AMEN!
Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want.
He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests.
He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness.
He restoreth my fears.
He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war,
I will find no exit, for thou art in office.
Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me.
Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion.
Thou anointest my head with foreign oil.
My health insurance runneth out.
Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days of thy term, and my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever!

Thought when I returned that just maybe *sanity* would have also returned to this world; silly me! From one of my fav 'blogger sites'...Quoting the Bible?
"I just received a copy of a complaint about my design, claiming that my use of "love thy neighbor" infringed upon someone's trademark. CP wisely pointed out to the complaining person that the words "love thy neighbor" originate from the Bible.

What was ironic about the complaint was that the person felt it necessary to mention being "offended" because my products "promote homosexual activities" and "tarnish" the "good name" of the complainant. Ah, yes, we always do eventually get around to the heart of the matter, don't we?

The complaint kind of proves my point. Love thy neighbor, except for" . . .


Kudos to 'jc's designs'...

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

I'll be "away from my desk" until the end of the week. Going up north to Houghton Lake for a family reunion. Please keep the *home fires burning* until I return.

FRIDAY FUN!

You have to be old enough to appreciate this. If you don't understand this, you are too young!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Pistons prevail, force Game 7 vs. Cavaliers...
...whew!! geez!! scared the crap outa me!!

Detroit's Lindsey Hunter
celebrates with Richard Hamilton
in the waning seconds of the
Pistons' Game 6 win on Friday.

PUKE!

CROAK said on May 16, 2006 1:26 AM...
"Wot no pictures of our Lil Johnny sucking up to your Georgie porgie???Gee and I thought Australia was real good friends with you lot.... maybe just maybe we don't figure on the radar. Pity our folks just don't get that!!!"

Ask and you shall receive...enough to make you wanta CROAK, eh!?! LOL!!

Thanks to
'Mike Ashley (Hale McKay)' for today's MONDAY MEME!

This appeared in the 'Boston Herald' on Tuesday 5/9.

School bans girls' dates from the big dance

Erica Eckert and Lindsey Roderick, students at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, were informed that their dates have been banned from the Senior Prom. The ban was a result of the school's first year of conducting "Criminal Offender Record Information" checks on non-students going to the prom.

....A School Committee member said, "Any date with a criminal past would be rejected." She was quick to add that the school's administrators - not the School Committee - approved the policy.

....Eckert's 19-year-old boyfriend was banned after a criminal background check turned up a past marijuana possession charge. Roderick, 17, said her 20-year-old boyfriend of three years was also rejected because of his record. (The nature of his record was not cited in the article.) Both girls said the school never told them they were digging into their dates' pasts.

....Kathy Eckert, the student's mother is out the $500 she paid for her daughter's turquoise dress, limo and makeup for the big night. "It's just a real shame that everything is paid for," she said. "It's really sad."

....The Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union decried the school's actions were illegal. Norma Shapiro, the legislative director of the ACLU said, "The principal cannot go snooping in CORI records for people." She said that state CORI laws permit digging into the criminal past of school volunteers, such as bus drivers and maintenance workers, with access to students. "Exactly how does that extend to the prom?" she asked.

....Both girls met with principal to plead their case, but could not convince him to allow the boys to attend the prom. Principal Kenneth Jenks did not return calls for comment.

....Neither one of the girls have decided whether they will go to their Senior Prom alone, or stay home.
By Jessica Fargen

Even before reading that it was considered illegal by the ACLU,
I felt that the school was out of line and over-stepping it's boundries. What's next, barring new students entering high school next year because of a shop-lifting charge.

....Aren't we still innocent until proven guilty? The one boyfriend was "charged" with possession, there was no mention of a conviction.

....These two boyfriends were non-students. Are exceptions made for attending students with records? Five'll get you ten that there are students in that school with records.

Mike says, "That's my take on this matter. What do you think? Was the school justified"?


Kudo's to 'jc's designs'

FRIDAY FUN!
The following quotes are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place...

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

_____________________________________



ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?

WITNESS: July 18th.

ATTORNEY: What year?

WITNESS: Every year.
_____________________________________



ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

______________________________________



ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years.

_____________________________________



ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan.

______________________________________


HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

PARTY'S OVER BUBBA!

WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.

Bush's fall is being fueled by erosion among support from conservatives and Republicans. In the poll, 52% of conservatives and 68% of Republicans approved of the job he is doing. Both are record lows among those groups.

"You hear people say he has a hard core that will never desert him, and that has been the case for most of the administration," says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin who studies presidential approval ratings. "But for the last few months, we started to see that hard core seriously erode in support."

"Historically it's been pretty devastating to presidents at this level," Franklin says. Even Republican members of Congress are "now so worried about their electoral fortunes in November that he has less leverage with them than he normally would with his own party controlling Congress."

LeBron can’t
do enough to
stop Pistons — again

'MUSIC: SOUNDING OFF ON BUSH'...

"Mr. President, how do you sleep at night while the rest of us cry?" asks Pink on her new album, "I'm Not Dead." George W. Bush has yet to answer the pop star's question, but he may as well brace himself: Pink's acoustic number is part of an anti-establishment avalanche in music, and this time it's personal. The protest songs of the Vietnam era railed against the war and The Man, but the new wave of dissent is aimed directly at Bush. On his new album, Neil Young sings, "Let's impeach the president, for hijacking our religion and using it to get elected/Dividing our country into colors, and still leaving black people neglected"...

Kudos to puddle for the pic!

'Detroit Pistons Ben Wallace Wins Fourth NBA

Defensive Player of the Year Award'

Welcome
to MONDAY MEME! Got
this story
from...


'Common Sense Beauty's site'...

PADUCAH, Ky. — 'A teacher' in western Kentucky has been suspended and will not have her contract renewed after administrators found out she appeared in an adult movie more than a decade ago.


WEIGH IN!?! What do you think about the teacher being fired!?!

Kudo's to 'jc's designs'

20 WAYS TO MAINTAIN YOUR SANITY...

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put your garbage can on your desk and label it "In."

5. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

6. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Smuggling Diamonds."

7. Finish all your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don t use any punctuation

9. As often as possible, skip rather than walk.

10. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

11. Specify that your drive-through order Is "To Go."

12. Sing along at the opera.

13. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.

14. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

15. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.

16. Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, 'Rock Bottom'.

17. When the money comes out of the ATM, Scream ! "I Won!, I Won!"

18. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot.

19. Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

20. And the final way to keep a healthy level of sanity...

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

From Jack's blog...

Rip Hamilton had a playoff-career high 40 points Wednesday night and the Pistons tied a franchise-playoff scoring record in the first quarter in a 122-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5...Detroit preps for Cavs-Wiz winner

Wise Words From "W" Bush ...

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our people, and neither do we."
- Washington, D.C., August 5, 2004 -

Kudos to 'jc's designs'

Who Does He Think He's Kidding?


So, Dubya is interested in alternative forms of energy. ROFLMAO!

Kudos to 'jc's designs'

Pistons beat Bucks, take 3-1 series lead ...

YOUR OIL DOLLARS AT WORK!

(AN ENGINEERING MASTER PIECE)

During the construction phase...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates




All finished. Notice the palm trees outside...
Remember, this is in the middle of the desert.. The very
HOT desert where temperatures get up to 120 degrees...

Unbelievable!
But true...

The INSIDE view





Why is gasoline $3.00 a gallon for
regular unleaded!?!
So they can ski in the desert, that's why!

Weigh In!... WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR OIL DOLLARS AT WORK!?!


Kudo's to 'jc's designs'