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• 01 POSSIBLY UNRELATED Tacky weddings in Israel, illegals in Texas, California pet owners the right to set up a legally enforceable trust to care for dogs, cats, horses or other animals. Garter belt cop in San Diego
  
• 01 NOT IN MY BACKYARD Drilling in Colorado, Tasered in Montana, River Walk Blondes, IRS, Delta Airlines.  Grey Poupon gun toter in Utah.
• 02 NEW HORIZONS Starting a new toy company, where it prepares a child for life.  Tickle Me Elmo will never be the same …….
• 02. HEATIN UP – TAX FREE Back to school in Oklahoma, OU Football, weather prognosticators talking about the heat, getting something for nothing is nothing.
• 04. HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR Influence peddling in the Bush Administration, how to buy a President and it is all legal.  Life outside the “dome” in ten years.
• 04. BEAR BAIT What to do and what not to do in Bear Country.  Humor.
• 05. BORING AND NOT IMPORTANT Obamma returns from Europe, budget deficit, whale farts in the Antartic, diets and Desperate Housewives.
• 05. SMALL WORLD Blogging and how small the world is now “electronically” really good flash movie on the end (audio)
• 06. DOWN THE ROAD I GO Aging, baby-boomers, retirement, getting older.
• 06. DEEP POO-POO The whacked out world of George W. Bush, sewer plant in California will not be renamed in his honor, bad politics.
• 07. ONLY IN AMERICA Dumb crooks, internet prostitution in Arizona, women drivers, 125,000 grass eating Apes in the Congo in Africa.
• 08. MAKE A WISH What is it in life you wish for, want to start over?  How is it that you can do what it is that you want to do in life.
• 08. EIGHT SIMPLE REASONS The date, five lists of eight things, lame duck presidents, ducks, finding a way around Bush.
• 09. PERSONAL ENRICHMENT Saving $5 a day to get ahead, Fla grandmother on child abuse, Bush, dumb people.
• 09. THEY WALK AMONGST US Stupid people and the dumb things they do.
• 11. AUGUST-BUCKET LIST Why a woman in a leather dress smells like a new truck, cellphones and idiots in Washington DC, local news.
• 11. OUT TO LUNCH Bush, Obamma, McCain drilling off shore, America’s apparent energy woes and no one home to address them.
• 12. ODDS AND ENDS Political commentary, star fish throwing in Grenada, nude swimmers in Germany, nut job in Fla. calling 9-11 for no dressing on his sandwich.
• 13. MONKEY BIZ Stolen car recovered after three years, Big Foot Body found in Georgia, Los Angeles zoo news, whacked out commercials on television.
• 14. ROOSTER TALES Outsourcing in other countries around the world, rooster joke, current happenings around the country.
• 14. THE FROG AND THE SCORPION T. Boone Pickens, water woes in Texas, don’t place all of your trust in a skunk.
• 15. MUST BE NICE Bush returns from China and promptly announces he is going on vacation in Crawford, Texas
• 15. EAT WELL … STAY FIT … DIE ANYWAY No fun in exercising, humor, getting ready to take off the weight is never easy.
• 16. I GOT NUTHIN Bigfoot is discovered in Georgia (maybe) and women complete a survey on sex, who initiates it, who likes it, and all that jazz.
• 16. DAWG-DAYS OF SUMMER Being a kid in America, and how parents over protect a child and deprive him/her of some of the rights of summer and being a kid.
• 18. BEATING THE BUSHES IN HOUSTON Cops and busting people, Mass. first and Houston second, creep in the bushes with a camera, really kind of dumb.
• 18. WHO AM I .. The nature of life, where do we come from, who we are, a short story me-me for Author.
• 19. INTERNET FLAMERS Look at people who send anon emails on net and a site for answering those who are rude to you.
• 19. DRILLING ME SOFTLY Obammer and McCain and the political race of the century.
• 19. I HEAR MCCAIN A COMIN (Audio file) parody on I hear the train a comin’ J Cash.
• 20. CHILD GODDESS Nepal seeks a new child goddess, Okie wants to be a monk.
• 20. RASSBERRIES AND CHERRIES The Olympics, Obamma/McCain debate.  The colonization of America by Mexico.
• 21. CORN HUSKER PIRATES Ripping people off at the gas pump in Nebraska.
• 22.  ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH – How to tell if you are in Colorado – DWI Colorado (audio) No pot smoking at the Democratic Convention, Colorado Items. (3 linked)
• 23. WEEKEND MIXER Bush, Cheney, Karl Rove, rape of KBR employees in Iraq, people wound too tight for their own good, peeping tom.
• 25. CHERISH AND OBEY Lighthearted look at anniversarys, ours the 25th.
• 26. EARLY MORNING MUSINGS FROM A RED STATE Politics in America, stalled train in San Diego, lady on a train.
• 27. KISS ME I AM THIRSTY Why girls kiss other girls, homemade diesel in AZ, a grenade in the sewers in Ohio.
• 28. TWO DOWN ONE MORE TO GO Wrap up on the Democratic Convention in Denver, big oil, several other related items.  Good cartoon
• 29. BEHIND THE LINES The U.S. Economy worsens, big oil, KBR facing kidnap charges, Karl Rove, generally speaking not so good news.
• 30.  NEW V.P. CHOICE McSame chooses his new vice president choice … pretty but lame.

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I walked into a Burger King with a buy-one-get-one-free coupon for a sandwich I handed it to the girl and she looked over at a little chalkboard that said ‘buy one-get one free’. ‘They’re already buy-one-get-one-free’, she said, ‘so I guess they’re both free’. She handed me my two free sandwiches, and I walked out the door.

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One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when one of them shouted, ‘Look at that dead bird!’ Someone looked up at the sky and said, ‘Where?’

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I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open.  I told him, ‘The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.’  He responded, ‘Is that Eastern or Pacific time?’ Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, ‘Uh, Pacific.’

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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car designed to cut through a seatbelt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk.

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My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.

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I couldn’t find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up.  She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. ‘Now ,’ she asked me, ‘has your plane arrived yet?’

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While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.  ’Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don’t think I’m hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.’

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AND THEY REPRODUCE!

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Earlier today, President Bush delivered his final speech as president to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and once again – like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) two days prior – tried to portray himself as a champion of the 21st century GI Bill. Bush said that his administration worked “closely and effectively” with the VFW. As an example, he cited the legislation:

BUSH: When the history of the last eight years is finally written, it will show how closely and effectively my administration and the VFW have worked together on behalf of America’s veterans. Earlier this year, I was pleased to sign a piece of legislation that the VFW has long championed, a GI Bill for the 21st century.

Not only is Bush misleading the VFW about his support for the bill, but the VFW actually opposed a competing measure that Bush supported.

The Pentagon and the White House consistently resisted Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) strong bipartisan effort to pass the bill. They warned of the “harm” Webb’s bill would do to the military and objected to its generous education benefits to returning veterans.

Moreover, the Bush administration wasn’t working very close with the VFW on the bill as Bush suggested. The VFW endorsed Webb’s proposal in June 2007, and continued to press for the bill this year, rejecting the White House’s concerns. In fact, the VFW said they “didn’t have much input” on the competing proposal Bush (and McCain) supported and called it “very partisan.”

While the VFW honored Webb – the real champion of the GI Bill – with a gold medal and citation of merit for his leadership on the issue, Bush can probably trust Fox News to take his bait.

I’ll bet his #one fan, Dick Cheney is proud of his Halliburton Subsidiary (KBR) over in Iraq.  After a rape victim used a cell phone to call for help, KBR bans the use of personal cell phones in Iraq.

This weekend, defense contracting giant KBR announced it would ban the use of personal cell phones by its employees in Iraq, citing no specific reason. Though KBR has not indicated the ban is related to the numerous allegations of rape by female KBR employees by their male coworkers, the ban could endanger future victims. Jamie Leigh Jones, the first victim to come forward publicly, explained that after she was gang-raped by coworkers and held in a shipping container for days, “she convinced a sympathetic guard to loan her a cell phone so she could call her father in Texas.”

Perhaps it is a good thing that Halliburton and KBR have moved their world headquarters out of America and into the Middle East (Dubai).  They’re an outright disgrace and embarrassment to America.

While we are at it, Karl Rove is in the news.

The often quoted “Architect of Evil” was almost arrested this week. But the third member of this illegal and evil triad walked and no arrest was made.  It kind of cracks me up, they used to refer to Bill Clinton as the “Teflon President” because they could never get the goods on him, but these guys seem to be pretty slippery too.

Close but no cigar.

Police in Des Moines, Iowa arrested four people who attempted to make a citizens’ arrest of former top White House aide Karl Rove, who was in town to speak at a GOP fundraiser. A retired minister and three members of the Des Moines Catholic Workers community were cited for trespassing. However, according to a press release, the judge presiding over the case praised their efforts:

[Mona] Shaw was the first called before Polk County Fifth Judicial District Associate Judge William Price.  After entering her plea, the judge asked Shaw, “Mamm’, what were you doing at the Wakonda Country Club?”  “I was attempting to make a citizen’s arrest of Karl Rove, your honor,” Shaw answered.  “Well,” the judge looked up and said, “it’s about time.”  “The material for this was gleaned from “Think Progress” (online).

Back to Weekend Mixer ……

The Sun appears to be yellow-gold because we view it through Earth’s atmosphere.  The sun actual color is more white than yellow.  It also contains 99.9 percent of all matter in our solar system.  But don’t ask me why, I don’t know how they figure all these items out, but they do.  Your tax dollars at work in Houston.

They say if place a piece of the Sun’s core the size of a pin on Earth, it would still generate enough heat to kill a person 84 miles away.  The surface gravity of the Sun is 28 times that of earth, and if you were to weigh 120 lbs. on Earth, you would weigh 3,360 lbs. on the surface of the sun.

The International Space Station Transits the Sun Credit & Copyright: Martin Wagner

But not to worry ….. You are going to vaporize long before you get anywhere near the surface of the planet.  That tiny mark is the International Space Station, it is not a sun spot.  For the data on this photo and other incredible views, go to NASA shot of the day.  Click on a photo and discover the Cosmos.

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Comments Made in the Year 1955.

That was only 53 years ago.

‘I’ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it’s going to be impossible to buy a week’s groceries for $20.00.’

‘Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?  It won’t be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one.’

‘If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit.  A quarter a pack is ridiculous.’

‘Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?’

‘If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.’

‘When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon.  Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.’

‘Kids today are impossible.  Those duck tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed.  Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls.’

‘I’m afraid to send my kids to the movies any more.  Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either HELL of DAMN in it.’

‘I read the other day where some scientist thinks it’s possible to put a man on the moon by the end of the century.  They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas.’

‘Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?  It wouldn’t surprise me if someday they’ll be making more than the President’

‘I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric.  They are even making electric typewriters now.’

‘It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays.  I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.’

‘It won’t be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.’

‘Marriage doesn’t mean a thing any more, those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat.’

‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.’

‘Thank goodness I won’t live to see the day when the Government takes half our income in taxes  I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best people to congress.’

‘The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.’

‘There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.’

‘No one can afford to be sick anymore, at $350.00 a day in the hospital it’s too rich for my blood.’

‘If they think I’ll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.’

I Hear McCain A Comin’

(Parody of Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash)

I hear McCain a comin’ — He’s comin’ from the rear — He’s got ideas on tax reform — And he can spot a deer — He’s the man from Arizona — Land of the desert sun

His potent seed produced a baby — When he was fifty-one — McCain has served his country — He fought hard in the war — And his wife is such a hottie — That he’ll never turn to Ho’s.

George Bush called him a speed bump — Said he would bounce right back — Oh but that just ain’t gonna’ happen — Bush must be smokin’ crack

Now when I pick a president — I want a man who’s strong — Not some bleedin’ hearted pansy — Who’s been suckin’ on a bong — McCain’s got a temper — Check out that smolderin’ rage — Cuz he spent those 5 years stewin inside a tiger cage — Vietnam that is — Silver Star — Man could snap at any minute —I love that.

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