ITT I post email fwds from my grandparents for McJigga

[erinyay]

I will not be reformatting these, as they lose their truthiness if they're reformatted.

> > THERE IS A LIMIT TO OVERLOOKING THE 'GOD' THING - THE WORDS SHOULD BE WRITTEN
> > AS ORIGINALLY SAID...............
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > MAD, SENDING TO EVERYONE.
> > PASS IT ON.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO
> > GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING
> > WORDS?
> >
> > THIS IS A
> > MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER:
> >
> > Today I
> > went to visit the new
> > World War II Memorial in
> > Washington, DC. I got an unexpected history lesson.
> > Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the
> > crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of
> > 'the greatest war,' with their families. It was a beautiful
> > day, and people were smiling and happy to be there.
> > Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the
> > inspiring words of Eisenhower and Truman that are engraved
> > there.
> >
> > On the
> > Pacific side of the memorial, a group of us gathered to
> > read the words President Roosevelt used to announce the
> > attack on Pearl Harbor:
> >
> > 'Yesterday,
> > December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the
> > United States of America was suddenly and
> > deliberately attacked.'
> >
> > One
> > elderly woman read the words aloud:
> >
> > 'With
> > confidence in our armed forces, with the abounding
> > determination of our people, we will gain the
> > inevitable triumph.'
> >
> > But as she
> > read, she was suddenly turned angry. 'Wait a minute,' she
> > said, 'they left out the end of the quote. They left
> > out the most important part. Roosevelt ended the
> > message with 'so help us
> > God.'
> >
> > Her
> > husband said, 'You are probably right. We're not
> > supposed to say things like that now.'
> >
> > 'I know
> > I'm right,' she insisted. 'I remember the speech.' The two
> > looked dismayed, shook their heads sadly and walked
> > away.
> >
> > Listening
> > to their conversation, I thought to myself, 'Well, it has
> > been over 50 years; she's probably forgotten.'
> >
> > But she
> > had not forgotten. She was
> > right..
> >
> > I went
> > home and pulled out the book my book club is reading
> > --- 'Flags of Our Fathers' by James Bradley. It's all
> > about the battle at Iwo Jima.
> >
> >
> >
> > I
> > haven't gotten too far in the book. It's tough to
> > read because it's a graphic description of the WWII battles
> > in the Pacific.
> >
> > But right
> > there it was on page 58. Roosevelt 's speech to the
> > nation ends in 'so help us
> > God.'
> >
> > The
> > people who edited out that part of the speech when
> > they engraved it on the memorial could have fooled me. I
> > was born after the war! But they couldn't fool the people
> > who were there. Roosevelt 's words are
> > engraved on their hearts.
> >
> > Now I
> > ask: 'WHO GAVE THEM THE
> > RIGHT TO CHANGE THE WORDS OF HISTORY?????????'
> >
> > Send
> > this around to your friends. People need to know
> > before everyone forgets.
> >
> > People
> > today are trying to change the history of America by
> > leaving God out of it, but the truth is, God has been
> > a part of this nation, since the beginning. He still wants
> > to be...and He always will be!
> >
> > If you
> > agree, pass this on and God Bless YOU!
> >
> > If not,
> > May God Forgive You!

[erinyay]

You may have seen this one before:



1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private Employer, and most speak English.
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the World.
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
8. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had 5 Years ago.
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur At a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is approximately 6.8 Billion.)
12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the
economy.

This should be read and understood by all Americans:
Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,
It is now official you are ALL morons:

The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 235 years to get it right and it is BROKE

Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 75 years to get it right and it is BROKE.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 72 years to get it right and it is BROKE.

War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 46 years to get it right; 1$ trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor." They want MORE.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 45 years to get it right and they are BROKE.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 40 years to get it right and it is BROKE.

The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 33 years to get it right and it is an
abysmal FAILURE.

You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
...AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??

Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end up in the e-mails of some of our "duly elected' and their staff
(they never read anything) will clue them in on how Americans feel.



----- End forwarded message -----

[Royalty]

first

edit: nvm

[erinyay]

Subject: good story
One sunny day in January, 2013 an old man approached the White House from
across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He
spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in
and meet with President Obama."


The Marine looked at the man and said, "Sir, Mr. Obama is no longer
president and no longer resides here."


The old man said, "Okay", and walked away.


The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the
same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Obama."


The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is no
longer president and no longer resides here."


The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.


The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the
very same U.S. Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with
President Obama."


The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and
said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to
speak to Mr. Obama. I've told you already that Mr. Obama is no longer the
president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?"


The old man looked at the Marine and said, "Oh, I understand. I just love
hearing it."


The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow,
Sir."





Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give it to those who are not.


...Thomas Jefferson

[erinyay]

The phone rings and the lady of the house answers,

'Hello.' 'Mrs. Sanders, please.

' 'Speaking.' '

Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory. When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the results are not good.

' 'What do you mean?' Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.

'Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's (Memory Loss) and the other one tested positive for HIV. We can't tell which is which.

' 'That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?' questioned Mrs. Sanders.

'Normally we can, but Obama Care will only pay for these expensive tests one time.

' 'Well, what am I supposed to do now?'

'The folks at Obama Care recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the Middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him.'

[celtik]

damn erinyay is so fucking clever


...

[erinyay]

A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United States . He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me into this country, giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"

The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America ."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand, and says, "Thank you for wonderful America !"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Middle East . I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks, "Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa ."
Puzzled, he asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says, "Probably at work."

[erinyay]

> > What happened -
> > 545 people vs 300 million people
> > This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be - read it!!
> > The article below is completely neutral, ...not anti republican or democrat.
> > Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinal has hit the nail
> > directly on the head, defining clearly who it is that in the final analysis must
> > assume responsibility for the judgements made that impact each one of us every day.
> > It's a short but good read. Worth the time. Worth remembering!
> > 545 vs. 300,000,000
> >
> > EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS SCRIPTED IN THIS MESSAGE. READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL DEBACLE.
> >
> >
> > Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.
> > 545 PEOPLE --By Charlie Reese
> > Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them..
> > Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
> > Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
> > You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
> > You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
> > You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
> > You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
> > You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
> > One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
> > I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.
> > I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
> > Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
> > What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits..... The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.
> > The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi . She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
> > It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people . When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
> > If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
> > If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..
> > If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ
> > If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
> > There are no insoluble government problems.
> > Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
> > Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible
> > They, and they alone, have the .. power ..
> > They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.
> > Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...
> > We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
> > Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
> > What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... Is up to you.
> > This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
> > Be sure to read all the way to the end:
> > Tax his land,
> > Tax his bed,
> > Tax the table,
> > At which he's fed.
> > Tax his tractor,
> > Tax his mule,
> > Teach him taxes
> > Are the rule.
> > Tax his work,
> > Tax his pay,
> > He works for peanuts
> > Anyway!
> > Tax his cow,
> > Tax his goat,
> > Tax his pants,
> > Tax his coat.
> > Tax his ties,
> > Tax his shirt,
> > Tax his work,
> > Tax his dirt.
> > Tax his tobacco,
> > Tax his drink,
> > Tax him if he Tries to think.
> > Tax his cigars,
> > Tax his beers,
> > If he cries Tax his tears
> > Tax his car,
> > Tax his gas,
> > Find other ways To tax his ****
> > Tax all he has
> > Then let him know
> > That you won't be done Till he has no dough.
> > When he screams and hollers;
> > Then tax him some more,
> > Tax him till
> > He's good and sore.
> > Then tax his coffin,
> > Tax his grave,
> > Tax the sod in
> > Which he's laid...
> > Put these words
> > Upon his tomb,
> > Taxes drove me
> > to my doom...'
> > When he's gone,
> > Do not relax,
> > Its time to apply
> > The inheritance tax..
> > Accounts Receivable Tax
> > Building Permit Tax
> > CDL license Tax
> > Cigarette Tax
> > Corporate Income Tax
> > Dog License Tax
> > Excise Taxes
> > Federal Income Tax
> > Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> > Fishing License Tax
> > Food License Tax
> > Fuel Permit Tax
> > Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
> > Gross Receipts Tax
> > Hunting License Tax
> > Inheritance Tax
> > Inventory Tax
> > IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> > Liquor Tax
> > Luxury Taxes
> > Marriage License Tax
> > Medicare Tax
> > Personal Property Tax
> > Property Tax
> > Real Estate Tax
> > Service Charge Tax
> > Social Security Tax
> > Road Usage Tax
> > Recreational Vehicle Tax
> > Sales Tax
> > School Tax
> > State Income Tax
> > State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> > Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> > Telephone Federal Universal Service FeeTax
> > Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
> > Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> > Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax
> > Telephone State and Local Tax
> > Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> > Utility Taxes
> > Vehicle License Registration Tax
> > Vehicle Sales Tax
> > Watercraft Registration Tax
> > Well Permit Tax
> > Workers Compensation Tax
> > STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
> >
> > What in the WORLD happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
> >
> > I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!
> > GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

[nia]

A Russian arrives in New York City as a new immigrant to the United States . He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. American for letting me into this country, giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care, and a free education!"

The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am a Mexican."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America ."
The person says, "I not American, I Vietnamese."
The new arrival walks farther, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand, and says, "Thank you for wonderful America !"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Middle East . I am not American."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks, "Are you an American?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa ."
Puzzled, he asks her, "Where are all the Americans?"
The African lady checks her watch and says, "Probably at work."

lol i giggled

[erinyay]

THIS IS A NONPARTISAN JOKE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED BY BOTH PARTIES!
NOT ONLY THAT-- it is POLITICALLY CORRECT!!

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by
a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the man.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do
is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you
can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
senator.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes
down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself
in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse
and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians
who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him,
shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while
getting rich at the expense of the people

They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar
and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who
has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a
good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator
rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter
is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit heaven."

So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls
moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a
good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St.
Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now
choose your eternity."

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but
I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down,
down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a
barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and
putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder.
"I don't understand," stammers the senator. "Yesterday I was here
and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and
caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now
there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable.
What happened?"

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning.. .



Today you voted."

[erinyay]

This is chilling

In
1952 President
Truman established one day a year as a
"National
Day of
Prayer."

In 1988,
President Reagan designated the
first Thursday in May of each year

as the National Day of
Prayer.

In June 2007,
(then) Presidential
candidate Barack Obama declared that the
USA
was no longer a
Christian nation.

This year
President Obama, canceled the
21st annual National Day of Prayer

ceremony at the White
House under the rouse
of "not wanting to offend anyone"

On September 25, 2009

from 4 am until 7 pm,

a National Day of Prayer for the Muslim religion

was held on Capitol Hill,
beside the White House.

There were over 50,000 Muslims that
day in DC.

I guess it
doesn't matter if "Christians"
are offended by this event -
we obviously
don't count as "anyone"
anymore.

The direction
this country is headed
should strike fear in the heart of every Christian.
Especially knowing that the
Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be
converted they should be
annihilated

This is not a
rumor - Go to the website
to confirm this info:
( http://www.islamoncapitolhill.com/ )

Pay particular
attention to the very
bottom of the page:
"OUR TIME HAS
COME"

I hope that this
information will stir your spirit.

The words of 2 Chronicles 7:14

"If my people,
who are called by my
name,
will humble themselves
and pray,
and seek my face, and
turn from their
wicked ways,
then will I hear from
heaven
and will forgive their
sin and will heal
their land."

We must pray for
our nation, our communities,
our families, and
especially our children.


They are the ones
that are going to suffer the most
if we don't PRAY!


May God have
mercy...IN GOD WE TRUST.

Please
pass this on,
maybe someone, somehow can figure out a way to put America
back on the map as it
was when we were growing up, a safe place to live and by
the Ten Commandments
and Pledge of Allegiance,
etc!

[celtik]

just shake ya moneymaker

[erinyay]

Subject: FW: Please Help Boycott



















This is just about the worst time for the Post Office to pull this!!!!!



Looks pretty doesn't it? Pretty deceiving....



PLEASE, DON'T USE THESE STAMPS! NOT FOR VALENTINE'S,

NOT FOR ANY MAIL!!





USPS 44-Cent Stamp Celebrates Muslim holidays Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha .

If there is only ONE thing you forward today... Let it be this!


REMEMBER to adamantly & vocally BOYCOTT this stamp, when you are purchasing your stamps at the post office.

All you have to say is "No thank you, I do not want that Muslim Stamp on my letters!"


To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of Pan Am Flight 103!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Military Barracks in Saudi Arabia !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa !

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on 9/11/2001 !

REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

Pass this along to every Patriotic American that you know and get the word out! Honor the United States of America !

[erinyay]

> > Drinking with an Alabama Girl
> >
> > A Mexican, an Arab, and an Alabama girl are in the same bar.
> > When the Mexican finishes his beer, he throws his glass in the
> > air, pulls out his pistol, and shoots the glass to pieces.
> > He says, 'In Mexico , our glasses are so cheap we don't need to
> > drink with the same one twice.'
> >
> > The Arab, obviously impressed by this, drinks no-alcohol beer
> > (cuz he's a muslim!), throws it into the air, pulls out his AK-47,
> > and shoots the
> >
> > glass to pieces. He says, 'In the Arab World, we have so much
> > sand to make
> > glasses that we don't need to drink with the same one twice either.'
> >
> > The Alabama girl, cool as a cucumber, picks up her beer, downs it
> > in one gulp, throws the glass into the air, whips out her 45, and
> > shoots the Mexican and the Arab. Catching her glass, setting it
> > on the bar, and calling for a refill, she says, 'In Alabama we
> > have so many illegal aliens that we don't have to drink with the same
ones twice..'
> >
> > God Bless Alabama!

[erinyay]

> > > Here's to US!!!!*
> >
> > No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
> >
> > WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
> >
> > OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *To Those of ** **Us Born*
> >
> > *1930 - 1979*
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > At the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't
> > read anything else, please
> > >
> >
> > read what he said.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Very well stated, Mr. Leno.
> >
> > *TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE*
> >
> > *1930's, 40's, 50's,*
> >
> > * 60's and 70's!! *
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
> > were pregnant.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get
> > tested for diabetes.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
> > covered
> >
> > with bright colored lead-base paints.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets
> > and when we rode our bikes,
> >
> > we had baseball caps
> >
> > not helmets on our heads.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster
> > seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special
> > treat.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one
> > actually died from this.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made
> > with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight.. WHY?
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Because we were always outside playing...that's why!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
> > when the streetlights came on..
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were OKAY.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
> >
> > and then ride them down the hill,
> >
> > only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few
> > times, we learned to solve the problem
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We did not have Play stations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video
> > games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's,
> >
> > no surround-sound or CD's,
> >
> > no cell phones,
> >
> > no personal computers,
> >
> > no Internet and no chat rooms.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *WE HAD FRIENDS* and we went outside and found them!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
> > lawsuits from these accidents.
> > > We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles, or
> > just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We ate worms and mud pies
> >
> > made from dirt, and
> >
> > the worms did not live in us forever.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and
> > tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not poke out
> > very many eyes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang
> > the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
> >
> > Those who didn't had to learn
> >
> > to deal with disappointment.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > Imagine that!!
> >
> > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
> > They actually sided with the law!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > These generations have produced some of the best
> >
> > risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to
> > deal with it all.
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATIONS!
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
> > kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives *for
> > our own good.*
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave
> > and lucky their parents were.*
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?
> > *
> >
> > *~** *
> >
> > *The quote of the month is by*
> >
> > *Jay Leno:*
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,
> > severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and
> > with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a
> > good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?' *
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> > *For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us...go ahead
> > and delete this.** *
> >
> > *For the rest of us...pass this on.*

[erinyay]

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY ON THIS ONE


----- Original Message -----
If this is true, beware. Would rather be safe than sorry.






· TWO SUBJECT LINES of which to be AWARE



Just verified this with Snopes and it is REAL.. ALSO WENT TO TRUTH OR FICTION,IT'S on their site also.





PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE you know!




Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!





1.) If you get an e-mail along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured' or 'Osama Hanged' , don't open the Attachment!!!!





This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe, but mainly in the US and Israel





Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.
< br>



PLEASE FORWAR D THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS:





2.) You should be alert during the next few days:





Do not open any message with an attached file called 'Invitation' regardless of who sent it.





It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your computer!!!!





This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list, that is why you should send this E-mail to all your20 contacts.


It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it





If you receive e-mail called 'invitation', even though sent by a friend. Do not open it!!! Shut down your computer immediately!!!!





This is the worst virus announced by CNN, it has been classified by Microsoft as the most destructive virus ever.





This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday, and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus.





This virus simply destroys the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where 0ther vital information is kept.





SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!!!!!

[Cuell4r]

wha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[erinyay]

From an ER doctor
I live and work in a border state overrun with illegals; they make more money having kids than we earn working full time; today I had a 25 year old with 8 kids that’s right 8; all illegal anchor babies and she had the nicest nails;cell phone;hand bag; clothing etc; she makes about 1500 monthly for each; do the math. I used to say “we are the dumbest nation on earth” now I must say and sadly admit: YOU are the dumbest people on earth (that includes me) for we elected the idiot ideologues who have passed the bills that allow this; sorry; we need a revolution; Vote em all out in 2010.
Illegal seniors get more than American seniors on Social Security!

REMEMBER---IN NOVEMBER 2010 WE HAVE
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT
THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ONE-THIRD OF THE SENATE.
This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us...

Get mad and pass it on - I don't know how, but maybe some good will come of this travesty.
If the immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004.
She is only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there's a 'catch 22.'
It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890. Each can also obtain an additional $580 in social assistance, for a total of $2,470 a month.
This compares to a single pensioner, who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years, can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.
Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!
Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012 and the pensioners up to $2,470. Then we can enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years. And not to receive a increase for 2010 Vote them all out of office…….
Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians Have been doing the past 11 years to over-taxed Americans.

[erinyay]

Subject: Survey......IMPORTANT - please read - 2nd Amendment






More evidence also that the close friend of Obama who appointed him Attorney
General are in perfect concert to take away our rights and have government control.


Probably worth a minute or two of our time.






USATODAY.Com Survey -

Does the second amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?


Obama's new Attorney General, Eric Holder, has already said this is one of his major issues. He does not believe the 2nd Amendment gives individuals the right to bear arms.. This takes literally 2 clicks to complete. Please vote on this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results will be published later this month. This upcoming year will become critical for gun owners with the Supreme Court's accepting theDistrict of Columbia case against the right for individuals to bear arms.
Here's what you need to do:
First - vote on this one.
Second - launch it to other folks and have THEM vote - then we will see if the results get published.
The Question is:

"Does the Second Amendment give individuals the right to bear arms?"

Click on the link below and PLEASE vote Yes!
USATODAY.com - Quick Question

[erinyay]

You gotta love this one even if you've never lived in the South.
Southerners can be so polite!

Atlanta Airport
Atlanta Tower: "Saudi Air 511 --
You are cleared to land on runway 9R."

Saudi Air: "Thank you Atlanta. Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R - Allah be Praised."

Atlanta Tower: "Iran Air 711 -
You are cleared to land on runway 27L."

Iran Air: "Thank you Atlanta.
We are cleared to land on infidel's runway 27L. -Allah is Great."

Pause...

Saudi Air: ATLANTA TOWER- ATLANTA TOWER !"

Atlanta Tower: "Go ahead Saudi Air 511."

Saudi Air: "YOU HAVE CLEARED BOTH OUR AIRCRAFTS
FOR THE SAME RUNWAY GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE.
INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE!"
Atlanta Tower: "Well bless your hearts. And praise Jesus.
Y'all go on ahead now and tell Allah "hey" for us." --

[Royalty]

Are we suppose to read all of this?

[erinyay]

If you don't know GOD, don't make stupid remarks!!!!!!

A United States Marine was attending some college
courses while he was between duty assignments. He had completed missions
in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of his courses had a professor
who was an avowed atheist, and a member of the ACLU.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came in.
He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, GOD if you are real
then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly
15 minutes. The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am
GOD, I'm still waiting.'

It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got
out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him;
knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold.
The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently.

The other students were shocked and stunned, and sat there
looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to,
noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What
in the world is the matter with you? 'Why did you do that?'
The Marine calmly replied, 'GOD was too busy today protecting
American soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid
stuff and act like an idiot. So He sent me.'

The classroom erupted in cheers!

[erinyay]

Are we suppose to read all of this?

No, of course not. This is just in case McJigga runs out of material.


> This pretty much nails it
> down.
> However, it's all we Independents that
> swing elections one way or the other :-)
>
> >
>
> >
> Subject: Liberal vs. Conservative
>
>
> >
>
>
> >
>
> If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn't buy
> one.
> If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns
> outlawed.
>
>
> If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat
> meat.
> If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned
> for everyone.
>
>
> If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to
> defeat his enemy.
> A liberal wonders how to make friends, surrender gracefully,
> and still look good.
>
>
> If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his
> life.
> If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated
> respect.
>
> >
>
> If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see
> themselves as independently successful.
> Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of
> government protection.
>
> >
>
> If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to
> better his situation.
> A liberal wonders who is going to take care of
> him.
>
> >
>
> If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches
> channels.
> Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut
> down.
>
> >
>
> If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to
> church.
> A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion
> silenced. (Unless it’s a foreign religion, of course!)
>
> >
>
> If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes
> about shopping for it, or he may choose a job that provides
> it.
> A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.
>
>
> >
>
> If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up,
> laughs and is embarrassed.
> If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans
> like he’s in labor and then sues.
>
>
> If a conservative reads this, he’ll forward it so his friends
> can have a good laugh.
> A liberal will delete it because he’s “offended” (p.s.
> and call you a racist).

[dna]

damn erinyay is so fucking clever


...

[erinyay]

One more for today.



About
6 months ago, the writer was watching a news
program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was
the guest. The host said to Forbes, "I am going
to ask you a direct question and I would like a
direct answer; how much oil does
the U.S. have in the ground?"
Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, "more than
all the Middle East put
together." Please read
below.


The
U. S. Geological Service issued a report in
April 2008 that only scientists and oil men
knew was coming, but man was it big. It
was a revised report (hadn't been updated since
1995) on how much oil was in this area of the
western 2/3 of North Dakota,
western South Dakota, and extreme
eastern Montana ..... check THIS
out:



The
Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery
since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay, and has
the potential to eliminate all American
dependence on foreign oil. The Energy
Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at
503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil
is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're
looking at a resource base worth more than $5..3
trillion.


"When
I first briefed legislators on this, you could
practically see their jaws hit the floor. They
had no idea.." says Terry Johnson, the Montana
Legislature's financial
analyst.

"This
sizable find is now the highest-producing
onshore oil field found in the past 56 years,"
reports The
Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's
a formation known as
the Williston Basin, but is more
commonly referred to as the
'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern
Montana, through North Dakota and
into Canada. For years, U.
S. oil exploration has been considered a
dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies
gave up searching for major oil wells decades
ago. However, a recent technological
breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive
reserves.... and we now have access of up to 500
billion barrels. And because this is
light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will
cost Americans just $16 PER
BARREL!


That's
enough crude to fully fuel the American economy
for 2041 years straight. And if THAT
didn't throw you on the floor, then this next
one should - because it's from
2006!



U.
S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the
World



Hidden
1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky
Mountains lies the largest untapped oil
reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION
barrels.. On August 8, 2005 President Bush
mandated its extraction. In three and a half
years of high oil prices none has been
extracted. With this motherload of oil why are
we still fighting over off-shore
drilling?


They
reported this stunning news: We have more
oil inside our borders, than all the other
proven reserves on earth. Here are the official
estimates:


-
8-times as much oil as Saudi
Arabia


-
18-times as much oil
as Iraq


-
21-times as much oil
as Kuwait

-
22-times as much oil
as Iran


-
500-times as much oil
as Yemen


-
and it's all right here in the Western
United
States .


HOW
can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this?
Because the environmentalists and others have
blocked all efforts to
help America become independent of
foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group
of people dictate our lives and our
economy.....WHY?



James
Bartis, lead researcher with the study says
we've got more oil in this very compact area
than the entire Middle East -more than 2
TRILLION barrels untapped. That's more
than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in
the world today, reports The
Denver
Post.



Don't
think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with
this find? Think again! It's all
about the competitive marketplace, - it has to.
Think
OPEC just might be funding the
environmentalists?



Got
your attention yet? Now, while you're
thinking about it, do
this:


Pass
this along. If you don't take a little
time to do this, then you should stifle yourself
the next time you complain about gas prices - by
doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to
complain.



Now
I just wonder what would happen in this country
if every one of you sent this to every one in
your
address book.



By
the way...this is all true. Check it out at the
link
below!!!



GOOGLE
it, or follow this link. It will blow your
mind.


http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911

[zeekyhbomb]

[ReelDeal]

1. I stopped reading because these made me feel bad about how much America has been ruined.

2. I copied "Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are
willing to work and give it to those who are not. " to my clipboard.

I'm now trying to figure out where to live when I grow up if I don't want to live in the middle of the ocean...

[McJigga]

A+ material Erin. I'll bet most of it flew right over your little ditsy house-wife head.

I especially like the one about Conservatives vs. liberals. It's so frighteningly true, it's almost scary.

Please keep these coming, but do me a favor and leave the one's about God out. I don't believe in any form of God, nor am I religious in anyway. I guess you could say that I hold some Christian values, but I don't believe in Jesus, the holy father/ghost, any type of God or Gods or an after-life.

And don't get me wrong, Erin. I recognize that there are problems with politicians and policies and both sides, I'm not naive or stupid. I didn't like what the Bush administration became after the Congress and House went to the liberals, but I thought Bush could have done more to stop it. But I tend to side more on the "conservative" side of the issues at least in terms of fiscal policy. Social policy, I'm more in the middle, and definitely more liberal by today's standards.

Keep them coming though, I enjoyed a lot of those!

[erinyay]

Good news, Grammy just sent me more email!

Find the 44th USAPresident.



Well, congratulations, you're not colour blind either!

[erinyay]

And while this one is not political in nature, IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE IT WAS CHECKED WITH SNOOPS (lol).

> > Subject: Fwd: Fwd: A Must read ~ could save your life
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > From
> > Sent: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:09:38 +0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Fwd: A Must read ~ could save your life
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: A Must read ~ could save your life
> > We usually charge our phones, most of the time during the night, but occasionally while we are driving, we will use the plug in the car charger. Will definitely unplug it in the future.
> >
> > I do this all the time . I guess I won't be doing it ANY more !
> > A few days ago, a person was recharging his mobile phone at home.
> >
> > Just at that time a call came in and he answered it with the charging
> > Instrument still connected to the outlet.
> >
> > After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained
> > and the young man was thrown to the floor with a heavy thud. As you can see,
> > the phone actually exploded.
> > His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak
> > heartbeat and burnt fingers.
> >
> > He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
> > Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.
> >
> > However, we must be aware that it can also be an instrument of death.
> > Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the electrical outlet! If you are charging the cell phone and a call comes in, unplug it from the charger and outlet.
> > FORWARD THIS TO THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER IN YOUR LIFE!!!!
> > Whether or not they have a cell phone. They can also inform others who do......
> >
> >
> >
> > WAS CHECKED with snoops

[erinyay]

Oh, Grammy.


Be sure to read the message at the bottom!!

A Norman Rockwell moment


[David Vincent Gilbert]
These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read:

You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

What one person receives without working for, another person
must work for without receiving.

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

[McJigga]

Meh, they're getting weaker.

I want more like the conservative vs. liberal one or the Wal-mart one.

[erinyay]

Meh, they're getting weaker.

I want more like the conservative vs. liberal one or the Wal-mart one.

I'll tell her to send me more primo material.

LOL jk, I usually delete these.

[McJigga]

I'll tell her to send me more primo material.

LOL jk, I usually delete these.

I wouldn't expect you to read them as most of the subject matter and material must be WAY out of your league.

You just read the daily horoscopes and recipe sections, right?

[erinyay]

I wouldn't expect you to read them as most of the subject matter and material must be WAY out of your league.

You just read the daily horoscopes and recipe sections, right?

brb emailing slashdot and asking them to add recipes.

[laura]

rofl @ entire thread

[rob-beatz]

brb emailing slashdot and asking them to add recipes.

[whiskey hotel]

You gotta love this one even if you've never lived in the South.
Southerners can be so polite!

Atlanta Airport
Atlanta Tower: "Saudi Air 511 --
You are cleared to land on runway 9R."

Saudi Air: "Thank you Atlanta. Acknowledge cleared to land on infidel's runway 9R - Allah be Praised."

Atlanta Tower: "Iran Air 711 -
You are cleared to land on runway 27L."

Iran Air: "Thank you Atlanta.
We are cleared to land on infidel's runway 27L. -Allah is Great."

Pause...

Saudi Air: ATLANTA TOWER- ATLANTA TOWER !"

Atlanta Tower: "Go ahead Saudi Air 511."

Saudi Air: "YOU HAVE CLEARED BOTH OUR AIRCRAFTS
FOR THE SAME RUNWAY GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE.
INSTRUCTIONS, PLEASE!"
Atlanta Tower: "Well bless your hearts. And praise Jesus.
Y'all go on ahead now and tell Allah "hey" for us." --

YOU CANNOT CLEAR AIRCRAFT TO LAND WITH A TAILWIND, SO MANY FACTUAL ERRORS IN THIS COMEDY

[erinyay]

Cooking for Engineers is pretty much what a slashdot recipe section would be like.

It's an EXCELLENT site.

[barack obama]

http://digitalgangster.com/4um/showthread.php?t=124081