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T hese are kind of fun to look at! What did your town look like according to Penny Postcards? Check out your old stomping grounds during the times of the penny postcard. Click on the state and then on the county name to see old penny picture postcards from that area...pretty neat. Click here>> Penny Postcards or http://www.usgwarchives.org/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

This guy is gooooooooooood! http://www.youtube.com/embed/kPvciIdDZAE The guy holding the strings is pretty good too!

In summary, the police arrested Patrick Lawrence, 22 year old white male, in a pumpkin patch 12.01 a.m. on Friday. On Monday, at the Gwinnett County (GA) courthouse, Lawrence was charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public Intoxication. The suspect explained that as he was passing a pumpkin patch on his way home from a drinking session when he decided to stop, "You know how a pumpkin is soft and squishy inside, and there was no one around for miles or at least I thought there wasn't anyone around," he stated in a telephone interview. Lawrence went on to say that he pulled over to the side of the road, picked out a pumpkin that he felt was appropriate to his purpose, cut a hole in it, and proceeded to satisfy his alleged need. "Guess I was really into it, you know?" he commented with evident embarrassment. In the process of doing the deed, Lawrence failed to notice an approaching police car and was unaware of his audience until Officer Brenda Taylor approached him. "It was an unusual situation, that's for sure," said Officer Taylor. "I walked up to Lawrence and he's just banging away at this pumpkin." Officer Taylor went on to describe what happened when she approached Lawrence. "I said, 'Excuse me sir, but do you realize that you're having sex with a pumpkin?' He froze and was clearly very surprised that I was there, and then he looked me straight in the face and said, "A pumpkin? ****...is it midnight already?" This was in the Washington Post. The title of the article was "Best Comeback Line Ever."

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Dear friends.... For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. One day I had lunch with some friends. Jim , a short, balding golfer type about 80 years old, came along with them---all in all, a pleasant bunch. When the menus were presented, we ordered salads, sandwiches, and soups, except for Jim who said, "Ice Cream, please. Two scoops, chocolate. I wasn't sure my ears heard right, and the others were aghast. "Along with heated apple pie," Jim added, completely unabashed. We tried to act quite nonchalant, as if people did this all the time... But when our orders were brought out, I didn't enjoy mine. I couldn't take my eyes off Jim as his pie a-la-mode went down. The other guys couldn't believe it. They ate their lunches silently and grinned. The next time I went out to eat, I called and invited Jim . I lunched on white meat tuna. He ordered a parfait. I smiled. He asked if he amused me I answered, "Yes, you do, but also you confuse me. How come you order rich desserts, while I feel I must be sensible? He laughed and said "I'm tasting all that is Possible. I try to eat the food I need, and do the things I should. But life's so short, my friend, I hate missing out on something good. This year I realized how old I was. (He grinned) I haven't been this old before." "So, before I die, I've got to try those things that for years I had ignored. I haven't smelled all the flowers yet. There are too many trout streams I haven't fished. There's more fudge sundaes to wolf down and kites to be flown overhead. There are too many golf courses I haven't played. I've not laughed at all the jokes. I've missed a lot of sporting events and potato chips and cokes. I want to wade again in water and feel ocean spray on my face. I want to sit in a country church once more and thank God for His grace. I want peanut butter every day spread on my morning toast. I want un-timed long distance calls to the folks I love the most. I haven't cried at all the movies yet, or walked in the morning rain. I need to feel wind on my face. I want to be in love again. So, if I choose to have dessert, instead of having dinner, then should I die before night fall, I'd say I died a winner, because I missed out on nothing. I filled my heart's desire. I had that final chocolate mousse before my life expired.." With that, I called the waitress over.. "I've changed my mind, " I said. "I want what he is having, only add some more whipped cream!" This is my gift to you - We need an annual Friends Day! If you get this twice, then you have more than one friend. Live well, love much & laugh often - Be happy. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS including me if I'm lucky enough to be counted among them. Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we like and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM SINGS!

I know it's not quite the season yet, but these are amazing! Scroll down to see the Amish Christmas lights. You know very well that the Amish don't use electricity. Fooling old people is so easy! Hey, don't kill the messenger!! Someone sent it to me before I sent it to you!!

Number 10 Life is sexually transmitted. Number 9 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. Number 8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. Number 7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe years. Number 6 Some people are like a Slinky - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs. Number 5 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospitals, dying of nothing. Number 4 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. Number 3 Why does a slight tax increase cost you $800.00, and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00? Number 2 In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. And The Number 1 Thought Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers--what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow. - - - and as someone recently said to me: "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long."<br clear="all">

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Whitney Houston's death, while a sad thing, was the direct result of very unwise life choices. It dominates the news. Charlie Sheen is 45 and his story is all over the news because he is a substance abuser, an adulterer, sexually promiscuous and obnoxious. Lindsay Lohan is 24 and her story is all over the news because she is a celebrity drug addict and thief. Something as frivolous as Kim Kardashian's stupid wedding [and short-lived marriage] was shoved down our throats, While........ Justin Allen 23 Brett Linley 29 Matthew Weikert 29 Justus Bartett 27 Dave Santos 21 Jesse Reed 26 Matthew Johnson 21 Zachary Fisher 24 Brandon King 23 Christopher Goeke 23 and Sheldon Tate 27... Are all Marines that gave their lives last month for you. There is no media for them; not even a mention of their names. Honor THEM by sending this on. I did, will you? God bless you, Rest In Peace, and THANK YOU, TROOPS. Semper Fi !!!

AN F in Sex . I've known a few like that!

Wow all these years I just thought I was NUTS now to find out I'm Iranian blows my mind!

Carbon Coyote,sorry brother but I have to call Bull S hit !!!!! I pray you awake to the truth before it's too late. Amen

Man walking along a road in the countryside comes across a shepherd and a huge flock of sheep. Tells the shepherd, “I will bet you $100 against one of your sheep that I can tell you the exact number in this flock.” The shepherd thinks it over; it’s a big flock so he takes the bet. “973,” says the man. The shepherd is astonished, because that is exactly right. Says “OK, I’m a man of my word, take an animal.” Man picks one up and begins to walk away. “Wait,” cries the shepherd, “Let me have a chance to get even. Double or nothing that I can guess your exact occupation.” Man says sure. “You are an economic policy adviser for President Obama” says the shepherd. “Amazing!” responds the man, “You are exactly right! But tell me, how did you deduce that?” “Well,” says the shepherd, “put down my dog and I’ll tell you.”

If Barack Obama weren’t black, would most black voters really have reason to support him? Rev. C.L. Bryant Rev. C.L. Bryant, a former chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is boldly challenging whether the expanding government programs and progressive ideals espoused by Obama and his allies are actually helpful to black people or whether “the sons and daughters of former slaves traded one form of slavery for yet another.” “Black people are very uninformed,” Bryant told WND, one of the key reasons he has made “Runaway Slave,” a powerful new movie blowing the lid off racial politics. Bryant is a descendent of American slaves and Choctaw Indians. He’s also a Baptist minister who resigned from NAACP leadership when they required him to host an event directly violating the commandments of Christ. In Bryant’s film, leaving the NAACP was just one step on his journey away from the slavery of anger and one step towards the truth setting him free. What, then, is the reaction of blacks who’ve seen “Runaway Slave”? Bryant told WND: “I have not yet had an encounter with anyone black who has been confrontational.” He said that at screenings most tell him they didn’t know a lot of facts in the film. Still others get choked up and want to hug him. And he’s got video to prove it. Audience reactions to the Atlanta screening of “Runaway Slave” can be seen in the video above. Yet as Bryant’s film shows, there is black-on-black bigotry towards those who defy the Democratic Party’s agenda. “There have been some black pastors who have not seen the film at all and told their congregations not to support it,” Bryant told WND. “In essence, they wanted to boycott it, and the odd thing is they hadn’t seen it. And that’s the foolishness of it. But everyone who has seen the film, even if you’re a white liberal, it’s not nearly what they anticipated. In fact, you come out with somewhat of an epiphany.” In “Runaway Slave,” Bryant travels to historic civil rights cities, including Washington, Atlanta, Birmingham and Philadelphia, interviewing high profile leaders and fellow citizens, urging everyone to “run harder” from “tyranny to liberty.” He questions the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, NAACP President Ben Jealous, radio host Joe Madison and Black Panthers. But this isn’t a story of Bryant against the world. “Runaway Slave” also features a growing base of black leaders working to restore everyone’s constitutional rights. There are men and women, young people and civil rights veterans, grassroots and national leaders. Bryant interviews Timothy Johnson of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson of BOND and the South Central L.A. Tea Party, K. Carl Smith of Frederick Douglass Republicans and WND columnist Star Parker – to name a few. “Runaway Slave” opens juxtaposing Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally with Al Sharpton’s counter-protest. Bryant and his fellow filmmakers documented both events, and Sharpton was outraged that Beck had scheduled his event on the anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech (WND covered Beck’s rally here and here). In the film, we see Sharpton urging some 200 followers to “sucker punch” the allegedly racist hundreds of thousands of tea-party types attending Beck’s rally. Ironically, Martin Luther King’s niece Alveda King and numerous other black leaders took the stage at Beck’s 2010 event – and in “Runaway Slave,” King tells Bryant the priorities for honoring her family’s legacy. There are many surprises on Bryant’s journey. For example, a black African tells Bryant why he and other people from his continent don’t care to associate with black Americans. Another surprise occurs as Bryant stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, scene of the historic Bloody Sunday, where some 600 Americans attempted to complete their Selma-to-Montgomery March for black voting rights. On Bloody Sunday, marchers were merely six blocks away from their destination when state and local officers attacked them with tear gas and billy clubs. In “Runaway Slave,” as Bryant stands on the bridge, along comes a man who had marched with his mother on that day back in 1965. “And the odd thing about him is this: When we finished interviewing him, he pushed his shopping cart away – and we feel there was no time for him to get off the bridge, yet we don’t know where he came from and we don’t know where he went,” said Bryant. “Now, I don’t read anything into it or out of it, but many people have told me his story is a very touching thing, and the last thing he said to us was: ‘Out of all the things that have happened, this country is the greatest country in the world.’ “I think it was a God thing, personally,” said Bryant. Barack Obama isn’t once named in “Runaway Slave.” But considering most black voters helped to elect him in 2008, Bryant told WND: “You take away the color of this president – let’s look at his white side. All of a sudden, he’s not black. Then the question to any black person should be: ‘Why would I then vote for him?’ You take away his skin color and there is absolutely no reason for a black person to vote for him.” Rev. Bryant is a fellow of the Washington-based FreedomWorks, which co-produced “Runaway Slave” with Ground Floor Video of greater Atlanta. Bryant’s documentary is showing in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Louisiana and now is expanding to the Dallas area and St. Louis. Later this month, it’s scheduled to open in Charlotte, Indianapolis, Jacksonville and Obama’s hometown, Chicago. Like most independent films, wide release of “Runaway Slave” depends on the box office returns in its premier markets. Click here to follow “Runaway Slave” and get movie tickets.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who came into office last year, blew out a multibillion dollar state budget deficit with his cost-cutting measures, fought off a recall and watched as his state soared in popularity among business owners as its unemployment rate plunged, has some advice for Washington. “I hate big government,” he said. “But I really hate a government that doesn’t work.” So when “they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,” it’s actually a “false choice.” “The question isn’t about spending more money, it’s about spending the money we have more wisely,” he said at a “Tribute to Ronald Reagan” dinner, part of the 2012 Defending the American Dream Summit hosted by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in Washington D.C. today. The event was livestreamed on WND. The event opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Star Spangled Banner and the words of Reagan, who urged Americans to realize that “America remains mankind’s best hope.” Those words were part of a video montage featuring Barack Obama mocking “Americans For Prosperity” during numerous speeches juxtaposed against the words of Reagan, holding America up as a model for others to follow, rather than being ashamed of. Walker, whose accomplishment in turning the ominous fiscal and economy situations in Wisconsin around, where his state soared from the mid-40s among attractiveness to business people to No. 20, said, “In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we’ll have poor education – that’s a false choice.’ He said school districts in his state now can “bid out” the health insurance coverage rather than being required to purchase from a union-affiliated company – and that has saved tens of millions of dollars. “That money goes right into the classroom,” he said. “We [conservatives] are the ones who care about the kids. We want the money in the classroom.” And he said staffing has been reworked. “The unions say ‘last hired – first fired,’, we say hire and fire based on merit,” he said. “We want the best and brightest in the classroom.” “Looking at America’s history, ordinary people did something extraordinary,” he said. “Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. “That’s what instills confidence. “That’s us,” he said. “We will move forward and prosper because that’s who we are as Americans.” Tim Phillips, president of AFP, earlier broke the news to the Washington crowd that a tweet had gone out from President Obama last night to Olympic gold medal winner Gabby Douglas upon her remarkable achievement, saying, “Gabby – You didn’t do that. That wasn’t you who won that medal. Other people made those roads that got you to the gym every morning. Gabby, you need to spread the gold medal wealth around.” Of course Phillips cautioned that he was just joking about the tweet, but the message wasn’t lost on the crowd of Americans who signaled with their laughter and applause that Obama may live to regret ever uttering the words to American entrepreneurs, “You didn’t build that.” Phillips reminded the crowd of more famous words from Reagan spoken in 1979, “A recession is when your friend loses his job. A depression is when you lose your job, and recovery begins when Jimmy Carter loses his job.” The enormous applause thundered even louder when Phillips shouted over the crowd, “Our recovery begins when Barack Obama loses his job this November.” Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell urged Americans to return to the roots that this country was founded on, and said that this country’s citizens are hungry for people of character to look them in the eye and be honest with them. “The American dream of life, liberty, and property came from God – not government,” he said, and the “role of government is to defend them,” and not “take them away.” Wisconsin radio host Vicki McKenna briefly explained to the audience and all who were watching that Wisconsin recently survived an all-out assault on liberty – and won. She said that for 15 months, “We were harassed, kicked, spit on, beaten, occupied, threatened, and eventually we were recalled.” “Why did we walk through fire? Because we had two choices, Tyranny or Liberty. Tyranny is government absent choice, and Liberty is choice absent government. “We chose Liberty,” she said. “We proved that you can make government work for people – it must – and the only way it does is when it gets out of the way.” Conservative author and speaker Michelle Malkin then took the stage and reminded people what is wrong with the current administration. “We can’t trust anyone with the job of limiting government, we have to do it ourselves,” she said. Turning to the cameras, she said, “Let me say to our commander in chief while we have the cameras on,” and pointing at a large marquee with the words American Dream, said, “The American Dream – You didn’t build that.” She explained what liberals have done for America. “Radicals and their cronies build stone walls, pipe dreams, they dig holes in the ground, and when faced with failure, they dig deeper,” she said Walker, who was elected in November of 2010, said, “It’s not just about elections, it’s what happens after elections that matter to your children and my children.” He then talked about traveling around the state of Wisconsin and meeting the people who would elect him to be the CEO of the state, twice. “I would meet workers, just getting off work after a long shift, big guys with grease on their shirts who would point their finger at me and say, ‘Governor, my wife and I are praying for you.’ Thank you,” said Walker. He told how his campaign was not a campaign as much as a job interview, and that when he was sent to the highest office in the state, he wanted to be sworn in, in front of the state constitution which contains a “frugality clause.” This clause, he explained “means moderation and frugality in government lead to freedom and prosperity for our people.” He also relayed the shock conveyed by one reporter after taking over the governor’s office. The reporter remarked that most new governors wouldn’t even have their bags unpacked, and Walker was already making the drastic changes Wisconsin is enjoying today. He told the reporter, “If you’re the CEO of a troubled company, you don’t wait a year to fix it, you get to work on day one.” His concept is simple: “People create jobs, not the government. Government should enforce common sense, not bureaucratic red-tape.” He enthused the crowd with what would normally be dry statistics, when he explained that historically Wisconsin has been in the bottom 10 states for economic health, and in just two years it has broken into the top 20. He said employers were surveyed just before his reforms about he direction of the state, and only 10 percent of employers thought the state was headed in the right direction. A recent survey, less than two years later, shows that a whopping 94 percent of employers, now say that the state is headed in the right direction. “Being a competitive guy, I want to know what’s wrong with the other six percent of the employers,” Walker said. His final statistic was explaining how Wisconsin went from having a $3.7 billion deficit, to presently having a surplus two years in a row through the comprehensive reforms. “I want my kids to grow up in a Wisconsin at least as good as the Wisconsin I grew up in, and that means we’re going to pay our bills now,” he said. Holding up Wisconsin as a model for the rest of the country, Walker urged voters to put the right people in office. “It’s our duty to think about the next generation – not just the next election,” he said to a roaring, standing ovation.

Well if we can't arrest them , shoot them ! Let their families pay to get the cadaver back to wherever they snuck in from. For the price of a bullet alot of tax dollars saved. Before all the bleeding hearts start crying ,let us not forget these are criminals ! The type of person sneaking in now is not the same as 10 years ago . Most today do not come with the desire to work hard and make a better life for themselves and their children but welfare cheats ,drug dealers , terrorist etc. etc. Any other country in the world arrest's ,fines and deports them. Why should we do different ?

No Idea what the h ell happend here! Tried to post a cool picture but the stupid site messed it up. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it. Couldn't be me mucking up!

Key Senate lawmakers are once again pushing legislation to stop veterans judged unable to handle their own finances from being barred from owning firearms. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, and Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., would require that veterans first are found to be a danger to themselves or others before losing their Second Amendment rights. Today, a veteran deemed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be incapable of handling his own finances is included on the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS – which means he cannot own a firearm, nor can anyone else in the household, Burr said. "There are veterans, spouses, family members who are deprived of their Second Amendment rights … based on an arbitrary decision by somebody at VA because they can't handle their own personal finances," Burr said Wednesday at a committee hearing. "These people are labeled as dangerous when it may be a physical disability that may not allow them to handle their personal finances." VA estimates that about 127,000 veterans have been put on the list because the department determined they couldn't handle their personal finances. A similar bill has already passed the House of Representatives. In the Senate, the "Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act" has been filed at least three times before, going as far back as 2007. The version filed in 2009 was opposed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which argued that it could cause guns to wind up in the hands of unsafe people. The Brady Campaign had criticized Burr's legislation "in light of the Fort Hood shootings." Attorneys for the accused attacker, Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, claim he is mentally ill. Burr's bill died in committee. Burr, Webb and others backing the bill say no veteran should lose his or her gun rights without an order by a judge, magistrate or other judicial authority competent to make the call on whether the person is dangerous. At Wednesday's hearing, VA officials said that is not a determination made by department officials who assess a veteran's ability to look after his finances. Tom Murphy, director of the Veterans Benefits Administration's compensation service, said those who make the call on veterans are trained only to assess how well they're able to handle finances. Richard Hipolit, assistant general counsel for the VA, said, "Our determination is just whether [someone] can handle financial affairs, and that automatically triggers the requirement to refer their names" to the NICS list.

Hey Sport looks like the phantom negger hit you with a drive by. I brought you back lol.Good Post reminds me of the dog that wouldn't take a bisquit for obami lol

Just thought you'd get a kick out of this one. Enjoy! Between 18 and 22 a woman is like Africa - half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally Beautiful! Between 23 and 30 a woman is like Europe - well-developed and open to trade, especially for someone of real value. Between 31 and 35 a woman is like Spain - very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty. Between 36 and 40 a woman is like Greece - gently aging but still a warm and desirable place to visit. Between 41 and 50 a woman is like Great Britain, with a glorious and all-conquering past. Between 51 and 60 a woman is like Israel - has been through war, doesn't make the same mistakes twice, takes care of business. Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Canada. She is self-preserving but open to meeting new people. After 70, she becomes Tibet. Wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages. An adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge. THE GEOGRAPHY OF A MAN Between 1 and 80, a man is like Iran - ruled by nuts.

WASHINGTON -- Remember Obamacare, the president's grandest achievement and the Tea Party's worst nightmare? Voters in swing states are seeing megatons of political ads, but none from the Barack Obama or Mitt Romney campaign about the most ambitious and controversial new law in decades, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. A perfect storm of silence has swept the issue off the national radar screen. This election will be a referendum on many things, but Obamacare is not one of them. Health care remains a lively topic in some congressional races, and each party and its multiple subsidiaries and super PAC outliers are pushing it in some way. The Obama campaign, for example, is targeting young female voters and minorities with information about the law's specific features; Republican PACs are carpet-bombing Democratic incumbents with health care attacks in red states such as North Dakota. But on the big-buy level -- national swing-state advertising -- and in recent campaign speeches by both candidates, it's crickets. Why? "Well, on a certain level the president doesn't want to talk about it because it's not that popular, and Mitt Romney can't talk about it because he essentially passed the same law in Massachusetts," said Mark Mellman, a Democratic pollster and an expert on the politics of health care. "Senator Rick Santorum was right about at least one thing, which is that Romney was going to be unable to attack the president on health care," observed Mellman. After the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in June, the Romney campaign briefly aired an ad vowing to make repeal of the law his number one priority on "day one." The spot quickly disappeared from view. The president's team produced the same obligatory TV spot after the justices' decision: a video of a speech in which Obama touted the most popular and easily understood features of the complex law. That didn't get much airplay, either. The Supreme Court ruling coincided with the early summer period in which voters begin making final pre-election judgments about the economy. The campaign wars are now nothing but jobs and the economy. A recent New York Times/CBS poll in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania -- three swing states -- found health care finishing a distant second as a concern. "If you are not talking about jobs and the economy, you aren't talking about what people want to hear about," said Mellman. "It's the whole ballgame." In some state races, Democrats are standing up for the health care law, touting its most salable features and accusing their GOP foes of wanting to take those away. In North Dakota, for example, Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp has been bombarded with anti-Obamacare ads, but she has fought back by defending the law. The Obama campaign itself is bragging about the law in Spanish-language ads, featured on its website and aired on Hispanic media. But the reelection campaign is not risking such a strategy in swing states such as Ohio. Undecided voters there and elsewhere tend to be white, middle-class and small-"c" conservative. In focus groups, they tend to see the health care law, which seeks to expand Medicaid coverage to millions of lower-income Americans, as a tax-burdening giveaway to the undeserving. Swing voters don't buy the argument they're bearing the costs already, through higher health care prices for those who can pay. "You can try to explain that it's cheaper in the long run to pay for insurance, but these voters don't want to hear it," said a pollster who has conducted focus groups, but who declined to be named because of privacy commitments to his clients. Ironically, some swing voters might be eligible for the expanded Medicaid assistance -- a fact that could well infuriate them as much as inspire them, strategists say. "Folks have very deeply held, clear rationales for their thinking on this," said Mellman. In other words, let's talk about something else -- and save the real health care debate, if there is another one, until next year.

Westboro Baptist Church protesters will soon be severely limited in their ability to disrupt military funerals, after Congress passed a sweeping veterans bill this week that includes restrictions on such demonstrations. According to "The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012," which is now headed to President Barack Obama's desk, demonstrators will no longer be allowed to picket military funerals two hours before or after a service. The bill also requires protestors to be at least 300 feet away from grieving family members. This aspect of the legislation was introduced by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who, at the urging of a teenage constituent, proposed new limitations on military funeral demonstrations as a response to a 2011 Supreme Court case that ruled such actions were protected under the First Amendment. In the wake of that decision, many have turned to counter-protest efforts to block Westboro Baptist Church's disruptive and insensitive displays, which frequently suggest that U.S. soldiers have been killed as God's vengeance for *** tolerance. Thousands turned out in Missouri last month, forming a "human wall" around a church where the service for a fallen soldier was being held. Earlier in July, hundreds of Texas A&M students showed up in a similar effort, joining together to create a barrier between Westboro Baptist Church members and a military funeral. And while not at a specific service, a group of demonstrators dressed as zombies gathered at a military base in Washington last month, far outnumbering and overshadowing followers of the far-right congregation. The bill also contains a variety of measures meant to address veterans health, benefits, housing and education. Obama is expected to sign to the legislation later this month.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Thursday that diversity has never been America's strong suit, so lawmakers should pass his bill to make English the official U.S. language in the name of unifying the nation. "One of the great things about America is we've been unified by a common language. That common language, of course, is English," King said during a press conference on his bill. "Our language is getting subdivided by some forces of the federal government. It is time to speak with a common voice." King talked to reporters just after the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on his measure, which would require all federal government communications, including voter and ballot materials, to be conducted in English. His proposal would also nullify a Clinton-era requirement that federal agencies provide interpreters for non-English speakers for certain activities. The bill has no chance of becoming law, but it has come under fire from immigration activists who say it would isolate immigrant populations. Others have charged that groups pushing for the bill are racist. King pushed back on both charges and said his bill is aimed at bringing the country together. After all, he said, diversity has never been America's strong point. "The argument that diversity is our strength has really never been backed up by logic," King told The Huffington Post. "It's unity is where our strength is. Our Founding Fathers understood that. Modern-day multiculturalists are defying that." The Iowa Republican called it "offensive" that anyone would say his bill has racist overtones, particularly when talking about a society "as inclusive as America." "They should be specific about that rather than just hurl that out there," he said of people who make racist claims about his bill. "That divides people." During the committee hearing, Democrats questioned whether King's bill would violate the Constitution and impede voting rights. "Having already spent an extraordinary amount of committee time and resources in an effort to roll back the civil rights of women, persons with disabilities, *** and lesbian Americans and other minorities, our majority colleagues are now using the last day before the House adjourns until September to highlight a bill that would place at risk the 24.5 million people in the United States who need language assistance from their government in some situations," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.). Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) gave his opening remarks entirely in Spanish -- with imperfect pronunciation -- to make the point that the country has always been a multilingual one. Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and other Republicans looked amused, then bored, as he continued talking, with Franks at one point fiddling with his cell phone. After Conyers was finished speaking, Franks said his remarks showed why English needed to be the official language. "I would ask the gentleman in the interest of fairness, here, and certainly to Mr. Nadler's district, that would you repeat that in Yiddish and Vietnamese and French as well?" he said to laughter and a joking promise from Conyers that he would. "Nothing would make the point better [than] if we conducted all of our debates in a different languages, and I suppose that makes the case for this bill better than anything else," Franks continued. "I appreciate the gentleman's gesture, but it does indicate why it would be more confusing in this place than ever if all of us spoke a different language." Despite his insistence on the need for the bill, King told reporters that he kept it limited to the federal government because of his "great respect for the private sector and for the decisions made by individuals." If it helps a corporation "to have an ATM just down the street" that allows people to select what language they want to use for their bank transactions, that is "their choice," King said. He added, though, that if he knew of an ATM that didn't make him choose which language he wanted to use, "I'm likely to stop there first. That's just me."

Wal-Mart Versus the Morons 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 6.5 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 corrupt morons: The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is BROKE. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is BROKE. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is BROKE. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $ trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are BROKE. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 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 32 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. Love your country...fear your government !!!

This would be funny if it weren't entirely possible!! A man goes into the hospital for a vasectomy. Before the procedure the nurse comes in and takes his vitals, then tells him to take all of his clothes off. When he is fully undressed she instructs him to lie down on the table. The man obeys. The nurse then takes all of her clothes off and climbs on top and has her way with him. Upon the completion of the act the man catches his breath and asks what that was all about. The nurse informs the patient that studies have shown that before a vasectomy if the man has an ejaculation, he will be more relaxed and that the vasec is easier for the surgeon to locate and sever. The nurse then wheels the patient to the operating room. While they are going down the hall the patient sees six men in a room jerking-off. Curious, the man asks "What are they doing in there"? The nurse responds, "They are getting vasectomies too, but you have Blue Cross and they have Obama Care.