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Good news - bad news. . .
The good news is Halliburton will make extra big bucks rebuilding New Orleans because President Bush suspended the federal wage protection law. The bad news is workers will receive less pay to rebuild New Orleans because President Bush suspended the federal wage protection law. Republicans are saying;
"It works out, because, you know, these workers are poor, anyway." [:-[
This just in. . .
No one can explain how President Bush wound up with defective bullet proof vests. Holy Holes!
Could this be an act of Intelligent Design? [:-0
Two friends @ McDonald's. . .
Sad Sam : I wanted to give him the Hemlock maneuver.
Jerry : You mean, Heimlick maneuver.
Sad Sam : No, I mean Hemlock maneuver. I hate the SOB. [:-0
New book. . .
"Insult to Injury" by Ray Bourhis. "I've got nothing against profits, but they are not supposed to be made by lying, cheating, and defrauding people - by destroying their lives." -
Ray Bourhis.
This just in. . .
No truth to the rumor that medical records say Arafat died from chicken soup. {:-0
My friend Sad Sam. . .
"I told my new girlfriend that I'm a leg man, so for my birthday she gave me a tarantular." [:-0
The compassionate folks. . .
The Bush administration said it will not join the Ottawa Treaty that bans landmines. US landmines are present in 29 countries. Landmines kill as many as 10,000 civilians a year. [:-[
You won't hear this on Fox News. . .
Americans are 5% of the world's population but we consume 25% of the world's oil. Could we be a tad spoiled? [:-[
Conservative William Bennett. . .
"If you wanted to reduce crime, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down." Hmm? I know it would be an impossible, ridiculous and morally reprehensible thing to do, but if we wanted to reduce corporate fraud in America, we could abort every white baby in the country and this crime would go down. [:-)
This just in. . .
World famous author Stu Stroganoff has died in Africa, after a long meal. His best selling work, "The Cannibal Cookbook for Dummies" sold millions of copies. Dinner guests said Mr. Stroganoff had a delicious sense of humor and a scrumptious rump roast. [:-0
This just in. . .
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist ; "I had no information about HCA or its performance that was not publicly available when I directed the trustees to sell the stock." So there we have it.
It was just a coincidence that within days of the sale, the stock dropped almost $5 a share on a weak earnings report. [:-)
NY Daily News writer Bill Hammond. . .
"The richest society on the planet can't figure out how to care for its elders without resorting to routine and possibly illegal exploitation of low-income workers." [:-[
Atrophy. . .
"Democracy is like a muscle, use it or lose it."
- Philosopher Robert Spinelli. [:-)
The make believe President. . .
President Geena said today she is tired of people calling her the TV Commander-in-Chief.
"I'm as real as you know who and I actually read" said MS Davis. People say they only see me on ABC, but do I take 5 week vacations? Does my VP disappear for months @ a time? You won't catch me listening to children recite, "My Pet Goat" during a crises. Pleeeease." [:-)
See the movie. . .
"The Constant Gardener" from a novel by John le Carre'.
NYTimes writer Paul Krugman. . .
"Consider this: in the US, unlike any other advanced country, many people fail to receive basic health care because they can't afford it. Lack of health insurance kills many more Americans each year than Katrina and 911 combined." Note : Poverty has increased in the US in each of the last four years. {:-[
Herman Melville. . .
"We cannot live our lives for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results." [:-)
George Orwell. . .
"On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time." [:-)
Muhammad Ali. . .
"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
This just in. . .
President Bush has named White House counsel Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court.
Conservatives and Republicans are not exactly thrilled with this news. Will the President pick someone else? Will VP Cheney tell us it's time to leave Iraq? I don't think so. [:-)
Frank Sinatra once sang. . .
"In the wee small hours of the morning, that's the time you miss her, most of all."
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