From a circulated e-mail—no author listed. ~Bob. Excerpt: Think of it this way: A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of gas a year. A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year. So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline consumption by 320 gallons per year. They claim 700,000 vehicles so that’s 224 million gallons saved per year. That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil. 5 million barrels is about 5 hours’ worth of US consumption. More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about $350 million dollars So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million. We spent $8.57 for every dollar we saved. I’m pretty sure they will do a great job with our health care, though.

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Think of this when you hear the Obama speech on Tuesday. Rumor has it that there will be a lot of use of the word “investments”.  (And,of course,”civility”, but that’s another topic).

Remember how well  the “Cash for Clunkers” investment worked…..

That Tam has suddenly become (ahem) middle aged…

She was reportedly unavailable for comment.

(I personally think she looks great for someone as old as she is reported to be….)

Happy Birthday, Tam!

Happy Birthday, Mr Browning.

My gunsafes are filled with several multiple examples of your genius.

Thanks.

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or not.

But THIS is a heartwarming tale.

Go, read. Think. 

So it would seem that the NAACP folks in South Carolina are easily offended….

In order to use the State Capitol steps, and not make anyone quake in their shoes Pee themselves in fear have the vapors seeing a president who owned slaves 200+ years ago, the Anti white rally Anti confederate flag protest organizers placed a box in front of a bronze statue of President Washington.

What, really, did they accomplish here? Insulting someone? Hiding from the history of this country? No one can change who our first (white) president was. Yes, he was a slave owner. Yes, he no doubt did many things that were, by todays standards, less than good.

Deal with the past. Hiding from it will not make it go away. The fact that many of the attendees freely travelled thousands of miles to be at the trally shows that things are NOT like they were 235 + years ago. Think of it. Hundreds of black people travelled thousands of miles, freely….Unmolested. Yet they feel they are still opppressed. They were able to travel to this rally, yet they are economically disadvantaged.

I am offended that they chose to hide the statue of our first president, as if by doing so they can erase history.

You can see the press picture of the box here. Others think it is because Washington was white, not that he was a slaveowner. Might be right

Or, How to be sure to get a hernia groping when flying:

New underwear for the sophisticated traveller.

Now, if they just had one that says “Don’t tread on me”.

Seems that the RNC has a new leader.

Mr.Steele: good riddance. Thank you for your service. We won’t be lamenting your departure.

Mr. Priebus: Remember how the RNC lost so many donors. We want conservatives, not Democrat Lite. Support conservative candidates who support conservative ideals. Remove support from RINOs. You’ll get more votes and a hell of a lot more money if you do so. RINOs will lead you to more people departing from the Republican Party. Conservative candidates will more than likely win. 

Remember: We didn’t vote Republicans in, we voted liberals and Democrats OUT. We want CONSERVATIVE candidates. Less government, less spending, more freedom. It isn’t that hard to understand. If you have questions, email me and I will explain further.

Seriously, this is your chance. Please, don’t blow it.

A question:

We have seen absolutely ZERO footage of the mobs looting in the flooded areas in Australia. No reports of gangs of people looting stores for  big screen TVs, DVD players, shoes etc.

It would seem that everyone is doing what they can to help each other out.

And this from folks whose ancestors were inmates in what was once a prison colony…..

Yet it happens here in the US all the time. Looting, theft. etc. Any time there is any disaster…even a major power outage. Looting happens at the slightest suggestion of civil unrest, or anytime the po-po might be occupied elsewhere.

It could be that there is simply no coverage of the looting, but I doubt that. I think that there is no (or very little) looting.

If so, then I have to ask, what is up with the folks in the US?

I really don’t want to go there, ….where the obvious answer is.