If Mayor Rob Ford Resigns
If Mayor Rob Ford resigns (which he should),
maybe he should take some time to ponder the little things in his life!?
Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford has been embroiled for the past week in a scandal involving his alleged use of crack cocaine.
The problems for Rob Ford continue to mount. Perhaps the most damaging for Ford and his family is the
Globe and Mail investigation: The Ford family’s history with drug dealing.
It’s time for Rob Ford to do the right thing and resign. Doug Ford would be wise to announce his “retirement” too!
The Ford Brothers “dynasty is in ruins ~ “They go out there and they want to write these stories. They want to try and ruin our family,” he said. “They want to go after the character of our family.”
The problem for the Fords is the “WE” in his quote. “WE” are tired of this incredible farce!
It’s difficult for people to trust Rob Ford. How can the city continue to function with him as mayor?
Rob Ford Incident File ~ Very interesting!!!!
at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AhpNgYjOr8FzdGhZNVFocUhERUxzRGJBMFBtVDZHaUE&toomany=true
| 1 | 2/15/1999 | Arrested in Miami, Florida, for DUI and receives a marijuana conviction; convicted; denies charges later during mayoral campaign until presented with evidence. |
| 2 | 6/13/2001 | Ford questions a grant for a video about homosexuality in Toronto’s South Asian community, telling The National Post: “I have no problem giving money out to physically or mentally handicapped children or seniors, but spending $5,000 on this video is disgusting, it is absolutely disgusting to spend this amount of money on this, whatever it was called, video.” |
| 3 | 3/6/2002 | During a council budget debate, Ford calls fellow councillor George Mammoliti a “Gino-boy.” |
| 4 | 4/17/2002 | During a council debate on whether there should be homeless shelters across the city, rather than only downtown, Mr. Ford says: “This is an insult to my constituents to even think about having a homeless shelter in their ward. And you want me to have a public meeting to discuss this? Why don’t we have a public lynching?” |
| 5 | 6/14/2005 | Ford questions the utility of grant programs for transgendered and transsexual people during a council debate. “I don’t understand. No. 1, I don’t understand a transgender, I don’t understand, is it a guy dressed up like a girl or a girl dressed up like a guy? And we’re funding this for, I don’t know, what does it say here? We’re giving them $3,210?” |
| 6 | 7/19/2005 | During a council debate over a pothole, Ford calls fellow councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby “a joke. She’s a waste of time. A waste of skin.” |
| 7 | 4/15/2006 | Security guards remove a drunken and belligerent Ford from a Maple Leafs game. After being asked to be quiet, Ford yells, “You right-wing communist bastards,” and “Who the fuck do you think you are? Are you a fucking teacher? Do you want your little wife to go over to Iran and get raped and shot?” |
| 8 | 6/28/2006 | Ford declares during a debate on a $1.5 million AIDs prevention program: “If you are not doing needles and you are not gay, you wouldn’t get AIDS probably. That’s the bottom line…. How are women getting it? Maybe they are sleeping with bisexual men.” |
| 9 | 3/7/2007 | Comments about cyclists: “My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.” |
| 10 | 3/5/2008 | Comments about Asians during a holiday shopping debate: “Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out. They are workers non-stop. They sleep beside their machines. That’s why they’re successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei, Taiwan. I went to Tokyo, Japan. That’s why these people are so hard workers (sic). I’m telling you, the Oriental people, they’re slowly taking over.” |
| 11 | 3/26/2008 | Ford is charged with assaulting his wife and uttering a death threat. The charges are later dropped because inconsistencies in Renata Ford’s accounts make a conviction unlikely. |
| 12 | 6/4/2010 | Ford offers to help an ill man “score” the powerful painkiller OxyContin in a taped phone conversation: “I’ll try, buddy, I’ll try. I don’t know this shit, but I’ll fucking try to find it. Why don’t you go on the street and score it? Fuck, you know, I don’t know any drug dealers at all.” |
| 13 | 7/14/2010 | A Toronto District School Board source states that Ford was asked to stop coaching high school football after he reportedly had a violent physical confrontation with a student player at Newtonbrook Secondary School in 2001. |
| 14 | 8/12/2010 | City’s integrity commissioner finds Ford had violated council’s code of conduct by using his official letterhead to solicit donations totaling $3150 from lobbyists and corporations for his private charitable organization, the Rob Ford Football Foundation. Council recommends he repay this money at its next meeting on Aug 25. Ford does not do so. |
| 15 | 8/12/2010 | Ford tells The Toronto Sun that in-camera council meetings have “more corruption and skullduggery going on in there than I’ve ever seen in my life.” He also says council’s decision to award an untendered 20-year contract to a pub operator “stinks to high heaven.” |
| 16 | 8/17/2010 | Ford argues for a cap on immigration in the city of Toronto: “We can’t even deal with the 2.5 million people in this city. I think it’s more important we take care of the people now before we start bringing in more. There are going to be a million more people — according to the Official Plan, which I did not support – over the next 10 years coming into the city. We’re not in the fiscal shape, we’re not in the social shape, to be taking any more people into this city right now.” Previously, in March 2003, Ford had suggested Toronto be declared a “refugee-free zone.” |
| 17 | 12/21/2010 | A Toronto Star story shows that Ford and his aides made misleading statements about his academic career implying that he attended Carleton University for three years (dropping out two credits short) and played varsity football for the Carleton Ravens. In fact, he dropped out of Carleton after one year, and former Carleton Ravens players are doubtful that he ever dressed for a game. York University confirms that Ford took six continuing education courses, completing “some, but not all” of the first-year courses. |
| 18 | 5/13/2011 | Audited for violating election campaign spending rules (improperly paying for his campaign expenses, wrongly borrowing money from his family’s holding company (Doug Ford Holdings), exceeding the campaign spending limit and accepting corporate contributions) |
| 19 | 6/23/2011 | Ford announces his intention to skip the Pride parade in favour of a Canada Day family weekend at his cottage, becoming the first mayor of the mega-city to miss the event. “We’ve been in Huntsville for the past 30 (years), as long as I can remember, since I’ve been a little boy. I’m carrying on a tradition my father had. Last year I was there during the campaign, we’re there every year,” he claims, although photos later surface of Ford at a Canada Day event in East York in 2010. |
| 20 | 7/22/2011 | Ford seen driving while using his cell phone; makes obscene gesture at woman and six-year-old daughter after mother tells him to get off his phone |
| 21 | 10/24/2011 | Ford flees into his house and calls 911 three times after a crew from CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes including Mary Walsh in character as Marg Delahunty approaches him in his driveway. Multiple sources claim Ford verbally abuses the 911 dispatcher, yelling, “You … bitches! Don’t you f–king know? I’m Rob f–king Ford, the mayor of this city!” Ford’s wife, Renata, reportedly places another 911 call at 10:17 the same evening, this time in regard to a verbal altercation between herself and Ford. |
| 22 | 12/13/2011 | TTC chief general manager Gary Webster reports that cancelling Transit City in favour of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s subway-focused plan will cost $65 million in penalties. |
| 23 | 12/25/2011 | Ford’s mother-in-law calls 911, claiming that Ford has been drinking and is taking his children to Florida against his wife’s wishes. |
| 24 | 1/1/2012 | Photographed at the 2012 New Year’s Levee with his arm around Jon Latvis, a member of neo-Nazi band RAHOWA (Racial Holy War), who is attired in the uniform of the Latvian Homeguard. |
| 25 | 1/29/2012 | A report by the law firm Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish says Ford exceeded his legal authority when he cancelled Transit City without city council approval. |
| 26 | 2/7/2012 | Council votes to rescind the Aug 25, 2010 recommendation to make Ford repay illegal donations. Rob Ford speaks during debate on the matter and votes on the relevant motion; it is later alleged he broke the Municipal Conflict-of-Interest Act by doing so. |
| 27 | 2/8/2012 | Council votes 25-18 for a plan by TTC chair Karen Stintz to resurrect the Transit City light-rail scenario approved by the city, the TTC and the province in 2009 under former mayor David Miller, and killed by Ford shortly after he assumed office. Ford dismisses city council’s will, calling their defeat of his alternative transit plan “irrelevant.” |
| 28 | 2/21/2012 | While TTC chair Karen Stintz vacations out of town, transit commissioners call a special meeting and vote 5-4 to fire TTC chief general manager Gary Webster two weeks after Webster testifies to council that he cannot justify Ford’s vision of running the entire Eglinton LRT line underground, raising the cost of the line by $2 billion. Webster’s contract stipulates he is to be paid more than $560,000 in salary (plus benefits) over two years, in compensation for being fired without just cause, about $160,000 more than if he had been allowed to work until his planned retirement in July 2013. Frank Di Giorgio, a Ford ally and one of the five voters behind Webster’s firing, suggests that more senior transit managers may lose their jobs for not “respecting the office of the mayor.” |
| 29 | 3/17/2012 | A St. Patrick’s Day reveller reports seeing Ford “stumbling down the street … inebriated and sweaty but in a jovial way” and tells him “You’re the worst mayor ever.” Ford allegedly walks over, kissed her on the forehead, and responds, “I know, but I try.” Ford then heads into a private room in the Bier Markt on the Esplanade, where a staffer describes him as “incoherent” and “hammered.” The DJ working that night reports Ford is fighting and carrying on “like an idiot.” After “storming the dance floor,” Ford is asked to leave and escorted out by his own staff and members of the restaurant’s security team. |
| 30 | 4/18/2012 | Ford announces his intention to skip the Pride parade for a second straight year. |
| 31 | 5/2/2012 | Ford applies to buy a 2,800-square-foot publicly owned parkette adjacent to his house. His stated aim is to build a better fence to ensure his family’s security; his agent says they have no plans to build on the land, though this is contradicted by a interview taped on July 15, 2010 in which Ford declares his intention to tear down his bungalow in a few years and build a “nice” house. |
| 32 | 5/2/2012 | Shouts at, then raises his fist and chases Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale, who is standing on public property, examining the public property Ford is attempting to purchase. Ford succeeds in mugging Dale for his cellphone and tape recorder. |
| 33 | 6/6/2012 | Ford asks council to scrap the bylaw forcing retailers to charge five cents for plastic shopping bags. Council does so, but also spites mayor by voting to scrap the bags entirely as of Jan. 1 (a decision that is later overturned). |
| 34 | 6/18/2012 | Having missed several previous weigh-ins and endured both ridicule from his brother Doug and a viral video showing him being heckled while coming out of a Kentucky Fried Chicket outlet, Ford falls short of his stated goal in his “Cut the Waist” challenge, losing no additional weight in his final weigh-in and then stumbling off the scale and twisting his ankle. |
| 35 | 6/18/2012 | Around this time, a photograph circulates online of a bleary-eyed and dishevelled Ford posing with a bachelorette party. |
| 36 | 6/25/2012 | Ford skips a Pride flag raising ceremony on City Hall’s green roof, immediately outside his office. |
| 37 | 6/27/2012 | Ford has verbal altercation with streetcar driver after allegedly driving past the streetcar’s open front doors. |
| 38 | 7/9/2012 | Ford comments on paying for transit expansion: “I cannot support taxing the taxpayer.” |
| 39 | 8/14/2012 | Photos appear on Twitter showing Ford reading documents while driving on the Gardiner Expressway. Ford admits to reading work documents. |
| 40 | 9/12/2012 | Reports indicate Ford uses city staff and taxpayer-funded cars and cellphones to assist him in his football coaching duties |
| 41 | 9/20/2012 | Ford uses his influence to expedite drainage and road repairs in front of Deco Labels, his family-owned business, in time for its 50th anniversary party. |
| 42 | 11/1/2012 | Ford skips 2½ hours of a council meeting to coach a semifinal football game. Two TTC buses are then diverted to pick up his football team following a post-game brawl, leaving passengers stranded in the rain in rush hour. Ford places a phone call to TTC chief executive officer Andy Byford when the first bus fails to arrive quickly enough. |
| 43 | 11/13/2012 | Ford stands trial for Boardwalk Pub libel case. |
| 44 | 11/13/2012 | Picture of Ford’s Escalade with newly and illegally tinted windows is posted online. |
| 45 | 11/15/2012 | Ford skips out on his own trial early to coach football. |
| 46 | 11/20/2012 | Ford stumbles and falls while demonstrating a football play before television cameras; an animated GIF of the incident goes viral. |
| 47 | 12/12/2012 | Gardiner Expressway revealed to be nearly unsafe for use; it turns out a study on what to do about it was shelved two years ago. |
| 48 | 2/23/2013 | Ford arrives late to the Toronto Garrison Ball, a gala event celebrating the Canadian armed forces, speaking in a rambling, incoherent manner that alarms guests. He is asked to leave because organizers are concerned he is impaired. |
| 49 | 3/5/2013 | Ford continues to solicit donations to his football foundations from lobbyists nearly immediately after the order that he be removed from office for doing the same is overturned. |
| 50 | 3/8/2013 | Ford allegedly propositions and gropes fomer mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson. |
| 51 | 3/8/2013 | Ford’s claims that former Don Bosco football players would be dead or in jail without his coaching are disputed by former Don Bosco football players. |
| 52 | 3/8/2013 | Number of lobbyists registered at City Hall in 2012 is triple the 2010 figure; number of subjects being pushed doubles; allegations of misconduct triples; daily communications between lobbyists and public office holders increases tenfold |
| 53 | 3/22/2013 | Ford gives a rousing pro-casino speech to an audience of orthodox Jews at a religious event. |
| 54 | 3/24/2013 | Rob Ford calls into Closing Arguments with Steven Skurka, a legal affairs radio show on Newstalk 1010, to criticize Richard Kachkar’s legal defence in his trial for the first-degree murder of Sgt. Ryan Russell on the night before the jury is set to deliberate. Ford says Kachkar will walk if he’s found to be not criminally responsible. The panelists cut Ford off repeatedly to explain that he won’t. Concerns are raised that Ford’s comments may result in a mistrial. |
| 55 | 3/27/2013 | Parents from Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School meet to discuss whether they want Ford to continue coaching football there. |
| 56 | 4/1/2013 | Ford pretends to vomit when asked at a press conference about the Metrolinx wish list of taxes and tolls to fund transit. |
| 57 | 4/15/2013 | Ford walks face-first into a television camera. “Ah fuck, man. Holy Christ!” Ford yells, bending over and grabbing his eye. “Holy. Guys have some respect, you just hit me in the face with a camera.” |
| 58 | 4/21/2013 | Ford offers on his radio show to explain to women how politics work, an offer that many women in Toronto regard as patronizing. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam co-organizes an event to give an explanation of politics from a woman in politics, and offers to explain to Ford how politics work for women. |
| 59 | 5/6/2013 | Maple Leafs great Johnny Bower receives an ovation when he is shown on the Jumbotron at the team’s first playoff home game in nine years. Cheers turn to boos as Ford jumps into the shot for a handshake, and the camera abruptly cuts away. |
| 60 | 5/14/2013 | Minutes after arriving at a community council meeting debating the controversial Humbertown condo proposal, Ford leaves to join David Price, his director of operations and logistics, in wandering around the parking lot and slapping “Rob Ford: Mayor” fridge magnets on cars. Following a citizen complain about a possible bylaw infraction, Ford is investigated by the city’s municipal licensing and standards department and faces a potential $150 fine. |
| 61 | 5/16/2013 | Gawker publishes a story alleging the existence of a recently-taken video of Ford smoking crack cocaine while making homophobic comments and slurs against minorities. The Toronto Star runs a front-page story corroborating the video’s existence. Ford calls the reports “ridiculous.” |
| 62 | 5/22/2013 | Ford staffers hand out “Rob Ford: Mayor” magnets at the funeral of Toronto Sun founding editor Peter Worthington. When questioned about the allegations of his drug use by reporters as he exits the funeral, Ford tells them, “Have some respect.” |
| 63 | 5/22/2013 | Ford dismissed as head football coach at Don Bosco. Bruce Rodrigues, the Toronto’s Catholic school board’s director of education, states, “This decision was based on what is best for our students, our school and the Don Bosco community.” This marks the second time Ford has been ousted from a volunteer football coaching position amid controversy. |
| 64 | 5/23/2013 | Ford fires chief of staff Mark Twohey after the two butt heads over Ford’s plans to throw a pizza party for the staff and players of his former football team; In a phone conversation on the evening of May 22, Twohey urges Ford not to drag the team and city staff into the situation and repeats advice he has offered several times before: that the mayor go to rehab and deal with his substance-abuse problems. Ford loses his temper and tells Towhey: “If that’s all you’ve got for me, then you might as well leave and don’t come back.” Ford confirms the firing in a face-to-face-meeting the next day, and Twohey is escorted out of City Hall by security. |
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Grandparents are Funny
Grandparents are funny!
“Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter,
caring deeds, wonderful stories and love.”
-Author Unknown
The idea that no one is perfect is a view
most commonly held by people with no grandchildren.
~Doug Larson
- Grandparents are a family’s greatest treasure, the founders of a loving legacy, The greatest storytellers, the keepers of traditions that linger on in cherished memory. Grandparents are the family’s strong foundation. Their very special love sets them apart. Through happiness and sorrow, through their special love and caring, grandparents keep a family close at heart. ~author unknown
- Surely, two of the most satisfying experiences in life must be those of being a grandchild or a grandparent. ~Donald A. Norberg
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Grandparents bring about a side that you probably wish that’s how your parents dealt with you while you were a child. Abundance of indulgence and unwavering love. ~ author unknown
- Even young grandparents seem enormously old to a small child, although the child may politely deny it. One small girl, feeling proud of reaching the monumental age of four, turned to her young-looking grandmother and asked, “How come I’m so old if you’re so new?” ~Alison Judson Ryerson
- What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I’d like to say that grandparents are God’s gifts to children. And if they can but see, hear and feel what these people have to give, they can mature at a fast rate. ~Bill Cosby
- Grandparents are similar to a piece of string – handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren. ~Author Unknown
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WISHES FOR MY MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY
These are my WISHES FOR MY MOM ON MOTHER’S DAY
I LOVE YOU MOM.
THESE ARE MY WISHES FOR YOU ON MOTHER’S DAY
AND EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR!
The best medicine in the world is a mother’s kiss.
- Anonymous
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
- Mark Twain
My mom is a never-ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. - UNKNOWN
You never appreciate all of the things your mother did for you until you find yourself doing the same things for your kids.
- Linda Poindexter
Do you believe in miracles? I do, because having you in my life certainly seems like a miracle every single day. I love you mom. Unknown
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Happy Earth Day 2013
Hope you have a
Happy Earth Day
Why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?
– Groucho Marx
Earth Day is 43 years’ old today!
Happy Earth Day Quotes:
Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.
– David Letterman
He that plants trees loves others beside himself.
– Thomas Fuller
The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun.
– Ralph Nader
There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more.
– Gaylord Nelson
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
– Margaret Mead
For 200 years we’ve been conquering nature. Now we’re beating it to death.
– Tom McMillan
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Tiger Woods and The Masters Illegal Drop Scandal
Tiger Woods was assessed a two stoke penalty at the Masters for an illegal drop!
Who called in to let the officials know that Tiger Woods took an illegal drop?
There are a number of conspiracy theories
but many believe that the call was from Sweden.
Apparently a beautiful Swedish viewer was the caller!
Elin Nordegren?????????
The Masters Rules committee says a 2 stroke penalty is enough!
The Golf Channel “experts” say he should disqualify himself.
What do think Tiger Woods should do after being told he made an illegal drop.
Some say:
1. He should be disqualified.
2. Tiger Woods’ Penalty Should Have Been Assessed On The Spot Or Not At All
2. A two stroke penalty is enough
4. Tiger should continue to play
5. Tiger Woods should disqualify himself
If Tiger Woods disqualifies himself from the masters for the illegal drop, one thing is certain. TV ratings will go way down. Most of the “experts”, who are fuelling this scandal, on the Golf Channel should realize that their jobs probably wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Tiger!
Tiger Woods and The Masters Illegal Drop Scandal
to be continued…
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Stephen Hawking Inspirational Quotes
I have always felt that Stephen Hawking is an amazing person! His Inspirational quotes reveal an incredible intellect and unique understanding of our place in the universe.
Recently, Professor Hawking said that humans must explore space if we are to survive the coming millennium. “We must continue to go into space for humanity. We won’t survive another 1,000 years without escaping our fragile planet.”
Stephen Hawking Quotes
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
“Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?”
? Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
? Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”
“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.”
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ”
“[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.”
“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.”
“It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space, the universe and philosophy of our existence, our purpose, our final destination. Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.”
? Stephen Hawking
? Stephen Hawking
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”
“The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.”
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A Politician’s Stance on Legalizing Marijuana
I thought this little “Joke” about leagalizing marijuana was quite timely.
A recent poll showed
a majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana!
And with 420 Day fast approaching!!!
A Senator in the USA was once asked about his attitude toward legalizing marijuana.
“If you are talking about the substance that is an effective treatment of seizures and migraines, that also helps MS patients, and relieves pain, nausea and vomiting and increases appetite in people with cancer and AIDS. The substance that relaxes its users in this terribly stressful world? Can you imagine the tax revenue that we senators could put to good use to help the 99%. Then I’m all for legalizing marijuana. Besides, there is no existing evidence of anyone dying of a marijuana overdose.”
‘However, If you mean the demon weed that poisons the mind, pollutes the body, and desecrates family life, then I’m against it.
This is my position, and I will not compromise.’
Funny Quotes about Hypocritical Politicians
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Adlai E. Stevenson
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.
- Autobiography of Mark Twain
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.
- Mark Twain in Eruption
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
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My Wife’s Interviewing Skills
My wife and I operate a small but growing craft brewing business and we needed to hire a new employee. Bryan applied for an interview but I threw his application in the garbage. SHE (without me knowing) replied to Bryan!
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To hoom it mae cunsern,
I waunt to apply for the job what I saw in the paper.
I can Type realee quik wit one finggar and do sum a counting..
I think I am good on the phone and I no I am a pepole person,
Pepole really seam to respond
to me well. Certain men and all the ladies.
I no my spelling is not to good but fi nd that I Offen can get a job thru my persinalety.
My salerery is open so we can discus wat you want to pay me and wat you think that I am werth,
I can start emeditely. Thank you in advanse fore yore anser.
hopifuly Yore best aplicant so farr four a interview.
Sinseerly,
BRYAN
PS : Because my resimay is a bit short – below is a pickture of me.
My wife’s response:
Dear Bryan ,
It’s OK honey, we’ve got spell check.
See you Monday.
M
AND THAT’S WHEN THE FIGHT STARTED…
I applied for the job. I feel really qualified to work in a beer business.
And she picked Bryan????
What does she see in Bryan? I bet he doesn’t even drink beer and watch TV!
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WHY NOT LEGALIZE MARIJUANA?
A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana!
Why not Legalize Marijuana???
With the recent very Disappointing job growth in March
and the incredible growing gap between the rich and the 99%,
You would think the the Powers that be in America,
might want to keep the masses HAPPY.
Because if the Masses aren’t happy…
Friday’s employment report for March badly missed Wall Street’s estimates, and turned in the lowest nonfarm employment growth since June.
Should be an interesting National Weed Day this year!
(April 20 or 420 day )
Click here for more funny Weed Day Stuff
If America is a Democracy, then the answer is easy.
But
We can’t legalize marijuana because it’s:
So dangerous!
It could hurt you!
It could ruin your life!!!
Not like alcohol, base jumping, bull riding, heli-skiing, surfing, car racing, sky diving, or playing football (concussions)
Marijuana is safer than Peanuts!
As if arresting you and jailing you for marijuana possession won’t ruin your life.
Maybe American Politicians will not vote to legalize Marijuana
because they don’t receive donations from the Marijuana Lobby!
(YET! Wonder who will be the first?)
Some Sad Facts:
The government is arresting more than 700,000 marijuana users a year — that’s one arrest every 42 seconds — which is more than the number of arrests for robbery and all violent crimes combined. (And about 88% of all marijuana arrests are for possession, not sale or manufacture.)
Twenty-five-year-old Weldon Angelos celebrated Christmas in federal prison this year … just like he’ll do every year until he’s 80. Last month, Angelos was sentenced to 55 years in prison for selling marijuana to undercover police officers. As U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell pointed out at sentencing, that’s more time than he would have received if he had hijacked an airplane (25 years), beaten someone to death in a fight (13 years), or raped a 10-year-old child (11 years).
Over 500 leading economists signed An Open Letter to the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislatures on the benefits of legalizing marijuana.
Text of Letter Signed By 500+ Economists:
We, the undersigned, call your attention to the attached report by Professor Jeffrey A. Miron, The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition. The report shows that marijuana legalization — replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation — would save $7.7 billion per year in state and federal expenditures on prohibition enforcement and produce tax revenues of at least $2.4 billion annually if marijuana were taxed like most consumer goods. If, however, marijuana were taxed similarly to alcohol or tobacco, it might generate as much as $6.2 billion annually.
The fact that marijuana prohibition has these budgetary impacts does not by itself mean prohibition is bad policy. Existing evidence, however, suggests prohibition has minimal benefits and may itself cause substantial harm.
We therefore urge the country to commence an open and honest debate about marijuana prohibition. We believe such a debate will favor a regime in which marijuana is legal but taxed and regulated like other goods. At a minimum, this debate will force advocates of current policy to show that prohibition has benefits sufficient to justify the cost to taxpayers, foregone tax revenues, and numerous ancillary consequences that result from marijuana prohibition.
If you legalize marijuana, then who will fill all these incredible prisons?
Amazing Growth of Prisons in the USA!
With more than 2.3 million people locked up, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. One out of 100 American adults is behind bars — while a stunning one out of 32 is on probation, parole or in prison. This reliance on mass incarceration has created a thriving prison economy. The states and the federal government spend about $74 billion a year on corrections, and nearly 800,000 people work in the industry.
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Getting Old Lessons
Five Lessons to Be Learned From Aging
“Aging” – “Take every birthday with a grain of salt. This works much better if the salt accompanies a large margarita.”
1. Things really can Get Better with Age
“By the time you’re eighty years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it.” – Bill Vaughan
2. Never Underestimate the Power of Change
Being a Grandparent is a life changing experience, and you can make your own House Rules!
3. Look Good Feel Good
4. Attitude Is So Important
5. Fitness
“So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.” ~ A.J.Materi
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming… ‘Wow! What a ride!’
Enjoy life!
“Growing old is compulsory – growing up is optional.” – Bob Monkhouse
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