February 6, 2012
Archive for the ‘America’ Category.
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December 7, 2011
FW: The Day that Shall Live in Infamy
A tribute to all those who fought and died 70 years ago at Pearl Harbor!
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November 11, 2011
FW: What Do You Stand For?
For all Veterans! Happy Veteran’s day.
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November 1, 2011
FW: The Governor’s Wife
There is a cute story told about the Governor of Texas, then Mark White.
Governor White and his wife were driving through the open Texas countryside one-day, out for a relaxing drive and talk.
The couple happened to be around the area where Mrs. White grew up, and as they pulled into a gas station to fuel up and check out the car, Mark noticed a little nervousness with his wife. He didn’t say anything, but when the gas station attendant came out to their car, Mark began to notice what was really going on. Both his wife and the attendant looked surprised to see each other, and they acted with that awkwardness that two people have when they’ve been close in the past, but weren’t anymore.
Governor White pretended not to notice this. They finished at the gas station and continued back down the highway. The car fell silent and neither said a word. For a long time they remained silent, and all the while Mrs. White kept looking out the window, staring off out into the distance. Mark was considerate and patient with this silence, and he continued to drive in the silence. But after the silence had gone on for almost an hour, he interrupted, trying to break the silence.
“Honey, I couldn’t help but notice how you and that gas station attendant looked at each other. You were involved with each other at one point, weren’t you,” he asked?
“Well, yea,” She responded, quietly.
“Well, I guess I know how you feel. You were probably thinking about that and needed some space, right,” he continued?
“Yea,” she said again.
“I guess you were probably thinking about how different your two lives had become. I guess you were thinking that if you had married him, then you’d be the wife of a gas station attendant now, instead of my wife. Right,” he said?
“Well, No. Actually I was thinking that he’d be the governor now.”
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October 24, 2011
FW: Visualizing America’s Debt
Ever wondered what 114.5 trillion look like? This should put it into perspective!
One Hundred Dollars
$100 – Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving.
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Ten Thousand Dollars
$10,000 – Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth.
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One Million Dollars
$1,000,000 – Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth.
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One Hundred Million Dollars
$100,000,000 – Plenty to go around for everyone. Fits nicely on an ISO/Military standard sized pallet.
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One Billion Dollars
$1,000,000,000 – You will need some help when robbing the bank. Now we are getting serious!
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One Trillion Dollars
$1,000,000,000,000 - When the U.S government speaks about a 1.7 trillion deficit – this is the volumes of cash the U.S. Government borrowed in 2010 to run itself.
Keep in mind it is double stacked pallets of $100 million dollars each, full of $100 dollar bills. You are going to need a lot of trucks to freight this around.
If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now…but ~$700 billion – same amount the banks got during bailout.
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One Trillion Dollars
Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard-sized American Football field and European Football field. Say hello to the Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner that’s hiding on the right. This was until recently the biggest passenger plane in the world.
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15 Trillion Dollars
$15,000,000,000,000 – Unless the U.S. government fixes the budget, US national debt (credit bill) will top 15 trillion by Christmas 2011.
Statue of Liberty seems rather worried as United States national debt passes 20% of the entire world’s combined GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In 2011 the National Debt will exceed 100% of GDP, and venture into the 100%+ debt-to-GDP ratio that the European PIIGS have (bankrupting nations).
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114.5 Trillion Dollars
$114,500,000,000,000. – U.S. unfunded liabilities. To the right you can see the pillar of cold hard $100 bills that dwarfs the WTC & Empire State Building – both at one point world’s tallest buildings. If you look carefully you can see the Statue of Liberty.
The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Programme, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions. It is the money USA knows it will not have to pay all its bills.
If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill; you are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back. The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them, this is what the U.S. Government has done while serving The People.
The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding inputs, and future demographic shifts in US Population.
Note: On the above 114.5 trillion image the size of the base of the money pile is half a trillion, not 1 trillion as on 15 trillion image. The height is doubled. This was done to reflect the base of the Empire State building and the World Trade Center more closely.
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October 21, 2011
FW: Halloween Obama Style
T’was the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down
I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
tired of political clap-trap
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out my window
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
‘On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi’
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause
And as they flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think
On this one final note—
IF YOU DON’T WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE !!!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA , OUR ONLY HOPE!
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September 23, 2011
FW: Lithuanian Mayor Crushes Illegally Parked Mercedes with Tank
They should definitely should do this in New York City!
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September 15, 2011
FW: Mitt Romney is so Mormon
Some of these are inside humor for the Mormon crowd, but the rest are quite funny! It will be interesting to see if Mitt’s religion will play that big of a factor if he wins the G.O.P. nominee.
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September 12, 2011
FW: After Thoughts on September 11, 2001
On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools.
On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying.
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On Monday there were people who were trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and creed.
On Tuesday they were all holding hands.
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On Monday we thought that we were secure.
On Tuesday we learned better.
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On Monday we were talking about heroes as being athletes.
On Tuesday we re-learned what hero meant.
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On Monday people went to work at the world trade centers as usual.
On Tuesday they died.
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On Monday people were fighting the 10 commandments on government property.
On Tuesday the same people all said ‘God help us all’ while thinking ‘Thou shall not kill.’
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On Monday people argued with their kids about picking up their room.
On Tuesday the same people could not get home fast enough to hug their kids.
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On Monday people picked up McDonalds for dinner.
On Tuesday they stayed home.
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On Monday people were upset that their dry cleaning was not ready on time.
On Tuesday they were lining up to give blood for the dying.
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On Monday politicians argued about budget surpluses.
On Tuesday grief-stricken they sang ‘God Bless America.’
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On Monday we worried about the traffic and getting to work late.
On Tuesday we worried about a plane crashing into your house or place of business.
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On Monday we were irritated that our rebate checks had not arrived.
On Tuesday we saw people celebrating people dying in the USA.
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On Monday some children had solid families.
On Tuesday they were orphans.
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On Monday the president was going to Florida to read to children.
On Tuesday he returned to Washington to protect our children.
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On Monday we emailed jokes.
On Tuesday we did not.
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It is sadly ironic how it takes horrific events to place things into perspective, but it has. The lessons learned this week, the things we have taken for granted, the things that have been forgotten or overlooked, hopefully will never be forgotten again.
On Monday – pray and be thankful
On Tuesday – pray and be thankful
On Wednesday – pray and be thankful
On Thursday – pray and be thankful
On Friday – pray and be thankful
On Saturday – pray and be thankful
On Sunday – pray and be thankful
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September 11, 2011
FW: September 11—The 10 Year Anniversary
One of the most pivotal events in world history. Its impact will be felt for years to come. America must never forget this day.
