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| You are mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. Tuesday, September 26, 2006Support Full Funding for Federal Park Roads and Facilities
For several decades, the National Park Service has not received sufficient funding for the day-to-day maintenance of roads, visitor centers, historic buildings, administrative buildings, restrooms, trails, signs, and other essential facilities.
Many reports indicate that the backlog of unfunded maintenance needs exceeds $5 billion. (see below) Wasting Your Money ... And Mine:
Last week's disgusting 'performances' by Iran and Venezuela at the U.N. made me take a look at where my tax dollars are going. And yours.
It appears that we are giving $13 mm per year in overseas loans and grants to that jerk Hugo Chavez (based on 2004 data - the latest available). Of course, you could always protest by refusing to buy Citgo gas. Citgo is owned by the government of Venezuela.  But wait ... there's more: • Haiti gets $157.6 mm per year. What have they ever done for us? And how much are the French contributing? • Iran - $10.3 mm. For what?!?! • Egypt - $1,958 mm!!! And they hate us! • Mexico $94.2 mm. They should be paying us for taking all their illegals, doncha think? • North Korea - $56.1 mm. Is this to keep Kim in scotch? • $137.4 mm to the area euphemistically referred to as the 'West Bank/Gaza' ... ummm, that would be the Fictional Country of Palestine, wouldn't it? • China (mainland, not Taiwan or Tibet) - $42.9 mm. Hey, shouldn't they be paying us because we buy all their crap at Wal-Mart? • We give almost $4 mm to Fiji and Tonga - getaways for movie stars. Can't we just give them Robin Leach instead? Finally, we gave Vietnam - that two-bit Commie nation (aka - China's lower appendage) - almost $40 mm! And speaking of Commies, we cut a check to Fidel Castro for over $10 mm in 2004. Is your blood pressure elevated yet? Check the data. Then write to your congressman - who's probably running for re-election this year. If he/she can't fix things, maybe it's time to elect someone new. Or, make ME "The Boss Of The World!" Saturday, September 02, 2006Want to add some mystery to your life?Write your name in wild, exotic alphabets, syllabaries, and ideographics. yourDictionary.com has the widest selection on the Web. Try it!
Thursday, August 31, 2006Country Club
Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Hint: It has nothing to do with their spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Venezuela Group B: Bulgaria, Japan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zaire Answer is in the comments
Monday, August 28, 2006NOW IT'S RABBIT FLU! I STILL HAVEN'T RECOVERED FROM BIRD FLU AND NOW IT'S RABBIT FLU!A YOUNG farmer has died from rabbit flu in what vets believe is the first time that the bacterium has been fatally transmitted from animal to human in this country. John Freeman became infected with the bacterium Pasteurella multocida after picking up a rabbit he had shot on his farm. He fell ill with a fever the next day and doctors initially suspected flu or chickenpox. This raises some other interesting points: -rabbit flu is also called "snuffles." I would hate to die from something called "snuffles." You have to admit: It would look pretty embarrassing on a headstone (if in fact, someone would actually put that on a headstone - which is probably unlikely. FYI: when I die, I plan to have my remains scattered over my neighborhood - and no, I don't intend to be cremated. -what's up with bird flu? Where did it go? According to the media, we should have all been infected by it and dead by now. I'm a bit disappointed. Like I was with swine flu. Remember swine flu? That was a good one. Rabbit flu, I predict, will follow the same arc as Bird Flu. Meaning, the story of this young farmer's death will be reported far and wide. Then follow-up articles will focus on the potential for the spread of this disease. Rabbit flu will be called the "fluffy fear," the "hantavirus from the hole," or perhaps the "carrot-eating Killer." You might read headlines like "Watership...Dead," with lines like "Farmers are hopping mad over the coming epidemic," and so on. I can't wait, frankly. Then a year or two will pass, and we won't even notice that no one is talking about it anymore. Just like Bird Flu. Or America's Got Talent. Words with GH
Five words that contain GH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places.
What are the words? GH---, -GH---, ---GH-, ----GH, ---GH-- Pool: A, A, E, I, M, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, W Hint: The answer is in the comments. Don't peek!
Friday, August 25, 2006A Conspiracy Theory Begins:
You give your two cents worth. But all you get is a penny for your thoughts. So, where's the extra money going? I mean, it can really add up over time. Tuesday, August 22, 2006 |
