Saturday 16 May 2009
Those Born 1930-1979..........
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank Kool-aid made with sugar, but we were not overweight because, WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Play Stations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
If YOU are one of them...CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good...
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their/our parents were.
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
H/T Shelly
Light News....
MPs' expenses: No hiding place for Mr Speaker as cross-party push builds for Martin to go by next week. Chuck him out.
MPs' expenses: Yes we can put them before a jury, say top lawyers. Good.
Bailed-out bank UBS gives staff a 50% pay increase. They haven't learned a thing.
Taxman can use database of ID cards to track our spending habits and bank accounts. They can piss right off.
Coming to a town near you, the new breed of 'super rat' with poison-resistant DNA. Westminster is already overrun with them.
From choo-choo to bridal train: A soot-covered Jeremy Clarkson gatecrashes Scottish wedding. Dirty bugger.
James May's Plasticine Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2009. Should be fun.
Countryside Alliance calls for children to be taught about blood sports. Great idea.
Iraq's fledgeling navy takes possession of its first naval patrol boat. Captain Arab!
and finally....
Lewis might as well be in a wheelbarrow. Clarkypoos on F1.
Bra Boosts Cleavage When Women Desire Intercourse. (H/T JMH)
Masanobu Sato wins masturbating event yet again. (H/T Filippo)
Pelosi 5.0.................
Does Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi think the American people are stupid or is she just A LYING HYPOCRITE?
It is now all but obvious that Pelosi not only knew about the enhanced interrogation techniques being used by U.S. intelligence officials on terrorist detainees in the aftermath of 9-11…
…but Pelosi seemingly condoned the harsh interrogations as far back as 2002.
As first reported by The Washington Post back in December 2007, a group of lawmakers, including Pelosi, “was given a virtual tour of the CIA's overseas detention sites and the harsh techniques interrogators had devised to try to make their prisoners talk."
“Among the techniques described, said two officials present, was waterboarding. … no objections were raised. Instead, at least two lawmakers in the room asked the CIA to push harder, two U.S. officials said.”
In the same Post article, one U.S. official present during the early briefings stated:
"[T]here was no objecting, no hand-wringing. The attitude was, 'We don't care what you do to those guys as long as you get the information you need to protect the American people.' "
Yet Pelosi – who is now second in the Presidential line of succession – continues to try to weasel her way out of public scrutiny as SHE PUTS POLITICS AHEAD OF OUR NATION’S SECURITY.
As she ramps up calls to investigate, prosecute and even jail Bush Justice Department officials and U.S. intelligence agents who were following orders and working to prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Pelosi has the audacity to look the American people in the eye and seemingly lie about what she knew and when she knew it.
Back in April of 2007, Pelosi accused then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of lying and demanded his RESIGNATION.
"… Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has lost the trust of the American people. The nation cannot have a chief law enforcement officer whose candor and judgment are in serious question. The president should restore credibility to the office of the attorney general. Alberto Gonzales must resign."
Pelosi was right about what should happen when the American people lose trust in our nation’s leaders. So to her statement, we would like to add the following:
By her actions, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has lost the trust of the American people. The nation cannot have a Speaker of the House – a person who, by law, stands right behind the Vice-President in the presidential line of succession – whose candor and judgment are in serious question. Credibility must be restored to the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi MUST RESIGN.
PELOSI SET THE STANDARD; SHE MUST NOW SET THE EXAMPLE AND LIVE UP TO IT.
She cannot credibly join extreme leftists in Congress and call for "investigations" and "hearings" into the aggressive interrogation techniques used against terrorist detainees and jeopardize our national security and potentially put the lives of innocent Americans at risk... now that it is known that she was FULLY BRIEFED and RAISED NO OBJECTIONS MORE THAN 7 YEARS AGO.
Her lack of "candor" in the matter simply CANNOT be tolerated.
Nancy Pelosi MUST RESIGN.
H/T Shelly
CIA director says Pelosi received the truth.
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How very Chicago.........by Rico
It just seems so Chicago! But in a sick Kafkaesque, Obama-style Democratic (C) corrupticrat way.
In a city notorious for Democratic (C) "machine" politics where the dead regularly exercise their civic duty to not just vote, but to vote early, often, and as many times as possible...it is NOT a huge surprise to find that millions of dollars* in "stimuless" checks have been written to those selfless dead people.
Truly the Chicago way, just with the financial straight razor having been keenly stropped by Team Obama.
Yeah, that hopey-changey-dopey vote some cast in haste will be enjoyed by many more at leisure now!
*stimuless=It used to be YOUR money, but it's in someone else's pocket now. Suckers!!!!!
Friday 15 May 2009
Silly Game of the Day......
...with the Ashes coming up I thought a repost would be appropriate. Ignore the 'competition over' bit as this was originally posted last time the Aussies were in town. It still plays and is good fun.
Bring it On
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Light News...
Bring them to justice! The Mail helps to launch campaign to prosecute sleaze MPs. Jail them.
Greedy bankers 'just waiting to reboard the bonus gravy train'. Not this time.
Police chief's war on waste to put 20,000 bobbies back on the beat. Then do it.
Spanish cities top league for cocaine-laced air. WTF!!
Army forced to use 'obsolescent' kit on front line, MPs says. Get rid of the MoD and let the military equip themselves.
Zimbabwe detains human rights lawyer. Not much change there then
RAF to get third batch of Eurofighter jets. Should have had them years ago.
Death knell for hunting ban as police abandon monitoring operations. Tally Ho!!
Leon Panetta's mission to stop Israel bombing Iranian nuclear plant. Spoilsport.
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Thursday 14 May 2009
Geoff Burch - Business Guru
Geoff Burch, the international business guru and speaker, is running a virtual seminar next Tuesday. Designed to attract business leaders in Scotland, anyone can register here.
Headlines.....
Ryanair to charge for not flying Ryanair.
Hansard set to publish leaked details of journalists expense claims.
Swine flu cured by media attention on MPs expenses.
H/T DML
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