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Please Do This Before 9/11

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

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Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign and PLEASE forward this E-mail immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward it. We have one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America.

If you forward this email to least 11 people and each of those people do the same… you get the idea.

THE PROGRAM:

On Saturday, September 11th, 2010, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this ninth anniversary of one our country’s worst tragedies. We do this honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.

In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn’t take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity.

Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.

Action Plan:

So, here’s what we need you to do..

(1) Forward this email to everyone you know (at least 11 people). Please don’t be the one to break this chain.

Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.

(2) Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11. Honestly, Americans should fly the flag year-round, but if you don’t, then at least make it a priority on this day.

Thank you for your participation. God Bless You and God Bless America!

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Look What Was Captured On The Arizona Border!

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Anybody want to boycott Arizona now? It’s not about profiling!
Why was there no news coverage of this raid on the Arizona border???

Definitely NOT Jose wishing to come pick lettuce!!

This is exactly why we MUST support ARIZONA. Right on the Arizona border! This is but one seizure that has taken place along the border over the past year. There have been many more like this (but you won’t hear about it on media news.) Not a mention on ABC – CBS – NBC – MSNBC – or CNN news! These photos and reports come from a Spanish language news source. Thank God for the border patrol and that they did not allow this to get in.

Mexican soldiers display seized weapons after a raid operation on a drug hitmen training camp near the municipality of Higueras, some 50 km (31 miles) away from Monterrey May 11, 2010. The army seized machineguns, rifles, four rocket-propelled grenade launchers, two rockets, grenades, ammunition, twelve trucks and communication radios during the raid, according to local media. One drug hitman died during the operation. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO – Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY CRIME LAW)

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Stash of assault rifles.

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Enough ammunition to outfit a small army was confiscated.

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Military caps and equipment were among the cache of weapons. Hats bearing the Zetas drug cartel logo are displayed next to stacks of loaded rifle magazines, during a media display of seized weaponry by the military.

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All types of assault weapons were among the cache. Many were military grade weapons with plenty of ammo.

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There were enough guns to open a gun shop.

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It was a major asenal of weapons including grenade launchers.

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Not only weapons, but also vehicles believed to have been stolen were found at the site.

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One smuggler was killed during the operation when he fired on the border patrol agents.

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Numerous Police style bullet proof vests were found in one vehicle.

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More than 200 large weapons were confiscated along with about 30 smaller arms.

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2 grenade launchers were among the cache.

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It appears these guys intended to portray themselves as police officers or military men.

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Each and every vehicle checked had been reported stolen in the USA in the recent past! $380,000 worth of stolen vehicles were recovered.

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More than 60 grenades of varying size were found Arabic writing was found on them.

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Numerous Hand guns with loaded clips were also found in the cache.

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A single grenade like this could bring $5,000 on the streets of the USA.

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Each of these weapons could be sold for as much as $5,000 on the black market in the USA.

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More than 80 stolen cell phones were found. These could be used for detonating bombs remotely.

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Still more rifles were found stuffed in several SUV’s

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Clips loaded with live bullets were just too numerous to count

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All types of weapons including Afghan – Russian – Chinese and many others.

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Why would anyone want to object to protecting our borders after they have seen this??? Our own Federal Government intends to sue Arizona over their law. But the Federals law reads almost word for word. Problem is, they refuse to enforce the law.

Sorta makes you wonder who our real enemies really are……………… ……………..Doesn’t it?

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Railroad Tracks

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

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The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.

Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way
they built them in England , and English expatriates
designed the US railroads.

Why did the English build them like that?
Because the first rail lines were built by the same people
who built the pre-railroad tramways,
and that’s the gauge they used.

Why did ‘they’ use that gauge then?
Because the people who built the tramways used the same
jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons,
which used that wheel spacing.

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Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels
would break on some of the old, long distance roads in
England , because that’s the spacing of the wheel ruts.

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So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads
in Europe (including England ) for their legions.
Those roads have been used ever since.

And the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts,
which everyone else had to match for fear of
destroying their wagon wheels.

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Since the chariots were made for Imperial
Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge
of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original
specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot.
Bureaucracies live forever.

So the next time you are handed a
specification/procedure/process and wonder
‘What horse’s ass came up with this?’, you may
be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots
were made just wide enough to accommodate the
rear ends of two war horses. (Two horses’ asses.)

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Now, the twist to the story:

When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad,
there are two big booster rockets attached to the sides
of the main fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters,
or SRBs. The SRBs are made by
Thiokol at their factory in Utah

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The engineers who designed the SRBs would have
preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs
had to be shipped by train from the factory to
the launch site. The railroad line from the factory
happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains,
and the SRBs had to fit through that tunnel.
The tunnel is slightly wider than the railroad track,
and the railroad track, as you now know,
is about as wide as two horses’ behinds.

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So, a major Space Shuttle design feature
of what is arguably the world’s most advanced
transportation system was determined over
two thousand years ago by the width
of a horse’s ass. And you thought being a
horse’s ass wasn’t important?
Ancient horse’s asses control almost everything…
And CURRENT Horses Asses in Washington
are controlling everything else!

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The Year is 1910

Sunday, August 29th, 2010


This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!

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The year is 1910
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some statistics for the Year 1910:

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The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.

Fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

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The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.

The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.

The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
Were condemned in the press AND the government as ’substandard.’

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

The Five leading causes of death were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet.

There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn’t read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.

Back then pharmacists said, ‘Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health’.

( Shocking? DUH! )

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

I am now going to forward this to someone else without typing it myself.
From there, it will be sent to others all over the WORLD – all in a matter of seconds!

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

IT STAGGERS THE MIND

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Pray if You Want To!

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Enjoy,
Didn’t know if any of you had read this before? If not, would you read it, this was GREAT!!

YES it’s TIME to TAKE AMERICA BACK WITH PRAYERS TO GOD.

AMEN to what Andy said!!

CBS and Katie Couric must be in a panic and rushing to reassure the White House that this is not network policy.

Folks, this is the year that we RE-TAKE AMERICA & CANADA

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Keep this going around the globe. Read it and forward every time you receive it.. We can’t give up on this issue.

Andy Rooney and Prayer

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Andy Rooney says:

I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I’m not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don’t agree with Darwin , but I didn’t go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his Theory of Evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game. So what’s the big deal? It’s not like somebody is up there reading the entire Book of Acts. They’re just talking to a God they believe in and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the fans going home from the game.

But it’s a Christian prayer, some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America and Canada, countries founded on Christian principles. According to our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you expect — somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem , I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad , I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China , I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

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And I wouldn’t be offended. It wouldn’t bother me one bit.

When in Rome …..

But what about the atheists? Is another argument.

What about them? Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We’re not going to pass the collection plate. Just humour us for 30 seconds. If that’s asking too much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer!

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don’t think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world’s foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long. It’s time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority doesn’t care what they want. It is time that the majority rules! It’s time we tell them, “You don’t have to pray; you don’t have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don’t have to believe in God or attend services that honour Him. That is your right, and we will honour your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!”

God bless us one and all…Especially those who denounce Him, God bless America and Canada, despite all our faults We are still the greatest nations of all. God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.

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Let’s make 2010 the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions. And our military forces come home from all the wars.

Keep looking up.

InGodWeTrust

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This Message Applies as Much to Americans as it Applies to Canadians…

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

This is My Country…..

There’s a jingoist tone to this screed, but there are valid points made.

Actually, one of my former colleagues, a Muslim woman, was on the committee to defeat the promotion of Sharia Law. Other Muslim friends of mine are “on the same page” as this writer, having come to Canada specifically to avoid religious and sectarian hostilites. No one has a monopoly on common sense, (or the lack of it) but so-called “political correctness” has gone crazy in Canada lately.

My great grandfather watched as his friends died in WW1, my father watched as his friends died in WW II, and I watched as my friends died in Afghanistan.

None of them died for a Foreign Flag.
Everyone died for the Canadian flag.
We removed Christian prayer from our schools as it might offend a minority of students not of the Christian faith.
It is politically incorrect for Public and Civil Servants to wear anything of a religious nature while serving the public, despite the fact that civil servants are allowed to wear turbans on the job as public or Civil servants. Why? – Because it is against their religion not to wear it.
In fact, our Prime Minister forbade the use of any Christian reference when a memorial service was held on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax. The memorial was in remembrance of the 229 people that lost their lives in the
September 2, 1998 Swiss Air Flight 111 that crashed. Almost all of the crash victims were Christian.
We have removed any reference to Christianity in our Courts of Law, despite the fact that our laws are based on Christian principles and values.
Bike laws in almost all Canadian Jurisdictions require bike riders to wear safety helmets. You guessed it. – people who are required to wear turbans are exempt because a helmet is not designed to be worn over a turban.
Some ten years ago a Commission was assembled in Ontario (lobbied for by Muslims) to investigate the practicality of allowing Canadians of the Muslim faith to practice Sharia law. The Commission head (a former Attorney General in the Bob Rae NDP Government) presented the Commission findings to the succeeding Provincial Government to allow limited use of Sharia Law for Canadians of the Muslim faith. The recommendation was rejected. – It should never have gone that far and in fact the issue should never have reached a discussion stage, let alone the formation of a commission.
It is politically incorrect to wish our fellow Canadians Merry Christmas.
And the list goes on and on.
Enough is enough.
The below e-mail message needs to be viewed by every Canadian; and every Canadian needs to stand up for Canada.
We’ve bent over to appease the new Canadian immigrants long enough.
I’m taking a stand.
I’m standing up because the tens of thousands who died fighting in wars for this country, and for the Canadian flag can’t stand up.
If you agree, stand up with me.
If you disagree, then just delete it.
And shame on anyone who tries to make this a racist message.

A Map Of My Country:

Let me make this perfectly clear!

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THIS IS MY COUNTRY!
And, because I make This statement

DOES NOT

Mean I’m against immigration!!!

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IN MY COUNTRY!
Welcome! To come through legally:

1. Get a sponsor!
2. Get a place to lay your head!
3. Get a job!
4. Live By OUR Rules!
5. Pay YOUR Taxes!

And
6. Learn the LANGUAGE like immigrants
have in the past!!!
AND
7. Please don’t demand that we hand over our lifetime
savings of Social Security Funds to you.

If you don’t want to forward this for fear of offending someone,
Then YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
When will Canadians STOP giving away THEIR RIGHTS???
We’ve gone so far the other way…
bent over backwards not to offend anyone.
But it seems no one cares about the
Canadian CITIZEN
that’s being offended!

WAKE UP Canada !!!

If You agree…. Pass this on.

If You don’t agree.. Delete It !!!

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My Number Was 70819

Friday, August 27th, 2010
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Pivo – Lék na Vše!

Saturday, August 21st, 2010
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Sunday, August 15th, 2010
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This is Brilliant!

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

It’s been around, but still brings smiles

If you ever feel a little bit stupid, just dig this up and read it again; you’ll begin to think you’re a genius.

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(On September 17, 1994, Alabama’s Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)

Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?

Answer: “I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,”

–Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.

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“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.”

–Mariah Carey

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“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life,”

– Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign .

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“I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,”

–Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.

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“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,”

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“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,”

–A congressional candidate in Texas .

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“Half this game is ninety percent mental.”

–Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark

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“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”

–Al Gore, Vice President

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“I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix .”

– Dan Quayle

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“We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?”

–Lee Iacocca

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“The word “genius” isn’t applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”

–Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.

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“We don’t necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.”

– Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instructor.

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“Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.”

–Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina

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“Traditionally, most of Australia ’s imports come from overseas.”

–Keppel Enderbery

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“If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there’ll be a record.”

–Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

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Feeling smarter yet?

Send it on to
Your brilliant friends.

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I just did !!

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