Friday, January 2, 2009
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Democrats Words of Wisdom
Great Orators of the Democratic Party...
'One man with courage makes a majority.' - Andrew Jackson
'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' - Franklin D. Roosevelt
'The buck stops here.' - Harry S. Truman
'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.' - John F. Kennedy
And for today's democrats...
'It depends what your definition of 'IS' is?' - Bill Clinton
'That Obama - I would like to cut his NUTS off.' - Jesse Jackson
'Those rumors are false .... I believe in the sanctity of marriage.' - John Edwards
'I invented the Internet' - Al Gore
'The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ***.' - Joe Biden
'America
is--is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh what it was once
was...uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want that future, uh, uh
for my children.' '' - Barack Obama
'I have campaigned in all 57 states.' - Barack Obama
'You don't need God anymore, you have us democrats.' - Nancy Pelosi (said back in 2006)
'Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he.' - Hillary Clinton (said back in 1998)
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A MODERN PARABLE . .
A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River.
Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the
reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior
management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering,while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting
company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while
not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another
loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally
reorganized to
- 4 steering supervisors,
- 3 area steering superintendents
- 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person
rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing
Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners, and free pens for the
rower.
There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other
equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
Humiliated, the American management:
- Laid off the rower for poor performance
- Halted development of a new canoe
- Sold the paddles
- Canceled all capital investments for new equipment
Sadly, The End.
Here's something else to think about:
- Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can't make money paying American wages.
- TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
- TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Marines, Happy Birthday
I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery. But I am pleading with you
with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all.
Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a
difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines
come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're
aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really
short hair and they always go for the throat.
RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995
Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?
GySgt. Daniel J. "Dan" Daly, USMC near Lucy-`le-Bocage as he led the 5th Marines' attack into Belleau Wood, 6 June 1918
You'll never get a Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!
Capt. Henry P. Crowe, USMC; Guadalcanal, 13 January 1943
You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the
point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth-
and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War
I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
Prime Minister of Britain, Sir Winston Churchill
"So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!"
CHESTY PULLER, USMC
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
What you Missed from the Infomercial
"Boehner on voting Present"
"Now, listen, I've voted 'present' two or three times in my entire
25-year political career, where there might have been a conflict of
interest and I didn't feel like I should vote," Boehner said. "In
Congress, we have a red button, a green button and a yellow button,
alright. Green means 'yes,' red means 'no,' and yellow means you're a
chicken s***.
"And the last thing we need in the White House, in the oval office,
behind that big desk, is some chicken who wants to push this yellow
button."
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Some Smart Guys
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of
his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or
whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to
violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee
to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired
by it.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816
“A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one
another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits
of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor
the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” — Thomas
Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare,
but only those specifically enumerated.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as
sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and
public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou
shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of
Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before
it can be civilized or made free.” — John Adams, A Defense of the
Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 1787
“With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always
regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them.
To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis
of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs
was not contemplated by its creators.” — James Madison in a letter to
James Robertson
In 1794, when Congress appropriated $15,000 for relief of French
refugees who fled from insurrection in San Domingo to Baltimore and
Philadelphia, James Madison stood on the floor of the House to object
saying:
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the
Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects
of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” — James Madison, 4
Annals of Congress 179, 1794
“[T]he government of the United States is a definite government,
confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments,
whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative
duty of the government.” — James Madison
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Where am I????
Where Am I?A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air.
You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.
If Grandpa had a Website
Nice and simple with some scanned pages to sheare with his buddies at the plant.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Finally, the question is answered
The chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette, with a satisfied smile on its face.
The egg, looking a bit pissed off: grabs the sheet . . . rolls over . . . and says;
"Well, I guess we finally answered THAT question".
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