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The following is from E-mail from a visitor. Thanks
Nancy!
THIS is Freedom!!
I think everyone on this planet needs to read this. This was sent by a 78-year-old former nun. The thoughts are pure and we all understand the point. She writes:
There are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some native Americans, need to understand. First of all, it is not our responsibility to continually try not to offend you in any way. This idea of America being a multicultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity.
As Americans, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language, and our own lifestyle. This culture, called the "American Way" has been developed over centuries of struggles, trials, and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
Our forefathers fought, bled, and died at places such as Bunker Hill, Antietam, San Juan, Iwo
Jima, Normandy, Korea, Vietnam. We speak English, not Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn our language!
"In God We Trust" is our national motto. This is not some off the wall, Christian, Right Wing, political
slogan - it is our national motto. It is engraved in stone in the House of Representatives in our Capitol and it is printed on our currency. We adopted this motto because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation and this is clearly
documented throughout our history. If it is appropriate for our motto to be inscribed in the halls of our highest level of Government, then it is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools.
God is in our pledge, our National Anthem, nearly every patriotic song, and in our founding documents. We honor His birth, death, and resurrection as holidays, and we turn to Him in prayer in times of crisis. If God
offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture and we are proud to have Him.
We are proud of our heritage and those who have so honorably defended our freedoms. We celebrate Independence Day, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Flag Day. We have parades, picnics, and barbecues where we proudly wave
our flag.
As an American, I have the right to wave my flag, sing my national anthem, quote my national motto, and cite my pledge whenever and wherever I choose. If the Stars and Stripes offend you, or you don't like Uncle Sam, then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet.
The American culture is our way of life, our heritage, and we are proud of it. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. Like it or not, this is our country, our land, and our lifestyle.
Our First Amendment gives every citizen the right to express his opinion about our government, culture, or society, and we will allow you every opportunity to do so. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about our flag, our pledge, our national motto, or our way of life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great American freedom: THE RIGHT TO LEAVE!
Another thing: To those who do complain about the usage of words like 'God' and 'American' and speaking the language of our great nation, try going to another country and speak against what you don't like. You will more than likely end up jailed or even killed.
In America, you take your right to complain for granted. The more patriotism that is removed from where our children are taught, the less our children will learn about what it is to be an American and our nation's spirit will slowly be killed. Keep patriotism alive!
If you agree, pass this onto other Americans!!
The author of this letter is
unknown to us. If anyone knows who wrote this,
or the name of the "78-year-old nun," please let us know who this
person is.
We'd like to thank them and verify permission to reprint this on our Web site.
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A Little Bit of Humor...
Johnny was at his first day of school. The teacher advised the class that each school day starts the Pledge of Allegiance and instructed them to put their right hand over their heart and repeat after him.
As he starts the recitation he looks around the room, "I pledge allegiance to the flag..." When his eyes fell on Johnny he found he had his hand over the right cheek of his buttocks.
"Johnny, I will not continue till you put you hand over your heart."
Johnny replied, "It is over my heart."
After several attempts to get Johnny to put his hand over his heart the teacher asked, "Why do you think that is your heart?"
"Because every time my Grandma comes to visit she pats me there and says, 'Bless your little heart,' and my Grandma wouldn't lie."
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forwarded to us by Pete...
Robin Williams for President
2004
Leave it to Robin Williams to come up with the perfect plan...what we need now is for our UN Ambassador to stand up and repeat this message.
Robin Williams' plan...
(Hard to argue with this logic!)
I see a lot of people yelling for peace but I have not heard of a plan for peace. So, here's one plan:
- The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past &
present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Noriega, Milosovich and the rest of those 'good ole boys.'
We will never "interfere" again.
- We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany, South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station troops at our borders. No one sneaking through holes in the fence.
- All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave.
We'll give them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are. France would welcome them.
- All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be allowed in. If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11 cashiers.
- No "students" over age 21. The older ones
are the bombers. If they don't attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.
- The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but will require a temporary drilling of oil in the Alaskan wilderness. The caribou will have to cope for a while.
- Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil. If they don't like it, we go some place else. They can go somewhere else to sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sites would be enough.)
- If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we will not "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.
- Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island some place.
We don't need the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would
make a good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.
- All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.
There now, ain't that a winner of a
plan? "The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'"
If you agree with the above forward it to friends.
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- Technically, the United States
has only forty-six states:
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Massachusetts
are
Commonwealths.
- Some US states have cities named the same as other US states.
These are:
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Delaware, Arkansas
* Nevada, Missouri
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California, Maryland
* Louisiana, Missouri
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Oregon, Wisconsin
* Kansas, Oklahoma
* Wyoming, Ohio
* Michigan, North Dakota
* Indiana, Pennsylvania
- Maine is the only state whose name is
just one syllable.
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The states with the smallest populations are:
Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.
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Rhode Island is the smallest US state in size.
- There are only five US states with no sales tax.
They are: Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon.
- "The top ten states in number of lightning casualties (deaths and injuries combined): Florida leads the list, with twice as many casualties as any other state. Other states represented are Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado and Texas."
Source: http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd18jun99_1.htm
- The Louisiana Purchase Territory consists of the following states (or parts of states):
Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
and Wyoming.
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Did You Know?
What is the most common trash item found on US
beaches? The Center for Marine Conservation reports that 17 refrigerators, 35 shopping
carts, and a 1953 DeSoto were among the items found on US beaches during its annual International Coastal Cleanup last September. The
most frequently found items -- for the tenth cleanup in a row -- were cigarette butts. In 1999, an estimated 812,000 cigarette butts were
collected, accounting for nearly 20 percent of the trash picked up.
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Fun State Slogans
- Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
- Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
- Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat
- Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
- California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
- Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
- Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet
- Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
- Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
- Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
- Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But
Leave Your Money)
- Idaho: Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes ... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes
Sure Are Real Good
- Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
- Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
- Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
- Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
- Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
- Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism
Campaign
- Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
- Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
- Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
- Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
- Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes ... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
- Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
- Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
- Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very
Little Else
- Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
- Nevada: Whores and Poker!
- New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
- New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right
Here!
- New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
- New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An
Attorney ...
- North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
- North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
- Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan
- Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
- Oregon: Spotted Owl ... It's What's For Dinner
- Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
- Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
- South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
- South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
- Tennessee: The Educashun State
- Texas: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
- Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
- Vermont: Yep
- Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
- Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
- Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
- West Virginia: One Big Happy Family ... Really!
- Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
- Wyoming: Where Men Are Men ... and the sheep are scared!!!
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Did You Know?
The state with the highest percentage of people
who walk to work:
Alaska.
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"Places I'd Rather Not Live In..."
Paradox, New York
Crapo, Maryland
Boogertown, North Carolina
Spasticville, Kansas
Hellhole, Idaho
Purgatory, Maine
What would Freud say about...
Climax, Michigan
Spread Eagle, Wisconsin
Needmore, Arkansas (Clinton's Home Town?)
Hardup, Utah
Big Bogue Homo, Mississippi
Intercourse, Pennsylvania
Hornytown, North Carolina
Conception Junction, Missouri
It doesn't surprise me that there is a...
Rudeville, New Jersey
Boring, Oregon
Hell, Michigan
Hooker, California
Virgin, Utah
Dulls Corner, Maryland
Bowlegs, Oklahoma
Volcano, Hawaii
Beersville, Pennsylvania
Fleatown, Ohio
Burnt Corn, Alabama
Two Guns, Arizona
Toad Suck, Arkansas
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"You know the world is going crazy
when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the
tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup,
France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to
war, and the three most powerful men in America are named
"Bush", "Dick", and "Colon." -- Chris
Rock (Submitted by Jackie)
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How To Identify Where A
Driver Is From
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- One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago
- One hand on wheel, one finger out window: New York
- One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston
- One hand on wheel, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator: California. With gun in
lap: Riverside
- Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: Ohio, but
driving in California.
- Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone
in back seat: Italy
- One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on game:
Seattle
- One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the
accelerator and both on the brake, throwing a McDonalds bag out the window: Texas city
male
- One hand constantly refocusing the rearview mirror to show different angles of the BIG
hair, one hand going between mousse, brush, and rattail to keep the helmet hair going,
both feet on the accelerator, poodle steering the car, chrome .38 revolver with mother of
pearl inlaid handle in the glove compartment: Texas female
- Four wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor,
squirrel tails attached to antenna, cousin/spouse in passenger seat: Arkansas
- Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the
interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida.
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Did You
Know?
You can cut down the number of national advertising
telephone solicitation calls you get by sending your
name, address and telephone number to:
Telephone Preference
Service
Direct Marketing Association
P. O. Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
Names remain on the
Preference List for five years. After five years,
you will have to register again. If you continue
to receive unwanted calls, request that your name be
removed from their list when a company calls.
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State
Health Facts Online
The Kaiser Family Foundation's State Health Facts Online. This resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation.
www.statehealthfacts.org
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Inspiration &
Motivation
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Thoughts...
Seven Wonders
A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World."
Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes: |
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
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While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many."
The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."
The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:
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1. To See
2. To Hear
3. To Touch
4. To Taste
5. To Feel
6. To Laugh
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The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop. The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous! A gentle reminder -- that the most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.
Submitted by Pete
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