"Quickies - Vol. 133"
Martin Luther King Jr. .......................
"We have guided missiles and misguided men."
Editor's note : Diplomacy is the key.
Note to Dems................
Kick out the Donkey and fly in the Eagle.
You're welcome. [:-)
Poverty........................
Overall, the US Poverty rate hit an 11 year high of 13.2%, while the number of Americans receiving food stamps rose 13%. [:-[
Source : US Census Bureau.
Two jocks..............
Jerry : Why Minnesota?
Brett : "It's a Favre, Favre better thing I do, than I have ever done before." [:-0
This just in..............
Virginia was the source of 372 guns used to commit crimes in NYCity last year, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Weapons from Georgia, Ohio and South Carolina were linked to hundreds of crimes in 2008.
Editor's note : Guns don't kill people - bullets kill people. [:-[
2009 Noble Peace Prize...............
Won by President Obama. Now please, bring on the jobs! Thank you.
The way it is...........
NY has set new records for the number of homeless people and families sleeping in shelters. The Dept. of Homeless Services counted 39, 243 people sleeping in shelters at the end of September, up 11% from a year earlier - including 10,494 homeless families. [:-[
Source : NY Daily News. Adam Lisberg.
The way it is.............................
Pfizer's Pharmacia & Upjohn unit were ordered to pay 1.2 billion dollars criminal fine and forfeit 105 million dollars for misbranding medicines said the Justice Dept. [:-[
The House.........
Passed a cap and trade emissions plan in June. It's fate in the Senate is not clear. How sad is that?
Editor's note : If you're not thinking GREEN, you're not thinking.
The European Commission..............
Will soon ban the international sale of Atlantic bluefin tuna, Mediterranean species depleted by decades of OVERFISHING.
Editor's note : Sprawl : To kill our wildlife and rape our wilderness. [:-[
F.Y.I. ..................................
Hall of Famers; Richie Ashburn, Yogi Berra, Gary Carter, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn and Ricky Henderson, all played for, The NY Mets. [:-)
We need jobs...............
In 1946 Congress passed the Employment Act, and in 1978 Congress passed the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act. Soo, please, bring on the jobs!
Best Wishes,
Jerry
JerrySatire@aol.com
www.Lampoon.net
Best Wishes Always - Jerry.