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A fellow Brooklynite was appalled when I told him I was moving to Florida. :D

He told me "those people are stupid down there", and he even told me that there is a name for them; "Floridiots".:violin:

Well, he has been proven right. :croc:

But, 90% of the people I have met in Florida come from "Up North", Cuba or Mexico. :frusty:

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I'm a west coasterner turned midwesterner and I've never heard either phrase. Well, until now, obviously.

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“My old washing machine, he’s given up the goat,” he said, in a broad Gloucestershire accent.

Yep...just as I suspected - a Yankee. In the South he would have said, "My warshin machin's done give up the ghost."

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Carlene: That may be a way that most southerners would say it, but if you're from the southwest and live out in the toolies, you would probably say, "Muh danged ole warshin' machine done went un giv up the ghost!"

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My Attorney

After living what I felt was a "decent" life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a courthouse. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table.

As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor." He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil pe rson I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

The corner door flew open and there appeared the Judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence as He moved across the room. I couldn't take my eyes off of Him. As He took His seat behind the bench, He said, "Let us begin."

The prosecutor rose and said, "My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this man belongs in hell." He proceeded to tell of lies I told, things I stole, and in the past when I cheated others. Satan told of other horrible perversions once in my life and the more he spoke, the further down in my seat I sank. I was so embarrassed, I couldn't look at anyone, even my own Attorney, as the Devil told of sins even I completely forgotten about. As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset at My Attorney who sat there silently not offering any form of defense at all. I know I was guilty of those things, but I did some good in my life - couldn't that at least equal out part

Satan finished with a fury and said, "This man belongs in hell, he is guilty of all I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise."

When it was His turn, My Attorney first asked if He might approach the bench. The Judge allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned Him to come forward. As He got up and started walking, I was able to see Him in His full splendor and majesty. I reali zed why He seemed so familiar; this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my Savior.

He stopped at the bench and softly said to the Judge, "Hi, Dad," then He turned to address the court. "Satan was correct in saying this man sinned, I won't deny any of these allegations. And, yes, the wage of sin is death, and this man deserves to be punished."

Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed, "However, I died on the cross so this person might have eternal life and he accepted Me as his Savior, so he is Mine."

My Lord continued with, "His name is written in the Book of Life and no one can snatch him from Me. Satan still does not understand yet. This man is not to be given justice, but rather mercy."

As Jesus sat down, He quietly paused, looked at His Father and said,"There is nothing else that needs to be done. I've done it all."

The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down. The following words bellowed from His lips... "This man is free The penalty for him was already paid in full. Case dismissed"

As my Lord led me away, I could hear Satan ranting and raving, "I won't give up, I will win the next one."

I asked Jesus as He gave me my instructions where to go next, "Have you ever lost a case?" Christ lovingly smiled and said, "Everyone that comes to Me and asked Me to represent them, received the same verdict as you, "PAID IN FULL."

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My Attorney

After living what I felt was a "decent" life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a courthouse. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table.

As I looked around I saw the "prosecutor." He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil pe rson I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

The corner door flew open and there appeared the Judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence as He moved across the room. I couldn't take my eyes off of Him. As He took His seat behind the bench, He said, "Let us begin."

The prosecutor rose and said, "My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this man belongs in hell." He proceeded to tell of lies I told, things I stole, and in the past when I cheated others. Satan told of other horrible perversions once in my life and the more he spoke, the further down in my seat I sank. I was so embarrassed, I couldn't look at anyone, even my own Attorney, as the Devil told of sins even I completely forgotten about. As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset at My Attorney who sat there silently not offering any form of defense at all. I know I was guilty of those things, but I did some good in my life - couldn't that at least equal out part

Satan finished with a fury and said, "This man belongs in hell, he is guilty of all I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise."

When it was His turn, My Attorney first asked if He might approach the bench. The Judge allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned Him to come forward. As He got up and started walking, I was able to see Him in His full splendor and majesty. I reali zed why He seemed so familiar; this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my Savior.

He stopped at the bench and softly said to the Judge, "Hi, Dad," then He turned to address the court. "Satan was correct in saying this man sinned, I won't deny any of these allegations. And, yes, the wage of sin is death, and this man deserves to be punished."

Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed, "However, I died on the cross so this person might have eternal life and he accepted Me as his Savior, so he is Mine."

My Lord continued with, "His name is written in the Book of Life and no one can snatch him from Me. Satan still does not understand yet. This man is not to be given justice, but rather mercy."

As Jesus sat down, He quietly paused, looked at His Father and said,"There is nothing else that needs to be done. I've done it all."

The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down. The following words bellowed from His lips... "This man is free The penalty for him was already paid in full. Case dismissed"

As my Lord led me away, I could hear Satan ranting and raving, "I won't give up, I will win the next one."

I asked Jesus as He gave me my instructions where to go next, "Have you ever lost a case?" Christ lovingly smiled and said, "Everyone that comes to Me and asked Me to represent them, received the same verdict as you, "PAID IN FULL."

It is very sad to me to see someone who chooses to believe in a god who administers mercy to such a tiny percentage of human souls. The god in this story offers mercy only to those very few who meet criteria that the majority of humans could never possibly meet because those humans never heard of the game or the rules. Under the plan set forth in this story, the vast majority of humans would always fail to attain gods mercy simply because they never even heard about the alleged on true path to gods mercy. A god of that type is unfair, cruel, heartless, and arbitrary.

If I were god I believe I would have little patience for any person who reached the conclusion that my nature could possibly unclude this level unfairness and cruelty. I would have much greater esteem for any human who used his or her capacity to reason in order to see that god loves all and offers mercy to all.

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You know Mark, I've thought a lot about your theory that God expects us to reason through all of this and that's what he's looking for from his children. I think you have something there! It makes entirely more sense than much of the other "religious" bunk being trotted out and called the "truth."

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Bill & Hillary

Thought you would enjoy reading this...

Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 8, 1964 , accepting

all contractual conditions of registering for the draft.

Selective Service Number 326 46 228.

Bill Clinton classified 2-S on November 17, 1964 .

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on March 20, 1968 .

Bill Clinton ordered to report for induction on July 28, 1969.

Bill Clinton refuses to report and is not inducted into the military.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the United States

Army Reserves on August 07, 1969 , under authority of Col. E. Holmes.

Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment.

Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of

Arkansas ROTC, September 1969.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with

Army Reserves is revoked by Colonel E... Holmes and Clinton now AWOL and

subject to arrest under Public Law 90-40 (2)(a) registrant who has failed to

report...remain liable for induction.'

Bill Clinton's birth date lottery number is 311, drawn December 1,

1969, but anyone who has already been ordered to report for induction is

INELIGIBLE!

Bill Clinton runs for Congress (1974), while a fugitive from justice

under Public Law 90-40.

Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a

fugitive from justice.

Bill Clinton receives pardon on January 21,1977, from President

Carter.

Bill Clinton FIRST PARDONED FEDERAL FELON ever to serve as President

of the United States .

All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public

laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted

by Clinton .

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, President Clinton promised

that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.

military personnel Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia , which killed 19

and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those

responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa , which killed 224

and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39

U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down

and punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept those promises, an estimated 3,000 people in

New York and Washington, DC that are now dead would be alive today.

AN INTERESTING QUESTION:

This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without

casting stones, it is a legitimate question.

There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively

cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity.

The other sponsors terrorism. That being the case, why was it that the

Clinton Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the

eight years in office, than Osama bin Laden?

THINK ABOUT IT!

It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forth

coming memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written.

This from two people who spent 8 years being unable to recall

anything about past events while under oath.

Sincerely,

Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)

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What a load of poppycock. Who are these people and why are they participating (authoring) such hate? Is this the same guy who attacked Kerry's military records? The "Swift Boat" terrorists? Why can't they ever get over the fact that Bill Clinton was elected for 2 terms to the Presidency of the United States and that many, many Americans love his politics? Nothing they say or do now is going to take away from the really good job he did as President.

Besides, if it is a pissing contest you want to get into regarding our Presidents' military service, I'd think you Bushyheads would want to back off pretty quick from this topic!

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Bill & Hillary

Thought you would enjoy reading this...

Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 8, 1964 , accepting

all contractual conditions of registering for the draft.

Selective Service Number 326 46 228.

Bill Clinton classified 2-S on November 17, 1964 .

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on March 20, 1968 .

Bill Clinton ordered to report for induction on July 28, 1969.

Bill Clinton refuses to report and is not inducted into the military.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the United States

Army Reserves on August 07, 1969 , under authority of Col. E. Holmes.

Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment.

Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of

Arkansas ROTC, September 1969.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with

Army Reserves is revoked by Colonel E... Holmes and Clinton now AWOL and

subject to arrest under Public Law 90-40 (2)(a) registrant who has failed to

report...remain liable for induction.'

Bill Clinton's birth date lottery number is 311, drawn December 1,

1969, but anyone who has already been ordered to report for induction is

INELIGIBLE!

Bill Clinton runs for Congress (1974), while a fugitive from justice

under Public Law 90-40.

Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a

fugitive from justice.

Bill Clinton receives pardon on January 21,1977, from President

Carter.

Bill Clinton FIRST PARDONED FEDERAL FELON ever to serve as President

of the United States .

All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public

laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted

by Clinton .

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, President Clinton promised

that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.

military personnel Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia , which killed 19

and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those

responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa , which killed 224

and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39

U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down

and punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept those promises, an estimated 3,000 people in

New York and Washington, DC that are now dead would be alive today.

AN INTERESTING QUESTION:

This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without

casting stones, it is a legitimate question.

There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively

cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity.

The other sponsors terrorism. That being the case, why was it that the

Clinton Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the

eight years in office, than Osama bin Laden?

THINK ABOUT IT!

It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forth

coming memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written.

This from two people who spent 8 years being unable to recall

anything about past events while under oath.

Sincerely,

Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)

http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/felon.asp

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/clinton.htm

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Bill & Hillary

Thought you would enjoy reading this...

Bill Clinton registers for the draft on September 8, 1964 , accepting

all contractual conditions of registering for the draft.

Selective Service Number 326 46 228.

Bill Clinton classified 2-S on November 17, 1964 .

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on March 20, 1968 .

Bill Clinton ordered to report for induction on July 28, 1969.

Bill Clinton refuses to report and is not inducted into the military.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-D after enlisting in the United States

Army Reserves on August 07, 1969 , under authority of Col. E. Holmes.

Clinton signs enlistment papers and takes oath of enlistment.

Bill Clinton fails to report to his duty station at the University of

Arkansas ROTC, September 1969.

Bill Clinton reclassified 1-A on October 30, 1969, as enlistment with

Army Reserves is revoked by Colonel E... Holmes and Clinton now AWOL and

subject to arrest under Public Law 90-40 (2)(a) registrant who has failed to

report...remain liable for induction.'

Bill Clinton's birth date lottery number is 311, drawn December 1,

1969, but anyone who has already been ordered to report for induction is

INELIGIBLE!

Bill Clinton runs for Congress (1974), while a fugitive from justice

under Public Law 90-40.

Bill Clinton runs for Arkansas Attorney General (1976), while a

fugitive from justice.

Bill Clinton receives pardon on January 21,1977, from President

Carter.

Bill Clinton FIRST PARDONED FEDERAL FELON ever to serve as President

of the United States .

All these facts come from Freedom of Information requests, public

laws, and various books that have been published, and have not been refuted

by Clinton .

After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, President Clinton promised

that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed five U.S.

military personnel Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia , which killed 19

and injured 200 U.S. military personnel; Clinton promised that those

responsible would be hunted down and punished.

After the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa , which killed 224

and injured 5,000; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted

down and punished.

After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39

U.S. sailors; Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down

and punished.

Maybe if Clinton had kept those promises, an estimated 3,000 people in

New York and Washington, DC that are now dead would be alive today.

AN INTERESTING QUESTION:

This question was raised on a Philly radio call-in show. Without

casting stones, it is a legitimate question.

There are two men, both extremely wealthy. One develops relatively

cheap software and gives billions of dollars to charity.

The other sponsors terrorism. That being the case, why was it that the

Clinton Administration spent more money chasing down Bill Gates over the

eight years in office, than Osama bin Laden?

THINK ABOUT IT!

It is a strange turn of events. Hillary gets $8 Million for her forth

coming memoir. Bill gets about $12 Million for his memoir yet to be written.

This from two people who spent 8 years being unable to recall

anything about past events while under oath.

Sincerely,

Cdr. Hamilton McWhorter USN (ret)

Was that the draft of your latest sermon?

Beware of false prophets. Beware of those preaching the word of God for their interests, not yours. And most of all, beware of those that know too much, for only the Lord knoweth all things. -- Book of TOM v1-1

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GEORGE W. BUSH RESUME

The White House, USA

* ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

* I attacked and took over two countries.

* I spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the Treasury.

* I shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.

* I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

* I set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.

* I am the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.

* I am the first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.

* In my first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.

* After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, I presided over the worst security failure in US history.

* I set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.

* In my first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their job.

* I cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.

* I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

* I appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.

* I set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president since the advent of TV.

* I signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other president in US history.

* I presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.

* I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.

* I cut health care benefits for war veterans.

* I set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest me (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.

* I dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.

* I've made my presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.

* Members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her).

* I am the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously go bankrupt.

* I presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.

* I am the first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community.

* I have created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.

* I set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history.

* I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.

* I am the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.

* I removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.

* I rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.

* I withdrew from the World Court of Law.

* I refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.

* I am the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.

* I am the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.

* The biggest lifetime contributor to my campaign, who is also one of my best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).

* I spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.

* I am the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)

* I am the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.

* I took the world's sympathy for the US after 911, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).

* I am the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.

* I am the first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than by their immediate neighbor, North Korea.

* I changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

* I set the all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts.

* I have removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history. In a little over two years I have created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided that the US has been since the civil war.

* I entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.

* RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

* I have at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).

* I was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war.

* I refuse to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.

* All records of my tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to my father¹s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

* All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

* All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

* Any records or minutes from meetings I (or my VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.

* PERSONAL REFERENCES:

* For personal references, please speak to my dad or uncle James Baker (They can be reached in their offices at the Carlyle Group where they are helping to divide up the spoils of the US-Iraq war and plan for the next one.)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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