Category: government

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Time for some more humor

My mother told this one at our Mothers Day celebration.  Now if you knew my mother, you would realize just how funny this is because my mother never tells jokes in the first place and well, this one is kind of funny was the second surprise to all of us.  See what you think?

Little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened. Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.

When the postal authorities received the letter to God , USA , they decided to send it to the President. The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill. The president thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy.

The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:

Dear God:

Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington D.C. and they took $95.00 in taxes.  Next time please send it straight to me so they won’t take out all those taxes.

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$50 Lesson

My cousin just sent this to me in an email. I thought it was funny. No I’m not a dedicated Republican or Democrat either. I vote for the person not the party, just so you know.

I recently asked my friend’s little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do? ‘She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’ Her parents beamed.

‘Wow…what a worthy goal’, I told her. ‘But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.’

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ‘Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work,and you can just pay him the $50?’ I said, ‘Welcome to the Republican Party’.

Her parents still aren’t speaking to me.

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I think I have a thing for mailboxes!

It’s funny how when I go riding around or to visit a friend for some reason I notice their mailboxes first of all and then their house or apartment building.  I think I have a thing for mailboxes.   You know sort of like when people notice a persons eyes first of all when they first meet.  Well I notice mail boxes.  A mailbox can make a statement about who lives there.

One of the first things is that if you live in an apartment building or community where they have a block of mailboxes, you want them to be secure to protect your mail from others.  Identity theft can easily start with your mail.  Not only does this site have mailboxes but they also have address plaques and mailbox posts.  So the next time you pull up to your house, stop and look at your mailbox.  What does it say about you?

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The IRS does not email you so beware!!!!

Do not fall for this.  The internal Revenue Service does not email you even if you have e-filed your taxes.  It’s just a scam and they’re trying to steel your identity.  I got this in my email and now I’m scrambling to make sure I didn’t mess up by not realizing this was a scam.

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Some helpful hints for you

My mother told me that the US Postal service sent out a message to all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away. I use it when I am working outside. It really works. The yellow jackets just veer around you.

1. All this time you’ve just been putting Bounce in the dryer! It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice.

2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle.

3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don’t get opened too often.

4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season.

5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen.

6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling.

7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.

8. To freshen the air in your home – Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the e closet.

9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner.

10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew.

11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.

12. To freshen the air in your car – Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.

13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan.

14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket.

15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the loose hairs.

16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling.

17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth.

18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper.

19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight.

20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away.

21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh.

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Lots of people waiting for their tax refund

I know so many people that are hoping and praying their tax refund comes soon so they can get out of the financial bind they have gotten themselves into just trying to make ends meet.  Some of them have gotten into trouble because of credit cards and are trying to stop what they feel is the only option which is to file bankruptcy.  The economy has hurt so many good people that have never had financial trouble before and they just don’t have any idea what to do but bankruptcy isn’t the answer all of the time.  There are other options available that not enough people know about.

Finding a quality online bank can be tricky business. The best bank deals can be hard to find. If you’re interested in locking in interest rates you should take a look at this list of the best CD rates. Always remember to stay under the FDIC limits though. It’s especially important with the state our banks are in.

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More lost in shootings?

What is going on in this country?  I just don’t understand why someone would walk into a nursing home and start killing innocent elderly people like that man in North Carolina did last week.  Now today there’s a man that walked into an immigration office and up to 13 people have died from that shooting.  There for awhile it was people that worked in the post office that was walking into where they worked and killing people and that’s how we got the stupid saying of “Going Postal’ on someone.  Then it was in the schools that students were walking into and just killing as many people as they could.  Now it seems like this can happen at any time at any place.  I just don’t understand what’s going on at all.  Isn’t life precious to anyone anymore?

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Not a good sign if you ask me

I was just reading where 1 in 10 Americans is now on food stamps.  That’s absolutely awful.  That to me shows how much trouble our economy is in.  It’s not like the tremendous job losses wasn’t enough to tell me that but you just don’t seem to realize the impact of all of those job losses until they start talking about all of the foreclosures and now the use of food stamps.  The article I read said that the average amount of food stamps benefit was $112.82 per person in January.  That’s monthly not weekly either.  That’s barely enough to feed a person for a month.  I sure hope things turn around soon for all of those people and am so thankful I still have my job for now anyway.

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This has to be the strangest thing I have ever heard of

I know that other countries have different traditions and beliefs and I have no problem with that.  I’m sure that other countries think we do things a bit odd here.  Come to think of it, there are a few things I would have to agree with them on too but this is by far the strangest thing I have ever heard of.  I came across it on news.yahoo.com and here’s a bit ot the story:

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – An infant boy was married off to his neighbors’ dog in eastern India by villagers, who said it will stop the groom from being killed by wild animals, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday. Around 150 tribes people performed the ritual recently in a hamlet in the state of Orissa’s Jajpur district after the boy, who is under two years old, grew a tooth on his upper gum.

The Munda tribe see such a growth in young children as a bad omen and believe it makes them prone to attacks by tigers and other animals. The tribal god will bless the child and ward off evil spirits after the marriage. “We performed the marriage because it will overcome any curse that might fall on the child as well on us,” the boy’s father, Sanarumala Munda, was quoted as saying by a local newspaper.

The groom, Sagula, was carried by his family in a procession to the village temple, where a priest solemnized the marriage between Sagula and his bride, Jyoti, by chanting Sanskrit hymns, a witness said.

The dog belongs to the groom’s neighbors and was set free to roam around the area after the ceremony. No dowry was exchanged, the witness said, and the boy will still be able to marry a human bride in the future without filing for divorce.

If you would like to read more of this strange marriage, check it out on news.yahoo.com.  It blew me away!!

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Like to talk politics?

If you’re one that likes to talk politics then I have the perfect web site for you.  Check out political forums where you can voice your opinion or your concerns about politics.  Basically you can argue or agree with anyone you please in this forum and might even learn to look at things differently.