"Words to live by"

[Iben1]

I used to post these on another website,
But that site has been taking forever to load so I thought
I would try it here.

I'll start off.

~
Can I have a copy of Hillary’s cackle?
It's perfect for trick or treat.
~

[AutoRacer55]

Words to live by:

flapjack
can
pen
clock
maple syrup

No, I'll take that last one back.

[Iben1]

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One address
One log in
One post
1 minute to do this.
~

[Iben1]

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So we'll divvy it all up
and give everyone a billion dollars.
Then we can all go to the grocery store,
which will be closed and empty.
~

[Iben1]

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So after everyone has a billion dollars,
don't worry you will still be able to get
someone to wash the car, but the price
will have gone up considerably.
A little time will go by and the money
will redistribute, and then we will be right
back where we are now only,
with a little inflation.
The price of a loaf of bread becomes
$300,000,000.99
~

[Iben1]

~
Ferraro, Mondale

Carter
~

[247]

~
this
is
weird
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[Iben1]

~
Ellen,
look into my eye.
~

[rhet 2]

Butterflies and soccer balls
And children's laughter floating in the evening air
As the sun sinks into the west
And dinner bubbles on the stove

Keep your billion dollars and give me a little child's hug instead.

[Iben1]

~
Heat
Cold
Tornado
Hurricane
Flood
Tidal wave
Earth Quake
Volcano
Lightning
Meteor
Asteroid
Hail
Rain
Snow
Galactic collision
Black hole
Super nova
Red Giant
White dwarf
Sand Storm
Wind
Fire
Ice
Disease
Famine
Drought
VD
Avalanche
Mud Slide
Ice age
Rock Slide
Falling Trees

Carlin,
Want to move to Mars?
I'm sure it's safer there.
~

[Iben1]

~
There is a difference between
playing gotcha,
and
gotcha.

Part II
What's worse,
broadcasting private conversations that were
never meant for broadcast,
or using naughty words?
~

[Iben1]

~
Ever seen the movie "True Romance" ?
~

[F9thRet]

Forgive me for this one Rhet, But I still get a kick out of Lazurus Long...

Have you ever noticed how much they look like Orchards? Lovely.

I'm a bad bad man.

Stephen

[Iben1]

~
Yes,
appearing to be for both
sides of an issue is
complicated.
~

[Iben1]

~
Someone is predicting the weather
100 years from now.
Lets look at the 36,500 day planner.
~

[Hallelujah Sunrise]

Would you like fries with that?

[Iben1]

~
I have some questions.

Question 1:
Should the government fix
governmental deficit spending, Social Security and
illegal immigration before the government fixes health care?
Question 2:
Can the Democrats do anything besides raise taxes
and create new taxes?
~

[Iben1]

~
Blitzer,
Ever seen the movie "The Gauntlet" ?
~

[Iben1]

~
Watching the whole debate yourself is better then
only listening to what the media thought about the debate.

Wisdom can help us have a better chance
of getting it right the first time.
Getting it right the second time is better
then never figuring it out.
~

[Iben1]

~
Neoconservative:
Political movement that evolved in the late 1970's
in reaction to liberal and leftist thought, advocating
individualism, traditional moral standards, anti-Communist
foreign policy, etc.
~

[Iben1]

~
Voting for someone just to make a 95 year old happy?
2 hours of issues.
2 weeks of one issue.
~

[Iben1]

~
Today I was amused by an unfortunate choice
of words on the highly professional Big Show,
then my amusement was ended by a report from the border.
~

[Iben1]

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Personality type: Player

Characteristics: Outgoing, ability to
quickly learn what someone wants to hear,
and will tell someone anything they want to hear.
The player believes what they say while they are saying it,
but their words can have a very short self life.

Occupation choices: salesperson, politician

Special note: Finding salespeople or politicians without
this personality type can be like trying to find a needle
in a haystack, unless you have the "player detecter" personality type,
in which case it is a simple process of elimination.
~

[rhet 2]

Forgive me for this one Rhet, But I still get a kick out of Lazurus Long...

Have you ever noticed how much they look like Orchards? Lovely.

I'm a bad bad man.

Stephen

Totally evil, without hope of either reformation or recycling. :))

Orchards -- the real ones -- are prettier.

[Iben1]

~
Scenario A:
The population of a third world country is imported
to the US. This causes a decrease in the common worker's wages in the US.
This also causes the costs at hospitals
to increase due to people coming in who can't
pay the bill. This causes healthcare insurance rates to increase
for everyone in the US. Now the common worker is having
a hard time affording their healthcare insurance. To solve this
dilemma it is proposed that the US government pay for everyone's healthcare.
If this proposal becomes law,
someone can blame themselves.

Scenario B:
The current trend is reversed enabling the common worker to
once again afford their healthcare insurance rates.

Side note: (shelf life)
~

[Iben1]

~
Scenario C:
Slow it down and do it legally, this could have the same
result as Scenario B.

Side note:
...in the world
and could blow your wallet clean off.
You have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky?
Well,
do ya
?
~

[Iben1]

~
Mind Reeling:
Caught in a trap with no obvious way out.
Adrenaline is released, the thought process is
accelerated and doesn't stop. Decisions made
in this state would not seem normal to the
outside observer.
~

[Iben1]

~
Could teenage magicians make a woman disappear
all by themselves?
~

[Iben1]

~
Ever listened to the sound effects from
the movie "Forbidden Planet" ?
~

[Iben1]

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Have a position and be able
to explain it.

When listening to explanations
don't be afraid to draw your
own conclusions.

What's the difference between people
on TV and people not on TV?

In most cases plastic surgery and teeth whitening.

Why doesn't someone trust someone about the border?

It's the border.
~

[Iben1]

~
Work hard, be the best you can be,
and some wonderful loving human being
can still come and take your job.

Mr. he won't get above 10%,
any other predictions?

Da plane.
~

[Iben1]

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Today was,
change the subject day.
~

[Iben1]

~
You see someone breaking into the
neighbors house.
What goes through your mind?
Is your house next?
Will the police get there before
your house is next?
Should you hide in the closet or ?
~

[Iben1]

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What is more valuable?
Personal property or two bags of garbage?
~

[Iben1]

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Gore,
That recount didn't look like peace to me.
~

[Iben1]

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Tactics of interrogation aren't
something you discus with the general public.
~

[Iben1]

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Someone in the media needs help with
their math.

Hypothetically,
lets say your yearly salary is 100,000.oo
your total income tax rate is 35%.
Your total income tax would be 35,000.oo
leaving you 65,000.oo
Now lets say you are wealthy enough that you
no longer need your salary to live off of.
So you take your 65,000.oo and buy stock.
One year later the stock price has doubled so you sell your stock.
You have just made a capital gain of 65,000.oo taxed at a rate of 15%
The tax you owe on your sale of stock is 9,750.oo
Your salary is still 100,000.oo so you owe 35,000.oo tax on your salary.
Your total income for the year is 165,000.oo adding salary and stock sale.
Your total income tax is 44,750.oo on your total income.
44,750.oo is about 27% of 165,000.oo giving you a total income tax rate of about 27%

Who is the candidate that has actually solved tough problems?
~

[Iben1]

~
An enterprise can be more successful
or less successful.
Measuring the success can be expressed
in a number of different terms.
~

[Iben1]

~
Man can do nothing unless he has first understood
that he must count on no one but himself;
that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite
responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one
he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he
forges for himself on this earth. --Sartre
~

[Iben1]

~
The Law of Event Prediction.

Math is a tool used to predict a future event.
If the math used to predict a future event yields
a satisfactory result when compared to the results
of the actual event in nature, (in other words predicts
the event in nature well enough for those concerned),
then the following is understood to be true.
The explanation of the event and the math used to
predict it do not have to be correct.

Question 1:
Can I predict a future event that no one else can predict,
if I am the only person that knows when it will occur?

Question 2:
Can you predict an event accurately that has
never occurred or been observed?

Side note A:
Babies cry to get their way.

Side note B:
It is time to pick up D. Miller and boost his engine,
cause we’re headed in the same direction.
~

[angelicmadrigal]

"Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines"

[Iben1]

~
When I was in seventh grade my school held a mock
election, I voted for Ford.
Ford won the mock election.
If you voted in the real election and didn't
vote for Ford, what does that mean?

Answer 1:
You always vote democratic.

Caution there is only one other possible answer.
~

[Iben1]

angelicmadrigal,
I am so glad you commented. :)

[angelicmadrigal]

angelicmadrigal,
I am so glad you commented. :)

Hey, I'm a Ravnos at heart....:;chuckles: at least that's my vampie clan of choice.

[Iben1]

~
The reason history repeats itself is because,
some people can't remember what happened
one week ago
ten years ago
twenty years ago
thirty-two years ago,
or
maybe they don't want to.

The future is now.
~

[rob_b52]

yeah, didnt take much imagination, but I never claimed to have any.....

http://www.stargazersrealm.com/MAIN/funnies/wordstoliveby.html

some of these I heard before, but they are still very funny

also, disclaimer, may contain some profanity... I missed it the first reading

[nortman]

Words to die by:

"Hey, y'all. Watch this."

[nortman]

"Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines"

I like that one, I hope you don't mind if I use it.

[sgtmac_46]

~
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.
~

[Iben1]

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Election Event prediction Chart

A=RG
B=MR MH FT
C=BO
D=JM
F=HC

If the world line intersects with anything below C
the results can not be trusted and we will have
a failed prediction.

If the world line intersects with anything above D
we will have a satisfactory prediction.

The world line intersecting with A is completely
possible and would be a High satisfactory prediction.
~

[Iben1]

~
This whole thing is the universe,
it is not a fairy tail.
~

[Mithrastan]

Butterflies and soccer balls
And children's laughter floating in the evening air
As the sun sinks into the west
And dinner bubbles on the stove

Keep your billion dollars and give me a little child's hug instead.

I could do without the soccer balls, but that was really nice.

[Mithrastan]

~~~
If carelessly traipsing though the glens of abstraction,
make damn sure not to have eaten the brown acid.
~~~

[angelicmadrigal]

I like that one, I hope you don't mind if I use it.

most surely, but I did NOT invent it. :)

[Iben1]

~
Here in my ship,
looking out the window to the left,
I see socialistic practices slowing down
the economic engine, hurting everyone in the wallet.

Looking out the window to the right,
I see stimulus in the form of
a free capitalist economic engine,
helping everyone in the wallet.

Looking directly below I see the democrat's
airplane has run out of gas, and is attempting to land
at a rundown airport that they own.

Time for everyone to turn right.
~

[Iben1]

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A relatively poor person never gave you a job,
but 15 million can.
Without the masses there would be no wealthy people.
Relatively poor people purchasing products enable
businesses to earn money.
~

[Iben1]

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When voting in the republican primary,
A lot of people may vote for a democrat this year.
~

[Iben1]

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Election Event prediction Chart

A=MR
C=BO
D=JM RG
F=HC

If the world line intersects with anything below C
the results can not be trusted and we will have
a failed prediction.

If the world line intersects with anything above D
we will have a satisfactory prediction.

We need at least a two party system.
~

[Iben1]

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The bs express has a back room
where the semi-straight talk goes on.
To bad nun of us are invited.
Have another cookie.
~

[Iben1]

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Fool me once shame on you.
Fool me twice shame on me.
How many times do they gotta fool ya?
~

[Iben1]

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Full list of remaining Presidential candidates
I would like to vote for :

Michelle Malkin in 2013
~

[Iben1]

~
People tend to fall in love with someone they know little about.
This allows them to build a fantasy around the person.
No one ever lives up to the fantasy.
It would be smarter to pursue someone with known baggage.
Unfortunately a lot of people go with the fantasy.
~
Women are attracted to men that are vulnerable.
Women are not attracted to men that are insecure.
~
Some would like to raise taxes on big businesses
and wealthy people.
How do big businesses and wealthy people earn money?
Who would really be paying the tax increase?
~

[Iben1]

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It is all in your mind.
~

[Iben1]

~
I found out one thing smog is good for,
AM radio reception.
~
Hi, Penn Jillette,
Happy Birthday.
~
I have come up with a new standard boiler plate.
It will read "Live at your own risk"
~
"The best of both worlds" indeed
~

[Iben1]

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Remember,
if people talk bad about you behind your back,
take it as a compliment.
~

[Iben1]

~
O'Reilly and Hillary, O'Reilly seemed nervous.
Miller had a good point on the energy question.
And,
You can't leave a stepping stone until
you have another stepping stone to step to,
even if the stone you are on is not a good one.
~

[Iben1]

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Can a person be a politician if they aren't a politician?
~

[Iben1]

~
Hydro Electric, Nuclear, Oil, Natural Gas, Coal
If you use it in your own back yard,
You should try to get it from your own back yard,
and always be as energy efficient as possible.
~

[Iben1]

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Human beings are a product of nature, therefore anything
humans do is a product of nature.
I wonder if Yellowstone could heat a cup of coffee?
You put a pipe in the ground, the ground is hot,
put water in the pipe and get steam which turns a turbine
which turns a generator which generates electricity
which will heat a cup of coffee.
If you cool the lava enough maybe you could postpone
the next big eruption.
Global cooling technology.

What would happen if the oil bubble pops?
~

[Iben1]

~
So next you could put a Geothermal Steam to Electricity
plant somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands,
and run a cable at the bottom of the ocean over to California.
It would hopefully be cold enough most of the
trip to give you a more efficient transmission of the Electricity.
You could pay me ten million to do the study or you
could pay Al Gore a Trillion. :wall:
~

[Iben1]

~
I've been to Idaho, it is windy there,
you could try wind turbines in Idaho.
~

[Iben1]

~
The answer is never,
to go back, because
you can't go back even if you wish you could.
The answer is to go forward.
~

[Iben1]

~
Election Event prediction Chart


It is quite possible that the recent
unprecedented price of oil is due to,
the world line wishing to intersect with a certain candidate.
~

[Iben1]

~
Election Event prediction Chart


After talking to the world line,
I have decided to vote for line D.
~

[NascarGirl2448]

The best advice I have ever heard to avoid getting in a rush when you're going somewhere came from the late great basketball coach Skip Prosser.

Can't be on time? Be early!

[Iben1]

~
Geothermal Energy (http://www.chevron.com/stories/#/stories/re_geo/geo_ov/)
~

[Iben1]

~
The people who don't want to drill for oil in the U.S.
are the first people who should stop using any oil.

Environmentalists have saved us from
greedy people who would pollute the planet,
now who will save us from the Environmentalists?

It is not governments job to lower oil prices.
It is governments job to get out of the way,
and go after Enrons.

Since 2001 I have been using 3/4 of a gallon of gas a day
five days a week, on the week end I use 1 to 5 gallons of gas.
Those of you who fly a jet to work every day can
stop lecturing anyone about saving the environment.
~

[Iben1]

~
Challenge to Al Gore:
This is how I cooled the place I call home last summer
and how I am this summer.
I get up at 4 AM and turn on a fan that blows hot air
out of the house on one end of the house.
I turn on a fan on the other side of the house that
pulls cool air into the house. I have thermometers
out side and inside, when the air out side gets to hot
to cool the house any more, I close the windows until
I can't stand it any more. Then I open the windows on
the shady side and let air in again.
Once the sun goes down I use the same system as in the morning.
I Challenge you to do the same.
Caution you will need shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt.
~

[jeepers]

~
Challenge to Al Gore:
This is how I cooled the place I call home last summer
and how I am this summer.
I get up at 4 AM and turn on a fan that blows hot air
out of the house on one end of the house.
I turn on a fan on the other side of the house that
pulls cool air into the house. I have thermometers
out side and inside, when the air out side gets to hot
to cool the house any more, I close the windows until
I can't stand it any more. Then I open the windows on
the shady side and let air in again.
Once the sun goes down I use the same system as in the morning.
I Challenge you to do the same.
Caution you will need shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt.
~

I read somewhere that despite his efforts to go green in his home this year, he ended up raising his utility bill by 10 percent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2153179/Al-Gore's-electricity-bill-goes-through-the-(insulated)-roof.html

Stupid is as stupid does, sir.

Which leads to both:

Gore's marketing: A pig in a poke

and

End result: You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[Claymore]

Advise from GrandDad when I enlisted:

"There's one thing that'll get right in your face and let you know when you've had too much to drink.
The floor."

[BasicGreatGuy]

A Prayer For Every Day

Make me too brave to lie or be unkind.
Make me too understanding, too, to mind
The little hurts companions give, and friends,
The careless hurts that no one quite intends.
Make me too thoughtful to hurt others so.
Help me to know....
The inmost hearts of those for whom I care,
Their secret wishes, all the loads they bear,
That I may add my courage to their own.
May I make lonely folks feel less alone,
And happy ones a little happier yet.
May I forget.....
What ought to be forgotten; and recall
Unfailing, all.....
That ought to be recalled, each kindly thing,
Forgetting what might sting.
To all upon my way,
Day after day,
Let me be joy, be hope! Let my life sing!

Mary Carolyn Davies

[Iben1]

~
Click your heels together 3 times and repeat after me,
"Free flow of oil at market prices,
there is no wizard behind the curtain."
~

[Iben1]

~
The average life expectancy for humans
has gone up quite a bit in the last 100 years.
~

[Iben1]

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Instead of learning a second language,
someone should learn to balance a check book.
~

[Iben1]

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Cartoons can tell us who the media really
want us to elect, and in this case the media
could be right.
~

[Iben1]

~
Once a Pandora's box is opened the
contents that escapes can never
be put back into the box.
~

[SiNNiK]

"When your bow is broken and your last arrow spent, then shoot, shoot with your whole heart."

[Iben1]

~
Someone said something to the effect of,
"The US keeps 95% of the world safe".
~

[Iben1]

~
I have been checking the air pressure in all my tires
with my very own personal air pressure gauge for over 25 years.
~

[Iben1]

~
By the way,
this post started out in "General Interest Topics",
I didn't move it.
~

[karenhoney]

What, in the name of all that is holy, are you people talking about????? Am I the only person who feels like suddenly been transported to Jupiter???

[Iben1]

~
This YoYo trick is called "walking the dog",
The good news is, eventually the YoYo comes back up.
~

[Iben1]

~
Caddyshack was a great movie.
~

[Iben1]

~
I just saw the "Baby Mama" DVD on sale at the grocery store.
~

[Iben1]

~
I never bet more then I can afford to lose.
You don't get a do over in Vegas.
When playing cards I always call the bluff,
and let the chips fall where they may.
There is always more then one solution to any problem.
~

[melinda]

Wealth does not always make one happy....
people with $10 million are no happier than people with $9 million. ;)

[Iben1]

~
The rope a dope:
You set a trap for someone, they walk into it and do
exactly what you want them to do, and then they
get tired and fall down.

The double rope a dope:
You pretend to walk into someone's trap
and pretend to get tired. They let their guard down
and you knock them out.
~

[Iben1]

~
Would you want someone who sounds
nervous under pressure, to run your country?
~

[Iben1]

~
The Theory of Special Relativity
and gravity are proof that God exists,
they both defy logic.
~

[bayoubill]

I notice that Iben1 comes in occasionally,

and, when he does,

he posts only in this thread.


It's been that way for the past year.

[melinda]

we all have our quirks....

[mojo]

honesty is the best policy

[blazer]

When you love someone, love them with everything you have!

[Iben1]

~
Beware of self fulfilling prophesies.
~

[Dreamy]

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

[Wookinstien]

Know what to kiss and when...

[Wookinstien]

Fall not in Love. It will stick to your face.

[Wookinstien]

Know yourself.
If you need help, call the FBI.

[Wookinstien]

Take heart amid the deepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.

[Wookinstien]

And finally.....


You are a fluke
Of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not
The universe is laughing behind your back.





ALL QUOTATIONS DERIVED FROM NATIONAL LAMPOON'S RADIO DINNER--My all time favorite album.

[Iben1]

~
Quantity of comfort.
~

[PredFan]

My personal favorite:

Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes.

That way, when you do criticise them you are a mile away and you have their shoes.

[Iben1]

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Reality will arrive in eight years,
possibly four.
~

[Iben1]

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If you are looking for a reason,
Palin is not it.
Is the Light on yet?
~

[Mithrastan]

here's a tip:
don't eat crackers in the desert

[Iben1]

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Someone wants to blame all the bad decisions
on labor.
~

[Southernbelle]

If you find a nail use a hammer.

[Traveller]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than to have a frontal Lobotomy.

[Talk2Bill]

If invited do not agree to spend the day with kiefer sutherland.

If you are at any kind of hotel or resort or on a curse and you see angela lansbury....LEAVE!

[Traveller]

Also if invited, do not get on a motorcycle with Gary Busey:doh:

[CrusaderFrank]

It's not the numbers of breaths we take, it's the number of breath mints.

[Iben1]

~
There is a simple way to get car manufactures to build
fuel efficient cars.
Buy a fuel efficient car.
~

[Iben1]

~
There is only one huge enormous gigantic problem with rewarding bad behavior.
The solution to the problem is;
certain people at the helm of the problem will have to be fired and possibly jailed.
~

[No one of Consequence]

Friends don't let friends post drunk.

[Iben1]

~
8,500,000,000,000 divided by 300,000,000 equals 28,333
Let me take the emotion out of it for you.
If gold is going to double in value in the next year,
why would you sell it now?
~

[Iben1]

~
What if an inexpensive method exists for producing synthetic gold.
~

[drylok]

"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away"

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must like men, undergoe the fatigue of supporting it"

"But a constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored, liberty once lost is lost forever"

"A duck call, like a shotgun, is only as good as the man behind it"

"And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth, Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat."

[Iben1]

~
If a large number of people with low IQ's
agree with your opinions,
does that mean you are brilliant
or just relatively popular?
~
Go green, use birth control.
God gave you a brain,
use it.
~

[VA-165 Boomer]

If you have one true friend you have more than your share.

[Dreamy]

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share.

Amen.


~Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right~ Ezra Taft Benson

[blazer]

love speaks always but not always with words.

[PhilRocksinOHIO.]

Can
We
Do
It?
Yes
We
Can! :)):)):)):)):)):)):)):))

[nortman]

"Hey, Y'all. Watch this"

Sorry, that was "famous last words". :redface:

[melinda]

We do not see things as they are ... we see things as we are.
--The Thalmud

[melinda]

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love ...

[melinda]

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself...

[Iben1]

~
So far the New Congress and President have done nothing
except raise taxes on the poor and middle class.
~

[Traveller]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than to have a frontal lobotomy

[Frazzled]

"It's All Good"

[Traveller]

Classic words to live by

When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?"

"Yessir, the check is in the mail."

[Iben1]

~
The business cycle can't be beaten.
When the stock market hits new highs you'll be surprised, I won't.
Same old, same old.
It's a ten year cycle.
~

[Iben1]

~
Remember that first boy friend you had,
nobody would tell you he was no good for you because
they knew you wouldn't listen anyway.
I won't bother to tell you.
~
Pendulums swing,
too bad they never stop in the middle.
~
Anyone have a movie offer for Congresswoman Pelosi?
~

[ConstitutionHugger]

If you don't like the way things are going step back, assess and work hard to get what you want.

You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

Never forget whatever you do today you'll have to sleep with tonight.

Don't let the sun go down on an argument with a loved one

If you ain't willing to work for it, then it ain't worth having.

there are many more good ones but those are the ones that come to mind

[Dreamy]

The Wise Woman
by Author Unknown


A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream.
The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.
The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime.
But, a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. "I've been thinking," he said. "I know how valuable this stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone."


Sometimes it's not the wealth you have
but what's inside you that others need.

[free2B]

their are pearls of great price and gems of great value but the Word of our Saviour the Son of the Living God outlasts them all

[VA-165 Boomer]

"With my fire and your ice what could result, but, wet ash."

[Dreamy]

I dream of a better tomorrow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned

:)

[Iben1]

~
When you are done making healthcare affordable,
will anything besides healthcare still be affordable?
~
Tort reform.
~
Are you using to much energy?
Are you to technologically advanced?
Are you to civilized?
~

[Iben1]

~
So let me get this straight,
I get to pay for the knee operation that you need now,
that I needed 20 years ago and did not get.
~
The more you demand the less you will receive.
~

[PhilRocksinOHIO.]

"yes, we can!!!" :))

[Dreamy]

There is hope from the sea, but none from the grave.

The light heart lives long.

A friend's eye is a good mirror

[free2B]

as soon as forever is through

[Dreamy]

as soon as forever is through

lol Paying attention I see Free.

A worthy woman is far more precious than jewels, strength and dignity are her clothing~Bible~Proverbs 31

[free2B]

you're distracting me

[Iben1]

~
Question:
Why don't you want to use Nuclear power?
Answer:
Because Nuclear power plants don't emit Carbon.
~

[Iben1]

~
Lets say someone made off with a very large amount of money,
it is highly probable that a large number of people would have to help spend the money.
If you call yourself a reporter maybe you should try to find out who this help is,
instead of digging up photos of the latest teen singer.
~

[Dreamy]

"Those who drink to forget, please pay in advance."

[No one of Consequence]

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.

[No one of Consequence]

As you slide down the bannister of life,
may all the splinters face the right way.

[Iben1]

~
Spending more money then you bring in, causes stress.
Expenses going up causes stress.
Taxes cause stress.
Taxes going up causes more stress.
Stress is very bad for you.
Stress will shorten your life span.
What we need to do is remove things from office that cause stress,
then we will live longer and happier.
~

[No one of Consequence]

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.
~Ecclesiastes 10:2

[blazer]

Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them do Unto You!

[Dreamy]

Remember: Don't Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein

What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. Richard Harkness

[No one of Consequence]

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

[Iben1]

~
Plausible deny ability is no longer plausible
when presented with the proof.
~

[drylok]

"The right duck call is like the right woman, happy is the man who finds both during his short stay here in Earth"

-Phil Robertson-

[Iben1]

~
What was the TARP suppose to be used for?
What was the TARP used for?
~
If all the ice on Earth below sea level melted,
what would the sea level do?
Is the majority of ice on Earth below sea level?
~
If you could convince someone that the world was ending,
could you get them to increase the funding for your research?
~

[Dreamy]

One woman's folly is often another woman's husband.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation~Herman Melville

(http://www.workinghumor.com/quotes/parties.shtml#)

[blazer]

Live life to the fullest, believe in your dreams, love with all your heart, even if you get hurt, it is worth it!

[No one of Consequence]

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
~Thomas Jefferson

[Dreamy]

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
~Thomas Jefferson

:clap:


Music is like candy
You just gotta throw away the
Rappers.

:)) Unknown origin.

[Iben1]

~
I recently saw this on the back wall of a car being driven
by a woman .
"You can't hold a man down without holding yourself down with him."
~

[blazer]

Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness. Augustine

[Dreamy]

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four. ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1894

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb

It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected. ~Will Rogers

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence, my friends call it. ~Edgar Allan Poe


Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job. ~Author Unknown

[melinda]

leave the guns ... take the cannolis

[No one of Consequence]

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

[blazer]

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

i like this one!

[Dreamy]

"The True Man wants 2 things: DANGER & PLAY. For that reason he wants Woman, as the Most Dangerous Plaything" F. Nietzsche

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play, than in a year of conversation."~Plato

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul~Muir

[No one of Consequence]

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

~George Orwell

[Iben1]

~
Point counter point:
Jane you ...

An illegal alien comes into the U.S.
to pick blue berries, a few years later
after taking a night course the same alien
has become a reporter along with some other aliens.
Due to these extra reporters in the work force who are
paid less wages because they are illegal,
Geraldo Rivera has taken a 50% pay cut.
Geraldo Rivera would you like some more illegal aliens
to come into the U.S. to pick blue berries?
~

[Iben1]

~
If pollution levels were reduced rapidly,
could it upset the delicate balance of nature?
~

[Iben1]

~
Will a high mileage car save you money
after they come out with
the new baseball hats and bubble gum cards?
How about normal evolution?
~

[CaffeineHat]

My Creed--H.A. Walter

I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.

[Iben1]

~
Today someone said that it is his opinion that something in the past had been rushed into.
Seems a lot of things are being rushed into lately.
~

[free2B]

take it slow take it easy
enjoy the days warm and breezy
live it up while you can
play some games get a tan

[Kataleah]

Never, under any circumstances, combine a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

[free2B]

Never, under any circumstances, combine a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

:))

[Iben1]

~
Lets perform a thought experiment:
Say you go to the mall.
When you arrive you take off all your clothes and walk through the mall.
Would you do this and expect people to not look at you?
~
Has conservative talk radio lost its sense of humor?
Bill Handel still has his.
~

[Iben1]

~
You can't blame me, I voted for Alan Keyes.
I liked the semi- freedom we had years ago.
~

[Iben1]

~
Its all in the delay,
and if you feel crappy take an aspirin.
~

[Iben1]

~
It is quite possible that not being qualified
is truly the best qualification.
~
When will we know the planet has been saved?
~

[Iben1]

~
I watched the presidential election debates,
health care was going to be fixed by lowering the costs,
not by raising the costs for certain individuals.
~

[Iben1]

~
The land of the free, the home of the brave.
Let me know when the healthcare bill is done, I'll scan it.
~

[Iben1]

~
627
•HR 3200 IH
1 SEC. 1443. MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PRE-RULEMAKING INPUT
2 INTO SELECTION OF QUALITY MEASURES.
3 Section 1808 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
4 1395b–9) is amended by adding at the end the following
5 new subsection:
6 ‘‘(d) MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PRE-RULEMAKING INPUT
7 INTO SELECTION OF QUALITY MEASURES.—
8 ‘‘(1) LIST OF MEASURES.—Not later than De-
9 cember 1 before each year (beginning with 2011),
10 the Secretary shall make public a list of measures
11 being considered for selection for quality measure
12 ment by the Secretary in rulemaking with respect to
13 payment systems under this title beginning in the
14 payment year beginning in such year and for pay
15 ment systems beginning in the calendar year fol
16 lowing such year, as the case may be.
~

[Iben1]

~
Where's the Tort reform.
~

[Iben1]

~
If you traveled at the speed of light would
your world be 2 dimensional?
~

[Iben1]

~
When I was in my twenties I got an accident policy for about 20 bucks a month.
~

[Iben1]

~
If we pass new health care laws,
does that mean everyone's bottom line
is going to go down?
~

[Iben1]

~
If you don't practice what you preach
you have no credibility.
~

[Iben1]

~
Now you know why Leno got the job
and Johnny stayed married.
~

[Iben1]

~
I think health care reform is over rated.
~

[Iben1]

~
If you watch the news, listen to the news and read the news,
you can figure out what the news really is.
~

[Iben1]

~
What could an under armed force's only possible strategy be
if their first target was a bank?
~

[Talk2Bill]

don't die!

[Iben1]

~
If you don't know how to put the car you are driving in neutral
or shut off the engine with out locking the steering wheel,
you shouldn't be driving the car.
~