"Quickies - Vol. 124"
Afghanistan.....................
Recently, Afghan President Hamid Karzai denounced a US operation that killed more than a dozen civiliansin his country. Karzai said, the killing of innocent bystanders "is strengthening the terrorists."
Editor's note : Hello?
"Your Government Failed You"..................
New book by Richard A. Clarke ; "We must refocus our efforts on countering Islamist extremists, chiefly through NONMILITARY means, helping our friends whenever possible with law enforcement and intelligence and as they develop an ideological counterweight to the al Qaeda movement." - Richard A. Clarke. Editor's note : Send more troops to Afghanistan???
Vanessa Redgrave...........
"The most important thing to treasure, to be defended and advocated and followed scrupulously, is international human rights law, as being the highest law there is to date, superseding sovereignty." [:-)
Howard Zinn...................
"We need to assert our allegiance to the human race, and not to any one nation." [:-)
Voltaire..................
"It is forbidden to kill ; therefore all murders are punished - unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
Senator George McGovern............
"Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of blood." - Sept. 1, 1970.
Editor's note : Send more troops to Afghanistan???
General Omar Bradley.............
"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
Around the world & up your block.............
- Puerto Rican Crested Toad ; about 500 to 2,000 wild and 400 captive.
- Fringed Campion ; about 5,500 to 10,700 patches.
- Masked Bobwhite ; nearly extinct in the wild, 700 captive.
- Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly ; about 300 wild and 4,000 captive.
- Texas Blind Salamander ; 150 captive, around 100 to 1,000 wild.
- Hawaiian Goose ; Around 2,000 wild, 100 captive.
Sprawl : To kill our wildlife & rape our wilderness. [:-[
Note this.................
- 60% of US companies pay no income tax at all.
- Wal-Mart heirs are worth $62,300,000 - and no unions in sight.
- Halliburton is building 14 permanent military bases in Iraq.
- Corporate polluters hired, Beckett Brown International to spy on environmental and animal rights groups.
Send in the clowns.................
Am I the only one who thinks that Sean Hennity resembles Lou Costello [Abbott & Costello]?
And, with all due respect to Lou, I find Sean to be much, much funnier. [:-)
Talking Block Head.................
"I never met a happy liberal." - Rush Limbach
Editor's note : Gee Rush - Were you out of the country on Inauguration Day? LOL.
Ravi Shankar.............
"No, seriously, love is the most important thing." [:-)
Kris Kristofferson...............
"The heart is what matters most of all." [:-) Editor's note : Happy St. Valentine's Day!!
Ted Kennedy...............
"Do all you can to see that government works for the people, to make the lives of Americans better." [:-)
Helping.....................
The Bill & Milinda Gates Foundation said it would increase its charitable giving this year to $ 3.8 Billion from $ 3.3 Billion in 2008. [:-)
NYTimes, Bob Herbert...................
"This is the party [GOP] that preached fiscal discipline and then cut taxes in time of war. This is the party that still wants to put the torch to Social Security and Medicare. This is the party that, given a choice between Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, would choose Ronald Reagan in a heartbeat. Why is anyone listening [to the GOP] ?" [:-)
Love is funny or it's sad, but beautiful.........
Roses are red - Violets are blue - table for one - instead of two. [:-[
You've Got Mail..................
Jerry - You're breaking my heart. - Big Ed. LOL.
Best Wishes,
Jerry
JerrySatire@aol.com
www.Lampoon.net
Best Wishes Always - Jerry.
