Kilroy was here ... Thx Ramey H!

How many of you remember, Kilroy was here signs?

He is engraved in stone in the National War Memorial in Washington, DC- back in a small alcove where very few people have seen it. For the WWII generation, this will bring back memories. For you younger folks, it's a bit of trivia that is a part of our American history. Anyone born in 1913 to about 1950, is familiar with Kilroy. No one knew why he was so well known- but everybody seemed to get into it. So who was Kilroy?  In 1946 the American Transit Association, through its radio program, "Speak to America," sponsored a nationwide contest to find the real Kilroy, offering a prizeof a real trolley car to the person who could prove himself to be the genuine article. Almost 40 men stepped forward to make that claim, but only James Kilroy from Halifax , Massachusetts, had evidence of his identity. 'Kilroy' was a 46-year old shipyard worker during the war who worked as a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. His job was to go around and check on the number of rivets completed. Riveters were on piecework and got paid by the rivet. He would count a block of rivets and put a check mark in semi-waxed lumber chalk, so the rivets wouldn't be counted twice. When Kilroy went off duty, the riveters would erase the mark. Later on, an off-shift inspector would come through and count the rivets a second time, resulting in double pay for the riveters. One day Kilroy's boss called him into his office. The foreman was upset about all the wages being paid to riveters, and asked him to investigate. It was then he realized what had been going on. The tight spaces he had to crawl in to check the rivets didn't lend themselves to lugging around a paint can and brush, so Kilroy decided to stick with the waxy chalk. He continued to put his check mark on each job he inspected, but added 'KILROY WAS HERE' in king-sized letters next to the check, and eventually added the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the fence and that became part of the Kilroy message. Once he did that, the riveters stopped trying to wipe away his marks. Ordinarily the rivets and chalk marks would have been covered up with paint. With the war on, however, ships were leaving the Quincy Yard so fast that there wasn't time to paint them. As a result, Kilroy's inspection "trademark" was seen by thousands of servicemen who boarded the troopships the yard produced. His message apparently rang a bell with the servicemen, because they picked it up and spread it all over Europe and the South Pacific. Before war's end, "Kilroy" had been here, there, and everywhere on the long hauls to Berlin and Tokyo. To the troops outbound in those ships, however, he was a complete mystery; all they knew for sure was that someone named Kilroy had "been there first." As a joke, U.S. servicemen began placing the graffiti wherever they landed, claiming it was already there when they arrived. Kilroy became the U.S. super-GI who had always "already been" wherever GIs went. It became a challenge to place the logo in the most unlikely places imaginable (it is said to be atop Mt. Everest, the Statue of Liberty , the underside of the Arc de Triomphe, and even scrawled in the dust on the moon. As the war went on, the legend grew. Underwater demolition teams routinely sneaked ashore on Japanese-held islands in the Pacific to map the terrain for coming invasions by U.S. troops (and thus, presumably, were the first GI's there). On one occasion, however, they reported seeing enemy troops painting over the Kilroy logo! In 1945, an outhouse was built for the exclusive use of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Potsdam conference. Its' first occupant was Stalin, who emerged and asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is Kilroy?" To help prove his authenticity in 1946, James Kilroy brought along officials from the shipyard and some of the riveters. He won the trolley car, which he gave to his nine children as a Christmas gift and set it up as a playhouse in the Kilroy yard in Halifax, Massachusetts. And The Tradition Continues... EVEN Outside Osama Bin Laden's House!!!

Aphorisms of the year ... Thx Clay V!

I suppose you have seen several of these before--but might enjoy again.

APHORISMS FOR THE YEAR...

 

 

It's not whether you win or lose, But how you place the blame.   You are not drunk If you can lie on the floor Without holding on.   We have enough "youth".   How about a fountain of "smart"?   The original point and click interface Was a Smith & Wesson.   A Fool and his money can throw one heck of a party   When blondes have more fun,do they know it?   LEARN FROM YOUR PARENTS' MISTAKES USE BIRTH CONTROL   Money isn't everything, But it sure keeps the kids in touch.   Don't Drink and Drive You might hit a bump and spill something.   If at first you don't succeed Skydiving is not for you   We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.   Red meat is not bad for you Fuzzy green meat is bad for you.   Ninety-nine percent of all lawyers Give the rest a bad name.   Xerox and Wurlitzer will merge To produce reproductive organs.   Alabama state motto: At least we're not Mississippi   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO MATCH FOR NATURAL STUPIDITY.   The latest survey shows that Three out of four people make Up 75% of the population   "You know why a banana is like a politician?" "He comes in and first he is green, Then he turns yellow And then he's rotten."   "I think Congressmen should wear uniforms, You know, like NASCAR drivers, so we could Identify their corporate sponsors."

The reason Politicians try so hard to get re-elected is that they would 'hate' to have to make a living under the laws they've passed.

 

Newsweek- "Hit the Road, Barack!" ... Thx Lyle S!

"NEWSWEEK ON OBAMA" ... FINALLY!!!

 

 

 

 

Please open the attachment first!

 

 

 Better late than never 
 
Finally, Matt Patterson and Newsweek speak out about Obama.  This is timely and tough.  As many of you know, Newsweek has a reputation for being extremely liberal.  The fact that their editor saw fit to print the following article about Obama and the one that appears in the latest Newsweek,  makes this a truly amazing event, and a news story in and of itself. At last, the truth about our President and his agenda are starting to trickle through the �protective wall� built around him by the liberal media.
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I Too Have Become Disillusioned.

By Matt Patterson (columnist � opinion writer)
Years from now, historians may regard the 2008 election of Barack Obama as an inscrutable and disturbing phenomenon, the result of a baffling breed of mass hysteria akin perhaps to the witch craze of the Middle Ages.  How, they will wonder, did a man so devoid of professional accomplishment beguile so many into thinking he could manage the world's largest economy, direct the world's most powerful military, execute the world's most consequential job?

Imagine a future historian examining Obama's pre-presidential life:  ushered into and through the Ivy League, despite unremarkable grades and test scores along the way; a cushy non-job as a "community organizer;" a brief career as a state legislator devoid of legislative achievement (and in fact nearly devoid of his attention, so often did he vote "present"); and finally an unaccomplished single term in the United States Senate, the entirety of which was devoted to his presidential ambitions.
He left no academic legacy in academia, authored no signature legislation as a legislator.  And then there is the matter of his troubling associations:  the white-hating, America-loathing preacher who for decades served as Obama's "spiritual mentor";  a real-life, actual terrorist who served as Obama's colleague and political sponsor.  It is easy to imagine a future historian looking at it all and asking:  how on Earth was such a man elected president?
Not content to wait for history, the incomparable Norman Podhoretz addressed the question recently in the Wall Street Journal: To be sure, no white candidate who had close associations with an outspoken hater of America like Jeremiah Wright and an unrepentant terrorist like Bill Ayers, would have lasted a single day.  But because Mr. Obama was black, and therefore entitled in the eyes of liberal Dom to have hung out with protesters against various American injustices, even if they were a bit extreme, he was given a pass . Let that sink in:  Obama was given a pass - held to a lower standard - because of the color of his skin.

Podhoretz continues:  And in any case, what did such ancient history matter when he was also so articulate and elegant and (as he himself had said) "non-threatening," all of which gave him a fighting chance to become the first black president and thereby to lay the curse of racism to rest?
Podhoretz puts his finger, I think, on the animating pulse of the Obama phenomenon - affirmative action. Not in the legal sense, of course. But certainly in the motivating sentiment behind all affirmative action laws and regulations, which are designed primarily to make white people, and especially white liberals, feel good about themselves.

Unfortunately, minorities often suffer so that whites can pat themselves on the back.  Liberals routinely admit minorities to schools for which they are not qualified, yet take no responsibility for the inevitable poor performance and high drop-out rates which follow.  Liberals don't care if these minority students fail;  liberals aren't around to witness the emotional devastation and deflated self-esteem resulting from the racist policy that is affirmative action.  Yes, racist.  Holding someone to a separate standard merely because of the color of his skin - that's affirmative action in a nutshell,and if that isn't racism, then nothing is.

And that is what America did to Obama. True, Obama himself was never troubled by his lack of achievements, but why would he be?  As many have noted, Obama was told he was good enough for Columbia despite undistinguished grades at Occidental;  he was told he was good enough for the US Senate despite a mediocre record in Illinois;  he was told he was good enough to be president despite no record at all in the Senate.  All his life, every step of the way, Obama was told he was good enough for the next step, in spite of ample evidence to the contrary.
What could this breed if not the sort of empty narcissism on display every time Obama speaks? In 2008, many who agreed that he lacked executive qualifications nonetheless raved about Obama's oratory skills, intellect, and cool character. Those people � conservatives included - ought now to be deeply embarrassed.

The man thinks and speaks in the hoariest of clich�s, and that's when he has his Teleprompters in front of him;  when the prompter is absent he can barely think or speak at all.  Not one original idea has ever issued from his mouth - it's all warmed-over Marxism of the kind that  has failed over and over again for 100 years. (An example is his 2012 campaign speeches which are almost word for word his 2008 speeches)
And what about his character? Obama is constantly blaming anything and everything else for his troubles.  Bush did it; it was bad luck;  I inherited this mess.  Remember, he wanted the job, campaigned for the task.  It is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. (The other day he actually came out and said no one could have done anything to get our economy and country back on track.)  But really, what were we to expect? The man has never been responsible for anything, so how do we expect him to act responsibly?
In short: our president is a small-minded man, with neither the temperament nor the intellect to handle his job.  When you understand that, and only when you understand that, will the current erosion of liberty and prosperity make sense.  It could not have gone otherwise with such a man in the Oval Office.

 

SamKat's current rant

I am a Conservative Christian.  I am neither Republican nor Democrat.  I will be 81 years old in November.  I am becoming more forgetful and I am concerned.  Recently, I became dizzy and asked my wife to arrange a doctor's visit with our family doctor.  A druggist suggssted Bonine, which has definitely helped the dizziness.  Jeanie helps me as I write my books or blogs in remembering even simple things like common nouns, verbs, etc.  I have always had difficulty remembering  names.

I may soon see a neurologist for testing of dementia.  Whatever!  I don't care at all for the memory symptoms.  Most friends don't accept my explanation that my brains turned to kidneys when I turned seventy and I now only know when to pee (my bad joke, I hope).  If treatment may delay or prevent Alsheimers I am for it.  

I print a lot of the things I put onto my SamKat blog and take them to a good friend, since he isn't often on computer.  He is a long time Republican of the old school Republicans.  He claims that my copies have shown more hate and grouchiness in the last year.  I hope not, but if so, I apologize to any I may have offended.

I rationalize, but I claim that America's problem of two Americas, as Victor Davis Hanson writes it, is that our national media is far left and ignoring true reports and Conservative Christians are far right and wanting the facts.  I fit the latter group.  I see the problem further that most of my Republican friends are center politically, but they and we Tea Party people are letting the secular-progressives leftists have their way far too much.  I do not like the word 'hate' nor do I like the word 'racist'.

I do believe the current pusa is a black racist who wants to be the dictator of the world, not just of our wonderful country.  He is a heavily financed black-white, raised black, who doesn't believe in our Constitution or the American value system.  He certainly lacks qualifications to be our pusa and Commander in Chief.  His choices of leadership appointees also  lack qualifications our country needs so badly.  There are many other blacks who could have led so much more effectively without all the speeches, blustering, blaming,  and meaningless chatter. 

I believe the 86 % Americans who believe in God are composed of many who may be the key problem in letting the left wing fly the airplane which requires both wings.  We are in a spin for that reason and we need to pull out of it.  America is drifting, similar in a way which allows dictators  to take over country's governments.  It has happened throughout the history in which the USA has been in this world.  I think we have too literally disallowed talk of religion and politics in our social gatherings whether family, secular or religious.

One more thing regarding the possible imminent USA actions in Syria, I heard a conservative talk show host today on 98.9  FM, The Answer,  quote a respected friend of his who said that the current Syrian conflict has two sides: 1.) the Syrian, Hezbullah, and Russians on the government's side, and 2.) Alquaeda, islamic terrorists, and Muslims on the rebels' side.  I, personally want to risk no more of our service people in a confrontation where we cannot support a win for the USA .   To truly win the USA has to get in and stay in until peace and the rule of law, not sharia, can maintain a peacefiul society.  I hope we stay out of this one, especially since we have already waited too long.

SamKat

Ford answers Mac ... Thx good Christian friend, Bob G! Boy, do I love this!

 Windows vs. Ford Motor Co.

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

"If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, Ford issued a press release stating:

If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this):

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash.........twice a day.

2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. 

3... Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4.... Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 

5..... Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6...... The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light. 

I love the next one!

7....... The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8........ Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna. 

9......... Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10.......... You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. 

PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call "customer service" in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer!

Oldie but goodie ... Thx Clay V! Says a lot I have had on my mind lately!

Another “oldie but goodie” that has been around; another good read.
 

 I grew up with practical parents. A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen before they had a name for it. A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.

Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away.

I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things. A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.

It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.

But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return.. So... While we have it..... it's best we love it.... And care for it... And fix it when it's broken......... And heal it when it's sick.

This is true. For marriage....... And old cars..... And children with bad report cards..... And dogs with bad hips.... And aging parents...... And grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.

There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special........ And so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in the same way... Now it's your turn to send this to those people that are "keepers" in your life. Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep them close!

When you die, 10 things GOD won't ask you:

1..... God won't ask what kind of car you drove. He'll ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation..

2..... God won't ask the square footage of your house, He'll ask how many people you welcomed into your home.

3..... God won't ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He'll ask how many you helped to clothe.

4..... God won't ask what your highest salary was. He'll ask if you compromised your character to obtain it.

5..... God won't ask what your job title was. He'll ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability.

6..... God won't ask how many friends you had. He'll ask how many people to whom you were a friend.

7..... God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, He'll ask how you treated your neighbors.

8..... God won't ask about the color of your skin, He'll ask about the content of your character.

9..... God won't ask why it took you so long to find Him and ask Him into your house, He'll lovingly take you to heaven and not to the gates of Hell.

10..... God won't have to ask how many people you forwarded this to, He already knows your decision.

 

Video- Wildlife ... Thx Ex-Sgt. L of the US Marines and Mound Park Urchin fame!!

>     Video by Scott McKinley Productions, Produced for Rocky Mountain Elk
> Foundation for Ad campaign. Licensed music by Kenny G.. This short video
> won Grand Prize - Best of Show at International Wildlife Film Festival in
> Missoula Montana! The majority was shot on location in Yellowstone National
> Park, Grand Teton National Park and The National Elk Refuge in Jackson
> Hole, Wyoming.
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