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I got 26 out of 33 let me know how you do. Good luck on this one......... The website reports that college professors average about 55%. Also note how poorly the elected officials scored. Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Educating for Liberty http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

Yes I was kidding about the drugs.

Not a good day for me. About noon today I was getting ready to eat lunch when I got some severe stomach pain and it was so bad I almost passed out. So I went to the hospital and they had me there all day taking test, what they found out was I had a large blockage in my intestines and Gallstones. They are not to bad and the Doctor said if I just make some changes in my diet that should go away by there self. I am ok now just a little weak. It is too bad that they would not let me take home the pain medication they gave me; it had me feeling great in no time. Ok going to bed now see you all latter.

THOMAS JEFFERSON At 5, began studying under his cousins tutor. At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French. At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages. At 16, entered the College of William and Mary. At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe. At 23, started his own law practice. At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America " and retired from his law practice. At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress. At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence . At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom. At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry. At 40, served in Congress for two years. At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams. At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington. At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society. At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party. At 57, was elected the third president of the United States . At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size. At 61, was elected to a second term as President. At 65, retired to Monticello . At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine. At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president. At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time.. He made this statement: "This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe . Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. Thomas Jefferson My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Thomas Jefferson To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical. Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson said in 1802: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous. They are always getting into trouble and their parents know if any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved. The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually. The mother sent the 8 year old in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon. The preacher, a huge man with a deep booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, "Do you know where God is, son?" The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open. So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God?! Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, "WHERE is GOD?!" The boy screamed & bolted from the room, ran directly home & dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "What happened?" The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble this time!" "GOD is missing, and they think WE did it!"

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/18/texas-gov-perry-not-2012-candidate-just-yet/

Advice to an Old Guy... An old guy (not in the best of shape) was working out in the gym when he spotted a sweet young thing... He asked the trainer that was nearby, "What machine in here should I use to impress that sweet thing over there?" The trainer looked him up and down and said "I would try the ATM in the lobby".......

If the repubs want a HOPE of winning they better find somebody that is not some ( religious right wing nut) like a lot of these present guys are...including this Bozo....people aren't going to go for that garbage anymore. A moderate republican might have a chance....but as soon as one of these ((yahoos) get up there and the first words out of their mouths are ("ban a woman's right to choose") (Do you mean the right to merder her baby?) and "outlaw forever these evil same sex marriages" then the country (for the most part...obviously (the religious nuts love that crap) turn off to that kind of rhetoric. We need SOLUTIONS and our problems are MUCH LARGER than the two mentioned above.....and its those 2 issues that seem to be all any republican "candidate" can seem to think about. Is it just me or does it seem a bit creepy that these old dragons seem wayyyyyyyyyyy preoccupied with being able to mandate what a woman can do with her own body and then there is the whole "same sex" issue they obsess about....??? Kind of "telling" IMO

So it is OK to bash anybody that does not agree with you?

WHY?

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I agree.

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Are you aware that Jeff Foxworthy Is now picking on Michigan ? Read on . . . (pretty funny and accurate). 1. If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Michigan . 2. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Pellston is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Michigan . 3. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Michigan . 4. If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Michigan . 5. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Michigan. 6. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Michigan . 7. If you have worn shorts and a coat at the same time, you might live in Michigan . 8. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Michigan . 9. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Michigan . Part 2 - You know you're a true MICHIGANDER when . . . 1. "Vacation" means going up north on I-75. 2. You measure distance in hours. 3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once. 4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them. 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. 11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction. 12. You can identify a southern or eastern accent. 13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. 14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 15. Down South to you means Ohio . 16. A brat is something you eat. 17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole barn. 18. You go out to fish fry every Friday. 19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly." 22. You drink pop and bake with soda. 23. Your doctor tells you to drink Vernors and you know it's not medicine. 24. You can actually drink Vernors without coughing. 25. You know what a Yooper is. 26. You think owning a Honda is Un-American. 27. You know that UP is a place, not a direction. 28. You know it's possible to live in a thumb. 29. You understand that when visiting Detroit , the best thing to wear is a Kevlar vest. 30. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Michigan friends . . . .

New Teacher in town A former Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high chool teacher. Just before the school year started he injured his back. He was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable. On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The smart aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk. When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest. Dead silence. He had no trouble with discipline the rest of the year.

WE NEED THE SAME ATTITUDE NOW....ALL OVER THIS LAND....WAKE UP AMERICA Tour boats ferry people out to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii every thirty minutes. We just missed a ferry and had to wait thirty minutes. I went into a small gift shop to kill time. In the gift shop, I purchased a small book entitled, "Reflections on Pearl Harbor" by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941--Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) would now be the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. Admiral Nimitz flew to Hawaii to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. He landed at Pearl Harbor on Christmas Eve, 1941. There was such a spirit of despair, dejection and defeat--you would have thought the Japanese had already won the war. On Christmas Day, 1941, Adm. Nimitz was given a boat tour of the destruction wrought on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Big sunken battleships and navy vessels cluttered the waters every where you looked. As the tour boat returned to dock, the young helmsman of the boat asked, Well Admiral, what do you think after seeing all this destruction?" Admiral Nimitz's reply shocked everyone within the sound of his voice. Admiral Nimitz said, "The Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could ever make, or God was taking care of America. Which do you think it was?" Shocked and surprised, the young helmsman asked, "What do mean by saying the Japanese made the three biggest mistakes an attack force ever made?" Nimitz explained: Mistake number one: the Japanese attacked on Sunday morning. Nine out of every ten crewmen of those ships were ashore on leave. If those same ships had been lured to sea and been sunk--we would have lost 38,000 men instead of 3,800. Mistake number two: when the Japanese saw all those battleships lined in a row, they got so carried away sinking those battleships, they never once bombed our dry docks opposite those ships. If they had destroyed our dry docks, we would have had to tow everyone of those ships to America to be repaired. As it is now, the ships are in shallow water and can be raised. One tug can pull them over to the dry docks and we can have them repaired and at sea by the time we could have towed them to America. And I already have crews ashore anxious to man those ships. Mistake number three: Every drop of fuel in the Pacific theater of war is on top of the ground in storage tanks five miles away over that hill. One attack plane could have strafed those tanks and destroyed our fuel supply. That's why I say the Japanese made three of the biggest mistakes an attack force could make, or God was taking care of America. I've never forgotten what I read in that little book. It is still an inspiration as I reflect upon it. In jest, I might suggest that because Admiral Nimitz was a Texan, born and raised in Fredricksburg, Texas -- he was a born optimist. But anyway you look at it--Admiral Nimitz was able to see a silver lining in a situation and circumstance where everyone else saw only despair and defeatism. President Roosevelt had chosen the right man for the right job. We desperately needed a leader that could see silver linings in the midst of the clouds of dejection, despair and defeat. There is a reason that our national motto is, "IN GOD WE TRUST."

YEP!!

Why did Bernie Madoff go to prison? To make it simple, he talked people into investing with him. Trouble was, he didn't invest their money. As time rolled on he simply took the money from the new investors to pay off the old investors. Finally there were too many old investors and not enough money from new investors coming in to keep the payments going. Next thing you know Madoff is one of the most hated men in America and he is off to jail. Some of you know this. But not enough of you. Madoff did to his investors what the government has been doing to us for over 70 years with Social Security. There is no meaningful difference between the two schemes, except that one was operated by a private individual who is now in jail, and the other is operated by politicians who enjoy perks, privileges and status in spite of their actions. Do you need a side-by-side comparison here? Well here's a nifty little chart. BERNIE MADOFF SOCIAL SECURITY Takes money from investors with the promise that the money will be invested and made available to them later. Takes money from wage earners with the promise that the money will be invested in a "Trust Fund" (Lock Box) and made available later. Instead of investing the money Madoff spends it on nice homes in the Hamptons and yachts. Instead of depositing money in a Trust Fund the politicians transfer it to the General Revenue Fund and use it for general spending and vote buying. When the time comes to pay the investors back Madoff simply uses some of the new funds from newer investors to pay back the older investors. When benefits for older investors become due the politicians pay them with money taken from younger and newer wage earners to pay the older geezers. When Madoff's scheme is discovered all hell breaks loose. New investors won't give him any more cash. When Social Security runs out of money the politicians try to force the taxpayers to send them some more; or theycancel S/S to all those who paid into it. Bernie Madoff is in jail. Politicians remain in Washington - with fat medical and retirement benefits. "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert , in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.” ~ Milton Friedman _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE ARABS ARE NOT HAPPY They are not happy in Gaza . They are not happy in the West Bank . They are not happy in Jerusalem . They are not happy in Israel . They are not happy in Egypt . They are not happy in Libya . They are not happy in Algeria . They are not happy in Tunis . They are not happy in Morocco . They are not happy in Yemen . They are not happy in Iraq . They are not happy in Afghanistan . They are not happy in Pakistan . They are not happy in Syria . They are not happy in in Lebanon . They are not happy in Sudan . They are not happy in Jordan . They are not happy in Iran . They are not happy in the Chechnya . And where the Arabs are happy? They are happy in England . They are happy in France . They are happy in Italy . They are happy in Germany . They are happy in Sweden . They are happy in the Netherlands . They are happy in Switzerland They are happy in Norway . They are happy in the U.S. They are happy in Canada They are happy in Hungary They are happy in any other country in the world which is not ruled by Muslims And whom do they blame? Not Islam. Not the leadership. Not themselves. But the very countries they are happy to live in! Can an AMEN be found somewhere???

http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2011/06/16/schlumberger-others-gain-from-iraqi-oil-expansion/

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/former-top-iraq-financier-denounces-bank-power-grab-152537455.html

Just wondering!! I have a question to ask you all and I would like to hear from you no matter how you feel about it. The question is should someone be limited on how many post they can make in a day if they are –100 or worse? Say only 1 or 2 post a day until they are better than –100 or should there be no limit?

So it is ok to bash Sarah but not Obama?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110611/wl_mideast_afp/iraquspoliticsdiplomacyfinance_20110611150418;_ylc=X3oDMTEwNG5hYWdqBF9TAzIwMjM4Mjc1MjQEZW1haWxJZAMxMzA3ODA5Mjky

I have a link for his site if you want it send me an email. address in profile.