Native Americans got it right!

Walking Eagle President BARACK OBAMA was invited to address A major gathering of the American Indian Nation Two weeks ago in upstate New York . He spoke for almost an hour about his plans for Increasing every Native American's present Standard of living. He referred to his time as a U.S. Senator and how he had voted for every Native American issue that came to the floor of the Senate. Although President Obama was vague about the details of his plans, he seemed most Enthusiastic and spoke eloquently about His ideas for helping his "red sisters and brothers." At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented Obama with a plaque inscribed with His new Indian name, "Walking Eagle." The proud President Obama accepted the plaque And then departed in his motorcade to a fundraiser, Waving to the crowds. A news reporter later asked the group of chiefs how they came to select the new name they had Given to the President.   They explained that "Walking Eagle" is the name given To a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.

 

Physical concepts of money..... great graphics

 

One Hundred Dollars $100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world. Keeps the world moving. Ten Thousand Dollars $10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth. One Million Dollars $1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth. One Hundred Million Dollars $100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone. Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet. One Billion Dollars $1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank. Now we are getting serious! One Trillion Dollars $1,000,000,000,000 When the U.S government speaks about a 1.7 trillion deficit - this is the volumes of cash the U.S. Government borrowed in 2010 to run itself. Keep in mind it is double stacked pallets of $100 million dollars each, full of $100 dollar bills. You are going to need a lot of trucks to freight this around. If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now...but ~$700 billion - same amount the banks got during bailout. One Trillion Dollars Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard-sized American Football field and European Football field. Say hello to the Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner that's hiding on the right. This was until recently the biggest passenger plane in the world. 15 Trillion Dollars $15,000,000,000,000 - US national debt (credit bill) has just topped the 15 trillion 2 months before Christmas 2011. Statue of Liberty seems rather worried as United States national debt passes 20% of the entire world's combined GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In 2011 the National Debt will exceed 100% of GDP, and venture into the 100%+ debt-to-GDP ratio that the European PIIGS have (bankrupting nations). $ 114.5 Trillion Dollars $114,500,000,000,000. - US unfunded liabilities To the right you can see the pillar of cold hard $100 bills that dwarfs the WTC & Empire State Building - both at one point world's tallest buildings. If you look carefully you can see the Statue of Liberty. The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Program, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions. It is the money USA knows it will not have to pay all its bills. If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill; you are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back. The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them, this is what the U.S. Government has done while serving The People. The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding inputs, and future demographic shifts in US Population. Note: On the above 114.5T image the size of the base of the money pile is half a trillion, not $1T as on 15T image. The height is double. This was done to reflect the base of Empire State and WTC more closely.  You'll know what to do with this email....  God Help us.

 

What to take to bed - NOT A JOKE

What to take to bed with you - not a joke. Pretty neat idea. Never thought of it before. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr's office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick around. After a few seconds, all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that. And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there. This is something that should really be shared with everyone. Maybe it could save a life or a sexual abuse crime. P.S. I am sending this to everyone I know because I think it is fantastic. Would also be useful for any emergency, such as a heart attack, where you can't reach a phone. My Mom has suggested to my Dad that he carry his car keys with him in case he falls outside and she doesn't hear him..... He can activate the car alarm and then she'll know there's a problem. Please pass this on even IF you've read it before. It's a reminder.

 

Good Riddance

SO LONG ARIZONA

Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona 's controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere.

In the small town of Guadalupe, AZ, south of Phoenix , Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving.

As he loaded his car with his belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter "It's a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!"

The effects of the exodus are being felt by Arizona retailers, who are reporting dwindling sales of beer, spray paint, and ammunition.

Also hit hard are the states hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits.

Tattoo parlors are in a state of panic.

Renaldo told a reporter through an interpreter that he and his family are moving to California , a Democratic state that will support him and his family with dignity!

Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn't it!

Classroom socialism modeled after the "workers' paradise" of the soviet union and east germany dictatorships.

 

Classroom Socialism When the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Is this man truly a genius? Checked out and this is true...it DID happen! An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that. (Please pass this on) Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.* Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither could I. *That's the general idea – so a very few can control all the workers, all the people, all the wealth, and become "Czars" themselves, ruling over the proletariat. Look at Russia or rather the USSR - & others. STUDY HISTORY!!!

 

Norwegian Math Test…

A Norwegian fella wants a job, but the foreman won’t hire him until he passes a little math test.
Here is your first question, the foreman said.  ‘Without using numbers, represent the number 9.’

‘Witout numbers?’  The Norwegian says, ‘Dat’s easy.’ and proceeds to draw three trees.

‘What’s this?’ the boss asks.
‘Vot! You got no brain?  Tree and tree and tree make nine,’ says the Norwegian.   
‘Fair enough,’ says the boss.  ‘Here’s your second question.  Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.’
The Norwegian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree.

‘Dar ya go.’

The boss scratches his head and says, ‘How on earth do you get that to represent 99?’

'You must be from Iowa ??? ‘Each of DA trees is dirty now.  So, it’s dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree.  Dat is 99.’ 

The boss is getting worried that he’s going to actually have to hire this Norwegian, so he says, ‘All right,

last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100.’
The Norwegian fella stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little

mark at the base of each tree and says, ‘Dar ya go.  Von hundred.’

The boss looks at the attempt.  ‘You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!’
The Norwegian winces and shakes his head???UFF-DAH???you must be a Finlander from Iowa??? He leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, ‘A little dog come along and pooped by each tree.   So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, vich makes von hundred. So, ven do I start?’

TweetDeck

One of the nicest features of TweetDeck is its Global Filter that allows you to keep you stream clean by creating a list of users who are vile, insane, boring, spamming, etc.  This is my latest list, feel free to copy if you want a clean stream:

@decitect, @the__forest, @diggerdoggg, @fucktardjayhawk, @_sarah_palin, @joewo, @beechbum, @blackjedi50, @rwnj_, @stoprickperry2, @bluedupage, @snarkomarx, @thefuminglib, @loonylaura, @yodasworld, @mikebardenkraap, @polymath22, @lavionne, @dm286, @reverendsue, @liberalheathen, @onerudefucker, @twit_ster, @djmcs111, @kickasstweets_, @maliheh_, @mattmurray77, @ljsearles, @wary12, @thatsnothandy, @octoagw, @milo9, @calvindean, @majorlizusa, @sandray8s, @wyjkd, @dsurman, @iam_seanbond, @housebitchtim, @steffy7680, @tusk81, @liberal_man, @lichenblu, @tlw3, @drsherrill, @garak99, @molinelobo, @rickstersays, politicolnews, @penowski, @stoopidproof, @rexisnotmydog, @chairmanben, @notopalins, @rickyspitfire, @gemimms, @memimemimy, @az_cynic, @ukradar, @crashthegop, @progressivetex, @conceptguerilla, @fecund124, @boydunemployed, @inapropriate4fb, @sgbz, @real_bachmann, @mrpapaya, @geoff9cow, @douchebreitbart, @pollbuster, @brassnucklez, @leroymitch, @ericgrant, @jphstealthc, @mwm4444, @flyingfree333, @imamuggerhugger, @kclarkusa, @seedsown, @sarahpainusa, @realfakepatriot, @whitepatriotgal, @bruskiz, @jebocanegra1, @freemaninky, @kllgg, @siameesecities, @meatbrain, @georasxaoxd8, @kristinblowhard, @ultrapeanut, @jayshemwell, @exposerwnjs, @realbrother0003, @bluetrooth, @drmatthew, vfw_vet, @ltlredx, @expedience2, @heathenshighway, @mattison, @dakgirl, @dufus, @withyobadself, @raindrops_sf, @michaeltheonel, @oxyteabagger, @casious1964, @craftyme25, @bellablueskye, @bill1phd, @fuckconservativ, @soliditary, @chesterdegrasse, @commiemartyrs, @blink_the_clown, @onerudefucker, @shivabeach, @top20reos, @kisco75, @jazgar, @nnomad_, @ezkool, @paulfreid, @paulfreed, @emperor_bob, @thedavidgs, @gregwbankrupt, @sloopydrew, @oxyconservative, @iephuh, @art2u2, @novenator, @drdigipol, @jolinastar, @its_our_choice, @_gregwhoward, @redscarebot, @achura, @pittgirly, @louvice, @watergirl95, @sandinbrick, @shannon_ahern, @rocky1542, @mdrfl, @wre1948, @sindad1, @thechickabides, @navdoc3rdmar, @politicalbee, @mother_rell, @socooked, @hardknoxfirst, @mccollin2010, @caregiver55, @ghostdansing, @anarchytweet, @barbiesnow, @antiwacko, @cody_k, @progressiveman7, @whumba, @salleegal, @queerjohnpa, @1kecko

Top Ten Reasons You Might Be a Photographer

Top Ten Reasons You Might Be a Photographer

10.  You have nightmares of people using the “P mode”  we won’t even talk about the “green mode.”  That’s just too scary.

9.  30,000 family photos neatly categorized in Lightroom.  Zero photos of you.

8.  When at a car dealership, you translate the price of a car in your head to “Six 5D Mark II’s.”  Your last power bill cost two monopods.

7.  Touchdown plays are somewhat distracting because you can see the white glass on the sidelines

6.  You are frequently greeted with “What are you taking a picture of?!?” instead of “hello.”

5.  You’d rather buy the shirt that more closely resembles 18% gray

4.  Your carry-on is heavier than your checked bags

3.  You describe disgusting old dilapidated barns as “beautiful”  (via Lori Anderson)

2.  Number of lenses > Pairs of shoes you own (Carsten Deutschmann)

1.  You actually believe a wizard could fit in your pocket