nikias: ‘I have ordered that the passage be removed.’ You can see a pdf of his letter here. The USC MSA complied.”

That Hadith may have been taken off the website of the Muslim Students Association. But, like hundreds of similar Hadith, it has not been removed from the minds of Muslims. It has not been removed from the collections of the most authoritative muhaddithin or from this list of those hadiths that are often labeled as among the most "authentic."

Why not ask if Sura 9 of the Qur'an -- to start with -- is going to be removed from the minds of Muslims? And the killings of Asma bint Marwan and Abu Afak? And the decapitation of the 600-900 bound prisoners of the Banu Qurayza? And the attack, prompted by a desire for loot (property and women), on the inoffensive Jewish farmers of the Khaybar Oasis? And are Muslims willing to distance themselves from the idea that everything Muhammad did was absolutely admirable and worthy of emulation, beginning with his having sexual intercourse with his nine-year-old wife, little Aisha?

Hundreds of Jihad passages -- see the Calcutta Qur’an Petition -- and hundreds of "authentic" (just study those isnad-chains) Hadith, and so many events from the life of that Perfect Man, Muhammad (uswa hasana, al-insan al-kamil) will have to be held up for inspection by Infidels. Muslims will have to declare themselves: do you accept this, do you agree with this, do you admire this? Attempting to deal with the matter by simply removing it from a website where it can be seen by all just doesn't do the trick in and of itself, without an explicit renunciation of these ideas by Muslim groups.

No, the texts and tenets of Islam are clear. What is unclear is why anyone, living in the West and knowing these texts, and knowing what they have meant over the past 1350 years, reflected in the behavior of Muslims toward the Infidels whose many and varied lands they conquered, would still insist on being called a Muslim. What is unclear is why we, the Infidels, should not in response assume that those who continue to self-identify as Muslims agree with those passages in the Qur'an, the Hadith, and those many examples of behavior that we take nowadays to be far from exemplary that are set out in the biographies of Muhammad.

At a certain point, we are entitled to assume that anyone who continues to identify with, to protect, to run interference for, to smilingly and plausibly offer us a diet of taqiyya-and-tu-quoque, should be treated not just with the utmost suspicion, but as someone who is intent on furthering the Jihad, the "struggle" to remove all obstacles to the spread and then the dominance of Islam. And if you realize the full meaning and menace of Islam, such people have made themselves and have essentially declared themselves (oh, forget about the "three abrahamic faiths" propaganda, please do) to be the enemies of your country's legal and political institutions, of individual liberties (Islam is completely collectivist), of free and skeptical inquiry, of freedom of artistic expression, of so much that makes us us. They are declaring themselves to be, in other words, enemies of the civilization into which they have been allowed to come, to settle, and to be treated, everywhere in Western Europe and North America, with amazing forbearance and generosity and naive hopefulness.

Enough of all that. It hasn't worked. Just look around. Look, for example, at the sinister behavior of the Muslim Students' Association, determined to avoid having to answer a pointed request, and instead simply slyly removing from its website, but not from the hearts and minds of its members, the particular outrageous (to Infidels) Hadith in question, and continuing to remain malevolently silent about the whole matter.

A silence that is telling.

8月22日

LITTLE RED HEN

She called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said, 'If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?' 

 'Not I,' said the cow.

 'Not I,' said the duck.

 'Not I,' said the pig.

 'Not I,' said the goose.

    'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did.   The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain.

    'Who will help me reap my wheat?' asked the little red hen.   

'Not I,' said the duck..

'Out of my classification,' said the pig.

'I'd lose my seniority,' said the cow.

'I'd lose my unemployment compensation,' said the goose.

    'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen, and so she did.

    At last it came time to bake the bread.

    'Who will help me bake the bread?' asked the little red hen.

'That would be overtime for me,' said the cow.

'I'd lose my welfare benefits,' said the duck.

'I'm a dropout and never learned how,' said the pig.

'If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination,' said the goose.

    'Then I will do it by myself,' said the little red hen.

    She baked five loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, 'No, I shall eat all five loaves.'

'Excess profits!' cried the cow. (Nancy Pelosi)

'Capitalist leech!' screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

'I demand equal rights!' yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

The pig just grunted in disdain. (Ted Kennedy)

    And they all painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.

    Then the farmer (Obama) came. He said to the little red hen, 'You mustnot be so greedy.'

    'But I earned the bread,' said the little red hen.

    'Exactly,' said Barack the farmer. 'That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle.'

    And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, 'I am grateful, for now I truly understand.'

    But her neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.

    Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there was free bread that 'the rich' were paying for.

 

 EPILOGUE

    Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.

    Hillary got $8 million for hers.

    That's $20 million for the memories from two people, who for eight years, repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.

 

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

8月21日

DEMOCRATS--TAXES--REPUBLICANS

This is a email from our daughter and then a reply from her bother who owns his tax business in Colorado…at the end of this is why I am voting democrat---not!

This is scary...why do I bother working at all?
  INTERESTING DATA JUST RECEIVED ON TAXES

Spread the word..... 
This is something you should be 
aware of so you don't get blind-sided.
 This is really going to catch a lot 
of families off guard. It should
 make you worry.
 
Proposed changes in taxes after 2008 General election:
 
> CAPITAL GAINS TAX
>
> MCCAIN
> 0% on home sales up to $500,000
> per home (couples) McCain does not
> propose any change in existing
> home sales income tax.
>
> OBAMA
> 28% on profit from ALL home sales
>
> How does this affect you?
> If you sell your home and make a profit, you
> will pay 28% of your gain on taxes.
> If you are heading toward retirement
> and would like to down-size your
> home or move into a retirement
> community, 28% of the money you
> make from your home will go to taxes. This
> proposal will adversely affect the
> elderly who are counting on the income
> from their homes as part of their retirement income.
>
> DIVIDEND TAX
>
> MCCAIN 15% ( no change)
>
> OBAMA 39.6%
>
> How will this affect you?
> If you have any money invested in stock
> market, IRA, mutual funds,
> college funds, life insurance, retirement
> accounts, or anything that pays
> or reinvests dividends, you will now
> be paying nearly 4 0% of the money
> earned on taxes if Obama become president.
> The experts predict that 'higher
> tax rates on dividends and capital gains
> would crash the stock market yet
> do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.
>
> INCOME TAX
>
> MCCAIN (no changes)
>
> Single making 30K - tax $4,500
> Single making 50K - tax $12,500
> Single making 75K - tax $18,750
> Married making 60K- tax $9,000
> Married making 75K - tax $18,750
> Married making 125K - tax $31,250
>
> OBAMA
> (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts)
> Single making 30K - tax $8,400
> Single making 50K - tax $14,000
> Single making 75K - tax $23,250
> Married making 60K - tax $16,800
> Married making 75K - tax $21,000
> Married making 125K - tax $38,750
>
>
> Under Obama your taxes will
> more than double!
> How does this affect you? No explanation
> needed. This is pretty
> straight forward.
>
> INHERITANCE TAX
>
> MCCAIN 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax)
>
> OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax
>
> How does this affect you? Many families
> have lost businesses,
> farms and ranches, and homes
> that have
> been in their families
> for generations because they could not
> afford the inheritance tax.
> Those willing their assets to loved
> ones will not only lose them to< BR>these taxes.
>
> NEW TAXES BEING PROPOSED BY OBAMA
>
> * New government taxes proposed on
> homes that are more than
> 2400 square feet
>
> * New gasoline taxes (as if
> gas weren't high enough already)
>
> * New taxes on natural resources
> consumption (heating
> gas, water, electricity)
>
> * New taxes on retirement accounts
> and last but not least....
>
> * New taxes to pay for socialized medicine
> so we can receive the same
> level of medical care as other
> third-world countries!!!
>  
>
> Thank You
> Robert D. Jenkins
> Vice President - Investments
> Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor
> Wachovia Securities, LLC
> 314-991-7812

Vicki,

 

There is no need to check snopes.  Some of this is true, and some is not.  At its base, McCain wants to keep the tax cuts from 2001 in place, Obama does not.  When the law was originally passed, it included a sunset provision.  In 2011, the tax law reverts back to what it was in 2001.  It really does not matter who is President, this is going to happen unless Congress changes it.  With Congress being Democrat controlled, the chances of them eliminating the reversion is next to nothing.

 

That said, the law that comes into place after this one sunsets is very dependent on who is the President (think veto).  I think it is safe to say, that our taxes are going to go up.  The question is, "By how much?".  Currently, if you sell your house that you have lived in for at least 2 out of the last 5 years, and make less than $500,000 (net), you pay no taxes.  That law came into effect in 1987 and is not scheduled to sunset.  It literally would take an act of Congress to change it.  I have heard no talk on either side on changing this.  Still possible though.

 

The biggest tax problem I have heard is one from Obama.  He wants people who have an AGI of more than $250,000 per year to pay Social Security tax on all of their income above $250,000.  Currently, that tax stops at $102,000 in WAGES.  The reason it stops is because this is a forced pension program (with awful returns for late entrants...our grandparents did great).  If your benefits are capped, the amount you pay in is also capped.  The tax is 6.2% of your income along with an identical matching amount from your employer (the total is 12.4% of your wages).  What Obama is planning, is to let is let it stop at $102,000 in wages.  Then, when you file your tax return, if your AGI is greater than $250,000, he wants to start it back up.  I have several problems with this.  Obama's lack of understanding of how this payroll tax is collected and what it is collected on is disturbing.  By law, since its beginning, Social Security has only been taxed on earned income.  Obama is saying (by using AGI instead of WAGES) that we would pay Social Security tax on interest, dividend, capital gains.  This is a monster change.  Also, let's say I have an employee who I pay $125,000 per year.  As the employer, I stop paying my matching 6.2% at $102,000.  Now, let's say this person sold a piece of land and made $150,000.  His AGI is now $275,000 (assuming he did not earn any interest, dividends...).  Obama wants me (as the employer) to pay 6.2% on $25,000 ($275,000 AGI less $250,000 floor).  In order to do this, I must have a copy of every employee's tax return and every amendment (talk about loss of privacy!).  It would not be very hard for me because I only have 5 employees.  It would be an administrative nightmare for any large company!  Also, how long will it be before the average person starts to pay Social Security tax on their passive income?  Our government has a long history of starting taxes for the "rich", then it eventually gets to the average Joe (think Alternative Minimum Tax).

 

This is the type of stuff that we need to pay attention to.  Unfortunately, our press does not do a very good job of getting this type of information out.  Obama was criticized by the Wall Street Journal for this plan.  Yet, I would bet most people know nothing about it.

 

Hope this helps,
Craig
 

10 Reasons I'm voting Democrat...   

 1. I'm voting Democrat because I believe the  government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

 2. I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is  fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

 3. I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people.

 4. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if  it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice  caps will melt away in ten  years if I don't start driving a Prius.

 5. I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned  about the slaughter of  millions of babies so long as we keep all death row  inmates alive.

 6. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves.They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit.

 7. I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy headed elitist liberals need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the  voters.

 8. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there, and they come over here I don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with.

 9. I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my horse.

 10. I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.

 Any Questions? 

 
8月20日

MOSQUE TORTURE CHAMBER

August 19, 2008

Torture chamber found in mosque

Now don't go getting all excited. Doesn't your local church have a torture chamber? What's that? It doesn't? Well, okay, but there must be at least a room in the basement where they rough up heretics? No? But...but...well, at very least Father McGillicuddy has a pair of thumbscrews -- doesn't he? He doesn't? Well, then, uh, remember the Inquisition! And the Crusades!

"Chain wrapped around 'old man's body' found in mosque," by Arwa Damon for CNN, August 19 (thanks to all who sent this in):

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- "There are the bloodstains on the wall, and here it is dried on the floor," says Abu Muhanad as he walks through a torture chamber in a Baghdad mosque where more than two dozen bodies have been found.

"And here, a woman's shoes. She was a victim of the militia. We found her corpse in the grave."

Chunks of hair waft lazily across the floor in the hot Baghdad breeze.

"This was the torture room," says Muhanad, the leader of a U.S.-backed armed group that now controls the mosque.

"This is what they used for hanging," he says, pointing to a cord dangling from the ceiling. "Here is a chain we found tied to an old man's body."

The horrific scene at this southwestern Baghdad mosque is what officials say was the work of a Shia militia known as the Mehdi Army. Residents who live near the mosque say they could hear the victims' screams.

The militia had been in control of the mosque, called Adib al-Jumaili, for at least a year and a half....

 

US SOLDIER ARE RESTRICTED FROM ENTERING MOSQUE, SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD NEVER BE FOUND.  NOTICE THAT IT MENTIONS MUSLIM KILLING MUSLIM....NO BROTHERLY LOVE, NO IDEALS, AND WE WANT THEM TO BECOME FRIENDS....KORAN DOES NOT TEACH LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN.  I READ IN THE DENVER POST ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL OF 8 YEARS OLD WHO WAS GETTING MARRIED TO A 55 YEAR OLD MAN.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT IDEA????  YOU COULD NOT CONVINCE ME THAT BEING A MUSLIM IS GOOD.  I GUESS I WILL ALWAYS BE AN INFINDEL AND JUST GO ABOUT BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER, AND HOLY SPIRIT.  MUSLIMS SAY MARY WAS A MUSLIM.....WONDER WHERE THEY GOT THAT IDEA?

8月19日

FIVE SURGEONS---OH BOY....WATCHOUT!

Five Surgeons are discussing the types of people they like to  Operate on.

 

The first surgeon says: I like to see accountants on my  operating Table  because when I open them up, everything inside is numbered. 

 

The second responds: 'Yeah, but you should try Electricians!  Everything  inside them is color-coded. 

 

The third surgeon says: 'No, I really think librarians are the  best;  Everything inside them is in alphabetical order. 

 

The fourth surgeon chimes in: 'You know, I like construction  Workers   those guys always understand when you have a few parts left  over. 

 

But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed:

 

'You're all  wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no  guts, no  heart, no balls, no brains and no spine . Plus, the head and the ass are  interchangeable. 
 
 
WELL I HAVE BEEN ON A SHORT VACATION TO COLORADO AND IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE.  IT RAINED WHILE I WAS UP THERE AND IT WAS COOL.  DALLAS COWBOYS LOST TO THE BRONCOS AND LETS SEE IF THE COWBOYS HAVE ANYTHING FOR THESE SEASON... HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS IN THE ALBUM SECTION.  ONE THING FOR SURE, NOTHING LIKE SLEEPING IN YOUR OWN BED..
8月15日

CELEBIRTY TWINS

THIS IS THE WAY TO START THE WEEKEND, A LITTLE HUMOR AND WEEKLONG VACATION....
 
 
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8月14日

ONLY IN TEXAS

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TEXAS..........


 


 

and, MY FAVORITE!!!!!

8月13日

JUST CHIECKING IN

A minister passing through his church
In the middle of the day,
Decided to pause by the altar
And see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened,
A man came down the aisle,
The minister frowned as he saw
The man hadn't shaved in a while.

His shirt was kind a shabby
And his coat was worn and frayed,

The man knelt, he bowed his head,

Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed,
Each noon time came this chap,
Each time he knelt just for a moment,
A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,
With robbery a main fear,
He decided to stop the man and ask him,
'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road.
Lunch was half an hour.
Lunchtime was his prayer time,
For finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see,
Because the factory is so far away;
As I kneel here talking to the Lord,
This is kind a what I say:

'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.. DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.
SO, JESUS, THIS IS JIM CHECKING IN TODAY.'



The minister feeling foolish,
Told Jim, that was fine...
He told the man he was welcome
To come and pray just anytime

Time to go, Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.'
He hurried to the door.

The minister knelt at the altar,
He'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,
And met with Jesus there.
As the tears flowed, in his heart,
He repeated old Jim's prayer:


'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD,
HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN, SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN. I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY..

SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed
That old Jim hadn't come.
As more days passed without Jim,
He began to worry some...

At the factory, he asked about him,
Learning he was ill.

The hospital staff was worried,
But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them,
Brought changes in the ward.
His smiles, a joy contagious.
Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand
Why Jim was so glad,
When no flowers, calls or cards came,
Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,
He voiced the nurse's concern:
No friends came to show they cared..
He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke
Up and with a winsome smile;
'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,
That he's in here all the while
Everyday at noon He's here,
A dear friend of mine, you see,
He sits right down, takes my hand,
Leans over and says to me:

' I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM,
HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN, SINCE
WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN. ALWAYS LOVE! TO HEAR YOU PRAY,
I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY, AND SO JIM, THIS IS
JESUS CHECKING IN TODAY.'




If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand
And Angels watch over you.

Please pass this page on to your friends & loved ones. If you aren't ashamed. Jesus said,

' If you are ashamed of me,' I will be ashamed
Of you before my Father.'

If you are not ashamed, pass this on. But only if you mean it.
So this is me ... Just Checking In

 

SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED A PRAYER JUST TO THANK GOD FOR THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.  GOOD HEALTH, GOOD FRIENDS, FOOD, AND FAMILY.  SO IF YOU SEE A HELLO FROM ME, IT IS BECAUSE I CARE.  NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY WILL BE A YEAR THAT THE DOCTOR WOULD FIND COLON CANCER...NEXT MONTH IN SEPTEMBER, WILL BE A YEAR AFTER SURGERY...BUT WHO REMEMBERING...LOL...Open-mouthed

8月12日

USS NEW YORK LPD 21 "NEVER FORGET"

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Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the   World   Trade   Center !




USS New York

It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade   Center ..

It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions

that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'

Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'

Please keep this going so everyone can see what we are made of in this country!

8月11日

MEANING OF FLAG DRAPED COFFIN

Meaning of Flag Draped   Coffin

All Americans should be given this lesson. Those who think that America is an arrogant nation should really reconsider that thought. Our founding fathers used GOD's word and teachings to establish our Great Nation and I think it's high time Americans get re-educated about this Nation's history. Pass it along and be proud of the country we live in and even more proud of those who serve to protect our 'GOD GIVEN' rights and freedoms.


I hope you take the time to read this .... To understand what the flag draped coffin really means ... Here is how to understand the flag that laid upon it and is surrendered to so many widows and widowers.


Do you know that at military funerals, the 21-gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776?

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Have you ever noticed the honor guard pays meticulous attention to correctly folding the United States of America Flag 13 times? You probably thought it was to symbolize the original 13 colonies, but we learn something new every day!

The 1st fold of the flag is a symbol of life

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The 2nd fold is a symbol of the belief in eternal life.

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The 3rd fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans departing the ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the defense of the country to attain peace throughout the world.

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The 4th fold represents the weaker nature, for as American citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in time of war for His divine guidance.

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The 5th fold is a tribute to the country, for in the words of Stephen Decatur, 'Our Country, in dealing with other countries, may she always be right; but it is still our country, right or wrong.'

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The 6th fold is for where people's hearts lie. It is with their heart that They pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States Of America, and the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

The 7th fold is a tribute to its Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that they protect their country and their flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of their republic.

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The 8th fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day.
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The 9th fold is a tribute to womanhood, and Mothers. For it has been through their faith, their love, loyalty and devotion that the character of the men and women who have made this country great has been molded.

The 10th fold is a tribute to the father, for he, too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of their country since they were first born.

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The 11th fold represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon and glorifies in the Hebrews eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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The 12th fold represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies, in the Christians eyes, God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.


The 13th fold, or when the flag is completely folded, the stars are ! uppermos t reminding them of their nations motto, 'In God We Trust.'

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After the flag is completely folded and tucked in, it takes on the appearance of a cocked hat, ever reminding us of the soldiers who served under General George Washington, and the Sailors and Marines who served under Captain John Paul Jones, who were followed by their comrades and shipmates in the Armed Forces of the United States, preserving for them the rights, privileges and freedoms they enjoy today.

There are some traditions and ways of doing things that have deep meaning. In the future, you'll see flags folded and now you will know why.

Share this with the children you love and all others who love what is referred to, the symbol of 'Liberty and Freedom.'

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MAYBE THE SUPREME COURT SHOULD READ THIS EXPLANATION BEFORE THEY RENDER THEIR DECISION ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

FORWARD IT; MAYBE SOMEONE WITH THE NECESSARY POWER, OR POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL INFLUENCE, WILL GET IT TO THEM.

IN THE MEANTIME, MAY GOD PROTECT US ALWAYS.
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ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

 

WOMAN DEMOCRAT AND MALE REPUBLICAN

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, 'Excuse me, can you help 
me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.' 
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. 
You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes 
north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west > longitude.' 
She rolled her eyes and said, 'You must be a Republican.' 
'I am,' replied the man. 'How did you know?' 
'Well,' answered the balloonist, 'everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to 
do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me.' 
The man smiled and responded, 'You must be a Democrat.'  'I am,' replied the Balloonist. 'How did you know?' 


'Well,' said the man, 'you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same 
position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.'