What to take to bed - NOT A JOKE

What to take to bed with you - not a joke. Pretty neat idea. Never thought of it before. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime. P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him..... He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem. Please pass this on even IF you've read it before. It's a reminder.

 

Good Riddance

SO LONG ARIZONA

Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona 's controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere.

In the small town of Guadalupe, AZ, south of Phoenix , Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving.

As he loaded his car with his belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter "It's a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!"

The effects of the exodus are being felt by Arizona retailers, who are reporting dwindling sales of beer, spray paint, and ammunition.

Also hit hard are the states hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits.

Tattoo parlors are in a state of panic.

Renaldo told a reporter through an interpreter that he and his family are moving to California , a Democratic state that will support him and his family with dignity!

Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it!

Classroom socialism modeled after the "workers' paradise" of the soviet union and east germany dictatorships.

 

Classroom Socialism When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Is this man truly a genius? Checked out and this is true...it DID happen! An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.* Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither could I. *That's the general idea – so a very few can control all the workers, all the people, all the wealth, and become "Czars" themselves, ruling over the proletariat. Look at Russia or rather the USSR - & others. STUDY HISTORY!!!

 

Norwegian Math Test…

A Norwegian fella wants a job, but the foreman won’t hire him until he passes a little math test.
Here is your first question, the foreman said.  ‘Without using numbers, represent the number 9.’

‘Witout numbers?’  The Norwegian says, ‘Dat’s easy.’ and proceeds to draw three trees.

‘What’s this?’ the boss asks.
‘Vot! You got no brain?  Tree and tree and tree make nine,’ says the Norwegian.   
‘Fair enough,’ says the boss.  ‘Here’s your second question.  Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.’
The Norwegian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree.

‘Dar ya go.’

The boss scratches his head and says, ‘How on earth do you get that to represent 99?’

'You must be from Iowa ??? ‘Each of DA trees is dirty now.  So, it’s dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree.  Dat is 99.’ 

The boss is getting worried that he’s going to actually have to hire this Norwegian, so he says, ‘All right,

last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100.’
The Norwegian fella stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little

mark at the base of each tree and says, ‘Dar ya go.  Von hundred.’

The boss looks at the attempt.  ‘You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!’
The Norwegian winces and shakes his head???UFF-DAH???you must be a Finlander from Iowa??? He leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, ‘A little dog come along and pooped by each tree.   So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, vich makes von hundred. So, ven do I start?’

TweetDeck

One of the nicest features of TweetDeck is its Global Filter that allows you to keep you stream clean by creating a list of users who are vile, insane, boring, spamming, etc.  This is my latest list, feel free to copy if you want a clean stream:

@decitect, @the__forest, @diggerdoggg, @fucktardjayhawk, @_sarah_palin, @joewo, @beechbum, @blackjedi50, @rwnj_, @stoprickperry2, @bluedupage, @snarkomarx, @thefuminglib, @loonylaura, @yodasworld, @mikebardenkraap, @polymath22, @lavionne, @dm286, @reverendsue, @liberalheathen, @onerudefucker, @twit_ster, @djmcs111, @kickasstweets_, @maliheh_, @mattmurray77, @ljsearles, @wary12, @thatsnothandy, @octoagw, @milo9, @calvindean, @majorlizusa, @sandray8s, @wyjkd, @dsurman, @iam_seanbond, @housebitchtim, @steffy7680, @tusk81, @liberal_man, @lichenblu, @tlw3, @drsherrill, @garak99, @molinelobo, @rickstersays, politicolnews, @penowski, @stoopidproof, @rexisnotmydog, @chairmanben, @notopalins, @rickyspitfire, @gemimms, @memimemimy, @az_cynic, @ukradar, @crashthegop, @progressivetex, @conceptguerilla, @fecund124, @boydunemployed, @inapropriate4fb, @sgbz, @real_bachmann, @mrpapaya, @geoff9cow, @douchebreitbart, @pollbuster, @brassnucklez, @leroymitch, @ericgrant, @jphstealthc, @mwm4444, @flyingfree333, @imamuggerhugger, @kclarkusa, @seedsown, @sarahpainusa, @realfakepatriot, @whitepatriotgal, @bruskiz, @jebocanegra1, @freemaninky, @kllgg, @siameesecities, @meatbrain, @georasxaoxd8, @kristinblowhard, @ultrapeanut, @jayshemwell, @exposerwnjs, @realbrother0003, @bluetrooth, @drmatthew, vfw_vet, @ltlredx, @expedience2, @heathenshighway, @mattison, @dakgirl, @dufus, @withyobadself, @raindrops_sf, @michaeltheonel, @oxyteabagger, @casious1964, @craftyme25, @bellablueskye, @bill1phd, @fuckconservativ, @soliditary, @chesterdegrasse, @commiemartyrs, @blink_the_clown, @onerudefucker, @shivabeach, @top20reos, @kisco75, @jazgar, @nnomad_, @ezkool, @paulfreid, @paulfreed, @emperor_bob, @thedavidgs, @gregwbankrupt, @sloopydrew, @oxyconservative, @iephuh, @art2u2, @novenator, @drdigipol, @jolinastar, @its_our_choice, @_gregwhoward, @redscarebot, @achura, @pittgirly, @louvice, @watergirl95, @sandinbrick, @shannon_ahern, @rocky1542, @mdrfl, @wre1948, @sindad1, @thechickabides, @navdoc3rdmar, @politicalbee, @mother_rell, @socooked, @hardknoxfirst, @mccollin2010, @caregiver55, @ghostdansing, @anarchytweet, @barbiesnow, @antiwacko, @cody_k, @progressiveman7, @whumba, @salleegal, @queerjohnpa, @1kecko

Top Ten Reasons You Might Be a Photographer

Top Ten Reasons You Might Be a Photographer

10.  You have nightmares of people using the “P mode”  we won’t even talk about the “green mode.”  That’s just too scary.

9.  30,000 family photos neatly categorized in Lightroom.  Zero photos of you.

8.  When at a car dealership, you translate the price of a car in your head to “Six 5D Mark II’s.”  Your last power bill cost two monopods.

7.  Touchdown plays are somewhat distracting because you can see the white glass on the sidelines

6.  You are frequently greeted with “What are you taking a picture of?!?” instead of “hello.”

5.  You’d rather buy the shirt that more closely resembles 18% gray

4.  Your carry-on is heavier than your checked bags

3.  You describe disgusting old dilapidated barns as “beautiful”  (via Lori Anderson)

2.  Number of lenses > Pairs of shoes you own (Carsten Deutschmann)

1.  You actually believe a wizard could fit in your pocket

 

A Great Speech on the Debt Limit

Here’s the speech every Republican should make as they vote against a debt ceiling increase:

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.

Over the past 5 years, our federal debt has increased by $3.5 trillion to $8.6 trillion.  That is “trillion” with a “T.” That is money that we have borrowed from the Social Security trust fund, borrowed from China and Japan, borrowed from American taxpayers. And over the next 5 years, between now and 2011, the President’s budget will increase the debt by almost another $3.5 trillion.

Numbers that large are sometimes hard to understand. Some people may wonder why they matter. Here is why: This year, the Federal Government will spend $220 billion on interest. That is more money to pay interest on our national debt than we’ll spend on Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. That is more money to pay interest on our debt this year than we will spend on education, homeland security, transportation, and veterans benefits combined. It is more money in one year than we are likely to spend to rebuild the devastated gulf coast in a way that honors the best of America.

And the cost of our debt is one of the fastest growing expenses in the Federal budget. This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and States of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees; robbing our families and our children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on.

Every dollar we pay in interest is a dollar that is not going to investment in America’s priorities.

Who said this?  Sen. Barack Obama, on the Senate floor in 2006.  Let us now follow Sen. Obama’s fine example.

From Power Line blog.

 

POST TURTLE!

YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE THIS RANCHER'S OUTLOOK & COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO LIFE. While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man...Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his role as our president. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'Post Turtle''. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him, what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'. The old rancher saw the puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued to explain. ' "You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, he's elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with."