I’ve got a warped sense of humor, but I think you might find this video equally enjoyable. Take a look…
http://www.wimp.com/mirrorprank/
Sunday, January 2, 2011
The 28th Amendment
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this Email to a minimum of twenty people on their Address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around. Who, other than the members of Congress, would oppose it?
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
You are one of my 20+. Please keep it going.
But ... for it to work, then YOU have to contact your Congressman and your Senator and insist on this being added. If they refuse, if Congress as a legislative body refuses, then we, the people, need to go for the initiative process or any other avenue that will get and hold the attention of both houses of Congress.
Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
I'm asking each addressee to forward this Email to a minimum of twenty people on their Address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around. Who, other than the members of Congress, would oppose it?
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States ."
You are one of my 20+. Please keep it going.
But ... for it to work, then YOU have to contact your Congressman and your Senator and insist on this being added. If they refuse, if Congress as a legislative body refuses, then we, the people, need to go for the initiative process or any other avenue that will get and hold the attention of both houses of Congress.
I'll bet you can't play this just once!
Bin laden's Liquor Store:
http://www.politesociety.com/binladenliquors_ol10[1].swf
http://www.politesociety.com/binladenliquors_ol10[1].swf
The Sun Made It Tough ...
I don't care much for motor sports but I know a lot of others do; thus, I forward these links for those of you who enjoy this sport:
Video Links to the 2010 Baja 1000 :
"Thought you may appreciate seeing these helmet camera clips from our starting rider, Steve Williams. A good example of racing into a morning sunrise with very little breeze. Jim O'Neal sent us a congratulatory note saying that's the highest Class 50 ranking for any team in SCORE history...7th O/A...hard to believe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6pv1KvcWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDKE9kuoYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXf_UoQBpI0
"
Video Links to the 2010 Baja 1000 :
"Thought you may appreciate seeing these helmet camera clips from our starting rider, Steve Williams. A good example of racing into a morning sunrise with very little breeze. Jim O'Neal sent us a congratulatory note saying that's the highest Class 50 ranking for any team in SCORE history...7th O/A...hard to believe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6pv1KvcWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDKE9kuoYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXf_UoQBpI0
"
The cockpit of the Enola Gay
You can manipulate the camera up, down and around, pretty cool. gotta love the "horn" button.
Check this out. This gives you an HD 360 Degree view from the cockpit of the Enola gay; the plane that dropped the 1st Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This plane was built at the Martin Bomber manufacturing plant in Omaha in Building D. (now Offutt AFB)
I have a personal interest in this presentation because my dad worked on building the Enola Gay at the Omaha plant. Growing up as a farmer, and hating it, he moved from Windom, Minnesota, where I was born, to Omaha because he could find work other than farming, and that was at the Martin Bomber Plant.
Before he passed away, dad would tell the story about how a new employee was hired to work on the plane and, as a rookie, he got up into the fuselage, grabbed a tube with what he thought was a microphone at the end and 'played pilot.' "Pilot to bombardier, pilot to bomardier, we are on target."
The rest of the work crew shook their heads and had a good laugh.
The rookie was 'playing pilot' by talking into the relief tube. (The tube the aircrew used for urination while airborne).
Be sure and drag the pointer (cursor) in all directions.
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/slideshow/4/index.html
Check this out. This gives you an HD 360 Degree view from the cockpit of the Enola gay; the plane that dropped the 1st Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This plane was built at the Martin Bomber manufacturing plant in Omaha in Building D. (now Offutt AFB)
I have a personal interest in this presentation because my dad worked on building the Enola Gay at the Omaha plant. Growing up as a farmer, and hating it, he moved from Windom, Minnesota, where I was born, to Omaha because he could find work other than farming, and that was at the Martin Bomber Plant.
Before he passed away, dad would tell the story about how a new employee was hired to work on the plane and, as a rookie, he got up into the fuselage, grabbed a tube with what he thought was a microphone at the end and 'played pilot.' "Pilot to bombardier, pilot to bomardier, we are on target."
The rest of the work crew shook their heads and had a good laugh.
The rookie was 'playing pilot' by talking into the relief tube. (The tube the aircrew used for urination while airborne).
Be sure and drag the pointer (cursor) in all directions.
http://www.davidpalermo.com/data/slideshow/4/index.html
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Nixon Notes Have Been Found
Top Ten Nixon Quotes of 2010
Jon Wiener
December 28, 2010
A new batch of Nixon White House tapes and documents were released by the National Archives in 2010, putting the former president back on page
Jon Wiener
Jon Wiener teaches US history at UC Irvine.
10. “The Irish can’t drink. What you always have to remember with the Irish is they get mean. Virtually every Irish I’ve known gets mean when he drinks.”—to Chuck Colson, White House hatchet man, Feb. 13, 1973.
9. “The Italians, of course, those people course don’t have their heads screwed on tight. They are wonderful people, but.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
8. Nixon discussing who would get invited to a 1973 state dinner for Golda Meir: “I don’t want any Jew at that dinner who didn’t support us in that campaign. Is that clear? No Jew who did not support us.” —to Rose Mary Woods, his secretary, Feb. 3, 1973.
7. Nixon discussing the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade: “there are times when abortions are necessary. I know that. You know [unclear] you have a black and a white [unclear].”—to Chuck Colson, Jan. 23, 1973.
6. “If you look at the Canadian-Swedish contingent [of draft resisters in exile], they were very disproportionately Jewish. The deserters.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
5. Kissinger to Nixon: “The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.” Nixon responded, “I know. We can’t blow up the world because of it.” Mar. 1, 1973.
4. On the standoff at Wounded Knee with Native American militants: “I think we ought to move tanks, the whole goddamned thing. Put a division in there, if necessary, It's time for action on it. If some Indians get shot, that's too goddamned bad. If some Americans get shot, that's too bad, too."
3. Nixon ordered staff members to get Bill Moyers’s new show on PBS off the air: “It must not appear that you're trying to affect the network's news content. That's what you must do, but you must not appear to be doing that. That would be stupid.”
2. On the Vietnam war: "In order to counter-balance the sickenly [sic] pro-communist stories appearing in the New York Times from Tony Lewis we have to do far more than we are presently doing. I do not want to hear any of those objections to the effect that this may compromise a source and all that sort of thing."—memo to Kissinger, May 19, 1972.
1. “The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personalities. ... But they are able people.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
Audio can be found online at http://nixontapes.org
Jon Wiener
December 28, 2010
A new batch of Nixon White House tapes and documents were released by the National Archives in 2010, putting the former president back on page
Jon Wiener
Jon Wiener teaches US history at UC Irvine.
10. “The Irish can’t drink. What you always have to remember with the Irish is they get mean. Virtually every Irish I’ve known gets mean when he drinks.”—to Chuck Colson, White House hatchet man, Feb. 13, 1973.
9. “The Italians, of course, those people course don’t have their heads screwed on tight. They are wonderful people, but.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
8. Nixon discussing who would get invited to a 1973 state dinner for Golda Meir: “I don’t want any Jew at that dinner who didn’t support us in that campaign. Is that clear? No Jew who did not support us.” —to Rose Mary Woods, his secretary, Feb. 3, 1973.
7. Nixon discussing the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade: “there are times when abortions are necessary. I know that. You know [unclear] you have a black and a white [unclear].”—to Chuck Colson, Jan. 23, 1973.
6. “If you look at the Canadian-Swedish contingent [of draft resisters in exile], they were very disproportionately Jewish. The deserters.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
5. Kissinger to Nixon: “The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy. And if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.” Nixon responded, “I know. We can’t blow up the world because of it.” Mar. 1, 1973.
4. On the standoff at Wounded Knee with Native American militants: “I think we ought to move tanks, the whole goddamned thing. Put a division in there, if necessary, It's time for action on it. If some Indians get shot, that's too goddamned bad. If some Americans get shot, that's too bad, too."
3. Nixon ordered staff members to get Bill Moyers’s new show on PBS off the air: “It must not appear that you're trying to affect the network's news content. That's what you must do, but you must not appear to be doing that. That would be stupid.”
2. On the Vietnam war: "In order to counter-balance the sickenly [sic] pro-communist stories appearing in the New York Times from Tony Lewis we have to do far more than we are presently doing. I do not want to hear any of those objections to the effect that this may compromise a source and all that sort of thing."—memo to Kissinger, May 19, 1972.
1. “The Jews are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personalities. ... But they are able people.”—to Chuck Colson, Feb. 13, 1973.
Audio can be found online at http://nixontapes.org
A Current Affairs Test
Here’s another of those tests that tell you how much you know about current events.
I got 10 out of 12, which is 96% better than the average bear.
Have at it, me hearties!
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php
I got 10 out of 12, which is 96% better than the average bear.
Have at it, me hearties!
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php
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