tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68771257159823701772024-03-13T08:56:02.109-07:00Peace & Patience...It's not Yahoo!360. You'll need to be a wizard to figure this one out.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-55027978347497412292016-01-06T02:15:00.000-08:002016-01-06T02:15:05.012-08:00
This is too true to be funny .
The next time you hear a politician use the
Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money .
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
But one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive .
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
at the rate our government
is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain...
let's take a look at New Orleans ...
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
was asking Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
What does it mean?
A.
Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman and child)
You each get $516,528
B.
Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or... If you are a family of four...
Your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C.
HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt.
We had the largest middle class in the world.
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell
'politicians’!
And I still have to
Press '1'
For English.
I hope this goes around the
U S A
At least 100 times
What the heck has happened to our Country?
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-914456474517511142012-11-01T02:40:00.001-07:002012-11-01T02:40:41.322-07:00A UFO FLEET IN HAWAII!? THIS MAY BE PROOF<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GW_81RrXo0w?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-68335667762359048452012-10-30T16:08:00.001-07:002012-10-30T16:08:30.372-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">An engineer, a physicist, a mathematician, and a mystic were asked to name the greatest invention of all times. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The engineer chose fire, which gave humanity power over matter. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The physicist chose the wheel, which gave humanity the power over space. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The mathematician chose the alphabet, which gave humanity power over symbols. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The mystic chose the thermos bottle. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Why a thermos bottle?" the others asked. </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Because the thermos keeps hot liquids hot in winter and cold liquids cold in summer." </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Yes -- so what?" </span><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Think about it." said the mystic reverently. That little bottle -- how does it know?"</span></span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-76710718393383421382012-10-07T03:53:00.001-07:002012-10-07T03:53:34.152-07:00A Gentleman Pioneer Dies<br />
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Published: October 6, 2012 <span style="color: black; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.467em;">Howard H. Scott, who was part of the team at Columbia Records that introduced the long-playing vinyl record in 1948 before going on to produce albums with the New York Philharmonic, Glenn Gould, Isaac Stern and many other giants of classical music, died on Sept. 22 in Reading, Pa. He was 92.</span></h6>
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Howard H. Scott, right, with the composer Aaron Copland in 1974, also had a significant career as a classical music producer.</div>
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The cause was cancer, said his daughter, Andrea K. Scott.</div>
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In 1946, Mr. Scott was 26 and just discharged from the Army when he got a job at Columbia Masterworks, the label’s classical division. He was soon assigned to Columbia’s top-secret project: developing a long-playing record to replace the 78 r.p.m. disc, which could hold only about four minutes of music on each brittle shellac side.</div>
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The project had begun in 1940 and was nearing completion. But its engineers needed someone with musical training — particularly the ability to read orchestral scores — to help transfer recordings from 78s to the new discs, which played at 331/3 r.p.m., could hold about 22 minutes a side and were made of more durable vinyl.</div>
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Howard Hillison Scott fit the bill.</div>
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Born in Bridgeport, Conn., on May 31, 1920, he graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1941 and had just begun graduate piano studies at Juilliard when he was drafted the next year. Back in civilian life in July 1946, he was hired by Columbia as a trainee.</div>
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In the days before magnetic tape came into wide use, the process of transferring music to the new discs (soon to be known as LPs) was complex. Long pieces of music, split among multiple 78 r.p.m. records, needed to be stitched together on the new discs without interruption.</div>
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To do that, Mr. Scott and his colleagues lined up overlapping segments of music on 78s, and — with Mr. Scott snapping his finger in coordination — switched the audio signal at just the right moment from one turntable to the other. As the industry began to use magnetic tape, beginning in the late 1940s, such work was no longer necessary.</div>
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As a staff producer at Columbia, Mr. Scott worked on hundreds of recordings by most of the major orchestras of the United States, including those of Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Cincinnati in addition to the New York Philharmonic. He had a particularly close association with Gould, beginning with his historic recording of Bach’s “Goldberg” Variations in 1955.</div>
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Mr. Scott left Columbia in 1961 and worked at MGM Records, RCA Red Seal, the publisher G. Schirmer and the Rochester Philharmonic, where he was executive manager in the 1970s. He won a 1966 <a class="meta-classifier" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/grammy_awards/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" style="color: #666699;" title="More articles about the Grammy Awards.">Grammy Award</a> as the producer of the classical album of the year: Charles Ives’s Symphony No. 1, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Morton Gould conducting, on RCA Red Seal.</div>
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From 1986 until his retirement in 1993, Mr. Scott worked for Sony, Columbia’s corporate successor, as a producer, once again transferring old albums to a new format: the CD.</div>
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In addition to his daughter, Mr. Scott is survived by a son, Jon; two sisters, Carol Ruth Shepherd and Elaine Silver; and two granddaughters.</div>
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In a 1998 interview with The New York Times, on the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the LP, Mr. Scott remarked about the durability of the format, and took note of a small renaissance taking root at the time.</div>
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“They lived from 1948 to 1978, when the CD came in,” he said. “Now they’re coming back. Small companies are issuing them. I’m still an LP fan.”</div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Dick Durbin, D-Ill.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Olympia Snow, R-Maine</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red; color: lime;">Susan Collins, R-Maine</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: red;"><span style="color: lime;">Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala</span><span style="color: lime;">ska</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Ben Nelson, D-Neb.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Kay Hagan, D-N.C.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Mark Pryor, D-Ark.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Jon Tester, D-Mont.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Jim Webb, D-Va.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Roy Blunt, R-Mo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">John Boozman, R-Ark.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Richard Burr, R-N.C.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Dean Heller, R-Nev.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">Mike Johanns, R-Neb.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">John McCain, R-Ariz.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: red;">John Thune, R-S.D.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-89743537395583324962012-08-19T04:02:00.000-07:002012-08-19T04:02:40.985-07:00<b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thought I'd start your day with a reality check.</span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877125715982370177.post-74553854486150258352011-06-26T06:20:00.000-07:002012-12-07T03:19:48.569-08:00Andy Rooney Wisdom of Ages<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 12pt;"><br>YOU GOTTA LOVE ROONEY</p><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';font-size: medium;"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p><div><div style="border-right-style: none;border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-width: initial;border-color: initial;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);border-top-width: 1pt;padding-top: 3pt;padding-right: 0in;padding-bottom: 0in;padding-left: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Finally!!! Andy Rooney did it.</span></b></p></div><div style="border-right-style: none;border-bottom-style: none;border-left-style: none;border-width: initial;border-color: initial;border-top-style: solid;border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);border-top-width: 1pt;padding-top: 3pt;padding-right: 0in;padding-bottom: 0in;padding-left: 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black;">It is good that someone who gets a lot of notice said </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: black;">something that makes sense.</span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt;margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt;margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 36pt;"> "FINALLY"</span></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left: 10.5pt;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in;padding-right: 0in;padding-bottom: 0in;padding-left: 0in;"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top: 0in;padding-right: 0in;padding-bottom: 0in;padding-left: 0in;"><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 36pt;color: green;">Pray if you want to</span></u><span style="font-size: 36pt;color: green;">!</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: black;">CBS and Katie Couric must be in a panic and rushing to reassure the White House</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: black;">that this is not network policy</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: blue;"> – </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: black;">re: Andy Rooney's commentary on prayer.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;color: black;">Folks, this is the year that we RE-TAKE AMERICA & CANADA </span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;">******** Get Ready *********</span></b> <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Keep this going around the globe.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Read it and forward every time you receive it.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">We can't give up on this issue.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Andy Rooney and Prayer</span> <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Andy Rooney says:</span> <br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">in December.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and hire</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">30-second prayer before a football game.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">there reading the entire Book of Acts.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">They're just talking to a God they believe in and asking</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">But it's a Christian prayer, some will argue.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Yes, and this is the United States of America and Canada, countries founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;">–</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;"> somebody chanting Hare Krishna?</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <span style="color: black;">If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a</span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Muslim prayer.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <span style="color: black;">If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.</span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">And I wouldn't be offended.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: navy;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">It wouldn't bother me one bit.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;color: black;"> </span> <br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">When in Rome ...</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">But what about the atheists? Is another argument.</span> <span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">What about them? Nobody is asking</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">them to be baptized. We're not going to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can</span> <span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations. Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: black;">Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">The silent majority has</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">been silent too long. It's time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">the vast majority doesn't care what they want. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">It is time that the majority rules! It's time we</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">tell them,</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">"You don't have to pray; you don't have to say the Pledge of Allegiance;</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">you don't</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">honor your right;</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!"</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">God bless us one and all...Especially those who denounce Him</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 51, 0);">,</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> God bless America and Canada, despite all our faults.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">We are still the greatest nations of all.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">God bless our service men that are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Let's make 2011</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(215, 7, 7);"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: blue;"></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">of our families and institutions.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">And our military forces come home from all</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">the wars.</span> <span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Keep looking up.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><br><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">If you agree with this, please pass it on.</span></b></p><p align="center" style="margin-right: 0in;margin-left: 0in;font-size: 12pt;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;text-align: center;"><b><br></b><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">If not delete it.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15911465540070142378noreply@blogger.com0