Does anybody out there have any memory of the reason given
for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during
the Carter Administration? Anybody? Anything? No?
Didn't think so.
Bottom line . . we've spent several hundred billion
dollars in support of an agency the reason for which not
one person who reads this can remember.
Ready? It was very simple, and at the time everybody
thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted 8-04-1977 TO
LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL. HEY, PRETTY EFFICIENT, HUH?
AND NOW IT'S 2008, 31 YEARS LATER, AND THE BUDGET FOR
THIS NECESSARY DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR, THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AND LOOK AT THE JOB THEY HAVE DONE!
THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY 'WHAT WAS
I THINKING?'
Ah yes, good ole beauocracy. And now we are going to turn
the Banking system over to them? God Help us.
no caption necessary
our heroes.....
.... and GOOD riddance!!
time to CLEAN HOUSE!!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
And you think lawyers don't have hearts.
The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the United Way?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, 'did it show that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?'
The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again.
'Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children, one of whom is disabled and another that has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, 'I'm so sorry. I had no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So, if I didn't give any money to them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?
The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the city's most successful lawyer. So a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, 'Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don't give a penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give something back to your community through the United Way?'
The lawyer thinks for a minute and says, 'First, did your research also show you that my mother is dying after a long, painful illness and she has huge medical bills that are far beyond her ability to pay?'
Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbles, 'Uh... no, I didn't know that.'
'Secondly,' says the lawyer, 'did it show that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair and is unable to support his wife and six children?'
The stricken United Way rep begins to stammer an apology, but is cut off again.
'Thirdly, did your research also show you that my sister's husband died in a dreadful car accident, leaving her penniless with a mortgage and three children, one of whom is disabled and another that has learning disabilities requiring an array of private tutors?'
The humiliated United Way rep, completely beaten, says, 'I'm so sorry. I had no idea.'
And the lawyer says, 'So, if I didn't give any money to them, what makes you think I'd give any to you?
A SUNNY DAY IN 2009
One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue , where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said,
'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine looked at the man and said,
'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The old man said, 'Okay' and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine,
'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away. The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?'
The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand -- I just love hearing you say it.'
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said,
'See you tomorrow, Sir!!'
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'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine looked at the man and said,
'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The old man said, 'Okay' and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine,
'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away. The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same U. S. Marine, saying, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you understand?'
The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand -- I just love hearing you say it.'
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said,
'See you tomorrow, Sir!!'
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
'FRISCO COPS
1. Chief Heather Fong (left), the first
SFPD female chief of police;
2. Theresa Sparks (center, former male),
president of the San Francisco Police
Commission, CEO of a multimillion-dollar
sex toy retailer, and a transgender woman.
3. Sgt. Stephan Thorne (right, former female),
the first transgender SFPD police officer.
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SFPD female chief of police;
2. Theresa Sparks (center, former male),
president of the San Francisco Police
Commission, CEO of a multimillion-dollar
sex toy retailer, and a transgender woman.
3. Sgt. Stephan Thorne (right, former female),
the first transgender SFPD police officer.
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'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE ELECTIONS
‘Twas the night before elections
and all through the town
Tempers were flaring,
emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe,
with a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV,
tired of political crap!
When all of a sudden there
arose such a noise
I peered out of my window,
saw Obama and his boys!
They had come for my wallet,
they wanted my pay,
to give to the others who had
not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
and quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
as I gagged from the stink!
He then rallied his henchmen
who were pulling his cart,
I could tell they were out to
tear my country apart!
‘On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi’
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause
and as he flew out of sight,
I heard him laugh at the nation
who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think on
this one final note--
IF YOU DON’T WANT SOCIALISM --
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
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and all through the town
Tempers were flaring,
emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe,
with a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV,
tired of political crap!
When all of a sudden there
arose such a noise
I peered out of my window,
saw Obama and his boys!
They had come for my wallet,
they wanted my pay,
to give to the others who had
not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
and quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
as I gagged from the stink!
He then rallied his henchmen
who were pulling his cart,
I could tell they were out to
tear my country apart!
‘On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi’
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause
and as he flew out of sight,
I heard him laugh at the nation
who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think on
this one final note--
IF YOU DON’T WANT SOCIALISM --
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
####
A NOTE FROM THE YEAR 55 B.C.
"The budget should be balanced, the
Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance
of officialdom should be tempered
and controlled, and the assistance to
foreign lands should be curtailed
lest Rome become bankrupt."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC
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Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance
of officialdom should be tempered
and controlled, and the assistance to
foreign lands should be curtailed
lest Rome become bankrupt."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 BC
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