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September 3rd, 2010
With death having many faces which might be creeping over the horizon faster than expected. If, there is any merit in the following satire whose source is unknown.
Birds are using potholders to pull worms out of the ground.
The trees are whistling for dogs.
Hot water now comes out of both facets in the sink.
You can make […]
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August 27th, 2010
The old priest lay dying in a hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people in the nations capital. He motioned for his nurse to come closer.
“Yes Father?” said the nurse. “I would like to see the democratic senate majority leader, Sen. Harry Reid and the republican leader minority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell before […]
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August 26th, 2010
“I returned, and saw, under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happened to them all,” Ecclesiastes 9:11.
It does seem that time and chance plays […]
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August 20th, 2010
“Lagging behind the rest of the flock, a young goat found himself chased by a wolf. He turned to it and said, “I know very well that you are going to make a meal of me. But I would like to die with due ceremony. Please play the flute for me to dance to.”
While the […]
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August 18th, 2010
A rabbit being pursued by an eagle was very much in need of help. It happened that the only creature in sight was a beetle, to which the rabbit appealed for help. The beetle said take courage! Seeing the eagle approaching the beetle, he begged the eagle to spare the rabbit, who had sought its […]
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July 24th, 2010
A lion was just going to devourĀ a hare which he had found asleep, when he saw a deer go by. So he left the hare to pursue the deer, and the hare awakened by the noise, ran away. After a long chase, the lion found that he that he could not catch the deer. […]
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July 21st, 2010
From my FB account, I picked up on some statements made by another account holder. Who wrote, “Why should you pray for President Obama? Paul commands us to pray for Presidents and those in political authority. Also for the benefits of the church, in terms of safety and protection from evil doers such as terrorist, […]
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July 17th, 2010
The wolves said to the dogs, “Since you are exactly like us, why do you not to a brotherly understanding with us? There is no difference between us, except our thinking. We live in freedom. You cringe like slaves to men, letting them beat you and put collars on you, and guarding their flocks for […]
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July 2nd, 2010
“Oiled filled waves crushing coastal area’s.” news wires.
“O LORD my God … who made the beams of his chambers in the water … who covered it with the deep, as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they they hastened away. They […]
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July 1st, 2010
“BP’s massive oil spill is the largest ever in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil that’s spewed for 2 1/2 months from a blown out well a mile under the ocean hit the 140.6 million gallon mark,” Associated Press.
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June 29th, 2010
An old woman, whose sight was bad, offered a doctor a fee to cure her. He treated her with an ointment. And after each application, while her eyes were closed, he kept stealing her possessions one by one. When he had removed them all, he said, the cure was completed, and demanded the fee agreed […]
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June 23rd, 2010
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Celibacy is not hereditary.
Beauty is only skin deep.
If everything seems to be going well. You obviously don’t know what the hell is going on.
Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
The other queue always moves faster.
Anything you try fix […]
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June 22nd, 2010
THE LIE CLOCK:
DOTTING THE i’ FOR THIS ONE:
A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter’s desk at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those clocks there for?”
St. Peter answered, “Those are lie clocks. Everyone on earth has […]
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June 20th, 2010
“The foundations of national morality must be laid in private families. How is it possible that children can have any Sense of sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion, if from their earliest infancy they learn their Mothers live in habitual infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in constant infidelity to their mothers?” John Adams, […]
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June 12th, 2010
For a prosperous 2006, wisdom form the seventeenth century.
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June 10th, 2010
“IF”-By Rudyard Kipling
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired of by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies
Or being hated don’t give […]
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June 8th, 2010
A half starved fox, who saw in the hollow of an oak tree some bread and meat left by shepherds, crept in and ate it.
With his stomach swollen, he could not get out again. Another fox, passing by and hearing his cries and lamentations, came up asked what was the matter?
On being told, he said, […]
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June 7th, 2010
Two friends were traveling together when a bear suddenly appeared. One of them climbed up a tree in time and remained there hidden. The other seeing the he would be caught in another moment, laid down on the the ground and pretended to be dead. When the bear put his muzzle to him and smelt […]
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June 6th, 2010
The United States is engaged in its Third World War. Like the two previous world wars, the free and civilized world needed, and depended upon the United States for victory. In this war, nothing has changed.
This war is being waged by Islamic Mullahs. A collection of men from Islamic countries. Who are well educated with […]
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June 6th, 2010
Travellers by sea often take with them Maltese lapdogs or monkeys, to while the time during their voyage. One such traveller had a monkey. When they were off cape Sunium on the coast of Attica a violent storm arose, in which the the ship capsized and everyone on board, including the monkey, had to jump […]
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