tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124360032024-03-07T16:09:55.967-05:00Life, like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're going to getUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger515125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-83531348532138287452009-08-07T19:10:00.001-05:002009-08-07T19:10:39.259-05:00Peeling a potato the easy way!You've got to watch this!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z4W0qIPJmoo&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z4W0qIPJmoo&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-17754420090412508652009-07-31T17:35:00.001-05:002009-07-31T17:36:20.106-05:00John Boehner on the energy bill<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YFC48voKjbs&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YFC48voKjbs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-3272904893868396182009-06-18T08:19:00.001-05:002009-06-18T08:19:22.174-05:00African thunderstorm<a href="http://videos.komando.com/2009/06/18/african-thunderstorm/">African thunderstorm</a><br /><br />Shared via <a href="http://addthis.com">AddThis</a><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-69319094292860595982009-06-13T17:19:00.003-05:002009-06-13T17:22:26.396-05:00Glenn Beck Rocks!I rarely find someone who thinks like me, but Glenn Beck does. And astonishingly enough -- HE'S A MAN!!! Ha ha ha ... whodathunkit?<br /><br />Here's a video of his episode on 20/20 last night. They did a great job. And an 'astonishingly enough' comment is warranted here too.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjVDBPlMANM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yjVDBPlMANM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-8502989049844445422009-06-09T18:06:00.002-05:002009-06-09T18:06:50.354-05:00Federal Reserve board has no clue ...... Where trillions of our dollars have gone. Watch this and weep!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cJqM2tFOxLQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cJqM2tFOxLQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-46710931747838736572009-06-01T12:05:00.001-05:002009-06-01T12:06:54.601-05:00PS22 Chorus singing LandslideI have watched this video a dozen times and it still warms my soul -- way down deep.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f2p5augniQA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f2p5augniQA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-77776211091230620612009-05-12T20:02:00.002-05:002009-05-12T20:03:00.915-05:00ABCD<br />E<br />F<br />G<br />H<br />I<br />J<br />K<br />L<br />M<br />N<br />O<br />P<br />Q<br />R<br />S<br />T<br />U<br />V<br />W<br />X<br />Y<br />ZUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-70920337665077081822009-05-12T17:40:00.001-05:002009-05-12T17:40:53.387-05:00Obama-man Can!<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zhhkF3dqXR0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zhhkF3dqXR0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-15520168747153156772009-05-02T23:16:00.000-05:002009-05-02T23:17:04.830-05:00This is just wrong!Mel Reynolds - You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! »<br /><br />By Just Stupid on Apr 26, 2009 in Stupid Politicians | 0 Comments<br /><br />Mel ReynoldsJesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton’s last-minute forgiveness spree.<br /><br />Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.<br /><br />This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with a subordinate…won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate…then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate!<br /><br />His new job? Ready for this?? YOUTH COUNSELOR! It’s true. You can check it here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/sexuality/reynolds.aspUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-91290081950086542362009-04-23T23:32:00.001-05:002009-04-23T23:32:57.918-05:00The GiantThe Giant<br />==========<br /><br />After dinner, the children turned to Jacob and asked if he<br />would tell them a story.<br /><br />"A story about what?" asked Jacob.<br /><br />"About a giant," squealed the children.<br /><br />Jacob smiled, leaned against the warm stones at the side of the<br />fireplace, and his voice turned softly inward.<br /><br />"Once there was a boy who asked his father to take him to see<br />the great parade that passed through the village. The father,<br />remembering the parade from when he was a boy, quickly agreed,<br />and the next morning the boy and his father set out together.<br /><br />"As they approached the parade route, people started to push in<br />from all sides, and the crowd grew thick. When the people along<br />the way became almost a wall; the father lifted his son and<br />placed him on his shoulders.<br /><br />"Soon the parade began and as it passed, the boy kept telling<br />his father how wonderful it was and how spectacular were the<br />colors and images. The boy, in fact, grew so prideful of what<br />he saw that he mocked those who saw less saying, even to his<br />father,<br />'If only you could see what I see.'"<br /><br />"But," said Jacob staring straight in the faces of the<br />children, "what the boy did not look at was why he could see.<br />What the boy forgot was that once his father, too, could see."<br /><br />Then as if he had finished the story, Jacob stopped speaking.<br /><br />"Is that it?" said a disappointed girl. "We thought you were<br />going to tell us a story about a giant."<br /><br />"But I did," said Jacob. "I told you a story about a boy who<br />could have been a giant."<br /><br />"How?" squealed the children.<br /><br />"A giant," said Jacob, "is anyone who remembers we are all<br />sitting on someone else's shoulders."<br /><br />"And what does it make us if we don't remember?" asked the boy.<br /><br />"A burden," answered Jacob.<br /><br /><br />~Author Unknown~Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-43918567441896481082009-04-13T20:04:00.001-05:002009-04-13T20:05:11.076-05:00Important Facts<span style="font-style:italic;">Here is a little bit of humor that I just couldn't resist.</span><br /><br /><br />It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.<br /><br />One human hair can support 3 kg (6.6 lb).<br /><br />The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb.<br /><br />Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.<br /><br />A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.<br /><br />There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.<br /><br />Women blink twice as often as men.<br /><br />The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.<br /><br />Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when<br />you are standing still.<br /><br />If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.<br /><br />Women reading this will be finished now.<br /><br />Men are still busy checking their thumbs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-35162225489130657222009-04-09T13:13:00.001-05:002009-04-09T13:14:49.508-05:00Comerica Park, Home of the Detroit Tigers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtTnjs9RrG6zNeLI-fQeeuqWx75-UEJnt1Zn6rlnbIPXOXtVXP-FJohNz-IfvqWZhXbqHlgOPR7WZwbNp2k4tn9CkgLk-6dJq7CMfT7ysIT6DnPq-qsUxIRaoCf5zW89gkez6_A/s1600-h/comerica.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtTnjs9RrG6zNeLI-fQeeuqWx75-UEJnt1Zn6rlnbIPXOXtVXP-FJohNz-IfvqWZhXbqHlgOPR7WZwbNp2k4tn9CkgLk-6dJq7CMfT7ysIT6DnPq-qsUxIRaoCf5zW89gkez6_A/s320/comerica.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322756734747468978" /></a><br />You will all note that I changed my profile picture to depict Comerica Park's fountain, which only goes off when one of the Detroit Tigers hit a home run. General Motors has bought and paid for this advertisement area of the stadium since the stadium opened.<br /><br />Sadly, this year GM informed them that they would be unable to renew/pay for the contract this year.<br /><br />Gladly, the decision was made to keep the fountain with GM along with adding Ford Motor Co., and Chrysler -- gratis (free of charge).<br /><br />What would Detroit be without the three auto makers? And can you just imagine it being taken over by KIA, Toyota, or the like and the Tigers home runs would illuminate them? That would be just wrong.<br /><br />KUDOS to Mike Ilitch, the Tigers owner, for this generous dedication to the Big Three and Michigan!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-44988739353968134622009-03-19T22:48:00.000-05:002009-03-19T22:48:49.996-05:00Susan and Cha-Cha in La Ceiba, HondurasA wonderful woman and friend of mine doing missionary work in Honduras.<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ghC-j8_gO5AUrPnuBW1_17-Z27SS8u8v2GexDyfJesNjuU0OnHMHNbLzUnIjgIQDJUmAMWaGXQBGg24mAAl2YERX7ijTL2J9dYBrMArBR1J306A8AMyuXIRLabsEvl7oxrN_3g/s1600-h/DSC_0002.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ghC-j8_gO5AUrPnuBW1_17-Z27SS8u8v2GexDyfJesNjuU0OnHMHNbLzUnIjgIQDJUmAMWaGXQBGg24mAAl2YERX7ijTL2J9dYBrMArBR1J306A8AMyuXIRLabsEvl7oxrN_3g/s320/DSC_0002.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-86774240510891103102009-03-19T22:36:00.000-05:002009-03-19T22:36:22.912-05:00Poppy and me!This guy was so adorable. I loved him and I loved his spirit!<br /><br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj5ljGTTJkFPn1wFVgMKuxi3tLOwpS1KYmXqD2lLPQo729DJLvIKtcQPxgJQQewZVNGSRL_HztFrhcH7zsXhMOnkF0rF3Qi8yar3EBGnG4GGOsLQtxTtbmbf-hezuVgt-sIPEoA/s1600-h/102_1218(2).jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVj5ljGTTJkFPn1wFVgMKuxi3tLOwpS1KYmXqD2lLPQo729DJLvIKtcQPxgJQQewZVNGSRL_HztFrhcH7zsXhMOnkF0rF3Qi8yar3EBGnG4GGOsLQtxTtbmbf-hezuVgt-sIPEoA/s320/102_1218(2).jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-60766342781766124222009-03-19T22:19:00.000-05:002009-03-19T22:19:31.871-05:00Haiti Mission Team, March, 2009<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy-dlRCpGMcnpIVdnJxd2ht6hjAJEo2t9hgRi2vx1U3GXEJ4vpVJLWbvnkxudesv0TxGzGRHOKBgtkybr4c3QgYRcZjE8UMVhMoAqMk12ZWpOOhRtH8DR_Ez2ZLB-XN3SGiJhUg/s1600-h/IMG_1321.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIy-dlRCpGMcnpIVdnJxd2ht6hjAJEo2t9hgRi2vx1U3GXEJ4vpVJLWbvnkxudesv0TxGzGRHOKBgtkybr4c3QgYRcZjE8UMVhMoAqMk12ZWpOOhRtH8DR_Ez2ZLB-XN3SGiJhUg/s320/IMG_1321.JPG' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-74583613715222538062009-02-26T16:41:00.000-05:002009-02-26T16:42:14.778-05:00Alan Keyes TELLS IT LIKE IT IS!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWdCNodGrA8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWdCNodGrA8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-48697293304769726552009-02-19T16:50:00.002-05:002009-02-19T16:50:46.223-05:00To the forefront<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUlNOsk0Oxplwp-swFl2NHKQIvPU3GixZ5PvojEILLUKu1ZsxzptF4bulH_KmOJFAd05O3tNtCClZASDBORwUdp0aWohP9Pyrhl6nQ-EeirqJKLFUiifoa6d6WvXPWOG2KVuncw/s1600-h/Dad+dahlias.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUlNOsk0Oxplwp-swFl2NHKQIvPU3GixZ5PvojEILLUKu1ZsxzptF4bulH_KmOJFAd05O3tNtCClZASDBORwUdp0aWohP9Pyrhl6nQ-EeirqJKLFUiifoa6d6WvXPWOG2KVuncw/s320/Dad+dahlias.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304629233626133346" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-1429462017440443692009-02-19T16:44:00.001-05:002009-02-19T16:46:50.898-05:00He's keeping his promise!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y9nEJWOvOVIz7vHSrbGRTDh-eAZb_WxN5uMX2LXU4sEFQvXPV6JEiftpCmY1FfEC0MXpwfTNL_FyDVguspXP2eMrQSPonQJKfk3WIuYB_rpaKlsM7r-jKpH6jBTcUZlX1b35dw/s1600-h/moz-screenshot-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Y9nEJWOvOVIz7vHSrbGRTDh-eAZb_WxN5uMX2LXU4sEFQvXPV6JEiftpCmY1FfEC0MXpwfTNL_FyDVguspXP2eMrQSPonQJKfk3WIuYB_rpaKlsM7r-jKpH6jBTcUZlX1b35dw/s320/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304627952488316706" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-6387290449156232012009-02-16T09:35:00.004-05:002009-02-16T09:47:21.237-05:00A REAL way to help a veteran that fought for our country!Now there's a way to get personally involved with helping a veteran that is having real problems on a one-on-one basis. A new site is up and running with individual veterans needing help. One might need a washer machine, one might need a crib. Another might need help with a mortgage payment. And YOU can choose who you want to help. This is awesome!<br /><br />Here is a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/13/veterans.help.web.site/index.html?iref=werecommend">link</a> to the story that explains all.<br /><br />And here is a <a href="https://app01.usatogether.org/">link</a> to the actual site.<br /><br />Times are hard here right now, but they are especially difficult for returning veterans. Many with injuries. Let's show our support!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-25655243253345872832009-02-13T12:49:00.000-05:002009-02-13T12:50:17.752-05:00House of Cards<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/11li6Iw4TeY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/11li6Iw4TeY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-84851735933145824432009-02-11T16:10:00.001-05:002009-02-11T16:13:50.484-05:00Timeline showing the impending Fanny Mae, Freddie Mac crisisWatch this and weep!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cMnSp4qEXNM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cMnSp4qEXNM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-20656510771743238922009-01-31T20:20:00.002-05:002009-01-31T20:25:44.744-05:00Lil Matt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTkub6wAKp27tbq12iaI0f4loR02At2WMbDoaZoXNft14SDoHEKWX8MfMaqXUHRmb5GykRxu3DNCa1KpfDLrln4fqmKkkUeF3CS4qOB-DCww49imyDQFHS5xBapXDGWGLaI0KFQ/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTkub6wAKp27tbq12iaI0f4loR02At2WMbDoaZoXNft14SDoHEKWX8MfMaqXUHRmb5GykRxu3DNCa1KpfDLrln4fqmKkkUeF3CS4qOB-DCww49imyDQFHS5xBapXDGWGLaI0KFQ/s320/025.JPG" alt="" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0pt; clear: both; float: left;" border="0" /></a> I am a little late in getting these two pics posted. They are of Lil Matt at Christmas. Yeah, I know it's February! Anyways, they were on my phone and figuring out how to get from phone, to computer, to blog, well, I did it now didn't I? Ha ha ha ...<br /><br />This one? L' Matt's starting his smiling and daddy's trying to get him to smile for the camera. But he doesn't have eyes for the camera -- only his daddy.<br /><br />And last? Christmas day. Mommy worked all night and tried so hard to stay up the whole day until both mommy and baby crashed out on the couch.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpS7-gcxYZgjqSC_u_M_-wlS3DQiAVuw7D7he8yNShldbBtRamKiSSSjO27zP9RZrp-kbeEArY0SfciB-uNRUGIgG0wxZY39iMtvYchaTfZb2h9crt6MRfdjvpRNL4-7Sv4POBiA/s1600-h/090.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpS7-gcxYZgjqSC_u_M_-wlS3DQiAVuw7D7he8yNShldbBtRamKiSSSjO27zP9RZrp-kbeEArY0SfciB-uNRUGIgG0wxZY39iMtvYchaTfZb2h9crt6MRfdjvpRNL4-7Sv4POBiA/s320/090.JPG" alt="" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0pt; clear: both; float: left;" border="0" /></a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-68203986578478290802009-01-31T18:44:00.004-05:002009-02-10T16:37:52.782-05:00America's Nanny Dog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRJ24xwhQp7u5t-72YNVKcuEiAst5z5cw3D9N3PIla-CaSlE_QsfgeUhnpKmpXwOuxAp9UEMPj-Nmts4fCmyTfJebhrbJDf0-vyBYe1Aarx_91KoYf9k7zuPcA1NaCV2jxLySdw/s1600-h/Nora+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRJ24xwhQp7u5t-72YNVKcuEiAst5z5cw3D9N3PIla-CaSlE_QsfgeUhnpKmpXwOuxAp9UEMPj-Nmts4fCmyTfJebhrbJDf0-vyBYe1Aarx_91KoYf9k7zuPcA1NaCV2jxLySdw/s320/Nora+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297609961870900482" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvMqs-b6-tD-JWmRJDudo22JUq-QZKfBsi6iJpwi9wm4X9DU-VIlzP2QT6xEhu8nsGCzP6omhsz2W4BgvtrcpxeTkJe6ty9ka-XADk80iFDObMEqHoqP_aMkBfdtw0_XGtzYOmw/s1600-h/Nora+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvMqs-b6-tD-JWmRJDudo22JUq-QZKfBsi6iJpwi9wm4X9DU-VIlzP2QT6xEhu8nsGCzP6omhsz2W4BgvtrcpxeTkJe6ty9ka-XADk80iFDObMEqHoqP_aMkBfdtw0_XGtzYOmw/s320/Nora+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297609952623152754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lbvsprV-bbFJeGQQgNsAH6hB0KmlVFbSiVMa_JK48tL5PisaymR0EYrmR-XnQImh8rJjFxl-5eahmP5riKGWNZLJWGDEkwSFHNEwDtKJWEspgNjQV3dQAmuji3BH4cvPtNjnkw/s1600-h/Nora+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lbvsprV-bbFJeGQQgNsAH6hB0KmlVFbSiVMa_JK48tL5PisaymR0EYrmR-XnQImh8rJjFxl-5eahmP5riKGWNZLJWGDEkwSFHNEwDtKJWEspgNjQV3dQAmuji3BH4cvPtNjnkw/s320/Nora+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297609404094869234" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 id="articleTitle" class="articleTitle">America's Nanny Dog</h1><!--subtitle--><!--byline--><div id="articleByline" class="articleByline">Tyla Hafstrom/My Word/The Times-Standard</div><!--date--><div id="articleDate" class="articleDate">Posted: 09/25/2007 04:27:21 AM PDT</div><!--secondary date--><br /><span type="end" id="default"></span><span type="start" id="default"></span><span type="end" id="default"></span><div id="articleBody" class="articleBody"><div class="articleViewerGroup" id="articleViewerGroup" style="border: 0px none ;"><script language="JavaScript"> var requestedWidth = 0; </script><span class="articleEmbeddedViewerBox"></span><span type="start" id="default"></span><span type="end" id="default"></span></div><script language="JavaScript"> if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } </script><span type="start" id="default"></span><p>Remember “Little House on the Prairie”? The trusted family pet “Jack the Brindle dog” was a pit bull. Jack was not the only pit bull famous for being a faithful family dog, as Helen Keller's beloved companion was also a pit bull. Then there was Petey, the dog from “The Little Rascals” who was indeed an American pit bull terrier. </p><p>It seems that many people have forgotten how America has loved this breed over time, and have forgotten that many choose this breed of dog today for a reliable and loving family dog. This was the breed that was affectionately known as “America's Nanny Dog.” </p><p>Many celebrities have chosen this wonderful breed over time, including Fred Astaire, President Roosevelt, Mary Tyler Moore, Thomas Edison, Brad Pitt, Ann Bancroft, President Woodrow Wilson, Humphrey Bogart, John Stewart and Bernadette Peters, just to name a few. </p><p>Pit bulls are loyal, stable and intelligent dogs that are eager to please, and strive to take on the behaviors that their guardians instill in them. Their behavior is a reflection of the care, training, and socialization (or lack thereof) given by their owners. </p><p>The stigma associated with the breed has been caused by careless dog owners who do not socialize or properly train their dogs. Any breed of dog that is left tied in a backyard without experiencing the outside world is bound to have issues. It also seems that careless dog owners tend to choose the pit bull inparticular, possibly due to it's “tough” reputation. </p><p>Therefore the majority of neglected, untrained dogs appear to be pit bulls. But even with all these neglected dogs, there are even more sweet, trained and well socialized pit bulls that belong to loving families. According to rigorous testing by The National Canine Temperament Testing Association, the golden retriever, poodle, border collie, English setter, German pointer and numerous other breeds are considered more likely to become aggressive than pit bulls. </p><p>The average score of the 122 breeds tested was a mere 77 percent. Pit bulls scored a 95.2 percent on these testings. (The higher the better.) </p><p>Not only have pit bulls scored extremely well on temperament tests, but they have been serving key roles in search and rescue efforts, excel in agility training and work nationwide as therapy and service dogs. </p><p>Pit bulls are highly trainable, which has been beneficial for anyone wanting a wonderful companion or service dog, but that same trait has also proven to be a downfall when the breed is exploited. </p><p>You might find this hard to believe when what is highlighted in the news regarding pit bulls seems to be negative, but there are many more positive stories concerning pit bulls than negative ones. By simply browsing the Internet, one can find an abundance of positive, reputable information about pit bulls. </p><p>Another aspect that needs to be mentioned is that most attacks by other dog breeds are misclassified as “pit bulls” by media reports. The fact is, there are far more stories of pit bulls helping, or saving lives, than endangering or ending them. </p><p>It seems that the term “pit bull” is only splashed across the headlines when the story is negative. Unfortunately, fear and negativity sells, and this breed is paying the price. If only we were to take the time to look beyond the negative hype, we would find the truth about pit bulls.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now meet our new Nora. Living in SW Florida that has been hard hit in these difficult economic times people are doing all kinds of things just to survive. We adopted Nora from a couple that had to move into an apartment complex that did not allow pit bulls. All this because he'd been laid off from his decent job and had to take a job with much lower pay.<br /></p><p>Nora is five years young and has such a sweet spirit. We've only had her a week and she's just fit right into our family (if she would only leave O.C. the cat alone). She gets along well with Charlie and does not run off when we go outside in the yard. She's very intelligent and eager to please and I am glad I helped out the couple by giving her a good home ALONG WITH having the pure joy of her becoming a part of our family.<br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-33899448412566903952009-01-23T18:47:00.001-05:002009-01-23T18:50:31.801-05:00Obama and Blagojevich<p><strong><span style="color: black;">To understand the next 4 years you have to understand the world according to Chicago . While it is a city of Illinois it is also a completely different country with a whole different set of morals and language. </span></strong> </p> <p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black;">There are only three rules there which anybody can understand. You don't even need an attorney to understand them and if you need an attorney, well . . . you know too much so look out for Rule #3!</span></strong> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><strong><span style="color: black;">RULE #1</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> No matter what you see, hear, or do - you don't know anybody and you don't know nutin! </span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black;">RULE #2</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> If you capture something on tape or camera - it doesn't reveal nutin!</span></strong> </p><p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><strong><span style="color: black;">RULE #3</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> If you know what anybody knows in Chicago , well . . . dat's da last ting you'll ever know and you'll wish youse never knew nutin! </span></strong> </p><p><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Now, pay close attention we don't want to have to say this more than once. It's very simple . . . we'll illustrate. If you have too, read slowly!</span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">These two? They don't know each other!</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="cid:1.3113792893@web53007.mail.re2.yahoo.com" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ab280076b&view=att&th=11f04564d1282c26&attid=0.1&disp=emb&zw" width="354" height="238" /></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Remember the first picture? Be sure you <u>only</u> remember that they don't know and you certainly don't either! Da fellas in the background in this picture? Well . . . what fellas? We don't see nutin! </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="cid:2.3113792894@web53007.mail.re2.yahoo.com" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ab280076b&view=att&th=11f04564d1282c26&attid=0.2&disp=emb&zw" width="354" height="306" /></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> Oops! How did that get in here? </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Da guy on the left? For all you know he's Santa Claus. And the guy on the right . . .well, he's da Easter Bunny! That's all you need to know and you're better off if you don't know that.</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="cid:3.3113792894@web53007.mail.re2.yahoo.com" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ab280076b&view=att&th=11f04564d1282c26&attid=0.3&disp=emb&zw" width="304" height="225" /></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Go to your eye doctor, your eyes is lieing to yas! Capish? </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="cid:4.3113792895@web53007.mail.re2.yahoo.com" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ab280076b&view=att&th=11f04564d1282c26&attid=0.4&disp=emb&zw" width="304" height="211" /></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">We</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;"> don't want to know what they're saying. </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Remember Jimmy Hoffa! </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">He knew too much and now . . .well . . . now no one knows where he is. </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Is the big picture clear? </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: black;">Not these pictures gumwad, cuz youse already forgot dem! </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="cid:5.3113792895@web53007.mail.re2.yahoo.com" src="http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=7ab280076b&view=att&th=11f04564d1282c26&attid=0.5&disp=emb&zw" width="523" height="389" /></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: black;">Now, ain't that simple?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: black;">They don't know nutin and neither do we!</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 36pt; color: black;">And don't forget it!</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">P.S. If you pass this on to your friends, don't forget Rule #1 and, that ways, there's nutin to fear about #3! </span></strong> </p><p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black;">Ignorance is happiness if you meditate on the right thing.</span></strong> </p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> </span> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436003.post-60570493244016643552009-01-21T16:35:00.002-05:002009-01-21T16:40:32.707-05:00I do not like Barack ObamaSorry, I can't change that. And it's nothing about the color of his skin as I am not a hater racist. Yes, I understand the black people believing this is the ultimate victory for their race. And I'm not against a black president. Heck, soon I will be having cafe con leche grandchildren! And I believe that is the ultimate test of racism. But voting in a man to take the highest office in our country and quite possibly the world because of the color of his skin and not for his qualifications is just plain wrong.<br /><br />Anyways, I found the following floating around on the internet and I couldn't have said it better. A problem with the source though as it is supposedly from the London Daily Mail and yet when I go to their site I am unable to find it. But, take it for what it says.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica;"><span family="SANSSERIF" pt lang="0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><b><u>An editorial from the London Daily Mail (A BRITISH VIEW)</u></b></span><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;" family="SANSSERIF" pt back="#ffffff" lang="0"><br /><br />Obama's Victory<br /><br />A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups. A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth. Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.<br /><br />A victory for Hollywood, the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon. Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.<br /><br />Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti-conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition.<br /><br />A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers' unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity.<br /><br />A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.<br /><br />Congratulations America!</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;" family="SANSSERIF" pt back="#ffffff" lang="0"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2