What is on your mind

[The_Lady_Snow]

Propaganda like this sucks!

Originally Posted by cody

this e-mail i recieved this morning sure gave me
something to think about

Wal-Mart Vs. The GOV

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 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, is the world's 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 and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big 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 2,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart

13. Wal-Mart has gross sales that total more than the total revenue of all the countries in the world, except 6.

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, E V E R Y O N E !!

To the President and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, both parties. It is now official - you are ALL corrupt morons:

a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke.

b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.

c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.

d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.

e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.

f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.

g. 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 ?

YOU THINK YOU CAN RUN THE AUTO INDUSTRY..... THE BANKING SYSTEM?


MAYBE WE OUGHT TO KICK YOUR EGG-HEAD BUDDY BUMS OUT OF OFFICE AND HIRE WAL-MART TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT ???

WAL-MART SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST ADMIT IT'S WAY BEYOND YOUR PAY GRADE, AND QUIT?


"You can't fix stupid,(meaning our gov.) but you can vote it out."

[smouldering]

Originally Posted by kittygrrl

good question..This is the first day of my vacation and I was thinking the same thing..I decided I'd try a new sugar cookie recipe (on the crispy side) because that is the kind he likes

I decided I will make chocolate Chip cookies tonight, coz that is what i am in the mood for

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

Propaganda like this sucks!

Sucks and is inaccurate! The Social Security system is not broke, not even close and it has been a success. This goes for MediCare as well in terms of effectiveness. Now, we do need to adjust for future revenues into these systems and MediCare does have some problems that need to be addressed due to the huge numbers of Baby Boomers now entering it. And that could have been addressed earlier- it wasn't like we didn't have the demographic information about this population!

The fact is that both of these social safety net systems are among the best in the world, however, improvement can always be utilized for any system.

The freakin' US Postal Service is not run via tax dollars and never has been. Congress (the GOP headed one back to the days of Newt Ginrich being Speaker of the House) passed legislation that actually robbed the USPS's pension fund which is why it is in trouble.

There are other bogus claims here- but I know I am singing to the choir. Pisses me off, too, Snowy.

[Ryobi]

The word "propaganda".

I read this awhile back, it makes me cringe when I think about how alive these ideas are the world over today, STILL.

psywarrior.com/Goebbels.html

[Kobi]

This global warming is getting to be a pain in the tushie. Yesterday I went about my business in shorts and a tee in beautiful 50's weather. Today I am already in sweats and havent left the house yet.

Now the little weatherbug thing is chirping alerting me to impending snow this afternoon. Snow? Really?

&*^%

[Jett]

... nothing mind blowing, just a bit um...under the weather after staying up way too late... blah. I'm getting to old for that shit (not really but I just felt like saying that, heh)

[Ryobi]

If Santa and Mrs. Claus don't have children of their own, who will carry on the family business?

(see what happens on a boring saturday morning?)

[kannon]

WTF Sam Hurd.

[smouldering]

About to have an early dinner then begin baking some Cookies to go along with some cookies im about to receive in the mail, i hope VERY soon

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by smouldering

About to have an early dinner then begin baking some Cookies to go along with some cookies im about to receive in the mail, i hope VERY soon

omygosh, that sounds so ambitious.........................(can I borrow some?)

[StoneOne]

Soul growling deep within
Hunger stirs
I circle


never to busy....

[Random]

I want to talk about my brother, but I can't...

I'm still too pissed off at him...

I know why I'm pissed, why I haven't really cried, why I picked a fight with my parents the day AFTER we burried him...

but I'm still pissed off at him...

[Merlin]

My ex asked me to stay away from her grandmothers funeral as me going would have made her new partner feel *uncomfortable* I'm so hurt as I had known her nanna for ten years. I respected my ex's wishes but feel I have been robbed of the right to grieve her.

[uglyboi]

If I'm ever granted 3 wishes, I'm going to take a serious look into un-inventing hiccups

[Oiler41]

Originally Posted by Brock

Last week, a guy moved into the cubie beside me. He is an irritating bastard. I have tried my very best to be cordial. The first day, I went over, introduced myself, told him if he needed directions to find something in the building, to let me know. This was a couple hours after I went over and told him he needed to clip his nails at home. Why do men do that at work? It is disgusting. I wanted to tell him to remove his shoes while he was at it, clip his toenails. And why not go ahead, lean over and fart a few times. I was livid. He has a thick ball point pen that is very loud when he clicks it in and out. He clicked for almost a solid hour last Thursday. If he is not clicking the pen, he likes to drum it on his desk. I will not bore you with a description of all his other noisy, irritating habits.

I am wondering if this prick is aerodynamic.

Will he fly or flip and burn when I throw him over about 5 rows of cubicles?

I am not liking having such harsh feelings towards another person. It puts me in a jam with me.

I hate working in cubicle set ups, lol. Twice in my career I've been in a cubicle setting and hated both times. Where I am now I started in a cubicle, but within a few months, the remodel that was ongoing when I got there was finished, including new office space, and I was moved into my permanent office, thank goodness!

The person now right outside my door in a cubicle is a chatter box. Sometimes my friend in the office closest to mine will hear when I'm penned up with her and will call me to break the chatter, but most of the time, I have to fake a conference call so I can close my door and break the conversation off, lol.

I don't mind anyone coming in to chat for a few minutes, but she breaks the time/speed speaking records almost daily! I feel your pain buddy!

Glynn

[Kobi]

It is playoff time in fantasy football. It's been a tough season with incredible, season ending injuries for way too many key players.

I have one team contending for a spot in the finals. Now I sit here trying to decide who is a better play - Bush against the Lions or Helu against the Giants. The pundits say Bush. My gut says Helu.

Crunch time.

[Dominique]

People and their sense of entitlement.

Yesterday I went to donate blood during the Pirate fest. Apparently it is very difficult to get donors during the last half of the month of December.
The Pirates were offering free admission to the Pirates fest, a special T shirt and a Pirate build a bear.

My admission was free because I am a season ticket holder, and I didn't want or need the other two things. I made an appointment for 10a. when the blood drive began. Ahead of me (somehow) were 6 walk ins. 3 couples with 8 kids total. I wasn't paying attention initially.

So the lady at the registration table takes some information from the walk ins and hands out the Free admission Ticket, the T shirt and the Pirate Bear. The guy closest to me, in a voice that made him sound like he was
*challenged* in some way, asked for two bears and two T shirts because he had a wittle brudder ah home. The registration lady politely said NO, she was sorry, one per person. I registered and gave him mine.

So we were sitting there and the six of them, me and another gentleman
were called to take the computer part of the screening. This is the hippa part where they ask you all the questions about any medications you take and recent tattoo's, travel, sexual partners etc.

We are sitting in a cube with only dark blue plexi glass dividing the work stations. I hear one voice say *Here it is, question 9, answer yes! the computer should shut off, YEP...it did.* Question 9. Have you knowingly had sex with a person who uses or used intravenous drugs illegally? Within seconds of each other, they left the cubicles. I completed my questionaire. My hair was standing on edge.

When I went back to my seat, they had out bags and they were scooping the snacks off the tables (that were for the people who donated blood) and filling up their bags. Not to mention the kids were running around screaming and carrying on. No supervision. Each of them had snacks in their hands and I saw empty or half empty wrappers every place. No one else was really there. I went over to the Lady at registration to tell her my observations, and what I overheard in the Hippa cubicle and she said
*Yes, we just became aware. They did this same thing for tickets to a baseball game.* The data base reflected it. But there wasn't anything she could do. So I sat back down and seethed.

The guy who was speaking like he was *challenged* was anxious to get into pirate fest, now that the tops of three 12 tops (round banquet tables that seat 12) were cleared of all the snacks and drinks, so he was laughing and speaking as normal as can be. That was all I could take.
I hate when I grow *balls*. I got up out of my seat and went over to him and said *Give me back that Bear and that T shirt, your 4th grade West Virginia education seems to be coming and going. EXCEPT (my pointer finger in his face) you seem to think people can't hear- you low life scammer! Question 9, ring a bell? Put every one of those bears, T shirts and all of those snacks you STOLE on the table and walk away while you still can. I already had them turn the cameras in this place on you (as I pointed up to the camera) they'll be watching your every move and my next call will be to the 4 police men at the entrance as you have just
committed a crime. It's called Theft by deception! Want to push your luck?* They left everything and almost tripped over each other getting the hell out of there.

My blood pressure was higher than it should of been, and they wouldn't let me donate for an hour.

I just can't stand scammers. Scamming the blood bank. Can you get any lower?

[Soft*Silver]

I am following thru on Yellow Bands thought. This is the time of year that many social service programs help the needy. I am one of those needy, but thankfully I dont have kids. I get by with the help of family and friends, and frugal resourcefulness. However, it PAINS me to no end as a long term liberal to go to programs that assist the needy and see people grab like maniacs all they can. From one program to another, they snatch up everything they can get. When I worked and ran programs around Christmas, I was dismayed to see families show up at the various programs i would put on, to get our free gifts. They got more gifts per child than my own child got from me. I know for a fact, some families got 5 turkeys one year apiece.

So what, you might ask. So what if they get alot during the holidays, because they live so pitifully all year round. Well, hate me if you want, but I know what a pack of cigarettes cost and when all the adults and some teens in the family all smoke. well, I see where the money for utilties go. We wont mention other addictions.

Assistance programs are not meant to enable people to stay poor. They are suppose to empower people to get on their feet. I NEVER ran a program that enabled anyone. If it didnt empower and actually make a difference, I wouldnt work there. And I wouldnt let someone sit in a chair of one of my programs that wasnt willing to work on getting out of poverty or whatever they were there for. No free rides. No entitlements...no one owes anyone anything just because they are poor. We owe them compassion and assistance but thats not forever if they arent willing to help themselves, no matter how small of an effort they can make on their own part! SOMETHING!

i was talking to a nun who helps hand out Christmas food and gifts to the needy. Her church asks families what the children might like. They get lists that include all the new game systems, tiny tykes playhouses, computers, etc. Really? three kids in one family all want their own laptop and one of them is 4 years old. Shakes my head.

she asked me what i wanted. I said garden seeds. So I can raise my own food and enjoy the outdoors. Who would have thought that would make a nun cry. I gave her basil out of my garden last year. Thats how we met. i raise food to eat and give away.

I am sickened by our greedy...the rich as well as the poor. greed raises fools on both ends of our economy....

[Kobi]

Was watching the Meryl Streep interview on 60 minutes last night. They were showing clips of her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in an upcoming movie.

I didnt realize the Iron Lady was now in her mid 80's and suffering from dementia.

Was very sad to see a video of her.

[Skittlesluver]

The one thing that popped into my head when I read this was a funny line from an old movie which I am sure most don't know but it goes like this..."Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving!"