Older than dirt ... Thx Tom Q!

You're older than dirt if! Darn, I'm older than dirt!!L   Someone asked the other day,,,,,,,,,,,,, 'What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him, 'All the food was slow.'  'C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'at home,' I explained! 'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, We sat down together at the dining room table, & if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'  By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. Here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis, set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. My parents never drove me to school. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed, (slow). We didn't have a television in our house until I was 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 11, after playing the national anthem and a poem about God. It came back on the air at about 6 a.m. and there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people...  I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was & so was bread. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers -- my brother delivered a newspaper, six days a week. He had to get up at 5 AM every morning. Movie stars kissed with their mouths shut.  At least, they did in the movies! There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or most anything offensive.  If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it? MEMORIES: My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to 'sprinkle' clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old. How many do you remember? Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.  Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, NOT the ones you were told about! Ratings at the bottom.  1. Candy cigarettes 2. Coffee shops with tableside juke boxes 3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles 4. Party lines on the telephones 5. Newsreels before the movie6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels!! If you had a TV!! 7. Peashooters 8. Howdy Doody  9. 45 RPM records  10. 78 rpm records 11. Hi-fi records  33 1/3 rpm  12. Metal ice trays with lever 13. Blue flashbulb 14. Cork popguns  15. Studebakers  16. Wash tub wringers <> If you remembered 0-3 = You're still young If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older If you remembered 7-10 = Don't tell your age, & If you remembered 11-16 = You're older than dirt !!! THAT'S ME!!!  I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life�. Don't forget to pass this along!!  Especially to all your really OLD friends

Clintons were not so bad, eh ... Thx Phyllis C!

: So the Clintons weren't so bad, eh?

And the crazy uninformed people would still vote for her!!!!  

Subject: So the Clintons weren't so bad, eh?

  If  you're under 50 you really need to read this.  If you’re over 50, you lived through it, so share it with those under 50.  Amazing to me how much I had forgotten!

  When  Bill Clinton was president, he allowed Hillary to assume  authority over a health care reform.  Even after
threats and  intimidation, she couldn’t even get a vote in a democratic controlled congress.  This fiasco cost the
American taxpayers about $13 million in cost for studies, promotion, and other efforts.

  Then  President Clinton gave Hillary authority over selecting a  female attorney general. Her first two selections
were Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood – both were forced to withdraw their  names from consideration.  Next she chose Janet
Reno – husband  Bill described her selection as “my worst mistake.”  Some may  not remember that Reno made the decision to gas David Koresh  and the Branch Davidian religious sect in Waco,  Texas  resulting in dozens of deaths of women and children.

Husband Bill allowed Hillary to make recommendations for the head of the Civil Rights Commission.  Lani Guanier was
her selection.  When a little probing led to the discovery of Ms. Guanier’s radical views, her  name had to be withdrawn from consideration.

Apparently a slow learner, husband Bill allowed Hillary to make some more recommendations.  She chose former  law partners Web Hubbel for the Justice Department, Vince Foster for the White House staff, and William Kennedy for the  Treasury Department.  Her selections went well: Hubbel went to prison, Foster (presumably) committed suicide, and
Kennedy was  forced to resign.

Many younger voters will have no knowledge of  “Travelgate.” Hillary wanted to award unfettered travel contracts to Clinton friend Harry Thompson – and the White House Travel Office refused to comply.  She managed to have  them reported to the FBI and fired.  This ruined their reputations, cost them their jobs, and caused a thirty-six month investigation.  Only one employee, Billy Dale was charged with a crime, and that of the enormous crime of mixing personal and White House funds.  A jury acquitted him of any  crime in less than two hours.

Still not convinced of her ineptitude? Hillary was allowed to recommend a close Clinton friend, Craig Livingstone, for the position of Director of White House security.  When Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of about 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by White House staff, suddenly Hillary and the president denied even knowing Livingstone, and of course, denied knowledge of drug use in the White House.  Following this debacle, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office after more than thirty years of  service to seven presidents.

Next, when women started coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment and rape by Bill Clinton, Hillary was put in charge of the “bimbo eruption” and scandal defense. Some of her more notable decisions in  the debacle was:   She urged
her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.  After the Starr investigation they settled with Ms. Jones.

She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor.  After $80 million dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.  Hillary’s devious game plan resulted in Bill losing his license to  practice law for 'lying under oath' to a grand jury and then  his subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.

Hillary avoided indictment for perjury and obstruction of  justice during the Starr investigation by repeating, “I do not
recall,” “I have no recollection,” and “I don’t know” a total of 56 times while under oath.

After leaving the White House, Hillary was forced to return an estimated $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork that she had stolen.

What a swell party – ready for another four or eight year of   this type low-life mess?

Now we are exposed to the destruction of possibly incriminating emails while Hillary was Secretary of State and  the “pay to play” schemes of the Clinton Foundation – we have no idea what shoe will fall next.  But to her loyal fans -  “what difference does it make?”

Electing Hillary Clinton president would be like granting Satan absolution and giving him the keys to heaven!

And just think, since leaving the White House, the Clinton's, through 2014, have made $221,139,576.00
and BOTH are drawing taxpayer funded U. S. Government pensions.

Please pass this on. Our way of life may depend on it.

un and o military frauds ... Thx Paul C!

 KIM JUNG UN

Subject: EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND IT WON'T TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

 

Kim Jung Un had NO military experience whatsoever before Daddy made him a four-star general.

This snot-nosed twerp had never accomplished anything in his life that would even come close to military leadership.

He hadn't even so much as led a Cub Scout troop, coached a sports team, or commanded a military platoon.

So he is made the "Beloved Leader" Of North Korea.

Terrific!!!

Oh wait!  I'm sorry...

I just remembered that we did the same thing.

We took an arrogant phony community organizer, who had never worn a uniform, and made him Commander-in-Chief.

A guy, who had never had a real job, worked on a budget, or led anything more than an ACORN demonstration, and we made him "Beloved Leader" of the United States - TWICE!!!!!

So if you think North Koreans are STUPID.....

Sorry I brought this up . .. . Never mind.

Never stand in line again ... General McChrystal, the kind of C of C we needed rather than the destructive o Thx Marge R!

Never Stand in Line 

Secrets of the

Secret Service

Very interesting but not surprising.

Scroll down to read what Kessler thinks of the presidents he served.

And now, you'll know the rest of the story.

Interesting snippets from Ronald Kessler's book about our presidents.

 

JOHN & JACQUELINE KENNEDY

*He was a philanderer of the highest order. 
*She ordered the kitchen help to save

All the left-over wine from State dinners,

Mixed it with fresh wine and served again

During the next White House occasion.*

 

LYNDON & LADYBIRD JOHNSON  
LBJ was as crude as the day is long.

Both JFK and LBJ kept a lot of women in the White House

For extramarital affairs and both had set up

Early warning systems to alert them

If/when their wives were nearby.

Both were promiscuous and oversexed men.*
*She was either naive or just pretended

To not know about her husband's many liaisons.*

 

RICHARD & PAT NIXON  
*A "moral" man but very odd, weird, paranoid.

He had a horrible relationship with his family

And was almost a recluse.*
*She was quiet most of the time.*

 

SPIRO AGNEW  
*Nice, decent man.

Everyone in the Secret Service

Was surprised by his downfall.*

 

GERALD & BETTY FORD  
*A true gentlemen who treated the Secret Service

With respect and dignity. He had a great sense of humor. *
*She drank a lot!*

 

JIMMY & ROSALYN CARTER  
*A complete phony who would portray one picture of himself to public

And very different in private e.g. Would be shown carrying

His own luggage but the suitcases were always empty.

He kept empty ones just for photo ops.

He wanted people to see him as pious and a non-drinker

But he and his family drank alcohol a lot!

He had disdain for the Secret Service

And was very irresponsible with the "football" with nuclear codes.

He didn't think it was a big deal

And would keep military aides at a great distance.

Often did not acknowledge the presence of

Secret Service personnel assigned to serve him.*
*She mostly did her own thing.*

 

RONALD & NANCY REAGAN  
*The real deal, moral, honest, respectful and dignified.

They treated Secret Service and everyone else with respect and honor,

Thanked everyone all the time.

He took the time to know everyone on a personal level.

One favorite story was early in his Presidency

When he came out of his room with a pistol tucked on his hip.

The agent in charge asked: "Why the pistol, Mr. President?"

He replied, "In case you boys can't get the job done, I can help."

It was common for him to carry a pistol.

When he met with Gorbachev, he had a pistol in his briefcase.
*She was very nice but very protective of the President

And the Secret Service was often caught in the middle.

She tried hard to control what he ate.

He would say to the agent, "Come on, you gotta help me out."

The Reagan's drank wine during State dinners

And special occasions only otherwise they shunned alcohol.

The Secret Service could count on one hand the times

They were served wine during family dinner.

For all the fake bluster of the Carters,

the Reagan's were the ones who lived life as genuinely moral people.*   

   

 

GEORGE W. & LAURA BUSH
*The Secret Service loved him and Laura Bush.

He was also the most physically in shape

who had a very strict workout regimen.

The Bushes made sure their entire administrative

and household staff understood that they were to respec

t and be considerate of the Secret Service.*
*She was one of the nicest First Ladies, if not the nicest.

She never had any harsh word to say about anyone.*

 

BILL & HILLARY CLINTON  
*Presidency was one giant party. Not trustworthy.

He was nice mainly because he wanted everyone to like him

but to him life is just one big game and party.

Everyone knows about his sexuality.*
*She is another phony. Her personality would change

the instant cameras were near. She hated,

with open disdain the military and Secret Service.

She was another who felt people were there to serve her.

She was always trying to keep tabs on Bill Clinton.*

 

ALBERT GORE   
*An egotistical ass who was once overheard by his Secret Service

detail lecturing his son that he needed to do better in school

or he would end up like these guys, pointing to the agents.*

GEORGE H. & BARBARA BUSH
*Extremely kind and considerate, always respectful.

Took great care in making sure the agents' comforts were taken care of.

They even brought them meals.

One time she brought warm clothes to agents

standing outside at Kennebunkport.

One was given a warm hat and, when he tried to say "no thanks"

even though he was obviously freezing, the President said

"Son, don't argue with the First Lady. Put the hat on."

He was the most prompt of the Presidents.

He ran the White House like a well-oiled machine.*
*She ruled the house and spoke her mind.*

 

*BARACK & MICHELLE OBAMA  
*Clinton all over again - hates the military

and looks down on the Secret Service.

He is egotistical and cunning.

He looks you in the eye and appears to agree with you

but turns around and does the opposite. He has temper tantrums.*
*She is a complete bitch who basically hates anybody who is not black,

hates the military and looks at the Secret Service as servants.*

 

A ‘TRUE STORY ABOUT’ General McChrystal's resignation

in Obama's office from General McChrystal's book!

NEVER STAND IN LINE AGAIN

Some men carry and handle their diplomacy better than others.

When former U.S. Military commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal,

was called into the Oval Office by Barack Obama,

he knew things weren't going to go well

when the President accused him of not supporting him

in his political role as President.

"It's not my job to support you as a politician, Mr. President,

it's my job to support you as Commander-in-Chief,"

McChrystal replied, and he handed Obama his resignation.

Not satisfied with accepting McChrystal's resignation,

the President made a cheap parting shot.

"I bet when I die you'll be happy to piss on my grave."

The General saluted and said,

"Mr. President, I always told myself after leaving the Army

                                            I'd never stand in line again.