What One Canadian Thinks...

Received this email from a friend in Canada... Here's what some think north of 60.
Our present Prime Minister Harper pushed a bill thru during the last session to fix elections for November 2009 and every 4 years thereafter. However, fearing the crash in the US markets, Harper broke his own newly minted law and called an election for the earliest possible date hoping to get thru before 1) the crash and 2) the election of your new president. He has been a Bush man and the concensus here is that Bush is out and his party, who have backed his administration, has lost favor the Obama is in. Nobody cares about what's right or wrong in either country. We have no business in Afghanistan. We're only there because our former leader, the Liberal leader Cretien refused to go into Iraq. They did help in the Gulf War but not Iraq. So Bush said, if you're not with us, you're against us and the government here panicked and did the Afghanistan thing to try and make up with Bush. We can't make a difference there. Not possible. They want to continue growing opium. Iraq has oil, which we both need........nothing to do with the people....economics... And that's my rant for today.......
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"Wave your hands in the air like you don't care."

- Retirees: Don't even open the envelope when the September 401(k) statement arrives. Better to save the paper for kindling.
--THOMAS M. DEFRANK with Kenneth R. Bazinet

What, Me Worry?

Trader David O'Day rubs his eyes as he works on the floor of the New York Stock
Exchange, Monday Sept. 29, 2008.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)


My job lost me in June...
My pension is with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp...
My mortgage is with Countrywide...
My retirement investments are with Morgan Stanley...
My bank is WAMU...
But you know what, I'm a lucky guy.
My heart goes out to all those suffering great financial losses.

Avast...It's Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Q. When is Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008 (2009, 2010, 2011 etc.)? A. International Talk Like a Pirate Day isn't one o' those governmentally sanctioned holidays that shifts around to create a convenient three-day weekend. No, the date is ALWAYS Sept. 19 (Cap'n Slappy's ex-wife's birthday.) Now, occasionally Sept. 19 falls on a Sunday, and we recognize that may not meet everyone's desire for an excuse to party. While a lot of fun can be had ce;ebrating TLADP in a church setting (The choir will now sing, "How Great Thou Aaarrrrt!") we're suggesting that those of a more secular bent consider celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Weekend.

Wham Bam Thank You Mam!

Just last week Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, called for an early election which will take place October 14. No muss, no fuss, no two years of campaigning and the associated cost and name calling.

OK So I Found This Funny...Sue Me!

"You Don't Need A Weather Man To Know Which Way The Wind Blows."

Robert Arnold, a reporter for NBC affiliate KPRC, was doing a live report on the early effects of the storm when a wave surge started to wash away the dock he was standing on. (NBC News)

Still Here!

Well they fired up "Old Sparky" today and we're all still here.

Earth's Last Day?

International physicist will fire up that big Atom Smasher under the French-Swiss border tomorrow. On the Cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are the words "Don't Panic." The Guide came in handy after the Vogons blew up Earth to make way for a hyperspatial express route. Some believe something like that will happen tomorrow when the Big Bang is recreated right under our noses. Just in case...So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. It's been nice blogging you.

Are You Ready For Some Football?

Mamas

Don't Let Your Babies

Grow Up to Be Cowboys

(Or Cowboys fans, for that matter.)



Hail to the Redskins
Hail Vic-tor-y
Braves on the Warpath
Fight for old D.C.
To the tune of "Yes Jesus Loves Me." If you think this is not PC, look up the original words.



When you're a Jet,

You're the top cat in town,

You're the gold medal kid

With the heavyweight crown!

-From West Side Story

Didn't Ask, Didn't Tell?

Alaska: Coldest State, Hottest Governor!

Below is by Elisabeth Bumiller of The New York Times
ST. PAUL - A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.
On Monday morning, Ms. Palin and her husband, Todd, issued a statement saying that their 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, was five months pregnant and that she intended to marry the father.
Among other less attention-grabbing news of the day: it was learned that Ms. Palin now has a private lawyer in a legislative ethics investigation in Alaska into whether she abused her power in dismissing the state’s public safety commissioner; that she was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party, which has at times sought a vote on whether the state should secede; and that Mr. Palin was arrested 22 years ago on a drunken-driving charge.