An acquaintance of ours just paid several thousand dollars for his
14th horse. He just recently complained that he can't afford to buy
health insurance for his family. JD, maybe you can explain to me what
it is about horses that puts them ahead of a family. I'm NOT saying
you do, but this guy does. My wife suggested that he sell one of them
and buy health insurance, He looked at her as if she had told him to
eat them.

On another health insurance issue, a local Catholic hospital, St.
Joseph's tried to ship a legal immigrant from Honduras back to her
home country because she fell into a coma while giving birth and does
not have health insurance. The government can't deport her because she
is here legally, but the hospital determined they could because she
could not pay for treatment. Her family claims being sent to a
Honduras hospital would be a certain death sentence and obtained an
injunction to give them time to come up with some way to pay. There
will be a hearing shortly to determine if the injunction should be
permanent.

Bob G

Paul Newman, the actor, developed various salad dressings. We were given a
bottle by an American visitor. The dressing was good. Looking into the
company that make the dressing we found that the sole owner was Paul Newman.
Mr Newman after taxes donates all profits to various charities he has in
fact given away over $150,000,000 from his enterprise. His primary donations
are to children's charities.

I should add that Mr Newman is a employee of this company. He draws the
magnificent sum of ONE Dollar a year, claims no business expenses or other
perks. How selfish of him to make other wealthy people look bad.

If you like salad dressings give Newman's Own a try

Dont want to be a bother to anyone? Assuming you have folks you son't
wat to bother. Then shut up and just lie there like the nice corpse you
will be. Funerals are really for those left behind. For the living.
Some are in direct proportion to the guilt feelings of how you were
treated when you were still around. Some kin are so devastated,it would
be a good idea to have a sketch of a plan for them to follow.
Others don't want you controlling anything at all. The only thing that
looks like a good idea to me is : Dont buy a cemetary plot, until you
are on your last legs. Otherwise, you don't know where you will be
when you check out, nor what the needs might be then. I had a friend
whose child was in a foreign country when she fell off a cliff.
(mystery) The legal restraints, the requirements...

Brought Forward, as I just noticed the post from nearly a week ago...

"Graham" wrote in message
news:68df3sF2s5ip4U1@mid.individual.net...

As I have often sent out posts that contain YouTube URL's.....

*"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific
advances.
-- Dr. Lee DeForest, "Father of Radio &Grandfather of Television."

"The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives."
-- Admiral William Leahy, US Atomic Bomb Project

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."
-- Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers ."
-- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the
best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't
last out the year."
-- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

"But what .. is it good for?" commenting on the microchip.
-- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,

"640K of computer memory ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981

May 11, 2008

Why Has John McCain Abandoned the American Soldier?

By John Eskow

George Bush, Dick Cheney, and John McCain are sending a razor-sharp
message to the fighting men and women of America.

It's underlined again in bright, fresh, blood-red every time a tank in
Bahgdad is blown up by an IED and shrapnel rips into another soldier's
flesh.

It's written in script-letters of grimy dust along the floors and
walls of fly-infested VA hospitals.

It's spelled out in the invisible ink of the GI Bill that's still not
passed -- the critically-important Webb/Hagel bill, sponsored by two
gutsy Senators (and veterans) with the courage not to quit in the face
of cold-blooded Bush/McCain resistance.

That secret message is everywhere the American soldier and veteran
looks nowadays.

But it's a secret message that's not really all that secret -- it goes
something like this:

pssst.

It’s time to treat yourself, or partner, to something special this
new year. Drop by our store, we have thousands of adult toys and DVD’s
to choose from. Enhance your sexual pleasure with something from our
store.

Remember that at Dark Star Adult Novelties……..
We cater to the sexual side of your human being

Have A Great Day….Dark Star

http://www.darkstaradultnovelties.com

Everyone hear about the student that may sue the school for throwing a
Mexican flag in the trash in Idaho?

How many of you know that another teacher desecrated an American flag
during the same incident? The national news seems to omit small
details like this.

http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/05/10/news/local_state/136446.txt

The student, who has also accused Straatman of making racially
offensive comments, had brought the flag to school to mark Cinco de
Mayo, a Mexican holiday. Following that incident, another teacher, Dan
Luker, reportedly desecrated an American flag in the office of a
school administrator in protest. Both teachers have been suspended for
the remainder of the school year.

"Anne Jackson" zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3130303034323630482733BA84@zetnet.co.uk...

Knowing that Ben & Jerry's is very socially conscious, and donates a
percentage of their profits to worthwhile organizations and
progressive causes makes their announcement(below) palatable.
However, there is a part of me saying, "WTF?".

"When Ben & Jerry’s wanted to talk about peace, we couldn’t think of a
better person to exemplify the message than John Lennon. Through his
art and lyrics he imagined a world without war and asked us all to
‘Give Peace a Chance’. We hope this whirly mixture of toffee cookies
and fudge peace signs enlightens your bellies and souls and makes you
ask what you can do to promote peace in your lives."

INGREDIENTS: Cream, Water, Skim Milk, Liquid Sugar, Sugar, Wheat
Flour, Egg Yolks, Coconut Oil, Butter, Brown Sugar, Corn Syrup, Egg,
Milk, Natural Flavor, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk, Cocoa (Processed
With Alkali), Salt, Baking Soda, Vanilla Extract, Guar Gum, Corn
Starch, Almond, Soya Lecithin, Carrageenan

ALLERGY INFO: The Fudge Peace Sign Pieces Are Manufactured On
Equipment That Also Processes Peanuts And Tree Nuts.

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If you remember the Sixties, you WERE there: