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So This Is What It's Like To Shop In Russia...

Thankfully with 9 kids to feed, we generally keep a lot of food around the house. But I have to confess my late afternoon trip to the local Wal-Mart to buy milk, sand and soda resulted in a pretty shocking landscape which I've documented for you here.

I couldn't help but to think this is what it's like to shop in many forign countries where your shopping list is often determined by what's left on the shelves.

I'm grateful this is all "storm related" and not due to a collapsed economy...but it gave me shivers just to contemplate the possibilities!

No Milk - Unless you enjoy whole milk...

Hope you like meatloaf!

Sorry kids, no bannana splits for dessert today!   
 
 

Speaking of child labor...

It occured to me today that I won't be around to see this years spending deficit "paid in full" and I now tell my own kids how grateful I am to know they'll be picking up "tabs" for the next generation.

This video makes a dramatic point in only 30 seconds.

Wisdom and Humor for the ages...

48 years ago, President Reagan (then citizen Reagan) espoused the very words that ring true today as the Senate finance committee moves forward with the Baucus health care bill.  I know it's been tense over these past many weeks and I can't remember the last time we had positive news to report at the state or federal level.  When time allows, give this a listen.  It's quite powerful.  Don't miss the ending either...Reagan always knew how to go for the heart of the matter and in typical Reagan style...he delivers.

Without doubt, President Reagan and Paul Harvey are two voices I shall always miss but never forget.  To lighten your load today, I've included a short nugget of Paul's humor and wisdom below that I'm sure you'll enjoy..."Good day!"

The "New and Improved" United Nations

Tongue in cheek folks.  It's funny, but when you stop and listen to the UN General Assembly speeches in their entirety, it suddenly loses all humor and begs us to awaken from this bad dream and do something.  As I post, Muammar Qaddafi is beginning his second hour of a ridiculous speech that only proves the irrelevance of this once proud body.

I find it ironic that President Reagan sent a cruise missle into Qaddafi's tent not too long ago and now he's pitched a tent only miles from ground zero.  Makes you scratch your head doesn't it?

We don't need another Ronald Reagan...we need a Luke Skywalker!

Comedian Tim Hawkins: "The Government Can"

Remember the "good ol days" when our children (okay, truth told, even when I was a child) could saddle up to the Saturday cartoons and watch some quality content?  How about Schoolhouse Rocks for example? 

I'm just a bill - Certainly an all time classic...

I have a daughter who just started the first grade.  I was certainly caught off guard last week at her classroom orientation by two observations.

1) The teacher wasn't there

2) There were no less than 3 pictures of President Obama displayed around the classroom.  Now I'll bite my tongue on this as I patiently and carefully observe and listen before I act.  Somehow, I think comedian Tim Hawkins is developing a new schoolhouse curriculum for our young ones...

Give this a view - Tongue in cheek of course...thought you'd enjoy the parody today.

Thought for the day...

Here's the best brief clip I've viewed of Air Force One buzzing the good citizens of New York City.

Give this a quick view and then think about this:  Soon the day will come that citizens of the United States run away from Air Force One....when our President sits inside!!

100 days and who would have thought it would happen so soon!

A letter to God...

A little boy wanted $100 very badly and prayed for weeks; but nothing happened.

Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100. When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA...they decided to send it to the President. The President was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5 dollar bill.

The President thought this would appear to be a lot of money to the little boy.  The little boy was delighted with the $5 bill and sat down to write a thank-you note to God, which read:

Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed that for some reason you sent it through Washington D.C. and those a**holes took $95.00 in taxes!

 

 

Some "Brazilian humor"...

 Removed from a recent Email:

The Department Of Defense briefed the president this morning.  They told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq . 

To everyone's surprise, all the color drained from Obama's face. Then he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.

Finally, he composed himself and asked, 'Just how many is a Brazilian?'

This is sadly ironic to be sure...since President Obama obviously has no understanding of billion or trillion either!

Speaking of Trillion by the way (a number that is carelessly abused in D.C. these days) here's visual representation of what a Trillion dollars of your hard-earned taxes looks like:

 

This by the way, represents "double stacked" pallets of $100 dollar bills. Note the visual representation of a person standing at the lower left corner.