Thanks Ramey Sonny Hoskins! By the way, Sonny, don't these cold winter days make us feel absolutely Gored? It must not be happening. We are only insensitive conservatives. Please explain it all. Lib friends.
God, not Gore, knows the true effects of it all. Gore, self-proclaimed inventor of the internet, is only a liberal phony first class.
Sam
All of you out there across the globe who have fought so hard to tackle the hideous enemy of our planet, namely carbon emissions, you know .....that bogus god you worship of "Climate Change" or "Global Warming" ......well, I feel it is necessary to inform you of some bad news. It really does pain me to have to bring you this disappointing information.
Are you sitting down?
Okay, here's the bombshell. The current volcanic eruption going on in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet - all of you.
Of course you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress - it's that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life.
I know, I know.... (group hug)...it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of: driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of Bali, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your $1 light bulbs with $10 light bulbs ...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.
The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes - FOUR DAYS ONLY by that volcano in Iceland, has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud any one time - EVERY DAY.
Oh, I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in its entire 40 MILLION YEARS on earth. Yes folks, Mt pinnate was active for over one year - think about it.
Of course I shouldn't spoil this touchy-feely tree-hugging moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keep happening, despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.
I'm so sorry. And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years. And it happens every year.
Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you on the basis of the bogus "human-caused" climate change scenario.
Hey, isn't it interesting how they don't mention "Global Warming" any more, but just "Climate Change" - you know why? It's because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these global warming bullshit artists got caught with their pants down.
And just keep in mind that now the same government is in control, you will have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you, that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won't stop any volcanoes from erupting, that's for sure!
Please pass this on so’ everyone can know the truth on the “Global Warming - Climate Change” CON by Governments to introduce a new TAX.
Monday, January 3, 2011
More on Gus Thompson, Paul Walker... Jack H Plymale
My few readers should not resent me using my messages from Jack H Plymale, Portsmouth's bard via his, and mine, admired teacher, Bert Leach.
Sam, Gus Thompson was another" most unforgetable characters I ever met. I imagine he and Red played together at Highland. Doc there also.
Before we played Ashland our last of the year( they had beaten one of the Louisville boys schools the week before, Male Or Manual) and Walker had said in a pre-game talk that, any young horse can break wind in the morning, it takes an old horse to break wind at night. Once on defense we were talking it up and Gus Yelled down to me and then made a motion like he was breaking wind. He was fun to do anything with. He and Bobby Parks were two great ends.Bobby died, ,about two years from that game. Good.good player and fun guy.They said he had blood cancer, but I always guessed cycle cell anemia. I think they had his funeral in the auditoriun at the high school. Iwas in the service at that time, Jack P.
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From: skegley@columbus.rr.com
To: pettifoger@hotmail.com
Subject: Re:
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 03:23:36 -0500
Thanks Jack! I remember Red being on the Trojans. It seems that you, Jim Fout, and Doc Yeagle mentioned him at the OSU football game we attended together. Great story and you make me see that run! I also slightly remember Betty Justice. Watkins Buick is also familiar in P'Town. Red had excellent friends as you testify of. I am sure that my departed Mound Park friends, Gib Lakeman, Gus Thompson, and Clark Rapalee could tell some wonderful stories of him.
Sam
Sam, Gus Thompson was another" most unforgetable characters I ever met. I imagine he and Red played together at Highland. Doc there also.
Before we played Ashland our last of the year( they had beaten one of the Louisville boys schools the week before, Male Or Manual) and Walker had said in a pre-game talk that, any young horse can break wind in the morning, it takes an old horse to break wind at night. Once on defense we were talking it up and Gus Yelled down to me and then made a motion like he was breaking wind. He was fun to do anything with. He and Bobby Parks were two great ends.Bobby died, ,about two years from that game. Good.good player and fun guy.They said he had blood cancer, but I always guessed cycle cell anemia. I think they had his funeral in the auditoriun at the high school. Iwas in the service at that time, Jack P.
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From: skegley@columbus.rr.com
To: pettifoger@hotmail.com
Subject: Re:
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 03:23:36 -0500
Thanks Jack! I remember Red being on the Trojans. It seems that you, Jim Fout, and Doc Yeagle mentioned him at the OSU football game we attended together. Great story and you make me see that run! I also slightly remember Betty Justice. Watkins Buick is also familiar in P'Town. Red had excellent friends as you testify of. I am sure that my departed Mound Park friends, Gib Lakeman, Gus Thompson, and Clark Rapalee could tell some wonderful stories of him.
Sam
The Scioto Voice... Thanks brother Jim Kegley (PHS 57)
My brother, Jim kegley, and his partner, Doug Everman, started the Scioto Voice, a weekly newspaper in eastern Scioto County many years ago. I thank him for the Cycle Inn notes, Val Minch's response and Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld's parasprodokians.
I am liberally borrowing from Jim in this post.
Thanks brother!
Sam
High Notes 01-06-2011
My column last week about The Cycle Inn evoked some responses. One was from Val Minch, PHS class of 1956, now of Hickory, North Carolina. And, I made the correction that the National Guard of Portsmouth was the 216th Engineering Battalion, not the 116th as I reported. Kenny McCall actually met his wife, June, who is from England, while they were attending Portsmouth Interstate Business College in 1949. Their son, Colin, is married to Charles (Lee) and Mary Ann Lang’s daughter, Sara, who is an art teacher in Zanesville. Kenny and June’s daughter, Wendy, is Mrs. Christopher Johnson, of Columbus.
Regarding your last week’s column:
”Great stroll down memory lane, but you neglected to include my name in the "Eat five Cycle Burgers contest".
“I remember it well. Any young person who lived in Portsmouth at that time was aware of the Cycle Inn eating contest, as it was heavily advertised on WPAY radio.
“I was bound and determined to give this eating contest a try, so to prepare for it, I developed a strategic plan that would guarantee I would be hungry enough to consume all (5) of the Cycle Burgers, each of which, (if memory serves), contained about 1/2 pound of ground beef, along with the other garnishments.
“My plan was simple. To be sure I had an empty stomach and was hungry, I got up on a Saturday morning and skipped breakfast and lunch, (no food and nothing to drink, not even water). Then to further guarantee I would be totally beyond famished, I walked to the Cycle Inn via the most convoluted route I could dream up.
“I left 19th street sometime around 2-3 o’clock in the afternoon and hoofed it to the Cycle Inn via McKinley school, then up Cleveland avenue and up over the hill to the city water tower, from where I proceeded East along the ridge of the hill, descending at the point where the Cycle Inn was located. I figured that by skipping breakfast and lunch and exerting extra energy getting there, once I arrived at the Cycle Inn I would be hungry enough to consume dog pucky!
“Anyway, I ordered up and ate all (5) Cycle Burgers, (had a hell of a time getting the last one down), after which I waddled home via Shawnee and Micklethwaite Rds, where I spent the rest of the day lying on the glider on our front porch, moaning and groaning!
“It was certainly worth the pain and agony though, as the big prize was my name being read a number of times on WPAY as part of the Cycle Inn's advertising format!”
Val Minch, Hickory, NC
I doubt that Val’s name was the only Cycle Burger eater, whose name I omitted, but Val and I were close friends, and our fathers had been friends long before we came along, so I should have remembered.
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.
Here are a couple of examples: How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a workstation.
I would call that “irony”.
I am liberally borrowing from Jim in this post.
Thanks brother!
Sam
High Notes 01-06-2011
My column last week about The Cycle Inn evoked some responses. One was from Val Minch, PHS class of 1956, now of Hickory, North Carolina. And, I made the correction that the National Guard of Portsmouth was the 216th Engineering Battalion, not the 116th as I reported. Kenny McCall actually met his wife, June, who is from England, while they were attending Portsmouth Interstate Business College in 1949. Their son, Colin, is married to Charles (Lee) and Mary Ann Lang’s daughter, Sara, who is an art teacher in Zanesville. Kenny and June’s daughter, Wendy, is Mrs. Christopher Johnson, of Columbus.
Regarding your last week’s column:
”Great stroll down memory lane, but you neglected to include my name in the "Eat five Cycle Burgers contest".
“I remember it well. Any young person who lived in Portsmouth at that time was aware of the Cycle Inn eating contest, as it was heavily advertised on WPAY radio.
“I was bound and determined to give this eating contest a try, so to prepare for it, I developed a strategic plan that would guarantee I would be hungry enough to consume all (5) of the Cycle Burgers, each of which, (if memory serves), contained about 1/2 pound of ground beef, along with the other garnishments.
“My plan was simple. To be sure I had an empty stomach and was hungry, I got up on a Saturday morning and skipped breakfast and lunch, (no food and nothing to drink, not even water). Then to further guarantee I would be totally beyond famished, I walked to the Cycle Inn via the most convoluted route I could dream up.
“I left 19th street sometime around 2-3 o’clock in the afternoon and hoofed it to the Cycle Inn via McKinley school, then up Cleveland avenue and up over the hill to the city water tower, from where I proceeded East along the ridge of the hill, descending at the point where the Cycle Inn was located. I figured that by skipping breakfast and lunch and exerting extra energy getting there, once I arrived at the Cycle Inn I would be hungry enough to consume dog pucky!
“Anyway, I ordered up and ate all (5) Cycle Burgers, (had a hell of a time getting the last one down), after which I waddled home via Shawnee and Micklethwaite Rds, where I spent the rest of the day lying on the glider on our front porch, moaning and groaning!
“It was certainly worth the pain and agony though, as the big prize was my name being read a number of times on WPAY as part of the Cycle Inn's advertising format!”
Val Minch, Hickory, NC
I doubt that Val’s name was the only Cycle Burger eater, whose name I omitted, but Val and I were close friends, and our fathers had been friends long before we came along, so I should have remembered.
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.
Here are a couple of examples: How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a workstation.
I would call that “irony”.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
paraprosdokian... Thanks Mimi!
hey dears- enjoy enjoy! love, mim
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Paraprosdokian
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a workstation.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I thought I wanted a career; turns out, I just wanted paychecks.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR."
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with "Guess" on it ... So I said "Implants?"
Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a baldhead and a beer gut and still think they are sexy.
Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
I always take life with a grain of salt ... plus a slice of lemon ... and a shot of tequila.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
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Subject: Fwd: Fw: Paraprosdokian
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect.
I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. My desk is a workstation.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I thought I wanted a career; turns out, I just wanted paychecks.
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR."
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with "Guess" on it ... So I said "Implants?"
Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a baldhead and a beer gut and still think they are sexy.
Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.
Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
I always take life with a grain of salt ... plus a slice of lemon ... and a shot of tequila.
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
You're never too old to learn something stupid.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
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Re- Red Griffin PHS Trojan- Thanks Jack H Plymale!
Re-Our departed Portsmouth Ohio heroes.
Thanks Jack! I remember Red being on the Trojans. It seems that you, Jim Fout, and Doc Yeagle mentioned him at the OSU football game we attended together. Great story and you make me see that run! I also slightly remember Betty Justice. I did not personally know Sarah Watkins, but it must have been among the very greatest war reunions ever for Ed and the
Griffin family. Burl Justice and Watkins Buick are also familiar in P'Town. Red had excellent friends as you testify of. I am sure that my departed Mound Park friends, Gib Lakeman, Gus Thompson, and Clark Rapalee could tell some wonderful stories of him.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Plymale
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 00:07
Sam, one of my old Portsmouth friends, now departed, you might have known. and could very easily fit that category.The most unforgettable guy I've ever met. If you check with Jim Fout, I think he'll support me in that opinion, He lived on High St. His name was Harold Marvin Griffin. You would know him as Red.All our teacher called him Marvin. He had an older brother, Ed who was reported missing in action twice in WW II. His Mom and Dad received two separate missing in action notices. He came home to marry, Betty Justice the daughter of long time Scioto County sherrif Burl Justice. Red, if you can believe it, was 128 lb tailback on our undeafeated Trojan team in1944. Second string to Dave Thomas who was 185 and the fastest guy on that team. There were three or four guys faster than Red, but two of them couldn't catch him in a phone booth. We were playing at Springfield and had the ball on our own thirty yard line and Red ran the ball off tackle and broke through the line to make one of the most amazing runs I have ever seen The records say he went 70 yards but he must have run 140. Some of their guys missed him twice. We roomed together for awhile at OSU but he couldn't stand being away from his girlfriend so he came home and married her. She was Sara Watkins whose father had the Buick dealership in Portsmouth. Red might be the only person I ever knew that somebody, at some time never said a bad thing about, He died in his 60s. I'm guessing.Red was a special person, not many like him,but I think there were enough people that were close and that is what made Portsmouth such a special place. Jack P.
Thanks Jack! I remember Red being on the Trojans. It seems that you, Jim Fout, and Doc Yeagle mentioned him at the OSU football game we attended together. Great story and you make me see that run! I also slightly remember Betty Justice. I did not personally know Sarah Watkins, but it must have been among the very greatest war reunions ever for Ed and the
Griffin family. Burl Justice and Watkins Buick are also familiar in P'Town. Red had excellent friends as you testify of. I am sure that my departed Mound Park friends, Gib Lakeman, Gus Thompson, and Clark Rapalee could tell some wonderful stories of him.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Plymale
To: Sam Kegley
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 00:07
Sam, one of my old Portsmouth friends, now departed, you might have known. and could very easily fit that category.The most unforgettable guy I've ever met. If you check with Jim Fout, I think he'll support me in that opinion, He lived on High St. His name was Harold Marvin Griffin. You would know him as Red.All our teacher called him Marvin. He had an older brother, Ed who was reported missing in action twice in WW II. His Mom and Dad received two separate missing in action notices. He came home to marry, Betty Justice the daughter of long time Scioto County sherrif Burl Justice. Red, if you can believe it, was 128 lb tailback on our undeafeated Trojan team in1944. Second string to Dave Thomas who was 185 and the fastest guy on that team. There were three or four guys faster than Red, but two of them couldn't catch him in a phone booth. We were playing at Springfield and had the ball on our own thirty yard line and Red ran the ball off tackle and broke through the line to make one of the most amazing runs I have ever seen The records say he went 70 yards but he must have run 140. Some of their guys missed him twice. We roomed together for awhile at OSU but he couldn't stand being away from his girlfriend so he came home and married her. She was Sara Watkins whose father had the Buick dealership in Portsmouth. Red might be the only person I ever knew that somebody, at some time never said a bad thing about, He died in his 60s. I'm guessing.Red was a special person, not many like him,but I think there were enough people that were close and that is what made Portsmouth such a special place. Jack P.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
The Scrap Yard... Thanks Dr. Hovermale!
The Scrap Yard
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard of old airplanes in the middle of a desert.
Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"So They created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cutback."
So they laid off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember 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 on 8/04/1977,
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT'S 2010 -- 33 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE! (THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?")
33 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah, yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW, WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?
Hello?
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard of old airplanes in the middle of a desert.
Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night."
So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?"
So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One to do the studies and one to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?"So They created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer, then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one Year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cutback."
So they laid off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember 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 on 8/04/1977,
TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT'S 2010 -- 33 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE! (THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?")
33 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah, yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW, WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT?
Hello?
The Lord's Prayer.. Thanks Nita Elliott!
Thanks Nita!
Subject: Fw: Our Lord's Prayer, Merry Christmas
OUR LORD'S PRAYER
The moment you receive it, say:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day
our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil..
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
now and forever
Amen.
GOD WANTED ME TO TELL YOU, It shall be well with you this coming
year..
No matter how much your enemies including cancers try this year,
they will not succeed.
You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all
your goals this year...
For the remainder of 2010, all your agonies will be diverted and
victory and prosperity will be incoming in abundance.
Today, God has confirmed the end of your sufferings, sorrows and pain
because HE that sits on the throne has remembered you. He has taken
away the hardships and given you JOY. He will never let you down.
I knocked at heaven's door this morning, God asked me... My child!
What can I do for you? And I said,
'Father, please protect and bless the person reading this
message... '
It has never been broken. Within 48 hours send as many as you can -
God does know if you don't have 20 people to send it
to. It's the effort and intent that counts to family and friends.
This is powerful .. Couldn't hurt. Can only help..
Please do not break it....
Subject: Fw: Our Lord's Prayer, Merry Christmas
OUR LORD'S PRAYER
The moment you receive it, say:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven, give us this day
our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil..
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
now and forever
Amen.
GOD WANTED ME TO TELL YOU, It shall be well with you this coming
year..
No matter how much your enemies including cancers try this year,
they will not succeed.
You have been destined to make it and you shall surely achieve all
your goals this year...
For the remainder of 2010, all your agonies will be diverted and
victory and prosperity will be incoming in abundance.
Today, God has confirmed the end of your sufferings, sorrows and pain
because HE that sits on the throne has remembered you. He has taken
away the hardships and given you JOY. He will never let you down.
I knocked at heaven's door this morning, God asked me... My child!
What can I do for you? And I said,
'Father, please protect and bless the person reading this
message... '
It has never been broken. Within 48 hours send as many as you can -
God does know if you don't have 20 people to send it
to. It's the effort and intent that counts to family and friends.
This is powerful .. Couldn't hurt. Can only help..
Please do not break it....
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