Web Log Archive, March 5th through March 18th, 2006


Saturday, March 18th, 2006

"In distancing the administration from Allen, unnamed White House sources insisted to reporters that, notwithstanding his title, it was never Allen who made domestic policy decisions; he was a merely ceremonial nobody. No, they said, it was former direct mail king Karl Rove...who made all the policy decisions, while the ceremonial black guy actually just pushed paper. And that’s their spin, for goodness’ sake." Russ Baker

Friday, March 17th, 2006              St. Patrick's Day

Are you in want (if not need) of a good conspiracy?
Then kick back and get a load of this, courtesy of CA.
I haven't watched it all yet...but what I've seen so far is bold!

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

"[M]y decisions on troop levels will be made based upon the conditions on the ground and on the recommendations of our military commanders, not artificial timetables set by politicians here in Washington, D.C.," he said.
 Has the president never read our Constitution, which mandates civilian control over the military?
Does he not grasp that he is himself a Washington politician? Robert Scheer

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006   Beware the Ides!

"Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous."
Spoken by Julius Caesar

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006            Albert Einstein would be 127 years old today had he not died in 1955

It's hard to imagine anything more important than determining if, after some face-time with Jesus, our late Holy Father put in a word with Him to cure a Sister (in answer to prayers from her convent)! As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a minute to lose here...so let's keep our eyes on the ball!

Say! Did you hear?


Monday, March 13th, 2006

Well, after this, how could Jordan Nott be depressed (by George)?

Plumb outa things to worry about? See if this helps!

And now...some Alabama-bashing (courtesy of Skip):

A guy from Alabama passed away and left his entire estate to his bereaved widow, but she can't touch it 'til she's 14 .

Q: How do you know when you're staying in a Alabama hotel?
A: When you call the front desk and say, "I gotta leak in my sink," and the clerk replies, "Go ahead."

Did ya hear that they've raised the minimum drinking age in Alabama to 32? They aim to keep alcohol out of the high schools.

An Alabama State trooper pulls over a pickup on I-64 and says to the driver, "Got any I.D.?" and the driver replies "Bout wut?"

Did you hear 'bout the $3 million Alabama State Lottery? The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.

The governor's mansion in Alabama burned down! Yep. Pert' near took out the whole trailer park. The library was a total loss, too. Both books - poof! Up in flames...and he hadn't even finished colorin' one of 'em.

A new law was recently passed in Alabama. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.
Sunday, March 12th, 2006

"What we might gain by establishing the steadfastness of our commitments, we could lose by an erosion of confidence in our judgment." Advice in a memo from George Ball to Lyndon Johnson, October, 1964. The advice went unheeded.

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

"The wise man as astronomer: as long as you feel the stars to be 'above' you, you do not gaze as one who has insight." Fred

"He would select the same items he had just purchased, and then return them for a refund."  CNN news story

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Alas, my Comcast Spam filter has, in the past few weeks, begun to unaccountably snag mail from addresses that it used to allow. I DO check every day what the filter has snagged, but I get at least 40 pieces of Spam for each real email. Therefore, I might, on occasion, inadvertently delete someone's 'real' message. If I don't reply to you within, say, three days, then write to me again and tell me that you sent something earlier. Thanks.

My selection for the Bush-bashing column of the day is written by Gerald S. Rellick and contains, among its many memorable lines, this one: "...his poll numbers are now in the mid 30's and...his vice President, the loathsome Dick Cheney, is somewhere in the vicinity of 18%...less than [the percentage who believe] in space aliens and ghosts."

And this, from my brother's daily newsletter (he of the 'we lose money on every sale but we make it up in volume'):
          

" You can never get enough of what you don't need to  make you happy. "

   (attributed to Eric Hoffer)

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

This, from Jennifer Fitzpatrick:
 
A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike
English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
"House" for instance, is feminine: "la casa."
"Pencil," however, is masculine: "el lapiz."
A student asked, "What gender is 'computer'?"

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups,
male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether
"computer" should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

 The men's group decided that "computer" should definitely be of the
feminine gender ("la computadora"), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is
incomprehensible to everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible
later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending
half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine
("el computador"), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they
ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a
little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
The women won.

 

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006    Happy Birthday, Patrice!

"What I didn't know is that lung cancer is the number-one cancer. We're always looking for breast and ovarian and uterine, and I'm a non-smoker, and I live in the country, so I think 'I'm good,' so I was completely shocked." Dana Reeve

Courtesy of RJ:

A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City, where
a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the
entrance is a description of how the store operates.
You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the
attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.
There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular
floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down
except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the New Husbands Store to find a husband.

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men have jobs.

The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love kids.

The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good
looking.

"Wow!" she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and
help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: 

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help
with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign
reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on
this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to
please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

The  New Wives Store was  across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.
The second floor has wives that love sex and have money.
The third through sixth floors have never been visited.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006   Happy Birthday, Dawn!

"It's just baffling why Mr. Bush traveled halfway around the world to stand right next to one of his most important allies against terrorists — and embarrass him."    Today's NYT Lead Editorial

Check out the following sentence from a local obituary:

"Sue also left many more family members and several close friends who she considered and treated like family behind."

Out of respect for the decedent and her family, I shall not post a hyperlink. 

Monday, March 6th, 2006                

 

 



Sunday, March 5th, 2006

"It's one thing to be a decisive leader. It is quite another to be consistently making the wrong decisions." James Klurfeld


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