February 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010
Rep Paul Ryan - ( R - WI ) Health Care Reform
YOU MUST HEAR THIS
Nutshell and Bottom Line Info


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Rep. Paul Ryan ( R - Wisconsin )
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) opening statement at the Markup of the FY 2010 Budget

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT
LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT.

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET
 A JOB,
 A DRIVERS LICENSE,
 SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
 WELFARE,
 FOOD STAMPS,
 CREDIT CARDS,
 SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
 FREE EDUCATION,
 FREE HEALTH CARE,
 A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON
 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
 THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
 AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Bobwhite Quail Habitat blog
http://www.morequail.blogspot.com/
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
BILL ALLENS' THE UNFORGETTABLES
Wednesday, November 25, 2009The Unforgettables and Other True FablesOrder Your Copy by December 31!

Everyone who cares deeply about pointing dogs, upland game and field trials will want copies of Bill Allen’s The Unforgettables and Other True Fables.

The collection includes the original seven Unforgettable, five later showpieces, and work never before publicly published, penned by the writer who competed in and wrote of trials in four decades, and for the American Field during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’a—a period regarded by many as the premiere years for Field Trials held on wild upland game in North America.

The Unforgettables deliver a panoramic and hilarious taste of untold yarns from Saskatchewan and Manitoba to Georgia’s live oaks, Texas’ pecan groves, Mississippi’s vast river bottoms, Illinois’ Egypt, Indiana’s Dunes and the Blue Ridge.

Allen has been called “the incomparable reporter” by his editor, Bernard Matthys. Collier Smith once said “you can smell the horse sweat and almost hear a hassling dog” when you read Bill Allen.

Funny, touching, revealing as well as daring, the prose in this volume has a style and flavor that truly cannot be imitated and never surpassed in its love and respect for what Allen calls “the forgotten little dog, so often eclipsed by human egos”.

In this volume, the author leans heavily on the feeble efforts of men to match the heroics of their canine charges. He lays bare his own ineptitude and “learning curve” along with accurate accounts of his own errors alongside the triumphs of his friends.

A fond critic once said of Allen reporting a trial that “if there was no appreciable drama, he would craft one for the report that rivaled Shakespeare, Chekhov and Arthur Miller....”

In this volume, there is mostly farce and hilarity and no dark matching of conflicting adversaries. Like Walt Kelly’s Pogo, Allen has seen the circus and it is us.

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Posted by Michael at Thursday, February 18, 2010 0 comments
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
History Lesson - ( Sort of ? )
For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals, and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so early humans were content to stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed and they flourished.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night to eat with their beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, juggling, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women and are referred to girlie-men. Noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of redistributing the meat and beer that conservatives provided to those that did not care to help.

Over the years conservatives were symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant, because an elephant is wise, remembers the past, and rarely makes the same mistake twice. After years of character observation, Liberals are symbolized by the jackass because, well, need we elaborate?

Modern liberals add lime to their beer, but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, unemployed artists, group therapists, and actors detached from real life are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer or bourbon, mostly Bud, Miller, or anything distilled from Tennessee or Kentucky. They eat red meat red and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen,medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively and contributes to the economy. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . They sheepishly crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to piss them off.

And there you have it…Let your next action reveal your true self.
Posted by Michael at Wednesday, February 17, 2010 0 comments
Sunday, February 07, 2010
SANTANA - MOONDANCE - Transcendance
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Harry Truman
Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However,a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.


The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri. His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.


When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.


After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.


When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."


Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."


As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.


Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale. (sic. Illinois)


Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!


I say dig him up and clone him!!
Posted by Michael at Thursday, February 04, 2010 0 comments
Virtual Wall - Georgia
http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatga.htm

Few of us were not touched by the death of a person in our community during the Viet Nam War.

Here is a "Virtual" Vietnam Wall, locating every fatal casualty on the wall, by state and home town. Lick on the URL. Then click on state, then town, county of city. Sometimes there is an image. Always a brief Biography.WONDERFUL !



Click here: Vietnam War casualties from Georgia
Posted by Michael at Thursday, February 04, 2010 0 comments
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