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maggie
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02/04/2007 10:20:39 PM
Yeah Colts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
msla
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02/04/2007 08:42:47 PM
AnnMossT,
That IS funny!!!

(I don't live around there so I don't have to look at it - but just seeing the post like that is like viewing a comic....Some big snowman inflatable with a Fourth of July parade going by or something!)
 
AnnMossT
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02/04/2007 07:03:21 PM
I'm just going to throw this one in here...Will someone please inform the owner of the large inflatable snowman holiday decoration on Main St. in LaFayette that it is now February? Thank you.
 
msla
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02/04/2007 12:31:53 PM
Here's a joke about Walmart:


A New SuperWalmart

A new SuperWalmart opened near my house and has an automatic water mister to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain. When you approach the milk cases, you hear cows mooing and witness the scent of fresh hay. When you approach the egg case, you hear hens cluck and cackle, and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of bacon and eggs frying. The veggie department features the smell of fresh buttered corn.

I don't buy toilet paper there any more.
 
jwhitesc
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02/04/2007 11:35:09 AM
Concerned citizens, Just log onto another site. If they block your e-mail address open a new one. Don't give up. I'm going to call the Chattanooga papers and news stations. Hope I won't be alone in calling them.
 
jwhitesc
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02/04/2007 11:31:46 AM
Who got to the newspaper????? Why is the blog site gone about the Director of Publice Safety gone??? Do you really believe that we will give up that easily??? This will have just the opposite effect !!!!!
 
mountainman
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02/03/2007 09:16:57 PM
Those are real storys.Right twink.They sound alot like normal,in Floyd co.Funny nun the less.thanks for the laughs. At some point in the next few days I want to talk about some facts that are disturbing and down rite dishonest!It is conserning Matt Dunagan.The court and d.a.s office need to come clean,or face charges for their illigal acts in this case.They sit on the tip of the ice burg.F.Y.I.the real case has yet to begin.But an innocent man is still in prison.
 
maggie
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02/03/2007 11:51:21 AM
Oh Twink, those are priceless, but it sure doesn't help my lack of faith in our legal system or lawyers!!!!!!
 
msla
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02/03/2007 08:13:05 AM
Twinkie, I will laugh and laugh and laugh over the testimony jokes from now until, well, a long time! I hope it will be alright if I forward them on to some of my friends. I have some in the legal field that I really think need to read them! The rest of my friends will just laugh and laugh and laugh....
 
Twinkie
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02/03/2007 06:02:53 AM
Title: The Dumbing Down Of America - Courtroom Testimony
Source: Rense
URL Source: http://www.rense.com/general75/court.htm
Published: Feb 2, 2007
Author: Not Given



The Dumbing Down Of America - Courtroom Testimony 2-2-7

These are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm and quiet while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY : When is your birthday?
WITNESS : July 18th.
ATTORNEY : What year?
WITNESS : Every year.



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ATTORNEY : What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS : Gucci sweats and Reeboks.



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ATTORNEY : This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS : I forget.
ATTORNEY : You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?



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ATTORNEY : How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS : Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY : How long has he lived with you?
WITNESS : Forty-five years.



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ATTORNEY : Are you sexually active?
WITNESS : No, I just lie there.



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ATTORNEY : What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS : He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY : And why did that upset you?
WITNESS : My name is Susan.



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ATTORNEY : Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS : We both do.
ATTORNEY : Voodoo?
WITNESS : We do.
ATTORNEY : You do?
WITNESS : Yes, voodoo.

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ATTORNEY : Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS : Did you actually pass the bar exam?

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ATTORNEY : The youngest son, the twenty-one year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS : Uh, he's twenty-one.

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ATTORNEY : Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS : Would you repeat the question?

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ATTORNEY : So the date of conception of the baby was August 8th?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS : Uh....

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ATTORNEY : She had three children, right?
WITNESS : Yes.
ATTORNEY : How many were boys?
WITNESS : None.
ATTORNEY : Were there any girls?

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ATTORNEY : How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS : By death.
ATTORNEY : And by whose death was it terminated?

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ATTORNEY : Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS : He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY : Was this a male or a female?

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ATTORNEY : Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS : No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY : Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS : All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

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ATTORNEY : ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS : Oral.

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ATTORNEY : Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS : The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
ATTORNEY : And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS : No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!

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ATTORNEY : Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS : Huh?
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As for the last!!! ATTORNEY : Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS : No.
ATTORNEY : How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS : Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY : But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS : Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.
 
msla
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02/02/2007 10:02:56 PM
FYI:
Fox TV's "America's Most Wanted" will run a story featuring Agents Ramos and Compean, this Saturday, February 2.

According to the National Border Patrol Council, the Department of Justice has twice asked that the show not be aired!
If you are interested in our immigration
and border agents please check your local listings, and make a point to watch Fox television’s America’s Most Wanted this Saturday, February 2. Get involved. It's your country.
 
mountainman
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02/02/2007 09:18:07 PM
Are you the same Rome-Listener that no-one likes?Just curious.mm.
 
mountainman
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02/02/2007 09:08:42 PM
CRA-DEES;that is what we are.According to a very smart little boy.He is funny with-out trying.And he likes my widders."WHISKERS"
 
mountainman
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02/02/2007 08:21:06 PM
how is everyone,fine I hope.The jockulairty this group presents,makes my day.Thank-you so very much.I have noticed many folks like a bird icon.I too am fond of foul.This afternoon I thought I heard puppies in the distant.When Iwent to check ,to my suprise, it was woodpeckers.See them all the time ,but this is the first time i've seen 7 woodpeckers in one flock.I did not know they flocked together.Maybe they never had enough for a flock till now.Any-how WOW!
 
msla
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02/02/2007 06:36:46 PM
Thanks, Twinkie. We are crazy - so we are normal for us. Someone sent me those jokes because I'm older than them - they're trying to be funny! I don't mind as long as I'm not running red lights! ha ha ha ha!
 
Twinkie
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02/02/2007 05:28:56 PM
Very funny jokes Msla. Hope things are well with you.
 
msla
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02/02/2007 04:30:31 PM
Jokes to chuckle over:

*_TELL ME THIS WON'T HAPPEN TO US !!!!_*

*LOST IN THE DARNDEST PLACES:*
An elderly Floridian called 911 on her cell phone to report that her car was broken into. She was hysterical as she explained her situation to the dispatcher: "They've stolen the stereo, the steering wheel, the brake pedal and even the accelerator!" she
cried.
The dispatcher said, "Stay calm. An officer is on the way."
A few minutes later, the officer radioed in. "Disregard," He said. "She got in the back-seat by mistake."

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*_FAMILY_*

Three sisters, ages 92, 94 and 96, live in a house together. One night, the 96-year-old draws a bath. She puts her foot in and pauses. She yells to the other sisters, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
The 94-year-old yells back, "I don't know. I'll come up and see." She starts up the stairs and pauses. "Was I going up the
stairs or down?"
The 92-year-old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. She shakes her head and says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful, knock on wood." She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."

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*_"I CAN HEAR JUST FINE!"_*

Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day. One remarked to the other, "Windy, isn't it?"
"No," the second man replied, "it's Thursday."
And the third man chimed in, "So am I. Let's have a beer."

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*_LITTLE LADY:_*

A little old lady was running up and down the halls in a nursing home. As she walked, she would flip up the hem of her nightgown
and say "Supersex." She walked up to an elderly man in a wheelchair. Flipping her gown at him, she said, "Supersex."
He sat silently for a moment or two and finally answered, "I'll take the soup."

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*_OLD FRIENDS:_*

Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years, they had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards. One day, they were playing cards when one
looked at the other and said, "Now don't get mad at me .. I know we've been friends for a long time, but I just can't think of your name! I've thought and thought, but I can't remember it. Please tell me what your name is."
Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just stared and glared at her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"

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*_SENIOR DRIVING_*

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning
him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 77. Please be careful!"
"Heck," said Herman, "It's not just one car. There's hundreds of them!"

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*_DRIVING_*

Two elderly women were out driving in a large car - both could barely see over the dashboard. As they were cruising along,
they came to an intersection. The stoplight was red, but they just went on through. The woman in the passenger seat thought to
herself, "I must be losing it. I could have sworn we just went through a red light." After a few more minutes, they came to
another intersection and the light was red again. And again, they went right through. The woman in the passenger seat was almost
sure that the light had been red but was really concerned that she was losing it. She was really nervous. At the next intersection, sure enough, the light was red and they went on through. So, she turned to the other woman and said, "Mildred, did you know that we just ran through three red lights in a row? You could have killed us both!"
Mildred turned to her and said, "OH, MY! Am I driving ?"
 
maggie
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02/02/2007 09:51:52 AM
Romelistner, I was told years ago, when my kids were in school, that we couldn't go in late, because it doesn't snow in South Ga. Didn't make any sense to me, since we can go home early because of snow, but can't go in late, because it doesn't snow in South Ga. Personally, I think there are lots of days that kids could go in on a two hour delay. Yesterday, though I am not so sure, at least here in Catoosa Co. The neighborhood that borders our place, has a steep hill to come into it and even though it was sanded, it was still a little hard to navigate. I say better safe than sorry.
 
Twinkie
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02/02/2007 06:05:14 AM
MM, I get serious on many issues but this week I have not dug up any bones except the funny bone. Here's another one for you.

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 walked up to the Marine standing guard and said,"I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

The Marine replied,"Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside 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 Hillary Clinton".

The Marine a gain told the man,"Sir, as I said yesterday, Mrs.
Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here."

The man thanked him and again walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."

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 Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?"

The old man answered,"Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing your answer!"
The Marine
snapped to attention, saluted, and said," SIR, see you tomorrow, SIR
 
bert57
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02/01/2007 10:56:17 PM
yup shiggy, i remember when i was a kid that it was safe for the parents to leave the kids in the car while they ran in for some groceries or to the dime store or whatever just to keep us from getting into everything! it was safe for them to leave us at home when we was 10 years old or so for a little while( not for the entire day though) things were alot different 40 or 50 years ago wasnt it? we were more disiplined and the world was not as crazy. i was raised in the country and knew the meaning of minding our parents and if they said dont leave the house after school we did not leave the house! we did not go to the door and we did not answer the phone(when we had one). out in the country there was not too many close neighbors so we had to stay alone after we got off the bus till one of our parents got home. now days that is dangerous. the way that we walked to the nearest bus stop was way further than is safe now for a grown up to walk. it is sad that the world has got to the point that it has. the things that happens to some little children is too frightening for anyone never less a child. they are the most innocent in the world. its not right that bad things happen to any of them. it takes a real piece of scum to harm a child. the one thing that makes me madder than anything else is to hear of someone harming a child.any way,shape,form,or fashion. i can forgive just about anything else, but ANY form of child abuse is unforgiveable as far as i am concerned. and it is getting worse everyday. not only are starngers harming the children but parents are harming their own. now that is really bad. i hate to think of what those poor kids are going through when the ones that they love are hurting them. its crazy. i guess that i am getting too deep into this right now. it just strikes a nerve when i think about it. sorry. i just wish this world would turn around and start going in the right direction.
 
BigShiggy
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2/01/2007 01:32:43 PM
Just think of all those parents that went to work today and left their children at home alone.....
 
winracer
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02/01/2007 12:58:29 PM
And Consider this:

Fake Al Qaeda

"Ana raicha Al Qaeda" is colloquial for "I'm going to the toilet". A very common and widespread use of the word “Al-Qaeda” in different Arab countries in the public language is for the toilet bowl. This name comes from the Arabic verb “Qa'ada” which mean “to sit”, pertinently, on the “Toilet Bowl”. In most Arabs homes there are two kinds of toilets: “Al-Qaeda” also called the "Hamam Franji" or foreign toilet, and "Hamam Arabi" or “Arab toilet” which is a hole in the ground. Lest we forget it, the potty used by small children is called "Ma Qa'adia" or "Little Qaeda".
So, if you were forming a terrorist group, would you call yourself, "The Toilet"?



 
winracer
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02/01/2007 12:56:45 PM
Or maybe this one:

The Rise Of The Fourth Reich
Everyone likes to say, "Hitler did this", and, "Hitler did that". But the truth is Hitler did very little. He was a world class tyrant, but the evil actually done by the Third Reich, from the death camps to WW2 was all done by German citizens who were afraid to question if what they were told by their government was the truth or not, and who because they did not want to admit to themselves that they were afraid to question the government, refused to see the truth behind the Reichstag Fire, refused to see the invasion by Poland was a staged fake, and followed Hitler into national disaster.
The German people of the late 1930s imagined themselves to be brave. They saw themselves as the heroic Germans depicted by the Wagnerian Operas, the descendants of the fierce Germanic warriors who had hunted wild boar with nothing but spears and who had defeated three of Rome's mightiest legions in the Tuetenberg Forest.

But in truth, by the 1930s, the German people had become civilized and tamed, culturally obsessed with fine details in both science and society. Their self-image of bravery was both salve and slavery. Germans were required to behave as if they were brave, even when they were not.

It's easy to look back and realize what a jerk Hitler was. But at the time, Hitler looked pretty good to the German people, with the help of the media. He was TIME Magazine's Man Of The Year in 1938. The German people assumed they were safe from a tyrant. They lived in a Republic, after all, with strict laws regarding what the government could and more importantly could not do. Their leader was a devoutly religious man, and had even sung with the boy's choir of a monastery in his youth.

The reality was that the German people, as individuals, had lost their courage. The German government preferred it that way as a fearful people are easier to rule than a courageous one. But the German people didn't wish to lose their self-image of courage. So, when confronted with a situation demanding individual courage, in the form of a government gone wrong, the German people simply pretended that the situation did not exist. And in that simple self-deception lay the ruin of an entire nation and the coming of the second World War.

When the Reichstag burned down, most Germans simply refused to believe suggestions that the fire had been staged by Hitler himself. They were afraid to. But so trapped were the Germans by their belief in their own bravery that they willed themselves to be blind to the evidence before their eyes, so that they could nod in agreement with Der Fuhrer while still imagining themselves to have courage, even as they avoided the one situation which most required real courage; to stand up to Hitler's lies and deceptions.

When Hitler requested temporary extraordinary powers, powers specifically banned under German law, but powers Hitler claimed he needed to have to deal with the "terrorists", the German people, having already sold their souls to their self-delusions, agreed. The temporary powers were conferred, and once conferred lasted until Germany itself was destroyed.

When Hitler staged a phony invasion from Poland, the vast majority of the German people, their own self-image dependant on continuing blindness to Hitler's deceptions, did not question why Poland would have done something so stupid, and found themselves in a war.

But Hitler knew he ruled a nation of cowards, and knew he had to spend the money to make the new war something cowards could fight and win. He decorated his troops with regalia to make them proud of themselves, further trapping them in their self-image. Hitler copied the parade regalia of ancient Rome, to remind the Germans of the defeat of the legions at the Tuetenberg Forest. Talismans were added from orthodox religions and the occult to fill the soldiers with delusions of mystical strengths and an afterlife if they fell in battle. Finally, knowing that it takes courage to kill the enemy face to face, Hitler spent vast sums of money on his wonder weapons, airplanes, submarines, ultra-long range artillery, the world's first cruise missile and the world's first guided missile, weapons that could be used to kill at a distance, so that those doing the killing need not have to face the reality of what they were doing.

The German people were lured into WW2 not because they were brave, but because they were cowards who wanted to be seen as brave, and found that shooting long range weapons at people they could not see took less courage than standing up to Hitler. Sent into battle by that false image of courage, the Germans were dependent on their wonder-weapons. When the wonder-weapons stopped working, the Germans lost the war.

I remember as a child listening to the stories of WW2 from my grandfather and my uncles who had served in Europe. I wondered how the German people could have been so stupid as to have ever elected Hitler dog catcher, let alone leader of the nation. Such is the clarity of historical hindsight. And with that clarity, I see the exact same mechanism that Hitler used at work here in this nation.

The American people imagine themselves to be brave. They see themselves as the heroic Americans depicted by Western Movies, the descendants of the fierce patriot warriors who had tamed the frontier and defeated the might of the British Empire.

But in truth, by the dawn of the third millennium, the American people have become civilized and tamed, culturally obsessed with fine details in both science and society. Their self-image of bravery is both salve and slavery. Americans are required to behave as if they are brave, even when they are not.

The American people assume they are safe. They live in a Republic, after all, with strict laws regarding what the government can and more importantly cannot do. Their leader is a devoutly religious man.

The reality is that the American people, as individuals, have lost their courage. The government prefers it that way as a fearful people are easier to rule than a courageous one. But Americans don't wish to lose their self-image of courage. So, when confronted with a situation demanding courage, in the form of a government gone wrong, the American people simply pretend that the situation does not exist.

When the World Trade Towers collapsed, most Americans simply refused to believe suggestions that the attacks had been staged by parties working for the US Government itself. Americans were afraid to, even as news reports surfaced proving that the US Government had announced plans for the invasion of Afghanistan early in the year, plans into which the attacks on the World Trade Towers which angered the American people into support of the already-planned war fit entirely too conveniently.

But so trapped are Americans by their belief in their own bravery that they will themselves to be blind to the evidence before their eyes, so that they can nod in agreement with the government while still imagining themselves to have courage, even as they avoid the one situation which most requires real courage; to stand up to the government's lies and deceptions. The vast majority of the American people, their own self-image dependant on continuing blindness to the government's deceptions, never question why Afghanistan would have done something so stupid as to attack the United States, and as a result, Americans find themselves in a war.



Now the US Government has requested temporary extraordinary powers, powers specifically banned under Constitutional law, but powers the government is claiming they need to have to deal with the "terrorists". The American people, having already sold their souls to their self-delusions, are agreeing. The temporary powers recently conferred will be no more temporary in America than they were in Germany.

The US Government knows they rule a nation of cowards. The government has had to spend the money to make the new war something cowards can fight. The government has decorated the troops with regalia to make them proud of themselves, further trapping them in their self-image. Talismans are added from orthodox religions and the occult to fill the soldiers with delusions of mystical strengths and an afterlife if they fall in battle.

Finally, knowing that it takes courage to kill the enemy face to face, the United States government has spent vast sums of money on wonder weapons, airplanes, submarines, ultra-long range artillery, cruise missiles, and guided missiles, weapons that kill at a distance, so that those doing the killing need not have to face the reality of what they are doing.


As I mentioned above, Hitler was TIME Magazine's Man Of The Year in 1938. Stalin was TIME Magazine's Man Of The Year for 1939 and 1942. Both of these men, and many others also celibrated by the media, were unimaginable monsters. The lesson from these facts is that it isn't easy to spot a genocidal tyrant when you live with one, especially one whom the press supports and promotes.
Tyrants become obvious only when looking back, after what they have done becomes known. The German people did not stand up to Hitler because their media betrayed them, just as the American media is betraying the American people by willingly, voluntarily, even proudly, abandoning its traditional role as watchdog against government abuse.



It is the very nature of power that it attracts the sort of people who should not have it. The United States, as the world's last superpower, is a prize that attracts men and women willing to do absolutely anything to win that power, and hence are also willing to do absolutely anything with that power once they have it. If one thinks about it long enough, one will realize that all tyrants, past and most especially present, MUST use deception on their population to initiate a war.
No citizen of a modern industrialized nation will send their children off to die in a war to grab another nation's resources and assets, yet resources and assets are what all wars are fought over. The nation that wishes to initiate a war of conquest must create the illusion of an attack or a threat to start a war, and must always give their population of cowards an excuse never to question that carefully crafted illusion.


It is naive, not to mention racist to assume that tyrants appear only in other nations and that somehow America is immune simply because we're Americans. America has escaped the clutches of a dictatorship thus far only through the efforts of those citizens who, unlike the Germans of the 1930s, have the moral courage to stand up and point out where the government is lying to the people.
Unless more Americans are willing to have that kind of individual courage, then future generations may well look back on the American people with the same harshness of judgement with which we look back on the 1930s Germans.





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winracer
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02/01/2007 12:50:59 PM
I think the following article says it all

Everything Old is New Again:
Our generation's Gulf of Tonkin is about to drag us further into endless war
01/07

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I'm putting my mother into bed and the high-pitched urgency of MSNBC's 'this just in' crisis reporting cuts through evening calm. Same on CNN, and I don't even bother to check the other channels. Iran, we are being told, is to blame for the Kerbala attack. We have always been at war with Eastasia. I can't believe it is happening so neatly, so on cue and so cutely bundled in such a familiar package.

There is absolutely nothing credible about anything that comes out of Iraq either through the administration or the mainstream press. War-weary Americans, who spoke loudly and clearly about the question of more war, are known suckers for official lies. In the aftermath of the Cold War, two long-term adversaries were waxing nostalgic about their governments' respective propaganda. "Yes, but the difference," said the Russian, "is that your people believed yours." And now, having been lied to by a stream of shameless governments, having swallowed their leaders' crap about our 'destiny' and 'greatness,' is it even possible to imagine that we are going to let ourselves get sucked in again?

Aside from the shrieking of the press echo chamber tonight, the other relevant headlines of the day include a report that the US is poised to attack Iran from Bulgarian bases (Turkish Daily News), or that a US Navy strike group is steaming through the Suez canal to join the general buildup of US forces in the Middle East (Jerusalem Post). The Guardian reports that Bush is 'spoiling for a fight with Iran.'

Leave aside the fact that the US government recently tried to fund a project that admitted-- admitted, mind you--to planting fake news stories to achieve national policy ends. This, of course, would be in addition to myriad black ops projects denied over the years. Never mind that the Israeli right wing has been openly clamoring for war with Iran, leaking stories about how it was prepared to go it alone. Don't compare the timing of this story with the pending--albeit nonbinding--anti-escalation resolution now being prepared or 'rigorous debate' in Congress.

Just look at Cheney's smug Untouchable smirking face as he tells Wolf Blitzer that Congress "won't stop us," even as Scooter Libby is throwing everyone in his Blackberry under the bus. Do pay attention, too, to Blitzer's complete inability to perform his function as a journalist. That is a very bad sign. Also notice the $10 billion joint project announced today between Iran and a Spanish concern for development of energy resources, and the multi-billion dollar arms and energy agreements Iran already has with Russia and China. Are the neocons completely crazy? Never mind--we already know the answer.

And what the hell is wrong with us? Are we really going to let ourselves be lied into yet another war, a much bigger one, with a much more dangerous opponent and with even farther reaching consequences? The answer seems to be yes. The Democrats and the press will not save us from this one. They didn't before, and they won't now--they're in on the game, and they will do nothing without an enormous shove. The fact that they are getting ready to debate a toothless solution while the ships are sailing is chillingly out-of-touch. Our lives and our future are at stake, and they are looking for sound bites.

The made-in-USA tinderbox is unstable and about to blow, and the war profiteers and their puppets lighting the fuse have no concern for us. The enormous and dangerous forces against them only means more war, more contracts, and more profits. There is no way the world is going to sit back and let the US have its way with world energy resources without a fight, and we stand warned that we are being dragged into a virtual Armageddon. The antiwar movement made a good show this weekend demanding an end to the Iraq war. It will be too little, too late unless the people wake up and demand a halt to the war already under way against Iran.

© 2007 Daniel Patrick Welch. Reprint permission granted with credit and link to danielpwelch.com.
 
RomeListener
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02/01/2007 11:56:54 AM
Why in the world are the schools closed? All it would have taken was a delay of an hour or so and everything would have been fine. That's what the forecasters were saying. There was no ice on the roadways even as early as 6:30. Exercise common sense. Also, why do the day care centers close on bad weather days? Those are the very places parents need when schools close for no reason. The weather hasn't been bad enough to close schools in Rome and Floyd County since the 1993 blizzard.
 
mountainman
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01/31/2007 10:30:40 PM
Good stuff,twink,do you have a serious bone in your body?mm.
 
Twinkie
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01/31/2007 09:53:55 PM
One more and I'm off to bed.

President Bush was invited to address a major gathering of the Native American Nation last weekend in Arizona. He spoke for nearly an hour on his future plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living.

He referred to his career as Governor of Texas and how he had signed "YES" 1,237 times - for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval. Although the President was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his "red brothers".

At the conclusion of his speech, the tribes presented the President with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle. The proud President then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds, carrying his plaque. A news reporter later inquired of the group of chiefs how they came to select the new name given to the President.

They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of s**t it can no longer fly.
 
Twinkie
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01/31/2007 09:52:23 PM
Here's one more.
The Alabama preacher said to his Congregation, "Someone in this congregation has spread a rumor that I belong to the Ku Klux Klan. This is a horrible lie and one which a Christian community cannot tolerate. I am embarrassed and do not intend to accept this. Now, I want the party who did this to stand and ask forgiveness from God and this Christian family."

No one moved.

The preacher continued, "Do you have the nerve to face me and admit this is a falsehood? Remember, you will be forgiven and in your heart you will feel glory. Now stand and confess your transgression. "

Again all was quiet. Then slowly, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde with a body that would stop traffic rose from the third pew. Her head was bowed and her voice quivered as she spoke, "Reverend there has been a terrible misunderstanding. I never said you were a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

I simply told a couple of my friends you were a wizard under the sheets."

The preacher fainted, and the congregation roared.
 
mountainman
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01/31/2007 08:22:28 PM
Hey twink,The jokes are indeed funny.Political views are a right that you should be proud to reflect. Ithink we might share the same view on this WAR.Noticed others that feel the same. They move all our best to the mid -east then they attack from bases in Mexico,Canada,and south America. Just like the comunist always said.We will take America and not fire a shot.The chemical war is here.If Meth wins,we loose! If you look around,almost everywhere,you can pick out the meth addicts.The older ones are the most dangerous.Their brain is like a pile of charcoal. Each time they use meth a little more of the coal burns.The brain turns to ash.The remaining product is an idiot,that don't think or care.Our country is over flowing with these idiots.Time bomb is putting it lightly.Pray for the addicts.
 
Twinkie
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1/31/2007 05:20:38 AM
Disclaimer:
The preceding jokes do not necessarily reflect the political views of the poster.
But they come close!
 
Twinkie
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1/31/2007 05:18:03 AM
Truth Is Truth

A squad of U.S. Marines was marching north of Falujah when they came upon an Iraqi terrorist, badly injured and unconscious.

On the opposite side of the road was an American Marine in a similar, but less serious state. The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men, the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.

The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent. We saw each other and both took cover in the ditches along the road.

"I yelled to him that Saddam Hussein is a miserable, lowlife scumbag, and he yelled back that Senator Ted Kennedy is a good-for-nothing, fat, left wing liberal drunk. So I said that Osama Bin Ladin dresses and acts like a frigid, mean spirited lesbian!"

He retaliated by yelling, "Oh yeah? Well, so does Hillary Clinton!" "And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands...when a truck hit us"
 
Twinkie
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1/31/2007 04:20:05 AM
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
One of the courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.
One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated,"God, if you are real, then
I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."
The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed,"Here I am God. I'm still waiting." It got down to the last couple of minutes when the
Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him;
knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold.
The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked,"What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?" The Marine calmly replied,"God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid s---
and act like an a--hole. So, He sent me."
THIS IS GOOD, KEEP IT GOING.
God bless out Soldiers, Airmen and sailors while they protest the rights of the stupid here who know not what they do.
 
Twinkie
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1/31/2007 04:15:57 AM
I'm back!

God's voice mail !

Most of us have now learned to live with voice mail as a necessary part
of our lives. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if God
decided to install voice mail? Imagine praying and hearing the
following:

Thank you for calling heaven.
For English press 1
For Spanish press 2
For all other languages, press 3

Please select one of the following options:
Press 1 for request
Press 2 for thanksgiving
Press 3 for complaints
Press 4 for all others

I am sorry, all our Angels and Saints are busy helping other sinners
right now. However, your prayer is important to us and we will answer it
in the order it was received. Please stay on the line.

If you would like to speak to:
God, press 1
Jesus, press 2
Holy Spirit, press 3

To find a loved one that has been assigned to heaven press 5, then enter
his social security # followed by the pound sign.(If you receive a negative response, please hang up and dial area code
666)

For reservations to heaven, please enter JOHN followed by the numbers, 3
16.

For answers to nagging questions about dinosaurs, life and other
planets,
please wait until you arrive in heaven for the specifics.

Our computers show that you have already been prayed for today, please
hang up and call again tomorrow.

The office is now closed for the weekend to observe a religious holiday.

If you are calling after hours and need emergency assistance, please
contact your local pastor.

Thank you and have a heavenly day.
 
bert57
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1/29/2007 10:36:52 PM
shiggy,the best thing to do is take your pc to circuit city in front of mount berry mall. there they have a repair center and for a real small fee they can clean up and disinfect your entire system. then do like i did and purchase the software called spy sweeper. this software prevents intrusion by others that can wreck your system and get your infomation without your approval. this little investment has saved my butt on several occasions. when you go to a site that may be dangerous it immediately alerts you with a big popup on your screen that warns you that it is an unsafe site. it also prevents anyone from getting your personal stuff. hope this helps
 
mountainman
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1/29/2007 08:56:01 PM
SHIG,in a situatoin such as the one you have gotten your self into. The only logicial solution to your problem is to go back to the begining. Then reverse the order in which you carried out the task that ended you up in this mess that you are in .Then take a blow torch to the A-drive and get your card back!
 
mountainman
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1/29/2007 08:43:53 PM
National politics effect the entire nation.Our little blog effects a very special few. Although,it may be read by many,the ones that matter to me,are you folks.Ya'll have been here for many heated discussions between myself and others.Iwant you to know that I AM STEADFAST IN MY CAUSE! Surely, it got old,but it didn't end.There is much to talk about.Would a woman president be able to have meetings in the mid-east with her face showing?Washington has some very stylish veil shops.So ive heard.
 
BigShiggy
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1/29/2007 08:10:22 PM
It's amazing what all kinds of things you get in your e-mail boxes.

What happens when someone takes a cyber baseball bat to your e-mail box?

I would order a 1/2 inch plate high-tensile strength steel e-mailbox to prevent further damages to it, but my credit card is stuck in the "A" drive, from my last internet purchase. Any ideas how to get it back out of there?
 
msla
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1/29/2007 11:37:00 AM
I wish sooooooooooo much that instead of Hillary running for prez, the first woman was Elizabeth Dole!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!! Those chances are all gone with the wind. My moderate republican heart is broken into shattered pieces.
"And all the king's horses, and all the king's men, couldn't put msla together again."
 
msla
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1/29/2007 11:33:14 AM
Brian, I didn't see the show you are talking about. I'll look for it. But I do know that thankfully, a lot of documents from that age have already been declassified so we get a better look at things. Of course, we'll never know everything about stuff, but we do like learning these things. Not only has it been verified from the U.S. side that the FDR administration was warned about the bombing invasion, it has also been verified from the Japanese side that we were warned. Nobody believed it. The U.S. was not as much of a global nation back then and the majority was of the isolationist viewpoint.
The next is my opinion: Boy, didn't we think we were 'it' after WWI!!!! And we got an even worse attitude after WWII! I don't think these shows are dumb. I don't think they are exactly credible, but I like anything that makes us question and wonder about God, our responsibility, life, the world, and etc. Look at the conspiracy theories about Castro and Kennedy and Johnson; Princess Diana; and on and on. I think openness is part of the key to arming ourselves with protection. Sure, there are things I'd like to never, ever know about. I'd like to run and hide from the gruesome evil and terror. But I don't. And the regulars on this blog site don't either. Because we're all struggling to overcome the personal yuk to help our community, country, and world. Every step we take is one less learning step we make our children take. God knows, they will already have their hands full.

 
msla
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1/29/2007 08:44:12 AM
What a wild weekend around here! Lots of work but lots of fun!

About the John Glenn post:
None of those listed were based on the deceit and lies of the presidential administration as it directly manipulated the American government and people to fulfill its own agenda.

This not some sort of 'mistake' on the part of an administration. This is a WAR caused by false pretenses. Instead of concentrating on bin laden, we went after saddam and the oil. There might have been a time when we would take saddam out. But not when we did. The reasons did not hold up. That's the horror. Perhaps we could have used our strength to do much more to help the world overall before getting to this point. It's all subjective now. But perhaps the peoples of the world would have been more ready to respond positively to manage themselves if we had conducted ourselves differently. We'll never know now.

When I started this response all I really wanted to say got lost. That seems to happen when I am passionate about a subject. I have no confidence in this administration. It's too many lies later for me. But please don't misunderstand me. I still have hope in our people, principles, and future.

As for the John Glenn post, it's like comparing anything. It sounds good on the first read. Then, as you read it again, is it comparing apples with oranges? Was the bombing of Pearl Harbor and whether we needed a consensus to go to war really on the same level as needing a consensus to go to war in Iraq? With Japan in alliance with Germany, war with one was war with the other.

As anyone can read, the premise of each of the comparisons are not well based. That's why it's fun to read but not a logical sequence to use as proof of anything, much less how the Bush administration is performing.

The following is an example of the same idea:
Premise: Smart girls are female.
Premise: Jane is a female.
Therefore, based on the above, Jane is smart.

Now we all know that may or may not be true. Jane might be a dumb female. Jane might be smart, average, or dumb at different times - or it may depend on the subjects, etc. And this is the point I'm trying to make. When we compare apples and oranges, we just get fruit.

If we want to say that the U.S. has gone on attack in past history, I am right behind that statement. But to say that the reasons for war were in our national interest each time, and so therefore, to attack Iraq is for the same reason, I part ways with you there. The premise is false.


 
BigShiggy
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1/29/2007 01:21:46 AM
Ahhh, DHMO keeps us all alive, and causes deaths also. Reduction could mean less to roll off a duck's back.

I wonder if Al Gore is staying warm this week in this time of global warming?
Must have taken a long time to campaign carbon neutral for President from a solar powered jetfuel plane and solar powered diesel bus.


On earth, 6.5 billion plus human bodies, all emitting a temperature somewhere around 98.6 degrees each, exhaling carbon dioxide and emitting methane gases.

Must be awful warm near those volcanoes, and the Lake of Fire.



 
bloggeye
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1/28/2007 10:05:25 PM
Shiggy, it does contribute to severe erosion. DHMO also is a major component of acid rain. It can cause severe burns and has been found in excised tumors. I still don't think I could sign that petition. You never really give us your opinion. What would the Shigster do? Hartee--har. You're pretty funny.
 
mountainman
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1/28/2007 07:43:26 PM
we all want to help with the warming of the globe.Only problem,ONE VOLCANIC ERUPTION will warm the globe more than we have since the begining of time.It's natural,the earth is self healing.Don't worry about the earth .Worry about mankind!
 
bert57
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1/28/2007 03:58:01 PM
i know that sometimes i may come off as being a warmonger, but i'm really not. i hate that we are at war. i wish that everyone could air their differences without all the killing that goes on. the middle east has been fighting each other since the beginning and always will i suppose. at least until the good lord returns. we all need to remember each other in our prayers and ask that it comes to a stop soon. so many families on each side suffers during war and no one is immune from the sorrow. i do like to see the ones that are killing innocent people stopped. and i have no mercy for them. i am not blind to the facts of why we are at war and they are many. some are none of our concern and some are. i know that sometimes our leaders are wrong in their actions but the ones who have died ( even our men and women)deserve justice. and again, i hope this all comes to an end soon. then maybe we can get our heros back home.

 
BigShiggy
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1/28/2007 01:35:23 AM
With all the "hot air" from global warming, as a test subject, how many would sign a petition to reduce the amount of dihydrogen monoxide in the enviroment?
 
Ima D Scamp
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1/28/2007 12:51:41 AM
RE: The war in Iraq!
Have a close friend there and his statement to me during the last e-mail was " it is either fighting the terrorist here or there on the mainland!" Pro or con- he has a point. I hope and pray we never see another chaotic time as we experienced on 9/11. or as history has depicted occurred during the civil war on our own turf.
Sobering thought!
Justa comment and opinion as usual!
 
mountainman
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1/27/2007 11:17:03 PM
It is bloody,dirty work,could any of yall kill another human?It would ruin my day,but if fired upon ,no question in my mind.This WAR is the only way the world will ever see peace.It will last as long as christians and muslims.Dig in and go broke.Fight for our country first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The money that has been spent on war could have given each american a hydrogen powered vehicle.We could fill up at home.
 
bloggeye
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1/27/2007 10:22:38 PM
According to breakthechain.org (http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/johnglenn.html) this information came from a chain letter and John Glenn had nothing to do with its contents. However, many probably will agree with the comparisons made.

 
maggie
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1/27/2007 08:37:04 PM
Great post Shiggy and imagine that all that was from a democrat. I always have liked John Glenn.
 
mountainman
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1/27/2007 07:53:05 PM
20 points ,shiggie.Good points.made me think.Still thinkin.mm
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